Mammals
Mammals
International Orangutan Day 2018
International Orangutan Day – August 19, 2018
-Name “orangutan” is derived from the Malay words orang, meaning “person”, & hutan, meaning “forest”
World Elephant Day 2018
World Elephant Day – August 12, 2018
-African Elephants are distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa.
– African Forest Elephant populations only in Central Africa.
International Tiger Day 2018
International Tiger Day – July 29, 2018
– #InternationalTigerDay
– The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest living cat species
International Leopard Day 2018
International Leopard Day – May 03, 2018
#internationalleopardday
#leopardday
#worldleopardday
Bat Appreciation Day 2018
Bat Appreciation Day – April 17, 2018
– #BatAppreciationDay
– Bats are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight.
Save the Elephant Day 2018
Save the Elephant Day – April 16, 2018
– #SavetheElephantDay
– Elephants are the largest existing land animals.
National Dolphin Day 2018
National Dolphin Day – April 14, 2018
– #NationalDolphinDay
– Dolphins can see sound. They use echolocation to see the world around them.
Dolphin Awareness Month 2018
Dolphin Awareness Month – March 2018
– #DolphinAwarenessMonth
– Dolphins are aquatic mammals. There are 40 species.
Manatee Appreciation Day 2018
Manatee Appreciation Day – March 28, 2018
– Manatees inhabit coastal areas & rivers of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Amazon basin, & West Africa.
International Day of the Seal 2018
International Day of the Seal – March 22, 2018
– #InternationalDayoftheSeal
– A seal uses its whiskers, called vibrissae, to detect prey.