Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Red Squirrel

 Beauty Of Animal | Red Squirrel | The red squirrel is somewhat smaller than the eastern grey squirrel which has a head-and-body length of 25 to 30 cm (9.5 to 12 in) and weighs between 400 and 800 g (14 oz to 1.8 lb) The coat of the red squirrel varies in colour with time of year and location. There are several different coat colour morphs ranging from black to red.  The underside of the squirrel

Monday, December 26, 2011

Amami Rabbit

 Beauty Of Animal | Amami Rabbit | The Amami Rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi,. Amami, Amamino kuro usagi, lit "Amami black rabbit levels"), also known as the Ryukyu Rabbit, is a primitive dark-furred rabbit, which found only in Amami Oshima and Toku-no-Shima, two small islands between southern Kyushu and Okinawa in Kagoshima Prefecture (but actually closer to Okinawa) in Japan. Distribution, Habitat,

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Ocelot

Beauty Of Animal | Ocelot | Twice as big as the average house cat, the ocelot is a sleek animal with a beautiful spotted fur. These largely nocturnal cats use keen sight and hearing to hunt rabbits, rodents, iguanas, fish and frogs. The ocelot ranges from 68 to 100 centimeters (27 to 39 in) in length, plus 26 to 45 cm long (10 to 18 in) in the tail and usually weighs 8-18 kg (18-40 lb), although

Monday, December 12, 2011

Ferret

Beauty Of Animal | Ferret | The ferret is a domesticated mammal of the type Mustela putorius furo. Ferrets are sexually dimorphic predators with males being substantially larger than females. Several other small, elongated carnivorous mammals belonging to the family Mustelidae (weasels) also have the word ferret in their common names, including an endangered species, the Black-footed Ferret.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Emperor Penguin

Beauty Of Animal | Emperor Penguin | Emperor penguins are the largest of all the average bird stands some 45 inches (115 centimeters) tall. The Emperor (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to the Antarctic. The only penguin species that breeds during the Antarctic winter, it treks can 50-120 km (31-75 miles) above the ice to breeding

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Harp Seal

Beauty Of Animal | Harp Seal | The harp seal or seal gable roof is a species of earless seal native to the northern Atlantic Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean. The harp seal has a black face with silver-gray body. His eyes are pure black. It has black harp-shaped or wishbone markings on the back. They show little sexual dimorphism. The baby harp seals (puppy) has a yellowish-white

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Rhinoceros Beetle

Beauty Of Animal | Rhinoceros Beetle |  The rhinoceros beetles or rhino beetle are a subfamily (Dynastinae) family of scarab (Scarabaeidae). Other common names - some for specific groups of rhino beetles - are, for example, Hercules beetle, beetles or unicorn horn beetle. There are over 300 known species of rhinoceros beetles.Many rhinoceros beetles are known for their bizarre shapes and sizes.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Quetzal

Beauty Of Animal | Quetzal | Quetzals are strikingly colored birds in the trogon family (Trogonidae). They are found in forests and woodlands, especially in humid highlands, with the five species from the genus Pharomachrus being exclusively Neotropical, while the single Euptilotis species is almost entirely restricted to western Mexico. They are fairly large (all over 32 cm or 13 inches),

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Leopard

Beauty Of Animal | Leopard  | The leopard, Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its range of distribution has decreased radically because of hunting and loss

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Apes

Beauty Of Animal | Apes | Apes and humans differ from all of the other primates in that they lack external tails.  They also are more intelligent and more dependent for survival on learned behavior patterns.  There are several internal body differences as well, such as the absence of an appendix in monkeys.
The apes and humans are members of the same superfamily, the Hominoidea click this icon to

Backyard Bird

Beauty Of Animal | The Backyard Bird | Bird watching is one of the fastest growing hobbies in the America, and around the world.  According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service around 60 million people feed birds in the US.  The only outdoor hobby that is more popular is gardening, and the two combine naturally. Birding is enjoyed by all ages. For our flying friends the benefit is reliable

Northern Cardinal

Beauty Of Animal | Northern Cardinal | In the 1800s Cardinals were much-sought-after cage birds highly valued for their color and song. Thousands were trapped in the south in the winter and sent to northern markets, and thousands more were sent to Europe. This trade ceased, fortunately, with the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.
The common and familiar Northern Cardinal is a bird

Swan

 Beauty Of Animal | Swan | The swan is a large aquatic bird closely related to geese and ducks. The swan is known for it's fierce temperament and the swans incredibly strong wings which are said to be able to cause dangerous (sometimes fatal) injuries to any animal the swan feels threatened by. The swan is found on both sides of the Equator across the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The

Oegon Gartersnake

Beauty Of Animals | Oregon Gartersnake |  Destruction of wetland habitat has been so widespread that this species is listed as threatened by the state and federal governments. The giant garter snake populations of the San Joaquin Valley are now tiny disconnected remnants. It has been extirpated from 98% of the former San Joaquin habitat. The giant garter snake has fared better in the Sacramento

National Park of Komodo

Beauty Of Animal | National Park of Komodo | The Komodo National Park is a national park in Indonesia located within the Lesser Sunda Islands in the border region between the provinces of East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara. The park includes the three larger islands Komodo, Padar and Rincah, and 26 smaller ones,  with a total area of 1,733 km² (603 km² of it land). The national park was

Siamese Fighting Fish

 Beauty Of Animal | Siamese Fighting Fish | The Siamese fighting fish is a small and colourful carnivorous species of fish found in the Mekong River that runs through a number of countries in south-east Asia. The Siamese fighting fish is native to the Mekong delta in south-east Asia and although the Siamese fighting fish can today be found naturally in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, it is thought to

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Goldfinch


Beauty Of Animal | Goldfinch | The American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis), also known as the and the American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis), also known as Goldfinch and Wild Canary East, is a small bird in North America in the Finch family. It is many, starting from the middle of North Carolina in Alberta during the breeding season, and just south of the Canadian border to Mexico during the

Monday, October 24, 2011

Pademelon


Beauty Of Animal | Pademelon |  pademelon any of the seven species of small marsupials Thylogale race. And are commonly found in forests. Pademelons is the smallest of the macropods. The name is a corruption badimaliyan, from Native Dharuk Port Jackson (Sydney region).Pademelons, wallabies, and kangaroos are very similar in the structure of the body, and the names only refer to three different

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Giant Salamander


Beauty Of Animal | Giant Salamander | hellbender and Asian giant salamanders (family Cryptobranchidae) and amphibians found in streams and ponds in the United States, China and Japan. It is the largest living amphibians known today. Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus), for example, up to 1.44 meters (4.7 feet), feeds on fish, crustaceans, and was known to live for more than 50 years in

Oxpeckers


Beauty Of Animal | Oxpeckers | Oxpeckers are two types of birds that are Buphagidae family. Some ornithologists regard them as a species within the family Sturnidae Buphaginae starling but it seems very distinct. Oxpeckers is endemic to the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Both English and scientific names arise from their habit of perching on large mammals (both wild and domesticated), such as

Anhinga


Beauty Of Animal | Anhinga | Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), sometimes called Snakebird, ejector, ejector States, or Water Turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word "anhinga" comes from the Tupi language of Brazil and Means devil bird or snake is bird.It cormorants such as with the average body length of 85 cm (33 inches), wingspan of 117 cm (46 inches), and the mass from

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Hyacinth Macaw


Beauty Of Animal | Hyacinth Macaw | The parrot Hyacinth (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), or parrot Hyacinthine, was born in the parrot to central and eastern South America. And a length (from the top of her head to the tip of the tail and long pointed out) is about 100 cm (3.3 feet) is longer than any other species of parrot. Is the largest and the largest parrot flying parrot species, although the

Australian Wood Duck

Beauty Of Animal | Australian Wood Duck | The Australian Wood Duck, Maned Duck or Maned Goose, Chenonetta jubata, is a dabbling duck found throughout much of Australia. It is the only living species in the genus Chenonetta. Traditionally placed in the Anatinae (dabbling duck) subfamily, it might actually belong to the Tadorninae (shelduck) subfamily; possibly, the Ringed Teal is its closest

Kingfisher

Beauty Of Animal | Kingfisher | The Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the family Halcyonidae, the tree kingfishers. It is also known as the White-collared Kingfisher or Mangrove Kingfisher. It has a wide range extending from the Red Sea across southern Asia and Australasia to Polynesia. It is a very variable species with about 50 subspecies.The

Antelope


Beauty Of Animal | Antelope | Antelope or sitatunga or marshbuck (Tragelaphus spekii) is living in a swamp antelope found throughout Central Africa, focusing on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon and parts of southern Sudan as well as in Ghana, Botswana, Zambia, Gabon, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.Sitatunga stand for about one and a half meters at the shoulder .

Sitatunga her coat and

Western Gorilla


Beauty Of Animal | Western Gorilla | Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is a type of western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) living in the mountainous, primary, secondary, and forests and swamps in the low-lying areas in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It is usually found gorillas in zoos.adult male gorillas

Honey Bee


Beauty Of Animal | Honey Bee | Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of bees in the genus Apis, which is characterized mainly by the production and storage of honey and build nests, colonial durable wax. Honey bees are the only members present in the Apini tribe, all in the genus Apis. Currently, there are only seven species of honey bees recognized with a total of 44 breeds, Although,

Australian King Parrot


Beauty Of Animal | Australian  King Parrot | Australian King Parrot (shoulder Alisterus) is endemic in eastern Australia. It is found in upland wetlands and thick forests of the eastern part of the continent, including eucalyptus wooded areas in and adjacent areas directly to the sub-tropical rainforests and temperate. Feed on fruits, seeds or small insects.Adults of both sexes about 43 cm (17

Narwhal

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty  Narwhal | The Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is an Arctic species of cetacean. It is a creature rarely found south of latitude 70°N. It is one of two species of white whale in the Monodontidae family (the other is the beluga whale). It is possibly also related to the Irrawaddy dolphin.

