March Mammal Madness
2021 Combatant Info Slides
Primarily Intended for Elementary Students
Materials Prepared by Jenna Kissel, Animal Images from Phylopic.org
Silhouettes for approximate scale, relates species silhouettes may be substituted
RED, in FUR
Red Kangaroo
Osphranter rufus
Powerful kicking, clawed feet
Biome: Grassland & Desert
HERBIVORE: Grass
SECONDARY in Food Chain
Red Hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus caama
Large horns, Fast and evasive running
Biome: Grassland (dry and arid)
HERBIVORE: Grass
SECONDARY in Food Chain
©Yathin S Krishnappa
Vector is a Hartebeest relative used for scale
Bay Cat
Catopuma badia
Adaptive Trait: Unknown, very rare
Biome: Tropical Forests
CARNIVORE: Small rodents, carrion, birds, monkeys
TERTIARY in Food Chain
IMAGE
Maroon Langur
Presbytis rubicunda
Lives in groups, Highly Territorial, Loud call
Biome: Tropical Rainforest
HERBIVORE: Leaves, seeds, flowers
SECONDARY in Food Chain
IMAGE
© Charles James Sharp
Red Brocket
Mazama americana
Males have small dagger like horns, foot stomping
Biome: Tropical Forest and Tropical Savanna
HERBIVORE: Mostly fruit, occasionally leaves or fungi
SECONDARY in Food Chain
© Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes
Cunning, Well adapted to many environments
Biome: Temperate Forests, Grasslands, Taiga
OMNIVORE: Rodents, rabbits, birds, fruit, vegetables
TERTIARY in the Food Chain
IMAGE
© Ronald Laubenstein/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Red Ruffed Lemur
Varecia rubra
Lives in the canopy, toothcomb
Biome: Tropical Rainforest
HERBIVORE: Mostly fruit (especially figs), nectar
SECONDARY in Food Chain
©Charles James Sharp
Red Crested Tree Rat Santamartamys rufodorsalis
Very little is known about this adorable little creature
Biome: Temperate Forest
HERBIVORE (assumed)
SECONDARY in Food Chain
© Lizzie Noble
Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel
Petaurista alborufus
Large eyes help to see at night,
Can glide as far as 450 meters because of a loose membrane of skin between their front and back legs
Biome: Temperate and Tropical Forests
OMNIVORE: Mainly fruit and nuts but occasionally insects and larvae
TERTIARY in the Food Chain
IMAGE
(c) David Tan
Red-necked Pademelon
Thylogale thetis
Shy and nocturnal
Biome: Temperate Forests near Grasslands
HERBIVORE: Grass
SECONDARY in Food Chain
IMAGE
© Australian Museum
Ring-tailed Vontisira
Galidia elegans
Agile climbers
Biome: Forests
CARNIVORE: Small birds, mammals, eggs, reptiles,
TERTIARY in Food Chain
IMAGE
©Charles James Sharp
Siberian Weasel
Mustela sibirica
Efficient and ferocious
Biome: Forests, Grasslands, Taiga
CARNIVORE: Rodents
TERTIARY in Food Chain
IMAGE
©Dibyendu Ash
Little Red Flying Fox
Pteropus scapulatus
Flying, Good eyesight and sense of smell
Biome: Mangrove Forests
HERBIVORE: Blossoms of eucalyptus tree
SECONDARY in Food Chain
©Raina Plowright
Red Rumped Agouti
Dasyprocta leporina
Can jump nearly 6 feet in the air
Biome: Tropical Forests, Savanna
HERBIVORE: Seeds and fruit
SECONDARY in Food Chain
IMAGE
