Mammalia

Mammal photography, art, and knowledge. Let me know if something is misidentified. Orders: Macroscelidea Afrosoricida Tubulidentata Proboscidea Hyracoidea Sirenia Cingulata Pilosa Scandentia Dermoptera Primates Lagomorpha Rodentia Eulipotyphla Artiodactyla Cetacea Chiroptera Perissodactyla Pholidota Carnivora

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Sometimes a back scratch really hits the spot, even when you’re a two-month old sea lion pup.

#littledude #backscratch #ron #sealion #Zalophuscalifornianus #newenglandaquarium #boston #massachusetts (at New England Aquarium)

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by Urs Schmidli

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by Roeselien Raimond and Arno van Zon

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Rocky the Baby Flying Squirrel by Michael Via Flickr: It's small, furry, and "flies" from tree to tree. It's Wisconsin's own version of Rocky the flying squirrel--the northern flying squirrel.

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Southern Flying Squirrel by Jeffrey Offermann

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Instagram post by Alissa Hartman • Aug 28, 2017 at 7:18pm UTC

1 Likes, 1 Comments - Alissa Hartman (@hystrich) on Instagram: “A genetically distinct species of flying squirrel inhabiting the PNW was recently discovered using…”

“One of the two previously known North American species, the southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans), is found in small, isolated populations in Mexico and Central America, as well as throughout the eastern United States. It makes its home in deciduous hardwood forests.

The other, the northern flying squirrel (G. sabrinus), inhabits the boreal coniferous forests of the northeastern U.S., Canada, and Alaska. It’s also found in the higher elevations of the Appalachian Mountains, the Rocky Mountains, eastern Oregon, and eastern Washington state.”

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