(animal sideblog)

Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) baby stomping around and demanding to be fed 02/06/26 - SW England

Kansetsu Hashimoto 1883-1945

The Australian Wildlife Conservancy last month released 147 brush-tailed bettongs on to its sanctuary at Mount Gibson, Perth. Eight threatened native mammal species, including bilbies, numbats, quolls and phascogales, all once locally extinct, have successfully been reintroduced over the past decade since the conservancy bought the 130,000-hectare (321,200-acre) former sheep property in 2000 - Photograph: Jane Palmer/Australian Wildlife Conservancy

Bornean Bearded Pig Sus barbatus

It is found in Southeast Asia—Sumatra, Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, and various smaller islands like in Sulu archipelago such as Tawi-Tawi, where it inhabits rainforests and mangrove forests. It can be recognized by its prominent beard. It also sometimes has tassels on its tail.

Red river hogs .. [2 / 2]