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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
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The orangutan is the only great ape that occurs outside Africa, and is the largest arboreal mammal in the world. Orangutans are extremely in...
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Anderson's Salamander (Ambystoma andersoni)
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Anderson’s salamander exhibits some highly unusual and distinct features, indicative of its evolutionary distinctiveness, including its ra...
Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus)
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This camel is probably the ancestor of all domestic two-humped camels. It is superbly adapted to life in the harsh Gobi Desert, one of the m...
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
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Black rhinos and white rhinos are not named for their colours, but for the shape of their lips. The black rhino has a prehensile (or graspin...
Blunt-headed Salamander (Ambystoma amblycephalum)
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The blunt-headed salamander is a metamorphosing species of mole salamander, which means that it can make the full transition from aquatic la...
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
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The name “axolotl” is thought to have originated from the Aztecs, derived from two words: atl, meaning “water”, and xolotl meaning “monster”...
Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
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This two-horned rhino is the smallest and most threatened of the five living rhinoceros species. It is sometimes referred to as the ‘hairy...
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