The margay (Leopardus wiedii) is a small wild cat native to Central and South America.
It has gray to golden-brown fur with black and brown spots.
Each Margay requires about 16 square km (6.2 square miles) to live well in the forest.
The tail can measure up to 70% of the head and body length and acts as a counterweight to help maintain balance.
The adaptations of the Margay to their forest habitat is such that they are badly affected by their contracting ranges due to deforestation and land conversion as they refuse to cross open areas with no cover.
2.Red panda
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is a carnivoran native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China
They have large, round heads and short snouts with big, pointed ears
Red pandas scent-mark territories using anal glands and urine, as well as scent glands located between their footpads.
The feet have hairy soles, and the claws are semi-retractile.
It is a very popular zoo animal and is frequently involved in the animal trade
3. Siberian flying squirrel
The Siberian flying squirrel is an Old World flying squirrel found across Eurasia.
Their limbs are relatively short and thick and their hind feet are significantly larger than their forefeet.
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A female Siberian flying squirrel weighs about 150 grams, the males being slightly smaller on average.
The most common sign of their presence is their droppings, which resemble orange-yellow rice grains and are often found beneath or on top of their nest.
4. Gundi
Gundis (Family Ctenodactylidae) are cute rodents that are found in Northern Africa.
Gundis or comb rats are a group of small, stocky rodents
They live in rocky deserts across the northern parts of the continent.
Gundis are from 17 to 18 cm in body length, with compact bodies covered in soft fur, short legs, and large eyes.
Gundis are herbivorous, eating almost every type of available plant.
5.Fennec Fox
The fennec fox is a small crepuscular fox native to the Sahara Desert, the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, and the Arava and Negev deserts in Israel.
The Fennec Fox is the smallest mammal in the world
Their coats are long, soft, and thick and range in color from reddish cream to light fawn to almost white.
Fennec foxes typically give birth to one litter of pups per year, with between two and five young in a litter.
The fennec fox, also known as the desert fox.
6. Dik Dik
A dik-dik is the name for any of four species of small antelope in the genus Madoqua that live in the bushlands of eastern and southern Africa.
Fully grown, dik-diks stand about 12-16 inches tall at the shoulders and weigh 7-15 pounds.
Dik-diks are herbivores whose diet mainly consists of foliage, shoots, fruit, and berries.
Their noses also help in managing with the heat.
Dik-diks stand about 30–40 centimetres at the shoulder, are 50–70 cm long, weigh 3–6 kilograms and can live for up to 10 years.
7.Siberian Chipmunk
Siberian chipmunks usually live solitary lives, but during the winter they create a burrow, which they often share with another chipmunk.
he overall coloration of its coat is yellow to brown.
This species is native to Russia in northern European, Siberia to Sakhalin and Kunashir, extreme eastern Kazakhstan, northern Mongolia, northern and central China, Korea, and in Japan in Hokkaido, Iturup, Rishiri, Rebun, Teuri, and Yagishiri. It has been introduced at one confirmed locality, Karuizawa, on Honshu.
The Siberian chipmunk exhibits sexual dimorphism, and size and body proportions are the only way to distinguish younger chipmunks from older ones.
The Siberian Chipmunk has also been bred in captivity for many years to be kept as pets.
8.Tarsier
Tarsiers are lemurlike in being nocturnal and having a well-developed sense of smell.
The eyes and placenta are also simiiform in structure.
It is a member of the approximately 45-million-year-old family tarsiidae, whose name is derived from its elongated "tarsus" or ankle bone.
The newborn tarsier is born with much fur and eyes open.
The Philippine tarsier has thin, rough fur which is colored gray to dark brown
9.The American mink
TheAmerican Mink is a semi-aquatic mammal, which are well-known for their high valued furs, occur across Tennessee.
The American mink (Neogale vison) is a semiaquatic species of mustelid native to North America, though human intervention has expanded its range to many parts of Europe, Asia and South America
Gestation typically lasts 51 days for the American mink, but this period can vary, as implantation of the fertilized egg can be delayed for 1–14 days.
Mink are carnivores and eat a wide variety of prey including rabbits, water voles, rats, birds, eggs, fish and domestic fowl.
10. Elephant shrew
You can probably see why these little guys are called “elephant” shrews with their trunk-like nose.
They are widely distributed across the southern part of Africa, and although common nowhere, can be found in almost any type of habitat, from the Namib Desert to boulder-strewn outcrops in South Africa to thick forest.
Their ears and eyes are large, and, when alarmed, they run on their toes swiftly along paths they construct and maintain, sometimes leaping over obstacles.
Gestation lasts two months, and litters contain one or two well-developed young.
The Somali elephant shrew went unobserved from 1968 to 2020 but was rediscovered by a group of scientists in Djibouti.
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