Arctic Wolf

Beauty Of Animal | Arctic Wolf | Arctic Wolf, The Arctic wolf is found in the most northern parts of the wolf 's range, in the Arctic Circle. Arctic wolves mainly inhabit Northern Canada and Alaska, parts of Greenland and Iceland and Northern Europe. Arctic wolves are incredibly versatile and adaptive animals, Able to withstand year round sub​​-zero Temperatures. Living in the Arctic Circle, the Arctic wolf spends five out of twelve months in total darkness.

The Arctic wolf hunts lemmings, assorted rodents, and Arctic hare but will take larger prey like caribou when available. When the Arctic wolf wants to hunt musk ox, the pack will gather and work as a team attempt to isolate it from the herd and take it. An adult musk ox is simply too big for one Arctic wolf to try and take on alone. 

Although the Arctic wolf is generally smaller in size than the gray wolf, Arctic wolves growing niche to be bulkier than gray wolves with the male Arctic wolves also growing larger than the female Arctic wolves.

Normally, only the alpha male and female Arctic wolf Arctic wolves breed, but if a pack gets too large it may break up into new smaller packs giving others the opportunity to mate. Due to the Arctic Circle's uncompromising permafrost soil and the difficulty it poses for digging dens, Arctic wolves Often use rock outcroppings, caves or even shallow depressions as dens instead.

Arctic wolf pups are born in litters of two or three in the months of May and June, meaning that the Arctic wolf pups are born about a month later than the gray wolf pups. Arctic wolves growing niche to be white with brown irises, unlike most other subspecies of wolves with yellow to amber eyes. White fur gives them camouflage in a snowy environment, and the darker irises give added protection to the eyes in a high glare environment.

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Badger

Beauty Of Animal | Badger | Badgers are found living in the forests of Europe and western Asia, scavenging for roots and fruits as well as worms and insects. Remarkably badger can run up to 30 miles per hour for short periods of time and have been known to successfully fight large mammals such as wolves, coyotes and bears! There have been occasional reports over the years of badgers are very aggressive towards dogs and even humans. 

 

The badger is capable of producing a painful bite, and some dolphins are also known to bring the most commonly known type of dolphin rabies.The is white and black striped badger in Western Europe. Badgers considered related to otters and weasels and often can grow to almost a meter in length! The badger living in underground burrows often contain a maze of tunnels. It is estimated that when digging the nest, the badger was able to remove tons of soil.

Badger is the common name for any animal of three subfamilies badger, which belong to the family Mustelidae. This is the same mammal family as ferrets, the weasels, otters, and several other types of carnivore meaning that the badger is most closely related to animals. There are eight different species of badger, and the species is divided into three subfamilies badger badger, badgers of Europe and Asia, Ratel or honey badger, and the American badger. The smell never classified as Asian badger badger badger species but today considered to be more closely related to skunks than raccoons.

Typical badger species have short legs and badgers also tend to have relatively heavy build. Lower jaw articulated with meaning  badger upper jaw that is almost impossible to remove badgers jaw. This allows it to maintain its grip on badger prey very easily, but it limits the movement of badgers jaw to open and close hinging or sliding from side to side.

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Beetle

Beauty Of Animal | Beetle | Beetles are small invertebrates are known to be very flexible and are found in many different shapes and sizes. Beetles are found in almost every habitat on earth different and just absent from the frozen polar regions. Beetle has the largest number of sub-species of all insects, with 40% of all recognized insect classified as beetles. There are more than 350,000 different species of beetles noted, however, scientists estimate the true number is between 4 million and 8 million species of beetle. 

 

Like the other species of insect, beetle's body consists of three parts all coated in a hard outer shell, which is the beetle's head, thorax and abdomen of the beetle beetles. Beetles also have an antenna that is used to understand the environment of beetles and made about 10 different parts.

Beetles are believed to play an important role in the ecosystem where they inhabit mainly because they consume the debris of plants and animals including the petals fall and manure. All animals that digest decaying matter worked wonders for the soil as they consume most of the compounds that can be absorbed into the soil, such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen. 

