Pictures of animals [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Augur buzzard (Tanzania) Bird of prey (Malaysia) Grey-backed weasel lemur (Lepilemur dorsalis) Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea) in captivity Birds Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) on a spiny Alluaudia procera plant Ring-tailed lemurs in riverine gallery forest Red orb spider feeding (Costa Rica) Female lion with wildebeest kill (Tanzania) Mother Common Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) with baby Purple and yellow sea apple (Pseudocolochirus violaceus) Thompson's gazelles at play (Kenya) Male Furcifer balteatus chameleon Rainforest canopy crab (Costa Rica) Greater Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis vasa) Cougar's eye (Belize) Translucent spider with turquoise, green, and yellow parts Black and white colobus monkey feeding in a tree (Kenya) Ring-tailed lemurs in gallery forest Abdim's Storks (Ciconia abdimii) atop a tree (Tanzania) Skipper butterfly (Hesperioidea) Red-orange beetle Green dragonflies (Laos) Spotted moray eel Snare injury on the leg of the captive Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), Tam. The rhino represents the eventual hopes for breeding this Critically Endangered subspecies in captivity. Green praying mantis Female Crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus) Amber Mountain chameleon (Calumma ambreense) Female lion guarding her kill (Tanzania) Sleeping bird (Malaysia) White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) (Costa Rica) Forest lizard (Suriname) Red-eyed katydid (Costa Rica) Blacksmith lapwing (Vanellus armatus) Baby three-toed sloth hugging a stuffed panda in a Trio indigenous community (Suriname) Suni (Neotragus moschatus) on Mt. Kenya (Kenya) Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) (Tanzania) Hanging weaver nest Nelicourvi Weaver (Ploceus nelicourvi) Striped Civet (Fossa fossana) (Ranomafana N.P.) Blue-and-orange caterpillar (Utah; United States) Elongated blue and orange insect (Malaysia) Great Argus pheasant (Arguslanus argus) on the road in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) (Kenya) African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd drinking in the Chobe River Female lion with wildebeest kill (Tanzania) Mottled cricket Zebra among scrub trees (Tanzania) Male Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer) blue vanga (Kirindy) Red male panther chameleon (captive) Red-eyed katydid (Costa Rica) Verreaux's Sifaka sitting in a tree Daddy longlegs (Costa Rica) Monarch butterfly feeding on a flower (Costa Rica) Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata) Red-billed oxpecker on a water buffalo (Kenya) Undeveloped green turtle fetus found dead in nest Moth Ringtailed lemur taking in the sun (Berenty) Female Calumma crypticum on tree trunk (Andasibe) Common Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) Atta leaf-cutter ants (Costa Rica) Margay sleeping atop a tree branch (Belize) Oplurus cuvieri iguana (Tsingy de Bemaraha) White-footed weasel lemur (Berenty) Perching cattle egrets Red panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) (male) Indri lemur (Indri indri) Mint poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus) (Costa Rica) Infant elephant (Kenya) Sea turtle hatchlings (Costa Rica) Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a lion kill (Tanzania) Red-eyed tree frog O'Shaughnessy's Chameleon (Calumma oshaughnessyi) Pair of Swainsonís Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) (Costa Rica) Pair of African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) atop a tree (Tanzania) Black beetle (Costa Rica) Plains zebra (Kenya) Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) (Belize) House gecko Beetle: black back; orange head (Suriname) Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) (Tanzania) Blue-and-yellow macaws in flight (Suriname) Lioness with zebra kill (Tanzania) Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) (Tanzania) animals: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20 | Page 21 | Page 22 | Page 23 | Page 24 | Page 25 | Page 26 | Page 27 | Page 28 | Page 29 | Page 30 | Page 31 | Page 32 | Page 33 | Page 34 | Page 35 | Page 36 | Page 37 | Page 38 | Page 39 | Page 40 | Page 41 | Page 42 | Page 43 | Page 44 | Page 45 | Page 46 | Page 47 | Page 48 | Page 49 | Page 50 | Page 51 | Page 52 | Page 53 | Page 54 | Page 55 | Page 56 | Page 57 | Page 58 | Page 59 | Page 60 | Page 61 | Page 62 | Page 63 | Page 64 | Page 65 | Page 66 | Page 67 | Page 68 | Page 69 | Page 70 | Page 71 | Page 72 | Page 73 | Page 74 | Page 75 | Page 76 | Page 77 | Page 78 | Page 79 | Page 80 | Page 81 | Page 82 | Page 83 | Page 84 | Page 85 | Page 86 | Page 87 | Page 88 | Page 89 | Page 90 | Page 91 | Page 92 | Page 93 | Page 94 | Page 95 | Page 96 | Page 97