The English name narwhal is derived from the Dutch name narwal which in turn comes

Flamingo


Beauty Of Animal | Flamingo | Flamingos flamingos and gregarious wading birds in the genus Phoenicopterus, and sex only in Phoenicopteridae family. There are four types of Flamingo in the Americas and two species in the ancient world. Flamingos, birds, and a national of that kind Flamingo Bahamas.Six recognized by most sources, usually placed in this one sex. The two types often are placed, the

Lizard


Beauty Of Animal | Lizard | Beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum) is a type of poisonous lizards found mainly in southern Mexico and Guatemala. Along with its homogeneous, and a generation that monster (Heloderma suspectum), is the only orchid operations have evolved venom delivery of public order, and has long been considered only poisonous lizard. Beaded Lizard Gila Monster more but dull crayon,

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Piranha


Beauty Of Animal | Piranha | The piranha or pirana is a member of the Characidae family in the Characiformes order, and omnivorous freshwater fish inhabiting the rivers of South America. In Venezuela, and called caribes. Are known for their teeth sharp and voracious appetite for meat.Piranhas belong to the species Serrasalminae, which also includes closely related to the voracious fish. such as

Black Vulture


Beauty Of Animal | Black Vulture | Black Eagle (Coragyps atratus), also known as the American Black Eagle is a bird in the family and the world, whose range extends from New Eagle southeastern United States to Central Chile and Uruguay in South America. Although common and widespread species, has to some extent the distribution is more restrictive than his compatriot, the Turkey vulture, which

Friday, October 14, 2011

Buzzard


Beauty Of Animal | Buzzard | The common falcon (Buteo buteo) is a means to a large bird of prey, which covers a majority of European countries, and extends to Asia. Normally a resident of each year, except in the coldest parts of its range, in the case of Falcon and one common subspecies.The usually between 51 and 57 cm in length with a 110-150 cm (1 meter to meter and a half) wingspan, making

Hamster


Beauty Of Animal | Hamster | Hamsters and rodents of the family Cricetinae. And contains about 25 species species, classified in six or seven genera.Hamsters animals are nocturnal or crepuscular, which burrow beneath the earth in broad daylight to avoid falling by the predators. Their diet includes a variety of foods, including dried food, berries, nuts, fruits and vegetables fresh. In the wild

Raccoon Dog


Beauty Of Animal | Raccoon Dog | Raccoon Dog (procyonoides Nyctereutes, from the Greek words nukt, "night" + ereutēs "traveler" + prokuōn ", before the dog" but the New Latin used to mean "raccoon"], also known as magnut or tanuki, is a canid native to east Asia. This is the only type found in the genus Nyctereutes. It is one of the species basal canid, similar to the ancestral forms of the

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Quokka


Beauty Of Animal | Quokka | Quokka (Setonix brachyurus), and the only member of the genus Setonix, is a small macropod in the size of domestic cat. Like other marsupials in the family macropod (such as kangaroos and wallabies), and the Quokka is herbivorous and night in the first place. Can be found on some small islands off the coast of Western Australia, particularly in the Rottnest Island off

Froghoppers


Beauty Of Animal | Froghoppers | Froghoppers, or Cercopoidea species, is a group of insects Hemipteran, Auchenorrhyncha in monotone. Traditionally, the majority of this species as one family, Cercopidae, but this family has been divided into three separate families for many years now for Aphrophoridae, Cercopidae and Clastopteridae. Recently, the family has been removed from Epipygidae

Pocket Gopher


Beauty Of Animal | Pocket Gopher | In the pocket gophers and burrowing rodents Geomyidae family. This is the "true" gophers, though often called squirrel family Sciuridae many gophers as well. Can be used as "pocket gopher" own name to refer to what is built largely on the number of breeds of family.Gophers, and most are 12 to 30 cm (4.7 to 12 in) long, weighing several hundred grams. A few

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Siamang


Beauty Of Animal | Siamang | Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylous) is, tree disabled, black furred gibbon habitat in the forests of Malaysia, Thailand and Sumatra. Is less than apes, it can be twice the size of siamang gibbons again, for up to 1 meter in height, and weighing up to 14 kg. And siamang is the only species in the genus Symphalangus.Siamang and distinctive for two reasons. The first is

Water Scorpion


Beauty Of Animal | Water Scorpion | Water scorpion (Nepa gray). any of the species, nearly 150 of aquatic invertebrates from Nepidae family (order Hemiptera). Scorpion water scorpion-like land in certain ways: the front legs scythelike adapted to seize prey and, thin long, whiplike structure at the end of the background. Make this a "tail", consisting of two breathing tubes attached, has been

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Persian Cat


Beauty Of Animal | Persian Cat | Persian cat is a longhaired marked round face and muzzle shortened. Its name refers to Persia, the former name of Iran, where they found the cats are similar. He was recognized by the cat fancy since the 19th century late, developed for the first time by the British, then American breeders mainly after World War II. In Britain, is called in Persian taste or

Pearl Cichlid


Beauty Of Animal | Pearl Cichlid | Pearl cichlid (Brazil Geophagus) is a type of freshwater fish, a member of the family's South American Cichlid. Cichlid species popular in aquaria.Its fishkeeping main body color can be anything from a light pale brown to dark blue almost purple; colors change the mood and mating during the sessions. Pearl cichlid and one dark spot that may or may not be

Green Woodpecker


Beauty Of Animal | Green Woodpecker | Green Woodpecker (Picus municipal) is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. There are four strains, and it occurs in most parts of Europe and western Asia. All Green upperparts, paler yellowish bottom, a red crown and stripe moustachial with center red in males, but all black in females.Green Woodpecker and spends much of his time in the feeding ants on

Gopher Tortoise


Beauty Of Animal | Gopher Tortoise | Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a type of the genus Gopherus his native south-eastern United States. Gopher tortoise is seen as a cornerstone because it digs burrows that provide shelter for 360 species of other animals. They are threatened by predation and habitat destruction.Gopher Tortoise Gopherus is the representative genus, which contains only

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Grevy's zebra


Beauty Of Animal | Grevy's zebra | Grevy's zebra (grevyi Lycos), also known as the Imperial Zebra, is the largest wild equid found one of the three species of zebra, and other elements in the plains zebra mountain. Grévy named Jules, who is the only member present in Dolichohippus generic. Found on the Grevy's zebra's in Kenya and Ethiopia. In comparison with other zebras, a tall, large ears,

Hawksbill Turtles


Beauty Of Animal | Hawksbill Turtles | hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) is endangered sea turtles, which belongs to the family Cheloniidae. Of these species exist only in the race has. Types and distribution in all parts of the world, with the Atlantic and Pacific species. E. imbricata imbricata is the Atlantic subspecies, while others were found on E. Bole bissa in the Indian and

Sandhill cranes


Beauty Of Animal | Sandhill cranes | Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) is a large crane of North America and the extreme northeast of Siberia. The common name for these birds, such as those references habitats in the Platte River, on the edge of the Sandhills of Nebraska in the American Midwest. This is the area most important to stop micro Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis canadensis), with up

Great White Shark


Beauty Of Animal | Great White Shark | Great White Shark and the scientific name Carcharodon carcharias, also known as the large white, and white pointer, white shark, or white death, is lamniform large shark found in coastal surface waters in all major oceans. It is known that a Great White Shark for its size, with larger individuals known to be close to or in excess of 6 meters (20 feet) in

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Panda


Beauty Of Animal | Panda | Giant Panda, or Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, and this literally means "black and white cat-foot") Bear native to western, central and southwestern China. is easily recognizable by the large, distinctive black patches around the eyes and ears, and the apparatus through the tour. Although it belongs to the carnivores, and diet of the panda is 99% of the bamboo. pandas

Penguin


Beauty Of Animal | penguin | Your penguin (Sphenisciformes system, Spheniscidae family) are a group of aquatic, birds fly live almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Adapted to the very life in the water, and penguins feathers countershaded dark and white, and their wings became fins. Caught most of the penguins feed on krill, fish, squid and other forms of

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Irrawaddy Dolphin


Beauty Of Animal | Irrawaddy Dolphin  | Dolphin Irrawaddy (Orcaella brevirostris) is a type of dolphin peripheral euryhaline present in subpopulations intermittently near the coastline, estuaries and rivers in parts of the Bay of Bengal and South East Asia.The dolphins was first described by Sir Richard Owen in 1866, based on sample found in 1852, in the port of Visakhapatnam on the east coast

Elephant Seal


Beauty Of Animal | Elephant Seal | Elephant seals (sea elephants) is a large, oceangoing seals in the genus Mirounga. There are two types: the northern elephant seal (M. angustirostris) and southern elephant seal (M. Asadi). The pursuit of the edge of extinction by the end of the 19th century, but the numbers have recovered since then. The northern elephant seal, slightly smaller than the

Bonobo


Beauty Of Animal | Bonobo | He bonobo and the general paniscus, called earlier in the chimpanzee dwarf, less often, or chimpanzees dwarf gracilis, is the monkey chief one of these two types make up the genus Pan. Other species in the Pan troglodytes is the genus Pan, or common chimpanzees. Although the name "chimpanzee" is sometimes used to refer to both types together, usually understood to

Archer Fish


Beauty Of Animal | Archer Fish | archerfish (Spinner Archer fish or fish) is a family (Toxotidae) of fish known for their habit of wild prey on insects and other small animals by shooting them literally with water droplets from their mouths specialized. A small family, consisting of seven species in Toxotes sex; that inhabit salt water usually from the mouths of rivers and mangroves, but can

Armadillo


Beauty Of Animal | Armadillo | Armored from placental mammals, the New World, known for a tank shell is made of the skin. Dasypodidae is the only family remaining in Cingulata system, and part of the Xenarthra superorder with the anteaters and sloths. Armadillo Spanish word "little armored one." Aztec called them azotochtli, Nahuatl for "rabbit, turtle."There are approximately ten species found

Monday, September 26, 2011

Angelfish


Beauty Of Animal | Angelfish | And Angelfish French, Pomacanthus paru, is the angelfish large Pomacanthidae family, found in the western Atlantic from Florida and the Bahamas, Brazil, and also the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, including Antilles and the eastern Atlantic Ocean from all over the Ascension Island and the rocks of St. Paul, in the depths ranging between 2 and 100 meters. For up

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Bittern


Beauty Of Animal | Bittern | Bitterns are a classification of birds in the heron family, Ardeidae, a family of wading birds. Species, called bitterns tend to be shorter neck, and members are often more secret than this family.

Was called in English hæferblæte old; the word "Bulwark" came into English from Old French butor itself from Gallo Roman butitaurus, a portmanteau būtiō Latin and bull

Meerkat





Beauty Of Animal | Meerkat | The Meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta, is a small mammal belongs to the family of mongoose. Meerkats live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, in many of the Namib Desert in south-western Namibia and Angola, and South Africa. A group of meerkats on the "mob", "gang" or "clan." And often contains Meerkat clan around 20 meerkats, but some families

Tapir


Beauty Of Animal | Tapir | A tapirs is a large mammal browsing, similar in shape to a pig, with a short snout and prehensile. Tapir inhabit jungle and forest regions of South America and Central America, and Southeast Asia. There are four species of tapir: Brazilian tapir, and the Malay tapir, tapir tapir and Baird mountains. And classified all four tapir species and endangered or vulnerable.

