The Acinonyx jubatus is a well-known creature, generally recognized for its lighting speed. It has special characteristics which enable it to move with rapid strides. Running isn't all that a cheetah does, however. Cheetahs have a unique lifestyle of their very own. Full grown, a cheetah may be up to seven feet in length, including a two and one-half foot tail.
The Tarsier’s long slender fingers are for the grasping of branches. It’s hind legs give the ability of leaping almost 3 meters, and a long tail to balance itself. It’s actually two primate mixes of lemurs + ape. The Tarsier is nocturnal, and a very hidden creature, especially since he’s VERY small. In fact some farmers thought of them as rats that ate their crops.
In the jungle, however, a zebra's stripes actually work as a camouflage to deter its main predators: lions and hyenas. Since the animals herd together, experts believe that the mass of stripes can confuse the predators by acting as an optical illusion that blends their figures together. Consequently, a group of 10 zebras may look like a giant striped blob that a lion wouldn't want to take on solo. For more detailed information about this natural disguise, read "How do a zebra's stripes act as camouflage?" By and large, these ungulates -- or hoofed animals -- prefer to pal around together rather than alone, migrating as far as 300 miles (482 kilometers) to graze [source: Holland].
Enemies include jaguarondis, foxes, dogs, ocelots, and jaguars. Also, large raptors, such as ornate hawk-eagles, black and chestnut eagles and harpy eagles, are known to hunt them. Male coatis live alone and females are found in groups. In mating season, however, they meet and reproduce. When a female is ready to have babies she leaves the others and makes a nest in a tree, and only rejoins her group when the offspring is around six weeks old.
Newly born kittens are about one foot long, weigh one pound with blackish-brown spots around their body (“Living with Wildlife in Lion Country”). They start to peek out of the den as their eyes open after three weeks while the female is on hunting for food. They become fully aware and playful after their eyes are opened. They are generally dependent on their mother for the milk (Crewe 5-6). The next part of a mountain lion’s life is its adolescence.
They communicate by making call sounds, screeches and barks. Females give birth to a single baby every three to four years. the gestation period is seven months. Young spider monkeys are dependent on their mother for ten weeks and then start to explore on their own. The mothers care for their young for up to a year and often with another baby on their back.
Gestation is about 180 to 194 days and sing births are usual. Babies cling to their mother’s fur, and as the babies get older they make their permanent riding positions on the mothers’ backs. This continues for about a year. The young are weaned at around 10 months of age and the young disperse from their natal group upon adulthood. A howlers roar can be heard from as much as 2 miles away and both males and females howl.
It will roll into a ball so that its stiff spines are protecting itself. The hedgehog has very poor eyesight. This was surprising for me because it would need could eyesight to be active at night. Instead of its eyes, they use their ears and sense of smell. Hedgehogs are immune to toxins so they are able to eat beetles, wasps, and some venomous
Jaguars are animals that rely on smaller animals for food and depend on the forest for their survival as in terms of habitat and survival of their prey. They also inhabit the higher mountains and do not disturb anything other than wild animals. Jaguars devour animals both small and large like the small rodents like rats, turtles, monkeys; deer’s and even the tapir. They are naturally made to live and control these types of animals that invade human livelihood. Nowadays these cute creatures have been unexpectedly declining in population because of the many challenges in which they have to adapt.
They were well adapted to eating plants as they had sharp front incisors and claws, which developed and grew endlessly throughout life, were well suited to chewing off pieces of vegetation and digging up roots. Furthermore it is believed that the Diprotodon had an exceptionally long hairy coat, which would have served to protect the animal from the extreme temperatures it faced. The Diprotodon was considered to be low in the trophic level. It generally only ate green leafy vegetation and certain roots. Since there position on the trophic level the Diprotodon had many predators including the Marsupial Lion and a Megalania.