The serval, also known as the tierboskat, is a wild cat found in Africa. It was first described by German naturalist Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1776. What is the serval? Eighteen subspecies are recognised. The serval [ … ]
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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 red panda, classified as Endangered by the IUCN
The red panda, also called the lesser panda and the red cat-bear, is a mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. What is the red panda? The red panda has reddish-brown fur, a long, shaggy tail, [ … ]
Discover what is a black panther!
A black panther is the melanistic color variant of any Panthera species. Black panthers in Asia and Africa are leopards and black panthers in the Americas are black jaguars. What [ … ]
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 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 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 [ … ]
Zebroid: the term generally used for all zebra hybrids
A zebroid or zorse, is the offspring of any cross between a zebra and any other equine: essentially, a zebra hybrid. What is a zebroid? Zebroids have been bred since the 19th century. Charles Darwin noted several zebra hybrids [ … ]
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 emperor tamarin, allegedly named for its resemblance to the German emperor Wilhelm II!
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 [ … ]