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SPECIES PROFILES

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ORDER: MONOTREMATA
ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS –
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS
 Found in: eastern Australia and Tasmania
 Young have molars, but adults are toothless
 The bill of the platypus is soft and flexible
 The platypus has a sharp venomous spur on each ankle

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ZAGLOSSUS ATTENBOROUGHI –
SIR DAVID'S LONG-BEAKED ECHIDNA
 Found in: Papua New Guinea
 Their fur, unlike other echidna species, is short, fine, and dense
 Adults lack teeth, but have barbed tongues
 There are electroreceptors on the tips of their snouts, which are used to find worms and larvae to
eat

Source: Animal Diversity Web


TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS –
SHORT-BEAKED ECHIDNA
 Found in: Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea
 Females have a pouch on their undersides
 They have larger brains than expected for body mass; cerebral cortex, in particular, is larger
 Feces act as an important intra-specific communication system

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: DIDELPHIDAE
GRACILINANUS DRYAS –
WOOD SPRITE GRACILE MOUSE OPOSSUM
 Found in: Northern South America; Andes Mountains
 Arboreal in cloud forests or secondary forests
 Longer darker fur with striking, light colored guard hairs; “frosted” appearance
 Considered partially semelparous; males usually die after mating once

Source: Animal Diversity Web


DIDELPHIS AURITA –
BIG-EARED OPOSSUM
 Found in: South America; Atlantic coast
 Prominent facial markings, and bare, black ears
 Long prehensile tail long hair at the base, which is half black and half white
 Scansorial; well adapted for climbing (long forelimbs and claws) but mainly terrestrial

Source: Animal Diversity Web


CHIRONECTES MINIMUS –
WATER OPOSSUM
 Found in: Southern Mexico, Central, and South America
 White stripe above eyes and beneath lower jaw
 Water-proof pouch and sphincter; young stay in the pouch while diving
 Consume oil producing prey to maintain a waterproof coat

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: PAUCITUBERCULATA
CAENOLESTES FULIGINOSUS –
SILKY SHREW OPOSSUM
 Found in: South America; higher elevations in Andes Mountains
 Reduced number of incisors, with the middle larger than others; 4/3, 1/1, 3/3, 4/4 = 46
dental formula
 5 digits; two outside digits longer than the middle
 Heavy humeri, but relatively slender femurs

Source: Animal Diversity Web


RHYNCHOLESTES RAPHANURUS –
CHILEAN SHREW OPOSSUM
 Found in: Southern Chile, Chiloe Island, and southern Argentina
 Tail is shorter, solid color, with short sparse hairs
 Males have single rooted, conical upper canines; females have double rooted canines
that resemble premolars
 Females are able to reproduce any time of the year

Source: Animal Diversity Web


CAENOLESTES CONVELATUS –
BLACKISH SHREW OPOSSUM
 Found in: northern Andes Mountains
 Larger molars than the nearest relative Caenolestes caniventer
 Tail is as long as body and appears hairless, but is covered in white fur, and is not
prehensile
 Primarily insectivorous; larger middle incisors shear food and make clicking sound

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: MICROBIOTHERIA
DROMICIOPS GLIROIDES –
MONITO DEL MONTE
 Found in: southern South America; Patagonia
 Prehensile, furred tail that is naked on the underside
 Differ from genus Marmosa because they have shorter limbs, more robust hands/feet,
more semicircular upper incisors, and smaller ears
 Both sexes use their tails as fat storage organs to accommodate energy needs

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: DASYUROMORPHIA
SARCOPHILUS HARRISII –
TASMANIAN DEVIL
 Found in: Tasmania
 Well developed, carnivorous, jaw muscles
 Pouch is completely closed when breeding
 Observed to feed communally, but is aggressive and loud vocally

Source: Animal Diversity Web


DASYCERCUS CRISTICAUDA –
MULGARA
 Found in: Pilbara region to southwestern Queensland, Australia
 The pouch is only slightly developed skin folds
 Adapted for terrestrial life, but are able to burrow to avoid heat
 Small paws allow for adept devouring of prey; inverting skin, devouring from head to
tail, dislodge insects from crevices

Source: Animal Diversity Web


MYRMECOBIIDAE FASCIATUS –
NUMBAT
 Found in: western Australia
 Forefeet have 5 digits; hindfeet have 4 digits
 Do not chew food; have blunt peg-like teeth and long, sticky tongue
 Do not have a true pouch; under-developed skin folds covered in short, crimped hair

