Read more Darwin Days: Lion (Panthera leo) Feb 11, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0238 It’s quite fashionable to equate the theory... Read more
Read more Darwin Days: Tuco-Tucos Six Ways (Ctenomys spp.) Feb 10, 2009 by JR Kinyak Numbers 0232, 0233, 0234, 0235, 0236, and 0237 The day after... Read more
Read more Hibernators Week: Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus) Feb 8, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0231 Today is the last day of Hibernators Week at the... Read more
Read more Hibernators Week: Chipmunks Six Ways (Tamias spp.) Feb 7, 2009 by JR Kinyak Numbers 0225, 0226, 0227, 0228, 0229, and 0230 In one sense, I... Read more
Read more Hibernators Week: Raccoon Dog (Tanuki) (Nyctereutes procyonoides) Feb 6, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0224 Guess what! The raccoon dog is not endangered. In... Read more
Read more Hibernators Week: Mountain Pygmy Possum (Burramys parvus) Feb 5, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0223 These teensy marsupials live in the Australian alps... Read more
Read more Hibernators Week: Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus medius) Feb 4, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0222 Well, I originally picked this lemur for... Read more
Read more Hibernators Week: Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) Feb 3, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0221 This little brown bat, called the little... Read more
Read more Hibernators Week: Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) Feb 2, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0220 It’s the middle of winter, and although I can... Read more
Read more Crab-eating Raccoon (Procyon cancrivorous) Jan 31, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0219 Crab-eating raccoons eat not just crabs, but other... Read more
Read more Greater Grisón (Galictis vittata) Jan 30, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0218 This relative of the skunks, badgers, weasels, and... Read more
Read more Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) Jan 29, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0217 Mandrills! The vividly beautiful faces of the males... Read more
Read more Desert Shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi) Jan 26, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0216 Well, haven’t I learned something today. I... Read more
Read more Serval (Felis serval) Jan 21, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0215 Hello, mammals! Meet the serval, a smallish... Read more
Read more Mammals of Hawaii Week: Cuvier’s Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) Jan 20, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0214 Happy Inauguration Day! Today is the last day of... Read more
Read more Mammals of Hawaii Week: Rats Two Ways (Norway Rat and Polynesian Rat) Jan 20, 2009 by JR Kinyak Numbers 0212 and 0213 As I write this, there are only about 11... Read more
Read more Mammals of Hawaii Week: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata) Jan 18, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0211 Today we continue our look at the mammals of U.S.... Read more
Read more Mammals of Hawaii: Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) Jan 17, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0210 Today we continue our celebration of... Read more
Read more Mammals of Hawaii Week: Small Asian Mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) Jan 15, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0209 Let’s continue our celebration of... Read more
Read more Mammals of Hawaii Week: Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi) Jan 14, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0208 To celebrate the inauguration of President Barack... Read more
Read more Rats Three Ways (Rattus lutreolus, Rattus fuscipes, Oryzomys palustris) Jan 13, 2009 by JR Kinyak Numbers 0205, 0206, and 0207 It’s always nice to knock... Read more
Read more Markhor (Capra falconeri) Jan 12, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0204 This twisty goat lives in the western Himalayas, in... Read more
Read more Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat (Hypogeomys antimena) Jan 11, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0203 Ah, Madagascar, an island of the strange and... Read more
Read more Hispaniolan Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) Jan 10, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0202 This shaggy, shrewy solenodon lives only on the... Read more
Read more Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) Jan 9, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0201 Well, here’s a good opposites-attract... Read more
Read more Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus) Jan 8, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0200 This funny fur-face, whose scientific name... Read more
Read more Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Jan 7, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0199 It’s whale-hunting season again. And... Read more
Read more Common Tent-Making Bat (Uroderma bilobatum) Jan 6, 2009 by JR Kinyak Number 0198 I drew a group of white tent bats in the... Read more
Read more Mammal News Roundup Jan 2, 2009 by JR Kinyak Hi, Mammals! For the new year, let’s get this show back... Read more
Read more Przewalski’s Horse (Equus przewalskii) and a vacation Sep 3, 2008 by JR Kinyak These tough little fellows from the Mongolian steppes are the... Read more
Read more Chinese Stump-tailed Macaque (Macaca thibetana) Aug 13, 2008 by JR Kinyak Number 0197 This fuzzy fellow is called the Chinese... Read more
Read more Chinese Ferret Badger (Melogale moschata) Aug 11, 2008 by JR Kinyak Number 0196 The smallest member of the badger family, the... Read more
