The Zebra Duiker is a small antelope found in Ivory Coast and other parts of Africa. They have gold or red brown coats with distinctive Zebra stripes (hence the name). Their prong-like horn are about 4.5 cm long in males and half that in females. They live in lowland rain forests and mostly eats leaves and fruits.
The Pantagonian Mara is a relatively large rodent found in parts of Argentina. This herbivorous somewhat rabbit like animal has distinctive long ears and long limbs and its hind limbs are longer and more muscular than its forelimbs.
THE MANED WOLF
The maned wolf is the largest Canid in South America resembling a large Fox with reddish fur. It's the tallest of the wild canids and its long legs are most likely an adaptation to the tall grasslands of its native habitat.
SUNDA COLUGO
Also known as Sunda flying lemur, it is not actually a lemur and does not fly. Instead it glides as it leaps among trees. Its strictly arboreal..it can be found throughout southeast Indonesia, Thailand , Malaysia and Singapore.
THE GERENUK
The Gerenuk, also known as the water gazelle, is a long necked species of antelope found in dry thorn bush scrub in eastern Africa The word Gerenuk comes from Somali language meaning 'giraffe-necked'. They can reach higher branches and twigs than other gazelles and antelope by standing erect on their rear legs and stretch their elongated necks.
lampreys are a type of jaw-less fish that live mostly in coastal and fresh waters. The adults are characterized by a toothed , funnel like sucking mouth. They attach themselves to fish and suck their blood. Lampreys have been around for nearly 300 million years and their body structure has remained unchanged.
IRRAWADDY DOLPHIN
It is a species of oceanic dolphin found near sea coasts , in estuaries and rivers in parts of bay of Bengal in southeast Asia. Genetically the Irrawaddy dolphin is closely related to the killer whale.
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