Kakomitsli

06/05/2023

06/05/2023

The tail helps keep balance. The more rugged the terrain, the easier it is for them to hunt, because obstacles interfere with their prey much more - if it is not a bird.

06/05/2023

They seem to be downright acrobats: they easily climb rocks that seem impregnable, and descend from them, and they can even do it head down.

05/05/2023

A young collared scops 🦉

05/05/2023

But his torso in structure is more similar to representatives of the cat.

05/05/2023

The head of a kakomitli resembles a marten and differs mainly in long ears, and they can be either pointed or rounded.

04/05/2023

But in North America, where fossil raccoons were found at the age of 30 million years, they were in much better conditions, so many new species appeared, and then raccoons penetrated into South America - this happened about 12-15 million years BC.

04/05/2023

The competition in Eurasia was too tough for them, and for the most part they were supplanted by viverrids.