Mammalia
Spotted-necked Otter, Hydrictis maculicollis
The spotted-necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis) is native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Oriental Small-clawed Otter, Aonyx cinerea
The oriental small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea) is also known as the Asian small-clawed otter.
Burchell’s Zebra, Equus quagga burchellii
Burchell’s zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) is a subspecies of the plains zebra, and its range extends from the northwest from southern Botswana to Etosha and the Kaokoveld.
Giant Forest Hog, Hylochoerus meinertzhageni
The giant forest hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni) is the only member in its genus and is native to Africa.
Lichtenstein's hartebeest, Alcelaphus lichtensteinii
Lichtenstein's hartebeest (Alcelaphus lichtensteinii) is sometimes classified as Sigmoceros lichtensteinii.
Oribi, Ourebia ourebi
The oribi (Ourebia ourebi), known as Oorbietjie in Afrikaans, is a small antelope that can be found throughout most grassland areas of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Brown Greater Galago, Otolemur crassicaudatus
The brown greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus) is the largest member in its family.
Grey-cheeked Mangabey, Lophocebus albigena
The grey-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena) is an Old World monkey that can be found in the forests of Central Africa.
Cape Porcupine, Hystrix africaeaustralis
The cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) is sometimes called the South African porcupine, and can be found in much of sub-Saharan Africa, however, it is not found in the southwestern desert regions.
Greater Cane Rat, Thryonomys swinderianus
The greater cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus) is one of two species of cane rats found in Africa.
Gambian Pouched Rat, Cricetomys gambianus
The Gambian pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus), sometimes called the African giant pouch rat, is a nocturnal creature with poor eyesight.
African Grass Rat, Arvicanthis niloticus
The African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus) can be found in the sudano-zambesian Savanna belt and the Sahel.
Typical Striped Grass Mouse, Lemniscomys striatus
The typical striped grass mouse (Lemniscomys striatus) is native to Africa.
African Pygmy Mouse, Mus minutoides
The African pygmy mouse (Mus minutoides) can be found in the sub-Saharan areas of Africa.
Armored Shrew, Scutisorex somereni
The Armored shrew (Scutisorex somereni), also known as the Hero shrew, is native to Africa.
Straw-colored Fruit Bat, Eidolon helvum
The straw-colored fruit bat (Eidolon helvum), the most extensively distributed of all the African megabats, is one of the largest types of fruit bat.
Stag-Moose, Cervalces scotti
The stag-moose (Cervalces scotti) is also known as the stag moose and was actually a deer that resembled a moose.
Mohol Bushbaby, Galago moholi
The mohol bushbaby (Galago moholi) can be found in many places in Africa including Botswana, Angola, Namibia, Rwanda, and Malawi, among other areas.
Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax, Heterohyrax brucei
The yellow-spotted rock hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei) is also known as the bush hyrax.
Mountain Goat, Oreamnos americanus
The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), also called the Rocky Mountain goat is only found in North America.
Shrub-ox, Euceratherium collinum
The shrub-ox (Euceratherium collinum) is a close relative of the modern musk-ox, and is an extinct member of the family Bovidae.
Harlan’s Muskox, Bootherium bombifrons
Harlan’s muskox (Bootherium bombifrons) is an extinct type of bovine, also known as the woodland muskox.
Steppe Wisent, Bison priscus
The steppe wisent (Bison priscus) or steppe bison was common to North America, Central Asia, Europe, and Beringia during the Quaternary period.
Bison antiquus
Bison antiquus, otherwise known as the antique bison, was the most common large plant-eating mammal in North America for more than ten thousand years.
Mountain Tapir, Tapirus pinchaque
The mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque), also known as the wooly tapir, is one of four species of tapir.
Malayan Tapir, Tapirus indicus
The Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) is the only tapir native to Asia.
Baird’s Tapir, Tapirus bairdii
Baird’s Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) is native to Central America and northern areas of South America.
Grant’s Zebra, Equus quagga boehmi
Grant’s zebra (Equus quagga boehmi) are among the six subspecies of the plains zebra, and the smallest of them.
Camelops, Camelops hesternus
Camelops, an extinct genus of camel, was found in North America in places like Arizona and they first appeared there in the late Pliocene era.
South American Tapir, Tapirus terrestris
The South American Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) is also known as the lowland tapir or the Brazilian tapir.
Green Monkey, Chlorocebus sabaeus
The green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus), an Old World monkey, is also commonly known as the Callithrix monkey.
Arizona Grey Squirrel, Sciurus arizonensis
The Arizona grey squirrel (Sciurus arizonensis) is native to the deciduous and mixed forests of northern Mexico and Arizona, surrounded by valleys and canyons.
Mexican Fox Squirrel, Sciurus nayaritensis
The Mexican fox squirrel (Sciurus nayaritensis) can be found throughout the Sierra Madre Occidental and as far south as Jalisco, Mexico.
Eurasian Brown Bear, Ursus arctos arctos
The Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) can be found throughout northern Eurasia.
Dire Wolf, Canis dirus
The dire wolf (Canis dirus) is an extinct wolf that was most common to North and South America.
Eastern Mole, Scalopus aquaticus
The eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) is also known as the common mole, and it is the only mole in its genus.
Kamchatka Brown Bear, Ursus arctos beringianus
The Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) is also called the far eastern brown bear.
Little Brown Bat, Myotis lucifugus
The little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) is also known as the little brown myotis.
Marsh Rabbit, Sylvilagus palustris
The marsh rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris), is found in the coastal and marsh covered regions of the eastern and southern United States.
Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis
The Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis), is a native bat to the Americas.
North American Least Shrew, Cryptotis parva
The North American least shrew (Cryptotis parva) has a range including Mexico, the United States, and southern Canada.
Himalayan Brown Bear, Ursus arctos isabellinus
The Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) is a subspecies of the brown bear.
Common Vampire Bat, Desmodus rotundus
The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) is endemic, or native, to the Americas.
House Mouse, Mus musculus
The House mouse (Mus musculus) is one of the most numerous species in the Mus genus.
Homotherium
Homotherium, and extinct genus of machairodontine saber-toothed cats, was native to South America, North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia during the Pliocene era to the Pleistocene era.
Short-faced Bear, Arctodus simus
The short-faced bear is an extinct genus of bears that was native to North America during the Pleistoscene era.
Syrian Brown Bear, Ursus arctos syriacus
The Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus) is a native species to Eurasia.
Tibetan Blue Bear, Ursus arctos pruinosus
The Tibetan blue bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus), or Tibetan bear, can be found in the Tibetan plateau.
Ussuri Brown Bear, Ursus arctos lasiotus
The Ussuri brown bear, sometimes called the black grizzly, can be found in many regions including the Korean Peninsula, Kunashiri Islands, northeastern China, Sakhalin, and the Shantar Islands, among other places.
Townsend's Mole, Scapanus townsendii
Townsend's mole (Scapanus townsendii) can be found in North America.
White-sided Jackrabbit, Lepus callotis
The white-sided jackrabbit (Lepus callotis) has a limited range extending from northwestern and central Mexico to southern New Mexico in the United States.
California Leaf-nosed Bat, Macrotus californicus
The California leaf-nosed bat (Macrotus californicus) is common to the United States and Mexico.
California Vole, Microtus californicus
The California vole (Microtus californicus) can be found throughout California, and in certain parts of Oregon.
Peromyscus maniculatus, Deer Mouse
Commonly known as the Deer Mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus is native to North America.
Northern Long-Eared Myotis, Myotis septentrionalis
The northern long-eared myotis, a member of the vesper bat family, is primarily found in the coniferous forests in Newfoundland to the Yukon and in the southeastern United States, in places like Florida.
Hairy-legged Vampire Bat, Diphylla ecaudata
The hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) can be found in tropical and subtropical forests in South America.
Eastern Red Bat, Lasiurus borealis
The eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis) is one of over three hundred species in the Vespertilionidae family, better known as the vesper family.
American Lion, Panthera leo atrox or P. atrox
The American lion (Panthera leo atrox or P. atrox) is also known as the North American lion, American cave lion, or Naegele’s giant jaguar.
American Cheetah, Miracinonyx trumani
Miracinonyx, commonly known as the American Cheetah, is an extinct genus of large cats.
Big Free-tailed Bat, Nyctinomops macrotis
The big Free-tailed Bat (Nyctinomops macrotis) can be found in South, Central, and North America.
Baird's Shrew, Sorex bairdi
Baird’s shrew (Sorex bairdi) is a native species to northwest Oregon, inhabiting mainly conifer forests.
Townsend's Big-eared Bat, Corynorhinus townsendii
Townsend’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) is one of a large number of species in the vesper bat family.
Meadow Vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus
The meadow vole(Microtus pennsylvanicus) is sometimes known as the field mouse or meadow mouse.
Mexican Long-tongued Bat, Choeronycteris mexicana
The Mexican long-tongued bat can be found in Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and the United States.
Evening Bats, Nycticeius humeralis
The evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis), a species in the vesper bat family, is native to North America and can be found throughout the eastern and mid-western United States and northeastern Mexico.
Silver-Haired Bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans
The silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) is the only species in the genus Lasionycteris within the large family of vesper bats.
Western Mastiff Bat, Eumops perotis
The western mastiff bat, the largest native bat to North America, can be found in the western United States, South America, and Mexico.
Western Pipistrelle, Parastrellus hesperus
The western pipistrelle, commonly known as the canyon bat, is a one of over three hundred known species of evening (or vesper) bats.
Desert Red Bat, Lasiurus blossevillii
The desert red bat, or western red bat, is one of 318 species of vesper bats.
Woodland Vole, Microtus pinetorum
The Woodland Vole, or Pine Vole, can be found in eastern North America.
San Joaquin Antelope Squirrel
The San Joaquin antelope squirrel, also known as Nelson’s antelope squirrel, is native to the San Joaquin Valley in California.
White Tailed Prairie Dog, Cynomys leucurus
The white tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus) is located in western Colorado, western Wyoming, and in small areas in southern Montana and eastern Utah.
Townsend’s Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus townsendii
The Townsend’s ground squirrel, or Urocitellus townsendii, can be found in many areas of the United States.
Prairie Vole, Microtus ochrogaster
The Prairie Vole, or Microtus ochrogaster, is a small rodent that lives in central North America.
Plains Pocket Gopher, Geomys bursarius
One of thirty-five species of pocket gophers, the plains pocket gopher resides in the farming lands and grasslands of the Great Plains of North America, from Texas to Manitoba in Canada and even as far east as the west Indiana extremities.
Nothrotheriops
The Nothrotheriops, a genus of ground sloths from the Pleistocene , resided in South and North America. Although related to the Megatherium , a much larger and more well-known ground sloth, Nothrotheriops was recently placed in the family Nothrotheriid...
Merriam's Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys merriami
Merriam’s kangaroo rat, named after Clinton Hart Merriam , is a small rodent (about fourteen inches long) that has a pouch lined with fur that serves as food storage.
Idaho Ground Squirrel, (Urocitellus brunneus)
The Idaho ground squirrel (Urocitellus brunneus), also called the Idaho Spotted ground squirrel, is one of the largest of the ground squirrel breed.
Belding’s Ground Squirrel, (Urocitellus beldingi)
Belding’s ground squirrel (Urocitellus beldingi), is also known as sage rat, picket-pin, or pot gut.
Southern Red-backed Vole
The Southern Red-backed Vole, (Myodes gapperi), also known as Gapper’s Red-backed Vole, is a species of rodent found in Canada and the northern United States. It is found in coniferous, deciduous and mixed forests, often near wetlands. In the warm mo...
Red Tree Vole
The Red Tree Vole, (Arborimus longicaudus), is a species of rodent found only in the United States. It is found in the upper branches of arboreal conifers throughout northern California and western Oregon. The preferred habitat is Douglas Fir or Redwoo...
White-footed Mouse
The White-footed Mouse, (Peromyscus leucopus), is a species of rodent native to North America. Its range extends from Ontario, Quebec, Labrador and the Maritime Provinces (excluding Newfoundland) south to the southwestern United States and Mexico. In T...
Megalonyx
Megalonyx, meaning “Great claw,” is an extinct genus of giant ground sloths in the family Megalonychidae. The genus was endemic to North America from the Hemphillian stage of the Late Miocene to the Rancholabrean stage of the Pleistocene epoch (10....
Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec
The Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec, (Echinops telfairi), is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is the only member of its genus and is endemic to Madagascar. Its habitats are subtropical and tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical and tropi...
Lowland Streaked Tenrec
The Lowland Streaked Tenrec, (Hemicentetes semispinosus), is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its habitat is tropical lowland rain forest in the northern and eastern parts of Madagascar. This small tenrec i...
Tailless Tenrec
The Tailless Tenrec, (Tenrec ecaudatus), also known as the Common Tenrec, is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is the only member of its genus. It is found in Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, and Seychelles. It has many habitats ...
Holmesina
Holmesina is an extinct genus of pampathere, a group of armadillo-like mammals that were distantly related to modern armadillos. Fossils of members of this genus have been found mainly in Texas and Florida. Members of this genus often traveled north in...
Glyptotherium
Glyptotherium is an extinct genus of mammal related to the armadillo. Glyptodontids lived about 4.1 to 1.5 million years ago. It is believed this genus was wiped out by climate change or perhaps early human interference, although there is no direct evi...
Giant Otter Shrew
The Giant Otter Shrew, (Potamogale velox), is a species of carnivorous tenrec. It is found in the main rainforest regions of Central Africa from Biafra to Zambia. A few isolated populations also occur in Kenya and Uganda. Its habitat is streams, wetlan...
Greater Hedgehog Tenrec
The Greater Hedgehog Tenrec, (Setifer setosus), also known as the Large Madagascar Hedgehog, is a species of tenrec in the Tenrecidae family. It is the only species in the genus Setifer. Despite its resemblance to the hedgehog, it is of no relation. ...
Giant Golden Mole
The Giant Golden Mole, (Chrysospalax trevelyani) is a species of golden mole found in the forests of Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. It was first collected by Herbert Trevelyanile on a hunting trip near Pirie Forest near King William’s town in...
Short-faced bear
During the Pleistocene (3 million - 11,000 years ago), a genus of bear called Arctodus roamed North America. Little is known regarding the early history of these short-faced bears. Considered the most common of the early North American bear, they ...
Tibetan Blue Bear
Not much is known about this rare subspecies of the brown bear also known as the Himalayan blue bear, Himalayan snow bear, Tibetan brown bear, horse bear or simply Tibetan bear. In Central Asia, in the vast Eastern Tibetan plateau these bears are known...
Syrian Brown Bear
Brown bears as a group are one of the largest type of bears, second only to polar bears with the Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus) being one of the smallest subspecies of brown bears. Found generally in the mountainous areas in the countries ...
Maned wolf
The Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) is the largest canid inhabitant of South America. This mammal resembles a large fox with reddish fur. The Maned wolf is found in semi-open and open habitats, especially grasslands with scattered trees and bus...
New England Cottontail
The New England Cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis) is a species of cottontail rabbit found in new England, from southern Maine to southern New York. It is close in appearance to the Eastern Cottontail. The New England Cottontail is currently a cand...
Swamp Rabbit
The Swamp Rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) is a species of cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United States. Swamp rabbits are skilled swimmers and often cross streams, ponds and rivers. It will also hide from predators by ...
European Badger
The European badger (Meles meles) also known as the Eurasian Badger, is a species of badger indigenous to much of Europe (excluding northern Scandinavia, Iceland, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Cyprus). It is also found in many parts of Asia, from about...
Smooth-coated Otter
The Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) is a species of otter, the last living representative of the genus Lutrogale. It is found from India east to southeast Asia, and a separate, small population in Iraq. It occurs throughout most of southe...
African Clawless Otter
The African Clawless Otter (Aonyx capensis), also known as the Cape Clawless Otter or Groot Otter, is a species of freshwater otter found through most of sub-Saharan Africa, except for the Congo basin and other arid areas. They are found near permanent...
Hooded Skunk
The Hooded Skunk (Mephitis macroura) is a species of skunk similar to the Striped Skunk. It is most abundant in Mexico, but its range extends south into central America and north into the Southwestern United States. Its habitat is grassland, high deser...
Rüppell's Fox
Rüppell's Fox or Rueppell"˜s Fox (Vulpes rueppellii), also known as the Sand Fox, is a species of fox found in North Africa and the Middle East, from Morocco to Afghanistan. It is named after German collector Eduard Rüppell. This fox is 15.7...
Banded Palm Civet
The Banded Palm Civet (Hemigalus derbyanus) is a species of civet found in Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Though its habitat is forests with tall trees, it spends most of its time on the ground. The Banded Palm Civet has a long pointed f...
Kinkajou
The Kinkajou (Potos flavus), also known as the Honey Bear, is a species of mammal found in the rainforests of Central and South America. It is the only member of the family genus Potos. It is related to the olingo, ringtail, cacomistle, raccoon, and co...
Cacomistle
The Cacomistle (Bassariscus sumichrasti) is a nocturnal, arboreal and omnivorous species of mammal that belongs to the family Procyonidae. Its range extends from Mexico to western Panama. Its preferred habitats are wet, tropical evergreen woodlands and...
Ringtail
The Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus), is a mammal belonging to the raccoon family. It is also known as the ringtail cat, ring-tailed cat or miner's cat. It is also sometimes mistakenly called the "civet cat". It is native to arid climatic regions of Nort...
Honey Badger
The Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis), also known as the Ratel, is a member of the Mustelidae family. It is found throughout most of Africa and western and southern Asian regions of Baluchistan (eastern Iran), southern Iraq, Pakistan and Rajasthan (we...
Pygmy Tarsier
The Pygmy Tarsier (Tarsius pumilus), is a nocturnal primate that is found in central Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is also known as the Mountain Tarsier or Lesser Spectral Tarsier. It was thought to be extinct until 2000, when scientists accidentally killed ...
Pampas Fox
The Pampas Fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus), also known as Azara's Fox, or Azara's Zorro, is a medium sized zorro or "false" fox native to South American pampas and its range is through central South America in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil. The P...
Asian Golden Cat
The Asian Golden Cat (Pardofelis temminckii), also called the Asiatic Golden Cat and Temminck's Golden Cat, lives throughout Southeast Asia, ranging from Tibet and Nepal to Southern China, India, and Sumatra. It prefers forest habitats interspersed wit...
Bornean Clouded Leopard
The Bornean Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi), is a medium-sized wild cat found on Borneo, Sumatra and the Batu Islands in the Malay Archipelago. It was previously also found in Java, but no specimens have been recorded there since Neolithic times. The...
Geoffroy's Cat
Geoffroy's Cat (Leopardus geoffroyi), is probably the most common wild cat in South America. The species inhabits the Andes, Pampas (scrubby forest parts), and Gran Chaco landscape. Geoffroy's Cat is about 24 inches long, has relatively long 12 inch...
Scrub Hare
The Scrub Hare (Lepus saxatilis), is a species of hare found in South Africa, parts of central Africa, and Namibia. It is found at about 3200 to 6500 feet above sea level. Its dorsal fur is gray and black, while its ventral fur is white. It has a bl...
Pampas Cat
The Pampas Cat (Leopardus pajeros), is a small feline from the Pampas area of Argentina and Chile. Until recently it was considered a subspecies of the Colocolo. Photo Copyright and Credit
Sechuran Fox
The Sechuran Fox (Lycalopex sechurae), also known as the Peruvian Desert Fox or the Sechuran Zorro, is a South American species of canid closely related to other South American "false" foxes or zorro, of which it is the smallest. It is found in the Sec...
Striped-faced Dunnart
The Striped-faced Dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura), is an Australian marsupial. This animal is found throughout central Australia from the Pilbarra to central Northern Territory, western and central Queensland, south to north-east South Australia to nort...
Serotine Bat
The Serotine Bat (Eptesicus serotinus ), is a bat that is native to Europe. It often hunts in woodland areas. It sometimes roots in buildings, hanging upside down, in small groups or individually. Its population is believed to be in decline. This is...
Marsh Rice Rat
The Marsh Rice Rat (Oryzomys palustris), is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found only in the United States. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grasslan...
Gilbert's Potoroo
Gilbert's Potoroo (Potorous gilbertii), is an Australian marsupial that is critically endangered. It lives in a restricted area on the southwest coast of Western Australia.The potoroo was presumed extinct for 120 years before it was re-discovered in 19...
Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart
The Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart (Sminthopsis youngsoni), is a small carnivorous Australian marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is a widespread and fairly common species, being found in many desert areas of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Q...
Agile Antechinus
The Agile Antechinus (Antechinus agilis), is a species of small carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is found in wet or moist forest in the southeastern corner of Australia. The species is widely abundant, although it has been reduced in ...
Rufous Rat-kangaroo
The Rufous Rat-kangaroo (Aepyprymnus rufescens), also known as the Rufous Bettong, is a small species of the family Potoroidae found in Australia. It is found in coastal and sub-coastal regions from Newcastle in New South Wales to Cooktown in Queenslan...
Hispid Cotton Rat
The Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus), is a rodent species long thought to occur in parts of South America, Central America, and southern North America. However, three distinct subspecies have been recognized throughout the range. The northern spec...
Yellow-throated Marten
The Yellow-throated Marten or Himalayan Marten (Martes flavigula), is a species of marten found in Asia. It ranges through the temperate mountainous forests of the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, including the Russian Far East and the Korean ...
Neotropical River Otter
The Neotropical River Otter (Lontra longicaudis), is a species of otter found in Central America, South America and the island of Trinidad. It is found in many different riverine habitats, including deciduous and evergreen forests, savannas, llanos and...
Slender-tailed Dunnart
The Slender-tailed Dunnart (Smithopsis murina), also known as the Common Dunnart in Australia, is a dasyurid marsupial closely related to the Tasmanian Devil. The Slender-tailed Dunnart is native to the east and south-east coast and interior of Austral...
White-footed Dunnart
The White-footed Dunnart (Sminthopsis leucopus), is a marsupial that occurs in Tasmania and Australia. It occurs along the coast and in inner Gippsland and Alpine areas up to 1300 feet near Narbethong. The average rainfall of its habitat is between 23 ...