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: PERAMELEMORPHIA
MACROTIS LAGOTIS –
GREATER BILBY
 Found in: northwest/northern Australia
 Large, relatively hairless, ears
 Saltatorial and semi-fossorial; “gallop” throughout the desert; forelimbs are strong and
clawed
 Only 14 day gestational period – one of the shortest of all mammals

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ISOODON AURATUS –
GOLDEN BANDICOOT
 Found in: Western Australia
 Semi-fossorial; Compact body with sharp claws and long nose
 Hunched over posture
 Nocturnal; heavily rely on hearing and smell to find prey and

Source: Animal Diversity Web


PERORYCTES RAFFRAYANA –
RAFFRAY’S BANDICOOT
 Found in: New Guinea
 Cursorial; hindfoot is elongated with reduced number of digits in both fore and hindfeet
 Distinguished by lack of a white tail tip
 True chorioallantoic placenta

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: DIPROTODONTIA
TARSIPES ROSTRATUS –
HONEY POSSUM
 Found in: south western tip of western Australia
 Snout is about 2.5 times longer than it’s maximum length
 Greatly reduced dentition, with exception of the incisors with brush-tipped protrusible
tongue that is as long as the head
 Opposable and elongated digits with prehensile tail

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ACROBATES PYGMAEUS –
FEATHERTAIL GLIDER
 Found in: mainland Australia (wide distribution)
 Feather-like tail
 Molars similar to insectivores, but brush-tipped tongue of a nectarivore
 Large, serrated pads on each toe; aid in adhesion to smooth surfaces

Source: Animal Diversity Web


SETONIX BRACHYURUS –
QUOKKA
 Found in: southwestern coast of western Australia
 Large, hunched back and short forelimbs
 Embryonic diapause; mother gives birth to one offspring, mates immediately, embryo
remains dormant until the mother can detect that the first offspring survived; if the
offspring survived, the embryo disintegrates; if the offspring perished, embryo implants
 Partially saltatorial; strong hind limbs to efficiently hop through grasses

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: NOTORYCTEMORPHIA
NOTORYCTES CAURINUS –
NORTHERN MARSUPIAL MOLE
 Found in: western Australia
 Large, flat claws on the third and fourth digits
 Keratinized skin on snout with slit like nostrils
 Vertebral column is flat and fused at the fourth and fifth vertebrae

Source: Animal Diversity Web


NOTORYCTESTYPHLOPS –
SOUTHERN MARSUPIAL MOLE
 Found in: not well known; very scattered according to Aboriginals
 Lacks eyes and optic nerves
 Horny, keratinous shield covers the rostrum
 Both males and females have a backwards facing pouch

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: ERINACEOMORPHA
ECHINOSOREX GYMNURE –
MOONRAT
 Found in: Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra
 There is a groove on the underside of the nose from the tip to the upper incisors
 Omnivorous, with canines larger than the adjacent teeth
 Eutherian with gestation usually between 35 and days

Source: Animal Diversity Web


HEMIECHINUS AURATUS –
LONG-EARED HEDGEHOG
 Found in: Across many countries in the Palearctic faunal region
 Ears are longer than half the length of the head; considered an adaptation to heat
radiation in deserts
 When born, offspring are naked except for sparse spines which quadruple in length
within 5 hours

Source: Animal Diversity Web


PARAECHINUS AETHIOPICUS –
DESERT HEDGEHOG
 Found in: northern Africa and Arabian Peninsula
 Spines cover the dorsal side from the base of the head to the rear; the top of the head is
left bald
 Young are born both deaf and blind, but are born with spines in tact
 Spines remain under the skin of the young during the birthing process

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: SORICOMORPHA
SOLENODON CUBANUS –
CUBAN SELENODON
 Found in: Oriente Province in Cuba
 Forelegs are longer than their hind legs
 Glands secrete a musky “goat-like” odor
 Incomplete zygomatic arch with no auditory bulla

Source: Animal Diversity Web


NECTOGALE ELEGANS –
ELEGANT WATER SHREW
 Found in: Oriental faunal region
 Strong reduction of pinnae; ear conch is hardly detectable
 Feet are disk-shaped pads with webbing; aid in swimming, climbing wet rocks, and
holding prey
 Teeth adapted to eating crustaceans and insects

