What is A Mammal? Mammalis a creature that most of us mean when we say the word ‘animal’. We know them best among all other living things, for many of our pets and domestic animal are mammals and so are we. Mammals are found almost everywhere in the world, from the cold land and...
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A raccoon is a medium-sized mammal that is known for its black mask across its eyes and its ringed tail. Native to North America, raccoons can be found in a wide variety of environments, including forests as well as urban neighborhoods. It is not uncommon for a raccoon to make a den ...
Ostrich skeleton up close, amongst the mammalz. Cassowary skeleton. Emu shoulder/arm bones in right side view. Walrus skeleton in what seems like an odd pose to me, but then they are odd on land. Alligator skeleton in repose. Giant anteater, “knuckle-walking”. Pangolin skeleton! And moun...
Was the platypus a mammal, reptile or bird? Owen correctly assigned it to the Mammalia and recognized its relationship with the spiny anteaters (echidnas), but today we understand it better as a member of an early branch off the mammalian stem that includes a broad diversity of other ...
More early tetrapods will surely be featured on the upper floor; this one was on the timeline-of-life-on-Earth display. I LOVE dioramas and this seabird nesting ground display is very evocative, especially now that I’ve visited quite a few such islands. Mammal introduction; phylogenetic ...