Fat-tailed Dunnart
The Fat-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata), is a species of mouse-like marsupial of the Dasyuridae family, the family includes the Little Red Kaluta, quolls, and the Tasmanian Devil. Its range in Australia is in diverse habitats except for the ...
Brown Antechinus
The Brown Antechinus (Antechinus stuartii), also known as Stuart's Antechinus and Macleay's Marsupial Mouse, is a species of small carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. The Brown Antechinus is found east of the Great Dividing Range in Austral...
Tasmanian Pademelon
The Tasmanian Pademelon (Thylogale billardierii), also known as the Rufous-bellied Pademelon or Red-bellied Pademelon, is the sole endemic species of pademelon found in Tasmania. Due to Tasmania's cooler climate, this pademelon has developed a more ful...
Yellow-footed Antechinus
The Yellow-footed Antechinus (Antechinus flavipes), also known as the Mardo, is a shrew-like marsupial found in Australia. The Yellow-footed Antechinus is found from around the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia to around Eungella in Queensland, wit...
Gray Bat
The Gray Bat (Myotis grisescens), is a small bat that lives in caves throughout the southern United States. It usually chooses caves which are located within one mile of a river or reservoir. The range of the endangered gray bat is concentrated in the ...
Daubenton's Bat
Daubenton's Bat (Myotis daubentonii), is a Eurasian bat that ranges from Britain to Japan and is considered to be increasing its numbers in many areas. The bat is mostly found in woodlands and always chooses roosts close to water sources such as rivers...
Red-necked Pademelon
The Red-necked Pademelon (Thylogale thetis), is a forest-dwelling marsupial living in the eastern coastal region of Australia. Mainly nocturnal, the Red-necked Pademelon is very shy and generally inhabits temperate forests near grassland, hiding in the...
Eastern Bettong
The Eastern Bettong (Bettongia gaimardi), also known as the Southern Bettong and Tasmanian Bettong, is a bettong whose natural range includes south-eastern Australia and the eastern part of Tasmania. Following the introduction of the Red Fox, it became...
Woylie
The Woylie (Bettongia penicillata), also known as the Brush-tailed Bettong, is a member of the Potoridae family. Its habitat includes temperate forests and scrubs as well as arid shrublands and grasslands. It formerly ranged over all of southwest Weste...
Long-nosed Potoroo
The Long-nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus), is a species of Australian potoroo. The Long-nosed Potoroo occurs across a range of vegetation types from subtropical and warm temperate rainforest through tall open forest with dense understorey to dense ...
Mearns Coyote
The Mearns Coyote (Canis latrans mearnsi), is a subspecies of coyote native to the American Southwest. Its range extends from extreme southern Utah and Nevada in the north, southeastern California and northeastern Baja California on the west, west of ...
Southern-East Asian Wolf
The Southern-East Asian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes), also known as the Turkish or Iranian Wolf, is a subspecies of Gray Wolf which ranges from Northern Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iran. Israel seems to be the last hope for the Southe...
Mexican Gray Wolf
The Mexican Gray Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi), is the rarest, most genetically distinct subspecies of the Gray Wolf in North America. Until recent times, the Mexican Gray Wolf ranged the Sonora and Chihuahua Deserts from central Mexico to western Texas, ...
Eastern Timber Wolf
The Eastern Timber Wolf (Canis lupus lycaon), is an endangered subspecies of the Gray Wolf and is native to North America. "Timber Wolf" was once referred to any North American wolf that lived within forested areas, but this designation has been more r...
Arctic Wolf
The Arctic Wolf (Canis lupus arctos), also called Polar Wolf or White Wolf, is a member of the Canidae family, and a subspecies of Gray Wolf. Arctic Wolves inhabit the Canadian Arctic and the northern parts of Greenland. Arctic Wolves generally ar...
Arabian Wolf
The Arabian Wolf (Canis lupus arabs), is a mammal of the order Carnivora. It is a subspecies of Gray Wolf which was once found throughout the Arabian Peninsula, but now only lives in small pockets in Southern Israel, Oman, Yemen, Jordan, and Saudi Arab...
Kiang
The Kiang (Equus kiang), is a large mammal belonging to the horse family. They are native to the Tibetan Plateau. Their habitat is mountainous and alpine grasslands from 13,000 to 23,000 feet in elevation. The Kiang is the largest of the wild asses...
Somali Wild Ass
The Somali Wild Ass (Equus asinus somalicus), is a subspecies of the African Wild Ass. It is found in the Southern Red Sea region of Eritrea, the Afar Region of Ethiopia, and Somalia. The legs of the Somali Wild Ass are horizontally striped with bl...
Hyracotherium
Hyracotherium (Hyracotherium leporine), was once considered to be the earliest known member of the horse family. Now, though, it is considered to be part of the perissodactyl family related to both horses and brontotheres. Hyracotherium was a dog-sized...
Saola
The Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), also known as the Vu Quang Ox, is one of the world's rarest animals. It is only found in Vietnam and in Laos, near the Vietnam-Laotian border. It is not known how many species exist as it was only first discovered b...
Bluebuck (Blue Antelope)
The Bluebuck or Blue Antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus), is an extinct species of antelope, the first large African mammal to disappear in historic times. It is related to the Roan Antelope and Sable Antelope, but slightly smaller than either. It lived...
Sable Antelope
The Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger), is an antelope which inhabits wooded savannah in East Africa south of Kenya, and in Southern Africa. Three subspecies are recognized. The Giant Sable Antelope of central Angola is critically endangered. The Zambi...
Roan Antelope
The Roan Antelope (Hippotragus equinus), is a species of antelope that is found throughout Africa, except the northern regions. Its habitat is woodland and grassland savanna mainly in the tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands b...
Blackbuck
The Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), is a species of antelope found mainly in India, but also in parts of Pakistan and Nepal. There are also introduced populations in various parts of the world including numerous ranches in Texas in the United States o...
Takin
The Takin (Budorcas taxicolor), is a goat-antelope found in heavily forested areas of the Eastern Himalayas. Takin are found in bamboo forests at altitudes of 2,000 to 4,500 meters (6500 - 14500 feet). There are 4 subspecies that are recognized. They a...
Bohor Reedbuck
The Bohor Reedbuck (Redunca redunca), is a species of antelope native to central Africa. Its main habitat is grassland near water. It is reddish with lighter areas in the posterior and a white underbelly. Males have curved horns pointing forward an...
Mountain Reedbuck
The Mountain Reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula), is a species of antelope found in north-eastern South Africa. Their habitat is thick mountain forests, where they eat grasses and leaves. Mountain Reedbucks average 30 inches at the shoulder, and weigh ...
Waterbuck
The Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), is an antelope found throughout Africa, except in the northern regions. Their habitat is scrub savanna areas near water where they eat grass. Despite its name, the waterbuck does not spend much time in the water, b...
Impala
An Impala (Aepyceros melampus), is a medium-sized African antelope. They are found in savannas in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, southern Angola, northeastern South Africa and Uganda. They are among the dominant speci...
Grey Rhebok
The Grey Rhebok or Grey Rhebuck (Pelea capreolus), is a species of antelope endemic to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland. They prefer grassy, mountainous habitat They are also known as the Vaal Rhebok or Vaalribbok. Rheboks carry a wool...
Blesbok
The Blesbok, or Blesbuck (Damaliscus dorcas phillpsi), is indigenous to South Africa. They can be found in open velds and open plains throughout South Africa. The preferred habitat is open grasslands with water. They are found in large numbers in all n...
Barbary Sheep
The Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia), is a species of goat-antelope in the family Caprinae. They are native to the rocky mountains of North Africa. They are found in Mauritania, Morocco, southern Algeria, northwest Chad and Sudan. Although it is rare ...
Nilgai
The Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus), is one of the most commonly seen wild animals of northern India and eastern Pakistan. In India they are found from the base of the Himalayans in the north, down to the state of Karnataka in the south. They are foun...
Zebu
The Zebu (Bos primigenius indicus), also known as "˜humped cattle' or "˜indicus cattle', is native to Asia. They have been imported elsewhere such as Africa and Brazil for breeding purposes. There are around 75 known breeds of zebu spread throughout ...
Northern Plains Gray Langur
The Northern Plains Gray Langur (Semnopithecus entellus), is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and possibly Bhutan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical ...
White-eared Opossum
The White-eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris), is a species of opossum from South America. It is found throughout Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. It is a terrestrial and, sometimes, ar...
Water Opossum (Yapok)
The Water Opossum (Chironectes minimus), also locally known as the Yapok, is a marsupial of the family Didelphidae. This creature is found in the freshwater streams and lakes in Mexico, Central and South America to Argentina, and is the only living aqu...
Indian Sambar
The Indian Sambar (Cervus unicolor), also known as the Sambur or Sambhur, is a species of maned deer found throughout much of southern Asia. It is found as far north as the south-facing slopes of the Himalayan Mountains. It is also found throughout Sou...
Black Rat
The Black Rat (Rattus rattus), also known as the Asian Black Rat, Ship Rat, Roof Rat or House Rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus (Old World rodents). The species originally came from the tropical areas of Asia, but eventually sprea...
Indian Wolf
The Indian Wolf (Canis indica), also known as the Asiatic Wolf, is a mammal of the order Carnivora. It was originally believed to be a subspecies of the Grey Wolf, however it was later proved to be a unique species. It is distributed across the Indian ...
Star-nosed Mole
The Star-nosed Mole (Condylura cristata), is a small mole found in eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States. It is found in wet lowland areas where it lives on invertebrates, aquatic insects, worms, and mollusks. It is a very good swimmer and...
Giant Pangolin
The Giant Pangolin (Manis gigantea), is a species of pangolin. The Giant Pangolin inhabits Africa with a range stretching along the Equator from West Africa to Uganda. It is found mainly in savanna, rainforest, and forest, where there is a large termit...
Campbell's Russian Dwarf Hamster
Campbell's Russian Dwarf Hamster (Phodopus campbelli), is a species of dwarf hamster discovered by W.C. Campbell in 1902 in Tuva. This hamster is also native to the steppes and semi-arid regions of Central Asia, the Altay Mountains, and the provinces o...
Yellow-necked Mouse
The Yellow-necked Mouse (Apodemus flavicollis), is a close relative of the wood mouse, with which it was long confused, only being recognized as a separate species in 1894. It is found mostly in mountainous areas of southern Europe, but extends north i...
Caucasian Squirrel (Persian Squirrel)
The Caucasian Squirrel or Persian Squirrel (Sciurus anomalus), is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found throughout Armenia,Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey. It is naturally found to ...
Etruscan Shrew
The Etruscan Shrew (Suncus etruscus), also known as the Etruscan Pygmy Shrew or the White-toothed Pygmy Shrew, is a very small mammal that inhabits forests and brush areas between Southern Asia and Southern Europe. The Etruscan Shrew has a life span of...
Parma Wallaby
The Parma Wallaby (Macropus parma), was a shy, cryptic creature of the wet forests of southern New South Wales, it was never common and, even before the end of the 19th century, it was believed to be extinct. In 1965 workers on Kawau Island (near Auckl...
Bearded Seal
The Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus), or Square Flipper Seal, is a seal found in or near to the Arctic Ocean. Its most characteristic feature is the whiskers on its face. When dry, the whiskers curl up giving the bearded seal a raffish look. Other di...
Steropodon
The Steropodon (Steropodon galmani), was a prehistoric species of monotreme (egg-laying mammal). It lived in the middle Albian stage in the lower Cretaceous period. It is the earliest known relative of the platypus. It was discovered by two brothers (D...
Ground Pangolin
The Ground Pangolin (Manis temminckii), also known as Temminck's Pangolin or the Cape Pangolin, is one of four species of pangolin which can be found in Africa. They are the only one found in southern and eastern Africa. Although it is present over qui...
Gerenuks
Gerenuks (Litocranius walleri), are a type of antelope or gazelle with remarkably long necks that are found in East Africa. It is also known as Waller's Gazelle. The word gerenuk comes from the Somali language, meaning "Giraffe-necked". Gerenuks eat le...
Tiger Quoll
The Tiger Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus), also known as the Spotted-tail Quoll and the Spotted Quoll, is a carnivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the largest carnivorous marsupial found in Australia. Its range once extended from southern Queensla...
Saiga
The Saiga (Saiga tatarica), is a species of antelope which originally inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian steppe zone from the foothills of the Carpathians and Caucasus into Dzungaria and Mongolia. Today they can only be found in a few areas in Russi...
Kob
The Kob (Kobus kob), is a species of antelope found across Sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Sudan. Found along the Northern Savanna, often seen in Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda; Garamba and Virunga National Park, Democrati...
Mongolian Wild Ass
The Mongolian Wild Ass (Equus hemionus hemionus), is a subspecies of the Onager. It is found in Mongolia and northern China, and was previously found in Kazakhstan before it became extinct due to hunting. The numbers in China and Mongolia are also vuln...
Guanaco
The Guanaco (Lama guanicoe), is a camelid animal native to South America. They are found in the higher plateaus of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Argentina. They are more numerous in the Patagonian regions of Chile and Argentina's National Parks. So...
Rhim Gazelle (Slender-horned Gazelle or the Sand Gazelle)
The Rhim Gazelle (Gazella leptoceros), also known as the Slender-horned Gazelle or the Sand Gazelle, is a slender gazelle, most adapted to desert life. The Rhim Gazelle is found in isolated pockets across the central Sahara Desert. The extreme heat of ...
African Striped Weasel
The African Striped Weasel (Poecilogale albinucha), is the only member in the genus Poecilogale. It is a small black and white weasel native to sub-Saharan Africa. The African striped weasel lives in forests, wetlands, and grasslands. It is a nocturnal...
Sitatunga (Marshbuck)
The Sitatunga or Marshbuck (Tragelaphus spekeii), is a swamp-dwelling antelope found throughout Central Africa centering on the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Botswana and in Zambia. Sitatunga live in papyrus swamps and are very good swimmers. They m...
Markhor
The Markhor (Capra falconeri), is a goat-like antelope found in sparse woodland in the Western Himalayas. They are common at altitudes of 1650 to 11,500 feet where they eat grass, leaves, and other vegetative matter that they can find. The Markhor is t...
Norway Lemming (Norwegian Lemming)
The Norway Lemming or Norwegian Lemming (Lemmus lemmus), is a common species of lemming found in northern Scandinavia and adjacent areas of Russia. It is the only vertebrate species endemic to the region. The Norway lemming dwells in tundra and fells, ...
Lechwe
The Lechwe (Kobus leche), is a species of antelope found in Okavango Delta of Botswana, the Kafue Flats and Bangweulu Swamps of Zambia, and the very southeast of Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lechwe are found in marshy areas where they eat aquatic ...
Chacoan Peccary
The Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri), is the closest living relative to the extinct genus Platygonus. It is found in the dry shrub habitat or Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina and southern Brazil. The Chacoan peccary has the unusual distinction ...
Sunda Pangolin
The Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica), also known as the Malayan Pangolin, is a species of pangolin found in many Southeast Asian nations. They include Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, And Malaysia and Singapore. The skin...
Indian Pangolin
The Indian Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata), is a pangolin that is found in many parts of India. Like other pangolins, it has large, overlapping scales on the body which act like armor. It can also curl itself into a ball as self defense against predator...
Bioko Allen's Bushbaby
The Bioko Allen's Bushbaby (Galago alleni) , also known as Bioko Allen's Galago, or Bioko Allen's Squirrel Galago is a species of primate in the Galagidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Equato...
Eastern Fork-marked Lemur
The Eastern Fork-marked Lemur (Phaner furcifer), is found in the coastal forests of northern and western Madagascar. Its diet consists mainly of the gum of trees in temperate deciduous forests. It has become specialized for harvesting this substance. I...
Bushpig
The Bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus), is a member of the pig family that lives in forest thickets, wetland vegetation and reed beds close to the water in Africa. Still distributed over a relatively wide natural range, the bushpig occurs from Somalia to...
Babirusa or Pig-deer
The Babirusa or pig-deer (Babyrousa babyrussa), is a pig-like animal native to Sulawesi and surrounding islands of Indonesia. Its habitat is the underbrush of tropical forests and canebrakes, and the shores of rivers and lakes. The Babirusa was once co...
Sumatran Rhinoceros
The Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), is the smallest of the rhino species. It also has the most fur of any other rhinos, which allows it to thrive at very high altitudes in Borneo and Sumatra. The Sumatran Rhinoceros once inhabited a con...
Indian Rhinoceros
The Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also known as the Great One-horned Rhinoceros, is a large mammal found in Nepal and in Assam, India. The rhino once inhabited areas from Pakistan to Burma and may have even roamed in China. But because of...
Topi
The Topi (Damaliscus lunatus), also known as the Tsessebe, Tiang or Korrigum, is an antelope found in Sudan, Chad, Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa. It lives in savannah and floodplain where it eats mainly grasses. Topi can reach over forty miles per ...
Hartebeest
The Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), is a grassland antelope found in West Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa. Hartebeest live in grassland and open forest where they eat grass. They are diurnal and spend the morning and late afternoon eating. ...
Vicuña
The vicuña (Vicugna vicugna), is a camelid species native to South America. They are most commonly found in Bolivia, Peru, Chile, and northwest Argentina. Peru has the largest number. Bolivia has great number of wild vicuñas in the Southwestern s...
Collared Peccary
The Collared Peccary (Tayassu tajacu), is a peccary species found in North, Central and South America. It lives in many different habitats, from the dry Sonoran Desert and Chaco eco-regions to deep rainforest to the deciduous forests. Although they are...
Chinkara
The Chinkara (Gazella gazella bennetti), also known as the Indian Gazelle, is a species of gazelle found in South Asia. It lives in grasslands and desert areas in India, Pakistan, and parts of Iran. The population of Chinkara is declining due to being ...
Springbok
The Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis), is a small gazelle found in south and southwestern Africa. Its range includes the countries of Namibia, Botswana, Angola and the Republic of South Africa. They used to be very common, but are declining in numbers...
Black Wildebeest (White-tailed Gnu)
The Black Wildebeest or White-tailed Gnu, (Connochaetes gnou), is one of two species of gnu. Although they are endemic to the southern region of Africa, they have been almost completely exterminated in that region. However, the species has been reintro...
Hirola
The Hirola (Beatragus hunteri), also known as Hunter's Hartebeest, is a species of antelope found in arid grassy plains in a pocket on the border between Kenya and Somalia. These animals are critically endangered. There are only 500 to 1200 in the wild...
Bontebok
The Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus), is a species of antelope found in South Africa and Lesotho. It is found along coastal lands within shrubland and heathland vegetation. They are diurnal, though they rest during the heat of the day. Herds contain on...
Dingiso
The Dingiso (Dendrolagus mbaiso), also know as the Bondegezou is a species of tree-kangaroo native to Western New Guinea of Indonesia. The Dingiso is most common in the western part of Irian Jaya because it is protected by members of the Moni tribe, fo...
Greater Glider
The Greater Glider (Petauroides volans), is a large gliding possum found in Australia. It is more related to the Lemur-like Ringtail possum than it is to the lesser gliding possums of its genus. The Greater Glider is found in wet forestland from Mossma...
Common Spotted Cuscus
The Common Spotted Cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus), is a marsupial that lives in the Cape York Peninsula region of Australia and New Guinea. It is also known as the Phalanger and, like all cuscuses, it is related to the possum family Phalangeridae. ...
Southern Dibbler
The Southern Dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis), also known as the Freckled Antechinus, the Speckled Marsupial Mouse and simply as the Dibbler, is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. It is an inhabitant of southwest Australia. It is also found on Boula...
Kowari
The Kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei), is also known as the Brush-tailed Marsupial Rat, Byrne's Crest-tailed Marsupial Rat, Bushy-tailed Marsupial Rat and the Kawiri. It is native to central Australia and prefers dry grassland and desert habitat. Its main re...
Narrow-nosed Planigale
The Narrow-nosed Planigale (Planigale tenuirostris), is a species of very small marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is found in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Northern Territory in a wide range of inland habitats. The Narrow-nosed...
Puku
The Puku (Kobus vardonii), is a species of antelope found in southern Democratic Republic of Congo and in Zambia. Pukus are found mostly in wet, marshy grassland where they eat the grass. Pukus are active in the early mornings and late afternoons. ...
Siberian Mountain Weasel
The Siberian Mountain Weasel (Mustela sibirica), is also known as the Siberian Weasel, Kolinsky or Himalayan Weasel. It is a rust colored relative of the weasel family. Siberian weasel fur makes the finest water color or oil paint brushes and is especi...
Klipspringer
The Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus), is a small African antelope that is found from the Cape of Good Hope all the way up East Africa and into Ethiopia. Its name means "˜rock jumper' in Afrikaans. It is also known informally as a myundla, which in...
Gundis
Gundis (family: Ctenodactylidae) are a group of small, stocky rodents found in Africa. Gundis were first noticed by western naturalists in 1774 and were given the name "˜Gundi mice'. According to DNA research, the Gundi is considered a descendant of t...
Greater Grison
The Greater Grison (Galictis vittata), is an animal that belongs to the ferret family Mustelidae. It is native to Central and South America. It can be found from Southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia. It lives in savannas and rainforests, usually near ...
Lesser Grison
The Lesser Grison (Galictis cuja), is an animal that belongs to the ferret family Mustelidae. It is native to South America and is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Paraguay.
Onager
The Onager (Equus hemionus), is a large mammal belonging to the horse family. It is native to the deserts of Syria, Iran, Pakistan, India, Israel, and Tibet. It is sometimes referred to as the half ass or Asian Wild Ass. There are six subspecies recogn...
West Caucasian Tur
The West Caucasian Tur (Capra caucasica), is a goat antelope found only in the western half of the Caucasus Mountain Range. They thrive in rough mountainous terrain between 2625 and 13120 feet in elevation. West Caucasian Turs are nocturnal, eating in ...
Gray Goral
The Gray Goral (Nemorhaedus goral), is a small, rough-haired ruminant native to the Himalayas. It is found in the forests of the Himalayas, usually between 3280 and 13120 feet in elevation. During the day they can be found resting on a rocky ledge and ...
