#feliforms

[creatureheart]

For once I did not miss it!!

Happy International Hyena Day to all my fellow hyenas and hyena-adjacent folk! I hope your day is amazing!

[wikipediapictures]

Binturong

“Everyone loves a good nap, but finding the time and place can be difficult for wild animals.” - via Wikimedia Commons

[saritawolff]

In a 2 week long polling tournament, the “Ultimate Feliform” was voted on in my Instagram stories.

So here are some fun facts about the teeny tiny termite-eating hyena who was deemed champion: the aardwolf!

[antiqueanimals]

The New Natural History. Written by Richard Lydekker. 1901.

[immoren]

[briarhide]

Large-spotted genets (also known as Cape genets).

I’ve been learning a little more about the viverrid family, there are a whole 35 species of these pleasingly ferretish-catlike creatures yet relatively little is known about them.

[graceking]

Carnivora, Johnson’s Household Book of Nature (1880)

[saritawolff]

My first big project for my new Instagram account: SaritaZoo