Gazelle

 Beauty Of Animal | Gazelle | Ghazal any of the many antelope species in the genus Gazella, or previously considered to belong to it. Included six species in two races, and Eudorcas Nanger, which was previously considered subgenera. As Procapra sex is one of the Gazella generic, and also pointed to its members and deer, but do not be dealt with in this article.It is known deer and animals quickly

Sifaka


Beauty Of Animal | Sifaka | Sifakas is the genus (Propithecus) of the lemur family Indriidae monkeys within the system. Name from the family is the onomatopoeia of these characteristics, "Xi FAK" alarm call.  Like all lemurs, found only on the island of Madagascar. Threatened by all kinds sifakas, ranging from vulnerable to endangered.Sifakas indrids is medium in size with the head and body

Tortoise


Beauty Of Animal | Tortoise | Turtles (Testudinidae) is a family of reptiles that live in the land of the order of turtles (Testudines). Cousins such as marine, and protected sea turtles, and turtles from predators shell. The upper part of the cover is a shield, and the bottom is heated, and is connected to two of the bridge. The tortoise has both an internal structure and external structure.

Macaw


Beauty Of Animal | Macaw | Parrots and small and large colorful parrots often the New World. From many different races (true parrots) Psittacidae, six are classified and parrots: Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Primolius, Orthopsittaca and Diopsittaca. Previously, members were placed in Propyrrhura Primolius sex, but the former is correct and in accordance with the rules of ICZN.

Parrots are

Kangaroo


Beauty Of Animal | Kangaroo | Kangaroo is a marsupial from the Macropodidae family (macropods, 'foot big "sense). In common use the term used to describe the species is larger than this family, especially those that Macropus genus, Red Kangaroo, Kangaroo Antilopine, Eastern and Western Grey Kangaroo Kangaroo gray. Kangaroos are endemic to the country in Australia. is to find the smallest

Monday, September 19, 2011

Kookaburras


Beauty Of Animal | Kookaburras | Kookaburras (sex Dacelo) is a large and very large (total length 28-42 in cm/11-17) Kingfishers original ground to Australia and New Guinea, and the name of the loanword guuguubarra Wiradjuri, which is named for his call. And one member of the genus Clytoceyx, although referred to as the Shovel-billed Kookaburra, is not treated in this article.

It is best known

Pronghorn


Beauty Of Animal | Pronghorn | Ages of animate (Antilocapra Americana) is a type of mammal artiodactyl endemic in West and Central Interior of North America. If not antelope, often known colloquially in North America, where Pak slot, antelope animate the centuries, or simply antelope,because they resemble antelope real old world and one theory is that it fills the position similar ecological

Deer-Chinese Water


Beauty Of Animal | Deer-Chinese Water |  In the monastery of water (Hydropotes inermis) is a deer small surface more similar to deer musk deer real (Cervidae - order Artiodactyla), but is classified as a cervid despite the tusks (downward-pointing canine teeth) instead of horns and other anatomical anomalies.

This has caused the unique characteristics of the special classified in the genus (

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Leopard Gecko

 
Beauty Of Animal | Leopard Gecko | The leopard gecko is a nocturnal ground gecko, which lives naturally found in the desert of southern Central Asia, and throughout Pakistan, and to the north-western parts of India. Unlike most of Ibn Hazm, may God have mercy on him, the son of Allah's mercy tiger packages have movable eyelids. Has become a pet well-established and popular in captivity.Leopard

Peafowl


Beauty Of Animal | Peafowl | Peacock term can refer to two types of birds in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is well known for the best male peacock's tail too, which is presented as part of the engagement. Is called the male peacock, and a female peahen. is called the atomic peachicks. Peacock and female is gray-brown or brown and toned. Can be between Peachicks yellow to

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Condor-Andean


Beauty Of Animal | Condor-Andean | The Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) is a type of bird in South America in the New World vulture family Cathartidae the only member of the genus Vultur. Found in the Andes and the Pacific adjacent to the west coast of South America, has the largest wingspan (in 3.2 meters or 10.5 feet) from any wild birds.A large black eagle with feathers of white Rove around the

Toucan-Keel-Billed


Beauty Of Animal | Toucan-Keel-Billed | Allow phonetic typing The casual-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus), also known as sulfur-Sadr, Toucan, Rainbow, bills toucan, a colorful member of the Latin American family of toucans. Toucan is the national bird of the beak Belize.Keel ranges in length from about 17-22 inches (42-55 cm).that the rates bill for a large color in about 5-6 (12-15 cm),

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Rabbit-Old World


Beauty Of Animal | Rabbit-Old World | Rabbits (or colloquially, rabbits) and small mammals in the family Leporidae Lagomorpha system, found in many parts of the world. There are eight different races in the family classified as rabbits, including the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), cotton rabbits (genus Sylvilagus; 13 species), and rabbit front of me (Pentalagus furnessi, and endangered

Penguin-Chinstrap


Beauty Of Animal | Penguin-Chinstrap | Penguin Chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarcticus) is a type of penguin species that are found in the South Sandwich Islands and Antarctica, the South Orkneys, South Shetland, South Georgia and Bouvet Island, and Balleny. Its name is derived from the narrow black band under their heads which makes it seem as if they were wearing black helmets, making it one of the

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Frogmouth

 Beauty Of Animal | Frogmouth | The Tawny Frogmouth, Podargus strigoides, is an Australian variety of frogmouth, a type of bird found throughout the Australian mainland, Tasmania and southern New Guinea. The Tawny Frogmouth is often thought to be an owl. Many Australians incorrectly refer to the Tawny Frogmouth by the colloquial names of "Mopoke" or "Morepork", however, these are actually common

Milksnake

Beauty Of Animal | Milksnake, Honduran | The Honduran milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis) is an egg laying species of non-venomous colubrid snake. It is one of the more commonly bred milk snakes in captivity and is one of the larger milksnakes reaching a length of 5 feet.The generic name (Lampropeltis) is derived from the Ancient Greek lamprós  meaning "bright" and peltas  meaning "

Lion African




Beauty Of Animal | Lion African | The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia with an endangered remnant population in Gir Forest National Park in India, having

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Spiny Dogfish

Beauty Of Animal | Spiny Dogfish | The spiny dogfish, dogfish, piked dogfish or mud shark, Squalus acanthias, is one of the best known of the spiny dogfish, which are members of the family are in the order Squalidae Squaliformes. Though these common names apply to different species, Squalus acanthias is distinguished by having two spines (one anterior to each dorsal fin) and lacks an anal fin. It

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Teal


Beauty Of Animal | Teal | The Hottentot teal (Anas hottentota) is a type of workout of the duck genus Anas. It is migratory residents in eastern and southern Africa, western Sudan, Ethiopia, Niger and Nigeria, and south to South Africa and Namibia.in West Africa and Madagascar, which is stable.

Year Hottentot teal strain round, depending on rainfall, and stay in small groups or pairs. They

Goose-Bar-Headed

 
Beauty Of Animal | Goose-Bar-Headed | Bar headed Goose (Anser indicus) is a goose which breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winter in South Asia, and south to the peninsula of India. He puts 3-8 eggs at one time in the summer, wild habitats and lakes at high altitudes where nest.The wounds birds on the grass short. The reported migratory species and south of

Monday, September 5, 2011

Iguana


Beauty Of Animal | Iguana | Cyclura nubila, also known as the Cuban rock iguana Cuban iguana land, or the Cuban iguana,is a type of lizard of the iguana family. Is the largest of the West Indian rock iguanas (genus Cyclura), one of the most vulnerable groups of lizards. This herbivorous species with redness of the eyes, thick tail, jowls and the rose are one of the largest lizards in the

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Marmoset


Beauty Of Animal | Marmoset | Marmoset to the subscriber (Callithrix jacchus) is a New World monkey. It's already living on the northeast coast of Brazil, in the states of Piauí, Paraíba, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco and Alagoas and Bahia. Through the release (both intentional and unintentional) of family members, has expanded the group became since the 1920s for South-East of Brazil (

Manatees


Beauty Of Animal | Manatees | Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species in the order Sirenia: the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), and the West

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Shortfin Mako Shark

Beauty Of Animal | Shortfin Mako Shark | The shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus ("sharp nose") is a large mackerel shark. Together with the closely related Longfin mako (Isurus paucus) is often referred to as a "mako shark." The shortfin mako shark is a slender shaft formed shark with a long conical snout. This shark has short pectoral fins and a crescent shaped caudal fin. There is a clear

Friday, August 26, 2011

Atlantic Sharpnose Shark

Beauty Of Animal | Atlantic Sharpnose Shark | The Atlantic Sharpnose Shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in subtropical waters of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean between the latitudes 43 ° N and 25 ° S, its habitat Atlantic Sharp Nose sharks found in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean the Gulf of Mexico. At a depth of surf zone to 280 m (920 ft).

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Lory


Beauty Of Animal | Lory | Laurie dark (Pseudeos fuscata) is a type of parrot in the monotypic family Psittacidae, and the only species of the genus Pseudeos is a common alternative names Laurie White Laurie rumped or dark orange.and found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.The Laurie is a dark short-tailed parrot about 25 cm (10 inches) long. It is mainly brown and white back and rump. The color

Monday, August 22, 2011

The Hispaniolan Solenodon

Beauty Of Animal | The Hispaniolan Solenodon | The Hispaniolan Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), also known as the Haitian Solenodon or Agouta is a solenodon only on Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It was unknown to science until 1833, when it was first described by Brandt. There was a similar smaller species on the island, S. marcanoi, which became extinct after

Long-eared Jerboa

Beauty Of Animal |  Long-eared Jerboa |  The Long-eared Jerboa, Euchoreutes Naso, is a nocturnal mouse-like rodent with a long tail, long hind legs for jumping, and exceptionally large ears. It is clear enough that the authorities consider it to be the only member of both the species, Euchoreutes, and subfamily, Euchoreutinae be. It has been reported in China and in ten places in the Altai Govi

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Pigeon


Beauty Of Animal | Pigeon | Nicobar pigeon, Caloenas nicobarica, the bathroom is found on small islands and coastal regions from the Nicobar Islands, east through the Malay Archipelago, the Solomon Islands and Palau. He is a member of the only living genus Caloenas.It dove is large, measuring 40 cm in length. The head is gray, like the upper neck feathers, which turns to anger green and copper

