The scientific name of the Desert Tortoise is Gopherus Agassizzi. It is a medium-sized animal mainly found in the desert areas of Northern America. The main feature of the Desert Tortoise is the high and patterned shell. In addition, it is known for living in the burrows underground. It was originated around 50 million years ago. In the being time, the evolution has adapted … [Read more...]
Camel – The Ship Of The Desert
The camel is an ancient animal that has been domesticated for more than 3000 years. Humans especially in desert area are highly dependent upon camel for transportation and livelihood. Humans have used camel for its wool, meat, milk, dung and leather. This animal is like a part and parcel of their life. The camel has big legs, thick skin and fatty deposits on its back called … [Read more...]
Budgerigar – A Variety Of Parrot
The Budgerigars are beautiful creature that comes in myriads of vibrant colors. The different colors and patterns of budgies are due to careful and strategic breeding of this bird. This bird has been the popular option for pet birds throughout the world because of easy availability of this bird. But mostly this bird is found in the wild jungles of Australia. If you have a … [Read more...]
Brown Bear – Facts, Pictures, Habitat, Information
The brown bear is the national animal of many states of North America, Europe and Asia. The most of the brown bears are found in the wooded and mountainous region of North America and Eurasia. This bear looks enormously gigantic. Its height ranges from 6—10ft which makes it largest specie of bear. The polar bear is the only sub specie of bear that can match the height of the … [Read more...]
Asiatic Black Bear – A Rare White Chested Bear
Asiatic Black Bear is also known popularly by moon bear or white chested bear, Asiatic Black Bear has a distinct crescent moon pattern on their chests. They are on the verge of extinction now because people have been destroying forests which have been their natural habitat. The breed is adapted to the arboreal life. It lives in Himalayas in the Northern part of the Indian … [Read more...]
Aardvark – An Amazing Nocturnal and Solitary Digger
Found commonly in Africa, Aardvark has a long snout and body that resembles the body of pig exactly which is a nocturnal mammal. In South Africa’s Afrikaans language it means “Earth Pig.” On inspecting this little creature closely, you would find that it resembles other animals as well. It has long and alert ears like rabbits and has a tail like Kangaroo. Aardvark Important … [Read more...]
Borneo Elephant – The Smallest Elephant
The Borneo elephant is the smallest sub-specie of Asian elephants. The other sub-species are- the Indian elephant, the Sumatran elephant and the Sri-Lanka elephant. The average height of the Borneo elephant is 8.2 - 9.8 feet. As the name suggests, the Borneo elephant is found on the island of Borneo in Malaysia. The local people of Borneo refer to this elephant as ‘Bornean … [Read more...]
Bonobo – The Pygmy Chimpanzee
Bonobos are closely related to chimpanzees. It is believed that they evolved from the same ancestor from whom the chimpanzees have evolved. There is fine line of difference between chimpanzee and bonobo. Bonobos are smaller and more gracile than their cousin chimpanzee. Because of this reason, it is also called as dwarf chimpanzee. They also have lesser hair on body in … [Read more...]