Amazing Hedgehog – Hedgehogs Facts, Photos, Information, Habitats, News

Hedgehog – Erinaceus europaeus A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae and the order Erinaceomorpha. There are 17 species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand. There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, and no living species native to North America; those in New Zealand are introduced. […]

Amazing Tarsier : World’s Smallest Primate – Tarsier Facts, Photos, Information, Habitats, News

The Tarsier – World’s Smallest Primate Tarsiers are haplorrhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was once more widespread, all the species living today are found in the islands of Southeast Asia. Tarsiers have remarkably large eyes, about 1.6cm. Each eye is bigger than the entire brain and larger […]

Amazing Daboia Snake, Russell’s viper – Daboia Cobra Facts, Photos, Information, Habitats, News

Daboia Snake (Daboia russelii) – Russell’s viper Daboia is a monotypic genus of venomous Old World viper. The single species, D. russelii, is found in Asia throughout the Indian subcontinent, much of Southeast Asia, southern China and Taiwan. The species was named in honor of Patrick Russell (1726–1805), a Scottish herpetologist who first described many of India’s snakes; and the […]