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From the small rodents to the huge sperm whales, mammals show a surprising range of environmental
adaptations. In spite of being in general a group of animals difficult to see in the wild, we have
been lucky enough to witness such impressive natural sights as the coordinated fishing by dolphins and
whales, thousands of large flying foxes hovering above our heads, the fights of massive elephant seal bulls...
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Koala  (Phascolarctos cinereus) Tower Hill (Australia) |
Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) Wilson Prom NP (Australia) |
Common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) Wilson Prom NP (Australia) |
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| Herbert river ringtail possum (Pseudochirulus herbertensis) Mt Hypipamee NP (Australia) |
Sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) The Grampians NP (Australia) |
Rufous bettong (Aepyprymus rufescens) Granite Gorge (Australia) |
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| Yellow-legged rock wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) Flinders Ranges NP (Australia) |
Black-legged rock wallaby (Petrogale lateralis) West Mcdonnell Ranges (Australia) |
Short-eared rock wallaby (Petrogale brachyotis) Kakadu NP (Australia) |
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| Unadorned rock wallaby (Petrogale inornata) Atherton (Australia) |
Mareeba rock wallaby (Petrogale mareeba) Granite Gorge (Australia) |
Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) Wilson Prom NP (Australia) |
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| Western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus) Flinders Ranges NP (Australia) |
Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) Stuart Highway (Australia) |
Common wallaroo or euro (Macropus robustus) Flinder Ranges NP (Australia) |
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| Red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) The Grampians NP (Australia) |
Agile wallaby (Macropus agilis) Mareeba wetlands (Australia) |
Swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) Wilson Prom NP (Australia) |
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| CHIROPTERANS | |||
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| Grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) Sydney (Australia) |
Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) Mataranka (Australia) |
Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) Mataranka (Australia) |
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| Black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) Litchfield NP (Australia) |
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| PRIMATES | |||
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| Howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) Esteros del Iberá (Argentina) |
Capuchin monkey (Cebus apella) Iguazú (Argentina) |
Monk saki (Pithecia monachus) Amazonia (Brazil) |
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| Marmoset (Callithrix sp) Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) |
Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) Hong Kong (China) |
Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana) Emei Shan (China) |
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| Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) Angkor (Cambodia) |
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| Hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus villosus) Valdés Peninsula (Argentina) |
Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) Amazonia (Brazil) |
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| RODENTS | |||
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| Canadian beaver (Castor canadiensis) Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) |
Puna tuco-tuco (Ctenomys opimus) Uyuni (Bolivia) |
Swinhoe striped squirrel? (Tamias swinhoei?) Emei shan (China) |
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| Squirrel (Sciurus?) (Singapore) |
Squirrel (Sciurus?) Bangkok (Thailand) |
Mara or patagonian hare (Dolichotis patagonum) Valdés Peninsula (Argentina) |
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| Capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) Esteros del Iberá (Argentina) |
Agouti (Dasyprocta sp) Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) |
Kerodon (Kerodon rupestris) PN Chapada Diamantina (Brazil) |
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| CETACEANS | |||
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| Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Auckland (New Zealand) |
Byrde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) Auckland (New Zealand) |
Sperm whale (Physeter catodon) Kaikoura (New Zealand) |
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| CARNIVORES | |||
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| Culpeo fox (Pseudalopex culpaeus) Torres del Paine (Chile) |
Argentinian grey fox (Pseudalopex griseus) Valdés Peninsula (Argentina) |
Dingo (Canis familiaris dingo) Kakadu NP (Australia) |
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| Coati (Nasua nasua) Iguazú (Brazil) |
Southern sea lion (Otaria flavescens) Valdivia (Chile) |
Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) Valdés Peninsula (Argentina) |
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| New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) The Catlins (New Zealand) |
New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus fosteri) Kaikoura (New Zealand) |
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| ARTIODACTYLS | |||
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| Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) Patagonia (Argentina) |
Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) Uyuni (Bolivia) |
Llama (Lama glama) Uyuni (Bolivia) |
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| Alpaca (Lama pacos) Apolobamba (Bolivia) |
Broket deer (Mazama gouazoubira) Esteros del Iberá (Argentina) |
Swamp deer (Blastoceros dichotomus) Esteros del Iberá (Argentina) |
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