Star-nosed mole is endemic to eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States. It is a small North American mole. Besides, it is the only member of the tribe Condylurini and the genus condylura. Appearance and Behavior Mostly, it makes its dwelling in the lowland areas and consumes small invertebrates, aquatic insects, worms and mollusks. Also,
Naked Mole Rat is a burrowing rodent inhabited to the parts of East Africa. It is the only species distinguished in genus Heterocephalus. It is famous for its eusocial lifestyle, unlike other mammals. This lifestyle represents the highest level of social organization in a hierarchical classification. It is a unique set of qualities physically which
People have different thoughts for Angora rabbit as it is one of the oldest kinds of domestic rabbit. It has been derived from Ankara that comes in Turkey. It is especially known for its long and soft hair. It simultaneously originated with Angora cat and Angora goat. It is a variety of domestic rabbit which
Cone snails are also known as cone shells or cones in shorter version. It is from the family Conidae. They are a taxonomic family which varies in size from medium to large. It is a family of marine gastropod mollusks and predatory sea snails. The shapes of the shells of cone snails are similar to
Jesus Christ Lizard is a lizard endemic to Central and South American rain forests amidst streams and rivers. It is also known as basilisk. The menu for his dining comprises of flowers, insects and small vertebrates such as birds, snakes and fish. It has so many predators that include large birds of prey, fish, snakes,
The Hellbender is one of the largest salamanders in the world, which are rivaled only by a few who are close to their size that live in China and Japan. Once numbering literally millions, they are today not truly endangered but are limited to the healthy stream systems that are throughout the eastern United States.
The Cane Toad , is also called the Giant Toad, is a very large toad that is native to Central and South America, but has been introduced into Australia a well. The Cane Toad is a prolific breeder, the females laying a single clump of eggs that can have several hundred infants in the egg
Western Scaly Foots are legless lizards found in nearly all areas of Australia except the southern coastlines and the very mountainous areas. The Western Scaly Foot lives in wet forested areas, as well as in drier spots such as sandy beaches and sand dunes. western Scaly Foot Legless Lizard A Western Scaly Foot Lizard will
One of the more toxic spiders that are in existence is the Mouse spider, which can be found in environments ranging from desert to Eucalyptus tree forests, with the only real places they are not found being the southern rain forests of Australia. Mouse spiders are not extremely large, with a leg span that will
Common Death Adders live in eastern and south-western Australia. They are found in woodlands and forests, wetlands and in nearly every aspect of Australia that is damper and provides some ground cover. Australian Death AdderThe Death adder is among the most deadly of snakes, and its venom can kill in a very short time, however,
When most people think of a lizard they think of a being with legs, but there is one lizard that defies this description and it is aptly called the legless lizard. This species looks an awful lot like a snake and it belongs to the Anguidae family, which is a family that contains 80 species.
Although it rarely occurs in the wild, a liger, a cross between a male lion, and a female tiger has been known to happen. What the result is, is a lion with stripes that are diffuse in nature. They are also the largest cats in the world, although the Siberian Tiger is the largest “pure
The Desert Iguana is a small Iguana in comparison to its rain forest cousins, and is found living in the Mojave and the Sonoran Deserts, both in California. The Iguana can also be found in Utah, South Central Arizona and parts of Nevada. Desert iguanas are medium-sized lizards with a blunt heads that are about
The Rock Hyrax is a small mammal, about twenty inches long that weighs in about 7 pounds when fully mature. It has a short brown coat that is coarse in nature, with a creamy colored underbelly, and a small black dorsal patch that covers a single scent gland. They are plump looking with shorter thin
The Hairy Armadillo, Native to Bolivia, Chile, Argentian and Uruguay, lives in grasslands, plains and steppelike areas and is an omnivore. It is also known as the Screaming Hairy Armadillo for the loud scream like squeal that it makes. This, one of the smaller armadillos, has a section on its head, a smaller narrow strip
