"is ""ahma"", derived from ""ahmatti,"" which is translated as ""glutton"". Similarly, the Estonian name is ""ahm"", with the equivalent meaning to the Finnish name. In Lithuanian is ""ernis"", in Latvian—""tinis"" or ""āmrija"". The Eastern Slavic росомаха (""rosomakha"") and the Polish and Czech name ""rosomák"" seem to be borrowed from the Finnish ""rasva-maha"" (fat belly). Similarly, the Hungarian name is ""rozsomák"" or ""torkosborz"" which means ""gluttonous badger"". In French-speaking parts of Canada, the wolverine is referred to as ""carcajou"", borrowed from the Innu-aimun or Montagnais ""kuàkuàtsheu"". However, in France, the wolverine's name is ""glouton"" (glutton). Purported gluttony is reflected neither in"
"Kinkajou The kinkajou ( ) (""Potos flavus"") is a rainforest mammal of the family Procyonidae related to olingos, coatis, raccoons, and the ringtail and cacomistle. It is the only member of the genus Potos and is also known as the ""honey bear"" (a name that it shares with the sun bear). Kinkajous may be mistaken for ferrets or monkeys, but are not closely related to either. Native to Central America and South America, this mostly frugivorous, arboreal mammal is not an endangered species, though it is seldom seen by people because of its strict nocturnal habits. However, they are hunted"
"and is a popular figure in cartoons and children's books. The English word ""skunk"" has two root words of Algonquian and Iroquoian origin, specifically ""seganku"" (Abenaki) and ""scangaresse"" (Huron). The Cree and Ojibwe word ""shee-gawk"" is the root word for Chicago, which means 'skunk-land'. Alternative English names for the striped skunk include common skunk, Hudsonian skunk, northern skunk, black-tailed skunk and prairie polecat. The latter name was originally used by English settlers, who noted the animal's similarity to the European polecat. This association likely resulted in the striped skunk's subsequent unfavorable reputation as a poultry thief, despite it being a"
"monkeys. The kinkajou's slender five-inch extrudable tongue helps the animal to obtain fruit and to lick nectar from flowers, so that it sometimes acts as a pollinator. (Nectar is also sometimes obtained by eating entire flowers.) Although captive specimens will avidly eat honey (hence the name ""honey bear""), honey has not yet been observed in the diet of wild kinkajous. Olingos are similar to the kinkajou in morphology and habits. However, genetic studies have shown that kinkajous were an early offshoot of the ancestral procyonid line and are not closely related to any of the other extant procyonids, to which"
"in humans, if the brain is infected. In El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras pet kinkajous are commonly called ""micoleón"", meaning ""lion monkey"". In Peru pet kinkajous are commonly referred to as ""lirón"". The lirón is often described as a ""bear-monkey"" or ""bear-monkey hybrid"". They live an average of about 23 years in captivity, with a maximum recorded life span of 41 years. There are seven subspecies of kinkajou: Kinkajou The kinkajou ( ) (""Potos flavus"") is a rainforest mammal of the family Procyonidae related to olingos, coatis, raccoons, and the ringtail and cacomistle. It is the only member of the"
"Sloth bear The sloth bear (""Melursus ursinus"") is an insectivorous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, mainly because of habitat loss and degradation. It has also been called labiated bear because of its long lower lip and palate used for sucking insects. Compared to brown and black bears, the sloth bear is lankier, has a long, shaggy fur and a mane around the face, and long, sickle-shaped claws. It evolved from the ancestral brown bear during the Pleistocene and through convergent evolution shares features found in insect-eating mammals. Sloth"
"Grizzly bear The grizzly bear (""Ursus arctos"" ssp.) is a large population of the brown bear inhabiting North America. Scientists generally do not use the name grizzly bear but call it the North American brown bear. Multiple morphological forms sometimes recognized as subspecies exist, including the mainland grizzly (""Ursus arctos horribilis""), Kodiak bear (""U. a. middendorffi""), peninsular grizzly (""U. a. gyas""), and the recently extinct California grizzly (""U. a. californicus""†) and Mexican grizzly bear (""U. a. nelsoni""†). On average bears near the coast tend to be larger while inland grizzlies tend to be smaller. The Ussuri brown bear (""U. a."
