Yellow Blotched Sawback

Graptemys flavimaculata – Map turtles are sometimes called “sawbacks” because of the toothlike projections down the center of their shell. The yellow-blotched sawback increasingy faces threats of pollution in its river habitat. Of the 12 or so species of map turtle, seven are in decline. The yellow-blotched sawback has the smallest range, living mainly along the Pascagoula River and the Leaf and Chickasawhay Rivers in Mississippi. Exports of map turtles to Britain, Europe, Japan, and Taiwan rose from 325 in 1985 to 84,546 in 1995. [Read more]

Fennec Fox And Porcupines videos

Fennec Fox and porcupine videos. About this animal: The Fennec fox found in the Sahara Desert of North Africa (excluding the coast) which has distinctive oversized ears. Although some authorities classify this as the only species of the genus Fennecus. Its name is derived from the Arabic word for “fox“. The Fennec fox is the smallest canid, only weighing up to 3.3 Lb (1.5 kg). The fox is 7.9 in (20 cm) tall at the shoulder, with a body length of up to 15.7 in (40 cm). The tail is an additional 9.8 in (25 cm) or so, and the ears can be 5.9 in (15 cm) long. [Read more]

St. Kilda Mouse

Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis

The St. Kilda mouse evolvedfrom the common wood mouse. It lines on a zuindszuept island, sheltering among the ruined buildings left behind after people moved away. The St. Kilda mouse is typical of many subspecies of small mammals that form tiny populations in remote places and arehighly vulnerable, being found nowhere else in the world. The St. Kilda mouse does not face any particular threats. However, it is found only on the tiny island of Hirta in the North Atlantic and perhaps one other of the St. Kilda archipelago. These windswept, precipitous islands lie 40 miles (65 km) from the most westerly of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. Hirta was only occupied by the [Read more]

Eurasian Red Squirrel

Sciurus vulgaris

Red squirrels are common across Europe, but are rapidly being replaced by American gray squirrels in Britain. Such a fate may also overtake their continental cousins. Only 100 years ago the red squirrel was common and the only squirrel in Britain and across continental Europe. Now it is extinct in southern England, except on three islands off the coast. It is still found in Scotland and remains widespread in northern England, although its numbers there are declining fast. Apart from these areas, it survives in a few scattered localities in Wales and eastern and central [Read more]

OrangUtan

Pongo pygmaeus

Orang utan means “man of the forest” in the Malay language. Once numbering hundreds ofa thousands, the orang Utan population has declined sharply in recent years because of loss of habitat and capture for the pet trade.The orang utan holds two animal records: It is the world’s largest tree dwelling mammal, and it is the only great ape that lives in Asia. Living in the trees of the tropical rain forests of Borneo and Sumatra, [Read more]

Komodo Dragon

Varanus komodoensis

Known locally as buaja daret (“land crocodiles’, these giant lizards were named after the mythical dragon because of their size and fierce predatory nature. It seems inconceivable that the enormous Komodo dragon could remain upknown (at least to western scientists) until the early 20th century. Referred to locally as the ora or buaja daret (“land crocodile”), early reported sightings were [Read more]

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