©Alastair Rae from London, United Kingdom
Red Squirrel
Sciurus vulgaris
Keen sense of vision, smell, touch and hearing
Biome: Temperate Forests, Taiga
HERBIVORE: Seeds
SECONDARY in the Food Chain
©Peter Trimming
Hopi Chipmunk
Neotamias rufus
Large cheek pouches, avid climbers
Biome: Temperate deserts and mountains
HERBIVORE: Berries and seeds
SECONDARY in Food Chain
IMAGE
©Mdf
Southern Red-backed Vole
Myodes gapperi
Agile jumpers and climbers
Biome: Temperate Forests, Tundra, Taiga
OMNIVORE: Leaves, roots, seeds, nuts, flowers, insects
TERTIARY in Food Chain
©Phil Myers
Tricksy Taxonomy
Dugong
Dugong dugon
Massive size, tough skin, dense bone structure, rapidly clotting blood
Biome: Aquatic Coastal Saltwater
HERBIVORE: Sea grass
SECONDARY in Food Chain
IMAGE
©Gejuni
Red Wolf
Canus rufus
Complex communication between the pack
Biome: Temperate Forests
CARNIVORE: Birds, Small mammals, Carrion
TERTIARY in Food Chain
©Red Wolf Recovery Program
Mountain Tapir
Tapirus pinchaque
A short prehensile “trunk” used to grab branches or pick fruit, excellent swimmers,
Biome: Tropical forests, mountains
HERBIVORE: Tough leaves, shrubs and fruit
SECONDARY in Food Chain
©Brocken Inaglory
Malagasy Striped Civet
Fossa fossana
Stores fat in tail, up to 25% of weight
Biome: Rainforest
CARNIVORE: Small mammals, reptiles, frogs, small birds and crabs
TERTIARY in Food Chain
IMAGE
©Charles J. Sharp
Kinda Baboon
Papio kindae
Thought to be a type of Yellow Baboon until 2013 (Kinda is the smallest type of baboon, babies are white instead of black, larger groups than other baboons, more docile)
Biome: Savanna, Grassland Scrub, Open Woodland
OMNIVORE: Mostly fruit but also seeds, roots, insects, meat (rabbits and vervet monkeys)
TERTIARY in Food Chain
©Kenneth Chiou
Jaguarundi
Herpailurus yagouaroundi
Good sight, hearing and sense of smell, secretive
Biome: Grassland, Savannah, Scrub, Rainforest, Swamp, Temperate Forest
CARNIVORE: Small mammals, reptiles, birds, frogs, fish
TERTIARY in Food Chain
IMAGE
©Vassil
Tarsier
Tarsius syrichta
Excellent at leaping
Biome: Rainforests
CARNIVORE: Insects, spiders, lizards and small vertebrates
TERTIARY in Food Chain
©Majuro
Musk Deer
Moschus moschiferus
Good vision and hearing
Biome: Taiga
HERBIVORE: Plants
SECONDARY in Food Chain
© Grigori Mazmanyants / WWF-Ca
Aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Can survive a long period of time without fresh water
Biome: Desert, Savanna, Grassland, Mountains
HERBIVORE: Grasses and Shrubs
SECONDARY in Food Chain
©H. C. Kyllingstad
Mara
Dolichotis patagonum
Good sense of hearing, smell and vision, Runs very fast (up to 45 mph)
Biome: Desert, Grassland
HERBIVORE: Plants, tips of grass, cacti, dung
SECONDARY in Food Chain
©David Blank
Amami Rabbit
Pentalagus furnessi
Good at hiding, can swim
Biome: Temperate Forests
HERBIVORE: Grasses, ferns, seeds, dung
SECONDARY in Food Chain
Egyptian Fruit Bat
Rousettus aegypticus
Lives in large colonies, echolocation
Biome: Rainforest
HERBIVORE: Fruit
SECONDARY in Food Chain
©Lietuvos zoologijos sodas
Is the scientific name Rousettus aegyptiacus?
