Animals (189 images)
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![The cougar (Puma concolor), also puma, mountain lion, or panther, depending on region, is a mammal of the Felidae family, native to the Americas. This large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere,[3] extending from Yukon in Canada to the southern Andes of South America. An adaptable, generalist species, the cougar is found in every major New World habitat type. It is the second heaviest cat in the western hemisphere after the jaguar, and the fourth heaviest in the world, along with the leopard, after the tiger, lion, and jaguar, although it is most closely related to smaller felines.<br />
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A capable stalk-and-ambush predator, the cougar pursues a wide variety of prey. Primary food sources include ungulates such as deer, elk, and bighorn sheep, as well as domestic cattle, horses, and sheep, particularly in the northern part of its range, but it also hunts species as small as insects and rodents. It prefers habitats with dense underbrush and rocky areas for stalking, but it can live in open areas. The cougar is territorial and persists at low population densities. Individual territory sizes depend on terrain, vegetation, and abundance of prey. While it is a large predator, it is not always the dominant species in its range, as when it competes for prey with other predators such as the jaguar, gray wolf, black bear, and the grizzly bear. It is a reclusive cat and usually avoids people. Attacks on humans remain rare, despite a recent increase in frequency.<br />
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Scientific classification <br />
Kingdom: Animalia<br />
Phylum: Chordata<br />
Class: Mammalia<br />
Order: Carnivora<br />
Family: Felidae<br />
Genus: Puma<br />
Species: P. concolor<br />
Binomial name: Puma concolor](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ViwCbggLjo8/t/150/I0000ViwCbggLjo8.jpg)
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The Galapagos Land Iguana (Conolophus...
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The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a New World...
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Marmoset - Marmosets are New World monkeys of...
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Blue-and-yellow Macaws (Ara ararauna), also...
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![The cougar (Puma concolor), also puma, mountain lion, or panther, depending on region, is a mammal of the Felidae family, native to the Americas. This large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere,[3] extending from Yukon in Canada to the southern Andes of South America. An adaptable, generalist species, the cougar is found in every major New World habitat type. It is the second heaviest cat in the western hemisphere after the jaguar, and the fourth heaviest in the world, along with the leopard, after the tiger, lion, and jaguar, although it is most closely related to smaller felines.<br />
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A capable stalk-and-ambush predator, the cougar pursues a wide variety of prey. Primary food sources include ungulates such as deer, elk, and bighorn sheep, as well as domestic cattle, horses, and sheep, particularly in the northern part of its range, but it also hunts species as small as insects and rodents. It prefers habitats with dense underbrush and rocky areas for stalking, but it can live in open areas. The cougar is territorial and persists at low population densities. Individual territory sizes depend on terrain, vegetation, and abundance of prey. While it is a large predator, it is not always the dominant species in its range, as when it competes for prey with other predators such as the jaguar, gray wolf, black bear, and the grizzly bear. It is a reclusive cat and usually avoids people. Attacks on humans remain rare, despite a recent increase in frequency.<br />
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Scientific classification <br />
Kingdom: Animalia<br />
Phylum: Chordata<br />
Class: Mammalia<br />
Order: Carnivora<br />
Family: Felidae<br />
Genus: Puma<br />
Species: P. concolor<br />
Binomial name: Puma concolor](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00000Nhq4xmpvM0/t/150/I00000Nhq4xmpvM0.jpg)
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Orangutan - Photographed in 2007 Titled...
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The Okapi-(Okapia johnstoni) is a mammal native...
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Ocelot - This wary ocelot (leopardus pardalus)...
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The Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus), also...
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![FOX - Family:Canidae <br />
Scientific name: culpeo - This Culpeo fox (Lycalopex culpaeus), sometimes known as the Patagonian Fox or (Common) Andean Fox, was photographed in the Andean mountains in Ecuador. This South American species of wild dog is the second largest native canid on the continent after the Maned Wolf. In its appearance it bears many similarities to the widely recognized red fox. It has grey and reddish fur, a white chin, reddish legs, and a stripe on its back that may be barely visible.<br />
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Its distribution extends from Ecuador and Peru to the southern regions of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. It is most common on the western slopes of the Andes, where it inhabits open country and deciduous forests. Populations of the Culpeo are also found in some of the westernmost of the Falkland Islands, where they were introduced by humans. The extinct Falkland Islands Wolf was probably a close relative.<br />
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The Culpeo's diet consists largely of rodents, rabbits, birds and lizards, and to a lesser extent, plant material and carrion. The Culpeo does attack sheep on occasion, and is therefore often hunted or poisoned.[2] In some regions it has become rare, but overall the species is not threatened with extinction.<br />
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Scientific classification <br />
Kingdom: Animalia<br />
Phylum: Chordata<br />
Class: Mammalia<br />
Order: Carnivora<br />
Family: Canidae<br />
Genus: Lycalopex<br />
Species: L. culpaeus<br />
Binomial name: Lycalopex culpaeus](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000LwofwY87I3E/t/150/I0000LwofwY87I3E.jpg)
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Tapirs ("ta-pier") are large browsing mammals,...
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The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a New World...
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Adult and child Chimpanzee (often shortened to...
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![The cougar (Puma concolor), also puma, mountain lion, or panther, depending on region, is a mammal of the Felidae family, native to the Americas. This large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere,[3] extending from Yukon in Canada to the southern Andes of South America. An adaptable, generalist species, the cougar is found in every major New World habitat type. It is the second heaviest cat in the western hemisphere after the jaguar, and the fourth heaviest in the world, along with the leopard, after the tiger, lion, and jaguar, although it is most closely related to smaller felines.<br />
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A capable stalk-and-ambush predator, the cougar pursues a wide variety of prey. Primary food sources include ungulates such as deer, elk, and bighorn sheep, as well as domestic cattle, horses, and sheep, particularly in the northern part of its range, but it also hunts species as small as insects and rodents. It prefers habitats with dense underbrush and rocky areas for stalking, but it can live in open areas. The cougar is territorial and persists at low population densities. Individual territory sizes depend on terrain, vegetation, and abundance of prey. While it is a large predator, it is not always the dominant species in its range, as when it competes for prey with other predators such as the jaguar, gray wolf, black bear, and the grizzly bear. It is a reclusive cat and usually avoids people. Attacks on humans remain rare, despite a recent increase in frequency.<br />
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Scientific classification <br />
Kingdom: Animalia<br />
Phylum: Chordata<br />
Class: Mammalia<br />
Order: Carnivora<br />
Family: Felidae<br />
Genus: Puma<br />
Species: P. concolor<br />
Binomial name: Puma concolor](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I000087LQq5KpCOg/t/150/I000087LQq5KpCOg.jpg)
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The cougar (Puma concolor), also puma, mountain...