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WORLD’S CUTEST ANIMALS (Africa, cont.) (Asia, cont.) ANTARCTICA Dibatag ★ 94 Przewalski’s AND ARCTIC Ethiopian Wolf ★ 96 Horse ★ 132 Arctic Fox 168 CONTENTS Fennec Fox 98 Red Panda ★ 134 Arctic Hare 170 Masai Giraffe 100 Siberian Chipmunk 136 Arctic Lemming 172 Meerkat 102 Slow Loris ★ 138 Emperor Penguin 174 Okapi ★ 104 Ural Owl 140 Polar Bear ★ 176 Pygmy Wallace’s Puf in ★ 178 NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE Hippopotamus ★ 106 Flying Frog 142 Adorabilis 6 Alpaca 36 Eurasian Lynx 66 Springbok 108 Worldwide American Pika 8 Bearded Emperor European AUSTRALIA, Bottlenose Dolphin 180 Axolotl ★ 10 Tamarin 38 Hedgehog 68 ASIA NEW ZEALAND Dormouse 182 Bee Big-Eared Goldcrest 70 Binturong ★ 110 AND OCEANIA Dugong ★ 184 Hummingbird 12 Opossum 40 Highland Cow 72 Borneo Pygmy Dingo ★ 144 Hawksbill Turtle ★ 186 Black-Footed Brazilian Long-Tailed Tit 74 Elephant ★ 112 Kangaroo 146 Ibex 188 Ferret ★ 14 Porcupine 42 Pine Marten 76 Irrawaddy Kiwi ★ 148 Kentish Plover 190 Burrowing Owl 16 Capybara 44 Saiga Antelope ★ 78 Dolphin ★ 114 Koala ★ 150 Manatee ★ 192 California Chinchilla 46 Japanese Dwarf Little Blue Penguin 152 Moose 194 Sea Lion 18 Guanaco 48 AFRICA Flying Squirrel 116 Mountain Pygmy Porcupine Puffer Fish 196 Coyote 20 Llama 50 Aardwolf 80 Kiang 118 Possum ★ 154 Reindeer ★ 198 Kit Fox 22 Marmoset 52 African Hare 82 Leopard Cat 120 New Zealand Sea Otter ★ 200 Northern Pygmy Ocelot 54 African Helmeted Malayan Fur Seal 156 Sloth ★ 202 Owl 24 Patagonian Mara 56 Turtle 84 Sun Bear ★ 122 Quokka ★ 158 Stoat 204 Prairie Dog 26 Pudu ★ 58 African Savanna Malayan Tapir ★ 124 Spotted-Tail Sandpiper 28 Southern Elephant ★ 86 Mandarin Duck 126 Quoll ★ 160 AUTHOR’S NOTE 206 Snowshoe Hare 30 Tamandua 60 Bat-Eared Fox 88 Muntjac Deer 128 Tree Kangaroo ★ 162 Thinhorn Sheep 32 Southern Viscacha 62 Black-Footed Cat ★ 90 Philippine Flying Tuatara ★ 164 (ANIMALS WITH A ★ NEXT TO THEIR NAME ARE EITHER ENDANGERED OR Tufted Titmouse 34 Spectacled Bear ★ 64 Bushbuck 92 Lemur 130 Wombat ★ 166 NEARLY ENDANGERED.) Adorabilis

Local to North America

hese deep-sea octopi are so cute, a scientist called the species Adorabilis when she discovered it. See the two “ears” at the top of its head? Those are actually fins, and they have small webbed limbs for swimming, too.

6 Highland Cow

Local to Europe

ow do these cows keep their hair out of their faces? [They don’t!] Highland cows have double-layered coats for extra warmth and still manage to look good. These fashionistas definitely win the award for world’s most luscious locks.

72 AARDWOLF Local to Africa

he aardwolf’s name means T“earth wolf” in Afrikaans, a language spoken in Southern Africa. They mostly eat termites. With sticky tongues and peg-like teeth, they have the perfect tools to munch on insects!

80 FENNEC FOX Local to Africa

ennec foxes are specially adapted for the desert. Their big, batty ears can grow up to half their size and release heat to keep their bodies cool. They also have extra-hairy feet to protect them from the hot sand.

98 QUOKKA★

Local to Australia

uokkas are about the size of cats and hop like kangaroos. They burrow underground for quick naps. Don’t expect to win a game of hide- and-seek with a quokka . . . you might be seeking for a while!

158 AUTHOR’S NOTE But there are ways you can help. Visit the websites below to learn more about how you can get involved.

World Wildlife Fund very animal in this book with worldwildlife.org E a ★ next to its name is either Natural Resources Defense Council endangered or vulnerable to becom- nrdc.org ing endangered. This means their Wildlife Conservation Society numbers are decreasing, mostly due wcs.org to pollution, habitat loss, overhunting Rainforest Action Network and over ishing, or climate change. ran.org All of these environmental problems Nature Conservancy have been caused by humans. nature.org

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