Sumatran Tiger


Beauty Of Animal | Sumatran Tiger  | Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is a subspecies of tiger found in Indonesia's Sumatra island. And genetic testing revealed the presence of genetic markers unique to isolate the LTTE from all strains of Sumatra mainland.  It is believed that about 400-500 wild tigers in Sumatra to exist in 1998, but their number has continued to decline.ccording to

Gerenuk


Beauty Of Animal | Gerenuk | And Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri), also known as the Gazelle, and Waller, a long neck is a type of antelope found in dry scrub and bushy steppes in East Africa. And Gerenuk word (pronounced with a hard g) comes from the Somali language, meaning "giraffe neck", and leads to another common name, and antelope giraffe neck. Which is the only member of the genus

Peafowl


Beauty Of Animal | Peafowl  | Peacock in the Congo, Afropavo congensis, is a type of peacock. Which is the only member of the genus Afropavo monotypic.The male is a large bird, up to 70 cm (28 inches) in length. Feathers and the deep blue color with a metallic tinge green and violet. It's bare skin red neck, feet, gray, and black tail with fourteen blades. The head is decorated with vertical

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Giant Panda

Beauty Of Animal | Giant Panda |  Giant Panda, or Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, and this literally means "black and white cat-foot") is with the mother for the Western, Central and South West China. And can be recognized easily by the distinctive patches of large, black around the eyes and ears, and the apparatus through the tour. Although it belongs to the carnivores, and diet of the panda

Siberian Tiger

Beauty Of Animal | Siberian Tiger | Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), also known as Amur, Altaic, Korean, Chinese, North or Tiger Ussuri, is a subspecies of tiger, which ranged from one-time in all parts of West Asia, Central Asia and eastern Russia, and as far as eastern Alaska during prehistoric times , although it is now completely confined in the region of the Amur - Ussuri Primorsky

Amur Leopard

Beauty Of Animal | Amur Leopard | Amur Leopard - Panthera pardus orientalis In a survey conducted by biologists from the New York American Museum of Natural History, and 70% of those surveyed said that the biologists that 20% of the total population living animal may become extinct by the year 2028. Science has identified only about 2 million species, but it is estimated that this is only a small

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Blue Green Chromis

Beauty Of Animal | Blue Green Chromis  | The Green Chromis or the Blue Green Chromis or the Bluegreen Puller, Chromis viridis, is a species of damselfish. Individuals tend to be iridescent apple-green and light blue, and reach a length of about 3 in (8 cm). The species is found in the Indo-Pacific. They live in large aggregations above Acropora corals in sheltered areas such as lagoons and

Scirrortail Sergeant

Beauty Of Animal | Scirrortail Sergeant | The Scissortail sergeant or Striptailed damselfish (Abudefduf sexfasciatus, family Pomacentridae) is a large damselfish. It earns its name from the black striped tail and sides, which are reminiscent of the insignia of a military Sergeant, being similar to those of the Sergeant Major damselfish. It grows to a length of about 16 cm (6 in).
Scissortail

Friday, August 12, 2011

Grunt-Bluestriped


Beauty Of Animal | Grunt-Bluestriped | The Blue Striped Grunt (Haemulon sciurus) is a subtropical perciform fish belonging to the family Haemulidae. It was first described by the English naturalist George Shaw in 1803.They are called Blue Striped Grunts because they have blue stripes up and down their bodies. They make a grunting noise, a sound produced when grinding the pharyngeal teeth deep

Flying Fox-Malayan


Beauty Of Animal | Flying Fox-Malayan | Bats of the genus Pteropus, belonging to the megabat or Megachiroptera sub-order, are the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as the Fruit Bats or Flying Foxes among other numerous colloquial names. They live in the tropics and subtropics of Asia (including the Indian subcontinent), Australia, Indonesia, islands off East Africa (but not

Boa Constricto


Beauty Of Animal | Boa Constricto | The Boa constrictor (Boa constrictor) is a large, heavy-bodied species of snake. It is a member of the family Boidae found in North, Central, and South America, as well as some islands in the Caribbean. A staple of private collections and public displays, its color pattern is highly variable yet distinctive. Ten subspecies are currently recognized, although

Stone Fish


Beauty Of Animal | Stone Fish  | Stonefish stings in Australia can cause poisoning and death if not treated. The stone fish is the most venomous fish in the world. The Stone fish venom in its dorsal spines, when stepped on by a human, the venom is forced into the foot. Most bites occur Stone fish when walked on, it is less common for bites when the fish is collected. Its species have potent

African Monkeys

Beauty Of Animal | African Monkeys  | Chlorocebus is a genus of medium-sized enterprises of the primates of the family of Old World monkeys. There are six species currently recognized, although some classify them all as one species with many subspecies. This article uses the term Chlorocebus consistent for the kind and the only common name of the species. these monkeys is sub-Saharan Africa from

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Orangutan


Beauty Of Animal | Orangutan | Orangutans are the only exclusively Asian genus of extant great ape. The largest living arboreal animals, they have longer arms than the other, more terrestrial, great apes. They are among the most intelligent primates and use a variety of sophisticated tools, also making sleeping nests each night from branches and foliage. Their hair is typically reddish-brown,

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Hyena


Beauty Of Animal | Hyena | The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) also known as laughing hyena, is a carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which it is the largest extant member. Though the species' prehistoric range included Eurasia extending from Atlantic Europe to China, it now only occurs in all of Africa south of the Sahara save for the Congo Basin. Spotted hyenas live in large

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Scooter Blenny

Beauty Of Animal | Scooter Blenny | So hubby comes home from the LFS the other day with a Scooter Blenny. It is the cutest thing I've ever seen, hopping around the tank all day eating pods, climbing up and down the rock eating pods, ALL DAY EATING PODS. I did some research on them (which obviously he DID NOT) and it seems that they are a member of the dragonette family and it is very hard to get

Pink Scooter Red Blenny

Beauty Of Animal | Pink Scooter Red Blenny | What are the chances that we can get a good enough pod population going to support this little guy? I'm also wondering if there are any tricks to getting them to eat prepared foods. My hubby and I really like him alot, and want to keep him, but I certainly don't want him to starve to death. I know most of you will probably say to take him back, but I

Gar - Also Known as the Karpike

Beauty Of Animal | Gar - also known as the garpike | The gar (also known as the garpike) is an elongated species of fish, generally found in freshwater habitats across North and Central America. Despite their similar appearance, the gar is not to be confused with the marine garfish or needlefish that is a common sight throughout the tropical reefs of south-east Asia. There are seven different

Monday, August 8, 2011

Blacktip Shark

Beauty Of Animal | Blacktip Shark |  The blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) is a species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae. It is common to coastal tropical and subtropical waters around the world, including brackish habitats. Genetic analyses have revealed substantial variation within this species, with populations from the western Atlantic Ocean isolated and distinct from those in the

Grey Nurse Shark



Beauty Of Animal | Grey Nurse Shark |  Grey nurse shark is also know as Sand tiger shark and Spotted ragged-tooth shark. Grey Nurse Sharks prefer to live in shallow inshore waters. They like to stay in habitats that have sandy-bottomed gutters or rocky caves and are close to inshore rocky reefs or islands. In Australia, grey nurse sharks have been regularly reported from Mooloolaba in

Manta Ray

Beauty Of Animal | Manta Ray | Manta ray is the largest and biggest species of the rays.  Manta rays are swim in tropical seas, living both close to shore and in open seas. They can be found throughout tropical waters across the world where they often congregate around coral reefs. They are also called Atlantic manta, Pacific manta, Devilfish, and only Manta. There are few sights more awe

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Milksnake


Beauty Of Animal | Milksnake |The Honduran milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis) is an egg laying species of non-venomous colubrid snake. It is one of the more commonly bred milk snakes in captivity and is one of the larger milksnakes reaching a length of 5 feet.The generic name (Lampropeltis) is derived from the Ancient Greek lamprós  meaning "bright" and peltas  meaning "shield",

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Hippopotamus






Beauty Of Animal | Hippopotamus | The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, from the ancient Greek for "river horse" , is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae (the other is the Pygmy Hippopotamus.) After the elephant, the hippotamus is the largest land mammal and the heaviest extant artiodactyl,

Crocodiles-Alligators


Beauty Of Animal | Crocodiles-Alligators | Alligators and crocodiles have been considered villainous, man-eating monsters for centuries, but that wasn't always the case. In ancient Egypt, crocodiles were revered and even worshiped, but that worship was tinged with a deep-seated respect for this powerful, awesome creature. Myths sprouted up around these impressive beasts from the earliest time of

Crane-Demoiselle


Beauty Of Animal | Crane-Demoiselle |The Demoiselle Crane, Anthropoides virgo, is a species of crane that breeds in Central Asia and winters in India, with a few found in Cyprus and eastern Turkey as well. The crane annually migrates to Africa and South Asia in winter. The bird is symbolically significant in the culture of North India and Pakistan, where it is known as the koonj.The Demoiselle

Crane-East African Crowned


Beauty Of Animal | Crane-East African Crowned |The Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) is a bird in the crane family Gruidae. It occurs in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although it nests in somewhat wetter habitats. This animal does not migrate.There are two subspecies. The East African B. r. gibbericeps (Crested Crane) occurs from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Friday, August 5, 2011

Pinta Island Tortoise

Beauty Of Animal | Pinta Island Tortoise | Lonesome George (Spanish: Solitario Jorge) is a tortoise, the last known individual of the Pinta Island tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni), which is one of eight to fifteen extant subspecies of Galápagos tortoise, all of which are native to the Galápagos Islands. He has been labeled the rarest creature in the world, and he is a potent symbol for

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Kangaroo-Western Gray


Beauty Of Animal | Kangaroo-Western Gray | The Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus) is a large and very common kangaroo or macropod, found across almost the entire southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales and Queensland. The subspecies on Kangaroo Island, South Australia,

Bullfrog-North American


Beauty Of Animal | Bullfrog-North American | The American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana, often simply known as the Bullfrog in Canada and the United States, is an aquatic frog, a member of the family Ranidae, or “true frogs”, native to much of North America.This is a frog of larger, permanent water bodies, swamps, ponds, lakes, where it is usually found along the water's edge. On rainy nights,

Butterfly-Monarch


Beauty Of Animal | Butterfly-Monarch | The Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae), in the family Nymphalidae. It is perhaps the best known of all North American butterflies. Since the 19th century, it has been found in New Zealand, and in Australia since 1871 where it is called the Wanderer. In Europe it is resident in the Canary Islands, the Azores,

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Eagle-Golden


Beauty Of Animal | Eagle-Golden | The Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas. Despite being extirpated from some its former range or uncommon, the species is still fairly

Bat-Short-Tailed Fruit


Beauty Of Animal | Bat-Short-Tailed Fruit | Seba's Short-tailed Bat, Carollia perspicillata, is a common and widespread bat species from South and Central America.

