"that had been collectively known as the Bornean slow loris became four species: the Philippine slow loris (""N. menagensis""), the Bornean slow loris (""N. borneanus""), the Bangka slow loris (""N. bancanus""), and the Kayan River slow loris (""N. kayan""). Slow lorises have a round head because their skull is shorter than in other living strepsirrhine. Like other lorisids, their snout does not taper towards the front of the face as it does in lemurs, making the face appear less long and pointed. Compared with the slender lorises, the snout of the slow loris is even less pointed. As with other"
"Loris Loris is the common name for the strepsirrhine primates of the subfamily Lorinae (sometimes spelled Lorisinae) in the family Lorisidae. ""Loris"" is one genus in this subfamily and includes the slender lorises, while ""Nycticebus"" is the genus containing the slow lorises. Lorises are nocturnal. They are found in tropical and woodland forests of India, Sri Lanka, and parts of southeast Asia. Loris locomotion is a slow and cautious climbing form of quadrupedalism. Some lorises are almost entirely insectivorous, while others also include fruits, gums, leaves, and slugs in their diet. Female lorises practice infant parking, leaving their infants behind"
"grunting noise that mimics the hiss of a cobra. This example of Müllerian mimicry is likely unique to vertebrates due to its multiple modalities: biochemical, behavioral, visual, and auditory. Since the cobra is undoubtedly more dangerous to predators (and prey, as the loris eats predominantly fruits, gums, and insects), it is unclear if the benefit from this system is mutual; Still, both species are dangerous in their own right, and can therefore most accurately be classified as Müllerian. Aggressive mimicry is a form of mimicry, opposite in principle to defensive mimicry, that occurs in certain predators, parasites or parasitoids. These"
"It was not separated from Centaurus until Hipparchus of Bithynia named it ""Therion"" (meaning beast) in the 2nd century BC. No particular animal was associated with it until the Latin translation of Ptolemy's work identified it with the wolf. The Greek constellation is probably based on the Babylonian figure known as the Mad Dog (UR.IDIM). This was a strange hybrid creature that combined the head and torso of a man with the legs and tail of a lion (the cuneiform sign 'UR' simply refers to a large carnivore; lions, wolves and dogs are all included). It is often found in"
"a clear identification difficult for pet owners as hybrids can be found. The other two subspecies are not as common, Rothschild's red lory (""Eos bornea rothschildi"") and Bernstein's red lory (""Eos bornea bernsteini""). Lories are very intelligent, trainable, affectionate, playful and curious and they can display some interesting behaviors. For example, some lories have wrapped themselves in a washcloth for sleeping or some sleep on their backs with their feet up in the air. When kept as a pet, they should be given toys (ropes, bells, balls, swings), chewing items and branches. They require lots of attention and care. They"
"other females except mothers and daughters. Females are more affiliated with males that are in the same sleeping area. Males tend to be more aggressive to other males that are not associated with their sleeping area. However, there is positive interaction with males that are within the sleeping area. The males also tend to infants that are in the sleeping area and sleeping arrangements are the only social behaviour Lorises take part in. These animals are somehow related to the bushbabies found in Africa. Their relatives, slow loris, live in northeastern India Lorises are found to be promiscuous, multiple males"
"Sharvara Sharvara (Dog of Yama) (शर्वर) is an ancient Hindu mythical dog belonging to Yama. It is one of the two dogs that guard the netherworld. Sharvara is identified with the constellation Canis Major, the other dog with Canis Minor, together they guard the gates of the netherworld, known as pitriloka or vaivasvataloka, which is the domain of Yama. The word ""sharvara"" means variegated or spotted. In older Sanskrit, शर्वर is written as कर्वर (karvara). Sharvara can be compared with the Greek Cerberus, the mythological dog of the Greeks with similar characteristics. However, there is no description of Cerberus having"
"Hippopotamus The common hippopotamus (""Hippopotamus amphibius""), or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus (""Choeropsis liberiensis"" or ""Hexaprotodon liberiensis""). The name comes from the ancient Greek for ""river horse"" (). After the elephant and rhinoceros, the common hippopotamus is the third-largest type of land mammal and the heaviest extant artiodactyl. Despite their physical resemblance to pigs and other terrestrial even-toed ungulates, the closest living relatives of the Hippopotamidae are cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises, etc.) from which they diverged"