Zeren (Mongolian Gazelle)
The Zeren or Mongolian Gazelle (Procapra gutturosa), is a medium-sized antelope native to the steppe and semi-arid regions of Mongolia and adjacent areas of China and southern Siberia. Zerens can be found in herds of up to 5,000 individuals. In the...
Tayra
The Tayra (Eira barbara), is an omnivorous animal from the weasel family Mustelidae. It is the only species in the genus Eira. Tayras live in the tropical forests of Central and South America. In Central America it is known as the Tolomuco. They live i...
Urial
The Urial (Ovis vignei), is a medium sized wild sheep and is considered a member of the goat/antelope subfamily. The Urial is also known as the Shapo or Arkhar. The Urial is found in western central Asia from northeastern Iran and western Kazakhstan to...
Aquatic Genet
The Aquatic Genet (Genetta piscivora), is a carnivorous mammal from northeastern Zaire. They are related to civets and linsangs. Like most members of its family, it is a secretive and rarely seen species, and little is known about its behavior in the w...
Dama Gazelle
The Dama Gazelle (Gazella dama), also known as the Addra Gazelle, is a species of gazelle found in Africa in the Sahara desert. During the dry season it migrates south to hunt for food. When the rains return and desert plants turn green, they return no...
Barbastelle
The Barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus), also known as the Western Barbastelle, is a European bat. It has a short nose, small eyes and wide ears. It is rare throughout its range. In Britain, only three breeding roosts are known, including Paston Gre...
Kirk's Dik-dik
The Kirk's Dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii), is a small antelope found in eastern and southwestern Africa. It grows to 28 inches in length and weighs up to 15 pounds when full grown. It has a reddish-brown head and a tail that is 14-22 inches long. It has a so...
Common Kusimanse
The Common Kusimanse (Crossarchus obscurus), also known as the Long-nosed Kusimanse, is a small, diurnal kusimanse or dwarf mongoose. The Common Kusimanse is found in the west African countries of Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, and it h...
Bactrian camel
The Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus), is a large even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of eastern Asia. The Bactrian camel has two humps on its back, in contrast to the Dromedary, also known as the Arabian camel, which has one. For a memory aid t...
Bharal (Himalayan Blue Sheep)
The Bharal (Pseudois nayaur), or Himalayan Blue Sheep is a caprid found in the high Himalayas of Nepal, Tibet, China, Pakistan, and India. The Dwarf Blue Sheep is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the Bharal. The Bharal is a major food source ...
Wild Goat
The Wild Goat (Capra aegagrus), is a common species of goat, with a distribution ranging from Europe and Asia Minor to central Asia and the Middle East. In the wild, these goats live in flocks of up to 500 individuals. Male wild goats are solitary ...
Kri-kri
The Kri-kri (Capra aegagrus creticus), sometimes called the Cretan goat, Agrimi, or Cretan Ibex, is a subspecies of wild goat. The Kri-kri is native to the Eastern Mediterranean, now found only on the island of Crete, Greece and three small islands jus...
Whiskered Bats
Whiskered Bats (Myotis mystacinus), and related species, are small European bats with long fur. M. alcathoe is the smallest among the European whiskered bats and uses the highest-frequency echolocation calls of all the European Myotis species. It prefe...
Ghost Bat
The Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas), also known as the Australia False Vampire Bat, is a species of bat endemic to Australia. It is named for the extremely thin membrane of its wings that makes it appear ghostly at night. They inhabit northern Australia, ...
Marco Polo Sheep
The Marco Polo Sheep (Ovis ammon polii), is a subspecies of sheep, specifically the Argali. These sheep are found only in the Pamir Mountains in the border region of China, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan. Some of the protected areas where the spe...
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
The Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus), also known as the Striped Gopher, is a brownish ground squirrel with 13 alternating brown and whitish longitudinal lines (sometimes partially broken into spots) on back and sides creat...
Round-tailed Ground Squirrel
The Round-tailed Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus tereticaudus), is a species of ground squirrel that lives in the desert of the American southwest and adjacent Mexico. They are well adapted to desert life. They can stay active even on the hottest of days...
Richardson's Ground Squirrel
Richardson's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii), is a ground squirrel native to North America. It is found mainly in the northern states of the United States, such as North Dakota, and in southern Canada, such as southern Alberta and Southern ...
Arctic Ground Squirrel
The Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii), is a species of ground squirrel native to the Arctic Circle. They can be found in regions of Northern Canada ranging from the Arctic Circle down to the southern border of the Northwest Territories. The...
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
The Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis), lives in all types of forests across North America. The Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel is abundant throughout its range and is equally at home in a wide variety of forest habitats as well as ...
European ground squirrel
The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), also known as the European Souslik, is a species from the squirrel family Sciuridae and the only European representative of the genus Spermophilus. Like all squirrels, it is a member of the rodent o...
California Ground Squirrel
The California Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi), is a common and easily observed ground squirrel of the western United States and the Baja California peninsula. It is common in Oregon and California and its range has relatively recently extended...
Uinta Ground Squirrel
The Uinta Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus armatus), is a squirrel native to the northern Rocky Mountains and surrounding foothills in the United States including Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. Its habitat includes dry meadows, grasslands, and cultiva...
Nilgiri Tahr
The Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius), is an ungulate native to the Nilgiri Hills and the southwestern portion of the Western Ghats range in India. It is known locally as the Nilgiri Ibex or simply Ibex. The Nilgiri Tahr is more closely related to...
Himalayan Tahr
The Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus), is a large ungulate and a close relative to the wild goat. Its native habitat is in the rugged wooded hills and mountain slopes of the Himalaya from northern India to Tibet. They spend the summers grazing in ...
Western Bongo
The Western Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus eurycerus), also known as the Lowland Bongo, is a herbivorous antelope among the largest of the African forest antelope species. Bongos are found in dense tropical jungles with dense undergrowth up to an altit...
Leopard Seal
The Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), belongs to the seal family Phocidae. It is the only species in its genus. Leopard Seals are the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic (after Southern Elephant Seals), and are near the top of the Antarctic...
Hoolock Gibbon
The Hoolock Gibbons, (Hoolock), are two primate species from the family of gibbons (Hylobatidae). The range of the hoolocks is the most northwestern of all the gibbons, extending from Assam in North-East India, to Myanmar. Small populations live also i...
Wolverine
The Wolverine (Gulo gulo) is the largest land-dwelling species of the weasel family Mustelidae. It is also known as the Glutton or Carcajou. The wolverine lives primarily in isolated areas in the northern hemisphere. These areas include Alaska, norther...
Siamang
The Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus), is an arboreal gibbon native to the forests of Malaysia, Thailand, and Sumatra. Its range overlaps with the Lar Gibbon and Agile Gibbon. While the illegal pet trade takes a toll on wild populations, the principal...
Common House Mouse
The Common House Mouse (Mus musculus), is the most numerous species of the genus Mus. It is the most common and populous mammalian species on earth, besides humans. House mice almost always live in close proximity to humans. Laboratory mice belong to s...
Egyptian Water Vole
The Egyptian Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius or A. terrestris), is a semi-aquatic mammal that resembles a rat and is often informally called the "˜water rat'. However, water voles are a separate species from the rat. Water voles have rounder noses than...
Egyptian Fruit Bat
The Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus), also known as the Egyptian Rousette, is a species of Old World fruit bat found throughout Africa, except in the desert regions of the Sahara. It is also common throughout the Middle East, as far east as P...
African Bush Elephant
The African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana), is the larger of the two species of African elephants (he other being the African Forest Elephant). This particular elephant is also known as the African Elephant, Bush Elephant, or Savanna Elephant. The ...
Beluga Whale
The Beluga Whale or White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas), is an Arctic and sub-arctic species of marine mammal. It is commonly referred to simply as the Beluga. The Beluga occurs in waters from 50° N to 80° N. There is also an isolated population ...
Taiwan Serow
The Taiwan Serow (Capricornis swinhoei), is a small bovid that lives on Taiwan Island. They are found in mountainous areas at elevations from 650 feet to as high as 3280 feet or even higher. It is the only native bovid of Taiwan. They are usually activ...
Japanese Serow
The Japanese Serow (Capricornis crispus or Nemorhaedus crispus), is a goat-like antelope found in Honshû, Japan. Japanese serow are found in dense hillside forests where they eat leaves, and acorns. They are diurnal, feeding in the mornings and even...
Chinese Goral
The Chinese Goral (Nemorhaedus caudatus), is a species of wild goat found in the mountains of eastern and northern Asia. A population of this subspecies exists in the Korean Demilitarized Zone, near the tracks of the Donghae Bukbu Line. The species is ...
Chamois
The Chamois (Rupicapra Rupicapra), is a goat-like animal native to the European Alps, the Corno Grande region of the central Italian Apennines, the Tatra Mountains, Balkans, parts of Turkey, and to the Caucasus. The species has also become established ...
Chinese Mountain Cat
The Chinese Mountain Cat (Felis bieti), also known as the Chinese Desert Cat, is a small wild cat of western China. This cat is distributed throughout Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan. It inhabits sparsely-wooded forests and shrub lands, and is occasi...
Addax
The Addax (Addax nasomaculatus), is a critically endangered desert antelope that lives in several isolated regions in the Sahara desert. Although extremely rare in its native habitat, it is quite common in captivity and is regularly bred on ranches whe...
Arabian Oryx
The Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx), is a bovid and the smallest member of the Oryx genus. It is native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian Peninsula. This species was endangered by the early 1970s in the wild, and attempts have been made to build w...
Gemsbok (Gemsbuck)
The Gemsbok or Gemsbuck (Oryx gazella), is a large African antelope, of the Oryx genus. The name is derived from the Dutch name of the male chamois, Gemsbok. Although there are some superficial similarities in appearance, the chamois and the oryx are n...
Scimitar Oryx
The Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah), is a species of oryx which formerly inhabited the whole of North Africa. It is not known today if the species is either extinct or existent in small numbers in central Niger and Chad. A global captive breeding program w...
Yellow-backed Duiker
The Yellow-backed Duiker (Cephalophus silvicultor), is an antelope found in central and western Africa. Yellow-backed Duikers grow to 4.8 feet in length and 30 inches high at the shoulder. They weigh around 130 pounds. Their coat is dark brown to black...
Maxwell's Duiker
Maxwell's Duiker (Cephalophus maxwellii), is a small antelope found in western Africa. Maxwell's Duikers live in lowland rainforest, where they eat herbs, fruits and shrubs. They grow to 30 inches in length with a typical shoulder height of 14.5"“16 ...
Blue Duiker
The Blue Duiker (Cephalophus monticola), is a small forest dwelling Duiker found in Central Africa and southern South Africa. They are found mainly in rainforests. They are not at all endangered and are in fact very common. In Gabon they can reach popu...
Giant Eland
The Giant Eland (Taurotragus derbianus), also known as the Derby Eland, is an open forest savannah antelope. It is commonly found in Central African Republic, Sudan, Cameroon and Senegal. There are two subspecies of this Eland. T. d. derbianus, is foun...
Common Eland
The Common Eland (Taurotragus oryx), also known as the Southern Eland, is a savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa. Common Eland live on the savannah and eat grass, branches and leaves. They are diurnal but tend towards inactivi...
Lesser Kudu
The Lesser Kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis), is a forest antelops found in East Africa and possibly the southern Arabian Peninsula. Lesser Kudu live in dry thorn bush and forest and eat mainly leaves. Lesser Kudu are nocturnal. They live in groups of two to...
Bushbuck
The Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), is an antelope that is found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Bushbucks are found in all types of bush, from open forest to dense woodland. All bushbucks live within a "home" area and will not normally leave this area...
Nyala
The Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii), is an antelope that is found in South Africa. Nyalas live alone or in small groups in forests. The male stands up to 3.5 feet, the female is up to 3 feet tall. The male has loosely spiraled horns and a long fringe on ...
Bali Tiger
The Bali Tiger (Panthera tigris balica), also called the Balinese Tiger, is an extinct species of tiger found only on the small Indonesian island of Bali. The tiger was one of three sub-species of tiger found in Indonesia along with the Javan tiger (al...
Pyrenean Ibex
The Pyrenean Ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica), is one of two extinct species of Spanish Ibex. The subspecies once ranged across the Pyrenees in France and Spain and the surrounding area, including the Basque Country, Navarre, and north Catalonia. The d...
Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby
The Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby (Onychogalea lunata), was a species of wallaby that lived in the woodlands and scrubs of the west and center of Australia. It had silky fur and, like other nail-tail wallabies, had a horny spur at the tip of its tail. It ...
Pig-footed Bandicoot
The Pig-footed Bandicoot (Chaeropus ecaudatus), was small, mostly herbivorous bandicoot of the arid and semi-arid plains of inland Australia. It had a wide range of habitat, from grassy woodland to grassland plains into even desert-like plains. It was...
Hispaniolan Solenodon
The Hispaniolan Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), also known as the Haitian Solenodon or Agouta, is a solenodon found only on the island of Hispaniola, part of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Currently, the solenodon may only be surviving in two plac...
Mouflon
The Mouflon, Ovis musimon, is a species of wild sheep and is part of the family Caprinae (goat antelopes). They originated in Southwest Asia, home to the species known as the "Asiatic mouflon" (Ovis orientalis). Mouflon were introduced to the islands o...
Hucul (Carpathian Pony)
The Hucul or Carpathian Pony is a breed of draft horse that was originally found in the Carpathian Mountains. The Hucul is considered the most direct descendant of the now extinct Tarpan. It is named after the small ethnic group of Hutsuls. However, th...
Konik
The Konik, Konik polski, is a small Polish horse that is semi-wild. It has been released into many nature reserves and parks in the Netherlands to help keep landscape open. They are big grazers and when kept without supplemental feeding, mainly in the ...
Pygmy Hog
The Pygmy Hog (Sus salvanius), is an endangered species of small wild pig. It was originally abundant throughout India, Nepal, and Britain but now it is only found in Assam. The current world population is about 100 to 150 individuals. In the wild they...
Visayan Warty Pig
The Visayan Warty Pig, Sus cebifrons, is a critically endangered species of pig. It can only be found on two of the Visayan Islands in the central Philippines. It faces unique challenges for survival in the wild. The challenges include little room to e...
Domestic Sheep
The Domestic Sheep, Ovis aries, is the most common species of the sheep genus (Ovis). It is a woolly ruminant quadruped which most likely descends from the wild mouflon of South Asia. Sheep breeders refer to female sheep as ewes, intact males as rams, ...
Oncilla
The Oncilla, Leopardus tigrinus, also known as the Little Spotted Cat or Tiger Cat, is a close relative of the Ocelot and Margay. The Oncilla's habitat is the tropical rainforests of Central and South America. They are nocturnal cats. The Oncilla g...
Quagga
The Quagga, Equus quagga, is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra. It was once found in great numbers in South Africa's Cape Province and the southern part of the Orange Free State. It was classified as an original individual species in 1788. But ...
Tarpan
The Tarpan, Equus ferus ferus, is an extinct species of Eurasian wild horse. The last specimen died in captivity in Ukraine in 1918 or 1919. The Tarpan was first described in 1774 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin, who had first seen the horse in 1769 in the ...
Aurochs
Aurochs or Urus (Bos primigenius), was a very large type of cattle that was originally prevalent in Europe. Studies indicate that Aurochs evolved in India more than 2 million years ago, migrated into the Middle East and further into Asia, and then reac...
Broad-faced Potoroo
The Broad-faced Potoroo (Potorous platyops), is an extinct mammal that was (according to sub-fossil remains) believed to be widely distributed from the semi-arid coastal districts of South Australia to the Western Australia coast, and possibly as far n...
Desert Rat-kangaroo
The Desert Rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), is an extinct marsupial that was native to Australia. It thrived in the driest, hottest and most desolate environments in Central Australia. The first sightings of the Desert Rat-kangaroo were in the ea...
Dall Sheep
The Dall Sheep (sometimes called Thinhorn Sheep), Ovis dalli, is a wild sheep of the mountainous regions of northwest North America. The sheep inhabit the sub arctic mountain ranges of Alaska, the Yukon Territory, the Mackenzie Mountains in the western...
North American Brown Lemming
The North American Brown Lemming, Lemmus trimucronatus, is a species of lemming found in North America. The lemming is found in the tundra areas of northern Canada (Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon) and Alaska. It is also found on the west coast o...
Caribbean Monk Seal
The Caribbean Monk Seal or West Indian Monk Seal, (Monachus tropicalis), is an extinct species of seal and the only seal ever to be known as native to the Caribbean sea and the Gulf of Mexico. The last recorded sighting of this mammal occurred in 1932 ...
Barbary Lion
The Barbary Lion, Panthera leo leo, also known as the Atlas Lion or Nubian Lion, is an extinct subspecies of lion. It was believed to also be extinct in captivity. However, possible individuals or descendants have been located in zoos and circus popula...
Cape Lion
The Cape Lion, Panthera leo melanochaitus, is an extinct wild subspecies of lion. The Cape Lion was not the only subspecies in South Africa, and its range is unclear. It was primarily found in Cape Province around Cape Town. The last Cape Lion seen in ...
Himalayan brown bear
The Himalayan brown bear, Ursus arctos isabellinus, is a subspecies of the brown bear. They are located in the foothills of the Himalayan and northern Pakistan and do not extend past Dachigam and Kashmir. They are the largest animal in the Deosai Natio...
Tibetan Blue Bear
The Tibetan Blue Bear, Ursus arctos pruinosus, is a subspecies of the Brown Bear and is found in the eastern Tibetan plateau. It is also known as the Himalayan Blue Bear, Himalayan Snow Bear, Tibetan Brown Bear, or the Horse Bear. In Tibetan it is know...
Kermode Bear
The Kermode Bear, Ursus americanus kermodei, is a genetically-unique subspecies of black bear found in the central coast of British Columbia. The Kermodei subspecies ranges from Princess Royal Island to Prince Rupert Island on the coast, and inland tow...
Sloth Bear
The Sloth Bear, Melursus ursinus, is a nocturnal bear, inhabiting the lowland forests of India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. It has also been sighted in Bhutan. It is found in a variety of habitats, from dry grassland to evergreen forests. It has a...
Sun Bear
The Sun Bear, Helarctos malayanus, is a bear found primarily in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia. Sun Bears are nocturnal. It tends to rest during the day on lower limbs not far above the ground. Because it spends so much time in trees, the S...
Northern Pika
The Northern Pika, Ochotona hyperborea, is a species of pika found across northern Asia, from the Ural Mountains to northern Japan and south through Mongolia, Manchuria, and northern Korea. There are several subspecies of this pika. An adult Northe...
Three-striped Night Monkey
The Three-striped Night Monkey, Aotus trivirgatus, also known as Northern Night Monkey or Northern Owl Monkey, is one of several species of owl monkeys currently recognized. It is found in Venezuela and north-central Brazil. Like other owl monkeys, the...
Horsfield's Tarsier
The Horsfield's Tarsier, Tarsius bancanus, is a species of tarsier found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. These nocturnal animals live in forests and have big eyes to help aid in capture of prey. It is also known as the Western tarsier. It is ca...
Sumatran Striped Rabbit
The Sumatran Striped Rabbit, Nesolagus netscheri, also known as the Sumatra Short-eared Rabbit or Sumatran Rabbit, is a rabbit found only in forest in the Barisan Mountains in western Sumatra, Indonesia. It is listed as a critically endangered species....
Pygmy Rabbit
The Pygmy Rabbit, Brachylagus idahoensis, is a North American rabbit and is typically found in areas of tall, dense sagebrush cover, and is highly dependent on sagebrush to provide both food and shelter throughout the year. The historic distribution of...
Douglas Squirrel
The Douglas Squirrel, Tamiasciurus douglasii, is a pine squirrel found in the Pacific coastal states and provinces of North America. Douglas Squirrels live in coniferous forests, from the Sierra Nevada mountains of California northwards to coastal Brit...
Bangs's Mountain Squirrel
Bangs's Mountain Squirrel, Syntheosciurus brochus, is a nearly unknown species of tree squirrel, that only lives in Costa Rica and Panama. It can be found in mountain rain forests at an altitude between 6200 and 8500 feet, and lives mainly in the tree ...
Abert's Squirrel
The Abert's Squirrel, Sciurus aberti, is a tree squirrel that is native to the Rocky Mountains from United States to Mexico, with concentrations found in Arizona, New Mexico, and Durango. Abert's squirrels are found in coniferous forests with large pop...
Fox Squirrel
The Fox Squirrel, Sciurus niger, is the largest species of tree squirrels native to North America. The Fox Squirrel's natural range extends throughout the eastern United States, excluding New England, north into the southern prairie provinces of Canada...
Western Gray Squirrel
The Western Gray Squirrel, Sciurus griseus, is a tree squirrel found along the western coast of the United States and Canada. This species has been known as the Silver-gray squirrel, the California Gray Squirrel, the Oregon Gray Squirrel, the Columbian...
Eastern Gray Squirrel
The Eastern Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, is a tree squirrel native to the eastern to mid-western United States and eastern provincial Canada. The species name carolinensis refers to the Carolinas, where they were first recorded by zoologists an...
Grizzled Giant Squirrel
The Grizzled Giant Squirrel, Ratufa macroura, is a large species of squirrel found in Sri Lanka and in the forests of southern India. The species is found in patches of river forest along the Kaveri River in south India and also in hill forests towards...
Indian Giant Squirrel
The Indian Giant Squirrel, Ratufa indica, is a large forest squirrel found in South Asia. It is sometimes called the Malabar Squirrel in India. It is distributed in tropical forest along the Western Ghats, central and north eastern India and Nepal. ...
Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse
Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse, Zapus hudsonius preblei, is a subspecies of jumping mouse. It is native to upland habitats in North America. It is listed as Threatened under the United States Endangered Species Act. This mouse is around nine inches ...
Botta's Pocket Gopher
Botta's Pocket Gopher, Thomomys bottae, is native to western North America, from California east to Texas and from southern Utah south to Mexico. It is found everywhere from arid deserts to high altitude meadows and is highly adaptable. In California, ...
Degu
The Degu, Octodon degus, is a small caviomorph that is native to Chile. It is sometimes called Brush-tailed Rat (although not related to the rat family) and is also called the Common Degu, to distinguish it from other members of the genus Octodon. Degu...
