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PO Box 9021, Wilmington, DE
19809, USA
E-mail: tours@focusonnature.com
Phone: Toll-free: 1-888-721-3555
or 302/529-1876
LISTS and
PHOTO GALLERIES
of MAMMALS
NOTING THOSE FOUND
DURING
FOCUS ON
NATURE TOURS
FOLLOWING
BELOW ARE LINKS TO LISTS WITH SOME PHOTOGRAPHS
OF MAMMALS AT VARIOUS PLACES WHERE OVER THE YEARS
THERE HAVE BEEN FOCUS ON NATURE TOURS
FROM THE LINKS BELOW OTHER LINKS CAN BE REACHED RELATING TO OTHER NATURE
SUCH AS BIRDS, BUTTERFLIES and MOTHS, DRAGONFLIES and DAMSELFLIES,
AMPHIBIANS and REPTILES,
MARINE LIFE, and PLANTS.
Links:
The mammal above, known as the
MOOSE in North America,
was photographed during a FONT tour on Oland Island in Sweden.
In Europe, the English name of the animal is ELK.
The mammal below is known in North America as the ELK.
(Upper photo by James Scheib; lower photo by Doris Potter)
Additional links:
A Listing of Upcoming Focus On Nature Tours
A Directory of Photos in this Website
NORTH
AMERICA
This BOBCAT was photographed
during
a FONT Tour in Southern Arizona in August 2010
(photo by Marie Gardner)
Mammals of North
America
A List with PHOTOS
(with 404 species,
and over 150 of them during FONT Tours)
REGIONAL NORTH
AMERICAN MAMMAL LISTS
ALASKA
Alaska
Mammals
A List
with some PHOTOS
ARIZONA
Arizona Mammals
A List with some PHOTOS
CALIFORNIA
SEA OTTERS have been seen
during FONT Tours
In California, Alaska, and Japan.
We've had Japan sightings during FONT tours
in 2010 & 2011 in Hokkaido,
where the animal has recently reappeared.
It had been extirpated there.
California
Mammals
during the FONT West Coast USA Tour
in September
A List with some PHOTOS
(59 Mammal Species, Land &
Sea,
during the FONT West Coast Tours)
COLORADO
and nearby NEBRASKA,
KANSAS,
OKLAHOMA, & WYOMING
This AMERICAN BADGER was
photographed
during a FONT Tour in Colorado.
Mammals in Colorado & Nearby States
A List with some PHOTOS
EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
(from eastern Canada to
Florida)
Mammals of Eastern
North America
A List with some PHOTOS
NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina Mammals
& some Other Nature
A List with some PHOTOS
COMMON BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS
have been seen during FONT North Carolina Tours
in both inshore & offshore waters.
TEXAS
The PRONGHORN,
a wonderful animal
that is the only antelope in the Americas,
has been seen during FONT Tours in:
Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska,
Oklahoma, Texas, & Wyoming.
Texas
Mammals
A List with Photos
In Texas,
millions of MEXICAN FREE-TAILED BATS
can be seen in the evenings,
and have been during FONT Tours.
WASHINGTON STATE
Washington State Mammals,
during the FONT West Coast USA Tour
in September
A List with PHOTOS
(59 Mammal Species, Land & Sea)
Mammals
(Land & Marine)
of the Caribbean
A List with some PHOTOS
GREAT SPERM WHALES occur
during the winter & spring
off the coast of Dominica.
The angled spout (above) is characteristic of the mammal
when it is at the surface of the sea.
During FONT Dominica Tours both the GREAT SPERM WHALE
and the DWARF SPERM WHALE have been seen.
Here, a pod of FRASER'S
DOLPHINS off the coast of Dominica.
The species was not scientifically described until 1956,
and was not seen alive until the early 1970s.
Populations occur in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans.
During FONT Dominica Tours, pods were seen during our offshore boat-trips
in March 2000 & March 2002.
In 2000, there were over 200 of these dolphins,
and some are in the photograph above.
REGIONAL LISTS OF MAMMALS
&
OTHER NATURE
IN THE CARIBBEAN
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
on the island of HISPANIOLA
Dominican Republic Mammals
& Other Nature
A List with some PHOTOS
The HUMPBACK WHALE occurs
during the winter and spring
off the coast of the Dominican Republic.
Mexico Mammals - A List with some PHOTOS
(Over 400 species, 35 during FONT Tours)
JAGUARS have
been seen, all be it rarely, in recent years, in Arizona in the US,
from a population in the northwest Mexican state of Sonora,
at the northern end of the species' range.
