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Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Stenella coeruleoalba, the striped dolphin, is a widely distributed offshore dol…
Spinner Dolphin
Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)
Stenella longirostris, the spinner dolphin, is a small, variably colored cetacea…
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin
Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)
Stenella attenuata, the pantropical spotted dolphin, is a widely distributed tro…
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
Stenella frontalis (G.Cuvier, 1829)
Stenella frontalis, the Atlantic spotted dolphin, is a medium-sized endemic dolp…
Fraser's Dolphin
Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956
Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) is a stocky open-ocean tropical dolphin t…
Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Delphinus delphis is a medium-sized common dolphin with distinct color patternin…
Atlantic White-sided Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828)
This is a detailed description of the Atlantic white-sided dolphin, covering its…
Common Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 is the third largest land mammal, a semiaqu…
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Hexaprotodon liberiensis (Morton, 1849)
This is a detailed physical and reproductive description of the pygmy hippopotam…
Long-eared Hedgehog
Hemiechinus auritus (Gmelin, 1770)
Hemiechinus auritus, the long-eared hedgehog, is a small nocturnal hedgehog nati…
Common Hedgehog
Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758
Erinaceus europaeus, the European hedgehog, is a widespread spiny mammal native …
Southern White-breasted Hedgehog
Erinaceus concolor Martin, 1838
Erinaceus concolor is a hedgehog similar to the European hedgehog, distinguished…
Amur Hedgehog
Erinaceus amurensis Schrenk, 1859
Erinaceus amurensis, the Amur hedgehog, is a solitary nocturnal hedgehog native …
Northern White-breasted Hedgehog
Erinaceus roumanicus Barrett-Hamilton, 1900
The northern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus) is a widespread hedg…
Four-toed Hedgehog
Atelerix albiventris (Wagner, 1841)
Atelerix albiventris, the four-toed hedgehog, is an African hedgehog species wit…
Southern African Hedgehog
Atelerix frontalis (A.Smith, 1831)
Atelerix frontalis, the Southern African hedgehog, is a spiny mammal native to t…
North African Hedgehog
Atelerix algirus (Lereboullet, 1842)
Atelerix algirus, the North African hedgehog, is a small hedgehog native to Nort…
Desert Hedgehog
Paraechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1832)
Paraechinus aethiopicus, the desert hedgehog, is a small hedgehog found across a…
Asian House Shrew
Suncus murinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Suncus murinus, the Asian house shrew, is the largest shrew, widespread across A…
Pygmy White-toothed Shrew
Suncus etruscus (Savi, 1822)
The Etruscan shrew is the world's smallest mammal by mass, widespread across war…
Eastern Lesser White-toothed Shrew
Crocidura suaveolens (Pallas, 1811)
The lesser white-toothed shrew is a small widespread shrew found across Europe, …
Greater White-toothed Shrew
Crocidura russula (Hermann, 1780)
Crocidura russula, the greater white-toothed shrew, is a medium-sized shrew with…
Bicoloured Shrew
Crocidura leucodon (Hermann, 1780)
Crocidura leucodon, the bicoloured white-toothed shrew, is a distinctively colou…
Yucatán Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis mayensis (Merriam, 1901)
Cryptotis mayensis, the Yucatan small-eared shrew, is a soricid mammal threatene…
