Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Type: Mammal Family: Canidae Habitat: Highly variable. Edge forests, deserts, tundra, cities, and suburban areas Location: Most of the Northern Hemisphere and Australia Diet: Rodents, birds, insects, carrion and fruit Average lifespan in the wild: 3 years in the wild; 10-12 ...
Giant Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ingens) Type: Mammal Family: Heteromyidae Habitat: Sandy, arid grasslands Location: Western central California Diet: Seeds and grains Average lifespan in the wild: 9.8 years Size: Head and body 6-7.8 in (15-20 cm); tail 7-8.5 in (18-21.5 cm) Weight: 3-6.3 oz (93-195 ...
Wolves have been feared, hated, and persecuted for hundreds of years in North America. Before the arrival of Europeans, Native Americans incorporated wolves into their legends and rituals, portraying them as ferocious warriors in some traditions and thieving spirits in others. European Americans, however, simply ...
Sausha Seus is a wolf trainer with Wasatch Rocky Mountain Wildlife, an animal training service based in Heber City, Utah best known for its star ursine thespian: Bart the Bear. Sausha handled the wolves that played Lobo and Blanca in NATURE’s The Wolf That Changed ...
Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) Type: Mammal Family: Bovidae Habitat: Lowland forests Location: Central and West Africa Diet: Twigs, leaves, fruits, and shoots Average lifespan in the wild: 19 years Size: Body length 5.6-8.3 ft (1.7-2.5 m); horns 30-39 in (75-99cm) Weight: 440-550 lbs (200-250 kg) for ...
On the Web: Primate Info Net http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/ Primate Info Net is a comprehensive Web resource including primate news and species factsheets. The Callicam http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/callicam/ Check out this live common marmosets webcam! Institute for Ethnobotany and Zoopharmacognosy http://www.ethnobotany.nl/institute.htm This Web site offers recent updates in the ...
ON THE WEB Komodo Dragons Scientific American: “The Komodo Dragon” http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-komodo-dragon Scientific American: “Komodo Dragons’ Skillful Skulls” (Audio) http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=57A67227-95ED-7B15-C3880050A6F02814&sc=rss Nature [the journal]: “Parthenogenesis in Komodo Dragons” http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7122/full/4441021a.html Conservation, Research, and Organizations Amphibians and Reptiles and Climate Change http://www.fs.fed.us/ccrc/topics/amphibians-reptiles.shtml Get more information about the effects of ...
Pygmy Marmoset (Callithrix pygmaea) Type: Mammal Family: Cebidae Habitat: Tropical rainforest, preferably seasonally flooded riverine forests Location: Western Amazonia; Columbia, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia Diet: Tree sap, gums, insects, and fruits Average lifespan in the wild: 12 years Size: Head and body 4.7-6 in ...
Blue-Ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) Type: Cephalopod Family: Octopodidae Habitat: Shallow marine waters and tide pools Location: Common off the coast of Australia and the western Pacific Ocean Diet: Crabs, fish, and mollusks Average lifespan in the wild: 2 years Size: 5-7.8 in (12.7-20 cm) Weight: ...
