Meintest du panda?
When a team of scientists couldn’t visit a forest to conduct research, they did it remotely, based on information made available in biodiversity databases.
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Przewalski’s horses, critically endangered horses found in Mongolia, are the last truly wild horse. Once thought to be the ancestor to the domestic horse, they are actually distant cousins. Mitochondrial DNA suggests that they diverged from a common ancestor 500,000 years ago.
Equus ferus przewalskii Animal News Giant Pandas
Grevy’s zebras are the largest zebra species. They have thicker stripes and bigger ears than other zebras. They are also the most threatened. Fewer than an estimated 2,500 remain in the wild.
and Species: Equus grevyi Animal News Giant Pandas
The American alligator is a large crocodilian with an armored body, short legs, a muscular tail and a long, rounded snout. This reptile nearly went extinct but is now considered a conservation success story.
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Hank has been very active in the yard despite the heat. It’s not unusual to see him running all over the yard, climbing every tree, and then playing in the pool.
2023 #PandaStory: A Happy Homecoming Giant pandas
After a tough start, our new seal pup appears to be thriving and rapidly gaining weight! She now weighs 60 pounds; that’s almost double her birth weight.
black-footed ferret kits and get a glimpse of giant pandas
The eastern box turtle, a subspecies of the common box turtle, has a dark brown, hinged shell with yellow-orange markings. When threatened, it can pull its head, tail and limbs inside and shut its shell for protection.
Terrapene carolina carolina Animal News Giant Pandas
Golden lion tamarins are small, social primates with reddish-gold coats and long, backswept manes. They live in the Atlantic coastal regions of southeastern Brazil, where their populations once dwindled to just 200 individuals. Thanks to intensive conservation efforts, this endangered species is recovering.
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An elegant, graceful antelope (which may be behind the legend of the unicorn), the scimitar-horned oryx is supremely adapted to desert life. Currently extinct in the wild, conservation scientists are working on reintroduction programs in Tunisia, Chad and Niger.
and Species: Oryx dammah Animal News Giant Pandas
Siamangs are arboreal, black-furred gibbons native to the Malay Peninsula and Sumatran rain and monsoon forests. They are the largest of the gibbons and use their throat sacs to vocalize, making a deep boom or high-pitched „wow“ sound.
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