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The Red-Shanked Douc

16 August, 2023
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Primate Facts

The red-shanked douc can only be found in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. These primates are an Old World (monkeys hailing from Asia or Africa) creature that dwells in the mid to upper levels of the forest canopy in mountainous to

The Gouldian Finch

25 October, 2022
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Bird Facts, Daily Critter Facts

The Gouldian finch, aka lady Gouldian finch, rainbow finch, or Gould’s finch, hails from Australia. They prefer thickets, tropical savannahs, and woodlands with grassy plains; as long as they’re near a water source

The Indian Giant Squirrel

2 December, 2020
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Rodent Facts

While not number 1 in size, that goes to the black giant squirrel, the Indian giant squirrel (aka Malabar giant squirrel) is a close 2nd