The painting above depicts such an animal in that area.
It is the work of Bonnie Swarbrick,
of the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
in southern Arizona.
We crossed paths with both her & the painting
during a FONT Tour in August 2010.
JAGUARS, themselves, have been seen during 2 FONT Tours in Mexico,
in the state of Campeche, just west of the Yucatan,
in November 2008 & March 2009.
A MANTLED
BLACK HOWLER
MONKEY
photographed during a FONT Tour in Costa Rica
Central
America Mammals
A List with some PHOTOS
REGIONAL CENTRAL AMERICAN
MAMMAL LISTS
BELIZE
Belize Mammals
& some
Other Wildlife
A List some with PHOTOS
COSTA RICA
An arboreal anteater known as
the
NORTHERN TAMANDUA.
It has been seen during a number
of FONT Tours in Costa Rica.
Costa Rica Mammals
& some Other Wildlife
A List with some PHOTOS
GUATEMALA
Guatemala Mammals
& some Other Wildlife
A List with some PHOTOS
PANAMA
Panama Mammals
& some Other Wildlife
A List with some PHOTOS
SOUTH AMERICA
A MANED WOLF,
an animal that's been seen during
a number of FONT Tours in Brazil.
South America
Mammals
A List with some PHOTOS
A young BRAZILIAN TAPIR.
The adult of this species is the
largest land mammal in South America.
Only the young has the pattern above.
The GIANT OTTER is the largest
of the
four otter species in South America.
All 4 species have been seen during FONT Tours.
Above, 2 GIANT OTTERS during one of our Brazil Tours,
seen from a boat in the Pantanal.
First seen, as shown,
on wooden steps along a riverbank.
Then, they entered the water and swan away.
REGIONAL SOUTH AMERICAN
MAMMAL LISTS
ARGENTINA
A GUANACO photographed during
a FONT Tour in Argentina.
Argentina
Mammals
A List with some PHOTOS
BRAZIL
and URUGUAY
2 OCELOTS
photographed during FONT Tours in Brazil.
Both at night.
(upper photo by Andy Smith; lower photo by Marie Gardner)
Mammals & some Other
Wildlife of Brazil,
and nearby Uruguay
A List with some PHOTOS
(about
600 species of mammals in
Brazil,
over 70 during FONT Tours)
Brazil has the largest mammal diversity in the world,
with more than 600 described species,
and certainly others yet to be.
66 of the species are endangered.
40% of the threatened species are primates.
A rare animal, this MANED
THREE-TOED SLOTH
was photographed during the FONT Tour
in Southeast Brazil in March 2008.
(photo by Marie Gardner)
CHILE
This tiny deer, the SOUTHERN
PUDU,
has been seen and photographed
during FONT Tours in Chile.
Mammals of Chile
A List with some PHOTOS
In the Chile mammal list, reached from the above link,
there are creatures with names such as akodonts and octodonts,
degus, tuco-tucos, cavies, chinchillas, and viscachas.
And others with such alien words as names as:
coypu, colocolo, kodkod, huemul, vicuna, and
pudu.
The Pudu is in the photograph above.
It's true that the akodonts and the like are just mice, or small rats and
such,
but one can't help but be intrigued by the names,
and those, too, of other Chilean animals
such as pericotes, laucas, and the colilargo.
Imagine a Graceful Laucha or a Lofty Pericote.
The second of these, by the way, lives in the Andes up to 19,700 feet above sea
level,
making it the highest living mammal in the Western Hemisphere.
And one can only envision what a Long-nosed Caenolestid looks like.
And then there's a small rat that looks a bit like a rabbit,
called the "Bunny Rat",
and still (of course) has yet another rather long and odd name:
the Hairy-soled Coney Rat.
All of the mammals & more are in the list reached from the link above.
ECUADOR
Ecuador Mammals
A List with some PHOTOS
VENEZUELA
A MURINE
MOUSE-OPOSSUM
photographed during a FONT Venezuela Tour.
This very small animal was in a clay oven-like nest
of an HORNERO, no longer being used by the bird.
Venezuela Mammals & Some other Wildlife,
A List with some PHOTOS
Mammals of Europe
A List with
PHOTOS
REGIONAL EUROPE MAMMAL LISTS
CANARY ISLANDS
Mammals & Marine Life
of the Canary Islands
SWEDEN
Sweden Mammals & Other Wildlife
during FONT tours in the Fall
This JAPANESE SEROW was
photographed
during a FONT Tour in Japan.
Mammals of
Japan
A List with PHOTOS