Painting of Valley Pocket gropher:Claws on their front feet are relatively small. Fur color varies among individuals, ranging from pale gray to reddish brown to black. The belly is grayish white, white, light yellowish brown, or mottled, splotched. An identifying characteristic of these animals...

Painting of Coyotes (Canis latrans):It is a species of canid found throughout North and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States and Canada. It occurs as far north as Alaska and all but the northernmost portions of Canada.Meaning is barking...

Painting of Eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger):Cat squirrel, stump-eared squirrel.Eastern and central United states reaching southern Canada in the north. Introduced to Ontario in Canada and New Mexico, Texas, California, Oregon, Colorado, Idaho, and North Dakota within the United...

Painting of Querétaro pocket gopher (Cratogeomys neglectus):Known only from one isolated region near the town of Pinal de Amoles, Querétaro, Mexico.Locally common in mountain valleys where oak woodlands meet higher–elevation pine forests. Also occur in agricultural fields (corn, potatoes, and...

Painting of Siberian zokor (Myospalax myospalax):Found in Russia and Kazakhstan.Found in forested and agricultural areas with soils suitable for their digging activities. They live almost entirely underground, digging long tunnels very rapidly.Active throughout the year and throughout the day....

Painting of Buller’s pocket gopher (Pappogeomys bulleri):Found in Mountain slopes and plains of Western Mexico.Lives singly in subterranean burrow system.Herbivorous; burrows through the soil in search of roots and tubers. Occasionally feeds on surface vegetation near entrance to burrow....

Painting of Dwarf antelope (Neotragus batesi):is a very small antelope live in the moist forest and brush of Central and West Africa .Bate's pygmy antelopes eat leaves, buds, shoots, fungus, grass, and herbs. They also eat crops, which made them unpopular to farmers. They often caught in...

Painting of Young wild boar-Eurasian wild pig (Sus scrofa):Found on all continents, except Antarctica, in wild or in a barely modified feral form. It also inhabits many islands.Found in many types of habitat from semi-arid areas to tropical rainforests, including temperate woodlands, grassland,...

Painting of Yellow-faced pocket gopher (Cratogeomys castanops) DISTRIBUTION Western United States (Colorado and Kansas) southward through northcentral Mexico. HABITAT Common in grassy plains, deserts, tropical lowland forests, montane forests, and agricultural fields. Herbivorous; burrows...

Painting of Male golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus), DISTRIBUTION Specimens were collected in the Mount Aleppo region, in northwestern Syria in 1999; other specimens were sighted near Jarablus in Syria and near Gaziantep in Turkey. HABITAT Historically, this hamster’s native habitat has...

Painting of European hare (Lepus europaeus), DISTRIBUTION Most of Europe, south to Iran, and into western Siberia. Introduced in eastern North America, southern South America, southeastern Australia, New Zealand, and several islands. HABITAT Open country as mixed farmland, moorland,...

Painting of Plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius), DISTRIBUTION Extreme southern Manitoba, Canada through southern Texas. HABITAT Common in plains, valleys, woodlands, and agricultural fields.FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET Herbivorous; burrows through the soil in search of roots and tubers.

Painting of Black-bellied hamster (Cricetus cricetus), DISTRIBUTION Black-bellied hamsters live in lowlands of central and Eastern Europe, from Belgium to the Altai region of Siberia. HABITAT Throughout much of their range, the hamsters’ natural steppe habitat has been converted to...

Painting of Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis), The Natal Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys natalensis) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is also known as the Natal Multimammate Rat, the Common African Rat, or the African Soft-furred Rat . It is found in Angola, Benin,...

Painting of Mountain hare (Lepus timidus), DISTRIBUTION Circumpolar in tundra and taiga habitats from Britain to Japan. HABITAT Common in tundra, taiga habitats, and mixed forests. Prefer transition zones with open clearings, and in swamps and river valleys. In Scotland found on heather...

Painting of Ball python (Python regius), DISTRIBUTION Ball pythons are found in sub-Saharan central Africa, from Senegal to Liberia and east through Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad to Sudan and Uganda. HABITAT They are most commonly found in grasslands, savannas, open...

Painting of East African sandboa (Eryx colubrinus), DISTRIBUTION The species is distributed in northeast Africa from central Tanzania north to Egypt and from there west into Niger. HABITAT In the northern part of the range this species is more likely found in arid sandy and rocky areas; to the...

Painting of Egyptian banded cobra (Naja naja annulifera), Geographic range: The Egyptian cobra has a big geographic range over Africa and the Middle East . In Saudi Arabia lives the subspecies of Naja haje arabica they occur in the South and West of the country till heights of 1500 meter, with a...

Painting of Russel’s viper (Daboia russelii), DISTRIBUTION Russel’s viper occurs in Southeast Asia, from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to Taiwan in the east and Java, Komodos, and Flores in the south. The distribution is not continuous within this large area. HABITAT The...

Painting of Moroccan glass lizard (Ophisaurus koellikeri), DISTRIBUTION This is the only anguid species known from Africa; it is endemic to Morocco at elevations from 160 to 6,560+ ft (50–2,000+ m). Bons and Geniez suggested that it also may occur in Algeria. HABITAT The Moroccan glass lizard...

Painting of Olives. (Olea europaea) is a species of a small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin, from Lebanon, Syria and the maritime parts of Turkey and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea. Its fruit, the olive, is of major...

Painting of Caterpillar,Caterpillars are the larval form of a member of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). They are mostly phytophagous in food habit, with some species being entomophagous. Caterpillars are voracious feeders and many of them are considered...

Painting of Variegated grasshopper ( Zonocerus variegatus) DISTRIBUTION Sub-Saharan Africa. HABITAT Savannas, pastures, and agricultural fields.FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET Feeds on a variety of plants, including many Leguminosae, from which they sequester pyrrolizidine alkaloids, secondary compounds...

Painting of Longan.The longan is a tropical tree native to southern China. It is also found in Southeast Asia.The fruit is edible, extremely sweet, juicy and succulent in superior agricultural varieties, and apart from ingested fresh, is also often used in East Asian soups, snacks, desserts, and...

Painting of Sheep and goat flea ( Dorcadia ioffi), DISTRIBUTION Mongolia, Russia, and the Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Xinjiang, Gansu, and Xizang. HABITAT Pastures and agricultural areas suitable for domestic sheep, cattle, goats, and wild ungulates.FEEDING & DIET Although males feed less than...