Monday, September 2, 2013
Fox
Fox is a very common name in mammal belonging to the Canidae family. Foxes are small-to-medium-sized canids with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail. There are about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to the Vulpes genus of "true foxes". But in common and widespread species of fox is the red fox. The word fox was inherited from Old English, itself from Proto-Germanic fuhsaz compare West Frisian foks, Dutch vos, and German Fuchs.
Arctic Fox
Arctic Fox
Kinkajou
The kinkajou (Potos flavus) is a rainforest mammal of the family Procyonidae related to olingos, coatis, raccoons, and the ringtail and cacomistle. It is the only member of the genus Potos and is also known as the "honey bear" (a name that it shares with the sun bear). Potos flavus
is a primarily opportunistic frugivore that feeds on a variety of plant
species in several families according to seasonal abundance. The kinkajou's woolly fur consists of an outer coat of gold (or
brownish-gray) overlapping a gray undercoat. It has large eyes and small
ears. It also has short legs with five toes on each foot and sharp
claws. The kinkajou is found throughout the neotropics, from Mexico to Bolivia.
Its range extends from Mexico to the east and south of the Sierra
Madres, along the central and southern Mexican coasts, southward through
Beni, Bolivia (east of the Andes), and deep into Brazil (into the Mato
Grosso).
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