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arrival they were surprised to find Spotted Tail and a delegation of Brule ... White River in northwestern Nebraska. Spotted Tail and his band of Brule ...

The Spotted Owlet (Athene brama), an owl which breeds in tropical ... The Spotted Owlet commonly resides in open habitats including farmland ...

striped skunks, two species), Spilogale (spotted skunks, four species), Mydaus ... robust front claws, and a thickly-furred tail (Wund 2005). Skunk species ...

with thick fur. In most species this is spotted or striped. ... smaller paws, shorter ear tufts, and more spotted coat (pelage), with only ...

large round ears, the lack of a visible tail, similar length of the forelimbs ... (7-8 inches) in body length, with a tail less than 2 centimeters long ...

eyes on the dorsal surface, and a narrow tail. The skates comprise a family ... they are one of the smaller ray species (spotted, cuckoo, or starry rays ...

elicited the jealousy of Red Cloud and Spotted Tail, two Lakota chiefs who ... night. Crazy Horse fled to the nearby Spotted Tail Agency with his ill wife ...

crescent-shaped black ears, and a long tail that tapers to a black or ... centimeters (10 to 14 inches) and an added tail length of 17 to 25 centimeters ...

**D. jamesoni kaimosea--(Loveridge, 1936)--Jameson's black-tail mamba ... green underside. A green snake that is spotted, bluish, or has yellow or ...

*Spotted-necked Otter or Speckle-throated Otter (Hydrictis maculicollis) ... approximately three feet from nose to tail tip and can weigh up to 11 pounds. ...

fur with white on underside, chin, and tail, and long, ridged, lyre-shaped ... of 75-95 centimeters (2.5-3.1 feet), and a tail from 30-45 centimeters (12 ...

characterized by a short, black-tipped tail, a long body with short legs ... with a short 3 to 10 centimeter (2-4 inch) tail, and weigh from 135 to 350 ...

Most cats have a long fur-covered tail, which is used for balance ... **** Rusty-spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) **** Fishing Cat ...

the form of flippers, and a flat, notched tail with horizontal flukes that ... ***** Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, Stenella attenuata ***** Atlantic ...

a large, terminal mouth with small teeth, spotted body, nasal barbels, and ... extending into strong caudal keels near the tail (Grzimek et al. 2004). The ...

(ZSSD 2007). Giraffes also have the longest tail of any land mammal (up to ... a unique pattern of spots. Because this spotted pattern is similar to that ...

* Dark-spotted anaconda, Eunectes deschauenseei * Green anaconda, Eunectes ... The Bolivian anaconda and the dark-spotted anaconda (also called de ...

tawny fur with black spots, and a long tail. The cheetah is unique in ... , while the tail can measure up to 84|cm|in in length. Males tend to ...

As opposed to the other groups, where tail color varies much in general ... * Spotted kestrel, Falco moluccensis * Nankeen kestrel or Australian ...

forelimbs, a broad, horizontally flattened tail, and no hind limbs, although ... and dugongs are the tails. A manatee tail is paddle-shaped, while a ...

two mm long, with an elongated body, forked tail, and large antennae. Some ... in tap water became controversial when spotted by Jewish rabbis in Brooklyn ...

(fatty) fin along the back, near the tail; gill members extending far ... States that also goes by the name of spotted seatrout and that is not ...

surface, and narrow, long, and whip-like tail, typically with one or more ... 1994). They lack a caudal fin and the tail is long, with the distance ...

by a forward-curled, prehensile tail, a thin skin covering a series ... place on the undersurface of the trunk or tail, which may or may not be developed ...

are buried in the skin (IPHC 1998). The tail has been described as crescent ... fish are lighter and more mottled or spotted with paler marks; the underside ...

the form of flippers, and a flat, notched tail with horizontal flukes that ... **** Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis **** Clymene dolphin ...

characterized by black tuffed ears, short tail, whiskered face, spotted fur ... the body and dark bars on the forelegs and tail. Its spotted patterning acts ...

Some report Nessie to have a long, slender tail while others insist it is ... It was about 6:30 a.m. on June 5 when she spotted it on shore from about two ...

behind the pectoral fins, a deeply forked tail, and a body that is very narrow ... have a deeply forked or crescent-shaped tail, and the body is very narrow ...

which serve as sense organs, and a long tail, which in most species is ... contenders. From time to time, a white or spotted rat would be born due to ...

fur). The head, lower limbs, and belly are spotted with solid black (Grzimek ... misconception), but by the length of the tail—panthers having longer tails ...

early sarcoptergians have a symmetrical tail. Some taxonomists also include ... by a diphycercal caudal fin (having a tail fin with the vertebral column ...

, smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui), spotted bass or Kentucky bass (Micropterus ... from behind the gills to the base of the tail. It inhabits rivers, bays ...

is typically grey-green with a mottled or spotted appearance with stripes ... has more than six. The lobes of the caudal (tail) fin in muskellunge come to ...

and their bodies narrow out into a tail. Pinnipeds are more streamlined ... **** Spotted Seal or Larga Seal, Phoca largha **** Ringed Seal, Phoca ...

their large pectoral fins and upward curved tail. They sink when they stop swimming. ... adapted to the lifestyle of the shark. The tail provides thrust and so speed ...

the jaws, chin, and throat. Infants are spotted and born with blue eyes ... is around 2.4 meters (8 feet) long, nose to tail, with overall ranges between ...

* Hybrids between spotted owls and barred owls * Cama, a cross between ... A similar case in mammals is hybrid white-tail/mule deer. The hybrids ...

This spotted cat most closely resembles the leopard physically, although ... 1.62–1.83 meters (5.3–6 feet), and its tail may add a further 75 centimeters ...

hibernation. The hedgehog is occasionally spotted after a rainstorm foraging ... and the female has the ability to curl her tail upward to the point that her ...

are 2 meters (6-1/2 feet) from nose to tail. Bulls are some 25 percent ... months (Geist 1998). Calves are born spotted, as is common with many ...

pounds). It is the only felid with a tufted tail and the male is uniquely characterized ... by both females and males is that the tail ends in a hairy tuft. In some ...

by the presence of eyelids and ears and a tail that can sometimes break off ... peels backward over the body from head to tail, in one piece like an old ...

World Heritage Area: the Tasmanian Devil, the spotted-tail quoll, and the eastern quoll. While the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area provides ...

Urashima Taro was fishing one day when he spotted a turtle, which ... pieces, he found an excellent sword from a tail of the dragon that his sword ...

stumpy legs with four webbed toes, short tail, and nearly hairless thick ... Nile crocodiles, lions, and spotted hyenas are known to prey on young ...

are effective weapons. Their plumage is spotted brown and white, and the ... lb) and 129 cm (51 in) long from beak to tail; they usually stand about ...

about four tons, consisted mostly of spotted dolerite but included examples ... The next major phase of activity at the tail end of the third millennium ...

appeared not in Nazi uniform but in a tail coat, and humbly greeted the ... When, after intense street-to-street combat, Soviet troops were spotted ...