Mammals

Mammals

Any of various warm-blooded vertebrate animals of the class Mammalia, characterized by a covering of hair on the skin and, in the female, milk-producing mammary glands for nourishing the young.

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Hyena dog

Animals; Mammals

A powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area.

Kinkajou

Animals; Mammals

A brownish, arboreal mammal (lat. Potos flavus), of Central and South America, having a prehensile tail, related to the raccoon and coati.

Mongoose

Animals; Mammals

A small carnivorous mammal with a long body and tail and a grizzled or banded coat, native to Africa and Asia.

Tasmanian devil

Animals; Mammals

A heavily built marsupial with a large head, powerful jaws, and mainly black fur, found only in Tasmania. It is slow-moving and aggressive, feeding mainly on carrion.

Pangolin

Animals; Mammals

An African and Asian mammal that has a body covered with horny overlapping scales, a small head with elongated snout, a long sticky tongue for catching ants and termites, and a thick, tapering tail.

Earless rabbit

Animals; Mammals

Til, an earless rabbit, was crushed by a careless cameraman while on set in Germany. Til's lack of ears is caused by a rare genetic defect. There are only a few known cases of earless rabbits in ...

Patterson film

Animals; Mammals

A famous short home movie filmed in 1967 which is perhaps the most famous evidence for the existence of a bigfoot creature. It was filmed by the cryptozoology enthusiast Roger Patterson with help ...