These wolves have long legs and a slender build with reddish fur on their bodies and white fur on their bellies. They used to be considered related to jackals, but thanks to DNA sequencing, scientists have discovered that they’re actually related to the gray wolf. It seems that their ancestor made their way into northern Africa through Eurasia over 100,000 years ago.
The call to help recover bison was one of the first big conservation successes in the world and kickstarted other efforts in conservation in America.1 Now, the National Park Service, Native American tribes, zoos, wildlife management agencies, non-governmental organizations, and more work together to help the bison populations we currently have.
It is built for a life foraging at the ground surface, with short, powerful legs and a stocky body. The head and body measure 13-18 inches, with the notorious tail adding another 7-10 inches. It’s weight varies greatly with average adults between 5-10 pounds, but some as heavy as fourteen pounds!
It is the Striped Skunk aka a Misunderstood Mesos.
Seals are carnivores that are in the Pinnipedia group – the word pinniped translates from Latin to mean “fin-footed”.1 This Pinnipedia group is divided into three groups:1&2 Odobenidae, which is made up of walruses Otariidae, which consists of fur seals and sea...
This carnivore is one of the largest cats in the world. They come in third place, right behind the tiger and lion. Within the United States, they take first place as the largest cat. Originally, their territory took up from the southern region of the United States down to the northern part of Argentina. However, they’ve lost more than half of their original territory since the late 19th century. Now they can be found mostly in Brazil, within the Amazon rainforest and the Pantanal.
Meet the jaguar.
Black-footed Ferrets are nocturnal and fossorial (living underground) members of the Mustelidae family. They are easily recognized by their black feet, black-tipped tails, and black masks on the face, while the rest of their body is a beige-white color. Black-footed Ferrets are the only species of ferret that’s native to North America.
They’re also one of the most endangered species in North America.