Coypu (Nutria)
The Coypu or Nutria, Myocastor coypus, is a large, crepuscular, semi-aquatic rodent native to South America. However, it is now present in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. In most regions the coypu is considered a pest. In eastern Europe and Ce...
Rock Cavy
The Rock Cavy or Mocó, Kerodon rupestris, is a cavy species endemic to eastern Brazil, from Easter Piauì state to Minas Gerais state. Rock cavies are found in dry rocky areas, with low scrubby vegetation, and close to stony mountains and ...
Patagonian Mara
The Patagonian Mara, Dolichotis patagonum, is a relatively large rodent found in Central and Southern Argentina. Maras inhabit arid grasslands and scrub desert. Maras like to live in burrows and will occasionally inhabit burrows that already exist from...
Jamaican Coney
The Jamaican Coney, Geocapromys brownii, is a terrestrial land mammal found in rocky, forested areas of Jamaica. It is also known as the Jamaican hutia and is endemic to the Island. It is related to the hutias and more distantly to guinea pigs. The...
Little Swan Island Hutia
The Little Swan Island Hutia, Geocapromys thoracatus, was native to Little Swan Island, off north-eastern Honduras in the Caribbean. The ancestors of the species may have been carried to the island from Jamaica, 5,000-7,000 years ago. It may have been ...
Desmarest's Hutia
Desmarest's Hutia, Capromys pilorides, also known as the Cuban Hutia, is a species of hutia endemic to Cuba. It is found in a wide range of habitats throughout its area. In northern Cuba, populations tend to be found around areas where mangroves are ab...
Malagasy Giant Rat
The Malagasy Giant Rat, Hypogeomys antimena, is a rodent native to the Menabe region of Madagascar. It is an endangered species due to habitat loss, reproductive habits and limited range. It is confined to an area of 12.5 square miles north of Morondav...
African Pouched Rat (Emin's Rat)
The African Pouched Rat, Cricetomys emini, also known as Emin's Rat, is a large rodent in the muroid super family. It is related to the Gambian Pouched Rat. They are native to Africa and are found along the edges of forests and along the plains. Emin's...
European Water Vole
The European Water Vole, Arvicola amphibius, is a semi-aquatic mammal that resembles a rat. In fact, the water vole is often informally called the "water rat". Some authorities consider the Southwestern Water Vole in the same species, but it is now gen...
Water Rat (Native Water Rat or Rakali)
The Water Rat, Hydromys chrysogaster, also known as the Native Water Rat or Rakali, is a rodent native to Australia. It lives in burrows on the banks of rivers, lakes and estuaries and feeds on aquatic insects, fish, crustaceans, mussels, snails, frogs...
White-footed Rabbit-rat
The White-footed Rabbit-rat, Conilurus albipes, is an extinct species of rodent. It was originally found in woodlands from Adelaide to Sydney, Australia. It eventually became to the south-eastern area of the country before it eventually became extinct....
Verreaux's Sifaka
Verreaux's Sifaka, Propithecus verreauxi, is a medium-sized primate in the lemur family Indriidae. It lives in Madagascar and can be found in a variety of habitats from rain forest to western Madagascar dry deciduous forests and dry and spiny forests. ...
Pygmy Mouse Lemur (Peters' Mouse Lemur)
The Pygmy Mouse Lemur, Microcebus myoxinus, also known as Peters' Mouse Lemur, is the smallest primate in the world. Its small size and nocturnal nature made it difficult to locate for over a century, and was rediscovered in the Kirindy forest in weste...
Gray Mouse Lemur
The Gray Mouse Lemur, Microcebus murinus, is a mouse lemur species in the genus Microcebus. Its range is in the damp woodlands of the west, south, and southwest coasts of Madagascar including much of the Madagascar dry deciduous forests. The Gray m...
Common Treeshrew
The Common Treeshrew, Tupaia glis, is a small mammal in the family Tupaiidae. It is distributed throughout Southeast Asia. It is found in the lowland rainforests of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and nearby islands. Widespread throughout its habitat r...
Madras Treeshrew (Indian Treeshrew)
The Madras Treeshrew, Anathana ellioti, also known as the Indian Treeshrew, is found in the hill forests of central and southern India. This species is named after Sir Walter Elliot of the Indian Civil Services in Madras. This treeshrew is 6.3 to 7...
Giant Sable Antelope
The Giant Sable Antelope, Hippotragus niger variani, is a rare subspecies of Sable Antelope native and endemic to the region between Cuango and Luando Rivers in Angola. They live in forests near the water, where leaves and tree sprouts are always juicy...
Barasingha
The Barasingha, Cervus duvaucelii, is a species of deer native to India and Nepal. It is also found in the United States in the state of Texas on hunting ranches where it was introduced a hundred years ago. In the Terai the deer lives on marshland and ...
Parti-colored Bat (Rearmouse)
The Parti-colored Bat or Rearmouse, Vespertilio murinus, is a species of bat in the family of Vesper bats known as Vespertilionidae. It is a medium sized bat with a body size of 2.5 inches and a wingspan from 10.5 to 13 inches. The average weight is 0....
Hoary Bat
The Hoary Bat, Lasiurus cinereus, is a species of bat in the family of vesper bats known as Vespertilionidae. This is a migratory bat and may travel from Canada as far south as the southern United States or Bermuda. Occasionally the bat will roost ...
Pampas Deer
The Pampas Deer, Ozotocerus bezoarticus, is a species of deer native to South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. They live in open habitats. They are brown colored when adult. Adult males have narrow antlers wit...
Pudú
The Pudú, Pudu pudu, is considered to be the world's smallest deer. It is native to Argentina and Chile in South America. There are two recognized subspecies - the Northern Pudú and the Southern or Chilean Pudú. Both species are endangered due...
Chital Deer
The Chital Deer, Axis axis, is a species of deer that is commonly found in the wooded regions of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and most of India. It is the most common species of deer in Indian forests. Other common names given to this species are the Spot...
Eld's Deer
The Eld's Deer, Cervus eldii, also known as the Thamin or Brow-antlered Deer, is a species of deer indigenous to Southeast Asia. There are three recognized subspecies. They are the Manipur Brow-antlered Deer found in Manipur, the Burmese Brow-antlered ...
Thorold's Deer
Thorold's Deer, Cervus albirostris, also known as the White-lipped Deer, is native to China. It lives in the high and cold grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau, in Eastern Tibet and the Qinghai Province. It is distantly related to the Central Asian Deer a...
Sunda Flying Lemur (Malayan Flying Lemur)
The Sunda Flying Lemur, Galeopterus variegatus, also known as the Malayan Flying Lemur, is a species of Colugo. It is one of only two species of flying lemur, the other being the Philippine Flying Lemur which is found only in the Philippines. The Sunda...
Harvest Mouse
The Harvest Mouse, Micromys minutus, is a small rodent native to Europe and Asia. They are typically found in fields of cereal crops such as wheat and oats. They are also found in long grass and hedgerows. They have reddish-brown fur with white und...
Common Pipistrelle
The Common Pipistrelle, Pipistrellus Pipistrellus, is a species of small bat that ranges across most of Europe, North Africa, southwestern Asia, and into Korea. It is one of the most common species in the British Isles. Its brown fur is variable in ton...
African Forest Elephant
The African Forest Elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis, was until recently considered a subspecies of the African Bush Elephant. Recent DNA testing has proven otherwise and shows that the African Forest Elephant is a separate species of Elephant. The Afri...
Indian Elephant
The Indian Elephant, Elephas-maximus-indicus, is one of three subspecies of the Asian Elephant. The largest population of the Indian Elephant is found in India. This subspecies is also found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Laos, mainlan...
Borneo Pygmy Elephant
The Borneo Pygmy Elephant, Elephas maximus borneensis, is a subspecies of the Asian Elephant and found in north Borneo. The origin of the Borneo Elephant was controversial. The two competing theories were that they were either native to that region, or...
Cape Hyrax (Rock Hyrax)
The Cape Hyrax or Rock Hyrax, Procavia capensis, is a species in the order Hyracoidae. They live south of Syria, Lebanon, through Israel and North Africa to much of sub-Saharan Africa. They are found in savanna or grassland areas. They live in cavities...
West Indian Manatee
The West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus, is the largest surviving member of the aquatic mammal order Sirenia. It is found along the coastal waters of the West Indies, generally in shallow areas. However, it is known to withstand large changes in wa...
Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew
The Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew, Rhynchocyon chrysopygus, is a species of elephant shrew native to Africa and only found in the coastal Arabuko Sokoke National Park located north of Mombassa in Kenya. It lives on the forest floor mainly around evergre...
Aardvark
The Aardvark, Orycteropus afer, sometimes called the "˜antbear', is a medium-sized mammal native to Africa. It lives south of the Sahara desert where there is suitable habitat for them to live. It prefers savannas, grasslands, woodlands and bush. They...
Asian Palm Civet
The Asian Palm Civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, also known as the Common Palm Civet or the Toddy Cat, is a cat-sized mammal in the Viverridae family. It is native to south-east Asia and southern China. It inhabits forests, parks and suburban gardens ...
Eastern Spotted Skunk
The Eastern Spotted Skunk, Spilogale putorius, is one of three species of spotted skunks in the genus Spilogale. Spotted skunks weigh between 1 and 3 pounds. They are black with a white spot on the forehead and interrupted white stripes over its back a...
Western Hog-nosed Skunk (Common Hog-nosed Skunk)
The Western Hog-nosed Skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, also known as the Common Hog-nosed Skunk, is a species of skunk native to the southwestern United States (Arizona to southern Texas) south through Mexico to Nicaragua. In Texas it is commonly called th...
Marbled Polecat
The Marbled Polecat, Vormela peregusna, is a small mammal to the subfamily Mustelinae. They are typically found in the dryer areas and grasslands of southeastern Europe to western China. The range includes Bulgaria, Romania, Asia Minor, Lebanon, Syria,...
Muskrat (Musquash)
The Muskrat or Musquash, Ondatra zibethicus, is a large aquatic rodent native to North America (Alaska, Canada, United States, northern Mexico), and has been introduced in parts of Europe. In the Mid-Atlantic states it is nicknamed "˜Swamp Bunny'. Mus...
Scarlet Kingsnake
The Scarlet Kingsnake, Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides, is found in the eastern regions of the United States, mainly in Florida. It is a subspecies of the milk snake, Lampropeltis triangulum. It is significantly smaller than most other kingsnakes...
Hawaiian Monk Seal
The Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) in the Family Phocidae is an endangered marine mammal that is native to the warm, clear waters of the Hawaiian Islands. It gets its common name from its round head covered with short hairs, giving it the ...
South American Fur Seal
The South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) is a species of fur seal that breeds on the coasts of Chile and Argentina. The total population is around 250,000. The population of South American fur seals in 1999 was estimated at 390,000, a d...
New Zealand Fur Seal
The New Zealand fur seal or Southern fur seal (kokono in the MÄori language), Arctocephalus fosteri, is a species of fur seal found around the south coast of Australia. It is also found on the coast of the South Island of New Zealand, and some of t...
Cape Fur Seal
The Cape fur seal (also known as the South African Fur Seal) and the Australian fur seal are two subspecies of the Arctocephalus pusillus species of fur seal. The Cape fur seal (A. p. pusillus) is found along the coast of Namibia and along the west ...
Guadalupe Fur Seal
The Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi) is a fur seal. It is one of six members of the Arctocephalus genus, but the only one to be found in the Northern Hemisphere. Sealers reduced the population to just a few dozen by the late 19th century, b...
Antarctic Fur Seal
The Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) is one of seven seals in the genus Arctocephalus. As its name suggests, the Antarctic Fur Seal is distributed in Antarctic waters. Around 95% of the world population breeds at South Georgia. It is named fo...
Northern Fur Seal
The Northern Fur Seal, Callorhinus ursinus, is an eared seal. It is the only species in the genus Callorhinus. It is found in the North Pacific Ocean. Physical description and behavior The Northern Fur Seal has substantial physical differences co...
New Zealand Sea Lion
The New Zealand Sea Lion or Hooker's Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) is a species of sea lion that breeds around the coast of New Zealand's South Island and Stewart Island/Rakiura to some extent. They are also found around New Zealand's sub-antarctic is...
Australian Sea Lion
The Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) is a species of sea lion that breeds only on the south coast of Australia. Today there are about 12,000 Australian Sea Lions following the introduction of the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Act of 1972...
South American Sea Lion
The South American Sea Lion or Southern Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens, previously Otaria bryonia) is a sea lion found on the Chilean, Peruvian, Uruguayan and Argentine coasts. They are perhaps the typical sea lion in appearance. They have a very large h...
California Sea Lion
The California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) is a coastal sea lion of the northern Pacific Ocean. Males grow to 600 lb (300 kg) and 8 ft (2.4 m) long. The females are significantly smaller they are about 200 lb (100 kg) and 6.5 ft (2 m) long. T...
Walrus
Walruses are large semi-aquatic mammals that live in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. There are 6 populations in the arctic and 2 or 3 subspecies exist. The Pacific walrus is slightly larger, with males weighing up to 4,180 lb (1,900 k...
Raccoon
A raccoon (also spelled racoon) is a nocturnal mammal in the genus Procyon of the Procyonidae family. Raccoons are unusual for their thumbs, which (though not opposable) enable them to open many closed containers (such as garbage cans) and doors. They ...
Sea Otter
The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a large otter native to the North Pacific, from northern Japan and Kamchatka east across the Aleutian Islands south to California. The heaviest of the otters, sea otters are the only species within the genus Enhydra. ...
Oriental Small-clawed Otter
The Oriental small-clawed Otter, Aonyx cinereus also known as Asian Small-clawed Otter is the smallest otter in the world. The Oriental Small-clawed Otter is found in mangrove swamps and freshwater wetlands of Bangladesh, southern India, China, Taiw...
Giant Otter
The giant otter, Pteronura brasiliensis, (also known as the river wolf) is the longest of the world's otters, as well as one of the largest mustelids. It is native to South America but is endangered and is also very rare in captivity. Physical chara...
Northern River Otter
The Northern River Otter, Lontra canadensis, is a North American member of the Mustelidae or weasel family. It is also known as the North American River Otter. This species can be found all across North America, inhabiting inland waterways and coastal ...
European Otter
The European Otter, Lutra lutra, is a European member of the Mustelidae or weasel family, and is typical of freshwater otters. It may also be known as the Eurasian river otter, common otter, or Old World otter. Range and Habitat The European otte...
American Badger
The American Badger, Taxidea taxus, is a North American badger, somewhat similar in appearance to the European Badger. It is found in the western and central United States, northern Mexico and central Canada. This animal prefers dry open areas with ...
Ratel (Honey Badger)
The ratel (Mellivora capensis), also known as the honey badger, is a member of the Mustelidae family. They are distributed throughout most of Africa and western and south Asian areas of Baluchistan (eastern Iran), Pakistan and Rajasthan (western India)...
Eurasian Badger
The Eurasian or European badger, Meles meles, is a mammal indigenous to most of Europe (excluding northern Scandinavia, Iceland, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Cyprus) and to many parts of Asia. It is particularly abundant in Britain and Ireland. It ...
Chinese Ferret Badger
Distinctive mask-like face markings distinguish the Chinese ferret badger from other oriental mustelids. This badger lives in burrows or crevices and is active at dusk and at night. It is a good climber and feeds on fruit, insects, small animals and wo...
Hog Badger
The hog badger, Arctonyx collaris is a medium-sized, up to 27.56 in (70cm) long, terrestrial mammal with a medium length brown hair. It has a stocky body, white throat, two black stripes on elongated white face and pink pig-like snout. The hog badg...
Sable
The sable (Martes zibellina) is a small mammal. It is closely akin to the martens, living in northern Asia from the Ural Mountains through Siberia and Mongolia to HokkaidÅ in Japan. Its range in the wild originally extended through European Russia ...
Fisher
The fisher is a North American marten. Despite its name, this animal seldom eats fish, but is a typical marten. It is a medium sized mustelid, agile in trees and slender enough of body to pursue prey into hollow trees or burrows in the ground. The ...
Pine Marten
The pine marten (Martes martes) is an animal in the weasel family, native to Northern Europe. It's around the size of a domestic cat. Its body is up to 20.87 in (53 cm) long; its bushy tail can be 9.84 in (25 cm). Males are slightly larger than females...
Beech Marten
The beech marten (Martes foina), also known as the Stone Marten, is the most common species of marten in Central Europe. Beech martens are long, slender, short-legged predators with long, bushy tails. They grow to a size of 15.75 to 19.69 inches (40 to...
American Marten
The American Marten (Martes americana) is a North American marten sometimes also called the Pine Marten, even though it is a separate species from the European Pine Marten. Some sources believe that the population found in the western United States sho...
American Mink
The American Mink, Mustela vison, is a North American member of the Mustelidae family found in Alaska, Canada and most of the United States. Some have established themselves in the wild in Newfoundland, Europe and South America after escaping from f...
European Polecat
The European Polecat (Mustela putorius), also known as a fitch, is a member of the Mustelidae family. It is related to the stoats, otters, weasels, and minks. They are dark brown with a lighter bandit-like mask across the face, pale yellow underbody f...
Black-footed Ferret
The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) is a small carnivorous North American mammal closely related to the Steppe Polecat of Russia. It is a member of the diverse family Mustelidae which also includes weasels, mink, polecats, martens, otters, and ...
Least Weasel
The Least Weasel, Mustela nivalis, is the smallest member of the weasel genus, Mustela and indeed the smallest living carnivore. Habitat The least weasel is found throughout the northern parts of Europe, Asia and North America, except for Ireland...
Long-tailed Weasel
The long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata) is the most widely distributed mustelid in the New World. Its range extends from southern Canada through most of the United States to Mexico. It is also found in Central America and the northern parts of South A...
Stoat
The stoat (Mustela erminea), also known as the short-tailed weasel or the wild otter, is a small mammal of the family Mustelidae. The stoat is an opportunistic carnivore and grows up to 11.81 in (30 cm) long. It eats rabbits and rodents such as the ...
Black-striped Weasel
The black-striped weasel (Mustela strigidorsa) is one of the most mysterious mammals in the northeast Oriental region, even though it occurs from Nepal east through northeast India and southern China to Vietnam. It is also found south to central Laos ...
European Mink
The European Mink, Mustela lutreola, is a European member of the Mustelidae family found in some regions of Spain, France, Romania, Sweden, Poland and the greater part of Russia. It is not found east of the Ural Mountains. Formerly it extended across a...
Colombian Weasel
Colombian Weasel (Mustela felipei) is a species of weasel from South America, especially Colombia, but some specimens have been found in northern Ecuador. It is a carnivore, sometimes attacking domestic animals like chickens. Because of that is ofte...
Western Hog-nosed Skunk
The western hog-nosed skunk or common hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus mesoleucus) is a species of hog-nosed skunk native from the southwestern United States (Arizona to southern Texas). It is also found south through Mexico to Nicaragua. In Texas, it is co...
Western Spotted Skunk
The Western Spotted Skunk (Spilogale gracilis) is a spotted skunk found throughout the western United States, northern Mexico, and southwestern British Columbia. It was once thought to be the same species as the Eastern Spotted Skunk but in fact has a ...
Striped Skunk
The striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis, is an omnivorous mammal of the skunk family Mephitidae. Found over most of the North American continent north of Mexico, it is one of the most well known mammals in Canada and the United States. The striped sku...
Red Panda
The red panda, Ailurus fulgens also known as the lesser panda, bear cat or fire fox, is a mostly herbivorous mammal. It is slightly larger than a domestic cat 21.65 in (55 cm) long. The red panda has semi-retractile claws and, like the giant panda, ha...
Bat-eared Fox
The bat-eared fox is a canid of the African savanna. It is named after its huge ears. Bat-eared foxes have tawny fur, their ears, legs and parts of the face are black. They are 21.65 in (55 cm) long (head and body). Their ears are 5.12 in (13 cm) long....
Raccoon Dog
The raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) is a member of the canidae family (which includes dogs, wolves, and foxes) and is indigenous to East Asia. It is not a true dog, and is the only species in its genus Nyctereutes. It is named for its superficia...
Island Fox
The island fox (Urocyon littoralis) is a small fox that is native to six of the eight Channel Islands of California. It is the smallest fox species in the United States. There are six subspecies of the fox, each unique to the island it inhabits, reflec...
Gray Fox
The gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) is a species of canine ranging from southern Canada, throughout most of the lower United States. It is also found in Central America, to Venezuela. This species and the closely related Island Fox are the only li...
Arctic fox
The Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus), also known as the polar fox, is a small fox native to cold Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It is common in all three tundra biomes. Although some authorities have suggested placing it in the genus Vulpes, it ...
Fennec
The fennec is a small fox found in the Sahara Desert of North Africa (excluding the coast) that has distinctive oversized ears. Description The fennec is the smallest canid, only weighing up to 3.3 lb (1.5 kg). The fox is 7.9 in (20 cm) tall at t...
Cape Fox
The Cape Fox (Vulpes chama), also called cama fox or silver-backed fox is a small fox. It has black or silver gray fur with flanks and underside in light yellow. The tip of its tail is always black. Cape Foxes tend to be 17.72 to 24.02 in (45 to ...
Corsac Fox
The corsac fox (Vulpes corsac) is a species of fox. Range and habitat This fox lives in the steppes and semi-desert of central and northeast Asia. They are found in large area of central Asia including Turkistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, ...
Kit Fox
The kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) is a relatively common North American fox. Its range extends into northern Mexico. It has a generally gray coat, with rusty tones, and a black tip to its tail. Unlike the gray fox it has no stripe along the length of its t...
Swift Fox
The swift fox (Vulpes velox) is a small fox found in the western grasslands of North America, for example in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. They also live in Saskatchewan and Alberta in Canada. Some mammalogists classify it as co specific with the Kit...
Red Fox
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the most familiar of the foxes. In Britain and Ireland, where there are no longer any other native wild canids, it is referred to simply as the "Fox". It has the widest range not just of any fox but also of any terrestria...
Bush Dog
The bush dog (Speothos venaticus) is a canid found in Central and South America, including Panama, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru (West of the Andes), Ecuador, the Guianas, Paraguay, northeast Argentina (Misiones province), and Brazil. In spite of its extens...
