If you're looking for a backyard pet or an addition to your farmyard, pygmy goats are a good option. They do come with their own set of care requirements, but once you understand what they need, their care isn't difficult. In fact, they...
Here are five friendly animals in small sizes that are perfect for petting zoos and family farms. Learn what each of these mini animals needs.
If you were concerned the pygmy slow loris babies were getting less cute as they got older, the answer is decidedly no.
According to the British Goat Society, pygmy goats are quiet and docile animals that have become increasingly popular in recent years as pets. The family-run pygmy goat breeding farm Goats of the Shire is in the heart of Northamptonshire and their aim is to be a trusted breeder of fit and healthy kids from their small herd. They were kind enough to answer a few questions for us about the joys of raising these diminutive goats.
The Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea) is a small species of New World monkey native to rainforests of the western Amazon Basin in South America. The species is notable for being the smallest monkey and one of the smallest primates in the world, at just over 100 grams (3.5 oz) (Madame Berthe's mouse lemur is smaller). It is generally found in evergreen and river-edge forests and is a gum-feeding specialist, or a gummivore. About 83% of the pygmy marmoset population lives in stable troops of two t
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Pygmy animals are those animals, which are unusually small. Know about Pygmy Owl, Pygmy Goat, Pygmy Seahorse, and Pygmy Shrew.
Possums and opossums look almost identical, however, they're different species. Possums are found in Australia, while opossums inhabit the US. It would be hard to believe looking at their photos, but these marsupials are generally disliked and considered pests.
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Pygmy animals are those animals, which are unusually small. Know about Pygmy Owl, Pygmy Goat, Pygmy Seahorse, and Pygmy Shrew.
A PhD student at Adelaide University, Amanda McLean captured a series of close-up photographs of a western pygmy possum - native to southern Australia - in the palm of her hand.
The Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) is a species of rabbit native to the plains of Montana, Idaho, California, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. The pygmy rabbit is the smallest rabbit in the world and barely weighs 1 lb, being able to fit in the palm of a human hand. They feed almost exclusively on sagebrush in the winter, and will eat grass and seeds in the summer. They have very small burrows and are in fact the only rabbits in the United States to dig their own burrows.
(photo credit: kysme photography) You know what's better than baby goats? Pygmy baby goats. Pygmy goats are the tiniest goats in the world and
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This adorable nocturnal infant is a pygmy slow loris which weighs only a pound when adult. Lorises, native to southern Asia, are evolutionary cousins of the lemurs. Photo by David Haring, Duke Lemur Center.
In all the time we humans have been discovering and describing the world around us, we've only just scratched the surface. In fact, scientists have estimated that there are about 8.7 million species of plants and animals in existence, however, only around 1.2 million of them have been identified and described so far (most of which are insects). This means that millions of other organisms remain a complete mystery.