Source: Animal Diversity Web


CONDYLURA CRISTATA –
STAR-NOSED MOLE
 Fund in: eastern North America
 Eimer’s organs
 During winter the tail swells three to four times normal size as fat storage
 Eimer’s organs can be used to block soil or food from entering the nostrils

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: SCANDENTIA
PTILOCERCUS LOWII –
PEN-TAILED TREE SHREW
 Found in: Oriental faunal region
 Plume like hairs at the tip of a naked tail
 Milk is very nutritious, allowing the offspring to maintain a high body temperature
without the mother’s heat
 Mothers secrete scent to keep fathers and other animals out of the nest; scent is
so powerful that even food, when sprayed, is not touched by others

Source: Animal Diversity Web


TUPAIA MINOR –
PYGMY TREE SHREW
 Found in: Oriental faunal region
 Long, pointed snout differentiates from squirrels
 Upper section of the ear is larger than the lower lobe
 Plantigrade posture

Source: Animal Diversity Web


DENDROGALE MELANURA –
BORNEAN SMOOTH-TAILED TREE SHREW

 Found in: Borneo exclusively


 Wide inter-vertebral spaces allow increased neck movement
 Lack prominent facial striping, differentiating from other closely related species
 3/3, 1/1, 3/3, 3/3 = 38 dental formule

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: DERMOPTERA
CYNOCEPHALUS VOLANS –
PHILIPPINE FLYING LEMUR
 Found in: Philippine islands; Oriental faunal region
 Large eyes and faces which resemble old world fruit bats
 Patagium extends from next to appendages to tail
 Forward protruding lower incisors; upper incisors located at the side of the jaw

Source: Animal Diversity Web


GALEOPTERUS VARIEGATES –
SUNDA/MALAYAN FLYING LEMUR
 Found in: southeast Asia; Oriental faunal region
 Large, forward-facing eyes
 Webbed feet with flattened digits, curved claws, and soles that allow better attraction to
surfaces
 Comb-shaped bottom incisors used for straining food and grooming

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: AFROSORICIDAE
CHRYSOCHLORIS ASIATICA –
CAPE GOLDEN MOLE
 Found in: South Africa (endemic)
 Males’ testes housed in the abdomen, while the penis is cloacal
 There is no external tail
 Enlarged, club shaped mallei allow seismic vibrations to be heard

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORYZORICTES HOVA –
HOVA (MOLELIKE) RICE TENREC
 Found in: Madagascar
 Some populations exhibit albinism, but brown-tan bicoloration is most common
 Five digits
 Longer tails distinguish from most closely related tenrec

Source: Animal Diversity Web


AMBLYSOMUS HOTTENTOTUS –
HOTTENTOT GOLDEN MOLE
 Found in: southern Africa; Ethiopian faunal region
 Eyes are covered in skin, leaving moles completely blind
 No visible tail, but caudal (tail) vertebrae are present
 Third digit, though used for digging, is the shortest

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: MACROSCELIDEA
RHYNCHOCYON CHRYSOPYGUS –
GOLDEN-RUMPED ELEPHANT-SHREW (SENGI)

 Found in: coastal Kenyan forests


 Distinguishable by their golden rump patch and gold forehead
 Area of thickened skin, which acts as a shield, under the rump patch
 Semi-digitigrade (walks on tips of digits)

Source: Animal Diversity Web


RHYNCHOCYON CIRNEI –
CHECKERED ELEPHANT-SHREW (SENGI)
 Found in: central and southeast Africa; Ethiopian faunal region
 Dark stripes down sides of body creating checkered pattern
 Hindlegs are longer, creating a hunchbacked posture
 Forelimbs have three long claws for digging small holes to find prey

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ELEPHANTULUS MYURUS –
EASTERN ROCK ELEPHANT-SHREW (SENGI)
 Found in: southern Africa; Ethiopian faunal region
 Forelimbs are reduced, while hindlimbs are long-boned with well developed muscles
 The first digit is posterior to the other digits
 Discoid placenta with the maternal artery symmetrically branching

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: TUBULIDENTATA
ORYCTEROPUS AFER –
AARDVARK
 Found in: sub-Saharan Africa
 Digitigrade stance with thick, spade-like claws
 Embryos and infants have a full set of vestigial milk teeth
 Poor eyesight – retinas only contain rods, which allow night vision but do not allow to
see colors

