#mammal

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Short-tailed Gymnure (Hylomys sp.), family Erinaceidae, order Eulipotyphla, Fraser's Hill, Malaysia

The gymnures/moonrats are in the same order as hedgehogs, moles, and shrews.

photograph by Nick Volpe Wildlife Photography

[vintagewildlife]

European wolf By: Karl Soffel From: Lebensbilder aus der Tierwelt 1908

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Submitted for classification by @waltzing-with-my-inner-geek

[aticketplz]

起きていても寝ていても素敵なゴロファ

@日本平動物園

Lovely GOROFA whether awake or asleep.

@Nihondaira Zoo

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Rose Ringed Parakeet

Rose ringed parakeet, chilling on a tree branch.

Taken By Himanshu Arora

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[crevicedwelling]

here’s a fun animal I saw in Borneo: the mammal!

unlike the rest of us, mammals are endothermic and produce their own body heat—but they’re not birds! it is covered in a thick coat of hair (you guessed it, separate evolutionary origin from feathers) and secretes a fatty liquid from special glands to nurture its larvae. mammals can be found almost worldwide and are highly adaptable. this one was making odd squeaking noises, possibly begging for morsels of food.

here’s another mammal I saw. pretty sure it’s a different species but I’m not an expert on identifying them

fun mammal fact: some are curiously soft to the touch! try palpating the next mammal you see, but please be careful. some may bite!

[fyanimaldiversity]

Albino harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)

@ René Pop

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a young wild boar in the Wisentgehege Springe game park near Springe, Hanover, Germany

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Serval (Leptailurus serval), MELANISTIC, family Felidae, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Photograph by nicolas.urlacher.photographer

[vintagewildlife]

Raccoons in a tree By: Peter B. Kaplan From: Natural History Magazine 1984

[aticketplz]

飼育員さんによって隠されたお肉をブチハイエナたちが探すイベントやってました。ほぼ一瞬でしたが。

@日本平動物園

In this event they will look for meat hidden in their rooms. They showed a fearless sense of smell.

@Nihondaira Zoo

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Submitted for classification by @evil-gang

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Bison graze in the snow at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, near Denver.

© Michael Levine-Clark / Flickr

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Credit: Backroad-life