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  2. Chinchilla - Wikipedia

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    The chinchilla has the densest fur of all extant terrestrial mammals, with around 20,000 hairs per square centimeter and 50 hairs growing from each follicle. [7] The chinchilla is named after the Chincha people of the Andes , who once wore its dense, velvet-like fur and ate their meat. [ 8 ]

  3. Bearded vulture - Wikipedia

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    Unlike most vultures, the bearded vulture does not have a bald head. This species is relatively small-headed, although its neck is powerful and thick. It has a generally elongated, slender shape, sometimes appearing bulkier due to the often hunched back of these birds. The gait on the ground is waddling and the feet are large and powerful.

  4. Tanystropheus - Wikipedia

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    Tanystropheus has 13 cervical (neck) vertebrae, most of which are massive, though the two closest to the head are smaller and less strongly developed. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] The atlas (first cervical), which connects to the skull, is a small, four-part bone complex.

  5. Wolverine - Wikipedia

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    Wolverines have thick, dark, oily fur which is highly hydrophobic, making it resistant to frost. This has led to its traditional popularity among hunters and trappers as a lining in jackets and parkas in Arctic conditions. A light-silvery facial mask is distinct in some individuals, and a pale buff stripe runs laterally from the shoulders along ...

  6. 40 Facts About Animals That Might Make You Look Like The ...

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    Image credits: an1malpulse #5. Animal campaigners are calling for a ban on the public sale of fireworks after a baby red panda was thought to have died from stress related to the noise.

  7. Pachycephalosaurus - Wikipedia

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    Pachycephalosaurus is the largest-known pachycephalosaur, known for having an extremely thick, slightly domed skull roof; visually, the structure of the skull suggests a ‘battering ram' function in life, evolved for use as a defensive mechanism or intra-species combat, similar to what is seen with today's bighorn sheep or muskoxen (with male ...

  8. Brown greater galago - Wikipedia

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    Ventrally, the fur is cream to yellow colored. The tail is usually light brown in this subspecies and the feet and hands lack darkening pattern. [5] [7] The brown greater galago has a head-and-body length of 26 to 47 cm (32 cm on average), a tail length of 29 to 55 cm, and a weight of 0.5 to 2 kg.

  9. Capybara - Wikipedia

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    The capybara has a heavy, barrel-shaped body and short head, with reddish-brown fur on the upper part of its body that turns yellowish-brown underneath. Its sweat glands can be found in the surface of the hairy portions of its skin, an unusual trait among rodents. [7] The animal lacks down hair, and its guard hair differs little from over hair ...