C. perspicillata dwells in both moist evergreen and dry deciduous forests, usually below 1,000 meters altitude, typically roosting in groups of 10-100 bats in caves, hollow trees, tunnels, and road culverts. It feeds on a least 50

Bat-Common Vampire


Beauty Of Animal | Bat-Common Vampire | Vampire bats tend to live in colonies in almost completely dark places, such as caves, old wells, hollow trees, and buildings. They range in Central to South America and live in arid to humid, tropical and sub tropical areas. Vampire bats live in colonies that can number in the thousands in roosting sites. The basic social structure of roosting bats is

Friday, July 29, 2011

Barracuda-Sphyraena Barracuda


Beauty Of Animal | Barracuda-Sphyraena Barracuda | The great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) is a species of barracuda. Great barracudas often grow over 6 feet (1.8 m) long and are a type of ray-finned fish.Barracudas are elongated fish with powerful jaws. The lower jaw of the large mouth guts out beyond the upper. Barracudas possess strong, fang-like teeth that are unequal in size and set in

Balloon fish-Tetraodontidae


Beauty Of Animal | balloon fish-Tetraodontidae | Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the Tetraodontiformes order. The family includes many familiar species which are variously called pufferfish, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, toadies, honey toads, sugar toads, and sea squab. They are morphologically similar to the closely

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Baiji-Chinese River Dolphin


Beauty Of Animal | Baiji-Chinese River Dolphin| The Baiji (Chinese: pinyin: About this sound báijìtún (help·info)) (Lipotes vexillifer, Lipotes meaning "left behind", vexillifer "flag bearer") was a freshwater dolphin found only in the Yangtze River in China. Nicknamed "Goddess of the Yangtze" (simplified Chinese:  traditional Chinese: pinyin: Cháng Jiāng nǚshén) in China, the dolphin was also

Baboon-Yellow-Papio Cynocephalus


Beauty Of Animal | Baboon-Yellow-Papio Cynocephalus | The yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family.Cynocephalus literally means "dog-head" in Greek due to the shape of its muzzle and head. It has a slim body with long arms and legs and a yellowish-brown hair. It resembles the Chacma baboon but is smaller and its muzzle is not as elongated. The hairless face

Baboon-Guinea


Beauty Of Animal | Baboon- Guinea | The Guinea baboon (Papio papio) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. Some (older) classifications list only two species in the genus Papio, this one and the Hamadryas baboon. In those classifications, all other Papio species are considered subspecies of P. papio and the species is called the savanna baboon.

The Guinea baboon inhabits a small area in

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Sea Waps (Box Jellyfish)

Beauty Of Animal | Sea Waps (Box Jellyfish) | Sea wasp or Box Jellyfish or Box Fish is the most poisonous sea creature than stone fish, sharks or sea snakes. Even it is a beautiful jelly, it has killed more people than other marine. Sea wasps are usually found in shallow waters. If you see sea waps at the sea, you are not allowed to do any water activites. They live in coastal waters from

Blue Button Jellyfish

Beauty Of Animal | Blue Button Jellyfish  | This sea creature is similar with Bluebottle Jellyfish/Portuguese Man of War and By-the-wind-sailor (velella velella). Actually, they are not true jellyfish, but they are colonies of polyps, or we know as Chondrophores. Blue button jellyfish live by floating on the surface of the sea. They range in Atlantic, Australia and Indo-Pasific. Blue button

By The Wind Sailor/Velella Velella

Beauty Of Animal | By The Wind Sailor/Velella Velella | This sea creature includes in Chondrophores. They are not true jellyfish, but the colony of polyps. By The Wind Sailor is similar like Bluebottle Jellyfish/Portuguese Man of War and Blue Button Jellyfish. They live in warm and temperate waters in all the world's oceans. They live with the float above the water, and polyps hanging down about

Nomura's Jellyfish

Beauty Of Animal | Nomura's Jellyfish | Nomura's jellyfish is an enormous jellyfish like Lion's Mane jellyfish. Nomura's Jellyfish also known as the Echizen kurage in Japan, is a large Japanese Jellyfish whose width is slightly larger than a height of a fully grown man. Nomura's jellyfish are more commonly found in the oceans near Korea and China. Scientists think they originate in the Yellow

Immortal Jellyfish

Beauty Of Animal | Immortal Jellyfish  | Immortal jellyfish is one of the most unique animals in the entire animal kingdom. It may be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth. It is able to revert back to a juvenile form once it mates after becoming sexually mature. This jelly is technically known as a hydrozoan and is the only known animal that is capable of

Baltimore Oriole

Beauty Of Animal | Baltimore Oriole | Adults have a pointed bill and white bars on the wings. The adult male is orange on the underparts, shoulder patch and rump with black everywhere else. The adult female is yellow-brown on the upper parts with darker wings, dull orange on the breast and belly. Their breeding habitat is the edges of deciduous and mixed woods across eastern North America. The

Inca Dove

Beauty Of Animal | Inca Dove  | Inca Doves (Columbina inca) are fairly common year-round residents here in southeastern Arizona, especially near our cities and towns. These small doves range from the southwestern United States down to parts of southern Costa Rica. Throughout their range, Inca Doves are most common in arid areas.
Occasionally see Inca Doves feeding on the ground with other doves

Juvenile Elf Owls

Beauty Of Animal | Juvenile Elf Owls | Most years, the Elf Owls (Micrathene whitneyi) nest in a huge, multi-armed Saguaro not too far from my yard. After the young Elf Owls leave the nest, their parents bring them over to spend their days in a dense, shady hedgerow along the edge of my yard, which is where I got this photograph of two of this year's four juvenile Elf Owls. Unfortunately, juvenile

Monday, July 25, 2011

Quoll

Beauty Of Animals | Quoll | Quolls or native cats (genus Dasyurus) are carnivorous marsupials, native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. Adults are between 25 and 75 centimetres (30 in) long, with hairy tails about 20 to 35 centimetres (14 in) long. Females have six to eight nipples and develop a pouch which opens towards the tail only during the breeding season, when they are rearing young.

The Beauty Of Zebrafish - Danio Rerio

Beauty Of Animals | The Beauty Of Zebrafish - Danio Rerio | Zebrafish The zebrafish, Danio rerio, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae) of order Cypriniformes. It is a popular aquarium fish, frequently sold under the trade name zebra danio, and is an important vertebrate model organism in scientific research. The fish is named for the five uniform, pigmented,

Nine-banded Armadillo-Dasypus Novemcinctus

Beauty Of Animal | Nine-banded Armadillo-Dasypus Novemcinctus| The Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), or the nine-banded long-nosed armadillo, is a species of armadillo found in North, Central, and South America, making it the most widespread of the armadillos. Its ancestors originated in South America and remained there until 3 million years ago when the formation of the Isthmus of

Pink Fairy Armadillo

Beauty Of Animal | Pink Fairy Armadillo |  The Pink Fairy Armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus) or Pichiciego is the smallest species of armadillo (mammals of the family Dasypodidae, mostly known for having a bony armor shell). It is approximately 90-115 mm (3?-4?") long excluding the tail, and is pale rose or pink in color. It is found in central Argentina where it inhabits dry grasslands and sandy

Parrot-Psittacines


Beauty Of Animal | Parrot-Psittacines | Parrots, also known as psittacines, are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae ('true' parrots), the Cacatuidae (cockatoos) and the Strigopidae (New Zealand parrots). Parrots have a generally pantropical

Platypus-Ornithorhynchus Anatinus

Beauty Of Animals | Platypus-Ornithorhynchus Anatinus | The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. It is the sole living representative of its family (

Vampire Bat

Beauty Of Animals | Vampire Bat  | Vampire bats are bats whose food source is blood, a dietary trait called hematophagy. There are three bat species that feed solely on blood: the Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus), the Hairy-legged Vampire Bat (Diphylla ecaudata), and the White-winged Vampire Bat (Diaemus youngi). All three species are native to the Americas, ranging from Mexico to Brazil,

Arapaima

Beauty Of Animals | Arapaima | The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche (Arapaima gigas) is a South American tropical freshwater fish. It is a living fossil and one of the largest freshwater fishes in the world. Arapaima can reach lengths of more than 2 m (6.6 ft), in some exceptional cases even more than 2.5 m (8.2 ft) and over 100 kg (220 lbs).  The often cited maximum length of 4.5 m (14.8 ft) comes

Screaming Hairy Armadillo

Beauty Of Animal | Screaming Hairy Armadillo | The Screaming Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus) is a species of armadillo also known as the Small Screaming Armadillo, Crying Armadillo or the Small Hairy Armadillo. It is a burrowing armadillo found in the central and southern parts of South America. The adjective "screaming" derives from its habit of squealing when handled or threatened

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Emperor Tamarin

Beauty Of Animal | Emperor Tamarin | The Emperor Tamarin (Saguinus imperator) is a tamarin allegedly named for its similarity with the German emperor Wilhelm II. The name was first intended as a joke, but has become the official scientific name. This tamarin lives in the southwest Amazon Basin, in east Peru, north Bolivia and in the west Brazilian states of Acre and Amazonas.  The fur of the

Tuatara

Beauty Of Animal | Tuatara | The tuatara is a small to medium sized reptile, that is found only on a few small islands surrounding New Zealand. Although the tuatara was once found inhabiting mainland New Zealand in large numbers, today the tuatara is nearly extinct from the mainland. Despite the lizard-like appearance of the tuatara, the tuatara is actually only a very distant relative of the

Water Dragon

Beauty Of Animal | Water Dragon | The water dragon is a large species of lizard native to the forests and jungles of Asia and Australia. Water dragons are arboreal animals meaning that they spend most of their time in the trees, often close to a large body of water. There are two different species of water dragon, which are the Australian water dragon and the Asian water dragon. The Australian

Volcano Rabbit

Beauty Of Animal | Volcano Rabbit  | Rabbit that resides in the mountains of Mexico. It is the world's second smallest rabbit, second only to the Pygmy Rabbit. It has small rounded ears, short legs, and short, thick fur. The Volcano Rabbit lives in groups of 2 to 5 animals in burrows. Unlike many species of rabbits (and similar to pikas), the Volcano Rabbit utters very high-pitched sounds instead

Friday, July 22, 2011

Oceanic Whitetip Shark

Beauty Of Animal | Oceanic Whitetip Shark  | The oceanic whitetip shark is a stocky and heavy set animal, up to 4 meters (13 feet) in length, with an enlarged first dorsal fin and large paddle like pectoral fins. The tips of the dorsal fins, caudal lobes and pectoral fins are mottled white on adults while juveniles may also have black marks. However the amount of pigmentation on the fin tips