"remain in its current location. While owned by Zodiac Zoos, many of the exhibits were updated to more naturalistic settings. The new owner plans to continue improvements to the zoo. Animals at BestZOO include jaguar, cougar, Sri Lankan leopard, European lynx, serval, Oriental small-clawed otter, banded mongoose, yellow-throated marten, striped skunk, six-banded armadillo, southern tamandua, squirrel monkeys, black howler monkeys, rhesus monkeys, tufted capuchin, Colombian spider monkey, cottontop tamarin, red-handed tamarin, ring-tailed lemur, Japanese squirrel, chacoan mara, binturongs, raccoons, coati, llama, alpaca, Reeves's muntjac, Bactrian camel, sitatunga, Parma wallabies, eastern wallaroo, black stork, scarlet ibis, puna ibis, grey-winged trumpeter, snowy"
"and ""Cuon"". Lycaon (genus) Lycaon is a genus of canid. There are two known species: the extant ""Lycaon pictus"", a canid with common names including ""African wild dog"", ""painted dog"", ""ornate wolf"", and ""African hunting dog""; and the extinct, less cursorial ""Lycaon sekowei"", known from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of South Africa. This hypercarnivorous and highly cursorial genus is distinguished by accessory cusps on the premolars. It branched off from the wolf-like canids lineage during the Plio-Pleistocene. Since then, ""Lycaon"" has become lighter and tetradactyl, but has remained hypercarnivorous. Some authors consider the extinct ""Canis"" subgenus ""Xenocyon"" as ancestral to"
"the aardwolf, yellow baboon, bat, Cape buffalo, bushbaby, bushbuck, caracal, African wildcat, cheetah, civet, dik-dik, African hunting dog, African dormouse, blue duiker, bush duiker, red duiker, eland, African bush elephant, bat-eared fox, greater galago, gazelle, large-spotted genet, small-spotted genet, gerenuk, giraffe, African hare, springhare, Coke's hartebeest, East African hedgehog, spotted hyena, striped hyena, rock hyrax, tree hyrax, impala, black-backed jackal, side-striped jackal, klipspringer, lesser kudu, leopard, lion, banded mongoose, dwarf mongoose, Egyptian mongoose, marsh mongoose, slender mongoose, white-tailed mongoose, vervet monkey, Sykes' monkey, fringe-eared oryx, clawless otter, ground pangolin, crested porcupine, cane rat, giant rat, naked mole rat, ratel, bohor"
"Skunk Skunks are North and South American mammals in the family Mephitidae. Not related to polecats which are in the weasel family, the closest Old World relative to the skunk is the stink badger. The animals are known for their ability to spray a liquid with a strong unpleasant smell. Different species of skunk vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown, cream or ginger colored, but all have warning coloration. 1630s, squunck, from a southern New England Algonquian language (probably Abenaki) seganku, from Proto-Algonquian */šeka:kwa/, from */šek-/ ""to urinate"" + */-a:kw/ ""fox."" ""Skunk"" has historic use as an insult, attested"
"Savu python, Burmese python, Mexican burrowing python, eastern indigo snake, Sinaloan milk snake, eastern coachwhip, West African gaboon viper, rhinoceros viper, eyelash viper, Malayan pit viper, grey-banded kingsnake, red spitting cobra, Cape cobra, and Mexican cantil. White line gecko, African fat-tailed gecko, leopard gecko, Standing's day gecko, Madagascar giant day gecko, tokay gecko, Nile monitor, crocodile monitor, Gila monster, eastern glass lizard, frilled lizard, Sudan plated lizard, blue spiny lizard, northern blue-tongued skink, broadhead skink, Solomon Islands skink, Great Plains skink, panther chameleon, green iguana, green crested basilisk, common snakeneck turtle, spiny softshell turtle, African spurred tortoise, alligator snapping turtle,"
