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Analyses of stomach contents and scat have found evidence of birds, small mammals, and even deer—the latter indicating that they are not averse to eating carrion. [22] While the behavior is not common, fishers have been known to kill larger animals, such as wild turkey, raccoon, fox, marten, mink, otter, bobcat, and Canada lynx.
Hyraxes are well-furred, rotund animals with short tails. [3] Modern hyraxes are typically between 30 and 70 cm (12 and 28 in) in length and weigh between 2 and 5 kg (4 and 11 lb). They are superficially similar to marmots or over-large pikas but are much more closely related to elephants and sirenians .
The most common monkey species found in animal research are the grivet, the rhesus macaque, and the crab-eating macaque, which are either wild-caught or purpose-bred. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] They are used primarily because of their relative ease of handling, their fast reproductive cycle (compared to apes) and their psychological and physical similarity ...
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In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
These animals are typically captured from the wild when they are 10–20 years old, the age range when they are both more trainable and can work for more years. [157] They were traditionally captured with traps and lassos , but since 1950, tranquillisers have been used. [ 158 ]
Animals including insects [202] and mammals [210] feature in mythology and religion. The scarab beetle was sacred in ancient Egypt , [ 211 ] and the cow is sacred in Hinduism . [ 212 ] Among other mammals, deer , [ 210 ] horses , [ 213 ] lions , [ 214 ] bats , [ 215 ] bears , [ 216 ] and wolves [ 217 ] are the subjects of myths and worship.