The emperor tamarin allegedly named for its resemblance to the German emperor Wilhelm II lives in the southwest Amazon Basin, in east Peru, north Bolivia and in the west Brazilian states of Acre and Amazonas. Physical description The fur of the emperor tamarin is predominantly [ … ]
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Frog populations have declined since the 1950s
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura. What is a frog? The oldest fossil “proto-frog” appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend [ … ]
The black lion tamarin, the rarest of the New World monkeys
The black lion tamarin, also known as the golden-rumped lion tamarin, is a lion tamarin endemic to the Brazilian state of São Paulo, almost exclusively at the Morro do Diabo State Park in Brazil. Its limited geographical range [ … ]
Snowflake: The only white gorilla known
Snowflake was an albino Western lowland gorilla and the only white gorilla known. He was kept at Barcelona Zoo in Spain from 1966 until his death. History Snowflake was captured in the Rio Muni region in Equatorial Guinea on October [ … ]
The raccoon: noted for its intelligence
The raccoon, sometimes spelled racoon, also known as the common raccoon, North American raccoon, is a medium-sized mammal native to North America. What is a raccoon? The raccoon is the largest of the procyonid family, having a body length [ … ]
The glass frogs with a body visible through the skin
The glass frogs are frogs of the amphibian family Centrolenidae. While the general background coloration of most glass frogs is primarily lime green, the abdominal skin of some members of this family is transparent. The internal viscera, including the [ … ]
Clownfish: 43% of the global marine ornamental trade
Clownfish or anemonefish are fishes and thirty species are recognized. In the wild, they all form symbiotic mutualisms with sea anemones. What is a clownfish? Depending on species, anemonefish are overall yellow, orange, or a reddish or blackish color, [ … ]
The loggerhead sea turtle appeared about 40 million years ago
The loggerhead sea turtle, or loggerhead, is an oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. What is the loggerhead sea turtle? The average loggerhead measures [ … ]
The white lion could not survive in the wild
The white lion is a rare color mutation of the lion. Up until 2009, when the first pride of white lions was reintroduced to the wild, it was widely believed that the white lion could [ … ]
The Amur leopard with a wild population estimated unless 60 individuals
The Amur leopard or Far Eastern leopard is a leopard subspecies native to the Primorye region of southeastern Russia and the Jilin Province of northeast China. What is the amur leopard? It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. In 2007, [ … ]