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Bilbies tend to be solitary marsupials, but sometimes they can be seen travelling in pairs. The pairs are typically two females who work together to raise their offspring.
Japan has banned the hunting of female weasels in order to conserve the species. The country has seen a 25 per cent decline in the population of this particular weasel species for the last three generations.
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Pygmy hippos are few and far between, with fewer than 3000 estimated to be in the wild. This is mainly due to poaching as well as the loss of habitat as forests are converted to farmland.
These little fox-like cuties use their long bushy tails to keep themselves warm during the winter months. Red pandas are incredibly acrobatic and tend to stay up in the trees.
Dik-diks get their name from the unique alarm calls that come from the females. Both male and females also make a sort of piercing whistling sound that alert other animals to predators.
Closely resembling a jackrabbit, the Patagonian mara has very distinct long ears and limbs, making it look bunny-like. They are monogamous for life, only finding a new partner after their former partner’s death.
These Hungarian hairy and woolly pigs were crossbred in the mid-nineteenth century. The mangalitsas curly hair sometimes makes it resemble a sheep.
You can probably see why these little guys are called ‘elephant’ shrews with their trunk-like nose. They are very difficult to trap and stay well camouflaged, making them rarely seen.
Living in logs and burrows, the numbat hunts for termites that live underground with their sticky tongue. There are less than 1000 of these marsupials left in the wild today.
Tarsiers have massive eyes – in some cases, their eyeballs are larger than their entire brain. Tarsiers need to balance their large eyes and head so they are able to wait long periods for prey to come along.
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