The Japanese otter, scientifically known as Lutra nippon, is endemic to Japan and is now extinct.The Japanese otter was previously mistakenly classified as a subspecies of the Eurasian otter, but later studies have found that they belong to an independent species in the genus Lutra. Japanese otters...
American Badger (scientific name: Taxidea taxus) is also known as American Badger in English. It has 5 subspecies.The American badger lives alone, is nocturnal, forages at dawn and dusk, has a semi-hibernating habit, and digs holes for home. Its nest can sometimes be up to 3 meters deep, and it buil...
Honey badger (scientific name: Mellivora capensis) English Honey Badger, Ratel, French Blaireau à miel, Ratel, German Honigdachs, there are 12 subspecies.In the southern region of the Kalahari Basin, adult male honey badgers have an average home range of 541 square kilometers, while adult female ho...
The Sunda stink badger (Mydaus javanensis), also known as the Indonesian stink badger, lives on the islands of Borneo, Java, and Sumatra. It is a carnivore.The Sunda stink badger is an animal that humans should avoid: like its close relative the skunk, the Sunda stink badger will spray a foul-smelli...
The Javan ferret badger's scientific name is Melogale orientalis, and its foreign name is Javan ferret badger. It is an animal of the genus Ferret badger.The Javan ferret badger inhabits forests, shrubs, and trees. It lives in self-excavated tree holes or rock caves. It only goes out to hunt in...
The ferret badger (scientific name: Melogale moschata) is known as Chinese Ferret-badger and has 7 subspecies.Ferret badgers are nocturnal. They come out in pairs after dark and return to their burrows in the early morning. Individual activities and foraging can last until dawn. They usually live in...
Hog Badger (scientific name: Arctonyx collaris) is also known as Hog-Badger in English. There are 6 subspecies.Hog Badger likes to live in caves, digging caves in barren hills, roadsides, ridges, etc., and also invading the caves of other animals. The structure of the cave is relatively simple, with...
Badger (scientific name: Meles meles) is also known as Eurasian Badger. It is a large-bodied species in the Mustelidae family and has 14 subspecies.Badgers are most active in spring and autumn, usually starting at 8-9 pm and returning to their dens around 4 am. When leaving the cave, it slowly tries...
The white-necked weasel (scientific name Poecilogale albinucha) is a small carnivore. It is smaller than the honey badger. The important thing is that it has a white neck, which is very similar to the "white hair" of the honey badger. In addition, the back of the white-necked weasel is als...
The African sagebrush (scientific name Ictonyx striatus), also known as zorille, usually lives alone and hunts at night. The African sagebrush is an aggressive and territorial animal. It usually marks its territory with feces and anal scent gland spray. The spray released by the odor glands can cove...
The classification status of the Tarim rabbit is stable, but there is a lot of controversy about which species group it belongs to. The number of Tarim rabbits is small. They adapt to a dry climate with little rain (annual rainfall is less than 100mm) and small oases with summer temperatures as high...
Mongolian rabbits are active both day and night, but are most active at dusk. The number of Mongolian rabbits is relatively small. In the plains, Mongolian rabbits mostly live in semi-desert and desert steppes, oases, or Artemisia grass steppes with halophytes, and in the woods, canal banks, fallow...
The snow hare is the earliest rabbit species to be named. The species classification is stable, but there are many subspecies and some confusion. This species is very cold-resistant and lives in the taiga forest in the Arctic Circle or close to the Arctic. The snow hare is one of the representative...
The classification status of the Tibetan rabbit is very confusing. It was not until 1930 that it was considered an independent species. Later, it was listed as a subspecies of the plateau rabbit (<Lepus oiostolus>), and was also listed as a subspecies of the Mongolian rabbit (<Lepus tolai&g...
The classification of South China rabbit is somewhat controversial. The Korean rabbit (Lepus coreanus) distributed on the Korean Peninsula was once included in this species. However, the Korean rabbit has a relatively longer tail.South China rabbit is a pure herbivorous animal, eating various weeds,...
Plateau rabbits are herbivorous animals. In agricultural areas, they feed on young stems, buds, flowers, fruits, tubers and various weeds of crops. Many types of crops are harmed, such as wheat, beans and vegetables. 80%~90% of its food is various crops, and weeds only account for 10%~20%. In pastor...
This species is controversial in classification. It was once considered to be the Northeast Black Rabbit (<Ochotona melaninus>) and was also included in the Japanese Short-tailed Rabbit (<Lepus brachyurus>). It mainly lives in forests. It is herbivorous and sometimes eats tree bark.North...
The grassland weasel (scientific name Lyncodonpatagonicus), also known as the Patagonian weasel, is a genus of the Mustelidae family in the order Carnivora, living on the Pampas in South America. Its specific habits are unknown.Local ranchers keep prairie ferrets as working pets (similar to cats and...
In the past, Yunnan rabbits were long considered a subspecies of the plateau rabbit (Lepus oiostolus). Mr. Luo Zexun, a famous rabbit scientist in my country (1981), finally recognized Yunnan rabbits as an independent species, which was later widely recognized. There are three subspecies, and whethe...
The Changbai Mountain pika belongs to the <Pika> subgenus. It has a narrow distribution range. It was first discovered in northern Korea as an independent species. Later, it was considered a subspecies of the alpine pika. Liu Shaoying et al. (2016) found it to be an independent species through...
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