10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2021

No, Madagascar is the most famous for an endemic group of mammals: lemurs, sifakas, indri, aye-aye – in total, 112 endemic species and subspecies of lemurs alone! lemurs), but you will often need to consult the range map because of many species being very similar! Larger species, that is, excluding dolphins and whales.

Madagascar 264

Madagascar Mammals Lemurs Seychelles 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

Whales are cows. It is technically correct, and recently fashionable, to insist that any living animal is a member of the larger group that contains it phylogenetically, i.e., ancestrally, with that group often named after the known animal that roots the tree. The point is, of course, that whales are not cows.

Camels 225

Camels Whaling Whales Apes 225

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2018

For example, “the Ungulata include hooved animals with multi-chambered stomachs, except the whales.”. There were probably hundreds, maybe thousands, of species of fish-with-feet, and one population gave rise to the so-called “tetrapods,” animals with skeletons, arms, and legs, including modern snakes and living gorillas. “Are

Monkeys 172

Monkeys Gorillas Whaling Whales 172