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OWLS
| Found on all continents except Antarctica, the barn owl
breeds in North America from Massachusetts ,southern Ontario, Minnesota,
and southern British Columbia. |
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The eagle owl, B. bubo,
the largest European owl, lives on the edge of forests, in open
scrub, on rocky promontories, and on the sides of mountains. Its
coloring is rusty with streaks and bars, and it has large,
orange eyes
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| The most powerful of the North American owls, the
great horned owl is 46 to 64 cm (18-25 inches) long. Generally,
it is dark brown, but birds of the far north and of the desert regions
are considerably lighter in color. It ranges from the northern limit of
trees to the Straits of Magellan in a wide variety of habitats,
generally with trees. Rabbits, rodents, and birds, including other owls,
are its chief foods,though it takes many other kinds of animals as well.
The most distinctive call is a series of low hoots.Great horned owls
occupy the old nests of other large birds such as hawks and crows.
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CATS
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The Abyssinian cat, a shorthaired breed of domestic cat, is believed
to be related to the cats depicted in
ancient Egyptian art.
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American shorthair cat, popularly known as the tabby, is
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The
Turkish Angora, a new breed in the United States, has a regal
appearance accentuated by its long body, plumelike tail, and long,
fine hair. Its eyes are blue or amber. Occasionally it has one eye
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Balinese cat, which was bred from Siamese cats in the United
States, has a long, silky coat similar to that of Persian cats and an insistent voice like
that of its Siamese forebears. |
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The
Burmese cat is a breed of domestic cat developed in
the United States during the 1930s from a Siamese and a brown cat
native to Burma.
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| The lynx-point, or tabby-point, shorthaired cat is one
of three varieties of colorpoints. The colorpoint cat was developed from
the Siamese and the domestic cats |
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The
exotic shorthair cat is a recently developed breed produced
by crossing a domestic shorthair with a long-haired Persian |
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rare and graceful Havana brown cat, once considered a
variant of the Siamese, has the Siamese's wedge-shaped head,
slender legs, and svelte body. |
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The
Himalayan cat is a crossbreed that combines the body shape
and long hair of the Persian cat with the coloration of the
Siamese
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The
Japanese bobtail, Japan's traditional good-luck cat, is a
brightly colored calico with a truncated "pom-pom" tail.
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The
Korat a breed of cat from Thailand, has a close-lying coat of
shimmering blue,each hair tipped with silver. |
| The Maine coon cat appears in many colors, often
displaying a raccoonlike striped tail. One of the largest of American cats,
it may carry a weight of 13.5 kg (30 lb) on its broad
"snowshoe" paws. |
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The
Manx cat has an arched back, double coat, and long, muscular
rear legs. Although some have short tails, only the rumpy, or
tailless, variety (shown) is recognized as a show animal. |
FROGS
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The bullfrog, R. catesbeiana, is a common, long-lived aquatic frog
known for its loud, raucous croaking.
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| The goliath frog, C. goliath, is a giant
frog measuring about 30.5 cm (12 inches) in length. It is found
only in the mountains of a small area in west central Africa. |
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The green
frog, R. clamitans, is common to the shallow
freshwater ponds and streams of eastern North America |
| The leopard frog, R. pipiens, a North
American frog, is distinguished by its light-bordered spots and
pointed head |
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The tree frog feeds on insects in trees and is capable of
jumping twice its length when leaping upon prey. Tree frogs, members of
the family Hylidae, are especially abundant and diversified in the
American Tropics. |
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