ORIGINAL ARTICLES
from The J. Cruelty Catalog
& Paper, Scissors, Clocks

Updated August 13, 2003

Moon Rat
The MOON RAT (Echinosorex gymnura) is the world's largest insectivore. It is a distant cousin of the hedgehog. Moon rats are native to the lowland regions of Borneo, Sumatra, and the Malay Peninsula.

Unlike hedgehogs and tenrecs, the Moon Rat doesn’t have any spines. It protects itself from predators by emitting a strong noxious odor. This species has also developed an immunity to snake venom. The bulk of their diet consists of invertibrates (insects, spiders, scorpians, centipedes, crustaceans, etc.), and fruit.

Moon Rats look like a cross between an oppossum and a giant white rat, with long white guard hairs and thick ropelike tails. Adult Moon Rats may grow to be the size of a large house cat (16 inches long, with an eight inch tail).
See also: Moon Rat links (below)

* Bats and Rabbits

* Bees

* Hedgehogs

* Mountain Goats
(the hoofed mammal, not the band!)

* Musk Ox

* Owls

* Red Monkeys

* Squirrels

Exciting Animal Facts

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Yoonie's all-time favorite websites:
!!! Koko the sign language Gorilla!!!
(and) Panda Cam

* The Aardvark

* Anaconda

* Badger Gallery

* Badgers.org - The Virtual Badger Set
This is the home of Taxidea Taxus, the North American Badger.

* Badgerland: The Definitive Guide to Badgers in the United Kingdom

* Bat Cave

* Bat Facts from UC Berkeley

* Build a Better Bat House

* Bats -From Walker's Mammals of the World

* Beaver

* Beavers in British Columbia (Castor canadensis )

* "All about the Beaver"

* Bettong
Endangered Australian marsupial that looks like a giant kangaroo rat

Another Bettong page
Learn more about these endangered animals

* Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)

* Cane Toads
BE AFRAID. BE VERY AFRAID.

* Preparing for the Cane Toad invasion in Kakadu

* How far have Cane Toads spread?

* CANE TOADS: THE MOVIE "It would be pointless to label the sex drive of the cane toad as high; their enviable libido lands somewhere in a region known as absolutely unreal. Male members of the species often attempt to mate with human feet or arms, clumps of mud, or even other animals, much less other species of toad.

"There is a documented instance of a male toad attempting to mate for some eight or more hours in the middle of a road with a female that had been dead quite some time...

"One man slew over two hundred toads following an incident where several of his pet ornamental goldfish were killed by toads attempting to mate with them; another gent takes Sunday drives solely to run over as many toads who stray to lay in the way of his VW van."-Mark Furman

CANE TOADS: An unnatural History (1987)
A film by Mark Lewis. NOW ON DVD.

* The Capybara -World's Largest Rodent

* Dire Wolves (extinct!)

* Downy Woodpecker
SEE ALSO: "Woodpecker"

The * Echidna, or Spiny Anteater

* Echidna Quicktime movie

* Echidna, Short-beaked

* Gambian Giant Pouched Rat

* African Giant Pouched Rats as pets
From the Rat and Mouse Gazette

* Pictures of a domesticated Gambian Giant Pouched Rat

* Giant Squid

* Ground Hogs at Hog Haven

(SEE ALSO: "Woodchuck")

* Hedgehogs
From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy online

* Hedgehogs in the U.K.

* Hedgehogs, Swedish (lots of photographs!)

* Kangeroo Rat, Banner Tailed
Dipodomys spectabilis

* Lemmings

Lemmings (Canadian Wildlife Service)

* LearnAnimals.com

* Lynx
SEE ALSO: "Canada Lynx"

* The Manatee, or Sea Cow

* Manatees and Dugongs
Call of the Siren: Manatee & Dugong Research, Education, & Conservation

* Save the Manatee!

* The Moon Rat
See what a Moon Rat looks like!

* Moon Rat (Echinosorex gymnura)
Also known as the "hairy hedgehog".

* Moon Rat facts from the Diversity Web

* Naked Mole Rat, Blind
Quite possibly the ugliest animal on Earth.

Another Naked Mole Rat Page

* Narwhal
Info and photos at narwhal-whales.com

* Narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
Narwhal means "Corpse Whale" in Old Norse

* Otters at otter.org

* Otternet - "Your source for otter fun, facts and faces"

* Pileated Woodpecker

* Porcupine

Puffins
All about Puffins

* Quoll, Spotted Tail
Carnivorous marsupial from Australia

* Quoll, Eastern

* Rock Hyrax -closest living cousin of the elephant (pictures)

* Rock hyrax - (more details, no pictures)

Ruffed Grouse

* Sea Otter

* Swift Fox (Vulpes velox)
Endangered or Threatened North American fox has been clocked at speeds of up to 60 kilometers-per-hour

* Tasmanian Devil, w/ devilish movie

* Tasmanian Wolf
Very rare marsupial -extinct since 1936 (?)

* Turtles

* Turtles of the World -Comprehensive Site

* The Ultimate Ungulate Page
"Your Guide to the World's Hoofed Mammal Species"

* Vampire Squid

* Wolves

* Wolves -Timber Wolves
The Timber Wolf Information Network (TWIN)

* Wolves in the Upper Great Lakes

* Wombats

* Wombat: Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat

* Wombat: Southern Hairy-nosed Wombats at Perth Zoo

* Wonderful Wombats
A comparison of the three major species

* Woodchucks
Very informative page set up by the Canadian Wildlife Service

* Woodchucks: Actually a member of the Squirrel Family
Conservation Commission of Missouri

* Woodpeckers
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

* Woodpeckers: Attracting Woodpeckers to your backyard

RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONS

* The Animal Diversity Web