"on the hand and foot are very short. They move on the same plane as the thumb, which helps them grasp branches and twigs. The slender loris is an arboreal animal, spending most of its life in trees. Their movements are slow and precise. They like to travel along the top of branches. For the most part they hunt by themselves or in pairs at night, although they will come together and share a food supply. They live alone or with a mate and an infant. By day, they will sleep with up to seven other lorises in a hollow"
"received two years earlier. The French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, later questioned Vosmaer's decision to affiliate the animal with sloths, arguing that it was more closely aligned with the lorises of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and Bengal. The word ""loris"" was first used in 1765 by Buffon as a close equivalent to a Dutch name, ""loeris"". This etymology was later supported by the physician William Baird in the 1820s, who noted that the Dutch word ""loeris"" signified ""a clown"". In 1785, the Dutch physician and naturalist Pieter Boddaert was the first to officially describe a species of slow"
"are a group of large carnivores that are genetically closely related because they all have 78 chromosomes. The group includes genus ""Canis"", ""Cuon"", and ""Lycaon"". The members are the dog ""(C. lupus familiaris)"", gray wolf (""C. lupus""), coyote (""C. latrans""), golden jackal (""C. aureus""), Ethiopian wolf (""C. simensis""), black-backed jackal (""C. mesomelas""), side-striped jackal (""C. adustus""), dhole (""Cuon alpinus""), and African wild dog (""Lycaon pictus""). The latest recognized member is the African golden wolf (""C. anthus""), which was once thought to be an African branch of the golden jackal. As they possess 78 chromosomes, all members of the genus ""Canis"""
"Lubber fiend The lubber fiend, Lob, lubberkin, lurdane or Lob Lie-By-The-Fire was a legendary creature of English folklore that was similar in attributes to the ""brownie"" (or ""Urisk"") of Scotland and northern England, the ""hob"" of northern England and the Scottish Borders, the Slavic ""domovoi"" and Scandinavian ""tomte"". It has been related also to Robin Goodfellow, and Hobgoblins. It is best known for being mentioned by John Milton. It is generally connected with the north of England. He is typically described as a large, hairy man with a tail, who performs housework in exchange for a saucer of milk and"
"Rougarou The rougarou (alternatively spelled as roux-ga-roux, rugaroo, or rugaru) is a legendary creature in Laurentian French communities linked to European notions of the werewolf. The stories of the creature known as a rougarou are as diverse as the spelling of its name, though they are all connected to francophone cultures through a common derived belief in the loup-garou (, ). ""Loup"" is French for wolf, and ""garou"" (from Frankish ""garulf,"" cognate with English werewolf) is a man who transforms into an animal. Rougarou represents a variant pronunciation and spelling of the original French ""loup-garou"". According to Barry Jean Ancelet,"
"Rougarou The rougarou (alternatively spelled as roux-ga-roux, rugaroo, or rugaru) is a legendary creature in Laurentian French communities linked to European notions of the werewolf. The stories of the creature known as a rougarou are as diverse as the spelling of its name, though they are all connected to francophone cultures through a common derived belief in the loup-garou (, ). ""Loup"" is French for wolf, and ""garou"" (from Frankish ""garulf,"" cognate with English werewolf) is a man who transforms into an animal. Rougarou represents a variant pronunciation and spelling of the original French ""loup-garou"". According to Barry Jean Ancelet,"
"that can be represented as a phylogenetic tree. A 2005 genetic study of the canids found that the gray wolf and dog are the most closely related on this tree. The next most closely related are the coyote (""Canis latrans""), golden jackal, and Ethiopian wolf (""Canis simensis""), which have all been shown to hybridize with the dog in the wild. The next closest are the dhole (""Cuon alpinus"") and African wild dog (""Lycaon pictus""), which are not members of genus ""Canis"". These are followed by the black-backed and side-striped jackals, members of genus ""Canis"" and the most basal members of"
"cities have them captive in zoos, and astrologers use them to pick out tarot cards. Food preference for lorises is insects. Farmlands, which are high in cattle waste, produce large amounts of insects. This is ideal for the species and because these animals are competing with humans over food they aren't not afraid of interaction. There is a high interaction occurrence with humans and lorises around cultivated/farmlands. Habitat fragmentation is also a threat to the loris population, as well as loss of acacia trees, which is a preferred tree species for the loris. Conservation efforts are developing and more research"