"American black bear (""Ursus americanus""), woodland caribou (""Rangifer tarandus caribou""), barren-ground caribou (""Rangifer tarandus arcticus""), Canada lynx (""Lynx canadensis""), grey wolf (""Canis lupus""), American beaver (""Castor canadensis""), North American river otter (""Lontra canadensis""), American marten (""Martes americana""), stoat (""Mustela erminea""), fisher (""Martes pennanti""), muskrat (""Ondatra zibethica""), snowshoe hare (""Lepus americanus""), southern red-backed vole (""Myodes gapperi""), American red squirrel (""Tamiasciurus hudsonicus"") and least chipmunk (""neotamius minimus""). Birds include ducks, geese, American white pelican (""Pelecanus erythrorhynchos""), sandhill crane (""Grus canadensis""), spruce grouse (""Falcipennis canadensis""), sharp-tailed grouse (""Tympahuchus phasianellus""), willow grouse (""Lagopus lagopus""), common nighthawk (""Chordeiles minor""), red-tailed hawk (""Buteo jamaicensis""), common raven"
"meerkats, Kafue lechwe, and wallaby. Amur tiger, African lion, Jaguar, Carpathian lynx, grey wolves, Iberian wolves, European bear, Syrian bear, Asian short-clawed otters, Raccoon, Vervet monkeys, Common marmosets, Ring-tailed coati, Slender-tailed meerkats, tapir, capybara, Kafue lechwe, Grant's zebra, sugar gliders, lesser hedgehog tenrec, Parma wallabies, Bennett's wallabies, Reeves's muntjac, Fallow deer, domestic rabbits, raccoon dogs, reindeer, Azara's agouti, African pygmy goats and red fox. Ostrich, greater rhea, white-cheeked turaco, avocets, Indian runner ducks, Helmeted guinea fowl, white-naped crane, great horned owl, great grey owl, burrowing owl, European eagle owl, striated caracara, Himalayan Monal, and golden pheasant. Red-tailed boa constrictor, royal"
"kinkajou, which is an unrelated member of the Procyonidae. The sun bear's fur is usually jet-black, short, and sleek with some under-wool; some individual sun bears are reddish or gray. Two whirls occur on the shoulders, from where the hair radiates in all directions. A crest is seen on the sides of the neck and a whorl occurs in the centre of the breast patch. Always, a more or less crescent-shaped pale patch is found on the breast that varies individually in colour ranging from buff, cream, or dirty white to ochreous. The skin is naked on the upper lip."
"Sclater's guenon The Sclater's guenon (""Cercopithecus sclateri""), also known as Sclater's monkey and the Nigerian monkey, is an Old World monkey that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1904 and named after Philip Sclater. It is an arboreal and diurnal primate that lives in the forests of southern Nigeria. It should not be confused with the closely related species, the white-throated guenon (""Cercopithecus erythrogaster""), which occurs in Nigeria and Benin. Sclater's guenon was formerly classified as a subspecies of the red-eared guenon (""C. erythrotis""). The diet of Sclater's guenon is unknown. The species is likely primarily a frugivore"
"python, corn snake, milk snake, Western hognose snake, blue spiky lizard, blue-tongued skink, bearded dragon, crested gecko, electric blue gecko and yellow-headed day gecko. African bullfrog, poison dart frog, golden Mantella frog, axolotl. Sun beetle, leaf insects, Mcklay's spectre, giant thorny stick insect, orange-headed cockroaches, Indian ornamental tarantula, Brazilian black tarantula, Chilean rose tarantula, tailless whip scorpion, and tiger land snails. Dartmoor Zoological Park Dartmoor Zoological Park (originally Dartmoor Wildlife Park) is a zoo near the village of Sparkwell, on the south-west edge of Dartmoor, in the county of Devon in the South West of England. It was opened in"
