#tnwildlife

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A Red Panda at Memphis Zoo, Prentiss Place, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Conservation status: Endangered (Population decreasing) 

Scientific name: Ailurus fulgens

Mass: 8.2 – 14 lbs (Male), 6.6 – 13 lbs (Female)

Class: Mammalia

Domain: Eukaryota

Family: Ailuridae

Genus: Ailurus; F. Cuvier, 1825

The red panda, also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.

The global red panda population has declined by 50% in 20 years and there may be as few as 2,500 remaining in the wild. Habitat loss is the #1 Threat. Rapid human population growth in the Eastern Himalayas is causing deforestation and the degradation and fragmentation of red panda habitat.

Red Panda Network

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird next to a wild cardinal flower - Riverwood Farms Lake, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Scientific name: Archilochus colubris

Mass: 0.11 oz (Adult)

Conservation status: Least Concern (Population increasing)

Life expectancy: 3 - 5 years

Clade: Strisores

Class: Aves

Domain: Eukaryota

The ruby-throated hummingbird is a species of hummingbird that generally spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Canada and other parts of Eastern North America for the summer to breed.

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Memphis Zoo, Prentiss Place, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Speed: 50 mph (Maximum, Running)

Mass: 120 – 210 lbs (Adult)

Conservation status: Near Threatened (Population decreasing)

Scientific name: Panthera onca

Lifespan: 12 – 15 years (In the wild)

Height: 2.2 – 2.5 ft. (At Shoulder)

Bite force: around 1,500 pounds per square inch

The jaguar is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas. With a body length of up to 1.85 m and a weight of up to 158 kg, it is the biggest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world.

 Found from northern Mexico southward to northern Argentina. Its preferred habitats are usually swamps and wooded regions, but jaguars also live in scrublands and deserts.

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Red-billed Hornbill - Memphis Zoo, Prentiss Place, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Common Name: Red-billed hornbill

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Bucerotiformes

Family: Bucerotidae

Genus Species: Tockus erythrorhynchus

These birds can be found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabw

The red-bill lives in open savanna, woodland and thorn scrub in sub-Saharan Africa. It is an omnivore, eating fruit, insects and small animals. Hornbills are named because the shape of their bill reminded early people of cattle horns.

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird getting nectar from the Obedient Plant - Backyard, Cordova, Tennessee, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Scientific name: Archilochus colubris

Mass: 0.11 oz (Adult)

Conservation status: Least Concern (Population increasing)

Life expectancy: 3 - 5 years

Clade: Strisores

Class: Aves

Domain: Eukaryota

The ruby-throated hummingbird is a species of hummingbird that generally spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Canada and other parts of Eastern North America for the summer to breed.

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Backyard, Cordova, Tennessee, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Scientific name: Papilio glaucus

Family: Papilionidae

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Average size: 3.12 to 5.5 inches ufl.edu

Domain: Eukaryota

Genus: Papilio

Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern United States, ranging north to southern Ontario, Canada, and is common in many different habitats.

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Memphis Botanic Garden, Cherry Road, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Scientific name: Papilio glaucus

Family: Papilionidae

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Average size: 3.12 to 5.5 inches ufl.edu

Domain: Eukaryota

Genus: Papilio

Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern United States, ranging north to southern Ontario, Canada, and is common in many different habitats.

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Cheetahs - Memphis Zoo, Prentiss Place, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Speed: 50 – 80 mph (Running, Estimated)

Mass: 46 – 160 lbs (Adult)

Conservation status: Vulnerable (Population decreasing) 

Trophic level: Carnivorous 

Scientific name: Acinonyx jubatus

Class: Mammalia

The cheetah is a large cat and the fastest land animal. Cheetahs thrive in areas with vast expanses of land where prey is abundant. In Namibia, cheetahs live in a variety of habitats, including grasslands, savannahs, dense vegetation and mountainous terrain. As human development expands in to their preferred habitat, cheetahs can now commonly be found on commercial farms.

Cheetahs inhabit a broad section of Africa including areas of North Africa, the Sahel, eastern and southern Africa.