Sunshine from the


Philadelphia Zoo

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: PILOSA
CHOLOEPUS HOFFMANNI –
HOFFMANN'S TWO-TOED SLOTH
 Found in: south and central America
 2 claws present on forelimbs
 Rounded head with a flattened face; small, naked nose protrudes
 Hair covering the abdominal region grows from the midline laterally in a part; this allows
excess water runoff while hanging upside down

from the
Philadelphia Zoo

Source: Animal Diversity Web


BRADYPUS PYGMAEUS –
PYGMY THREE-TOED SLOTH
 Found in: endemic to Isla Escudo de Veraguasa of Boca del Toro off the coast of Panama
 18 teeth total, with 10 on the upper jaw - 2 anterior chisel-shaped and 8 molariform; 8 on
the lower jaw - 2 anterior chisel-shaped and 6 molariform
 Large external auditory meatus (opening to the inner ear)
 Long hair often grows algae which assists in camouflage

Source: Animal Diversity Web


TAMANDUA MEXICANA –
NORTHERN TAMANDUA
 Found in: central and south America
 Black “V” going down the back, making it appear that they are wearing a vest
 Naked, prehensile tail
 Mainly arboreal, spending half their time in the trees

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: CINGULATA
CHLAMYPHORUS TRUNCATES –
PINK FAIRY ARMADILLO
 Found in: endemic to central Argentina
 Fossorial; mostly living in loose sandy dunes
 Smallest extant armadillo; body length approximately 13 cm
 Carapace is only attached dorsally by a thin membrane down the midline of the body

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ZAEDYUS PICHIY –
PICHI
 Found in: South America
 Known to enter torpor in the winter
 Dig shallow holes for shelter; well developed claws and very small ears
 Armor has white to yellow edges with hairs sticking up between them

Source: Animal Diversity Web


CHAETOPHRACTUS VELLEROSUS -
SCREAMING HAIRY ARMADILLO
 Found in: South America
 Fossorial and nocturnal, but diurnal during the winter
 Limbs and belly covered in the white/light brown hair
 Known to burrow extensively in loose farm soil and cause damage

from the
Smithsonian’s
National Zoo

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: PHOLIDOTA
MANIS GIGANTEA –
GIANT PANGOLIN
 Found in: Sub-Saharan Africa
 Thick, heavy eyelids
 Absent masseter and temporalis muscles
 Due to the length of the tongue (about 70 cm when protruded), portion is folded
into the cervical region when retracted, causing a bulge on the outside of the neck

Source: Animal Diversity Web


MANIS TEMMINCKII –
GROUND, TEMMINCK’S, OR CAPE PANGOLIN
 Found in: Africa
 Snout, chin, throat, belly are not covered in plates
 Prehensile tail with dark olive brown coloration
 Stomach specialized for digesting unchewed food; do not have teeth

Source: Animal Diversity Web


MANIS TRICUSPIS –
TREE PANGOLIN
 Found in: central Africa
 Scales ending in three cusps
 Scales are not present on the inside of the legs and belly
 Glands located near their anus secrete pungent fluid

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: PROBOSCIDEA
LOXODONTA AFRICANA –
AFRICAN BUSH ELEPHANT
 Found in: central and southern Africa; Ethiopean region
 Largest terrestrial organism
 Triangular shaped ears
 Sexual dimorphism: sexes can be determined based on head shape, forehead width,
back shape, and tusk size

Male

Mother and calf

Source: Animal Diversity Web


LOXODONTA CYCLOTIS –
AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANT
 Found in: central and western Africa
 Straighter, thinner tusks that hang more vertically
 Rounded ears
 4 toes on front feet, 3 toes on the hind feet

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ELEPHAS MAXIMUS –
ASIATIC ELEPHANT
 Found in: Asia
 Males have tusks, while females lack tusks
 One, fingerlike projection at the tip of the trunk
 The head is the highest part of the body; a result of an un-sloped back

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: HYRACOIDEA
HETEROHYRAX BRUCEI –
HOGGAR OR YELLOW-SPOTTED HYRAX
 Found in: Africa
 Soles of feet are naked and kept moist by specialized glands
 Musculature in foot contracts the foot into a cup-like shape; results in a suction cup
effect on rocks for stability
 Scream-like alarm vocalization for colonial lifestyle

Source: Animal Diversity Web


PROCAVIA CAPENSIS –
ROCK HYRAX
 Found in: Africa and Arabian Peninsula
 Single pair of long, tusk-like incisors with molars similar to rhinoceroses Cheekteeth
 Males have larger larynx and guttural pouches that amplify territorial calls
 Forefeet are plantigrade and hindfeet are semi-digitigrade

