Tasmania is one of Australia’s most remarkable environments and the echidna is one of Australia’s most remarkable native animals. Observing echidna’s whilst in Tasmania is indeed a remarkable experience. The Tasmanian Echidna was once considered a separate species but is now placed as a subspecies, Tachyglossus... 

Physical Characteristics: The Highland Cow, or kyloe as they are known are a very ancient type of cow that have very long horns and very thick hair covering their entire bodies. They are black, red, and dun, yellow or may even be brindle colored. They are stocky but leaner than most normal cows since their very thick curly hair keeps... 

Part of the family that the Raccoon belongs to, the Ringtail, also called a Cacomistle in some areas, is quite often called a Ringtail cat. It is not however a cat at all, but rather another family entirely and probably more closely related to the dog family than it is the cats, although it does catch mice and small rodents, and... 

The Ermine is a small weasel-like creature that is about 7-9 inches long without his tail. He has a long, very thin body, and in summer his colors will be brown to dark brown with a white underbelly, while changing to all white fur in the winter time, with the exception of a small black tip on his tail. Ermine Up a Tree Ermine live... 

 Small and gray or brown, the Eastern mole has lovely velvety fur and a hairless tail. It can grow from about 4 to 7 inches long and  lives in the moist sandy soil, very rarely seen above ground.   The Eastern Mole has very thick claws for its size, that are helpful in its life burrowing below the ground.  The Eastern Mole will... 

The Cape Buffalo, which is found all through Central Africa, as well as southern Africa is one of the most aggressive and bad tempered of the Buffalo family. This mean spirited animal can actually ward off a lion attack and when the pride brings down a buffalo it is not uncommon for one or more lions to be injured or killed. Cape... 

Boars, a sort of wild pig, were not native to North America or the United States. They were brought here for food by Europeans in the 1500’s and then later, in the 1900’s by those who wanted to shoot them for sport. Wild Boars in the US today are probably the great great grandchildren of those which were brought here... 

The Dromedary camel is a large camel, or ungulate as they are also called, and is often called just the Arabian camel. It is sometimes simply called the “one hump” for the fact that it has just one hump, as opposed to the two humps of the Bactrian camel. The Dromedary camel has a range that is not entirely clear, but... 

Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda) The Fennec Fox is one of the most beautiful of all desert animals. They are small canine animals, with tiny bodies that are only about a foot to a foot and a half long. Their most amazing feature is the ears. The Fennec Fox has ears that are about six inches long. They look huge in comparison to the rest... 

Badger is a common name that belongs to many animals. The badger family includes other animals.. cousins such as weasels, ferrets, otters and several others but the true American Badger is a short squat, powerful animal with short legs, a long snout (nose) and a powerful body that is very well muscled.. They have a lower jaw bone... 

The Yak, also known as Bos grunniens or now a days as the Poephagus grunniens, is a long haired bovine, or cow like animals that is distributed through South Central Asia’s Himalayan areas. It can also be found near the Qinghai and Tibetan Plateau, and may exist as far north as Mongolia. Domestic populations of the animals... 

Skunks are an animal well known in the US and elsewhere in the world for their method of self protection which is to emit a strong noxious smelling odor. They are mammals, belonging to the Carnivore order, and there are eleven different kinds of skunks living in areas as diverse and the United States, Canada, Indonesia and China. They... 

The Mhorr gazell is the largest of the true gazelles, and is a brown red color on the neck and back, with white underbelly and tail. Both the male and the female have very curvy ridged horns that are quite distinctive in nature. Mhorr Gazelle The Mhorr gazelle once ranged in vast herds, but living in very poor countries, where they... 

(Ammospermophilus leucurus) A type of squirrel thats found in the United States, usually in the south and ranging as far as northern Mexico. It eats both meat and leafy greens, as well as seeds, making it unusual in squirrels, or what is called omnivorous. Usually it feeds on foliage or seed, but will also eat lizards, other rodents... 

The African Wild Ass is one of the truly wild donkeys which inhabit the African plains. They are medium grey in summertime and iron gray in the winter, with a mane that stands upright although it is not very thick in nature. It features stripes on its lower legs not unlike those of a zebra. The African Wild Ass is about six feet...