Dusky Shark

Beauty Of Animal | Dusky Shark | The dusky shark has a long streamlined body that is brown or gray above and white below. There is a faint lateral stripe that extends to the pelvic fin. Juveniles have a dark colouration on the tip of the caudal fin and the underside of the pectoral fins that is less pronounced in adults. The first dorsal fin is much larger than the second with a dermal ridge

Sand Tiger Shark

Beauty Of Animal | Sand Tiger Shark | The sand tiger shark has a stout body with two large dorsal fins that are almost equal in size and the first dorsal fin placed far back on the trunk of the body. The tail has an elongated upper lobe and no caudal keel. This shark appears bronze from above but is increasingly paler below. Juveniles have reddish or yellow-brown spots on the tail and rear end of

Basking Shark



Beauty Of Animal | Basking Shark | The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is a huge filter feeding shark which grows to be up to about 33 feet (10 m) long. It is the second-largest shark (after the whale shark). The basking shark is also called the sunfish, the bone shark, the elephant shark, the sailfish shark, and the big mouth shark. This huge, bulky, filter-feeder is grayish brown to black

Angel Sharks

Beauty Of Animal | Angel Sharks | The Angelsharks are flat-bodied sharks, very ray-like. They bury themselves in the sand or mud with only the eyes and part of the top of the body exposed. They have a blunt snout and are camouflaged to blend into the sand and rocks of the ocean bed. They have long, wide fins that look like wings, giving it its name. It is also known as the monk shark, sand devil,

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Golden Toad

Beauty Of Animal | Golden Toad |  The golden toad (Bufo periglenes) was a small, shiny, bright true toad that was once abundant in a small region of high-altitude cloud-covered tropical forests, about 30 square kilometers in area, above the city of Monteverde, Costa Rica. For this reason, it is sometimes also called the Monteverde golden toad, or the Monte Verde toad. Other common English names

Leopard Frog

Beauty Of Animal | Leopard Frog | Leopard frogs, also called meadow frogs, are the archetypal "grass frogs" of North America, a collection of about 14 species within the true frog genus Rana. They are generally very similar, green with prominent black spotting (though actually more like that of a cheetah than that of a leopard). They can be told apart by their distribution and certain rather

European Fire-bellied Toad

Beauty Of Animal | European Fire-bellied Toad |  The European Fire-bellied Toad Bombina bombina is a fire-bellied toad native to mainland Europe. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bombina bombina These toads are slightly toxic sometimes to humans. When they shed their skin, they bloat themselves and make a coughing sound, then start to tear the old skin off with their mouth, and eat it for

Poison Dart Frog

Beauty Of Animal | Poison Dart Frog | Poison dart frog (also dart-poison frog, poison frog or formerly poison arrow frog) is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which are native to Central and South America. Unlike most frogs, these species are active during the day and often have brightly-colored bodies. Although all wild dendrobatids are at least somewhat toxic,

Allen's Chipmunk

Beauty Of Animal | Allen's Chipmunk |  Allen’s Chipmunk hibernates from November to mid-March. Before hibernation it gains an average of 20 percent of its body weight, depositing layers of fat under the skin and around internal organs. In contrast to other chipmunks, Allen’s is a heavy fungus feeder, but it also eats, in much lower amounts, insects and some vegetative material. This chipmunk was

Merriam's Chipmunk

Beauty Of Animal | Merriam's Chipmunk  | Merriam's chipmunks (Tamias merriami) are distributed throughout central and southern California. In particular, they occurs below 2700 m in the South Coast, Transverse, Peninsular, and Southern Sierra Nevada ranges. (Harvey and Polite, 1999) Merriam's chipmunks occur in habitats that have trees, shrubs, logs, stumps, snags, rocks, and litter. An important

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Tree Frog

Beauty Of Animal | Tree frog | A tree frog is any frog that spends a major portion of its lifespan in trees, known as an arboreal state. Two lineages of frogs among the Neobatrachia have given rise to tree frogs even though they are not closely related to each other. Many millions of years of convergent evolution, resulting in almost identical habitats and ecologies between the two families, have

Mountain Zebra

Beauty Of Animal | Mountain Zebra | The Mountain Zebra, Equus zebra, is a threatened species of equid native to south-western Angola, Namibia and South Africa. It has two subspecies, the Cape Mountain Zebra (E. z. zebra) and Hartmann's Mountain Zebra (E. z. hartmannae), though it has been suggested these should be considered separate species. In 2004, C.P. Groves and C.H. Bell investigated the

Plains Zebra

Beauty Of Animal | Plains Zebra | The plains zebra (Equus quagga, formerly Equus burchelli), also known as the common zebra or Burchell's zebra, is the most common and geographically widespread species of zebra. It ranges from the south of Ethiopia through East Africa to as far south as Angola and eastern South Africa. The plains zebra remains common in game reserves, but is threatened by human

Grévy's Zebra

Beauty Of Animal | Grévy's Zebra  | The Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), also known as the Imperial zebra, is the largest extant wild equid and one of three species of zebra, the other two being the plains zebra and the mountain zebra. Named after Jules Grévy, it is the sole extant member of the subgenus Dolichohippus. The Grévy's zebra occurs in Kenya and Ethiopia. Compared with other zebras, it is

Monday, July 11, 2011

Royal Gramma - Beautifully colored Fish

Beauty Of Animal | Royal Gramma - Beautifully colored Fish |  The Royal Gramma is a beautifully colored fish. The front half of the fish is a deep purple that fades into a bright yellow in the middle of the fish. It has a black line that streaks through the eye. This fish should not be confused with the Bi-color Pseudochromis, which has a similar color pattern.
The Royal Gramma is found in the

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Beauty Of Animal | Threadfin Butterflyfish |  The Threadfin Butterflyfish is white with chevron-shaped markings on the body and a long trailing filament from the dorsal fin of adults. The rear of the body and tail is yellow. There is a black spot at the rear of the dorsal fin and adults have a broad vertical black band through the eye. Size length to 23cm

Habitat coral reefs, weedy areas, rubble

Parrot Fish

Beauty Of Animal | Parrot Fish | The Parrot Fish Family has about 80 species that inhabit tropical waters around the World. The above photo from Flying Fish Express is what some people call a Princess Parrot, Scarus taeniopterus. The photo from Brian Tissot's Marine Fishes of Hawai'i site is a Bullethead Parrot, Scarus sordidus.  Parrot Fishes get their names from the fact that the teeth of both

Picasso Triggerfish

Beauty Of Animal | Picasso Triggerfish | Both the Rhinecantus aculeatus and rectangulus bear this famous long Hawaiian name. Roughly translated this name means "fish with a pig-nosed face". In short, this and most all other Triggerfishes worldwide are referred to commonly as Humu-Humu's, and sometimes incorrectly as Huma-Huma's, but these names do not actually identify an individual species one

Redhead Fairy Wrasse

Beauty Of Animal | Redhead Fairy Wrasse  | Once a rare sensation, this species has become relatively common in reef aquariums in recent years. The colors of this species are highly variable. The large males are brilliantly hued, sometimes appearing with a rich-orange body and scarlet face and head. Females and small males, with duller coloration, are most common in the aquarium trade but will

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Cinnamon Rabbit

Beauty Of Animal | Cinnamon Rabbit| The Cinnamon rabbit was created actually by accident. During the Easter season of 1962 2 kids by the name of Belle and Fred Houseman of Missoula, Montana were given a young Chinchilla doe. Later they received a New Zealand buck. They crossbred these two for babies that their father, Ellis, believed should be used for meat, but young Belle begged her father to

Chinchilla

Beauty Of Animal | Chinchilla  | The chinchilla rabbit was originally bred to be a meat rabbit that often weighs in at over 10 lbs.  They are good breeders and produce an average of between seven and ten babies per litter.  They are shorter and stockier than some of the other breeds and have a very nice rounded back that produces longer tenderloins.  Chinchilla rabbits do not require regular

English Angora

 Beauty Of Animal | English Angora | The English Angora is a medium size rabbit that looks like a ball of fluff, literally. The only area where the fur is short is above the nose. The rest of the rabbit, including the ears and legs, is covered with long dense hair. This thick coat needs to be groomed twice a week if it has correct texture, and daily if it has cottony texture. The English Angora

Blanc de Hotot

Beauty Of Animal | Blanc de Hotot | The Blanc de Hotot is a large rabbit with frosty white coat and black rings around the dark eyes. The medium length body appears strong and muscular. The erect ears are carried in a V-shaped manner. The hindquarters are deep, full and well-rounded. The topline rises slightly from the neck to the hindquarters. The eyes are brown. The eyelashes are black. The

Checkered Giant

Beauty Of Animal | Checkered Giant | The Checkered Giant is a large rabbit with a very distinct coat pattern unique to the breed. The colour markings include a butterfly-shaped marking on the nose, a circle around each eye, a spot on each cheek, coloured ears, and a straight line down the spine and the top of the tail. Besides, each side of the body has two large colour spots. These colour

Cashmere Lop

Beauty Of Animal | Cashmere Lop | The ideal age for the female Cashmere Lop rabbit to start breeding is between 5 to 6 months of age. The first litter must be born before the female is one year old. The reason for this is that after this age the pelvic bones fuse and she would not be able to give birth naturally. They should have no more litters after the age of three years. The mainstay of a

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Persian Cat

Beauty Of Animal | Persian Cat  | The beautiful Persian has a long and distinguished history and has appeared in cat shows for over 100 years. It is currently the most popular breed registered in Australia. Famous for their placid, gentle temperament, Persians are quiet and affectionate and have an ability to adapt to any environment. However, they do not appreciate being teased or having their

Exotic Shorthair Cat

Beauty Of Animal | Exotic Shorthair  Cat  |  For those who adore the drop-dead good looks and movie star appeal of the Persian, but haven't the time for all that grooming, then the 'shorthaired Persian' - or Exotic Shorthair` as this breed is officially known - is just the cat for you! The same big round eyes, small ears, flat face with short snub nose, and sweet facial expression that remind us

Domestic Shorthair Cat

Beauty Of Animal | Domestic Shorthair  Cat  |  Australia's most popular cat, Amongst all the many varieties of cats available as household pets, there's no doubt which one reigns supreme in the popularity department - the Domestic - also known as the moggie! This basic, no frills feline with its unsophisticated charm has been part of our lives for as far back as we can remember. Most of us grew

