The White-faced saki is a monkey from South America.
May 10, 2014
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May 7, 2014
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Red River Hog
Red river hogs and red haired pigs from Africa.
May 4, 2014
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Warthogs
Warthogs are members of the pig family from Africa.
April 22, 2014
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Western Lowland Gorilla
After the two species of chimpanzees, gorillas are our closest relatives.
March 29, 2014
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Babirusa
The name babirusa comes from the Indonesian word meaning pig-deer. Babirusas are really skinny looking pigs — they are not deer.
March 26, 2014
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Malayan Tapir
The Malayan tapir is an Asian species of the tapir family while most other tapirs live in the Americas.
March 25, 2014
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Indian Rhinoceros
The Indian rhinoceros is a species of rhinoceros from South-East Asia.
March 10, 2014
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Bactrian Camel
Bactrian Camels are one of the extant two camel species (the dromedary being the other one).
February 21, 2014
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Giraffe
Giraffes are the tallest animals on land. All giraffes are the same species but there are several subspecies that differ in their coat pattern.
February 8, 2014
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Red Panda
The red panda is a small mammal from China. Originally the name panda only meant the red panda, only later started people using it for the giant panda.
February 8, 2014
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Giant Pandas in the Toronto Zoo
Giant pandas are endangered in the wild mainly because of habitat destruction in their native China. Zoos try to breed them in captivity with some success.
February 7, 2014
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Polar Bear
Polar bears mainly live in a frozen environment on land close to the North Pole. They have completely adapted to the freezing cold environment.
February 6, 2014
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Naked Mole-rat
Naked mole-rats are unusual mammals since they form a colony that would be more befitting of ants, or bees or similar colony insects.
February 5, 2014
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Grey Wolf
Grey wolves are probably the most common predators on Earth, native to the Eurasian, African and American continents. The domesticated form of the grey wolf is the domestic dog, and wild dogs such as dingos descended from them. Since dogs … Continue reading
February 1, 2014
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Mangalitsa
The Mangalitsa — also spelled Mangalitza (UK), and Mangalica (Hungarian) — is a breed of Hungarian domestic pig that was originally produced by crossing the domestic pig with the local wild boar. Mangalitsas are interesting looking woolly pigs — somewhat … Continue reading
January 29, 2014
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White Lions
White lions are just a color variation, not a separate species. They really are otherwise completely normal lions — only their fur is white, they are not albinos.
January 26, 2014
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Tiger
The Tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest cat currently in existence.