When a nursing baby short-beaked echidna begins to grow spines, it leaves its mother’s pouch.It comes back to nurse at her milk patches for several months. Native to Tasmania and New Guinea, echidnas are monotremes unlike most other mammals, monotremes never evolved live birth, but instead lay eggs like their amniote ancestors. Monotremes produce milk for their young. But they lack nipples; instead, their milk oozes out of ducts of their mammary glands onto specialized patches of skin.

What’s the smallest mammal that ever lived? The tiny creature namedBatodonoides vanhouteni was so small, it could have perched on a pencil. With an estimated body weight of just 1.3 grams less than a twentieth of an ounce it weighed only about as much as a dollar bill. It lived approximately 50 million years ago and is related to modern shrews and moles. Batodonoides was named by American Museum of Natural History paleontologist Michael Novacek.Also it's frigid cuteeee. 

The Angora Rabbit has a long history and believe it or not is one of the oldest types of domesticated rabbits. This particular species of rabbit was extremely popular with French royalty way back in the mid-eighteenth century. Interestingly enough, it wasn’t until the 20th century that they made their way across the pond to North America but I guess it is better late than never as I am sure these large, fluffy animals make great pets. There are numerous individual breeds of Angora Rabbits, however, only 4 our recognized by the Angora Rabbit Breeders Association. These include the English, French, Satin and of course the Giant Angora Rabbit.

There are more than 60 different species of opossum, which are often called possums. The most notable is the Virginia opossum or common opossum the only marsupial found in the United States and Canada.A female opossum gives birth to helpless young as tiny as honeybees. Babies immediately crawl into the mother's pouch, where they continue to develop. As they get larger, they will go in and out of the pouch and sometimes ride on the mother's back as she hunts for food. Opossums may give birth to as many as 20 babies in a litter, but fewer than half of them survive. Some never even make it as far as the pouch.

The Angwantibo, or Golden Potto, is a small primate that lives in tropical Africa. It has soft fur and slender arms and legs and almost no tail. It has five toes on each foot. Its hands are unusual It has two long fingers and two shorter fingers, and one of the fingers is little more than a fleshy pad. It is a good climber. It feeds on insects. It will pick insects off leaves and twigs, and it is also able to catch flying insects right out of the air.

Slow lorises vary in colour from grey to white depending on their range. They are plumper and shorter-limbed than slender lorises. They have strong grasping hands and feet, with opposable thumbs. Slow lorises have dark rings around their eyes and a dark stripe running along the backThey are nocturnal and arboreal. They spend the day sleeping in a tight ball up a tree, with their head between their thighs, but become active at sunset. They are thought to be solitary, and males have larger ranges than the females. Slow lorises make a buzzing hiss sound when disturbed. They move quadrupedally and slowly through the forest.

The slender loris nocturnal primate spends the day curled up in a tight ball. It approaches prey slowly and stealthily, before reaching out and grabbing it with both hands.There are six subspecies and they range across sri lanka and southern india.They live for about 15 years and slender lorises eat almost anything.They live in tropical forests,shrub forest,and semi-deicidous forests and swamps.Slender lorises breed twice a year and you usually give birth birth to one offspring but sometimes two.

Kangaroos are herbivores, and they eat a wide variety of plants, including grasses, shrubs, tree leaves and shoots. Ecologically, kangaroos are Australia's equivalent of bison, deer and cattle in North America.

Kangaroos get much of the moisture they need from their diet, which means they can go for long periods of time without drinking water.

Like cows, kangaroos have chambered stomachs to help with digestion.They regurgitate grass and shrubs and chew them again before swallowing.They also have highly specialized teeth. Their molars fall out regularly from the wear and tear of their plant-based diet, and are replaced.