"Chimera (mythology) The Chimera ( or , also Chimaera (""Chimæra""); Greek: , ""Chímaira"" ""she-goat"") was, according to Greek mythology, a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of more than one animal. It is usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat arising from its back, and a tail that might end with a snake's head, and was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of such monsters as Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra. The term ""chimera"" has come to describe any mythical or fictional animal with"
"Canis lepophagus Canis lepophagus (Latin: ""canis"": 'dog', leporem: 'hare' or 'rabbit', suffix -phagus: '-eating'; hence hare-eating dog) is an extinct species of canid which was endemic to much of North America. It is notable because its lineage is proposed to have led to both wolves and coyotes. Early Pliocene in North America. There is general agreement on the most ancient record, which shows that Feliforms and Caniforms emerged within the super-family Carnivoramorpha 43 million YBP. The caniforms included the fox-like genus ""Leptocyon"" whose various species existed from 34 million YBP before branching 11.9 million YBP into vulpes (foxes) and canini"
"seeing an analogy that fit with his naming scheme, Linnaeus adapted the term ""lemur"" for these nocturnal primates. However, Dunkel ""et al."" noted in 2012 that it has been commonly and falsely assumed that Linnaeus was referring to the ghost-like appearance, reflective eyes, and ghostly cries of lemurs. It has also been speculated that Linnaeus may also have known that some Malagasy people have held legends that lemurs are the souls of their ancestors, but this is unlikely given that the name was selected for slender lorises from India, according to Dunkel ""et al"". Lemurs are primates belonging to the"
"""Canis lupus"". Wolves are among the most gregarious and cooperative of animals on the planet, and their ability to cooperate in well-coordinated drives to hunt prey, carry items too heavy for an individual, provisioning not only their own young but also the other pack members, babysitting etc. are rivaled only by that of human societies. Similar forms of cooperation are observed in two closely related canids, the African wild dog and the Asian dhole, therefore it is reasonable to assume that canid sociality and cooperation are old traits that in terms of evolution predate human sociality and cooperation. Today's wolves"
"Lemur Lemurs ( ) are a clade of strepsirrhine primates endemic to the island of Madagascar. The word ""lemur"" derives from the word ""lemures"" (ghosts or spirits) from Roman mythology and was first used to describe a slender loris due to its nocturnal habits and slow pace, but was later applied to the primates on Madagascar. As with other strepsirrhine primates, such as lorises, pottos, and galagos (bush babies), lemurs share resemblance with basal primates. In this regard, lemurs are often confused with ancestral primates, when in actuality, lemurs did not give rise to monkeys and apes, but evolved independently."
"slender Ethiopian Wolf (""Canis simensis"") and perhaps even the Southern sub-species ""Canis simensis citernii"", rather than the larger and heavier Grey wolf (""Canis lupus"") ancestral species. Alopekis morphology suggests a natural – archaic dog type, ancestral / archetypical to the subsequent central European small Spitz/ Nordic and Terrier breeds. The Pomeranian dog, said to be a descendant of ancient Dalmatian / Illyrian dogs and especially those from the island of Melite / Melita (Mljet) in the Adriatic Sea, which used to be a Greek territory until the 12th century, is probably a descendant of the Alopekis and the Meliteo Kynidio"
"exhibited nearly all of the characteristics of a wolf. The video was taken in Clode Sound, Terra Nova National Park and was captured using a motion-sensitive trail camera set up as part of a joint research project on coastal river otters. On 23 August 2012, the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Environment and Conservation published the results of genetic testing of a large canine trapped on the Baie Verte Peninsula in 2009, confirming that this animal was also a Labrador wolf. Labrador wolf The Labrador wolf (""Canis lupus labradorius"") is a subspecies of gray wolf native to Labrador and northern"
"however, and ride off. When the animal emerges, it reproaches the man for his double-dealing. Most Greek accounts make the animal a fox who appeals to a woodman. In the Latin poem of Phaedrus the hunted animal is a hare (""lepus"") who appeals to a herdsman. Later Latin versions mistake the name and make the animal a wolf (""lupus""). It was therefore told of a wolf in the earliest printed collections of Aesop's fables in the 15th century. A rather different version of the fable is ascribed to Aesop by the 2nd century philosopher Maximus of Tyre in his Dissertations."
