Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Panthera leo krugeri - White Lion



White Lion is the rarest animal in the world. The scientific name for white lion is Panthera leo krugeri. It usually found in South Africa. The white lion cub would be attracted by predators like the hyena, or have difficulty concealing themselves when hunting on the savannah. The white lion have pigment visible in the eyes like golden color, blue-grey, and green-grey. Actually White lions are not albinos, but are leucistic and the rare one among the animals in the world.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Yellow-Eyed Penguin - Rarest in the World



The yellow-eyed penguin is usually found in New Zealand and it is the rarest and strangest penguin in the world. Its scientific name is Megadyptes antipodes. It is also known as Hoiho, and generally found in South Island of New Zeland, Otago Peninsula, Stewart, Campbell and Auckland Islands.

Adult height of yellow eyed penguin is about 65centimeter and its weight is about 4.5 to 8 kg, flipper length for adult is 20 to 22 centimeter. Yellow eyed penguin diet contains Opalfish, Red and Blue cod, juvenile Arrow Squid, Silverside, Sprat and Ahuru. This penguin is yellow round circle on their eyes and on the bill, and its feathers are yellow in colour.

Yellow eyed penguin can live up to 10 -20 years, and male female lives longer than the female penguin. This penguin’s nest in dense vegetation like dunes and coastal forest. Its nests naturally being lonely from each other, and group together.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Kakapo –World’s flightless and Rarest Parrot


Kakapo is the only flightless, strangest and rarest parrot in the world. The scientific name for kakapo is Strigops habroptilus and its weight is about 4 kilograms (8.8 pounds), and its 2 feet is about 60 cm long. Kakapo is the heaviest parrot, and generally found in New Zealand, Rainforest and grasslands and its life span is about 60 years.

Kakapo is aware of escaping from the mammalian predators. Nearly 62 birds are lived from the past, but nowadays only six parrots are alive and increasing their breeding and its population. Male kakapo is bigger than the female kakapo birds soft feathers cover up it, in its leafy environment, and its feathers are green in color.

This parrot is an herbivores one, and their diet is roots, seeds, buds, cones, leaves, fruits and flowers. Strigops habroptilus ia a parrot who sleeps in whole days and wander the forest during the night time.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Axolotls - Mexican Walking Fish


The Mexican Walking Fish (Axolotls), scientifically also known as Ambystoma mexicanum, and is usually live in Mexico. However this Mexican fish is not actually a fish, it’s an amphibian. Mexican fish generally found in Mexican lakes of chalco and xochimilco.Due to flooding,

Mexican fish has diminished off and only some species still exist and have found place in the endangered species list.
Mexican fish ranges its length up to 15 to 45 cm and its average size is about 23 cm and it has a dark colored body and short legs with 4 digits in front and 5 on the hind feet. It belongs to the family of salamander and has features like external gills and caudal fin from head to vent.

The most peculiar feature of the Mexican fish is its branch like gills, which appeared on both side of the neck covered with featured pink filaments. It is generally found in areas such as with deep salty water and abundance of vegetation, and Mexican fish is a carnivorous and eats on small creatures like earthworms and small insects and even small fish too.

But nowadays, the Mexican fish is dispense off from the world due to water pollution and habitat destruction which are two main reason for the reduction of this species, but still some alive over the Mexico.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Hyalinobatrachium Pellucidum - Glass Frog

Glass Frog Glass Frog or Crystal FrogGlass Frog and their eggsHyalinobatrachium Pellucidum is also known as Glass Frog or Crystal Frog, and it belongs to the Centrolenidae family. It generally found in Mexico, Ecuador Venezuela, Amazonian, North, Central and South America, and it lives near rapid streams, i.e., both in cleared areas as well as in canopy level of trees, and also refrain from dry areas such as high mountains and coasts.

The diet of this glass frog is not known one, but probably it eats small insects like red worms and spiders. The male frog height or weight is about 19 to 28 mm and large female is about 23 to 32 mm. Glass frog has its body as transparent skin, in which you can see the heart beat and its length is about 1-2 inches.

