The Raccoon (Procyon lotor) is a nocturnal and omnivorous mammal species with a wide distribution in North and Central America (Mammalia: Carnivora: Procyonidae).

Heidelberg Zoological Garden

 

September 2017



The Small-clawed Otter (Aonyx cinerea) is a semiaquatic

and social living carnivore mammal and widespread in Southeast Asia from southern China and southern India

to the islands of Borneo and Sumatra in Indonesia (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae).

Heidelberg Zoological Garden

 

September 2017



The omnivore Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis) has a

wide distribution from southern Canada through nearly overall the USA to northern Mexico (Mammalia:

Carnivora: Mephitidae).

Heidelberg Zoological Garden

 

September 2017



The very rare and threatened Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

is the largest carnivore mammal from Madagascar (Mammalia: Carnivora: Eupleridae).

 

IUCN Red List: vulnerable

 

Frankfurt Zoological Garden

 

August 2017



The Common Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula) is widespread in dry grassland and open forest regions from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia southward to northeastern South Africa and westward to Angola and northern

Namibia (Mammalia: Carnivora: Herpestidae).

 

Frankfurt Zoological Garden

 

August 2017



The South African Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus)

is endemic along the coast of southwestern Angola and western Namibia to southwestern South Africa

(Mammalia: Carnivora: Otariidae).

 

Frankfurt Zoological Garden

 

August 2017



The Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) is a very social living mongoose species and live in dry savanna and semidesert regions from southwestern Angola through Namibia and southwestern Botswana to South Africa (Mammalia: Carnivora: Herpestidae).

 

Frankfurt Zoological Garden

 

August 2017