"Red lory The red lory (""Eos bornea"") is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is the second most commonly kept lory in captivity, after the rainbow lorikeet. The red lory is about long. They weigh 30-300 grams. It is mostly red and the plumage of the upper body is all red. There are red, blue, and black markings on the back and wings, and the tail is red-brown with blue under-tail coverts. The beak is orange and the legs are grey. The irises are red except in ""E. b. bernsteini"", which has brown irises. There is no"
"with yellow outline, and black linear spots with yellow and bluish green outline. The slow loris is the only known venomous mammal, and appears to use Müllerian mimicry for protection. It is hypothesized that this venom may have allowed it to develop a system of Müllerian mimicry with the Indian cobra. Slow lorises appear to look similar to the cobras with ""facial markings undeniably akin to the eyespots and accompanying stripes of the spectacled cobra"". Dark contrasting dorsal stripes are also apparent in both species, helping to confuse predators from above. When in aggressive encounters, slow lorises will make a"
"genus ""Nycticebus""), within the loris family (Lorisidae). Prior to 2013, museum specimens of this animal had been identified as the Bornean slow loris (""Nycticebus menagensis""), which had first been described by the English naturalist Richard Lydekker in 1893 as ""Lemur menagensis"". However, in 1939 Reginald Innes Pocock consolidated all slow lorises into a single species, ""N. coucang"", and in his influential 1953 book ""Primates: Comparative Anatomy and Taxonomy"", primatologist William Charles Osman Hill also followed this course. In 1971, that view was refined by Colin Groves, who recognized the pygmy slow loris (""N. pygmaeus"") as a separate species, and divided"
"related to either of the living species currently called elk: ""Alces alces"" (the European elk, known in North America as the moose) or ""Cervus canadensis"" (the North American elk or wapiti). For this reason, the name ""giant deer"" is used in some publications, instead of ""Irish elk"". A study has suggested that the Irish elk was closely related to the Red deer (""Cervus elaphus""). However, other phylogenetic analyses support a sister-group relationship with fallow deer (""Dama dama""). In the 17th and 18th centuries, many fossilized specimens were being discovered that did not resemble any organisms currently living on earth, with"
"Dire wolf The dire wolf (""Canis dirus"", ""fearsome dog"") is an extinct species of the genus ""Canis"". It is one of the most famous prehistoric carnivores in North America, along with its extinct competitor, the sabre-toothed cat ""Smilodon fatalis"". The dire wolf lived in the Americas during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs (125,000–9,440 years ago). The species was named in 1858, four years after the first specimen had been found. Two subspecies are recognized, these being ""Canis dirus guildayi"" and ""Canis dirus dirus"". The dire wolf probably evolved from Armbruster's wolf (""Canis armbrusteri"") in North America. The largest"
"Red slender loris The red slender loris (""Loris tardigradus"") is a small, nocturnal strepsirrhine primate native to the rainforests of Sri Lanka. This is #6 of the 10 focal species and #22 of the 100 EDGE mammal species worldwide considered the most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered. Two subspecies have been identified, ""L. t. tardigradus"" and ""L. t. nycticeboides"". The ears are less prominent in ""L. tardigradus tardigradus"" compared to ""Loris lydekkerianus"". The ears of ""L. tardigradus nycticeboides"" are almost invisible. This small, slender primate is distinguished by large forward-facing eyes used for precise depth perception, long slender limbs, a"
"of these birds to locations free of predation and habitat destruction. A ""Lory"" famously appears in Chapter III of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice argues with the Lory about its age. Loriini Lories and lorikeets (tribe Loriini) are small to medium-sized arboreal parrots characterized by their specialized brush-tipped tongues for feeding on nectar of various blossoms and soft fruits, preferably berries. The species form a monophyletic group within the parrot family Psittacidae. Traditionally, they were considered a separate subfamily (Loriinae) from the other subfamily (Psittacinae) based on the specialized characteristics, but recent molecular and morphological studies show that"
"are the dog ""(C. lupus familiaris)"", gray wolf (""C. lupus""), coyote (""C. latrans""), golden jackal (""C. aureus""), Ethiopian wolf (""C. simensis""), black-backed jackal (""C. mesomelas""), side-striped jackal (""C. adustus""), dhole (""Cuon alpinus""), and African wild dog (""Lycaon pictus""). Newly proposed members include the red wolf (""Canis rufus""), eastern wolf (""Canis lycaon""), and African golden wolf (""C. anthus""). As they possess 78 chromosomes, all members of the genus ""Canis"" (coyotes, wolves, jackals) are karyologically indistinguishable from each other, and from the dhole and the African hunting dog. The members of ""Canis"" can potentially interbreed and there is evidence that the Ethiopian"
"slow movements of the slender loris. Being familiar with the works of Virgil and Ovid and seeing an analogy that fit with his naming scheme, Linnaeus adapted the term ""lemur"" for these nocturnal primates. However, it has been commonly and falsely assumed that Linnaeus was referring to the ghost-like appearance, reflective eyes, and ghostly cries of lemurs. It has also been speculated that Linnaeus may also have known that some Malagasy people have held legends that lemurs are the souls of their ancestors, but this is unlikely given that the name was selected for slender lorises from India. The species"