Mammals Found In JEG
What is this Mammal?
House Crow
Scientific Name?
Corvus Splendens
Details:
The house crow (Corvus splendens), also known as the Indian, Grey-necked, Ceylon or Colombo crow, is a common bird of the crow family that is of Asian origin but now found in many parts of the world, where they arrived assisted by shipping. It is between the Jackdaw and the Carrion Crow in size (40 cm (16 in) in length) but is slimmer than either. The forehead, crown, throat and upper breast are a richly glossed black, whilst the neck and breast are a lighter grey-brown in color. The wings, tail and legs are black. There are regional variations in the thickness of the bill and the depth of color in areas of the plumage.
What is this Mammal?
Squirrel
Scientific Name?
Sciuridae
Details:
Squirrels are
members of the family Sciuridae, consisting of small or medium-size rodents. The family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots (including woodchucks), flying squirrels, and prairie dogs. Squirrels are indigenous to the
Americas, Eurasia, and Africa, and have been introduced to Australia. The earliest known squirrels date from the Eocene and are most closely related
to the mountain
beaver and to
the dormouse among living rodent families.
What Is This Mammal?
Bat
Scientific Name?
Chiroptera
Details:
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast,
other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding
possums, and colugos, can onlyglide for short distances. Bats do not flap their entire
forelimbs, as birds do, but instead flap their spread-out digits, which are very long and
covered with a thin membrane or patagium.