Falkland Island Fox
The Falkland Island Fox (Dusicyon australis, formerly named Canis antarcticus), also known as the Warrah and occasionally as the Falkland Island Wolf or Antarctic Wolf, was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands. This native canid became e...
Crab-eating Fox
The crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous), also known as the crab-eating zorro, is a medium-sized canid found in the central part of South America. This fox is currently the only member of genus Cerdocyon, but an extinct species is known from the Pleistoce...
Argentine Grey Fox
The chilla, grey zorro or South American Grey Fox (Pseudalopex griseus), also known as the Patagonian Fox, is a species of zorro (false foxes). Range and Habitat The South American grey fox is found in the southern cone of South America, particul...
Culpeo
The culpeo (Pseudalopex culpaeus), sometimes known as the Patagonian fox, is a South American species of wild dog. It is the second largest native canid on the continent after the maned wolf. In its appearance it bears many similarities to the widely r...
African Wild Dog
The African Wild Dog, Lycaon pictus, also known as the African Hunting Dog Cape Hunting Dog, or Painted Hunting Dog, is a mammal of the Canidae family. It is related to the domestic dog. It is the only species in the canid family to lack dewclaws on t...
Dhole
The dhole (Cuon alpinus) is a species of wild dog of the Canidae family. It is also known as the Asiatic Wild Dog. Other known names include the Indian wild dog, the red dog, the Asiatic Dog, and the Whistling Hunter (due to The dhole is, generally,...
Black-backed Jackal
Appearance The black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) is an African canine with a fox-like appearance. It has tan fur, and a thick stripe of black and silver running down its back. They weigh anywhere from 15 to 30 pounds and are 5.91 to 11.81 in (1...
Side-striped Jackal
The side-striped jackal (Canis adustus) is a member of the family Canidae, native to central and Southern Africa. Description Side-striped jackal is a grayish brown to tan with a white stripe from the front legs to the hips. It has a dark tail t...
Golden Jackal
Golden jackals (Canis aureus), also called Asiatic or common jackals are small jackals native to northern and central Africa and southern Asia. Golden jackals live 7 to 9 years in the wild, but have been known to live up 16 years in captivity. Appea...
Ethiopian Wolf
The Ethiopian Wolf is also known as the "Abyssinian Wolf", "Red Jackal" or "Fox", "Simen/Simenian/Simian/Simien Fox or Jackal" and "Horse's Jackal" in English. The Ethiopian wolf is one of the most rare and most endangered of all canids. The numerou...
Red Wolf
The red wolf, Canis rufus is the most rare and most endangered of all wolves. It is thought that its original distribution included much of eastern North America. Red wolves were found from Pennsylvania in the east, Florida in the south, and Texas in t...
Dingo
The dingo (plural dingoes or dingos), Canis lupus dingo, is a type of wild dog, probably descended from the Indian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes). It is commonly described as an Australian wild dog, but is not restricted to Australia, nor did it originate...
Dog
The dog is a type of canid, a mammal in the order Carnivora. The term includes both wild (feral) and domestic variants, but commonly excludes other canids such as wolves. Over time, the dog has developed into hundreds of breeds with a great degree o...
Gray Wolf
The gray wolf also known as timber wolf or wolf is a mammal in the order Carnivora. The gray wolf shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog. Gray wolves were once abundant and distributed over much of North America, Eurasia, and the Middle East. ...
Coyote
The coyote is a member of the Canidae (dog) family and a close relative of the domestic dog. Coyotes are native to North America and are only found from Canada south to Costa Rica. European explorers first encountered these canines during their travels...
Large Spotted Genet
The large spotted genet (Genetta tigrina), also known as the blotched genet, is a carnivore mammal, related to linsangs and civets. It can be found in Africa from Senegal to Somalia, and south to Namibia and South Africa. It is absent from the contine...
Common Genet
The common genet (Genetta genetta), also known as the small-spotted genet or European Genet, is a carnivore mammal. It is related to civets and linsangs. The most far ranging of all the eleven species of genet, it can be found throughout Africa. It i...
African Civet
The African Civet is a common viverrid that ranges across tropical Africa. Unlike many other members of the family, the African Civet resembles a short dog-like animal. Its coarse coat varies but is usually an ornate pattern of black and white contrast...
Common Palm Civet
The common palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), or Asian Palm Civet, Musang (in Malaysia and Indonesia), Luak or Luwak, or Toddy Cat, is a cat-sized mammal in the family Viverridae. It is native to South-east Asia and southern China. The common...
Binturong
The binturong, Arctictis binturong also known as Asian Bearcat, Malay Civet Cat, Palawan Bearcat or just simply the Beercat, is neither a bear nor a cat but is a species of civet of the family Viverridae. The real meaning of the original name is lost, ...
Otter Civet
The otter civet, Cynogale bennettii, is an aquatic civet from South East Asia. Sometimes known as the Sunda Otter Civet, it lives in rivers and swampy areas of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Java. The otter civet possesses several adaptations...
African Palm Civet
The African Palm Civet (Nandinia binotata), also known as the Two-spotted Palm Civet, is a small mammal. It has short legs, small ears, a body resembling a cat, and a long tail as long as its body. Adults usually weigh 3.75 to 4.63 lb (1.70 to 2.10 kg...
Aardwolf
The aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) is a small insectivorous hyena, native to Eastern and Southern Africa. The name means "earth wolf" in Afrikaans. Unlike other hyenas, the aardwolf is a defenseless animal whose diet almost completely consists of termit...
Striped Hyena
The striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) is closely related to the brown hyena. It lives in northern Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan and western India. It is extinct in Europe, but can occasionally be spotted in Anatolia, Turkey. Striped hyenas are largely ...
Brown Hyena
The brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea, formerly Hyaena brunnea) lives mainly in the Kalahari and Namib deserts of southern Africa. It is smaller than the spotted hyena, and unlike its spotted cousin, is largely a scavenger. It is the largest land animal ...
Spotted Hyena
The spotted hyena, or laughing hyena, (Crocuta crocuta) is the largest and best-known member of the hyena family. The spotted hyena ranges in size from 3.1 to 5 ft (95 to 150 cm) long along the head-and-body and stands from 2.5 to 3 ft (75 to 90 cm)...
Meerkat
The meerkat or suricate is a small mammal and a member of the mongoose family. It inhabits all parts of the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa. A group of meerkats is called a "mob" or "gang". Anatomy The meerkat is a small diurnal mongoose whose...
Banded Mongoose
The banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) is a mongoose commonly found in the central and eastern parts of Africa. Physical characteristics The banded mongoose is a sturdy mongoose. It has large head, small ears, short, and muscular limbs. It has a lo...
Striped-necked Mongoose
The striped-necked mongoose (Herpestes vitticollis) is a species of mongoose found in southern India.
Indian Mongoose
The Indian Mongoose, Small Indian Mongoose, Small Asian Mongoose or the Javan Mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) is a species of mongoose found in the wild in South and Southeast Asia. They have also been introduced to various parts of the world. Distri...
Egyptian Mongoose
Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) is found in Africa and Spain, quite commonly in Sudan. It has recently been discovered as being a reservoir host for Visceral Leishmaniasis in Sudan.
Dwarf Mongoose
The dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula), sometimes-called common dwarf mongoose to distinguish it from the desert dwarf mongoose (H. hirtula) is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family (Herpestidae). Physical characteristics The ...
Yellow Mongoose
The yellow mongoose is a small mammal averaging about 1 lb (1/2 kg) in weight and about 20 in (500 mm) in length. A member of the mongoose family, it lives in open country. It resides from semi-desert scrubland to grasslands in Angola, Botswana, South...
Long-nosed Cusimanse
Long-nosed cusimanse or common cusimanse (Crossarchus obscurus) is a small, diurnal member of the mongoose family. It is sometimes referred to as a dwarf mongoose. Description The long-nosed cusimanse has a vaguely weasel-shaped body with dark b...
Asiatic Cheetah
The Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) is a rare critically endangered subspecies of the cheetah found primarily in Iran. It is an atypical member of the cat family (Felidae) that hunts by speed rather than by stealth or pack tactics. It live...
Liger
The liger, is a hybrid cross between a male panthera leo (lion), and a female panthera tigris (Tiger) and is denoted scientifically as panthera leo x panthera tigris. A liger resembles a giant lion with diffused stripes. They are the largest cats in th...
Jaguar
The jaguar (Panthera onca) (Brazilian Portuguese: onça pintada) is a New World mammal of the Felidae family and one of four "big cats" in the Panthera genus. It is in this genus along with the tiger, lion and leopard of the Old World. The jaguar is...
Arabian Leopard
Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) is a smaller subspecies of leopard than that of its cousins in Asia and Africa. It is a critically endangered and their population trend is still declining. The Arabian leopard lives in Israel, UAE, Yemen and Oman...
Amur Leopard
The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), whose habitat is currently confined to the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, is the northernmost subspecies of leopard. It is also known as the Far-East leopard and the Siberian leopard. It is extremely close to ext...
Anatolian Leopard
The Anatolian leopard or the Galil leopard, (Panthera pardus tulliana), is a subspecies of leopard. It is not known whether any Anatolian leopards still exist in the wild. Distribution/Physical Features Anatolian leopards at one time thrived in t...
African Leopard
The African leopard is the most common subspecies leopard with the least conservation concern. Physical Description The African leopard has an elongated body with relatively short, stocky legs. They have short rounded ears and long sensitive whis...
South China Tiger
The South China Tiger or South Chinese Tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis), also known as the Amoy or Xiamen tiger, is a subspecies of tiger native to the forests of Southern China. The South China tiger is the second smallest and most critically endange...
Amur Tiger (Siberian)
The amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is a rare subspecies of tiger (P. tigris). Also known as the Siberian, Korean, Manchurian, or North China Tiger, it is the largest natural animal in the feline family Felidae. The amur tiger is critically end...
Sumatran Tiger
The Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The wild population is estimated at between 400 and 500 animals, occurring predominantly in the island's national parks. Recent genetic testing has reveale...
Indochinese Tiger
The Indochinese tiger or Corbett's tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) is a subspecies of tiger found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The "Corbett's" name stems from the scientific name of the subspecies, Panthera tigri...
Bengal Tiger
The Bengal tiger or Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is a subspecies of tiger found in parts of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar. It is the most common tiger subspecies, and lives in a variety of habitats. It lives in grassland...
Lion
The lion (Panthera leo) is a mammal of the family Felidae and one of four "big cats" in the genus Panthera. The lion is the second largest cat, after the tiger. The male lion, easily recognized by his mane, weighs between 330 to 550 lb (150 to 250 kg)....
Snow leopard
The snow leopard (Uncia uncia or Panthera uncia), sometimes known as the ounce, is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of central and south Asia. The taxonomic position of this species has been subject to change. In the past, many taxonomists inc...
Clouded Leopard
The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa, Neofelis diardi) is a medium-sized cat. It is 2ft to 3ft 6 in (60 to 110 cm) long and weighs between 25 to 44 lb (11 and 20 kg). It has a tan or tawny coat. It is distinctively marked with large, irregularly sh...
Marbled Cat
The marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata) is similar in size to the domestic cat. It has a longer, more thickly furred tail. This tail is used for counterbalance, which is an indicator of a tree living lifestyle. Its pattern is blotched and banded like a...
Puma
The puma (Puma concolor), also known as the cougar or mountain lion, is a large, solitary cat found in the Americas. It has a vast range, from Yukon Territory in Canada to the southern Andes of South America. Their primary food is deer. They hunt prey...
Rusty-spotted Cat
The rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus, sometimes Felis rubiginosa) is a very small wild cat of southern India and Sri Lanka. It is 13.78 to 18.9 in (35 to 48 cm) long, plus 5.91 to 9.84 in (15 to 25 cm) tail, weighing in at only approximately...
Fishing Cat
The fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus or Felis viverrina) is a medium-sized cat of Asia. Its habitat in Southeast Asia ranges through Indochina, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java. Its fur has an olive-grey color with dark spots. The face ...
Leopard Cat
The leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) is a small wild cat of Southeast Asia. On average it is as large as a domestic cat, but there are considerable regional differences. In Indonesia the average size is 17.72 in (45 cm), plus 7.87 in (20 cm) tail...
Pallas Cat
The Pallas cat (Otocolobus manul, or Felis manul) or manul is a small wild cat of Central Asia. It is 24 in (60 cm) long, not including its 10 in (25 cm) tail. Its fur is ochre in color with vertical bars, which are sometimes not visible due to the thi...
Andean Cat
The Andean Cat (Oreailurus jacobita) is also known as the Andean Mountain Cat. Its habitat and appearance make it the small cat analogue of the snow leopard. It is only about the size of a domestic cat. It appears larger because of its long tail and si...
Kodkod
The kodkod (Oncifelis guigna), also known as Guiña, is the smallest felid in the Americas and is found only in Chile and Argentina. Little is known about this species because they are extremely rare. The usual size of a kodkod is 4 to 6 lb (2.2 kg)....
Geoffroy's Cat
The Geoffroy's cat is probably the most common wild cat in South America. It is about the size of a domestic cat. Their fur has black spots, but the background color varies from region to region. In the north, a brownish yellow coat is most common. Far...
Bobcat
The bobcat (Lynx rufus, or commonly Felis rufus) is a wild cat native to North America. They are found mostly in the United States, southern Canada, and Northern Mexico. The bobcat is an adaptable animal that inhabits wooded areas as well as semi-deser...
Canada Lynx
The Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) is a close relative of the Eurasian Lynx. The Canada Lynx is more similar to the Bobcat than to the Eurasian Lynx. This cat is found in northern forests across almost all of Canada and Alaska. In addition there are ...
Iberian Lynx
The Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus, sometimes Felis pardina) - sometimes referred to as the Spanish Lynx. It used to be often miss-classified as a subspecies of the Eurasian Lynx, but it is now regarded as a separate species. While the Eurasian Lynx bear...
Eurasian Lynx
The Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) is a medium-sized cat of European and Siberian forests. It is one of the major predators. It has grey to reddish fur with black spots. The pattern of the fur is variable. Lynxes prey on hares, rodents, foxes, and even ...
Serval
The serval (Leptailurus serval) is a medium-sized African wild cat. It has a length of 33.46 in (85 cm), plus 15.75 in (40 cm) tail. It is a slender animal, with long legs and a fairly short tail. The tall, oval ears are set close together. The patter...
Margay
The margay (Leopardus wiedii, or Felis wiedii) is a spotted cat native to Central and South America. It is a solitary nocturnal animal that prefers remote sections of the rainforest. Although it was once believed to be vulnerable to extinction, the IUC...
Ocelot
The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is a wild cat distributed over South and Central America and Mexico. It has been reported as far north as Texas and in Trinidad, in the Caribbean. It can be up to 3 ft 2 in (100 cm) long, plus 1 ft 6 inches (45 cm) tail...
Jaguarundi
The Jaguarundi is a medium-sized Central and South American wild cat. It has an average length 30 inches (65 cm) with 20 inches (45 cm) of tail. It has short legs and an appearance somewhat like an otter. The ears are short and rounded. The coat is un...
Black-footed Cat
The black-footed cat (Felis nigripes) is a small wild cat distributed over South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana. Some are distributed into Zimbabwe. The habitat of this cat species is dry semi-desert and savannah. With an average mass of 3.53 lb (1.6 k...
Jungle Cat
The jungle cat (Felis chaus), also called the swamp lynx (although not related to the lynxes), is a small cat with a rather short tail. Dependent on the subspecies the color of the fur is yellowish-grey to reddish-brown. While vertical bars are visible...
Sand cat
The sand Cat (Felis margarita) is a small wild cat 19.69 inches (50 cm) long, plus an 11.81 in (30 cm) tail. It is distributed over African and Asian deserts. The name "Desert Cat" is reserved for a subspecies of the true Wild Cat, but it would go bet...
Cat
The cat (or domestic cat, house cat) is a small carnivorous mammal. A skilled predator, the cat is known to hunt over 1,000 species for food. Intelligent, the cat can be trained to obey simple commands, and has been known to teach itself to manipulate ...
Wild cat
The wild cat (Felis silvestris), sometimes "wildcat" or "wild-cat", is a small predator native to Europe. It is also found in the western part of Asia, and Africa. It is a hunter of small mammals, birds, and other creatures of a similar size. There ar...
Asiatic Golden Cat
The Asiatic Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii, or Profelis temminckii, or Felis temminckii), also called Temminck's Golden Cat, is a medium-sized wild cat weighing from 26.46 to 35.27 lb (12 to 16 kg). In captivity golden cats can live up to 20 years, bu...
Caracal
The caracal, also called Persian lynx or African lynx (Caracal caracal, sometimes Felis caracal), is a fiercely territorial medium-sized cat. Caracals are labeled as small cats. They are amongst the heaviest of all small cats, as well as the fastest. ...
Ring-tailed Mongoose
The ring-tailed mongoose (Galidia elegans) is a Euplerid that lives on the island of Madagascar. Although it is called a "mongoose", it is really a closer relative to the fossa. The ring-tailed mongoose is relatively small. It is 12.5 to 15 in (32 ...
Fossa
The fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) is a mammal native to the island of Madagascar. It is sometimes said to resemble a cross between a dog and cat. It is actually more closely related to the mongoose. It is the largest mammalian carnivore on the island. ...
Leaf-nosed bat
The leaf-nosed bats, family Phyllostomidae, are ecologically the most varied and diverse group within the whole order Chiroptera. Phyllostomid bats include within their number true predatory species. They take vertebrate prey including small Dove -size...
Pallid bat
The pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) is a species of bat, which ranges from western Canada to central Mexico. Pallid bats have larger eyes than most other species of bats in North America and have pale and wide ears. Their fur is generally lightly color...
Horseshoe Bat
Horseshoe bats (the Rhinolophidae family) are a large family of bats including approximately 130 species grouped in 10 genera. They belong to the suborder Microchiroptera (microbats). All Rhinolophids have leaf-like protuberances on their noses. In ...
Puerto Rican Nesophontes
The Puerto Rican Nesophontes (Nesophontes edithae), or Puerto Rican Shrew, is an extinct soricomorph native to the island of Puerto Rico. It is believed that Europeans never observed the animal. Contemporary fossils with indigenous artifacts and int...
Cuban Solenodon
The Cuban Solenodon (Solenodon cubanus), known as the Almiqui in Cuba, is a soricomorph native to Cuba. It belongs to the family Solenodontidae along with a similar species, the Hispaniola Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus). The solenodon is unusual among...
European Mole
The European Mole, Talpa europaea, is a mammal of the order Soricomorpha. This mole lives in an underground tunnel system, which it constantly extends. It uses these tunnels to hunt its prey. Under normal conditions the displaced earth is pushed to ...
Shrew-mole
The shrew-mole (Neurotrichus gibbsii) is the smallest North American mole. It is the only member of the genus Neurotrichus and the tribe Neutrichini. It is also known as the American Shrew Mole, but its relationship to the other shrew moles is distant....
Russian Desman
The Russian Desman (Desmana moschata) is a small semi-aquatic mammal. It inhabits the Volga, Don and Ural River basins in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. It constructs burrows into the banks of ponds and slow moving streams. It prefers small, overgro...
Eurasian Pygmy Shrew
The Eurasian Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus), often shortened to Pygmy Shrew, is a widespread shrew of northern Eurasia. It is the only shrew native to Ireland. Active throughout the day and night, the Eurasian Pygmy Shrew is one of the smallest shrews....
Cinereus Shrew
The Cinereus Shrew (Sorex cinereus), also known as the masked shrew, is a small shrew found in Alaska. It is also found in Canada, the northern United States, and northeastern Siberia. This is the most widely distributed shrew in North America where i...
Vagrant Shrew
The Vagrant Shrew (Sorex vagrans) is a medium-sized North American shrew. At one time, the Montane Shrew (S. monticolus) was considered to belong to the same species as this animal. It is red brown in color with greyer under parts and a long tail th...
American Water Shrew
The American Water Shrew (Sorex palustris) or Northern Water Shrew, is a large North American shrew found in aquatic habitats. This animal is dark grey in color with lighter under parts with a long tail. Air bubbles are trapped in the thick fur whe...
Marsh Shrew
The marsh shrew (Sorex bendirii), also known as the Pacific Water Shrew, is a large North American shrew. It is found near aquatic habitats. It is the largest member of genus Sorex in North America. It is dark brown in color with a dark belly and ...
Smoky Shrew
The smoky shrew, Sorex fumeus, is a medium-sized North American shrew found in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. It is dull grey in color with a lighter underside. It has a long tail that is brown on top and yellowish underneath. D...
Crawford's Gray Shrew
Crawford's Gray Shrew, Notiosorex crawfordi, is a small shrew that can be found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is a member of the Order Soricomorpha and the Family Soricidae. Crawford's Gray Shrew is one of the smallest de...
Eurasian Water Shrew
The Eurasian Water Shrew, known in British English as the water shrew, is a relatively large shrew. It is up to 3.94 inches (100 mm) long, with a tail up to three-quarters as long again. It has short dark fur, often with a few white tufts. It has a f...
Southern Short-tailed Shrew
The southern short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis) is a small, gray, short-tailed mammal as the name implies. The overall appearance is somewhat like a rodent, but is a member of the order Soricomorpha. It should not be confused with a member of th...
Northern Short-tailed Shrew
The northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) is a large shrew found in central and eastern North America. It is found from southern Saskatchewan to Atlantic Canada and south to Nebraska and Georgia. At one time, this species and the southern s...
Asian House Shrew
The Asian House Shrew (Suncus murinus) is a species of shrew found in South Asia. It has a habit of running slowly along the edges of the walls when they enter human habitations. They are widespread and found in all habitats including deserts and hu...
Lesser White-toothed Shrew
The lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura suaveolens) is a tiny shrew found in Europe. Its preferred habitat is woodlands. The population is found on the Isles of Scilly. It forages on beaches. This is unusual behavior for this species.
Greater White-toothed Shrew
The greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula) is a small shrew found in Europe and North Africa. Its preferred habitats are grassland and woodland. It is slightly larger than the lesser white-toothed shrew but otherwise very similar. It can ofte...
