Synapsida

Cave lions (original artist unknown, c. 33,000 BC) The iconic Ice Age carnivore is, of course, the sabretooth cat. However, as I mentio...

Attack of the Killer Walrus (Or Not) The two principal families of fully aquatic carnivoran are the seals and the sea lions. To the casua...

Eohippus Horses are surely among the most familiar large herbivorous mammals. Yet, compared with the deer and cattle families, the horse...

Northern white rhino at San Diego Zoo (taken in 2007 - I don't know if he's still alive) The white rhino ( Ceratotherium simum...

Over the last year, I completed a survey of the weasel family , the largest, and most diverse, family of carnivoran mammals. When it come...

This is a synapsid, and not a reptile. Yes, really. This will be the last post at Synapsida before the New Year, so I thought I'd do...

The African mole-rats are a family of bizarre rodents, and one that I've discussed before . Their most famous member is the exceptiona...