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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 February 2025. Species of mammal This article is about the animal. For other uses, see Okapi (disambiguation). Okapi Male okapi at Beauval Zoo Female okapi at Zoo Miami Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class ...
Many of these wildlife species are threatened animals such as large lowland gorillas and chimpanzees. [2] Five of the country's national parks are listed as World Heritage Sites: the Garumba, Kahuzi-Biega, Salonga and Virunga National Parks, and Okapi Wildlife Reserve. All five sites are listed by UNESCO as World Heritage In Danger.
While the animals in the Amazon are often larger than life, this South American rainforest region have some of the world’s smallest creatures.
The genus Daubentonia was named after the French naturalist Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton by his student, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, in 1795.Initially, Geoffroy considered using the Greek name Scolecophagus ("worm-eater") in reference to its eating habits, but he decided against it because he was uncertain about the aye-aye's habits and whether other related species might eventually be ...
The diving anole lives in Costa Rica’s rainforest, where it’s able to form small air bubbles atop its head as a source of oxygen when submerged. This ability allows the lizard to stay ...
This bird looks like it escaped from a tropical rainforest. This Chinese-native breed sports dazzling red, gold, and orange plumage with a striking golden crest.
This is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in South America.South America's terrestrial mammals fall into three distinct groups: "old-timers", African immigrants and recent North American immigrants.
Faunal species noted are accounted as 11,217 species of animals, in Vietnam's hot and humid climate. These are broadly: Indian elephants, bears (black bear and honey bear), Indochinese tigers and Indochinese leopards as well as smaller animals like pygmy lorises, [21] monkeys (such as snub-nosed monkey), bats, flying squirrels, turtles and otters.