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Common nighthawk. The common nighthawk or bullbat (Chordeiles minor) is a medium-sized [3][4] crepuscular or nocturnal bird [3][5] of the Americas within the nightjar (Caprimulgidae) family, whose presence and identity are best revealed by its vocalization. Typically dark [3] (gray, black and brown), [5] displaying cryptic colouration and ...
Felidae (/ ˈfɛlɪdiː /) is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats. A member of this family is also called a felid (/ ˈfiːlɪd /). [3][4][5][6] The 41 extant Felidae species exhibit the greatest diversity in fur patterns of all terrestrial carnivores. [7] Cats have retractile claws, slender muscular ...
Great tit in Sweden, winter 2016. The great tit (Parus major) is a small passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and east across the Palearctic to the Amur River, south to parts of North Africa where it is generally resident in any sort of woodland; most great tits do not migrate except in extremely harsh ...
The secretarybird is instantly recognisable as a very large terrestrial bird with an eagle-like head and body on crane-like legs. It stands about 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) tall. [ 24 ] It has a length of between 1.1 and 1.5 m (3 ft 7 in and 4 ft 11 in) and a wingspan of between 1.9 and 2.1 m (6 ft 3 in and 6 ft 11 in). [ 25 ]
Just Adopted. Image credits: Electronic-Age-4019. #37 Never Like Cats Until My Wife Bullied Me Into Adopting One And Now We Have This Little Skitzo. He’s Now My Best Friend. My Good Time Boy. My ...
The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest relative was the also-extinct and flightless Rodrigues solitaire. The two formed the subfamily Raphinae, a clade of extinct flightless birds that were a part of the family ...
Hairlessness in cats is a naturally occurring genetic mutation, and the Sphynx was developed through selective breeding of these animals, starting in the 1960s. [1] The skin has a texture of chamois leather, [2] as it has fine hairs, or the cat may be completely hairless. Whiskers may be present, either whole or broken, or may be totally absent.
Devan McGuinness. September 14, 2024 at 4:30 PM. Shutterstock. This is exciting news for the Great Plains Zoo, which is celebrating the birth of a fluffy Pallas' Cat—and he's a real cutie. On ...