"North African ostrich (""Struthio camelus camelus"", LC); ferruginous duck (""Aythya nyroca"", NT); lesser flamingo (""Phoenicopterus minor"", NT); white-backed vulture (""Gyps africanus"", NT); Rueppell's griffon (""Gyps rueppellii"", NT); pallid harrier (""Circus macrourus"", NT); red kite (""Milvus milvus"", NT); Stanley bustard (""Neotis denhami"", NT); Nubian bustard (""Neotis nuba"", NT); corn crake (""Crex crex"", NT); black crowned crane (""Balearica pavonina"", NT); Eurasian curlew (""Numenius arquata"", NT); black-tailed godwit (""Limosa limosa"", NT); great snipe (""Gallinago media"", NT); African skimmer (""Rynchops flavirostris"", NT); European roller (""Coracias garrulus"", NT); red-footed falcon (""Falco vespertinus"", NT); sooty falcon (""Falco concolor"", NT); white-headed vulture (""Trigonoceps occipitalis"", VU); Beaudouin's snake-eagle"
"plants, leaves, and bark. Order: Carnivora, Family: Ursidae Occurrence: Forests, slide areas, alpine meadows E W A The grizzly bear (""Ursus arctos horribilis""), also known as the silvertip bear, is a subspecies of brown bear (""Ursus arctos"") that generally lives in the uplands of western North America. Grizzlies are normally solitary active animals, but in coastal areas the grizzly congregates alongside streams, lakes, rivers, and ponds during the salmon spawn. Order: Carnivora, Family: Felidae Occurrence: Coniferous forests E W The Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis) is a North American mammal of the cat family, Felidae. It is a close relative of"
"species, including dogs, cats, badgers and particularly bears. Carl Linnaeus, the father of modern taxonomy, placed the raccoon in the genus ""Ursus"", first as ""Ursus cauda elongata"" (""long-tailed bear"") in the second edition of his ""Systema Naturae"" (1740), then as ""Ursus Lotor"" (""washer bear"") in the tenth edition (1758–59). In 1780, Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr placed the raccoon in its own genus ""Procyon"", which can be translated as either ""before the dog"" or ""doglike"". It is also possible that Storr had its nocturnal lifestyle in mind and chose the star Procyon as eponym for the species. Based on fossil evidence"
"Lycaon (genus) Lycaon is a genus of canid. There are two known species: the extant ""Lycaon pictus"", a canid with common names including ""African wild dog"", ""painted dog"", ""ornate wolf"", and ""African hunting dog""; and the extinct, less cursorial ""Lycaon sekowei"", known from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of South Africa. This hypercarnivorous and highly cursorial genus is distinguished by accessory cusps on the premolars. It branched off from the wolf-like canids lineage during the Plio-Pleistocene. Since then, ""Lycaon"" has become lighter and tetradactyl, but has remained hypercarnivorous. Some authors consider the extinct ""Canis"" subgenus ""Xenocyon"" as ancestral to both ""Lycaon"""
"otter (""Enhydra lutris""), bearded seal (""Erignathus barbatus""), donkey (""Equus asinus""), cougars (""Felis concolor coryi"", ""Felis concolor stanleyana""), bobcat (""Felis rufus floridanus""), Atlantic white-sided dolphins (""Lagenorhynchus acutus""), guanaco (""Lama guanicoe""), alpaca (""Vicugna pacos""), otter (""Lutra lutra""), wild dog (""Lycaon pictus""), Bartels's spiny rat (""Maxomys bartelsii""), Musschenbroek's spiny rat (""Maxomys musschenbroekii""), prairie vole (""Microtus ochrogaster""), common European weasel (""Mustela nivalis""), mink (""Mustela vison""), muskrat (""Ondatra zibethica""), mountain goats (""Oreamnos americanus""), Grant's gazelle (""Nanger granti""), slow loris (""Nycticebus coucang""), African lions (""Panthera leo""), leopard (""Panthera pardus""), tiger (""Panthera tigris""), baboon (""Papio cynocephalus""), Pacific harbor seal (""Phoca vitulina richardsi"") chamois (""Rupicapra rupicapra""), Polynesian rat"
