Marbled Cat Facts The Marbled Cat is an extremely reclusive species of small wild cat endemic to a severely restricted range. The IUCN lists this truly amazing rare mammal officially as Vulnerable, pending further evaluation of its numbers. In fact, evidence indicates that fewer than ten thousand individuals may remain surviving, presenting fears of extinction. The primary […]Read More
African Manatee
African Manatee Facts Perhaps the most notable thing about the amazing African Manatee remains the simple fact that researchers do not know a great deal about the animal. However, the majority of experts believe this distinctive animal to be quite similar to the West Indian Manatee. Since both of the species share the same region, […]
Long-Finned Pilot Whale
Long-Finned Pilot Whale Facts First of all, the descriptive common name Long-Finned Pilot Whale remains rather deceptive. That holds true due to the fact that this marvelous mammal isn’t actually a whale. In fact, the remarkable creature actually represents one of the thirty known species of dolphins inhabiting the oceans of our world. Bearing the […]
Culpeo
Culpeo Facts First of all, the short term Culpeo serves as the common name for the remarkable, yet hard to pronounce, Lycalopex culpaeus. This fascinating type of canid also goes by several other names, however. These other names, including the Andean zorro, the Andean Fox, and the zorro culpeo, all remain easier to pronounce than […]
Geoffroy’s Cat
Geoffroy’s Cat Facts First of all, one important fact must be pointed out about the remarkable Geoffroy’s Cat. Despite the size and appearance of this particular feline, it remains a wild cat, and not a domesticated species. Yet another fact sets it apart from many other species of wild feline. That’s the fact that, quite […]
Clymene Dolphin
Clymene Dolphin Facts First of all, the truly remarkable Clymene Dolphin ranks as quite unique. This holds true because it represents the only known species of its kind. That’s because, to date, it remains the only known instance of a new species of marine mammal arising from the interbreeding of two different species. Rather surprisingly, […]
California Sea Lion
California Sea Lion Facts Surprisingly, the remarkable California Sea Lion remains one of only six known surviving types of sea lion. Quite sadly, one other species, the Japanese Sea Lion, became extinct in the 1950’s. In the meantime, three others now rank as Endangered. This wonder of Nature also represents the species with the largest […]
Panda Dolphin
Panda Dolphin Facts Firstly, the Panda Dolphin serves as the common name for the visually quite distinctive Commerson’s Dolphin. Further, this remarkable species is actually divided into two distinct sub-species. The mammal was also first described by the French naturalist, Philibert Commerson. This occurred in 1767, subsequent to his sighting of the surprising cetacean in […]
Visayan Spotted Deer
Visayan Spotted Deer Facts The sincerely remarkable creature known commonly as the Visayan Spotted Deer remains somewhat of a mystery to researchers. This primarily holds true due to the startling but true fact that sightings of this astounding animal in the wild rarely occur. In the year 2009, researchers found the first evidence of the […]
Mongolian Wild Horse
Mongolian Wild Horse Facts Most notably, the wonderful Mongolian Wild Horse remains a limited success story. This fact holds true due to recent events. Quite sadly, this species of horse became extinct in the wild in the 1960’s. However, a limited number of individuals still existed in captivity, mostly in zoos around the world. But, […]
Northern Elephant Seal
Northern Elephant Seal Facts Most notably, the enormous Northern Elephant Seal represents one of only two species of elephant seal. While it remains slightly the smaller of the two, collectively the elephant seal forms the largest on earth. Like its counterpart, the Southern Seal, it draws its common name from not one, but two sources. […]