Source: Animal Diversity Web


DENDROHYRAX ARBOREUS –
EASTERN OR SOUTHERN TREE HYRAX
 Found in: southeastern coast of Africa
 Dorsal gland in the middle of the back ringed in cream/white hair
 Arboreal, residing in dens created in tree cavities, nooks between branches, or hollows
of decaying trees
 Accumulate excrement at the base of their home trees to easily locate the den

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: SIRENIA
DUGONG DUGON –
DUGONG, SEA COW
 Found in: tropical, marine waters
 Paddle-shaped tail resembling the dolphin tail
 Down-turned mouth
 Tusks are present, but only visible through the skin in mature males

Source: Animal Diversity Web


TRICHECHUS MANATUS –
WEST INDIAN MANATEE
 Found in: shallow coastal areas, rivers, estuaries, and canals
 Lungs extend the length of the body
 Males reach sexual maturity between 9 and 10 years old, but are capable of mating at 2
 Snout is bent further down than other manatees, aiding in seagrass consumption

Source: Animal Diversity Web


TRICHECHUS INUNGUIS –
AMAZONIAN MANATEE OR AMAZON OX MANATEE

 Found in: Amazon Basin


 White patch or several white markings
 Breeding occurs throughout the year
 Gregarious, known to occur in large herds

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: PERISSODACTYLA
TAPIRUS PINCHAQUE –
MOUNTAIN TAPIR
 Found in: high northern Andes – South America
 Smallest of the tapirs
 Thick tail with eleven coccygeal vertebrae
 Small, rounded, immobile ears with white mouth

Source: Animal Diversity Web


CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM –
WHITE RHINOCEROS (NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN)

 Found in: Africa


 Square shaped lips and a long neck with a bump
 Two horns of unequal size
 Southern white rhinos have fewer body hairs than northern white rhinos

Tony from the Philadelphia Zoo

Source: Animal Diversity Web


EQUUS HEMIONUS –
KULAN OR ASIAN WILD ASS
 Found in: Asia
 Thick black stripe with white edges that runs down the middle of the back
 Monogamous; stallions tend to stay with the mare and foal year round
 Coloration is dependent on season

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: ARTIODACTYLA
POTAMOCHOERUS PORCUS –
RED RIVER HOG
 Found in: Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar
 Males are distinctive from females because they have warts over the eyes
 Long, white whiskers and ear tufts
 Mark path by scraping tusk on tree trunks, foot, neck, and preorbital glands

Source: Animal Diversity Web


GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS –
GIRAFFE
 Found in: Africa
 Skin pattern is constant throughout life
 Front legs longer than the back legs
 “horns” (ossicones) are bone protuberances covered in skin and fur

Reticulated giraffe family


from the Philadelphia Zoo

Source: Animal Diversity Web


BISON BISON –
AMERICAN BISON
 Found in: previously Alaska to Mexico; presently Yellowstone National Park and Wood
Buffalo Park in Canada
 Shoulder hump
 Large head to body size
 Horns are black, curving upward and inward, ending in a sharp tip

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: CETACEA
EUBALAENA GLACIALIS –
NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE
 Found in: Nothern hemisphere; temperate and subpolar waters
 Callosities prominent on the rostrum, near blowholes, eyes, chin, and lips
 Hair can be found near the callosities, and on the tip of the chin
 Large in girth relative to length compared to other mysticetes

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORCINUS ORCA –
KILLER WHALE, ORCA
 Found in: all oceans
 Black and white bodies; white extends from the bottom of the chin to just beyond the
anus, with a spot above the eye
 Reproduction occurs when females enter estrus, which can be multiple times a year
 Vocalizations (whistles, discrete calls, and clicks) used as both communication and
navigation

Source: Animal Diversity Web


DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS –
BELUGA WHALE
 Found in: arctic and sub-arctic waters
 Entirely white
 Appendages are relatively narrow and pointy
 Aggregate in herds where age and sex determine hierarchy

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: CHIROPTERA
CRASEONYCTERISTHONGLONGYAI –
BUMBLEBEE OR HOG-NOSED BAT
 Found in: Oriental faunal region
 Considered one of the smallest mammals in the world
 Small eyes mostly hidden by fur
 Two caudal vertebrae, but lack a tail

Source: Animal Diversity Web


PTERONOTUS PARNELLII - PARNELL'S
MUSTACHED BAT
 Found in: Central and South America
 Tuft of hair sticking out of the sides of the muddle
 Wing aspect ration greater than most bats
 Furless chin

