The giant golden-crowned flying fox, aka golden-capped fruit bat or giant fruit bat, hails from the Philippines. These big critters like mature, primary and secondary
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The giant golden-crowned flying fox, aka golden-capped fruit bat or giant fruit bat, hails from the Philippines. These big critters like mature, primary and secondary
The Andean fox, aka zorro culpeo, or more famously culpeo, is native to South America. In fact, they are the 2nd largest native canid in South America. The maned wolf is #1
The Tibetan sand fox, with its unusual looking square face, can be found around the highlands and steppes of Nepal and Tibet. They are also known as the Tibetan fox or sand fox
Descendants of grey wolf, the domestic dog has come a long way to being the second most popular pet in the world; after the cat
With the ability to survive in some of the harshest conditions on the planet, the Arctic fox is able to survive in temperatures that drop as low as -76˚F! Their jovial and playful
Cunning, clever, and fast to boot, it’s the red fox. The red fox makes its home in grasslands, mountains, deserts, forests, farms, and even suburban areas. They have been hunted, trapped
The kit fox is widespread and found as far north as the arid regions of Oregon, east to southwestern Colorado, south through Utah, Nevada, southeastern California, New Mexico, Arizona, and
The California island fox is a small fox that is endemic to 6 of the 8 Channel Islands of California. There are 6 subspecies, each unique to the island it lives on. Island foxes are the smallest known species of fox in the U.S.
Winning the title for the world’s largest bat species, it’s the flying fox. There are more than 60 known species of these bats living in Asia, Australia, Africa, and various Pacific islands. Fossil records show they first evolved from prehistoric giant
Touting the honor of the world’s tallest wild canine, it’s the maned wolf. Maned wolves are more closely related to the forest fox and the bush dog than to actual wolves. These canids are gentle and hesitant to approach humans, for good reason. They have been hunted by