#mammals

[jollysunflora]

#this cat has no idea what year it is

a small compilation of the saddest man on earth

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Not all squirrels live in trees! Like a gopher, the rock squirrel actually lives in a system of complex burrows which can reach up to 5.8 m (19 ft) long! However, that doesn't mean that rock squirrels can't climb; in fact, they often forage for leaves, seeds, and acorns as well as insects and bird eggs in nearby trees and bushes. They are also quite adept at climbing steep, rocky cliffs, hence the name 'rock squirrel'.

(Image: A rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus) by Carla Kishinami)

[antiqueanimals]

The Naturalist in La Plata. Written by W. H. Hudson. Illustration by Joseph Smit. 1922.

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[cleverwitch-wolfskin]

I love you wildlife. I love you trees. I love you stones and rocks. I love you streams and rivers and creeks. I love you insects. I love you megafauna. I love you carnivores. I love you ambush predators. I love you decomposers. I love you mossy logs. I love you carrion birds. I love you freshwater fish. I love you fungi. I love you herbivores. I love you toxic, venomous, and poisonous creatures. I love you keystone species. I love you fishing birds. I love you cetaceans. I love you frogs. I love you corals. I love you wild cats. I love you deep sea fish. I love you wildlife and I love you biomes.

[paleoart]

I just realized that apparently I never shared this series here on Tumblr??  

I call it Living Paintings, as they are recreations of extinct animals that some artists actually saw and painted from memory, a long time ago.

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[twelvebooksstuff]

Lovely!!!

A juvenile Homotherium latidens is on its first hunt. (With supervision of course)

[sticksandsharks]

little cenozoic guys

(hyaenodon, langstonia, smilodon, dromornithidae, stegotetrabelodon, glyptodon, moropus)

[hellsitegenetics]

Hello! I run the social media for my local library and I was just wondering what sort of plant or creature might emerge if I talk about books here. Just a lil guy perhaps, to encourage public library use. A new library mascot to say "Books are cool! Reading is fun!" etc. Thank you for your time and efforts. 📚

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Closest match: Lutra lutra genome assembly, chromosome: 14 Common name: Eurasian Otter

[great-and-small]

Im a bit obsessed with these images from Hope For Wildlife rescue of a wild mammal with alopecia.

Can you tell what critter this is?

[moomeecore]

close ups of some of the weasels from my last post, ft transparent background & identifications!

[musiclovingmoth]

and when i say "specimens" i don't mean taxidermied mounts made to look lifelike for exhibit, i'm talking about the thousands to millions of specimens lying in drawers and shelves like this:

asking because i didn't know this until i was in high school. reblogs greatly appreciated, i want to reach as far out of science nerd tumblr as possible!

[antiqueanimals]

African Wild Dogs, Tanzania -- 72 x 44 cm. Woodcut. Wolfgang Weber (b. 1936)

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[titeredepapel]

Bison alert⁉️⁉️

[witchstone]

Przewalski's Horse Equus ferus ssp. przewalskii 吐尔洪乡, 阿勒泰地区, 新疆维吾尔自治区 Turhong Township, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China 45.271788, 88.766909 by almaatai

[amnhnyc]

We’re celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day in a big way, with one of the largest known deer: the Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus)! It was originally discovered in bog deposits in Ireland. This megafauna could weigh up to 1,500 pounds (680 kg) and its antlers could reach an incredible 13-ft- (4-m-) spread. Once ranging from western Europe to China, this animal died out some 10,000 years ago. However, at least one population, living in Russia’s Ural Mountains, managed to survive until about 7,770 years ago, long after the end of the Pleistocene. 

See the Irish Elk up close in the Museum’s Hall of Advanced Mammals! We’re open daily from 10 am-5:30 pm. Plan your visit.

Photo: © AMNH