The Indian giant squirrel is an upper-canopy dwelling species which rarely leaves the trees, and requires "tall profusely branched trees for the construction of nests." It travels from tree to tree with jumps of up to 6 m (20 ft). When in danger, the ratufa indica often freezes or flattens itself against the tree trunk, instead of fleeing. Its main predators are the birds of prey and the leopard . The Giant Squirrel is mostly active in the early hours of the morning and in the evening, resting in the midday. It is a shy wary animal and not easy to discover.Also it is the cutest freakin squirrel everrrrrr.

Though often called the koala bear  this cute little animal is not a bear at all  it is a marsupial, or pouched mammal. After giving birth, a girl koala carries her baby in her pouch for about six months. When the baby koala is born, it rides on its mother's back or clings to her belly, accompanying her everywhere until it is about a year old.Koalas live in eastern Australia, where the eucalyptus trees they love are everywhere. In fact, they rarely leave these trees, and their sharp claws and opposable digits easily keep them from falling. During the day they doze, tucked into forks or nooks in the trees, sleeping for up to 18 hours.

They are nocturnal and arboreal. They spend the day sleeping in a tight ball up a tree, with their head between their thighs, but become active at sunset. They are thought to be solitary, and males have larger ranges than the females. Slow lorises make a buzzing hiss sound when disturbed. They move quadrupedally and slowly through the forest.

Slow lorises vary in colour from grey to white depending on their range. They are plumper and shorter-limbed than slender lorises. They have strong grasping hands and feet, with opposable thumbs. Slow lorises have dark rings around their eyes and a dark stripe running along the backSlow lorises may not be swift, but they are accomplished climbers and are able to hang from branches by their feet alone.They range across southeast Asia.

An expert in energy conservation, they move only to find food and or as needed for other natural body functions. This is necessary because their diet and digestion does not provide them with much energy. The climbing speed of the average sloth when not threatened with danger is about 6 feet per minute. They sleep the majority of any 24 hour period. They do not come down out of their tree  homes too often because their long lanky limbs, perfect for hanging, cannot support their body weight on the ground so they have to drag themselves with their front arms.

This animal is the very rare baby golden brush tail possum. These animals are one of austalia's largest tree dwelling marsupials. They are rarely seen in the wild, but they are sometimes seen in the small pockets of the tasmania.They are mostly known because of there unique appearance. This appearance results from low levels of melanin.

A slow loris is the cutest animal in the whole world!!!.The slow loris is very similar to a sloth because of its very slow speed.Also it can stand still for hours at a time.They have human like hands with opposable thumbs. They are the only venomous primate because they have a poison sack on their elbow and then bite you and there bite is so venomous it can kill.They are one of the rarest primates in the world.

greenish coloring

The greenish coloring on the sloth comes from the algae that derive from the trees. It is really a light brown or light black color. They have very sharp claws designed for climbing and hanging. They are about 18-23 inches tall, and weigh from 8 to10 pounds when fully mature. They have three claws on each of their feet that are from the three toes on them. They are able to turn their head up to 270 degrees due to an additional vertebrate in their neck.

Sloths are nocturnal and sleep curled up with their head placed between the arms and the feet drawn close together. This disguises them as part of a tree so that its enemies like the jaguar do not see them. Sloths rarely climb down from the trees and can live for up to 30 years.

Sloths Food

Sloths are classified as foliveres as the bulk of their diet consists mostly of buds, tender shoots, and leaves, mainly of cecropia trees. Some two-toed sloths have been documented as eating insects, small reptiles, and birds as a small supplement to their diet. Linnaeus Two toed sloths  have recently been documented eating human faeces from open latrines. They have made extraordinary adaptations to an arboreal browsing lifestyle. 

Sloths are identified by the number of long, prominent claws that they have on each front foot. There are both two-toed and three-toed sloths.They are made for life in the treetops.They spend most of their time in the trees hanging from branches with their powerful grip.They don't even come down for water they get that from all the juicy fruits they eat.

Sloths are the slowest mammal in the world they are so slow that moss grows on them which also helps a great camouflage.