Beetles are omnivorous animals and eat anything but generally can find plants and fungi and debris from both plants and animals. Some of the larger species of beetles have been known to eat small birds and even small mammals species. Other species of wood dust beetles feed and therefore enjoy digging himself into a tree.

Due to their small size and broad, diverse, many species of beetles that prey animals from insects to reptiles, birds, fish and mammals. The exact predator of beetles, but is highly dependent on the size and type of area where the beetles and beetle inhabit. More recently, the Asian long-horned beetle has been found in a number of North American countries by the beetle has quickly gained a name for itself as an agricultural pest. Asian long-horned beetle is boring bark beetle species, which means that they dig themselves into the wood.

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Elephant Shrew

Beauty Of Animal | Elephant Shrew | Elephant shrew is a small mammal found exclusively in Africa. Elephant shrew is also known as the jumping shrew, because rats can jump like a rabbit elephants use their long legs back. Mice elephants can be found inhabiting forests, woods, meadows and dense forests throughout Africa. There are nearly 20 different species of elephant shrew, all of which vary in both color and size.

Mice elephant known as the insects as they survive on food that consists only of insects. Despite their name and appearance of the same, Rat elephant is not considered directly related to temper their cousins ​​in other parts of the world. Mice elephant is an animal that is very active and is always hunting for food during the day. Because diurnal lifestyle of elephant shrew, have learned to live it in the most successful way possible. Rats elephants are very alert and well-camouflaged animals, and were able to escape from danger very quickly.

A number of species of elephant shrew made a series of paths cleared through the bush and spend their days patrolling them for insect life. Line also provides elephant shrew a clear home-run should it be compromised by potential predators. Although mice elephants are omnivorous animals, diets of elephant shrew is almost entirely made up of insects. The elephant shrew hunting worms and grubs from outside the ground, spiders that run along the ground and insects found around it.

Due to the small size of the elephant shrew, it has a number of natural predators in the wild. Snakes, lizards, birds of prey and omnivorous mammals all prey on elephant shrew, but do not eat the elephant shrew easiest way to try and catch. Rats female elephants delivered more than 1 liter of babies every year. Mice baby elephant born after a gestation period that can be between 1 and 2 months. Baby elephant Mice thrive when they are first born but remain in the nest for a few days before they start to head in the wide world.

Kinds Of Elephant Shrew

Black and rufous elephant shrew

The black and rufous elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon petersi), also known as the black and rufous sengi, is one of 16 species of elephant shrew alive today in Africa. Like other members of the genus Rhynchocyon, it is a relatively large species, with adults averaging c. 28 cm (11 in) in length and 450-700 g (1-1.5 lb) in weight. It is endemic to Kenya and Tanzania. It eats insects and small mammals (especially the black rat) as well as vegetation.
Because they are classified as vulnerable, several zoos have begun breeding these elephant shrews, including the Philadelphia Zoo, which has a successful breeding program. Two black and rufous elephant shrew brothers were born on February 4th 2007 at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC. They now reside, for the time being, at the Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven, CT as part of the Tree of Life exhibit

Golden-rumped elephant shrew

 

The golden-rumped elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus) is the largest of the African elephant shrew family. It is the size of a small rabbit, and is only found in the coastal Arabuko Sokoke National Park north of Mombassa in Kenya. Its name is derived from the conspicuous golden fur on its hindquarters which contrasts strongly with its otherwise dark fur. On juveniles its fur shows vestigal traces of the checkerboard pattern seen on another giant elephant shrew, the checkered elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon cirnei).

The golden-rumped elephant shrew lives on the forest floor of evergreen forests, rooting through the leaf litter for 80% of the waking day looking for grasshoppers, beetles, spiders and other small invertebrates. The golden-rumped elephant shrew has evolved various stratagems to avoid predators, particularly snakes (like black mambas and cobras) and the southern banded snake-eagle. It is very fast, capable of running at 25km/h. When it detects a predator within its 'flight distance' it will bound off. If, however, the predator is outside its flight distance the elephant shrew will advertise its presence by slapping the leaf litter.

