Other Mammalian Varments
BEARSSun Bear - smallest bears in the world, these Asian bears are named for their golden pattern in their chest.
Giant Panda - though usually classified with bears, Panda's are biologically unique. Evolution has given them a enlarged wrist bone (the radial sesamoid) that works in the manner of an opposable thumb.
Polar Bear - Standing up to 10 feet tall and weighing up to 1700lbs, the polar bear is the biggest land-dwelling carnivore
Sloth Bear - long-haired bears with striking markings and a long sticky tongue
MUSTELIDS Pine Martin - extremely adapt climbers. Resemble brown and gold minks
Spotted Skunk - striking cousins to the more well known striped skunk
River Otter - sleek, intelligent river/pong dwelling carnivores. Known for their curious and playful nature.
Sea Otter - larger than there freshwater cousins, sea otters are known for using tools to break apart shells to eat
Badger - These ill-tempered diggers are known for their intimidating claws and and bad attitudes.
Zorilla - African polecat
Mink - small carnivore highly desired for their pelts. Have a feisty personality.
PROCYONSCoatimundi - diurnal omnivore from Centra America
Crab-Eating Raccoon - have much shorter hair than their cousins the raccoons, and are slightly larger
Ringtail - American cat-sized carnivore that resembles a fox with a long, striped tail
LAGOMORPHSCottontail Rabbit (wild) - the classic wild-type rabbit
American Jackrabbit (wild) - lean, powerful jumpers with giant upward-facing ears
Pika (wild) - a tailless, short-eared relavtive to the rabbit, known for "sunbathing" on rocks
Arctic Hare (wild) - white, fluffy wild hares from Northern lands
Giant Angora (domesticated) - huge, extremely fluffy bunnies that look like giant
cottonballs.
New Zealand White (domesticated) - large red-eyed rabbits, the classic example of a domesticated bunny
English Lop (domesticated) - Known for their excessively large, floppy ears
MARSUPIALSRed Kangraroo - perhaps the most famous of the marsupials, Roos are widly known for their jumping and pouches
Wallaby - a wallaby is any macropod that isn't considered large enough to be a kangaroo and has not been given some other name
Sugar Glider - hands down, one of the cutest animals on the planet. Known for their ability to
glide like a flying squirrel.
American Opossum - One of the few marsupials not from Australia/New Zealand.
Can be feckin' scarey when the want to be. Will play dead to ward off predators.
Brazillian Short-Tailed Possum - abuot the size of a rat, these carnivores have over fifty tiny little teeth in their mouth! One of the few marsupials with no pouch.
Koala - despite their teddy-like appearance, they aren't bears. There are well over 600 varieties of eucalypts and Koalas eat only some of these.
Quoll - Small spotted marsupials that resemble a thick weasel or mink.
Numbat - Also known as the banded anteater.
Wombat- Bearlike marsupial with a big hairless nose.
Striped Possum- Very similar to the Sugar Glider, a small tree dwelling critter with distinctive blank and white markings.
Greater Glider- A 3-pound version of the sugar glider. Very very poofy.
Tree Kangaroo- Unlike most other species of kangaroo, these can move their back legs independantly from each other.
Bats:Long-eared Bat- European bat known for its giantic ears, as their names implies.
Tent-Making Bat- Distinctive bats that eat fruit and are known for shaping leafs into "tents" for shelters
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