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Facts about otter

Facts about otter

Otters are carnivores and love to find an eel for lunch. Otters have such thick, waterproof fur, with up to a million hairs per square inch! Their webbed feet and strong tail make them a successful predator and at the top of the food chain. They have adapted to life on land and in the […]

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Facts on river otters

Facts on river otters

Otters are one of the largest and most social members of the weasel (or Mustelidae) family. The weasel family has been around for a long time, first appearing around 15 million years ago. This group includes almost 60 different species including mink, ferrets, badgers, martens, wolverines, and more. The Mustelidae family inhabits all continents except

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What is the habitat of a cheetah

Habitat of a Cheetah

Cheetahs are distributed throughout Africa and hence inhabit different types of habitats. Habitat of a cheetah includes sparse sub desert, steppe, and medium to long-grass plain is what they prefer. Widely, but sparsely, distributed from Senegal to Somalia (both countries where their status is unclear) and south to South Africa, with small, isolated populations existing

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Predators of a cheetah

Predators of a cheetah

The lions and hyenas have been reported to greatly influence the distribution of cheetahs. However, the cheetah’s worst enemies are the degradation of suitable habitat, an insufficient supply of prey, and the species’ low genetic diversity. Groups of Cheetahs are less likely to be harassed by most predators than are single animals. Cheetah mothers are

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Interesting facts about cheetah

Interesting facts about cheetah

Scientific Name of Cheetah: Acinonyx jubatus Conversational Status: Vulnerable (Critically Endangered: North Africa and Asia) Body Length: 112 to 135cm Wild Population: < 7000 Weight: 28 to 60kg Gestation: 95 days Number of offspring: 1 to 8 Habitat: Grasslands, savannas, dense vegetation and mountainous terrain. Distribution areas can extend over 1000 square kilometers. Distribution: Current

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What a cheetah eats?

What a cheetah eats?

Prey consists principally of small- to midsized ungulates, usually weighing less than 40 kg: however, body weights of prey have a large range, from the calves of African Buffalo Syncerus caffer and Giraffes Giraffa camelopardalis to ground-living birds and small mammals, including hares, porcupines, rats and guineafowl. Cheetahs prefer to kill and actually kill the

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Facts about the hyena

Facts about the hyena

ClassificationClass: Mammalia (all mammals)Order: Carnivora (all carnivores)Family: Hyaenidae (hyenas andaardwolf )Genus: Crocuta This species is found in a variety of habitats: savanna, open forest, dense dry forest, mountain, and semi-desert. It is not found in extreme desert conditions, the highest mountain elevations, or the tropical jungles of Africa and Asia. Although hyenas physically resemble wild

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