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Mink25 Iun 2010There are two living species referred to as "mink": the American Mink and the European Mink. The extinct Sea Mink is related to the American Mink, but was much larger. All three species are dark-colored, semi-aquatic,..
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Meerkat14 Apr 2010The meerkat or suricate Suricata suricatta, a small mammal, is a member of the mongoose family. Meerkats live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and in South Africa.
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Lynx14 Apr 2010A lynx is any of four species of medium-sized wild cats. All are members of the genus Lynx, but there is considerable confusion about the best way to classify felids at present, and some authorities classify them as part of the..
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Lion14 Apr 2010The lion is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in..
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Least Weasel14 Apr 2010The Least Weasel, also known as the common, dwarf, pygmy, or mouse weasel (Mustela nivalis) is the smallest of all species of the Carnivora order, making it the smallest true carnivore.
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Kit fox14 Apr 2010The Kit fox is a fox species living in the New World. Its range extends from the southwestern United States into northern Mexico. Some mammalogists classify it as conspecific with the Swift Fox V. velox, but molecular..
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Jaguar14 Apr 2010The jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas.
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Grizzly bear7 Apr 2010The grizzly bear also known as the silvertip bear, is a subspecies of brown bear that generally lives in the uplands of western North America. This subspecies is thought to descend from Ussuri brown bears which crossed to..
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Gray wolf7 Apr 2010The gray wolf or grey wolf often known simply as the wolf, is the largest wild member of the Canidae family. It is an ice age survivor originating during the Late Pleistocene around 300,000 years ago.
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Giant Panda7 Apr 2010The Giant Panda is a bear native to central-western and south western China. It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body.
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Fisher7 Apr 2010The fisher also referred to as fisher cat, is a medium-sized mammal native to North America. It is closely related but larger than the American Marten. Names derived from aboriginal languages include pekan, pequam, and..
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Dog7 Apr 2010The dog is a domesticated form of the wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The domestic dog has been one of the most widely kept working and companion..
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Coyote7 Apr 2010The coyote also known as the American jackal or the prairie wolf, is a species of canid found throughout North and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States and Canada.
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Common Raccoon7 Apr 2010The raccoon sometimes spelled as racoon, also known as the common raccoon, North American raccoon, northern raccoon and colloquially as coon, is a medium-sized mammal native to North America.
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Hog-nosed skunk7 Apr 2010Recent work has concluded that the western hog-nosed skunk or common hog-nosed skunk is the same species as the American hog-nosed skunk.
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Gray Fox7 Apr 2010The gray fox is a mammal of the order Carnivora ranging throughout most of the southern half of North America from southern Canada to northern Venezuela and Colombia.
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Cheetah7 Apr 2010The cheetah is an atypical member of the cat family Felidae that is unique in its speed, while lacking climbing abilities. The species is the only living member of the genus Acinonyx. It is the fastest land animal, reaching..
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Cat6 Apr 2010The cat (Felis catus), also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felines and felids, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and its ability to..
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Bobcat27 Feb 2010The Bobcat (Lynx rufus) is a North American mammal of the cat family, Felidae. With twelve recognized subspecies, it ranges from southern Canada to northern Mexico, including most of the continental United States.
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The Black-footed Ferret27 Feb 2010The Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) is a small carnivorous North American prairie animal closely related to the Steppe Polecat from Russia, and a member of the diverse family Mustelidae which also includes weasels,..
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