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A to Z of British Mammals
| Primary Image |
Title |
Description |
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Badger |
Badgers have a powerful, barrel shaped body with blunt tail and short, sturdy legs with strong claws. With coarse hair, the underparts and legs are black with a grey back; the head has white... |
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Bank Vole |
As the UK's smallest vole, the adult Bank Vole has a reddy-brown coat with a rounded, mouse-like appearance, prominent ears and a long tail. An agile creature, the Bank Vole can move fast over... |
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Barbastelle Bat |
The Barbstelle bat is a medium sized bat that has long silky fur that is dark brown to black in colour. The Barbastelle also has an almost frosted appearance due to the presence of almost white... |
| Bearded Seal | ||
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Beaver | Droppings are small for such a large mammal - 2.3cm long with diameter of around 2cm. Remains consist almost entirely of bark/wood remains.Generally deposited in the water,where they disintegrate... |
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Bechstein's Bat |
A medium sized bat with fairly long fur that is pale to reddish brown on its back and a light grey on its underside. The Bechstein's bat has short broad wings that are brown to grey in colour and... |
| Black Rat |
The Black Rat has a pointed nose, large ears and a slender body when compared to the Brown Rat (Rattus Norvegicus). |
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Bottle-nosed Dolphin | |
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Brandt's Bat |
The Brandt's bat has a shaggy fur that is a light reddish brown in colour with a visible golden sheen on the upper parts of the body and the... |
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Brown Hare |
Similar to a rabbit but with longer, larger black tipped ears and longer hind legs, the fur is tawny grey/brown in colour with a lighter coloured underbelly and flanks. |
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Brown Long-eared Bat |
The second most common bat in Britain with ears that are three quarters the length of its head and body. While at rest it tends to either curl its ears back or tuck them under its wings, so that... |
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Brown Rat |
The Brown rat has coarse, grey-brown fur with a thick scaly tail, which is always shorter than its body, and has small finely haired ears. |