Indian Hedgehog
The Indian Hedgehog (Paraechinus micropus) is a species of hedgehogs native to India and Pakistan. The Indian Hedgehog is known for its masked face, somewhat similar to a raccoon. It tends to live on plains and in bushy mountainous areas near water. ...
Hugh's Hedgehog
Hugh's Hedgehog (Mesechinus hughi), also sometimes referred to as the Central Chinese Hedgehog, is a hedgehog native to Central China and Manchuria. It prefers open areas, but can be found in shrubs and forests. Hugh's Hedgehog is native to China. I...
Daurian Hedgehog
The Daurian Hedgehog (Mesechinus dauuricus) is a solitary small hedgehog. It is listed in Red book of Russian Federation as a protected species with an unclear status. It is generally considered to be endangered species. The IUCN lists it as "least c...
Indian Long-eared Hedgehog
The Indian Long-eared Hedgehog (Hemiechinus collaris) is a relatively small hedgehog native to India and Pakistan. Due its extremely large ears, it used to be considered a subspecies of long-eared hedgehog. The Indian Long-eared Hedgehog is notable ...
Long-eared Hedgehog
The long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus) is a species of hedgehog native to Central Asian countries and the Caucasus Mountains. It is smaller than the West European Hedgehog. It weighs at most 17.64 oz (500 g), and is much faster. It is less likel...
West European Hedgehog
The West European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), or simply the European hedgehog, is a hedgehog species found throughout the Palaearctic region. It is not found in the Himalayas and North Africa. It is not commonly found above 60°N in latitude. T...
Southern White-breasted Hedgehog
The Southern White-breasted Hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor) is sometimes referred to as East European Hedgehog, White-bellied Hedgehog or White-chested Hedgehog. It is very similar to lifestyle and appearance to the West European Hedgehog. This hedgehog...
Lar Gibbon
The lar gibbon (Hylobates lar), also known as the white-handed gibbon, is a primate in the Hylobatidae or gibbon family. It is one of the better-known gibbons and is often seen in zoos. The range of the lar gibbon extends from southwest China and ea...
Amur Hedgehog
The Amur Hedgehog is a hedgehog similar to Western European Hedgehog in outlook and lifestyle. It is more lightly colored. An average animal weighs from 21.16 to 35.27 oz (600 to 1000 g). It is native to Amur Krai and Primorye in Russia, Manchuria in ...
Four-toed hedgehog
The four-toed hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris), or African pygmy hedgehog, is a small species of hedgehog. It is found throughout much of the south-Saharan African countries, from Senegal and Mauritania in the west, to Sudan in the east. It has been r...
Colugo
Colugos are arboreal gliding mammals found in South-east Asia. There are just two species each in its own genus, which makes up the entire family Cynocephalidae and order Dermoptera. Though they are the most capable of all mammal gliders, they cannot a...
Northern Treeshrew
The Northern treeshrew (Tupaia belangeri) is a species of treeshrew found in Southeast Asia.
Madras Treeshrew
The madras treeshrew (Anathana ellioti), also known as the Indian treeshrew is a species of treeshrew. It is found in the hill forests of central and southern India. This treeshrew is 6.3 to 7.28 in (16.0 to 18.5 cm) long with a tail of 6.5 to 7.68 in...
Bonobo
The bonobo (Pan paniscus), until recently is usually called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often the dwarf or gracile chimpanzee. It is one of the two species of chimpanzees. Physical characteristics Its head is smaller than that of the Common C...
Common Chimpanzee
The common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), also known as the robust chimpanzee, is a great ape. Basic facts Common chimpanzees are found in the tropical forests and wet savannas of Western and Central Africa. They once inhabited most of this regio...
Eastern Lowland Gorilla
The eastern lowland gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri) is a subspecies of Eastern Gorilla. It is now only found in the forests of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. This subspecies is sturdier in appearance than the western lowland gorilla. ...
Mountain Gorilla
The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is one of two subspecies of Eastern Gorillas. It is only found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central Africa, within three national parks. Some claim that the Bwindi population in Uganda's Bwindi ...
Western Lowland Gorilla
The western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is a subspecies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla). It lives in montane, primary, and secondary forests and lowland swamps. It is found throughout all or parts of Angola, Cameroon, Central A...
Western Gorilla
The western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) is the most populous species of the genus Gorilla. Population estimates vary, but it is likely that there are approximately 80 to 100 thousand individuals of this species. Nearly all are of the nominate western low...
Sumatran Orangutan
The Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) is the least common of the two species of orangutans. It lives on the Sumatra island of Indonesia. They are smaller than the Bornean orangutan. Baby Sumatran orangutans are often poached as highly prized Zoo Inhabi...
Bornean Orangutan
The Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus is a species of orangutan native to the island of Borneo. It is slightly larger than the other species of orangutan, the Sumatran orangutan. The Bornean orangutan is more common than the Sumatran, with about 45,000...
Black Crested Gibbon
The black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor) is also known as the crested gibbon, the black gibbon, the white-cheeked gibbon, or the concolor gibbon. It is a species of gibbon found in India in the Malay Archipelago and Indochina. It is endangered.
Silvery Gibbon
The silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch) is a primate in the Hylobatidae or gibbon family. Their skin is bluish gray colored with a dark grey or black cap. Like all gibbons they do not have a tail and their arms are very long compared to their body. They ...
Red-shanked Douc
The red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) is a species of Old World monkey and probably the most colorful of mammals. This colorful and attractive primate is sometimes called the "costumed ape" for its extravagant appearance. This colorful monkey looks ...
Mongoose Lemur
The Mongoose Lemur (Eulemur mongoz) is a lemur ranging from 12 to 18 inches long plus a tail of 16 to 25 inches. The mongoose lemur lives in Madagascar dry deciduous forests within Madagascar. It also lives in the Comoros forests on the islands of Com...
Gee's Golden Langur
Gee's golden langur (Trachypithecus geei) or simply the golden langur is an Old World monkey. It is found primarily in the foothills of the Himalayas along the Assam Bhutan border. The golden langur is known for its rich golden to bright cream hai...
Javan Lutung
The Javan lutung, Trachypithecus auratus also known as the Ebony lutung and Javan langur, is an Old World monkey from the Colobinae subfamily. It is glossy black with a brownish tinge to its legs, sides, and "sideburns". It is found on the island of Ja...
Nilgiri Langur
The Nilgiri langur (Trachypithecus johnii) is a langur found in the Nilgiri hills of the Western Ghats in South India. Its range also includes Kodagu in Karnataka, Palani Hills in Tamil Nadu and many other hilly areas in Kerala. This primate has gloss...
Black-footed Gray Langur
The black-footed gray langur (Semnopithecus hypoleucos) is an Old World monkey. It is one of the species of langurs. This, like other gray langurs, is a leaf-eating monkey found in south India.
Zanzibar Red Colobus
The Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) is a red colobus monkey native to Zanzibar. It is also named Kirk's red colobus. This Old World monkey has a coat that ranges from dark red to black. It is accented with a black stripe along the should...
Miss Waldron's Red Colobus
Miss Waldron's red colobus (Piliocolobus badius waldronae) is a species of red colobus monkey native to West Africa. It has not been officially sighted since 1978 and was declared extinct in 2000. However, new evidence suggests that a very small number...
Mantled Guereza
The mantled guereza (Colobus guereza), also known simply as the guereza or the abyssinian black-and-white colobus, is a colobus monkey. It is a kind of Old World monkey. It is native to much of west central and east Africa, including Cameroon, Equator...
Angola Colobus
The Angola colobus (Colobus angolensis) is a tree living Old World monkey belonging to the Colobus genus. Physical characteristic It has black fur and a black face, which is surrounded by long, white locks of hair. It also has a mantle of white h...
Drill
The drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) is a primate of the Cercopithecidae (Old-world Monkeys) family. It is closely related to the baboons and even more closely to the mandrill. The drill is similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacks the colorfu...
Mandrill
The Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is a primate of the Cercopithecidae (Old-world monkeys) family. It is closely related to the baboons and even more closely to the Drill. Both the Mandrill and the drill were once classified as baboons in genus Papio. T...
Gelada Baboon
The Gelada (Theropithecus gelada) is a species of Old World monkey, found only in the Ethiopian Highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It has large populations in the Semien Mountains. Like its close relative, the baboon, it stays on land and spends its t...
Chacma Baboon
The Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) is from the Old World monkey family. It has a body length of up to 45.28 in (115 cm) and a weight from 33.07 to 68.34 lb (15 to 31 kg). It is the largest and heaviest baboon species. It has dark-brown or grey hair with...
Yellow Baboon
The yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. It has a slim body with long arms and legs and a yellowish-brown hair. It resembles the chacma baboon but is smaller. Its muzzle is not as elongated. The hairless f...
Olive Baboon
The olive baboon (Papio anubis), also called the Anubis baboon, is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. Its name comes from the Egyptian god Anubis. The olive baboon has the largest range area of all baboons, extending south from Mali to Ethio...
Guinea Baboon
The Guinea baboon (Papio papio) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. The Guinea Baboon inhabits a small area in western Africa. Its range is from Guinea, Senegal, Gambia, southern Mauritania and western Mali. It has reddish brown hair and a ha...
Hamadryas Baboon
The Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. It is the northernmost of all the baboons. Its range extends from the Red Sea in Egypt to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. It also lives on the Arabian Peninsula. It i...
Grey-cheeked Mangabey
The Grey-cheeked Mangabey (Lophocebus albigena) is an Old World monkey found in the forests of Central Africa. They range from Cameroon down to Gabon and across in western Uganda. The Grey-cheeked Mangabey is a dark monkey. It looks in shape overall l...
Tibetan Macaque
The Tibetan Macaque (Macaca thibetana), also known as Milne-Edwards' Macaque, is found in China, Tibet and Vietnam. This species lives in subtropical forests (mixed deciduous to evergreen) at altitude that range from 2,625 to 6,562 feet (800 to 2000 m)...
Bonnet Macaque
The bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata) is a macaque living in India. This Old World monkey is a daily animal. It is 13.78 to 23.62 inches (35-60 cm) long plus a tail of 13.78 to 26.77 inches (35-68 cm). Males weigh 12.13 to 19.84 lbs (5.5 to 9 kg), fem...
Toque Macaque
The toque macaque (Macaca sinica) is a reddish-brown colored Old World monkey. It is found in Sri Lanka. It lives in troops. The troops sometime number up to 20, and have developed into three subspecies. Troops of the toque macaque are a common sig...
Japanese Macaque
The Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata), also known as the snow monkey, is a terrestrial Old World monkey species native to northern Japan. It has an introduced free-ranging population that has been living near Laredo, Texas since 1972. It is the most no...
Rhesus Macaque
The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), often called the rhesus monkey, is one of the best-known species of Old World monkeys. It is a typical macaque, common throughout Afghanistan to northern India and southern China. Adult male rhesus macaques measur...
Stump-tailed Macaque
The stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides), also called the bear macaque, is a macaque. It lives in China, India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Thailand. It is 18.9 to 25.6 inches (48 to 65 cm) long. Males weigh 22.05 lb (10 kg), females 16.53...
Crab-eating Macaque
The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is a primarily arboreal macaque native to Southeast Asia. It is also called the cynomolgus monkey and the long-tailed macaque. It has been used extensively in medical experiments, in particular those c...
Celebes Crested Macaque
The Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra), also known as the crested black macaque, Sulawesi crested macaque, or the black "Ape", is an Old World monkey. It lives in the northeast of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (Celebes) as well as on smaller n...
Lion-tailed Macaque
The lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) is an Old World monkey that lives only in southwest India. The skin of the lion-tailed macaque is dark-brown or black. Its most outstanding characteristic is the silver-white mane that surrounds the head from...
Barbary Macaque
The Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) is a tail-less macaque. It is found in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco with a small, population in Gibraltar. The Barbary macaque is one of the best-known Old World monkey species. Besides humans, they a...
De Brazza's Monkey
De Brazza's monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) is an Old World monkey. It gets its name from French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza. Locally known as swamp monkeys, they are often found in wetlands in central Africa. It is very hard to find due to i...
Hamlyn's Monkey
Hamlyn's monkey (Cercopithecus hamlyni), also known as the owl-faced monkey, is a species of Old World monkey. It inhabits the bamboo and primary rainforests of the Congo. This species is exceedingly rare and known only from a few specimens. There lit...
L'Hoest's Monkey
L'Hoest's monkey (Cercopithecus l'hoesti), or mountain monkey, is a guenon found in Cameroon and the Congo basin. There are two distinct populations and subspecies of this monkey that are widely separated in distribution. They mostly live in mountainou...
Wolf's Mona Monkey
The Wolf's Mona monkey or Wolf's Guenon, Cercopithecus wolfi, is an Old World monkey in the Cercopithecidae family.
Mona Monkey
The Mona monkey is an Old World monkey that lives throughout Western Africa. This guenon lives in groups of up to 35 in tree living regions. It mainly feeds on fruit but sometimes eats insects and leaves. The Mona monkey has brown agouti fur with a ...
Blue Monkey
The blue monkey or diademed monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) is a species of guenon native to various parts of east, central and southern Africa. This also includes the Congo River basin. Despite its name, the blue monkey is not noticeably blue. It has ...
Diana Monkey
The Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana) is often considered one of the most beautiful of the Old World monkeys. It is found in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Ghana. The Diana monkey ranges from 15.75 to 21.65 in (40 to 55 cm) long, excluding its ...
Malbrouck
The Malbrouck (Chlorocebus cynosuros) is an East African arboreal primate belonging to the genus of green monkeys (Chlorocebus). It is one of the most common primates of Africa. Physical characteristics The Malbrouck is a slim, agile primate wit...
Vervet Monkey
The Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus), or just simply Vervet, is an African Old World monkey. This species is classified into the family Cercopithecidae. The term can also refer to all of the members of their genus, Chlorocebus. Vervets are c...
Grivet
The grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops) is an Old World monkey. It has long white tufts of hair along the sides of the face. Some authorities consider this and all of the members of the genus Chlorocebus to be a single species, Cercopithecus aethiops.
Patas Monkey
The Patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) is a ground-dwelling monkey distributed over West Africa. It is the only species classified in the genus Erythrocebus. Patas monkeys avoid woodlands and live in treeless grasslands and semi-deserts. The Patas monke...
Allen's Swamp Monkey
Allen's Swamp Monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis) is the primate species that is categorized in its own genus Allenopithecus. It is in the Old World monkey family Allen's Swamp Monkey lives in the Congo basin. The Congo basin is in the Republic o...
Brown Woolly Monkey
The brown woolly monkey or common woolly monkey, Lagothrix lagotricha, is a woolly monkey. It is from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. It lives in groups of 2 to 70 individuals. They usually split the group into smaller subgroups while in activity...
Geoffroy's Spider Monkey
Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, Ateles geoffroyi, also known as black-handed spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey. It is a type of New World monkey, from Central America.
Black-headed Spider Monkey
The black-headed spider monkey, Ateles fusciceps, is a species of spider monkey. It is a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Panama.
Black Howler
The black howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) is a species of howler monkey. It is a large New World monkey. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. It lives in groups of 3 to 19 individuals (usually 7 to 9). There are usually 1 to 3 male...
Venezuelan Red Howler
The Venezuelan Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta seniculus) is a South American species of howler monkey. It is a type of New World monkey. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. It lives i...
Mantled Howler
The mantled howler (Alouatta palliata), or sometimes the golden-mantled howling monkey, is a species of howler monkey. It is a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America.
Coppery Titi
The coppery titi, Callicebus cupreus, is a species of titi. It is a type of New World monkey, from South America. It if found in Bolivia, Brazil and Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Red-bellied Titi
The red-bellied titi, Callicebus moloch, is a species of titi. It is a type of New World monkey, native to Brazil. PHOTO CREDIT: Jessie Cohen, NZP photographer http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/PhotoGallery/SmallMammals/
White-eared Titi
The White-eared Titi, Callicebus donacophilus, also known as the Bolivian Titi or Bolivian Gray Titi, is a species of titi. It is a type of New World monkey. It is from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. It is known for en...
Bald Uakari
The bald uakari (Cacajao calvus), also known as the red uakari or bald-headed uakari, is a distinctive red-faced monkey found in swampy forests. It is in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia. The species is considered "near threatened" by the 2004 World Conserv...
Monk Saki
The Monk Saki, Pithecia monhachus, is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It can grow up to be 14.57 to 18.9 inches (37 to 48 cm) long and weigh about 3.3 t...
White-faced Saki
The white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia), also known as the Guianan Saki and the golden-faced saki, is a species of saki monkey. It is a type of New World monkey. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. This monkey most...
Gray-bellied Night Monkey
The gray-bellied night monkey (Aotus lemurinus), also called the lemurine owl monkey, is a small New World monkey of the family Aotidae. They are native to tropical and subtropical forests of South and Central America. The gray-bellied night monkey fac...
Black-capped Squirrel Monkey
The black-capped squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis) is a South American squirrel monkey, found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru.
Common Squirrel Monkey
The common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) is a small New World primate from the Cebidae family. It is native to ten different countries of South America. They are Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and Pue...
Central American Squirrel Monkey
The Central American Squirrel Monkey, Saimiri oerstedii, is a squirrel monkey species from Central America. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
Golden-bellied Capuchin
The golden-bellied capuchin (Cebus xanthosternos), also known as the yellow-breasted or buffy-headed capuchin, is one of several species of New World monkeys. There are differences between individuals as well as between the sexes and across age grou...
Tufted Capuchin
The tufted capuchin (Cebus apella), also known as brown capuchin or black-capped capuchin is a New World primate from South America. Tufted capuchins are omnivorous animals, mostly feeding on fruits and invertebrates. They sometimes feed on small ve...
White-headed Capuchin
The white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus) is also known as the white-faced Capuchin or white-throated capuchin. It is a small New World monkey. It is of the family Cebidae. Native to the forests of South and Central America, white-throated capuchi...
Goeldi's Marmoset
Goeldi's Marmoset or Goeldi's Monkey (Callimico goeldii) is a small, South American New World monkey. It lives in the upper Amazon Basin region of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Goeldi's Marmosets are blackish or blackish-brown in c...
Cottontop Tamarin
The cottontop tamarin (Saguinus oedipus), also known as the Pinché Tamarin, is a small New World monkey weighing less than 1lb (0.5 kg). It is found in tropical forest edges and secondary forests where it is tree living and active during the day. ...
Pied Tamarin
The pied tamarin is a critically endangered primate species found in a restricted area in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest.
Emperor Tamarin
The Emperor Tamarin (Saguinus imperator) is a tamarin allegedly named for its similarity with the German emperor Wilhelm II. The name was first intended as a joke, but the name has become the official scientific name. This tamarin lives in the south...
White-lipped Tamarin
The white-lipped tamarin (Saguinus labiatus), also known as the red-bellied tamarin, is a tamarin that lives in the Amazon area of Brazil and Bolivia. The red belly of these New World monkeys is its most remarkable outward characteristic. Otherwise ...
Black-mantled Tamarin
The black-mantled tamarin, Saguinus nigricollis, is a species of tamarin from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Red-handed Tamarin
The red-handed tamarin (Saquinas midas), also known as the golden-handed or midas tamarin, is a New World monkey named for the reddish hair on their feet and hands. It is native to the in wooded areas along the Amazon River in Brazil, Guyana, French Gu...
Black Lion Tamarin
The black lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus) or golden-rumped lion tamarin is a lion tamarin found only in the Brazilian states of Sao Paulo and Paraná. It is found almost exclusively at the Morro do Diabo State Park. It lives in secondary a...
Golden-headed Lion Tamarin
Golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) is a lion tamarin, and is endemic to Brazil. It is found only in the lowland and premontane tropical forest fragments in the state of Bahia. It is considered to be an endangered species.
Golden Lion Tamarin
The golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia), or golden marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Cebidae. It is native to the humid coastal forests of Brazil. The golden lion tamarin is an endangered species and among the most rare anim...
Spectral Tarsier
The spectral tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) is less adapted than the Philippine Tarsier or Horsfield's Tarsier. It lacks adhesive toes. It is the type species for the Tarsius genus. It is found in Indonesia, primarily in the lowlands of Sulawesi and on Sel...
Silvery Marmoset
The silvery marmoset (Callithrix argentata) is a New World monkey that lives in Brazil, south and east of the Amazon basin. Compared to other marmosets, they have a very isolated habitat. The fur of the Silvery Marmoset is colored whitish silver-gre...
Black-tufted Marmoset
The black-tufted marmoset (Callithrix (Callithrix) penicillata), also known as the black-penciled marmoset, is a species of New World monkey. It lives primarily in the Neo-tropical gallery forests of the Brazilian Central Plateau. It ranges from Bahia...
White-headed Marmoset
The tufted-ear marmoset or white-headed marmoset, Callithrix geoffroyi, is a marmoset endemic to Brazil.
Common Marmoset
Common Marmoset (Callithrix (Callithrix) jacchus) is a New World monkey. It originally seemed to only live on the northeast coast of Brazil. It was recently found also in southeast Brazil. The fur of the common marmoset is grey. The most distinguish...
Pygmy Marmoset
The pygmy marmoset (Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea) is a monkey native to the rainforest canopies of western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru. It is one of the smallest primates. Its body length ranges from 5.51 to 6.3 in...
Philippine Tarsier
The Philippine Tarsier (Tarsius syrichta; also known as mawmag in Cebuano/Visayan) is an endangered tarsier species endemic to the Philippines. It is found in the southeastern part of the archipelago, particularly in the provinces of Bohol, Samar, Leyt...
Senegal Bushbaby
The Senegal Bushbaby (Galago senegalensis), also known as the Senegal Galago, the lesser galago or the lesser bush baby, is a small, nocturnal primate. It is a member of the galago family Galagidae (sometimes called Galagonidae). The name "bush bab...
Brown Greater Galago
The brown greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus) is a nocturnal primate, the largest in the family of galagos. Physical characteristics This species has a rounded head with a short, wide snout. It has very large ears and relatively small eyes....
