Mammals

Provides facts and a picture. "Aardvarks specialized in eating termites as long as 35 million years ago. At night they go from one termite mound to another, dismantling the hills with their powerful claws."

African Wildlife

Animals (Oakland Zoo)

Provides pictures and detailed descriptions for a wide variety of animals.

Animals of British Columbia

Antelopes (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Bat - Gray (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Provides a photo. 6-99

Bat - Gray (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Provides a short description. 6-99

Bats (National Geographic)

Provides basic facts on bats. 11-99

Bears - Black (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Bears - Brown (University of Michigan - Ballenger)

Provides a picture and description. 3-00

Bears - Grizzly (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Provides a photo of the grizzly bear. 6-99

Bears - Grizzly (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Provides a short description of the grizzly bear.

Bears - Malayan Sun Bear (Oakland Zoo)

Provides facts and a picture. "Smallest of the bear family, length about 4.5 feet. Height at shoulder of 2 feet."

Bears - Polar (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Bison or Buffaloes (Oakland Zoo)

Provides facts and a picture. "They especially thrived on the Great Plains where some 30 million formed the biggest mass of large mammals ever to tread the globe."

Bobcats (Oakland Zoo)

Provides facts and a picture. "The decorative-looking hairs on the ear tips serve as antennae, increasing the animal's ability to hear the slightest sound. It is estimated that there is about one animal for every 1 to 2 square miles of chaparral, but they are rarely seen because of their remarkable protective coloration."

Buffaloes (African Wildlife Foundation)

Provides facts and a picture. "If attacked, the adults in the herd form a circle around the young and face outward. By lowering their heads and presenting a solid barrier of sharp horns, it is difficult for predators to seize a calf."

Buffaloes - Bison (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Buffaloes - Cape (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Camels (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Camels - Dromedary (Oakland Zoo)

Provides facts, a picture and a movie. "Hump is a flesh mound not supported by bones. A reserve of fat (not water) is stored in the hump. Camels exhibit unusual tolerance for dehydration. Most animals perish when 20% of their body weight is lost. Camels survive a 40% loss of body weight without serious consequences."

Carribou (Idaho Fish and Game)

Provides a photo and a short description. 6-99

Cheetahs (African Wildlife Foundation)

Provides facts and a picture. "The cheetah is smaller than the other two cats, but by far the fastest at speeds of 70 miles per hour it can run faster than all other animals."

Cheetahs (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Chimpanzees (African Wildlife Foundation)

Provides facts and a picture. "Chimps sometimes chew leaves to make them absorbent and then use them as a sponge, dipping them in water and sucking out the moisture."

Chimpanzees (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Chimpanzees (Oakland Zoo)

Provides facts and a picture. "For sleeping at night, each chimp (except infants who nest with their mothers) constructs a nest of vegetation 9-12 meters high in a tree. They are one of the few mammals that manufacture and use "tools."

Chinchillas (Oakland Zoo)

Provides facts and a picture. "It is the most valuable fur of any in the world, considering its size and weight. Wild chinchilla coats have sold for $100,000, and that was years ago. Their descendants are bred commercially throughout the world. Reintroduction attempts have not been successful."

Cougar - Puma or Mountain Lion (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Provides a short description. 6-99

Cows - Scottish Highland (Oakland Zoo)

Provides facts, a picture and a movie. A special adaptation of the Scottish Highland cattle is "Long thick hair to withstand cold winters."

Cows - Watussi (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Deer - Sika (Oakland Zoo)

Provides facts and a picture. "These deer are easy to tame and thus they are popular game park animals in many places. Tame sika deer are kept in several temple regions of Japan, and people come to visit them and offer them rice cookies for food."

Dolphins (National Aquarium in Baltimore)

Includes a description and a picture.

Dolphins and Porpoises (World Wide Fund for Nature)

Provides a basic description of the species and focuses on the most endangered.. 1-00

Duck-Billed Platypus

Provides a picture and a description. The platypus is actually a monotreme.

Elephants (National Geographic)

Provides basic information about elephants. 11-99

Elephants - African (Oakland Zoo)

Provides facts, sounds, and movies. "Elephants have the largest brain size versus body weight other than man." Status - "Endangered because of loss of habitat and because of poaching for ivory."

Elephants - African and Asian (African Wildlife Foundation)

Ferret (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Provides a photo and links. 6-99

Fox (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Provides links. 6-99

Gazelles (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Giraffes (African Wildlife Foundation)

Provides facts and a picture. "They occasionally eat grass and fruits of various trees and shrubs, but their principal food source is the acacia tree. The tree's sharp horns do not seem to stop the giraffe, which has a long, muscular tongue specially adapted to select, gather and pluck foliage."

Giraffes (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Gorillas (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Gorillas (National Geographic)

Provides basic facts on gorillas. 11-99

Gorillas - Mountain (African Wildlife Foundation)

Provides facts and a picture. "The gorilla is shy and retiring rather than ferocious and treacherous. It usually seeks no trouble unless harassed but will valiantly defend its family group if threatened." Mountain Gorillas are endangered - "Only about 630 of these individuals remain."

Gorillas, A Conversation (PBS)

Provides information about communication with gorillas, especially Koko, a gorilla who can use sign language. 3-00

Guinea Pigs - Mara (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Hippopotamuses (African Wildlife Foundation)

Provides facts and a picture. "The hippopotamus, whose hide alone can weigh half a ton, is the third-largest living land mammal, after elephants and white rhinos."

Hippopotamuses (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Horses - Evolution

Horses - Health Care 2-00

Kangaroos (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Koala (EnchantedLearning)

Provides a drawing and a description of this marsupial, often called a bear. 3-00

Leopards (African Wildlife Foundation)

Provides facts and a picture. "Both lions and hyenas will take away a leopard's kill if they can. To prevent this leopards store their larger kills in trees where they can feed on them in relative safety."

