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Zelenogorsk (Otocolobus manul)

Zelenogorsk is sand bathing

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Domestic cat (Felis catus), cuddling a plastic toy made to resemble a horse (Equus ferus caballus), more specifically “Wysteria” from the My Little Pony franchise, this particular model having been released in the summer of 2003 as part of the Rainbow Celebration Ponies set.

Source: mylittlewiki.org

Wysteria originally came with pink and purple streaks in her hair, but pink hair in older My Little Pony toys is prone to fading to white with time, especially if left out in the sun.

His little pony...

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Golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia).

Native to small patches of Atlantic Forest in Brazil, these New World monkeys were once nearly extinct in the wild due to habitat loss and competition with introduced species, with it being estimated in 1969 that there were only 150 individuals left in the wild. Thanks to preservation efforts, though, their population numbers have gone up by 3100% since then!

Golden lion tamarins are the “face” of animal conservation in Brazil and are considered an unofficial national symbol. We like them so much, we put them on our money!

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I don’t want to keep adding on to that post because it can get annoying to the OP but I just wanted to say that, as beautiful as wolfdogs might look, I do not recommend getting them as pets AT ALL. Even wolfdogs with a relatively low percentage of wolf in them would be incredibly difficult to handle for people without any experience in handling wild animals. They tend to retain plenty of wolf behavior that’s pretty far removed from how your average domestic dog acts.

Bengal cats, who, according to the law in most countries, have to be four to five generations removed from their closest Asian spotted cat ancestor to be owned as pets and not considered wild animals anymore are still very high energy animals with different needs than regular domestic cats. With wolfdogs, it’s even worse: they need practically the same accommodations when it comes to enclosure and enrichment wild canids need in zoos.

So, unless you’re actively looking for a pet that’ll chew its way through your house like Pac Man, you’re WAY better off getting just a wolfy-looking breed like a Tamaskan or a Greenland Dog than anything with actual wolf ancestry.

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Wolfdogs can look anything between dog and wolf, and most of those who are bred on purpose are crossed with dog breeds who already resemble wolves at a certain degree, such as Siberian Huskies and Alaskan Malamutes, which results in animals that can be quite similar to wolves without domestic dog descent, so it can be tricky to tell them apart sometimes.

Now, this isn’t an exact science by any means, but, in my opinion, what gives away the fact this cute fella isn’t actually a wolf to me is their face! Mainly the eyes: wolf eyes can range from light yellow to dark amber, but it’s very rare for wolves without a degree of domestic dog descent to have eyes this dark brown. Wolf eyes also have droopy inner corners, which is usually accentuated by their facial markings, as we can see here in this Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus) and this Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes):

Another sign we’re looking at an animal that’s part domestic dog is their very doggy body language here. Wolves, even tame individuals raised in captivity, will avoid direct eye contact with humans, just like they avoid direct eye contact with other wolves: it’s a sign of aggression. Domestic dogs, however, due to the domestication process they went through, have evolved a completely different way to communicate with humans than with other dogs. Ears in a relaxed position and direct eye contact are a trademark of domestic dogs! It’s the same expression my certified 100% domestic puppy Brownie is doing in this picture, save for the open mouth.

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Domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) x gray wolf (Canis lupus) hybrid, commonly referred to as wolfdog.

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European badger (Meles meles)

it snowed last night...! lets make tunnels !!

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Fennec foxes (Vulpes zerda)

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Wild grinch (Otocyon megalotis).

the cincinnati zoo is in possession of a wild grinch

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Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)

He's been salted on!

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Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)

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Brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea)

"grape shaped" ouppy . i think he looks like a kiwi

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Of course, different individuals might have naturally lighter or darker coats and, depending on the lighting, beech martens can look pretty warm brown. There’s another handy detail you can look at to easily differentiate between beech martens and pine martens, though:

Their noses match their coats! Beech martens’ noses range from light brown to pink and pine martens’ noses range from dark brown to black.

