Mammals > Carnivorans
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Northern OlingoScientific Name: Bassaricyon gabbiiCategory: MammalsSubcategory: CarnivoransSize: Head-and-body length 35 to 48 cm; tail length 38 to 48 cm (tail longer than body)Weight: 1.1 to 1.6 kg (2.4 to 3.5 lb)Lifespan: 10 to 14 years in...
Mammals > Carnivorans
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Hooded SkunkScientific Name: Mephitis macrouraCategory: MammalsSubcategory: CarnivoransSize: Total length 55 to 80 cm; tail length 35 to 44 cm (tail often longer than head and body)Weight: 0.8 to 2.7 kg (1.8 to 6.0 lb)Lifespan: 3 to 6 years in...
Mammals > Carnivorans
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Hog BadgerScientific Name: Arctonyx collarisCategory: MammalsSubcategory: CarnivoransSize: Head-and-body length 65 to 104 cm; tail length 12 to 22 cm; robust, bear-like buildWeight: 7 to 14 kg (exceptionally up to 18 kg / 40 lb)Lifespan: 10 to...
Mammals > Carnivorans
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Steppe PolecatScientific Name: Mustela eversmaniiCategory: MammalsSubcategory: CarnivoransSize: Head-and-body length 32 to 56 cm; tail length 10 to 18 cmWeight: Males 800 to 2,000 g; females 500 to 1,100 gLifespan: 4 to 7 years in the wild; up...
Mammals > Carnivorans
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Gobi BearScientific Name: Ursus arctos gobiensisType: Mammal (Ursidae / Brown Bear Subspecies)Size: Head-and-body length: 130–150 cm (4.3–4.9 ft); Shoulder height: ~80–90 cm (2.6–3.0 ft)Weight: Males: 90–140 kg (198–308 lb); Females: 50–80 kg...
Mammals > Carnivorans
AT A GLANCECommon Name: African Striped WeaselScientific Name: Poecilogale albinuchaCategory: MammalsSubcategory: CarnivoransRange: Sub-Saharan Africa, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and Kenya south through Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, and...
Mammals > Carnivorans
OverviewThe Japanese Weasel (Mustela itatsi), celebrated in Japanese folklore and mythology as the Itachi (イタチ), is an exceptionally agile, fierce, and biologically captivating mustelid carnivoran natively endemic to the Japanese archipelago. Revered in traditional...
Mammals > Carnivorans
OverviewThe Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) is a distinctive, agile, and ecologically ancient canid native across the deciduous forests, rocky woodlands, and chaparral of North and Central America. Representing the most basal living lineage of the dog family...
Mammals > Carnivorans
OverviewThe Darwin’s Fox (Lycalopex fulvipes) is an ancient, diminutive, and critically rare Neotropical canid endemic exclusively to the dense, moss-draped temperate Valdivian rainforests of southern Chile. First collected for science in 1834 by legendary...
Mammals > Carnivorans
OverviewThe Mountain Weasel (Mustela altaica), also widely recognized as the Pale Weasel or Altai Weasel, is a small, extraordinarily hardy mustelid engineered for survival across the freezing, oxygen-depleted alpine peaks and rocky scree slopes of Central Asia and...
