Mammalian Mammals

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Bull Moose

Wasatch Mountains, Utah

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European Badger/grävling. Värmland, Sweden (12 June 2023).

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European hare/Lepus europaeus/fälthare. Värmland, Sweden (30 July 2023).

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when i get to heaven i'm applying to be the guy who puts all the white spots on deer

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Eurasian Pine Marten | Joe Sant

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Gray Fox | Misty Oneil Epstein

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Common hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius

Observed by likes2hike, CC BY-NC

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Southern gerenuk Litocranius walleri walleri

Observed by wayneosborn, CC BY-NC

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Gemsbok Oryx gazella

With African little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis

Observed by wayneosborn, CC BY-NC

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Bobcat (Lynx rufus), family Felidae, Lake County, FL, USA

photograph by Marcio Alves

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Common Palm Civet (Paradoxurus musangus), juvenile, family Viverridae, Malaysia

photograph by Husni Che Ngah

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Scientists Thought These Marsupials Went Extinct 6,000 Years Ago. They Just Found the Animals Alive

The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider are rare examples of “Lazarus species”

Two marsupial species presumed to be extinct have “risen from the dead” after being rediscovered on the island of New Guinea, which lies north of Australia. One is the pygmy long-fingered possum (Dactylonax kambuayai), a small, striped animal with one exceptionally long digit on each hand. The other is the ring-tailed glider (Tous ayamaruensis), which nests in holes in trees and uses its long, strong tail to grip branches and vines as it moves around the rainforest...

Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-thought-these-marsupials-went-extinct-6000-years-ago-they-just-found-the-animals-alive-180988312/

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I choose you, kinkajou (Potos flavus)! This arboreal critter, which inhabits the tropical forests of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America, is known for hanging upside-down in the treetop while using its prehensile tail to hold onto branches. It also leverages its strong, 22-in- (57-cm-) long tail for balance. What’s more? The kinkajou can run just as fast backwards as it can forwards, thanks to its ability to turn its hind feet in the opposite direction.

Photo: Lina Shatalova, iStock

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Can you imagine a world without lions? For World Lion Day, let’s take a moment to appreciate these majestic but vulnerable animals. Over the last century, lions have disappeared from more than 80 percent of their historic range. Some populations, like the Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo), have been eradicated completely. The last photograph of a wild Barbary lion was snapped in 1925. 

Those that remain are under threat from human encroachment, poaching, trophy hunting, and more. The disappearance of lions would have major implications for their ecosystems: These apex predators hunt weak or sick animals, keeping ungulate populations healthy and helping to maintain the conditions of the grasslands and forests where they live. 

Photo: The Book of the Lion, Pease, PD, Wikimedia Commons