Leopards (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Lions (African Wildlife Foundation)

Provides facts and a picture. "Most cat species live a fundamentally solitary existence, but the lion is an exception. It has developed a social system based on teamwork and a division of labor within the pride, and an extended but closed family unit centered around a group of related females."

Lions (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Llamas (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Llamas (Pinkerton)

Provides answers to frequently asked questions about llamas, as well as sources of information and pictures. 4-00

Mammal Groups (UCMP)

Includes animals of the eutherian group, but leaving out the mammals that are marsupials and monotremes. 3-00

Mammal Skulls (StudyWeb)

Provides comparative information on skulls of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fishes.

Mammals (Encarta)

Provides a concise form of the famous electronic encyclopedia. Type the name of a mammal in the box provided, such as lions, tigers, bears, horses, or elephants. Then select "Go," and then select your word (on the left side of the page) under the search box.

Mammals (Enchanted Learning)

Provides descriptions, drawings, and a search engine that checks spelling. 8-99

Mammals (Hanover Zoo)

Provides articles and pictures of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fishes.

Mammals (Oakland Zoo)

Provides facts, movies, and sounds on dozens of mammals.

Mammals - Evolution (EnchantedLearning)

Provides a description of the evolution of mammals and includes links to key changes. 3-00

Mammals of Africa (African Wildlife Foundation)

Provides facts and pictures on over 50 African mammals.

Mammoths - Extinct (Illinois State Museum)

Provides an article and a picture.

Manatees (National Aquarium in Baltimore)

Includes a description and a picture.

Marmots (Blumstein)

Provides an article and links to information on marmots. 4-00

Mastodons - Extinct (Illinois State Museum)

Provides an article and a picture.

Monkeys - Gibbon (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Monkeys - Langur (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Orangutans (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Ostriches (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Pandas (National Geographic)

Provides basic facts on pandas, including giant pandas. 11-99

Panther (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Provides photos and links. 6-99

Penguins (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Pigs - Asian Potbellied Miniature Pig (Oakland Zoo)

Provides facts, a movie and a picture. "Potbellies are often housebroken and harnessed or leashed much like a pet dog. They are intelligent and adapt well to household routine."

Platypus (University of Tasmania)

Provides information and a picture on the platypus, a monotreme mammal that lays eggs.

Pleistocene Animals (Illinois State Museum)

Provides articles and pictures.

Prairie Dogs (Nebraska Wildlife)

Provides links to a variety of sites on this rodent. 3-00

Primate Illustrations (UCMP)

Provides sample illustrations of various primates. 3-00

Primates (NetVet)

Primates (UCMP)

Provides links descriptions and pictures of each species of primate, including lemurs, sifakas, aye-ayes, pottos, galagos, tarsiers, marmosets, siamangs, tamarins, lorises, lepilemurs, monkeys, gibbons, great apes, and, of course, humans. 3-00

Pythons (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Rabbit - Lower Keys (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Provides a short description. 6-99

Raccoons (Morabito)

Reindeer (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Rhinoceroses (African Wildlife Foundation)

Provides facts and a picture. "The rhinoceros is a large, primitive-looking mammal that in fact dates from the Miocene era millions of years ago. In recent decades rhinos have been relentlessly hunted to the point of near extinction."

Rhinoceroses (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Rhinoceroses (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Provides a short description and line art of the rhinoceros.

Rodents - Capybara (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Rodents - Capybaras

Provides articles, pictures, and other sources of information for the largest species of rats. They weigh about 100 pounds. 4-00

Saber-Toothed Tigers - Extinct (Illinois State Museum)

Provides an article and a picture. Others have called the extinct cat sabre-toothed, saber toothed or sabertoothed

Seals (National Aquarium in Baltimore)

Includes a description and a picture.

Seals - Sea Lions (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Sheep (Oakland Zoo)

Provides facts and a picture. "Only in the last 200 years have they been bred primarily for meat."

Shrew - Dismal Swamp (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Provides a short description. 6-99

Sloths - Extinct (Illinois State Museum)

Provides an article and a picture. Ground sloth pictured.

Squirrel - Northern Flying (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Provides a short description of the northern flying squirrel. 6-99

Squirrels - Care and Feeding of Infants (Rowe)

Provides an article on care and feeding of infant squirrels and explains why they are not pets.

Squirrels - Orphaned or Injured (Spragins)

Provides instructions on how to handle orphaned or injured squirrels. Explains why you should not keep them as pets.

Squirrels

Provides links to a variety of sites on squirrels, a rodent. 3-00

Tigers (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Tigers (Loadstar)

Provides pictures and articles related to the various species of tigers. 1-00

Tigers (National Geographic)

Provides basic facts on tigers. 11-99

Tortoises (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Walruses (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Wolf or Wolves (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Wolf or Wolves - Gray (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Provides a short description and line art of the gray wolf. 6-99

Wolf or Wolves - Gray (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Provides two photos of the gray wolf.

Wolf or Wolves - Red (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Provides photos and resources for the red wolf.

Wolf or Wolves

Wolverines (The Wolverine Foundation)

Provides a picture and a full description of the history and life of the wolverine, one of nature's most ferocious fighters. The vocabulary used in the article is college level.

Wolves (International Wolf Center)

Provides information for studying and managing wolf populations.

Wombats (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Zebras (Hanover Zoo)

Provides an article and pictures.

Projects

Australian Mammals and Marsupials

Provides information and activities related to common Australian animals, such as the Koala Bear.

Otters - Reports and Drawings by Kids (Walnut Heights Elementary)

Provides reports and drawings of otters by Mrs. Davidson's fourth grade class.

Treasures of the Tar Pits Word Game