International Snow Leopard Day 2018
International Snow Leopard Day – October 23, 2018
– The endangered snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is found in the rugged mountains of Central Asia.
International Snow Leopard Day – October 23, 2018
– The endangered snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is found in the rugged mountains of Central Asia.
International Sloth Day – October 20, 2018
– There are 6 sloth species in two genera – Bradypus (three–toed sloths) and Choloepus (two–toed sloths).
World Okapi Day – October 18, 2018
– #WorldOkapiDay
– Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) is also known as the forest giraffe, Congolese giraffe, or zebra giraffe,
National Wolf Awareness Week October 12-18, 2018
-The Wolf also known as Gray Wolf or Grey Wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia & North America
International Raccoon Appreciation Day – October 01, 2018
-#InternationalRaccoonAppreciationDay
-Raccoons are native to North America & Central America.
Elephant Appreciation Day – September 22, 2018
#ElephantAppreciationDay
International Red Panda Day – September 15, 2018
-InternationalRedPandaDay
-Red pandas, like giant pandas, are bamboo eaters native to Asia’s high forests.
International Orangutan Day – August 19, 2018
-Name “orangutan” is derived from the Malay words orang, meaning “person”, & hutan, meaning “forest”
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 – July 29, 2018
– #InternationalTigerDay
– The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest living cat species