Source: Animal Diversity Web


THYROPTERA TRICOLOR –
SPIX'S DISK-WINGED BAT
 Found in: Central and South America
 “warts” present on the noses, hypothesized to be an additional sensory organ
 Disk-shaped suction cups at the base of thumbs and ankles
 Roost in colonies of about 6 in young, partly unfurled, leaves of trees

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: PRIMATES
ATELES BELZEBUTH –
WHITE-BELLIED SPIDER MONKEY
 Found in: South America
 Arms and legs longer than the body with a prehensile tail
 Ventral side of the body is pale brown to white
 Pale of white triangular patch on the forehead

Source: Animal Diversity Web


CEBUS OLIVACEUS –
WEEPING CAPUCHIN
 Found in: South America
 Semi-prehensile tail, roughly the same length of the body
 Body and head are off-white to pale buff color; a black to dark gray wedge-shaped patch
extends from the forehead back over the cranium
 Do not demonstrate territorial behavior in mating systems

Source: Animal Diversity Web


AOTUS NANCYMAAE –
MA'S NIGHT MONKEY
 Found in: South America
 No prehensile tail
 Hands are well developed for grasping and capable of more independent movement
than other New World primates
 Genitalia are brightly colored and displayed

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: RODENTIA
COENDOU PREHENSILIS –
BRAZILIAN OR PREHENSILE-TAILED
PORCUPINE
 Found in: South America
 Large, long, muscular, unspined prehensile tail with callus pad neat the ventral tip
 Pungent, waxy substance exudes from sebaceous glands in both males and
females
 Quills are semi-hollow with white tips that are also barbed

Source: Animal Diversity Web


DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS –
BANNER-TAILED KANGAROO RAT
 Found in: Southwestern North America
 Lateral tail stripes are white and gradually narrow
 Molt once per year
 A skin gland is located in the mid-dorsal skin on the arch of the back; the gland
secretes excess oil, which is absorbed by sand and dust; this is hypothesized to
allow better swimming, staying dry, and higher floating

Source: Animal Diversity Web


PEDETES CAPENSIS –
SOUTH AFRICAN SPRING HARE
 Found in: South Africa, Zaire, and Kenya
 Four toes on the hindfeet with claws that resemble hoofs
 Thick, muscular neck
 Tragus prevents sand from entering when digging

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: LAGOMORPHA
NESOLAGUS TIMMINSI –
ANNAMITE STRIPED RABBIT
 Found in: Vietnam and Laos in the Annamite mountains
 Seven dorsal stripes on the head and body
 Relatively short ears, tail, and limbs
 Foramen lacerum is small and narrow mediolatterally

Source: Animal Diversity Web


OCHOTONA RUTILE –
TURKESTAN RED PIKA
 Found in: east of the Caspian Sea southeast from Turkestan to Afghanistan
 Longer vibrissae (whiskers)
 Both males and females possess cloaca
 2 molts per year; winter has a gray coat with dark brown spots and summer has a
red coat with cream collar behind the ears

Source: Animal Diversity Web


LEPUS ALLENI –
ANTELOPE JACKRABBIT
 Found in: western Mexico to southern United States
 Head and ears are especially large
 Ears are mostly devoid of hair except along the edges
 Basal metabolic rate increases by 15% during the winter

Source: Animal Diversity Web


ORDER: CARNIVORA
ICTONYX STRIATUS –
STRIPED POLECAT
 Found in: Africa
 Glossy, coarse black fur with a white spot on the forehead, one spot on each
cheek, white tips on the black ears, and four broad white stripes down the body
 Long claws on the forepaws adapted for digging
 Cutting edges of the sheering teeth are less developed

Source: Animal Diversity Web


TREMARCTOS ORNATUS –
SPECTACLED BEAR

 From: Andes mountains


 Light markings on face and chest are variable and unique to each individual
 Largest zygomaticomandibularis muscle of any bear species
 Blunt lophs of the cheekteeth adapted for primarily herbivorous diets

Rosie from the


Philadelphia Zoo

Source: Animal Diversity Web


LEPTAILURUS SERVAL –
SERVAL
 Found in: southern Africa
 Ears are considered the largest in the family Felidae relative to body size
 Spot and stripe pattern vary and are unique to each individual
 Females, when ready to mate, court the males for several days

Source: Animal Diversity Web

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