Mammals

Es muy interesante sus metas e intereses con el almiqui (It is quite interesting your goals and interest in the (Cuban) solenodon.). —- Dr. Giraldo Alayon Garcia, Museo Nacional de Historica, La Habana, Cuba. This is a curious creature.  It is a nocturnal, fossorial, venomous, insectivorous mammal.  Yes – venomous.  It is one of only a […]

You might just as well say,’ added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, that “I breathe when I sleep” is the same thing as “I sleep when I breathe”!’  Lewis Carrol, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. This is a rodent that is widely found throughout eastern Europe, the Balkan region, and Central

This is a small primate, about 16 inches tall – but with striking coloration.  They have orange-brown fur, a golden crown, a white tip on the tail, and dark red hands and feet.  It also is known as the Madidi titi monkey, and is only found in Madidi National Park in Bolivia, which spans from

I was an Ibex ambitiousTo dive over chasms auspicious;He would leap down a peakAnd not light for a week,And swear that the jump was delicious. Billy’s Alphabetical Animal Show – James Whitcomb Riley Also known as the steinbock or bouquetin, this is a species of wild goat found in the Alps of Europe.  It’s kind

Darkness fell and now Coyote listened for the voices and he looked all round, he looked hereand there, but nothing appeared. Coyote sat there in the middle of the prairie. He sat there allnight but the lodge didn’t appear again nor did the ghost ever return to him.  From Nez Perce mythology, Coyote and the Shadow