Check out these bush dogs caught on camera trap! Get to know me: I am a bush dog (scientific name: Speothos venaticus). I am a canid – a canid is a group of dog-like mammals that includes foxes, wolves, coyotes, jackals, dingoes, and other dog-like species.…
This time on Candid Animal Cam, Romi introduces the tayra, a widespread member of the weasel family, found in Mexico and Central and South America … Read more on Mongabay: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/11/what-is-a-tayra-candid-animal-cam-is-in-the-americas/ Look at me, I’m a tayra! Image: Ninahale, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia…
Meet some lizards that can rebreathe underwater.
In this episode of Candid Animal Cam, Romi introduces us to the world’s biggest anteater … Did you know? The scientific name of the giant anteater is Myrmecophaga tridactyla. Giant anteaters are native to Central and South America and they live in forests, savannas, and…
Did you know that there is only one bear species in South America? Learn more about the spectacled bear.
Meet the short-eared dog!