"Cologne, Germany. See grizzly bear for taxonomy. ""Kodiak"" or ""Kodiak brown"" is a term now applied to brown bears found in coastal regions of North America. In the far north these bears feed on salmon and often attain especially large size. ""Alaskan brown"" is sometimes used for Alaskan bears, but the main distinction is how far the bear is found from the coast. Grizzly bear is the term used for the brown bear of the North American interior. The grizzly bear is now regarded by most taxonomists as a variety of brown bear, ""Ursus arctos horribilis"". On April 16, 2006,"
"a kinkajou is a ""Honigbär"" (honey-bear). Dutch follows suit, calling the animals ""wasbeer"", ""neusbeer"" and ""rolstaartbeer"" respectively. However, it is now believed that procyonids are more closely related to mustelids than to bears. Due to their omnivorous diet, procyonids have lost some of the adaptations for flesh-eating found in their carnivorous relatives. While they do have carnassial teeth, these are poorly developed in most species, especially the raccoons. Apart from the kinkajou, procyonids have the dental formula: for a total of 40 teeth. The kinkajou has one less premolar in each row: for a total of 36 teeth. While coatis"
"striata""), marsh tit (""Poecile palustris""), blue tit (Parus caeruleus), great tit (""Parus major""), coal tit (""Periparus ater""), short-toed treecreeper (""Certhia brachydactyla""), starling (""Sturnus vulgaris""), Eurasian jay (""Garrulus glandarius""), European magpie (""Pica pica""), carrion crow (""Corvus corone""), tree sparrow (""Passer montanus""), house sparrow (""Passer domesticus""), common chaffinch (""Fringilla coelebs""), greenfinch (""Carduelis chloris""), goldfinch (""Carduelis carduelis""), yellowhammer (""Emberiza citrinella"") und reed bunting (""Emberiza schoeniclus""). Grey heron (""Ardea cinerea""), white stork (""Ciconia ciconia""), garganey (""Anas querquedula""), tufted duck (""Aythya fuligula""), red kite (""Milvus milvus""), hen harrier (""Circus cyaneus""), Eurasian sparrowhawk (""Accipiter nisus""), goshawk (""Accipiter gentilis""), European honey buzzard (""Pernis apivorus""), buzzard (""Buteo buteo""),"
"Gaur The gaur (, ""Bos gaurus""), also called the Indian bison, is the largest extant bovine. This species is native to South and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986. Population decline in parts of its range is likely to be more than 70% during the last three generations. However, population trends are stable in well-protected areas, and are rebuilding in a few areas which previously had been neglected. The gaur is the tallest of wild cattle species. The Malayan gaur is called ""seladang"", and the Burmese gaur is called ""pyoung"" ."
"rufus""), lynx (""Lynx canadensis""), domestic dog (""Canis lupus familiaris""), domestic cat (""Felis silvestris catus""), red fox (""Vulpes vulpes""), common gray fox (""Urocyon cinereoargenteus""), American badger (""Taxidea taxus""), wolf (""Canis lupus""), and mountain lion (""Puma concolor""). In many areas, black-tailed jackrabbit is the primary item in coyote diets. It is locally and regionally important to other mammalian predators. One study found that jackrabbits made up 45% of the bobcat diet in Utah and Nevada. Another Utah–Nevada study found that jackrabbits were the fourth-most commonly consumed prey of mountain lions. Rattlesnakes (""Crotalus"" spp.) and garter snakes (""Thamnophis sirtalis"") prey on black-tailed jackrabbit"
"the sloth bear. Nevertheless, this may be single observation only; according to the dietary habits of sloth bears, while sloth bears prefer termites and ants (which is also described as Baloo's special treat in ""The Jungle Book""), their main sources of food are honey and fruits most of the year. In the 2016 adaptation, Baloo is stated to be a sloth bear by Bagheera, though his appearance is similar to that of a Himalayan brown bear. Though this subspecies of the brown bear is absent from historical records on Seoni, it might have ranged across most of northern India. Baloo,"