Cornish Rex Cat

Beauty Of Animal | Cornish Rex  Cat | A Cornish Rex is a breed of domestic cat. The Cornish Rex has no hair except for down. Most breeds of cat have three different types of hair in their coats: the outer fur or "guard hairs", which is about 5 cm long in shorthairs and 10cm+ long in longhairs; a middle layer called the "awn hair"; and the down hair or undercoat, which is very fine and about 1 cm

Chinchilla Cat

Beauty Of Animal | Chinchilla Cat  | The Chinchilla is a separate colour classification of the Persian or Longhair. It has a silvery looking coat, with the characteristic sparkle coming from the black or silver tips on the luxurious white hair. Kittens are born almost black with heavy tabby markings, which disappear as they get older, making way for the pure white coat colour. Chinchilla's eyes

British Shorthair Cat

 Beauty Of Animal | British Shorthair Cat  | The British Shorthair has a rags to riches history. Descended from the cats introduced into England during the Roman times the breed had centuries of "living rough" alongside man rather than with him which produced a line of strong, self-sufficient, hardy cats. Nineteenth century author and artist, Harrison Weir, so admired these cats' natural

Birman Cat


Beauty Of Animal | Birman Cat | The Birman, or sacred Cat of Burma, is a strikingly beautiful and unusual breed. It has a pale coloured body, dark face, ears, tail and legs, a semi-long coat and white "gloves" on its paws. Its eyes are a beautiful, deep sapphire-blue. A famous legend is the only explanation we have for their colouring: one hundred pure white cats lived in the Burmese temple of

Balinese Cat - Cat From Indonesia

Beauty Of Animal | Balinese Cat   |  The Balinese ( cat from bali indonesia ) "The "Balinese" is not actually from Bali or any part of Indonesia. It is not a natural occurring breed, but originates from human-controlled breeding efforts. The Balinese was originally registered as a "long-haired Siamese", and examples were known from the early 1920s. The occasional long-haired kittens in a Siamese

Abyssinian Cat


Beauty Of Animal | Abyssinian Cat   | In looks, the 'Aby' (as it is affectionately known in the cat world) is similar to drawings of Ancient Egyptian cats and there are some who believe it orginated in the Nile Valley, however there continues to be speculation and controversy concerning its history. There is no doubt, however, that it is one of the oldest short-haired breeds. The name is not

Spider Monkey

Beauty Of Animal | Spider Monkey  |  Very few mammals are as superbly adapted to life in the trees as the spider monkey. Spider monkeys have long arms and legs for swinging around in the upper canopies of rain forests, which is where they spend almost all of their time. In addition, spider monkeys have long prehensile tails, which means they can wrap them around branches to serve as a fifth limb.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

The Beauty Ocelot

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Ocelot  | Ocelots (Leopardus pardalis, formerly Felis pardalis) are found here in Pima County, Arizona, but they are very rare and endangered. Even where they are more common, Ocelots are not often seen because they are extremely shy, mainly nocturnal, and usually found in areas of dense cover. Since I am unlikely to ever see one of these beautiful cats in the wild

The Beauty Mountain Lion



Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Mountain Lion | Mountain Lions or Pumas (Puma Concolor) are found around the edges of Tucson, Arizona, usually in foothill canyons or rocky hillside areas with plenty of deer (their favorite prey) and hiding places in the rocks and brush. Mountain Lions usually avoid humans, which is fortunate because these large top predators can be dangerous. Mountain Lions

Cliff Chipmunk-Neotamias Dorsalis

Beauty Of Animal | Cliff Chipmunk-Neotamias Dorsalis | The cliff chipmunk "Neotamias dorsalis", is common in many types of habitat, ranging from saltbrush to pine forests, in western, central, and northeastern Utah. The species also occurs in parts of Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. The cliff chipmunk is primarily a ground-dwelling species, but individuals will

The Beauty Gray-collared Chipmunk

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Gray-collared Chipmunk  | Description Dark, grayish, with paler gray neck and shoulders. Prominently gray cheeks, upper back, and shoulders are unique among chipmunks. 5 well-defined black or brown stripes and 4 pale stripes usually present on back; outer stripes may be hard to discern. L 8 1/4–9 7/8" (208–250 mm); T 3 1/8–4 1/2" (80–115 mm); HF 1 1/4–1 3/8" (32–36

The Beauty Yellow-pine Chipmunk

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty  Yellow-pine Chipmunk | In open forests where the sun casts sharp shadows, the well-defined stripes of the Yellow-pine Chipmunk afford protective coloration. Individuals of this species that were observed in Washington State remained active about seven months and hibernated about five, waking to eat about every two weeks and emerging in April and May. One study

Sunday, July 3, 2011

The Beauty Shoebill

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Shoebill |  The Shoebill, Balaeniceps rex also known as Whalehead is a very large bird related to the storks. It derives its name from its massive shoe-shaped bill. The Shoebill is a very large bird, averaging 1.2 m (4 ft) tall, 5.6 kg (12.3 lbs) and 2.33 m (7.7 ft) across the wings. The adult is mainly grey, the juveniles are browner. It lives in tropical east

Pygmy Marmoset-Dwarf Monkey

Beauty Of Animal | Pygmy Marmoset-Dwarf Monkey |  The Pygmy Marmoset (Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea) is a monkey native to the rainforest canopies of western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru. It is one of the smallest primates, with its body length ranging from 14-16 cm (excluding the 15-20 cm tail) and the smallest monkey. Males weigh around 140 g (5 ounces), and

The Beauty Frill-necked Lizard

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Frill-necked Lizard |  The Frill-necked Lizard, or Frilled Lizard also known as the Frilled Dragon, (Chlamydosaurus kingii) is so called because of the large ruff of skin which usually lies folded back against its head and neck. The neck frill is supported by long spines of cartilage, and when the lizard is frightened, it gapes its mouth showing a bright pink or

The Beauty Aye-Aye

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Aye-Aye |  The Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a strepsirrhine native to Madagascar that combines rodent-like teeth with a long, thin middle finger to fill the same ecological niche as a woodpecker. It is the world's largest nocturnal primate, and is characterized by its unique method of finding food; it taps on trees to find grubs, then gnaws holes in the

The Beauty Tarsier

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Tarsier | Tarsiers are prosimian primates of the genus Tarsius, a monotypic genus in the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. The phylogenetic position of extant tarsiers within the order Primates has been debated for much of the past century, and tarsiers have alternately been classified with strepsirrhine

The Beauty White-faced Saki Monkey

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty White-faced Saki Monkey | The white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia), also known as the Guianan saki and the golden-faced saki, is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey, found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. This species lives in the understory and lower canopy of the forest, feeding mostly on fruits, but also eating nuts,

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Sloth-Phyllophaga

Beauty Of Animal | Sloth-Phyllophaga | Sloths are the six species of medium-sized mammals belonging to the families Megalonychidae (two-toed sloth) and Bradypodidae (three-toed sloth), part of the order Pilosa and therefore related to armadillos and anteaters, which sport a similar set of specialized claws. They are arboreal (tree dwelling) residents of the jungles of Central and South America.

Red Panda-Ailurus Fulgens

 Beauty Of Animal | Red Panda-Ailurus Fulgens | The Red Panda, Ailurus fulgens ("shining cat," from a Latinized form of the Greek, ailouros, "cat," and the participial form of the Latin fulgere, "to shine") is a mostly herbivorous mammal, slightly larger than a domestic cat (55 cm long). The Red Panda has semi-retractile claws and, like the Giant Panda, has a "false thumb" which is really an

The Beauty Angora Rabbit

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Angora Rabbit | The Angora rabbit is a variety of domestic rabbit bred for its long, soft hair. The Angora is one of the oldest types of domestic rabbit, originating in Ankara, Turkey, along with the Angora cat and Angora goat. The rabbits were popular pets with French royalty in the mid 1700s, and spread to other parts of Europe by the end of the century. They first

The Beauty Komondor Dog

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Komondor Dog | Females are 27 inches (69cm) at the withers. Male Komondorok are a minimum of 28 inches at the withers, but many are over 30 inches tall, making this one of the larger common breeds of dog. The body is not overly coarse or heavy, however, and people unfamiliar with the breed are often surprised by how quick and agile the dogs are. Its long, thick,

The Beauty Sun Bear



Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Sun Bear | The Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus) is a bear found primarily in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia. The Sun Bear stands approximately 4 ft (1.2 m) in length, making it the smallest member in the bear family. It is often called the dog bear because of its small stature. It has a 2 in (5 cm) tail and on average weighs less than 145 lb (65 kg).

Leafy Seadragon-Phycodurus Eques

 Beauty Of Animal | Leafy Seadragon-Phycodurus Eques | Named after the dragons of Chinese mythology, Leafy seadragons (Phycodurus eques) resemble a piece of drifting seaweed as they float in the seaweed-filled water. The Leafy seadragon, with green, orange and gold hues along its body, is covered with leaf-like appendages, making it remarkably camouflaged. Only the fluttering of tiny fins or the

Sunday, June 26, 2011

The Beauty Powder Blue Tang

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Powder Blue Tang | Acanthurus Leucosternon, The powder blue tang is light blue with yellow and white highlighted fins. Its face is a uniform black with a white outline. The fish does not undergo color changes as it matures, as some tangs, surgeonfish and unicornfish do. The species can grow to a maximum length of 25 cm. Acanthurus leucosternon's natural distribution

The Beauty Wrasse

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Wrasse | The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 82 genera, which are divided into nine subgroups or tribes. They are typically small fish, with most less than 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long, although the largest, the Humphead wrasse, can measure up to 2.5 metres (

The Beauty Clown Triggerfish

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Clown Triggerfish | This species is a primarily marine species. This fish is found in Tropical Indo-Pacificcoastal waters from 1-75 metres in depth (3-250 ft). This fish is generally uncommon or rare throughout its range, which includes East Africa to South Africa, through to Indonesia, and all the way to Japan and New Caledonia. The clown triggerfish is most

Yellow Tang

Beauty Of Animal | Yellow Tang | Yellow tang are in the surgeonfish family. Adult fish can grow to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in length, and 1–2 centimetres (0.39–0.79 in) in thickness. Adult males tend to be larger than females. All individuals of this species are bright daffodil yellow in color. At night, the yellow coloring fades slightly and a prominent brownish patch develops in the middle with

The Beauty Amboina Box Turtle

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Amboina Box Turtle | The Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis), or southeast Asian box turtle is a species of Asian box turtle. It is found in the Nicobar Islands, eastern India (Assam), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, central and southern Vietnam, West Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines (Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, Negros, Panay, etc.), Indonesia (

