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The Red Panda of Himalayas has been declared Endangered Specie

The Red Panda of Himalayas has been declared Endangered Spec...

Red Pandas are mostly herbivorous mammals. They are about 55 cm long i.e. a little larger than house cats, and have semi-retractile claws. Like the Giant Panda, the Red Panda too has a false thumb, which is really an extension of the wris [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2007 | Comments : 0

Carnivores

Civets – (family-Viverridae) The 76 species of civets including linsangs, genets and binturongs belong to the viverridae family, while mangoose, meerkats, suricats and fossas are categorized under Herpestidae family. The viverrids [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2007 | Comments : 0

The River Otters

The River Otters

The river otters are semi-aquatic nocturnal mammals. They are equally at home in the water and on land. They make their homes in burrows near the water's edge, and can thrive in river, lake, swamp, or estuary ecosystems. Otter homes feature [...]

Posted On : Mar, 25 2007 | Comments : 0

The Clouded Leopard Announced a New Specie

The Clouded Leopard Announced a New Specie

The new DNA tests taken recently show that Borneo's clouded leopard who is known to be top predator is one of a kind and a new specie. The clouded leopard of the Southeast Asian islands of Borneo and Sumatra is its own unique species, acc [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2007 | Comments : 0

Yellowstone Grizzlies De-listed from

Yellowstone Grizzlies De-listed from "Endangered" Status

It was in 1957 when the Yellowstone-area bears were listed as "threatened" because of their population estimates ranging from 136 to 312. But since more than 500 bears roam the area today, the decision to delist the grizzlies from [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2007 | Comments : 0

Poachers Kill India's 4 Rare Rhinos

Poachers Kill India's 4 Rare Rhinos

INDIA - Kaziranga National Park – Poachers pose a renewed threat to rare and endangered species of rhinoceros when they killed four of them in a reserve in northeast India recently. Four one- horned rhinos were killed at the Kaziran [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2007 | Comments : 0

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