"stork, Stanley crane, cattle egret, dromedary camel, wolf guenon, DeBrazza's monkey, klipspringer, Madagascar ground boa, Madagascar tree boa, ostrich, African grooved frog, Lady Ross turaco, Aldabra tortoise, African wild dog, African pancake tortoise, Sudanese plated lizard, and African Slender-snouted Crocodile. Tasmanian devil, koala, echidna, Matschie's tree kangaroo, saltwater crocodile, lorikeet, carpet python, princess of wale's parakeet, wompoo fruit dove, emu, red kangaroo, laughing kookaburra, budgerigar, Micronesian kingfisher, palm cockatoo, Major Mitchell's cockatoo. Asian elephant, Bactrian camel, snow leopard, Malayan tiger, red panda, king cobra, reticulated python, Indian python, wrinkled hornbill, pygmy slow loris, slow loris, orangutan, siamang, Komodo dragon, Chinese"
"crested coot, toed eagles, sandpipers, duck, quail, redstart, black redstart, merlin, black starling, starling, Flamingo, coot, horned coot, whiskered tern, black tern, pin-tailed sandgrouse, little egret, squacco heron, herring gull, Audouin's gull, black-headed gull, dark gull, purple heron, gray heron, barn swallow, red-rumped swallow, sparrow, house sparrow, tree sparrow, Spanish sparrow, jackdaw, honey buzzard, peregrine falcon, crested tit,blue- tit, goldfinch, eared owl, barn owl, kingfisher, heron, black kite, red kite, common blackbird, glossy ibis, chiffchaff, cattle egrets, teals, bittern, little egret, white wagtail, yellow wagtail, purple gallinule, penduline tit, woodcock, brown nighthawks, wood pigeon, shoveler, robin, spotted woodpecker, finch, woodpecker,"
"Skunk ape The skunk ape, also known as the swamp cabbage man, swamp ape, stink ape, Florida Bigfoot, Louisiana Bigfoot, myakka ape, swampsquatch, and myakka skunk ape, is a humanoid creature said to inhabit the U.S. states of Florida, North Carolina, and Arkansas, although reports from Florida are most common. It is named for its appearance and for the unpleasant odor that is said to accompany it. Reports of the skunk ape were particularly common in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1974, sightings of a large, foul-smelling, hairy, ape-like creature, which ran upright on two legs were reported in suburban"
"fulva""), greater hoopoe-lark (""Alaemon alaudipes""), greater short-toed lark (""Calandrella brachydactyla""), helmeted guineafowl (""Numida meleagris""), hottentot teal (""Anas hottentota""), lanner falcon (""Falco biarmicus""), lappet-faced vulture (""Torgos tracheliotus""), laughing dove (""Streptopelia senegalensis""), Lichtenstein's sandgrouse (""Pterocles lichtensteinii""), little owl (""Athene noctua""), northern wheatear (""Oenanthe oenanthe""), Nubian bustard (""Neotis Nuba""), pallid swift (""Apus pallidus""), pygmy sunbird (""Anthreptes platurus""), red-billed teal (""Anas erythrorhyncha""), rock dove (""Columba livia""), rock martin (""Ptyonoprogne fuligula""), rufous-tailed scrub robin (""Erythropygia galactotes""), Rüppell's warbler (""Sylvia rueppelli""), sand martin (""Riparia riparia""), southern grey shrike (""Lanius meridionalis""), spotted sandgrouse (""Pterocles senegallus""), striolated bunting (""Emberiza striolata""), subalpine warbler (""Sylvia cantillans""), Sudan golden sparrow (""Passer"
"great horned owls, northern harriers, bald eagles, golden eagles, American alligators, bobcats, great black-backed and California gulls. In fact, coots may locally comprise more than 80% of the bald eagle diet. On the Louisiana coast, the Cajun word for coot is pouldeau, from French for ""coot"", ""poule d'eau"" – literally ""water hen"". Coot can be used for cooking; it is somewhat popular in Cajun cuisine, for instance as an ingredient for gumbos cooked at home by duck hunters. The bird is the mascot of the Toledo Mud Hens Minor League Baseball team. The American coot is listed under ""least concern"""