Saturday, June 25, 2011

The Beauty Nile Crocodile

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Nile Crocodile | In antiquity, Nile crocodiles occurred in the Nile delta and the Zarqa River (Jordan), and they are recorded by Herodotus to have inhabited Lake Moeris. They are thought to have become extinct in the Seychelles in the early 19th century. It is known from fossil remains that they once inhabited Lake Edward. The Nile crocodile's current range of

The Beauty American Crocodile

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty American Crocodile | The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) is a species of crocodilian found in the Neotropics. It is the most widespread of the four extant species of crocodiles from the Americas. Populations occur from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of southern Mexico to South America as far as Peru and Venezuela. It also lives within many river systems on

The Beauty Boa Constrictor

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Boa Constrictor | For other uses, see Boa constrictor (disambiguation) The Boa constrictor (Boa constrictor) is a large, heavy-bodied species of snake. It is a member of the family Boidae found in North, Central, and South America, as well as some islands in the Caribbean. A staple of private collections and public displays, its color pattern is highly variable yet

The Beauty Brazilian Rainbow

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Brazilian Rainbow | Epicrates cenchria is a boa species found in Central and South America. Common names include the rainbow boa, and slender boa. A terrestrial species, it is known for its attractive iridescent sheen. Nine subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described hereFound in lower Central America in Costa Rica and Panama. In

The Beauty Yellow Baboon

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Yellow Baboon | The yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. Cynocephalus literally means "dog-head" in Greek due to the shape of its muzzle and head. It has a slim body with long arms and legs and a yellowish-brown hair. It resembles the Chacma baboon but is smaller and its muzzle is not as elongated. The hairless face is

Guinea Baboon - Papio Papio

Beauty Of Animal | Guinea Baboon - Papio Papio | The Guinea baboon (Papio papio) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. Some (older) classifications list only two species in the genus Papio, this one and the Hamadryas baboon. In those classifications, all other Papio species are considered subspecies of P. papio and the species is called the savanna baboon.
The Guinea baboon inhabits a

Friday, June 24, 2011

The Beauty Horseshoe Crab

Beauty Of Animals | The Beauty  Horseshoe Crab | Horseshoe crabs are arthropods that live primarily in shallow ocean waters on soft sandy or muddy bottoms. They will, however, occasionally come on shore, e.g. for mating. They are commonly used as bait and in fertilizer, and in recent years there has been a decline in number of individuals, as a consequence of coastal habitat destruction in Japan

Green Crab-Carcinus Maenas

Beauty Of Animals | Green Crab-Carcinus Maenas  | Carcinus maenas is a common littoral crab, and an important invasive species, listed among the 100 "world's worst alien invasive species". It is native to the north-east Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea, but has colonised similar habitats in Australia, South Africa, South America and both Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America. It grows to a

The Beauty Blue Crab

 Beauty Of Animals | The Beauty  Blue Crab  | T he blue crab is so named because of its sapphire-tinted claws. Its shell, or carapace, is actually a mottled brownish color, and mature females have red highlights on the tips of their pincers. Prized by humans for their sweet, tender meat, these wide-ranging, ten-legged crustaceans are among the most heavily harvested creatures on the planet. Their

Clownfish-Anemonefish

Beauty Of Animals | Clownfish-Anemonefish  | Clownfish or anemonefish are fishes from the subfamily Amphiprioninae in the family Pomacentridae. Twenty-eight species are recognized, one in the genus Premnas, while the remaining are in the genus Amphiprion. In the wild they all form symbiotic mutualisms with sea anemones. Depending on species, clownfish are overall yellow, orange, reddish or

The Beauty Passer Angelfish

Beauty Of Animals | The Beauty  Passer Angelfish |The Passer Angelfish, Holacanthus passer, is a large marine angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae, sometimes referred to as the King Angelfish. Due to its large size and bright colors it is a popular aquarium fish, despite the fact that it can be difficult to keep.The Passer Angelfish is a non-migratory tropical fish that inhabits reefs in the

Thursday, June 23, 2011

The Beauty Koala

Beauty Of Animals | The Beauty  Koala | Scientific Name: Phascolarctos cinereus Fortunately for koalas, they are equipped with a small nub of thick, fur-covered gristle called a vestigial tail. The tail works as a seat cushion, allowing them to snooze comfortably while in a tree.

STATUS: At one time, koalas faced the threat of extinction by fur hunters. Thankfully, in the late 1920’s the

Red Kangaroo

Beauty Of Animals | Red Kangaroo | The family name of the red kangaroo, Macropodidae, means “large foot” in Greek.  With these large feet, kangaroos can travel at speeds of 15 to 25 miles per hour, with short bursts of 40 to 50 miles per hour.  Speed is increased by lengthening the distance of the hop, not the frequency.
STATUS:  These are the most common desert-dwelling kangaroos and, as such,

The Beauty Eastern Gray Kangaroo

Beauty Of Animals | The Beauty  Eastern Gray Kangaroo |Kangaroos are the gentle ambassadors of Australia, and seamlessly blend into the laid-back society down under. Scientists call kangaroos macropods, which means "big-feet," and they certainly live up to their name. The feet of large gray kangaroos can be 18 inches long. The faster a kangaroo moves the less energy it uses, causing the strides

The Beauty Of The Great Horned Owl

 Beauty Of Animals | The Beauty Of The Great Horned Owl | The great horned owl is the most common species of owl in both North and South America, and it is easily recognized by the two feather tufts on top of its head. Because the places they call home range anywhere from suburbia to densely forested areas, it’s very likely that you have one living nearby! This owl is very vocal, so your ears are

The Beauty Of Fennec Fox

Beauty Of Animals | The Beauty Of The Fennec Fox | The Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda) is a small nocturnal fox found in the Sahara of North Africa. Its most distinctive feature is unusually large ears. The name "Fennec" comes from the Arabic word for fox, and the species name zerda has a Greek origin that refers to its habitat. The Fennec is the smallest species of canid in the world; coat, ears and

Channel Island Fox-Urocyon Littoralis

Beauty Of Animals |  Channel Island Fox-Urocyon Littoralis | The island fox (Urocyon littoralis) is a small fox that is native to six of the eight Channel Islands of California. There are six subspecies of the fox, each unique to the island it lives on, reflecting its evolutionary history. Other names for the island fox include coast fox, short-tailed fox, island gray fox, Channel Islands fox,

The Beauty Of The Bat-Eared Fox

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Of The Bat-Eared Fox  | There are a total of 23 different species of foxes in the world, but the bat-eared fox’s anatomy is so unique that it is the only animal in its genus, Otocyon.  This African native is best known for its conspicuously large ears and unique dental makeup. STATUS: The bat-eared fox is classified as lower risk, meaning that the population is

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The Beauty Of The Ghost Catfish

 Beauty Of Animlas | The Beauty Of The Ghost Catfish |The Ghost Catfish, Phantom Catfish or Ghost Fish (Kryptopterus minor) is an Asian glass catfish. Until 1989, it was considered to be the same as the Glass Catfish (K. bicirrhis), and even today the latter name is commonly seen in the aquarium fish trade. However, the larger K. bicirrhis does not seem to have ever been traded in significant

The Beauty Of Flying Fish

Beauty Of Animals| The Beauty of The Flying Fish  | Exocoetidae, is a family of marine fish in the order Beloniformes of class Actinopterygii. Fish of this family are known as flying fish. There are about 64 species grouped in seven to nine genera The origin of the term "Exocoetidae" is as follows. The suffix -idae, common for indicating a family, has been placed after the root of the word

The Beauty Of The Electric Ray

Beauty Of Animlas | The Beauty Of The Electric Ray | The electric rays are a group of rays, flattened cartilaginous fish with enlarged pectoral fins, comprising the order Torpediniformes. They are known for being capable of producing an electric discharge, ranging from as little as 8 volts up to 220 volts depending on species, used to stun prey and for defense. There are 69 species in four

The Beauty Of The Dragonet

Beauty Of Animlas | The Beauty Of The Dragonet | Dragonets are small perciform marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae (from the Greek kallis, "beautiful" and onyma, "name"). Found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific, the family contains approximately 186 species in 18 genera. The Draconettidae may be considered a sister family, whose members are very much alike

The Beauty Of The Blind Shark

Beauty Of Animlas | The Beauty Of The Blind Shark  |The blind shark (Brachaelurus waddi) is one of two species of carpet sharks in the family Brachaeluridae, along with the bluegrey carpetshark (Heteroscyllium colcloughi), and the only extant member of its genus. Found along the coast of eastern Australia, this nocturnal, bottom-dwelling species is common in rocky areas and seagrass beds from the

The Barracuda

Beauty Of Animals | The Barracuda | The barracuda is a ray-finned fish known for its large size and fearsome appearance. Its body is long, fairly compressed, and covered with small, smooth scales. Some species could reach up to 1.8m in length and 30 cm in width. The barracuda is a salt water fish of the genus Sphyraena, the only genus in the family Sphyraenidae, and is found in tropical and

The Beauty Of The Glossy Snake

 Beauty Of Animlas | The Beauty Of The Glossy Snake |Arizona elegans is a medium-sized colubrid snake commonly referred to as the glossy snake. The genus Arizona has only one officially recognized species, A. elegans, with several subspecies. Some have recommended that A. elegans occidentalis be granted full species status.

The glossy snake and its many subspecies are all similar in appearance

The Beauty Of The Southern Copperhead

Beauty Of Animlas | The Beauty Of The Southern Copperhead | Agkistrodon contortrix is a species of venomous snake found in North America, a member of the Crotalinae (pit viper) subfamily. Common names for the species include Copperhead and moccasin. The behavior of Agkistrodon contortrix may lead to accidental encounters with humans. Five subspecies are currently recognized, including the

The Beauty Of The Alaska Blackfish

Beauty Of Animlas | The Beauty Of The Alaska Blackfish | Alaska blackfish, Dallia pectoralis, is a fish that grows to 7 in in length. It is elongate and cylindrical, with a dark olive-brown coloration. Four to six dark blotches run vertically along the sides, and the belly is white. The fins have reddish-brown speckles. Once thought to be herbivores, their primary diet is larvae of insects such

The Beauty Of The Blue-fronted Amazon


Beauty Of Animlas | The Beauty Of The Blue-fronted Amazon |  The Blue-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva), also called the Turquoise-fronted Amazon and Blue-fronted Parrot, is a South American species of Amazon parrot and one of the most common Amazon parrots kept in captivity as a pet or companion parrot. Its common name is derived from the distinctive blue marking on its head just above its beak.