Glass frogs are generally active at night, which makes them very hard to spot for predators like snakes and large mammals. During the breeding season they live in the rivers and streams, after laying eggs this glass frog will go back to live high up in the canopy level of trees.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Meerkat Suricata

Meerkat Suricata
Meerkat Suricata
Meerkat SuricataThe scientific name for Meerkats is Suricata suricatta. It generally found in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, southern savanna and grassland areas., and their distribution depends on the soil type. The male suricata averaging is about 731 grams and female suricata is about 720 grams, and its body and legs of meerkat suricata is long and slender.

Suricata head and body length is, i.e., about between 250- 350 mm, and their ears are small and crescent-shaped. Meerkats have been live for up to 12 years, but its lifespan is about 5 to 15 years. Meerkats is an
insectivorous species and it will eat small vertebrates, eggs, and plant matter.

According to African popular belief i.e., mainly in the Zambian region, the meerkat is also called as sun angel, because African people belief that, meerkats protects villages from the moon devil.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Ring-tailed Lemur - Lemuridae Lemur catta

Young Ring-tailed Lemur

Ring-tailed Lemur

Ring-tailed Lemur is also known as Lemur catta and its scientific name is Lemuridae Lemur catta. It usually found only on east African island of Madagascar. Ring-tailed lemurs have black skin; frequently its fur is grey in colour and also has patches of white fur on their faces, ears, and underbelly. Ring-tailed Lemur tail is banded with black and white and its tail is about 60cm long.

Lemur is an herbivores animal and their diets such as fruits, leaves, berries, bird’s eggs, tree bark, and insects. Its length is about 42.5cm and its weight is 2.2kg. Lemur can walk or run on the ground and on top of the branches, and as like monkey, lemur also use its tail standing up for balance.

Saturday, October 08, 2011

Pinta Island tortoise- World’s Rarest Species

Pinta Island tortoise

Pinta Island tortoise is the World’s rarest animal species. The scientific name for pinta island tortoise is Geochelone elephantopus abingdoni. It generally found in eastern pacific ocean.A small island measure just 60 sq km in area, Isla Pinta is residence to swallow-tailed gulls, marine iguanas, fur seals and a number of other birds and mammals.

The most northern island in the Galapagos, at single time Isla Pinta had a blooming tortoise population. However, over the years to due poaching of these calm giants by fishermen and whalers, the number of these kind of tortoises has diminished greatly. Today, Lonesome George (Pinta Island tortoise) is the last remaining subspecies of tortoise from Isla Pinta, and though many hard work have been made to breed him with other tortoises, but they have so far been unsuccessful.

Thursday, October 06, 2011

White Peacock -Pavo

White Peacock
White PeacockThe scientific name for white peacock is Pavo. The white peacock found in Italy, Africa. The White Peacock is commonly mistaken for an albino, but it is a colour range of Indian Blue Peacock. Its white colour makes it looks really wonderful and graceful. White peacocks are the same as the Indian Blue in size and behavior, but this one is white in colour.

In the wild, male Peacocks usually collect a harem of 2 - 5 females. However, in captivity, they are generally satisfied with one. The male has an extremely long tai(trains) which is not actually his tail. The trains serve as a cover for the real tail, which is brown in colour. The train essentially sprouts from the center of the back. Peacocks grow up to 7 inch from tip of beak to end of train.

Monday, October 03, 2011

Oarfish - Longest Dragon Fish in the World

Oarfish, Longest Dragon Fish in the World
Oarfish, Longest Dragon Fish in the WorldOarfish, Longest Dragon Fish in the WorldOarfish is the longest dragon fish in the world. The scientific name for oarfish is Regalecus glesne.The oarfish is also called as Giant Oarfish, King Of Herrings, Pacific Oarfish, Streamer Fish. Oarfish scaleless body is covered with silver blue skin and red or pink dorsal fin, and can reach up to its length of 50 feet and its weight is 600 pounds.

The feature of oarfish is very long and looks like ribbon-like body, and it has small mouth with no visible teeth, and this species is a food sources for sharks. The oarfish is found in worldwide in all tropical and temperate marine waters and also in Sweden. But now the oarfish is rare one and is not found in the world.