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That’s a beech marten (Martes foina)!

Beech martens share a range with pine martens (Martes martes) and look a lot like them, but you can tell them apart by their fur: while pine martens have a reddish undercoat and a yellow, solid “bib” on their chest, beech martens have a distinctive grayish undercoat and a forked, white bib, which you can see very well on this little guy!

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Coincidentally, although not closely related to each other, giant river otters and sea otters share a distinguishing trait in common: they’re both really big! Sea otters are only a bit behind giant otters when it comes to body length, ranging from 100 cm (3’3”) long to 140 cm (4’7”) long. This means that, at their smallest, they're about as long as a Great Dane! Here's a picture of one next to a person:

Source: Still from “‘A Love Like No Otter’ from Aquarium Love Stories”, video from the Georgia Aquarium YouTube channel

Well, that’s length-wise rather than height-wise, but yes! That would be the giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), fellow countrymen of mine!

In fact, saying they’re 170 cm (5’7”) from head to tail is lowballing it a little. Some individuals as long as 180 cm (5’11”) have been recorded! Which is longer than I am tall 😔

You might have noticed that giant otters have a bit of a big cat-like look about themselves. That’s the origin of their name in Brazilian Portuguese, ariranha, which is a term from the Tupi-Guarani language and means “river jaguar”. And, just like ground jaguars, giant otters are apex predators as well: they mainly eat fish, but will hunt anything from snakes, turtles and even small caimans if given the opportunity!

Besides their size, giant otters have other traits that set them apart from their smaller cousins. For one, unlike most mustelids, they’re social animals who live in familial groups of up to twenty individuals, which whom they communicate constantly through a variety of different noises. Also, unlike other species of otter, whose tails are thick at the base and pointy at the end, giant otters’ tails also start out with a thick base, but they end up flat, which helps propel them through the water. The interesting thing about it, however, it’s that it’s not flat in an horizontal way, like the tails of other semiaquatic mammals such as beavers and platypuses. It’s flat vertically, not unlike the tail of a newt!

Source of the 2nd image: @resgateariranha on Instagram

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“average otter looks like fuzzy teddy bear” factoid actualy just statistical error. average otter looks like big wet weasel.

Sea Otter Georg, who lives in cold ocean & has the densest fur of any mammal, around 1200 times denser than human hair, to keep warm is an outlier adn should not have been counted

Clockwise: Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus), Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), spotted-necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis) and sea otter (Enhydra lutris).

Well, that’s length-wise rather than height-wise, but yes! That would be the giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), fellow countrymen of mine!

In fact, saying they’re 170 cm (5’7”) from head to tail is lowballing it a little. Some individuals as long as 180 cm (5’11”) have been recorded! Which is longer than I am tall 😔

You might have noticed that giant otters have a bit of a big cat-like look about themselves. That’s the origin of their name in Brazilian Portuguese, ariranha, which is a term from the Tupi-Guarani language and means “river jaguar”. And, just like ground jaguars, giant otters are apex predators as well: they mainly eat fish, but will hunt anything from snakes, turtles and even small caimans if given the opportunity!

Besides their size, giant otters have other traits that set them apart from their smaller cousins. For one, unlike most mustelids, they’re social animals who live in familial groups of up to twenty individuals, which whom they communicate constantly through a variety of different noises. Also, unlike other species of otter, whose tails are thick at the base and pointy at the end, giant otters’ tails also start out with a thick base, but they end up flat, which helps propel them through the water. The interesting thing about it, however, it’s that it’s not flat in an horizontal way, like the tails of other semiaquatic mammals such as beavers and platypuses. It’s flat vertically, not unlike the tail of a newt!

Source of the 2nd image: @resgateariranha on Instagram

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Watch out! Although this animal might look like a honey bee (Apis mellifera), it’s actually a guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)! It has donned this dastardly disguise in order to access your garden and EAT your flowers instead of pollinating them! Don’t fall for its trickery.