Editor's Corner

As promised, I have a few more animals to tell you about before (or if) you take Merriam-Webster’s animal quiz here.

First a freebie from the San Diego Zoo, a photo of an Amur leopard and her two babies, born in July. The are not on the quiz, but they are beautiful newborns. They are some of the rarest “big cats” in the world.

Tapir

Tapirs are very interesting animals. They have trunks like an elephant and bodies like painted pigs; however, they are more closely related to horses and rhinos. They are 29-42 inches tall (at the shoulder) and can be from 500-800 lbs. Even though they tend to be large, they are great swimmers and good divers when they’re looking for an aquatic dinner.

Lemur

I love this description of lemurs from the Wikipedia: wet-nosed primates…endemic to the island of Madagascar. It makes them sound like little dogs. There are many types of lemurs, almost 100 species. They live mostly in the trees and are active at night. Despite the nearly hundred species, the type you usually see is in the following photo. Following is a little more information from Wikipedia, and a couple of links to the smallest and largest lemurs.

Lemurs range in weight from the 30-gram (1.1 oz) mouse lemur to the 9-kilogram (20 lb) indri. Lemurs share many common basal primate traits, such as divergent digits on their hands and feet, and nails instead of claws (in most species).”

Okapi

Our next buddy is the okapi, native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa. This endangered animal has three names besides okapi. They are also called the forest giraffe, the Congolese giraffe, and the zebra giraffe. Though they look more like zebra donkeys to me, they are actually in the giraffe family.

These handsome dudes are about eight feet long and range from 440-770 lbs. They somehow manage to maintain their weight on tree leaves, grasses, ferns, fruit, and other herbivorous munchies. The following pictures give you a front view and a hiney view so you can see where all the talk of zebras comes from.

And there you have it. It isn’t all the animals from theanimal quiz but hopefully it will help you out, should you take the challenge.

Have a great day!

Kara Church | Technical Editor, Advisory | Technical Publications

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