10 Mammals You Probably Didn’t Know Exist

Posted by Miss Cellania in Animal on August 27, 2009 at 12:32 pm


That’s a pretty daring title for an internet list, but I was only familiar with a couple of these (including the bonus). Honestly, have you ever heard of a pink fairy armadillo? It’s also known as the Lesser pichiciego (Chlamyphorus truncatus) and it’s native to Argentina. Link -via Interesting Pile

 
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Species-scape

Posted by Alex in Animal, Science & Tech on December 19, 2008 at 12:49 am

This infographic, titled Species-scape, purports to show various species at sizes relative to the number of known species in that group. Insects, represented by the fly, is the largest (at about 900,000 known species). If you’re wondering where we are, humans (and other mammals) are represented by the reindeer underneath the mushroom.

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