Synapsida

It sometimes appears that just about every sort of animal was larger in prehistoric times. That this cannot be a universal rule is shown by ...

There are many advantages to an animal of living in a group, such as it being easier to watch out for predators or even drive them away. One...

Barasingha At least before the rise of intensive agriculture, India, with its lush vegetation, was prime habitat for deer. The constraints o...

Many mammal species are, by nature, solitary, spending most of their adult lives apart from others of their kind except when mating or raisi...

Traditionally the weasel family was divided into three subfamilies: the otters, the skunks, and everything else. Sometimes the badgers were ...

Many animals dig burrows. They can be used for shelter when sleeping, or as a safe place to raise young and, while they may take more effort...

Eld's deer A significant number of deer species are endangered. As primarily forest-dwelling animals they are particularly vulnerable to...