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Servaline Genet
Genetta servalina Pucheran, 1855
Genetta servalina (servaline genet) is a small carnivore with distinct spotted fur, found across parts of Central and East Africa.
Rusty-spotted Genet
Genetta maculata (Gray, 1830)
Genetta maculata, the rusty-spotted genet, is a small spotted carnivoran with an omnivorous diet recorded in southeastern Nigeria.
Northern Small-spotted Genet
Genetta genetta felina (Thunberg, 1811)
The common genet is a small cat-like carnivore with specific physical traits, distribution, behaviour, diet, and reproduction patterns.
Northern Small-spotted Genet
Genetta genetta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Genetta genetta, the common genet, is a small cat-like carnivore native to Africa and Arabia and introduced to southwestern Europe.
Giant Panda
Ailuropoda melanoleuca (David, 1869)
Ailuropoda melanoleuca, the giant panda, is a bear endemic to central Chinese mountain forests.
American Black Bear
Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780
American black bear is a medium-sized endemic North American omnivorous bear classified as least concern globally.
Brown Bear
Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758
Ursus arctos (brown bear) is a bear species described for its skull, teeth, distribution, habitat, and reproductive behavior.
Polar Bear
Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774) are large Arctic marine carnivorous bears, with distinct physical, behavioral, and reproductive traits.
Asian Black Bear
Ursus thibetanus G
Ursus thibetanus G (Asian black bear) is a bear species found across patchy ranges in Asia, detailed here for traits, habitat, behavior and life cycle.
Sloth Bear
Melursus ursinus (Shaw, 1791)
Melursus ursinus, the sloth bear, is a medium-sized myrmecophagous bear native to the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka.
Sun Bear
Helarctos malayanus (Raffles, 1822)
Helarctos malayanus, the sun bear, is the smallest bear species native to Southeast Asian tropical forests.
Spectacled Bear
Tremarctos ornatus (F.G.Cuvier, 1825)
The spectacled bear, the only living South American bear, is a Vulnerable species native to the Andes Mountains.
Pygmy Raccoon
Procyon pygmaeus Merriam, 1901
Procyon pygmaeus, the Cozumel raccoon, is a dwarf endemic raccoon species of Mexico’s Cozumel Island.
Common Raccoon
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Procyon lotor, the common raccoon, is a medium-sized mammal native to North America, introduced widely to Europe and Asia with detailed physical, distribution and use traits recorded.
Crab-eating Raccoon
Procyon cancrivorus G
Procyon cancrivorus, the crab-eating raccoon, is a Central and South American raccoon species with known breeding patterns.
South American Coati
Nasua nasua (Linnaeus, 1766)
The South American coati is a diurnal, omnivorous coati species of the raccoon family native to South America, introduced to Mallorca.
White-nosed Coati
Nasua narica (Linnaeus, 1766)
This is a basic biological and distribution profile of the white-nosed coati (Nasua narica), a diurnal procyonid species.
Mountain Coati
Nasua olivacea Gray, 1865
The western mountain coati is a small procyonid native to Andean cloud forests and páramo of Colombia and Ecuador.
Cacomistle
Bassariscus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1860)
Bassariscus sumichrasti, the cacomistle, is a solitary forest procyonid ranging from Mexico to Panama.
Ringtail
Bassariscus astutus (Lichtenstein, 1830)
Bassariscus astutus, the ringtail, is a small solitary nocturnal procyonid from arid North America, adapted for climbing.
Kinkajou
Potos flavus (Schreber, 1774)
Potos flavus, the kinkajou, is a procyonid with a prehensile tail native to Neotropical forest habitats.
Olinguito
Bassaricyon neblina Helgen, Pinto, Kays, Helgen, Tsuchiya, Quinn, Wilson & Maldonado, 2013
The olinguito is the smallest procyonid, an arboreal nocturnal frugivore found in Andean cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador.
Northern Olingo
Bassaricyon gabbii J.A.Allen, 1876
Bassaricyon gabbii, the northern olingo, is the largest olingo species, a slender arboreal mammal found in Central and South American forests.
Marine Otter
Lontra felina (Molina, 1782)
Lontra felina, the marine otter, is the smallest marine mammal, living along South America's southwestern rocky Pacific coasts.
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