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Animals were transported for Roman circuses and for use as military animals. Two well-known historical examples of animals transported to foreign countries are Hanno the elephant [1] and Dürer's Rhinoceros. [2] Later, animals were transported from the New World to Europe for study and introduction. During the 20th century, the transportation ...
Extinct animals of Jamaica (11 P) F. Fish of Jamaica (4 P) I. Insects of Jamaica (1 C, 11 P) M. Mammals of Jamaica (14 P) R. Reptiles of Jamaica (34 P)
Geocapromys brownii - Jamaican coney, a hutia indigenous to Jamaica. It was found in an Amerindian archeological site, probably indicating transport by humans. [21] † Geocapromys columbianus - Cuban coney, an extinct hutia related to extant Bahamian and Jamaican Geocapromys that persisted until after the first European contact. [22]
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Jamaica. Of the mammal species in Jamaica, one is endangered, four are vulnerable, and two are considered to be extinct. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
Some animals are used due to sheer physical strength in tasks such as ploughing or logging. Such animals are grouped as a draught or draft animals. Others may be used as pack animals, for animal-powered transport, the movement of people and goods. Together, these are sometimes called beasts of burden.
A pack animal, also known as a sumpter animal or beast of burden, is a working animal used to transport goods or materials by carrying them, usually on its back. Domestic animals of many species are used in this way, among them alpacas, Bactrian camels, donkeys, dromedaries, gayal, goats, horses, llamas, mules, reindeer, water buffaloes and yaks.
Working domestic animals including cattle, horses, yaks, camels, and elephants have been used for work and transport from the origins of agriculture, their numbers declining with the arrival of mechanized transport and agricultural machinery. In 2004 they still provided some 80% of the power for the mainly small farms in the third world, and ...
Pezosiren portelli, [2] also known as the "walking manatee", is a basal sirenian from the early Eocene of Jamaica, 50 million years ago.The type specimen is represented by a Jamaican fossil skeleton, described in 2001 by Daryl Domning, [3] a marine mammal paleontologist at Howard University in Washington, DC.