Epicyon haydeni
Miocene muscle: the bone-crushing canid
Animal Habitats
Steppe
Semi-arid grasslands of Eurasia with short grasses and extreme temperatures
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Argentavis Magnificens
Miocene sky-giant of Argentina
Theropod
From raptors to robins: all theropod
Dickcissel
Prairie singer, South America traveler
Gadwall
The "quiet" duck with a bright wing flash
Northern Pintail
Pointed tail, planet-spanning migrant
Panthera atrox (American Lion)
North America's Ice Age lion
Cervalces latifrons (Broad-Fronted Moose)
The Pleistocene's broad-browed moose
Embolotherium
Asia's Eocene battering-ram giant
Dinocrocuta
Not a hyena-just built like one.
Equus giganteus
Big horse of Ice-Age America
Irish Elk
The deer with antlers like doorways
Lace Bug
Lacy wings, leafy feasts.
Fritillary Butterfly
Four legs, endless wing stories
Trapdoor spider
Hidden door, lightning strike.
Onager
Iran's lightning-footed onager
Kiang
Tough hooves for the Roof of the World
Vole
Small rodents, big ecosystem impact
Ornate Box Turtle
Prairie jewel that shuts like a box
Urial
Horns of the high dry hills
Chigger
Six legs now, eight legs later
Rottle
Brains, brawn, and curls-maybe.
Slovak Cuvac
White coat. Mountain heart. True guardian.
Aussiepom
Small body, big herder-brain.