Sunda Loris
The sunda loris (Nycticebus coucang) is a slow loris. This slow moving strepsirrhine primate has large eyes that point forward, and ears that are small and nearly hidden in the fur. Its tail is a mere stump. The sunda loris is a diurnal and arboreal...
Red Slender Loris
The red slender loris (Loris tardigradus) is a small, nocturnal prosimian native to the Rainforests of India and Sri Lanka. Its body length on average is 7 to 10 in. (17.5 to 26 cm), with an average weight of a mere 3 to 13 oz (85 to 350g). It eats ins...
Eastern Woolly Lemur
The eastern woolly lemur or Eastern Avahi (Avahi laniger) is a species of woolly lemur native to eastern Madagascar. They live in humid forests. The nocturnal animals weigh 2.20 to 2.87 lbs (1 to 1.3 kg) and reach a length of 10.63 to 11.42 inches (27...
Red-tailed Sportive Lemur
The red-tailed sportive lemur (Lepilemur ruficaudatus) is, like all lemurs, native to Madagascar. It is a nocturnal species feeding largely on leaves. They also eat some fruit. Individuals weigh around 28.21 ounces (800 grams), and there is little sexu...
Golden Bamboo Lemur
The golden bamboo lemur or golden lemur (Hapalemur aureus) is a medium sized bamboo lemur endemic to southeastern Madagascar. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss. The population is declining with only about 1000 individu...
Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur
The eastern lesser bamboo lemur (Hapalemur griseus), also known as the gray bamboo lemur and the gray gentle lemur, is a small lemur endemic to Madagascar. The eastern lesser bamboo lemur feeds mainly on bamboo. The lemurs of the Hapalemur genus have m...
Red Ruffed Lemur
The Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra) is one of two species of ruffed lemur, the other being the black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata). Like all lemurs, it is native to Madagascar. It is endemic to the Masoala peninsula in the northeast of th...
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur
The black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata) is one of the two species of ruffed lemurs. Like all lemurs, it is native only to Madagascar. Black-and-white ruffed lemurs can grow up to 2 ft long. They are typically a little smaller, and abou...
Red-bellied Lemur
The Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer) is a medium sized prosimian with a luxuriant chestnut brown coat. This lemur is endemic to eastern Madagascan rain forests and is distinguished by patches of white skin below the eyes. Description The m...
Crowned Lemur
The Crowned Lemur (Eulemur coronatus) is a lemur that is 13 inches (33 cm) long and weighs 4.41 lbs (2 kg). The Crowned Lemur is endemic to Madagascar. It mostly eats fruit. The population is estimated to 1000 to 10,000 individuals, most of which live ...
Black Lemur
The black lemur (Eulemur macaco) is a true lemur 41 cm long plus a tail of 55 cm. It weighs 5.51 lbs (2.5 kg). The black lemur lives in North Madagascar. It mostly eats fruit, though flowers, leaves and nectar also make up part of its diet. There ar...
Ring-tailed Lemur
The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a large prosimian, a lemur belonging to the family Lemuridae. The ring-tailed lemur is the only species within the monotypic genus Lemur. It is found only on the island of Madagascar. Although threatened by ha...
Goodman's Mouse Lemur
Goodman's Mouse Lemur (Microcebus lehilahytsara) is a species of mouse lemur from Andasibe in eastern Madagascar. It is thought to have diverged from other mouse lemurs in the region about 2 million years ago. The species is named in honor of primat...
Japanese Hare
Geographic range The Japanese hare is found on the continent of Asia. It is found primarily in 5 countries even though it is named for one. The Japanese hare is found in Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia. Habitat The Japanese ...
White-tailed Jackrabbit
The white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii), or prairie hare and white jack, is a hare found in western North America. This animal is a member of Family Leporidae of Order Lagomorpha. This jackrabbit has two described subspecies: L. townsendii to...
European Hare
The European Hare or brown hare (Lepus europaeus) is a species of hare native to northern, central, and Western Europe and Western Asia. It is a mammal adapted to temperate open country. It is related to the similarly appearing rabbit, which is in t...
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
The black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), or desert hare, is the common hare of the western United States and Mexico. It is found at elevations from sea level to up to 9,843 feet (3000 m). The black-tailed jackrabbit has unmistakable long e...
Mountain Hare
The mountain hare (Lepus timidus) is a hare, which is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats. It is distributed from Scandinavia to eastern Siberia. There are isolated populations in the Alps, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and HokkaidÅ. T...
Wisent
The Wisent or European Bison (Bison bonasus) is a bison species and the heaviest land animal in Europe. A typical wisent is about 9.5 ft (2.9 m) long and 5.9-6.5 (1.8"“2 m) tall, and weighs 661 2,204.6 lbs (300 to 1000) kg. It is typically more massi...
Arctic Hare
The arctic hare (Lepus arcticus) is a hare that is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats. It was once considered a subspecies of the Mountain Hare, but it is now regarded as a separate species. It is distributed over the tundra regions of G...
Snowshoe Hare
The Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus), also called the varying hare, is a species of hare found in North America. It has the name "snowshoe" because its back feet are so big. It looks as though it is wearing big shoes to walk in the snow. The animal's b...
European Rabbit
The European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a species of rabbit native to southern Europe. European Rabbits are small, gray-brown mammals ranging from 13 to 18 in (34 to 45 cm) long, and are approximately 3 to 5 pounds (1.3-2.2 kg) in weight. They ...
Desert Cottontail
The Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii) is a New World cottontail rabbit, a member of the family Leporidae. Desert Cottontails are found throughout the central United States from eastern Montana to western Texas. It is also found northern Mexi...
Eastern Cottontail
The Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) is a New World cottontail rabbit, and a member of the family Leporidae. It is one of the most common rabbit species in North America. These rabbits are chunky red-brown or gray-brown in appearance. The...
Brush Rabbit
The Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani), or Western Brush Rabbit, is a species of cottontail rabbit found in western coastal regions of North America. It is also found from the Columbia River in Oregon to the southern tip of the Baja California peninsu...
Amami Rabbit
The Amami Rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi), or Amami no Kuro Usagi, also known as the Ryukyu Rabbit, is a primitive dark-furred rabbit. It is only found in Amami Oshima and Toku-no-Shima, in Japan. The Amami Rabbit is a living remnant of ancient rabbits th...
American Pika
The American Pika (Ochotona princeps) is a diurnal(active during day and sleeps at night) species of pika. It is found in the mountains of western North America. They are usually in boulder fields at or above tree line. A recent news article suggests ...
Haig's Tuco-tuco
Haig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys haigi), known regionally as the Patagonian tuco-tuco, is a South American rodent. Like other tuco-tucos it is subterranean and thus not often observed. The "tuc-tuc" call of the males can be heard near burrow sites, especiall...
Chinchilla
Chinchillas and their relative's viscachas are small, twilight rodents native to the Andes Mountains in South America. They belong to the family Chinchillidae. Chinchilla fur is considered the softest in the world and is thirty times softer than hu...
Brazilian Agouti
The Brazilian Agouti, Dasyprocta leporina, is a South American agouti species from the Dasyproctidae family. It is found in Venezuela, Guiana, French Guiana and Brazil. It has also been introduced to the Lesser Antilles. The Brazilian Agouti is als...
Black Agouti
The Black Agouti, Dasyprocta fuliginosa, is a South American agouti species from the Dasyproctidae family. It is found in Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil.
Nutria (Coypu)
The coypu or nutria (Myocastor coypus) is a large, crepuscular, semi aquatic rodent native to South America. It is also present in Europe, Asia, and North America. In most regions, the coypu is considered a pest. In Eastern Europe and Central Asia, i...
American Beaver
The North American Beaver (Castor canadensis) is a large semi-aquatic rodent native to Canada. Also it is native to most of the United States and parts of northern Mexico. Its fur is dark brown. It has a rounded head, a large flat paddle-shaped tail a...
European Beaver
The European Beaver (Castor fiber) is an endangered aquatic mammal that was hunted almost to extinction in Europe. This beaver is now being re-introduced throughout Europe. Several thousand live on the Elbe, Rhone, and Danube. It also lives in parts ...
Hutia
Hutias are cavy-like rodents that inhabits the Caribbean Islands. There are 20 species of hutia have been identified, and half may be extinct. Among those that perished were the giant hutias. They resemble the nutria in some respects and the largest sp...
Spiny rat
The spiny rats are a group of hystricognath rodents in the family Echimyidae. They are distributed from Central America through much of South America. They were also found in the West Indies until the 1800s. Some authorities consider the nutria from so...
North American Porcupine
The North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), also known as Canadian Porcupine or Common Porcupine, is a large rodent in the New World porcupine family. The Beaver is the only other rodent larger than the North American Porcupine found in North Am...
Cattle
Cattle (often called cows in contemporary usage) are domesticated ungulates (hoofed), a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised as livestock for meat (called beef and veal), dairy products (milk), leather and as draught a...
American Bison
The American Bison (Bison bison) is a bovine mammal, the largest terrestrial mammal in North America, and one of the largest wild cattle in the world. With their huge bulk, Wood Bison"“which are the largest subspecies in North America "“ are only s...
African Buffalo
The African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a bovid from the family of the Bovidae. It is up to 5.6 ft (1.7 meters) high, 9.8 ft (3 meters) long, and can reach a weight of 1.1 tons (1000 kilograms). On average, an adult male stands about 5...
Yak
The yak (Bos grunniens) is a longhaired humped domestic bovine found in Tibet and throughout the Himalayan region of south central Asia, as well as in Mongolia. In Tibetan, the word yak refers only to the male of the species; a female is a dri or nak. ...
Brazilian Porcupine
The Brazilian Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis) is a porcupine found in tropical forests in Mexico and throughout much of South America. The body is covered with short, thick spines that are whitish or yellowish in color. They are mixed with the dark...
Paca
The paca (Agouti paca), also known as the spotted paca, is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America. It ranges from East-Central Mexico to Paraguay. It is also known as the gibnut in Belize, where it is prized as a game animal. Des...
Green Acouchi
The Green Acouchi, Myoprocta pratti, is a South American acouchy species from the Dasyproctidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Capybara
The capybara (also capibara) (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a semi-aquatic herbivorous animal, the largest of living rodents. It is endemic to most of the tropical and temperate parts of South America east of the Andes. It has been introduced to north-...
Indian Porcupine
The Indian Porcupine or Indian Crested Porcupine (Hystrix indica) is a member of the Old World porcupines. It is quite an adaptable rodent, found throughout southern Asia and the Middle East. It is tolerant of several different habitats. It lives in t...
Crested Porcupine
The Crested Porcupine, also known as the European Porcupine, African Porcupine, or North African crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata). It is a member of the Old World porcupine family. It is a nocturnal rodent that lives on the ground. It is found fr...
African Brush-tailed Porcupine
The African Brush-Tailed Porcupine (Atherurus africanus) is a species of rat-like Old World porcupine called "brush-tailed porcupines". The brush-tailed porcupines live in forests, usually at high elevations. They are nocturnal and during the day they ...
Naked Mole Rat
The Naked Mole Rat (Heterocephalus glaber), also known as the Sand Puppy, or desert mole rat, is a burrowing rodent native to parts of East Africa. It has a highly unusual set of physical traits that enable it to thrive in a harsh, underground environm...
Laotian rock rat
The Laotian rock rat or kha-nyou (Laonastes aenigmamus), sometimes called the "rat-squirrel", is a rodent species of the Khammouan region of Laos. The animals resemble large dark rats with hairy, thick tails like those on a squirrel. Their skulls ar...
Springhare
The Springhare (Pedetes capensis), or Springhaas, is not actually a hare, but a member of the order Rodentia. It is the only species in its family Pedetidae and in the genus Pedetes. The Springhare resembles a small kangaroo with well-developed hin...
Flying squirrel
The flying squirrels, scientifically known as Pteromyini or Petauristini, are a tribe of squirrel (family Sciuridae). There are 43 species in this tribe, the largest of which is the woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus). The 2 species of the gen...
Gerbil
A gerbil is a small mammal of the order Rodentia. Once known simply as "desert rats", the gerbil subfamily includes about 110 species of African, Indian, and Asian rodents. These include sand rats and jirds, all of which are adapted to dry habitats...
Vole
A vole is a small rodent resembling a mouse but with a stouter body. It has a shorter hairy tail, a slightly rounder head, and smaller ears and eyes. Description Most vole species have rootless molars that fold into a series of triangles. Voles ...
Chinese hamster
The Chinese Hamster is a species of hamster, scientific names Cricetulus griseus, which originates in the deserts of northern China and Mongolia. These animals grow to between 2.95 to 3.54 in (7.5 and 9 cm) long and as adults can weigh 1.76 to 2.65 oz ...
European Hamster
The European Hamster, Cricetus cricetus, also known as the black-bellied hamster, is a species of hamster native to Europe. It is typically found in low-lying farmland with soft loose soils. It may also inhabit meadows, gardens, or hedges. It is widely...
Roborovski hamster
Roborovskis (Phodopus roborovski) are the smallest and fastest of all hamsters and are commonly kept as pets. Distinguishing characteristics of the Roborovskis are the white spots where their eyebrows would be, and the lack of a dorsal stripe commonly ...
Winter White Russian Dwarf hamster
Winter White Russian hamsters are a species of hamster in the genus Phodopus. They are typically half the size of the better-known Syrian hamster, and therefore called dwarf hamsters along with all Phodopus species. Features include a typically dark gr...
Golden Hamster
The Syrian Hamster or Golden Hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, is the best-known member of the rodent subfamily Cricetinae. In the wild they are now considered endangered, but are popular as house pets and scientific research animals. Adults grow from 5 t...
Mouse-like hamster
Mouse-like hamsters are a group of small rodents found in Syria, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. They are found in rocky outcrops and semi-mountainous area in desert regions. The mouse-like hamsters are not true hamsters, ...
Blind mole rat
Blind mole rats are one of many types of rodents that are referred to as mole rats. Blind mole rats are truly blind. Their very small eyes are completely covered by a layer of skin. Unlike many other fossorial rodents, blind mole rats do not have enla...
Bamboo rat
The bamboo rats are four species of rodents of the subfamily Rhizomyinae. They are the sole living representatives of the tribe Rhizomyini. All are found in the eastern half of Asia. Bamboo rats vary in size. The Lesser Bamboo Rat is typically 5.0...
Northern Pocket Gopher
Lewis and Clark first discovered the northern pocket gopher. It was discovered on April 9, 1805. These animals are often rich brown or yellowish brown. They are also grayish or closely approaching local soil color and have white markings under chin....
Giant Kangaroo Rat
The Giant Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ingens) is an endangered rodent species endemic to California. It is the largest of the kangaroo rats, measuring about 6 in (15 cm) long. This doesn't include its long, tufted tail. It is brown in color. Like other ka...
Ord's Kangaroo Rat
Ord's Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii, is a kangaroo rat that is native to Western North America, specifically the Great Plains and the Great Basin. Its range extends from extreme southern Canada to central Mexico. Ord's Kangaroo Rat has a 5th toe on...
Edible dormouse
The edible dormouse or fat dormouse (Glis glis) is a small dormouse and the only species in the genus Glis. It was farmed and eaten by the ancient Romans, from which it gains its name. The dormice were kept and raised either in large pits or containers...
Hazel Dormouse
The Hazel Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) is a small mammal. It is the only member of the genus Muscardinus. It is 2.36 to 3.54 in (6 to 9 cm) long with a tail of 2.24 to 2.95 in (5.7 to 7.5 cm). The Hazel Dormouse hibernates from October to April-...
Garden dormouse
The garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) is a rodent in the dormouse family. Features Dormice are typically 4 to 6 inches long (10 to 15 cm), with the tail adding an additional 3 to 5.75 inches (8 to 14.5 cm). It weighs 2 to 5 ounces (60 to 140 g)...
Olympic Marmot
The Olympic Marmot, Marmota olympus, is a marmot (a rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae). They are found in alpine and sub alpine meadows and talus slopes of the Olympic Peninsula of Washington. They are close relatives of the Hoary Marmot. Like...
Groundhog
The groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as the woodchuck, land beaver, or the whistle pig, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae. It belongs to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. Most marmots live in rocky and mountainous areas, but...
Alpine Marmot
The alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) is a species of marmot found in mountainous areas of central and southern Europe. Alpine Marmots live at heights between 2,625 and 10,500 feet (800 and 3200 m), in the Alps, Tatra and Pyrenees. An adult Alpine Marmot...
Yellow-bellied Marmot
The yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris), also known as the "Rock Chuck", is a ground squirrel in the marmot genus. It lives in the mountains of the western United States and Canada, including the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. It inhab...
Hoary Marmot
The hoary marmot (Marmota caligata) is a species of marmot that inhabits the mountains of northwest North America. The largest populations are in Alaska. In the northern part of that state, they may live near sea level. Hoary marmots live near the tree...
Bobak Marmot
The bobak marmot (Marmota bobak), also known as the steppe marmot, is a species of marmot that inhabits the steppes of Russia and Central Asia. The bobak marmot is a large analog of the North American prairie dog. It has a particularly round potbell...
Eastern Chipmunk
The Eastern Chipmunk, Tamias striatus, is a small squirrel-like rodent found in eastern North America. Is a member of the chipmunk genus, Tamias. They have reddish-brown fur on their upper parts with 5 dark brown stripes and contrasting light brown...
Least Chipmunk
The Least Chipmunk, Tamias minimus, is a small squirrel-like rodent. It is smallest North American member of the chipmunk genus, Tamias. They have three dark lines with white in between along their face and five black stripes with brown edges. They ...
Siberian Chipmunk
The Siberian Chipmunk is a member of the chipmunk genus, Tamias. Its habitat ranges across northern Asia from central Russia to China, Korea and northern Japan (Hokkaido). It lives in woodland habitats with a bushy cover. It is 7.09 to 9.84 inches (...
Beaver
Beavers are semi-aquatic rodents native to North America and Europe. They are the only living members of the family Castoridae. Genetic research has shown the European and North American beaver populations to be distinct species and that hybridization...
Dormouse
Dormice are Old World mammals in the family Gliridae, part of the rodent (Rodentia) order. Dormice are mostly found in Europe, although some live in Africa and Asia. Dormice were considered a delicacy in ancient Rome, either as a savory appetizer or as...
Prairie dog
The prairie dog (Cynomys) is a small, burrowing rodent native to the grasslands of North America. This stout-bodied rodent will grow to be between 12 and 16 inches (30 and 40 cm) long, including its short tail. They are found throughout the United Stat...
Chipmunk
Chipmunk is the common name for any small squirrel-like rodent. About 23 species fall under this title, with one species in northeastern Asia. They are also in the eastern portions of Canada and the US. The rest are native to the western part of Nort...
Ground sloth
Ground sloths are extinct edentate (Superorder Xenarthra) mammals that are believed to be relatives of tree sloths and three-toed sloths. They may have died out as recently as 1550 in Hispaniola and Cuba, but had long since been extinct on the mainland...
Squirrel
Squirrel is the common name for rodents of the family Sciuridae. In everyday speech in the English-speaking world, it usually refers to members of the genera Sciurus and Tamiasciurus. These typical members of the family are tree squirrels with large bu...
Mountain Beaver
The Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa) is a primitive rodent unrelated to beavers and not usually found in mountain areas. It has several common names including Aplodontia, Sewellel, Boomer, Ground Bear, and Giant Mole. This species is the only member o...
Southern Three-banded Armadillo
The Southern Three-banded Armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus, is an armadillo species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia.
Six-banded Armadillo
The Six-banded Armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus), also known as the Yellow Armadillo, is a species of armadillo from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and isolated population in Suriname. Its body is usually yellowish in ...
Nine-banded Armadillo
The Nine-banded Long-nosed Armadillo or just Nine-banded Armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, is a species of armadillo. It is from North, Central and South America. It is the most widespread member of the group. The Nine-banded Long-nosed Armadillo is...
Pink Fairy Armadillo
The Pink Fairy Armadillos (Chlamyphorus truncatus and C. retusus) or Pichiciego is species of armadillo. These small mammals of the family Dasypodidae are mostly known for having a bony armor shell. The Pink Fairy Armadillos are the smallest of the arm...
Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth
Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus), also known as the Southern Two-toed Sloth, is a species of sloth from South America. It occurs in Venezuela, the Guianas and Brazil north of the Amazon River. It is a solitary, daytime animal. It li...
Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
The Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni, is a species of sloth from Central and South America. It is a solitary nocturnal and tree living animal, found in mature and secondary rainforests. It is also found in evergreen forests. With their sh...
Pale-throated Three-toed Sloth
The Pale-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) is a three-toed sloth that inhabits tropical rainforests from southern Central America to northeastern Argentina. This sloth lives high in the canopy. It has almost no tail or external ears. ...
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth
The Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth, Bradypus variegatus, is a species of sloth from Central and South America. It is the most widespread and common species of the group. It is found in many different kinds of environments, including evergreen and d...
Southern Tamandua
Southern Tamandua or Lesser Anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla, is a species of anteater from South America. It is a solitary animal, found in many habitats from mature to highly disturbed secondary forests and arid savannas. It feeds on ants, termites...
Giant Anteater
The Giant Anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, is the largest species of anteater. It is found in Central and South America. It is the only species in the Myrmecophaga genus. It is a solitary animal, found in many habitats, including grasslands, decid...
Silky Anteater
Silky Anteater or Pygmy Anteater (Cyclopes didactylus) is a species of anteater from Central and South America. It ranges from extreme southern Mexico south to Brazil and possibly Paraguay. It is the only species in the Cyclopes genus and the Cyclopedi...
Musky Rat-kangaroo
The Musky Rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus) is a marsupial species found in the rainforests of New Guinea and northeast Australia. Some scientists place this species as a subfamily (Hypsiprymnodontinae) of the family Potoroidae. The most recent c...
Feathertail Glider
The Feathertail Glider (Acrobates pygmaeus), also known as the Pygmy Gliding Possum, is the world's smallest gliding mammal. It is named for its long feather-shaped tail. Although only the size of a very small mouse 2.56 to 3.15 in and .35 to .49 oz (6...
