Small mammals

The Lowland Streaked Tenrec is a mammal native to Madagascar which has the special ability to communicate with members of its group using stridulation. When a young tenrec loses track of its mother, mum will rub its spines together emitting a high-pitched noise which will help its baby locate it.

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Mammal Society | Today's forgotten mammal is the water vole! The water vole used to be an abundant mammal in the British Isles, with brown water vole… | Instagram

Masked Palm Civet (Paguma larvata) Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia

The Norwegian Lemming (Lemmus lemmus) is perhaps the most typical Scandinavian mammal. It`s distribution is being restricted to Norway, Sweden, Finland, making it endemic to Scandinavia. It may also be found in the westernmost areas of northern Russia like the Kola peninsula. The population cycle of lemmings fluctuates dramatically, and if conditions are right, the population may rise to very high levels and in 2011 there has been many reports of lemmings from all over Norway indicating that…

Greater Bilby “Magotis lagotis”

European Badger (Meles meles) / Blaireau d'Europe / Image by stu8fish from flickr

Armadillo at the Viera Wetlands in Viera, FL. Photo taken on January 20, 2010. (Poor thing... he's so ugly that he's kind of cute!) :o)

Marsupials and Mustelids on Instagram: "Happy Marty Monday from our American Marten! #pinemarten Interesting fact about the American Pine Martens! While most members of the Mustelids family (weasel family) are strictly carnivores, American Martens are considered omnivores! They do eat mostly small mammals but they also eat various fruits and nuts!"

There are 8 species of Pine Marten that are found the world over. The American Pine Marten is just one of the many adorable kinds out there!

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'Mara' or Patagonian Cavi

American Badger (Taxidea taxus) / Blaireau d'Amérique