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Global Mammals

Mammals 1 - 35 of 35

Palawan bearded pig (Sus barbatus ahoenobarbus)
Information on the Palawan bearded pig is currently being researched and written and will appear here... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Palawan stink badger (Mydaus marchei)
This peculiar-looking mammal has an elongated, mobile snout that looks like that of a pig, but a well-furred body and clawed, stout... More	2 Images	0 Videos

Pale fox (Vulpes pallida)
The pale fox is one of the least known of all fox species, maybe in part due to its pale, sandy coat that blends in with its desert... More	3 Images	0 Videos

Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul)
Pallas's cat is about the size of a domestic cat but looks much larger due to its stocky build and long, dense coat, which helps... More	12 Images	1 Video

Pampas cat (Oncifelis colocolo)
This little known South American cat can be found in a greater variety of habitats than any other cat on the continent. It looks... More	10 Images	0 Videos

Panay bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys heaneyi)
First discovered in 1987, the Panay bushy-tailed cloud rat is a large, squirrel-like rodent with long, grizzled greyish-brown fur... More	2 Images	0 Videos

Papillose woolly bat (Kerivoula papillosa)
This feisty bat species has a slim body with a large amount of seemingly excess skin which may help it to wriggle out... More	2 Images	0 Videos

Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus ssp. pearyi)
The Peary caribou is the smallest of all caribou (a type of reindeer native to northern North America) at around the size... More	2 Images	0 Videos

Pemba flying fox (Pteropus voeltzkowi)
With characteristic dog-like facial features, this large fruit bat has chestnut red fur, a black face and black wings. The males... More	4 Images	0 Videos

Pennant's red colobus (Piliocolobus pennantii)
Like other red colobus, Pennant's red colobus has a typically small head, long back and round belly. The limbs are very long and... More	9 Images	0 Videos

Pere David’s deer (Elaphurus davidianus)
Almost driven to extinction, this deer is now slowly recovering. Pere Davids deer is named after Father (Pere in French) David, who... More	16 Images	3 Videos

Peter's duiker (Cephalophus callipygus)
Peter's duiker belongs to a group of shy, secretive African mammals that are most often glimpsed as they dive for cover in thick... More	3 Images	1 Video

Phayre's langur (Trachypithecus phayrei)
Information on the Phayre's langur is currently being researched and written and will appear here... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Philippine brown deer (Cervus mariannus)
Information on the Philippine brown deer is currently being researched and written and will appear here... More	2 Images	0 Videos

Philippine flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans)
The Philippine flying lemur has a strange appearance, and a strange name, as it is neither a true flier, nor a true... More	6 Images	0 Videos

Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta)
The most notable feature of this extraordinary looking primate is its enormous eyes; tarsiers have the biggest eyes relative... More	19 Images	0 Videos

Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene rabori)
First described in 1984, the peculiar features of this species make it one of the strangest and intriguing of all known bats. One... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Philippine warty pig (Sus philippensis)
The robustly built Philippine warty pig has a coarse, bristly, blackish coat with a scattering of silvery white hairs on the sides.... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus)
Information on the pileated gibbon is currently being researched and written and will appear here... More	6 Images	0 Videos

Poeppig's woolly monkey (Lagothrix poeppigii)
This woolly monkey ranges in colour from red/orange through chestnut-brown to nearly black with a silvery sheen. Woolly monkeys... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Pohle's fruit bat (Scotonycteris ophiodon)
This relatively little-known bat has russet, rust brown or dark brown fur, which is paler on the underside. Around the eyes are... More	1 Image	1 Video

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
The polar bear is the largest living land carnivore in the world today with adult males growing up to 2.6 meters in length. The... More	36 Images	20 Videos

Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)
The proboscis monkey has one of the most unusual appearances of any of the leaf-eating monkeys of the family Cercopithecidae. Both... More	30 Images	18 Videos

Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii)
Classified as Extinct in the Wild, Przewalski's horse is the last true wild horse, and the only ancestor of the domestic horse that... More	14 Images	7 Videos

Puma (Puma concolor)
Other than man, this large, slender cat has the greatest natural distribution of any terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere.... More	75 Images	2 Videos

Purple-faced langur (Semnopithecus vetulus)
The purple-faced langur is a long-tailed arboreal monkey endemic to Sri Lanka. Coat colour varies with the subspecies, but... More	5 Images	0 Videos

Pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis)
The pygmy hippopotamus shares the barrel-shaped body form of the closely related common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), but... More	9 Images	8 Videos

Pygmy hog (Porcula salvania)
As its common name suggests, the pygmy hog is the smallest of all the pig family; it is also the most endangered. These small hogs... More	6 Images	1 Video

Pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata)
Contrary to its name, the little-known pygmy killer whale is actually a member of the dolphin family. Until 1952 the pygmy killer... More	10 Images	0 Videos

Pygmy loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus)
Information on the pygmy loris is currently being researched and written and will appear here... More	14 Images	0 Videos

Pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea)
The diminutive pygmy marmoset is the smallest monkey in the world. Its tiny body has greyish, black mixed with buff... More	13 Images	4 Videos

Pygmy mouse lemur (Microcebus myoxinus)
Information on the pygmy mouse lemur is currently being researched and written and will appear here... More	4 Images	0 Videos

Pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel (Idiurus zenkeri)
Information on the pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel is currently being researched and written and will appear here... More	5 Images	0 Videos

Pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus)
With only a small population confined to a single tiny island off the coast of Panama, the pygmy three-toed sloth is the most... More	2 Images	3 Videos

Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus)
Named after the place of its home, the Pyrenean desman is a small aquatic insectivore closely related to moles, also known as the... More	6 Images	1 Video

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