Squirrel Glider
The Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) is a flying possum of the marsupial family Petauridae. It is one of the wrist-winged gliders of the Petaurus genus. Like most of the wrist-winged gliders, the Squirrel Glider is endemic to Australia. It is...
Mahogany Glider
The Mahogany Glider (Petaurus gracilis), which is named for its mahogany-brown color, is a highly endangered possum. They are very similar in appearance to both the smaller sized Sugar Glider and Squirrel Glider. The Mahogany Glider is restricted t...
Sugar Glider
The Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps), sometimes called the Flying Sugar, is a small gliding possum. It is native to eastern and northern mainland Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago, and introduced to Tasmania. Physical description ...
Wallaby
A wallaby is any of about thirty species of macropod (Family Macropodidae). A wallaby is any macropod that isn't large enough to be considered a kangaroo and has not been given some other name. There is no fixed dividing line. In general, a wallaby is...
Kangaroo
A kangaroo is any of several large macropods (the marsupial family that also includes the wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons and the Quokka: 63 species in all). The term kangaroo is sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to all member...
Possum
A possum is any of about 63 small to medium-sized arboreal marsupial species native to Australia, New Guinea and Sulawesi. The name derives from their resemblance to the opossums of America, which are distant relatives. (The name is from Algonquian wap...
Wombat
Wombats are Australian marsupials. They are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately 3 feet (1 meter) long and with a very short tail. The name Wombat comes from the Eora Aboriginal community who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area...
Koala
The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is a thickset arboreal marsupial herbivore native to Australia, and the only surviving representative of the family Phascolarctidae. The Koala is found all along the eastern coast of Australia from near Adelaide to...
Bilby
Bilbies are marsupial omnivores. They are members of the Peramelemorphia biological order and the largest of the bandicoots. Before European colonization of Australia there were two species. One became extinct in the 1950s. The other survives but remai...
Bandicoot
A Bandicoot is any of about 20 species of small to medium-sized, land marsupial omnivores in the order Peramelemorphia. The other two species of peramelemorphs are the bilbies. Classification within the Peramelemorphia used to be simple. There were...
Numbat
The Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) is a small marsupial endemic to western and central Australia. The Numbat is the sole member of the genus Myrmecobius and the family Myrmecobiidae. It is one of the three families that make up the order Dasyuromorphia...
Kultarr
The Kultarr (Antechinomys laniger) is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. It is the only species in the Antechinomys genus. Native to central and southern Australia, it lives in a range of habitats including scattered woodland and scrubby semi desert...
Tasmanian Devil
The Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), also referred to simply as 'the devil', is a carnivorous marsupial now found only in the Australian island state of Tasmania. The Tasmanian Devil is the only remaining member of the genus Sarcophilus. It is t...
Antechinus
Antechinus is a genus of dasyurid marsupial that is indigenous to Australia (including Tasmania and some outlying islands) and New Guinea. The majority of Antechinus species occur in Australia and only two species have been described in New Guinea. Mem...
Phascogale
The Phascogales (members of the eponymous genus Phascogale), also known as Wambengers, are carnivorous Australian marsupials of the family Dasyuridae. There are two species, the Brush-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa) and the Red-tailed Phascoga...
Quoll
Quolls or native cats (genus Dasyurus) are carnivorous marsupials, native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. Adults are between 9.84 and 29.53 in (25 and 75 cm) long, with hairy tails about 7.87-13.78 in (20-35 cm) long. Females have six to eight nippl...
Thylacine
The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) is a large carnivorous marsupial native to Australia, which is thought to have become extinct in the 20th century. It is also known as the Tasmanian Tiger, Tasmanian Wolf, Marsupial Wolf, and the Tassie (or Tazzy...
Gaur
The 'Gaur' (pronounced "GOWr")-(Malayalam kattupothu; Bos gaurus, previously Bibos gauris) is a large, dark-coated ox of the hilly areas of South Asia and Southeast Asia, which may be found wild or domesticated. The species is found primarily in India....
Banteng
The Banteng, Bos javanicus is an ox that is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, and Bali. Some Banteng were introduced to Northern Australia during British colonization in 1849. Banteng grow to about 5.2 ft (1.6 meters...
Gray Short-tailed Opossum
The Grey Short-tailed Opossum (Monodelphis domestica) is a small member of the Didelphidae family of opossums. It is found in South America, in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. It is also frequently found in the exotic pet trade. It is also known as the ...
Brown Four-eyed Opossum
The Brown Four-eyed Opossum, Metachirus nudicaudatus, is a pouch less marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is found in different forested habitats of Central and South America. It is a strongly nocturnal land animal. Its diet varies feeding on f...
Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum
Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum (Marmosa murina), also known as the Common or Murine Mouse Opossum, is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Its range includes Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, ...
Virginia Opossum
The Virginia Opossum is the only marsupial found in North America. A solitary and nocturnal animal about the size of a domestic cat, it is a successful opportunist and is found throughout North America from coast to coast (introduced to California in 1...
Common Opossum
The Common Opossum or Manicou is an opossum species living from the south of Mexico to Bolivia. It prefers the woods, but can also live in fields and cities. The Common Opossum is approximately as big as a cat. Its fine and smooth tail can measure 1...
Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum
Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum, also called the White-eared Opossum is an opossum species from South America. It is a species restricted only to moist forests. Just like any other member of the genus, the Bare-tailed Woolly opossum is a strongly tree li...
Western Long-beaked Echidna
The Western Long-beaked Echidna is one of the four surviving echidnas. Fossils of this species also occur in Australia. The Western Long-beaked Echidna is present in New Guinea, in regions from 4,265 ft (1300m) and up to 13,123 ft (4000m). It is ab...
Short-beaked Echidna
The Short-beaked Echidna, also known as the Spiny Anteater because of its diet of ants and termites, is one of four living species of echidna. The Short-beaked Echidna is covered in fur and spines and has a distinctive snout and a specialized tongue, ...
Anoa
There are two species of Anoa: the Mountain Anoa (Bubalus quarlesi) and the Lowland Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis). Both live in undisturbed forest, and although they are essentially miniature Water Buffalo, are similar in appearance to a deer, weighing...
White-tailed Deer
The White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the Virginia deer, is a medium-sized deer found throughout most of the continental United States, southern Canada, Mexico, Central America and northern portions of South America as far south...
Red Brocket
The red brocket or Peruvian Red Deer (Mazama americana) is a species of brocket deer from South America and from Costa Rica and Panama in Central America. Its body is mostly chestnut in color, with a lighter brown head and neck. The inner thighs and th...
Platypus
The platypus is a semi-aquatic endemic to eastern Australia and Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. It is the sole livin...
Water Buffalo
The Water Buffalo is a very large ungulate (hoofed) and a member of the bovine subfamily. The Arni or Wild Buffalo survives in the wild in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam and Thailand. The domestic Buffalo are very widespread in Asi...
Roe Deer
The European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) is a deer species of Europe, Asia Minor, and Caspian coastal regions. There is a separate species known as the Siberian Roe Deer (Capreolus pygargus) that is found from the Ural Mountains to as far east as Ch...
Reindeer
Habitat The reindeer is distributed throughout a number of northern locales. Reindeer are found throughout Scandinavia (including Iceland); in Finland; at Spits Bergen; in Russian Europe including Northern Russia and Novaya Zemlya; in Russian Asia, ...
Mule Deer
The Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) is a deer whose habitat is in the western half of North America. It gets its name from its large mule-like ears. Its closest relative is the Black-tailed Deer. The two species often share natural habitats, and can be...
Marsh Deer
The Marsh Deer, Blastocerus dichotomus, is the largest deer species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. Marsh deer live only in marsh areas, pantanal and chaco, usually with the water level reaching half a met...
Moose
Alces alces, called the moose in North America and the elk in Europe (see also elk for other animals called elk) is the largest member of the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from other members of Cervidae by the form of the palmate antlers of its m...
Giraffe
The Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all land-living animal species. There are more than 10,000 giraffes residing on national reservations in South Africa. Males can be 16 to 18 feet (4.8 to 5.5 m...
Four-horned Antelope
The Four-horned Antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis) also known as the chousingha is an antelope found in open forest in South Asia. Its primary distribution is in India extending South of the Gangetic plains down till the state of Tamilnadu. Orissa cons...
Fallow Deer
The Fallow Deer (Dama dama) is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. The male is a buck, the female is a doe, and the young a fawn. Bucks are 4.5 to 5.2 ft (140-160 cm long) and 3 to 3.3 ft (90-100 cm) shoulder height, and 60-85 kg in ...
Brocket Deer
Brocket Deer are a group of deer species of the Mazama genus found in South America and the Yucatan Peninsula. They are small in size and dwell primarily in forests. They are similar to the Duiker species, but unrelated. There are seven known species o...
Père David's Deer
Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus, other names: Cerf du Père David( fr), Ciervo del Padre David (es), and Milu in Chinese (麋鹿)), is a species of deer known only in captivity. It prefers marshland, and is believed to be native to ...
Hog Deer
The Hog Deer (Axis porcinus) is small deer whose habitat ranges from Pakistan, through northern India, to Myanmar, with a secondary range in southeast Asia. Introduced populations also exist in Australia, the United States and Sri Lanka. The hog deer g...
Sika Deer
The Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) is a typical member of the family Cervidae that is closely related to the Red Deer and Wapiti and inhabit mixed coniferous and deciduous forests to the north, and mixed subtropical evergreen forests to the south. It is nat...
Rocky Mountain elk
Contrary to popular belief, the Rocky Mountain elk was not an animal of the plains that retreated to the mountains because of the encroachment of man. Elk always lived in the Rocky Mountains. Rocky Mountain elk currently inhabit the Rocky Mountains fro...
Red Deer
Europe Red deer are found in nearly every country in Europe. The red deer is Britain's largest native land mammal, and can reach 5 ft (1.5 m) at the shoulder. Apart from man, brown bears, wolves and Eurasian lynx prey on red deer in Europe, t...
Reeves's Muntjac
Formosan Reeves's Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi; Chinese name: 山羌), or just Reeves's Muntjac, is an endemic muntjac species of Taiwan. The muntjac is also found on the mainland of eastern Asia, and has been successfully introduced in the Netherl...
Indian muntjac
The Common muntjac, also called Indian muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) is the most numerous muntjac deer species. It has soft, short, brownish or grayish hair, sometimes with creamy markings. This species is omnivorous, feeding on fruits, shoots, seeds, bi...
Hairy-fronted muntjac
The Hairy-fronted muntjac or Black muntjac (Muntiacus crinifrons) is found in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Fujian in South China, also reported in northern Myanmar. Although extremely difficult to study because of its shyness, it is considered to be en...
Water Deer
The Water Deer is superficially more similar to a musk deer than a true deer (cervidae) but it is classified as a cervid despite having tusks (downward-pointing canine teeth) instead of antlers and other anatomical anomalies. There are two subspecies: ...
Siberian musk deer
The Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) is a musk deer found in the mountain forests of Northeast Asia. It is most common in the taiga of southern Siberia, but is also found in parts of Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria and the Korean peninsula....
Bearded Pig
The Bearded Pig (Sus barbatus) is a species of pig. It can be recognized by its prominent beard. It also sometimes has tassels on its tail. It can primarily be found in Southeast Asia"”Sumatra, Borneo and the eastern Philippines"”where it inhabits ...
Boar
The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig. It lives in woodlands across much of Central Europe, the Mediterranean Region (including North Africa's Atlas Mountains), and much of Asia as far south as Indonesia. It is in the same...
Domestic pig
The domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) is usually given the scientific name Sus scrofa, though some authors call it S. domesticus, reserving S. scrofa for the wild boar. It was domesticated approximately 5,000 to 7,000 years ago. Pigs are found acros...
Hippopotamus
The Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), from the Greek "˜Î¹Ï€Ï€Î¿Ï€ÏŒÏ„αμος (hippopotamos, hippos meaning "horse" and potamos meaning "river"), is a large, plant-eating African mammal, one of only two extant, and thre...
Pygmy Hippopotamus
The Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) is a large mammal native to the forests and swamps of western Africa (the species name, meaning "of Liberia", reflects this). It is one of only two extant species in the hippopotamus family. Unlike its la...
Red River Hog
The Red River Hog (Potamochoerus porcus), or Bush Pig, is a wild member of the pig family that lives in the rainforests, mountains and brushes of Africa. Adults weigh 121-176 pounds (55-80 kg) and stand 1.9-2.46 ft (0.6-0.75 m). The fur is brown, wi...
Warthog
Taxonomy The warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) is a wild member of the pig family that lives in Africa. They are the only widely recognized species in their genus, though some authors divide them into two species. On that classification, P. africanus...
Sowerby's Beaked Whale
Sowerby's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon bidens), also known as the North Atlantic/North Sea Beaked Whale, was the first beaked whale to be described. Its name, bidens, derives from the two teeth present in the jaw, now known to be a very common feature amon...
Pygmy Sperm Whale
The Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps) is one of three species of whale in the sperm whale family. They are not often sighted at sea and most of our understanding of the creatures comes from the study of washed-up specimens Taxonomy There has be...
Ganges and Indus River Dolphin
The Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) and Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) are two sub-species of freshwater or river dolphins found in India and Pakistan. From the 1970s they had commonly been regarded as separate s...
Boto (Amazon River Dolphin or Pink River Dolphin)
The Boto, Amazon River Dolphin or Pink River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) is a freshwater or river dolphin. It is endemic to the Amazon River and Orinoco River systems. The Boto is the largest of the river dolphins. This species is not to be confused wit...
Sperm Whale
The Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of all toothed whales and is believed to be the largest toothed animal to ever inhabit Earth, measuring up to 60 ft (18 m) long. (The baleen blue whale is larger, and invertebrates such as the Lio...
Dall's Porpoise
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) is a species of porpoise that came to worldwide attention in the 1970s. It was disclosed for the first time to the public when salmon fishing trawls were killing thousands of Dall's Porpoise and other cetaceans each...
Rough-toothed Dolphin
The Rough-toothed Dolphin (Steno bredanensis) is a fairly large dolphin that can be found in deep warm and tropical waters around the world. Naming and discovery Cuvier first described the Dolphin in 1823. The genus name Steno, of which this spec...
Harbor Porpoise
The Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is one of 6 species of porpoise, and so one of about eighty cetacean species. The Harbor Porpoise, as its name implies, stays close to coastal areas or river estuaries and as such is the most familiar porpoise to...
Bottlenose Dolphin
The Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is the most common and well-known dolphin species. It inhabits warm and temperate seas worldwide and may be found in all but the Arctic and the Antarctic Oceans. Physical description Bottlenose Dolphins...
Spinner Dolphin
The Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is a small dolphin found in offshore tropical waters around the world. It is famous for its acrobatic displays in which they will spin longitudinally along their axis as they leap through the air. Taxonomy...
Striped Dolphin
The Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) is an extensively studied dolphin that is found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans. Taxonomy The Striped Dolphin is one of five species traditionally included in the genus Stenel...
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin
The Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata) is a species of dolphin found in all the world's temperate and tropical oceans. The species was beginning to come under threat due to the killing of millions of individuals in tuna. The 1980s saw the...
False Killer Whale
The False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a cetacean and one of the larger members of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae). It lives in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world. As its name implies the False Killer Whale shares cha...
Melon-headed Whale
The Melon-headed Whale (Peponocephala electra; other names are many-toothed blackfish and electra dolphin) is a cetacean of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae). It is closely related to the Pygmy Killer Whale and the Pilot Whales, and collectively...
Orca
The Orca or Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family Delphinidae. They are sometimes referred to as blackfish, a group including pilot whales, pigmy and false killer whales and melon headed whales. It is the secon...
Australian Snubfin Dolphin
The Australian Snubfin Dolphin (Orcaella heinsohni) is a recently recognized species of dolphin first described in 2005. It is closely related to the Irrawaddy Dolphin, and closely looks like it. Until very recently it was thought to be an Irrawaddy...
Risso's Dolphin
Taxonomy Cuvier first described Risso's Dolphin in 1812. The species' common name is for Mr. Risso who described a specimen to Cuvier on which Cuvier made his first description. Another common name for Risso's Dolphin is the Grampus (also the specie...
Right whale dolphin
The right whale dolphins, the Northern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) and the Southern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis peroni), are two of the easiest cetaceans to be identify at sea. Both these oceanic dolphins are colored black and whi...
Pacific White-sided Dolphin
The Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorynchus obliquidens) is a very active dolphin found in the cool to temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Theodore Gill named the Pacific White-sided Dolphin in 1865 who examined three skulls ...
Hector's Dolphin
Hector's Dolphin or White-headed Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) is the most well known of the four dolphins in the genus Cephalorhynchus. At about 4.5 ft (140cm) in length, it is one of the smallest cetaceans. Physical description Hector's Dol...
Pilot whale
The Pilot Whale is one of two species of cetacean in the genus Globicephala. The genus is part of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae) although their behavior is closer to that of the larger whales. The two species are the Long-finned Pilot Whale a...
Fraser's Dolphin
Fraser's Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) or Sarawak Dolphin is a cetacean in the family Delphinidae found in deep waters in the Pacific Ocean and to a lesser extent in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Taxonomy The earliest known interaction between ...
Dusky Dolphin
The Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) is a highly gregarious (living in flocks) and acrobatic dolphin found in coastal waters in the Southern Hemisphere. It is very closely genetically related to the Pacific White-sided Dolphin, although current...
Common dolphin
The common dolphin is the name given to up to three species of dolphin making up the genus Delphinus. Prior to the mid-1990s, most taxonomists only recognized one species in this genus, the Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis. Modern cetologists usuall...
Humpback Whale
The Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a mammal, which belongs to the baleen whale suborder. It is a large whale: an adult usually ranges between 40"“50 ft (12"“16 m) long and weighs approximately 79,000 pounds (36,000 kilograms, or 36 tons...
Bowhead Whale
The Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus), also known as Greenland Right Whale or Arctic Whale, is a marine mammal of the order Cetacea. It can grow to 20 m. (66 ft.), long. Description Bowhead whales large dark colored animals with no dorsal fin an...
Right Whale
Right whales are baleen whales belonging to the family Balaenidae. There are four species in two genera: Eubalaena (three species) and Balaena (one species, the Bowhead Whale, also called the Greenland Right Whale). Right whales can grow to 60 ft lo...
Minke Whale
The Minke Whale or Lesser Rorqual is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. The Minke Whale was first identified by Lacepede in 1804. Taxonomy Most modern classifications split the Minke Whale into two species; the Common or ...
Sei Whale
The Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) is a large baleen whale. Following large-scale hunting of Sei Whales in the Southern Ocean during middle part of the twentieth century when approximately 200,000 Sei Whales were killed, the Sei Whale is now an inte...
Commerson's Dolphin
Commerson's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) is one of four dolphins in the Cephalorhynchus genus. This Dolphin species is also known as Skunk Dolphin and Piebald Dolphin. This dolphin is found in two distinct areas: around the southern tip of ...
Blue Whale
The Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal that is in the suborder of baleen whales. At up to 30 meters (100 feet) in length and 140 tons or more in weight, it is believed to be the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth. Blue Wha...
Bryde's Whale
Bryde's Whales are the least known and in many ways the most unusual of the rorquals(Baleen Whales). They are small by rorqual standards"”no more than about 25 tons. They prefer tropical warm waters to the polar seas that other whales in their famil...
Fin Whale
The Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also called the Finback Whale and belongs to the baleen whales suborder. It is the second largest whale and also the second largest animal currently living. The Fin whale can grow to 85 ft (26 m) long. The fin Wh...
Gray Whale
The Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus), more recently called the Eastern Pacific Gray Whale, is a whale that travels between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. It reaches a length of about 52 ft (16 meters), can reach a weight of 36 tons and age of 5...
American Black Bear
The American Black Bear (Ursus americanus), also known as the black bear or cinnamon bear, is the most common bear in North America. The black bear can be found throughout much of North America, from northern Canada and Alaska south into Mexico and ...
Black Rhinoceros
The black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) is a mammal of the Perissodactyla order which lives in the eastern areas of Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. The black rhinoceros is on the endangered species list d...
Key Deer
The Key Deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium), is an endangered species of deer that lives only in the Florida Keys. It is considered a subspecies of the White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus). The deer can be recognized by its characteristic sm...
Musk Ox
The Musk Ox (Ovibos moschatus) is an arctic mammal of the Bovidae family, noted for its thick coat and for the strong odor of the male. It belongs to the Caprinae subfamily and is more closely related to goats than to oxen. Both sexes have long curved ...
Northern Elephant Seal
The Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) is one of two species of elephant seal (the other is the Southern Elephant Seal). It is a member of the Phocidae ("true seals") family. Elephant seals get their name from their great size (the Sou...
Northern Flying Squirrel
The northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) is one of two species of the genus Glaucomys, the only flying squirrels found in North America. The other is the somewhat smaller southern flying squirrel (G. volans). The Northern flying squirrel is fo...
Polar Bear
The Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large mammal of the order Carnivora, family Ursidae (bears). It is a circumpolar species found in and around the Arctic Ocean and is the world's largest land carnivore. Adult males weigh from 400 to 600 kg and occa...
Prairie dog
Prairie dogs native to both North and Central America are small stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches. An average size is 12 to 16 inches (30 to 40 cm) long. In the United States prairie dogs are primarily found west of the Missi...
Southern Flying Squirrel
The southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) is one of two species of the genus Glaucomys, the only flying squirrels found in North America (the other is the somewhat larger northern flying squirrel, G. sabrinus). It is found in deciduous and mixed ...
Texas Longhorn
The Texas Longhorn is a breed of cattle known for its characteristic horns, which can extend to six feet in width and have a slight upward turn at their tips, as well as for their distinctive "burnt orange" coloring. "The Longhorns" is also the nicknam...
Tundra Vole
The Tundra Vole or Root Vole (Microtus oeconomus) is a medium-sized vole found throughout northern Europe and Asia and northwestern North America, including Alaska and northwestern Canada. They have short ears and a short tail and their fur is yello...
Zebra
Zebras are members of the horse family and are native to central and southern Africa. All zebras have vividly contrasting black and white vertical stripes (hence the zebra crossing named after it) on the forequarters, often tending towards the horizont...