Solenodon
Solenodon paradoxus
Venomous, excellent at burrowing, gland secretion used for communication
Biome: Tropical agricultural
CARNIVORE: Insects, arthropods, mollusks and worms
TERTIARY in Food Chain
©Ernst Rupp
Common Tree Shrew
Tupaia glis
Sharp claws, good at climbing
Biome: Tropical Forests
OMNIVORE: Amphibians, reptiles, eggs, insects, worms, leaves, seeds, grains and fruit
TERTIARY in Food Chain
©Stavenn
Giant Golden Mole
Chrysospalax trevelyani
Large claws, powerful forelegs
Biome: Temperate Forests
CARNIVORE: Insects and worms
TERTIARY in Food Chain
IMAGE
©Gary Bronner
Colo Colo Opossum
Dromiciops gliroides
Marsupial, prehensile tail
Biome: Temperate Forests and Rainforests
CARNIVORE: Eats Insects
TERTIARY in Food Chain
©José Luis Bartheld
Of Myths and Monsters
Harpy Eagle
Harpia harpyja
5 inch long talons, powerful legs
Biome: Rainforest
CARNIVORE: Sloths, primates, lizards, birds, small rodents, small deer
Trophic level FIVE in Food Chain. Apex predator
©Tanya Dewey
I really wanted a picture of the eagle with its talons but they were either holding something bloody or the copyright was a very weird name...
Masrasector nananubis
Masrasector nananubis
Monstrous Teeth
10-60 Million years ago, first carnivorous mammal
Biome: Marshy Mangrove Forest
CARNIVORE
Trophic level FIVE in Food Chain. Apex predator
An illustration of Hyaenodon, a large North American relative of Masrasector by paleoartist Nobu Tamura.
Chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes
Very smart, uses tools,
Biome: Savanna, Grassland, Forest, Rainforest, Scrub Forest
OMNIVORE: Birds, mammals, reptiles, eggs, insects, leaves, grain, nuts, fruit
TERTIARY in Food Chain
©USAID Africa Bureau
Picado’s Jumping Pit Viper
Atropoides picadoi
Venomous, Jumping may be exaggerated but it has been reported striking birds in the air
Biome: Tropical, Rainforests
CARNIVORE: Birds
TERTIARY in Food Chain
I had lots of trouble with this one. For something called a JUMPING pit viper it was hard to find why it was even called that. I assume like other snakes it could also eat rodents but i found nothing…….
Devil Frog
Beelzebufo ampinga
Prehistoric frog with bony scales, very strong bite force
Biome:Tropical ??
CARNIVORE: Lizards, small vertebrates, maybe small dinosaurs
TERTIARY in Food Chain
An artist's depiction munching on a small theropod dinosaur. Image: Nobu Tamura/Wikimedia Commons
Sphinx Monkey
Mandrillus sphinx
Brightly colored, Complex communication,
Biome: Tropical Rainforest
OMNIVORE: Fruit, seeds, fungi, roots, insects, snails, worms, frogs, lizards, snakes, sometimes small vertebrates
TERTIARY in Food Chain
©Eva Hejda
Blue-capped Ifrit
Ifrita kowaldi
Toxic/poisonous, excrete a toxin in its feathers probably due to eating toxic beetles
Biome: Rainforest
CARNIVORE: Beetles and other insects
TERTIARY in Food Chain
© Thierry NOGARO
Ghost Bat
Macroderma gigas
Good hearing and sight as well as echolocation
Biome: Tropical and terrestrial forests
CARNIVORE: Birds, reptiles, mammals, insects
TERTIARY in Food Chain
©Sardaka
Thorny Devil
Moloch horridus
Spines all over their bodies that helps them retain and absorb water
Biome: Deserts and Dunes
CARNIVORE: Ants
TERTIARY in Food Chain
©Bäras
Brussels Griffon
Canis familiaris
Biome:Temperate
OMNIVORE: Eats dog food???
TERTIARY in Food Chain
©Arne Fagerholt
Very intelligent, bred to hunt and kill rats
Black and Red Bush Squirrel
Paraxerus lucifer
Diurnal and arboreal and can be quite noisy
Biome: Forest, Grassland, Scrub
HERBIVORE: Seeds, fruits, leaves, roots, buds
SECONDARY in Food Chain
I could find NOTHING about this particular squirrel so I used the info about a different bush squirrel……...
Fire Salamander
Salamandra salamandra
Toxic, able to spray its toxin at predators
Biome:Temperate Forests
CARNIVORE: Insects, worms, larvae
TERTIARY in Food Chain
©Petar Milošević
Flying Dragon Lizard
Draco v