Animals of the World: A Guide to More Than 300 Mammals |
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aardvark areas Armadillo Asia Asiatic Australia Banded Linsang birth Black bred in captivity breed burrows calf is born Caracal Chinchilla closely related Colobus Common Common Squirrel Monkey Common Tree Shrews confined Coypu Deer East eastern endangered Europe exhibited in zoos extinct feed females forest habitat Galago gestation Giraffe grows habitats Hedgehog herds horns hunted Hyena India insectivores insects known large numbers largest Lemur length Linsang Lion litter mainly males mammals Manatee Matschie's Tree Kangaroo Mole months nocturnal North America northern occasionally occur once found Pangolin Peccary Père David's Deer populations prey Pygmy Rabbit range rare Rhino rodents Sahara seen in zoos shoulder and weigh shoulder height single calf single young Sloth small animals southern Squirrel Monkey Steppe Polecat Stoat Striped Hyena Sumatra tail Tamarin Tapir Tarsier Tenrec Tree Kangaroo tree shrews usually vegetation Whale wide variety wild young is born Zaire Zebra