Mammal

Sugar gliders are small marsupials that live their lives in trees, rarely (if ever), touching the ground. A glider will launch himself from a tree, spreading his limbs to catch… Read More

Chinchillas are a small rodent native to the Andes Mountain Range in Chile, South America. Prized for their luxurious soft fur, they were hunted and captured to almost extinction before… Read More

Ferrets have had a very long history beside man, possibly even dating back to 450 BC, although they only became popular as common pets within the last 100 years. The… Read More

Striped skunks are nocturnal and they are the most common skunk in North America. Like all skunks, they have an incredible defense system: skunks spray a foul-smelling liquid that clings… Read More

The cougar has the greatest natural distribution of any mammal in the Western Hemisphere (with the exception of humans). They can be found roaming from Canada all the way to… Read More

There are 2 subspecies of brown bears. The grizzly lives throughout the mainland of Alaska, throughout Canada, and in a couple of isolated populations of the lower 48 states. Brown… Read More

Gray wolves come in many shades of color, despite their name. They can have coats colored from pure white, cinnamon, black, brown, sandy, and gray, but they all have a… Read More

A member of the family Mustelidae, North American badgers have a reputation for being quite ferocious. While they are rarely instigators of aggression, they can certainly be very defensive. They… Read More

River otters belong to the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, badgers, martens, ferrets, wolverines, and mink. River otters are excellent swimmers and divers. They are able to stay underwater… Read More