The snow leopard or ounce is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. What is the snow leopard? It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because the global population is estimated [ … ]
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The fox live on every continent except Antartica
Foxes are slightly smaller than a medium-size domestic dog, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail. What is a fox? Foxes live [ … ]
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 pygmy marmoset, the world’s smallest monkey
The pygmy marmoset, a small New World monkey native to rainforests of the western Amazon Basin in South America. What is the pygmy marmoset? It is notable for being [ … ]
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 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 giant panda, among the world’s most adored and protected rare animals
The giant panda, also known as panda bear or simply panda, is a bear native to south central China. It is easily recognized by the large, distinctive black patches around its eyes, over the ears, and across its round [ … ]
The long-nosed monkey, easily indentifiable because of its unusually large nose
The long-nosed monkey or proboscis monkey, is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey with an unusually large nose. It is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo. What is the long-nosed monkey? The long-nosed monkey species co-exists [ … ]
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, [ … ]
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 [ … ]