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Three-toed-sloth (Bradypus variegatus), Lake Gatun, Republic of Panama

Red Panda in Munich Zoo

The gemsbok or gemsbuck (Oryx gazella) is a large African antelope, of the Oryx genus. The name is derived from the Dutch name of the male chamois, Gemsbok. Although there are some superficial similarities in appearance (especially in the colour of the face area), the chamois and the oryx are not related.

The Ugandan Kob (Kobus kob thomasi, rarely Kobus kob thomasi neumann) is a sub-species of the kob, a type of antelope found in sub-Saharan Africa. It is normally reddish-brown, in which it differs from other kob sub-species. A Ugandan Kob appears on the coat of arms of Uganda.

Fighting giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) in Ithala Game Reserve, Northern KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Giraffe, Melbourne Zoo, Australia.

Alpine Ibex, picture taken in the Julian Alps Slovenia

The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe.

The American Bison is a bovine mammal, also commonly known as the American Buffalo, or simply buffalo, something of a misnomer as it is only distantly related to either of the two true buffaloes, the Water Buffalo and the African Buffalo.

Bottlenose dolphin of the NMMP on mineclearance operations, with locator beacon.

The Cape Ground Squirrel (Latin name Xerus inauris) is found in most of the drier parts of Southern Africa from South Africa through to Botswana and into Namibia.

The Siberian Chipmunk is a member of the chipmunk genus, Tamias. Its habitat ranges across northern Asia from central Russia to China, Korea and northern Japan.

Hopi Chipmunk in Dead Horse State Park, Utah. Hopi chipmunks, naturally timid creatures, live in rock piles or crevices of broken rock.

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis) at Mount Rainier National Park, July 2006. Taken at or near Panorama Point on the Skyline Trail.

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis). Bryce Canyon, Utah (USA).

The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel (genus Sciurus). The red squirrel is a tree-dwelling omnivorous rodent that is common throughout Eurasia.

Eastern Grey Squirrel in St James's Park, London

Viscachas or vizcachas are rodents in the chinchilla family Chinchillidae.

The Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), is a rodent of the family sciuridae found in the Great Plains of North America from about the USA-Canada border to the USA-Mexico border.

Didelphimorphia is the order of common opossums of the Western Hemisphere. Opossums probably diverged from the basic South American marsupials in the late Cretaceous or early Paleocene.

Echidnas are small mammals that are covered with coarse hair and spines. Superficially they resemble both the anteaters of South America and other spiny mammals like hedgehogs and porcupines. They have snouts which have the functions of both the mouth and nose.