This lets the predator know that it has been seen and it should not waste its time chasing the elephant shrew. In the event of a chase, or an ambush, the golden flash of fur will also often deflect the predators attention away from the head and onto the rump, which has thickened skin. As a final precaution each shrew has several nests which it maintains, thus a predator finding a nest will not learn to associate them with potential food.

Short-eared Elephant Shrew

The Short-eared Elephant Shrew (Macroscelides proboscideus), or Round-eared Sengi or Round-eared Elephant Shrew, is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and hot deserts. They eat insects, shoots, and roots. Their gestation period is 56 days. The Short-eared Elephant Shrew is the only species in its genus (monotypic), but is still grouped with the soft-furred (non-giant) elephant shrews, Elephant-shrews are among only a handful of monogamous mammals, making them a model group for the study of monogamy. The Short-eared Elephant Shrews have been studied for their mate guarding behavio

Four-toed elephant shrew

The four-toed elephant shrew or four-toed sengi is the only living species in the genus Petrodromus, which together with three other extant genera Rhynchocyon, Macroscelides and Elephantulus constitutes the order Macroscelidea. This species is only found in particular regions in Africa and is smaller in size compared to its relatives. A comprehensive recording of this species is lacking. As their name suggests, they have four toes on their hind feet and like other elephant shrews, it has been named for it's elephant-like, mobile trunk.

Rufous Elephant Shrew

The Rufous Elephant-shrew or Rufous Sengi (Elephantulus rufescens) is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. The name "Rufous Sengi"means "pygmy elephant, become red" in Latin.

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Fossa

Beauty Of Animal | Fossa | Fossa is a medium-sized carnivores are found exclusively on the island of Madagascar. Fossa belongs to which group of Malagasy carnivores are thought to have descended from Mongoose-like ancestors arrived in Madagascar from Africa and 24 million years ago. Fossa is not only one of the most ancient of the eight species found on the island but also the largest, meaning Fossa It is the largest mammalian predator of Madagascar. However, due to the appearance of a cat from Fossa primitive species that was believed cats to date. Unfortunately as the number of unique animal species found in Madagascar at this time though, Fossa are very rare and are now considered endangered in their natural habitat was mainly due to habitat loss.

Fossa Anatomy and Appearance

Fossa is the largest land predator on the island of Madagascar Individuals with some grow to nearly two feet in length from snout to the tip of their tails were long and slender. Fossa has a brief but solid red to dark brown fur and a head like a little cat and a dog-like snout, with eyes facing forward large and small, rounded ears. Although related to the weasel, Fossa has a very number of features including arched cat, retractable claws and webbed feet a little help ambos The Fossa When moving around between branches.

Fossa Distribution and Habitat

Like the majority of animal and plant species that are found on the island of Madagascar, the fossa are found nowhere else on Earth. Growing human settlements has greatly influenced Also Madagascar Population Fossa Often As They hunted by farmers who fear for their livestock. Behavior and Lifestyle Trench, Trench are solitary and nocturnal mammals that patrol the four major areas of square kilometers and mark their presence with the scent released from the anal glands of them. Reproduction and Life Cycle Fossa, ike many solitary carnivores, puddles only come together to mate During the breeding season in September and October.

Fossa Diet and Prey

Fossa is the largest mammalian carnivore in Madagascar and is therefore only survive by eating other animals in the surrounding forest. Fossa has evolved perfect for hunting and consumption of Lemurs and in fact, more than half of Fossa diet consists of Them. Fossa Predators and Threats, Humans pose the greatest threat to the Fossa They not only fear they hunted in their livestock, but has been completely destroyed Also 90% of the very large range of natural Fossa.

Fossa Interesting Facts and Features

Fossa tend to measure about a meter long tail of the same length, but on top of that, in recent years fossil Giant Fossa now extinct has been discovered in the forests of Madagascar, the largest fossil Fossa Giant Measured Nearly six feet long and estimated to weigh approximately 17 kg! Fossa can run incredibly fast, and added to that remarkable agility in the tree tops, so eating has been seen Fossa is very adept at capturing later.

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