In honor of Seal and Sea Lion this past week, happy #SkullSaturday with the California Sea Lion (CSL)! CSL have a total range spanning from Alaska to Mexico with a breeding range isolated to the southern half of California and northern Mexico! This is a female evidenced by lack of sagittal crest!
Happy #SkullSaturday ft the serval (Leptailurus serval) in honor of World Serval Day this past week. This medium sized cat is native to Sub-Saharan Africa and has in the recent years become popular in the exotic pet trade. It is the only member of its particular genus within the Felidae family. 🐆🐆🐆
It’s #SkullSaturday ft the American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)! Present through majority of North America, they can actually be found in a variety of shades despite their name! While known to hibernate, bears located in warmer climates do not always! They are the smallest bear species in NA!
Happy #SkullSaturday with the American alligator 🐊 (Alligator mississippiensis)! They are rhe only members of the genus Alligator with the Chinese alligator as its only other which is much smaller! Formerly on the endangered species list, they have bounced back with conservation efforts!
Happy #SkullSaturday with the North American Badger (Taxidea taxus)! One of the larger members of Mustelidae, the range of the American Badger reaches through Canada, US, and Mexico and has a ferocious reputation living in the grasslands eating smaller mammals!
#badgers #uwisconsin #uwbadgers
Happy #SkullSaturday with the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)! Nine-banded armadillos are the most widespread of the armadillos living across the Americas. They cannot roll fully into a ball like the three banded armadillo and many species rely on their abandoned burrows for shelter!
Happy #SkullSaturday with my Alaskan coastal wolf 🐺! Called the Alexander Archipelago wolf (Canis lupus logon), this is a subspecies of grey wolf that is smaller and darker with a primary diet of salmon, black-tailed deer, and bear! Like many wolves, they are listed as Vulnerable by IUCN.
#wolves
Happy #SkullSaturday with my baby capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)! Largest rodent species residing in South America with close relation to guinea pigs and rock cavies! The Catholic Church deemed them fish in the 18th century to help convert tribes in Venezuela and have remained since!
Happy #SkullSaturday with the red-necked wallaby! One of the many macropod species in Australia, this wallaby species lives in along the southeastern coast of Australia and in Tasmania. You can find them also introduced of other parts of the world. Another name is the Bennett’s wallaby! 🦘🦘🦘🦘
Been a minute! Will return to #MicroscopeMonday and #SkullSaturday soon! Started the new job working in wildlife pathology so been busy!!
Happy #SkullSaturday with a Townsend's mole (Scapanus townsendii)!
This is the largest mole species in North America and those teeth are for eating and attacking earthworms and other small invertebrates!
Their range is west coast between US and Canada. They are considered endangered in Canada 🇨🇦
Happy #SkullSaturday featuring a hammer-headed bat 🦇 Hypsignathus monstrosus is the only bat of this genus and is the largest in sub Saharan Africa! They have a large wing span of 1 meter and have marked sexual dimorphism!
They are of least concern on the IUCN red list!
Happy #SkullSaturday! Here we have two Puma concolor skulls! Top is a museum specimen. Known as mountain lion, cougar, puma, Florida panther, and catamount, these cats used to span all through the United States and down to South American in Patagonia. Eastern subspecies has been declared extinct.
Happy inaugural #SkullSaturday series featuring my Alaskan brown bear skull 🐻💀
While many people may think there are more than one species of brown bear due to a variety of names, there is actually one one species, Ursus arctos, with multiple subspecies to include Eurasian and Kodiak!
felt brute, might delete later this #SkullSaturday #BuyOrnelasArt #skull #metal #punkrock #hxc #skulliosis #skullart
Super scary skull and crossbones by Ian Rogers, age 6, 1976
Sorting through some old files, found my very first drawing of a skull and crossbones, age 6, 1976
#skullSaturday
A stone mascaron of a very realistic skull with no jaw.
Skull. ⬛
#darkArt #darkPhotography #spooky #macabreArt #skullDay #skullSaturday #skull #mascaron
#skullsaturday
Links naast de entree in de kerk Santa Maria del Popolo zit het grafmonument van Johann Baptista Gislenus ookwel Giovanni Battista Gisleni genoemd. Hij was een barokarchitect en muzikant.
📷 23-12-2024
A black and white photograph of a skull and cross bones carved on a gravestone.
#SkullSaturday ☠️
📍St Cynwyd's Church • Llangynwyd ⛪
#Wales #History
