#carnivora

A jungle cat (Felis chaus) in Faunapark Flakkee, the Netherlands

"For the first time, a team of filmmakers capture an extraordinary behaviour never seen before: two tiger mothers sharing and caring for each other's cubs."

Western Spotted Skunk Spilogale gracilis

It is found throughout the western United States, northern Mexico, and southwestern British Columbia in Canada. Their habitat is mixed woodlands, open areas, and farmlands. They are nocturnal omnivores, feeding on insects, scorpions, small vertebrates, roots, grains, fruit, and berries.

Ictitherium ebu* was a hyena that lived in what is now Kenya during the late Miocene and early Pliocene, around 7-5 million years ago. It was part of an early branch of the hyaenids known as ictitheres, dog-like hyenas found across Miocene Africa and Eurasia that occupied similar ecological niches to modern canids.

(*alternatively classified as Hyaenictitherium ebu by some studies)

It was similar in size to the modern aardwolf, standing about 50cm tall at the shoulder (~1'8") – but it had proportionally longer legs, giving it a build convergently similar to the present-day maned wolf. Despite these long limbs it wasn't a fast runner, with its joint anatomy instead suggesting it was adapted for efficient walking, pouncing on prey, and looking over the tall grasses of its savanna woodland habitat.

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Bush dogs are living proof that team work makes the dream work! When these small canines hunt half of the pack will pursue their prey over land, while the other half waits in water for the target to try to swim away. Bush dogs are particularly adapted to this style of hunting, as their partially webbed feet make them excellent swimmers.

One of the species I've had to drive the farthest to capture images of, but gosh, isn't she worth it? (and now a shameless plug for the site ko-fi, travel for photos is $$)

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