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Vole
Long-tailed
Vole
Meadow
Vole
Sagebrush
Vole
Southern
Red-backed Vole
Townsend's
Vole
Woodland
Vole
Wallaby
Wallaroo
 Two
Walrus
subspecies are recognized: the Atlantic walrus measures 3m and weigh 1,200kg;
the Pacific walrus is 3,6m long and weighs 1600kg. They feed on benthic
invertebrates, such as molluscs, echinoderms and crustaceans, consuming
up to 45kg a day. Longevity is 40 years. There are no known predators.
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 Found
in Africa, Warthogs
engage in ritual fights in which they charge straight on, clashing heads.
Males weigh up to 250 pounds and fights between them can be violent and
bloody. Female warthogs only have four teats, confining litter sizes.
Each piglet has its "own" teat and suckles exclusively from it. Even if
one piglet dies, the others do not suckle from the available teat.
 Despite
its name, the large waterbuck
is not truly aquatic, as the sitatunga or lechwe. The mother hides her
young for 3 weeks, returning 4 times a day to suckle it. Each suckling
session lasts only five minutes, during which time the mother cleans the
calf so that no odour is left to attract predators.
Weasel
Least
Weasel
Long-tailed
Weasel
Short-tailed
Weasel
 The
Wildebeest herd
is a spectacular sight, numbering up to 400 000 animals. Wildebeest have
a unique ability to smell rain over long distances - with the first rainfalls
the herds move at a fast and steady pace to the raining area, sometimes
covering more than 2000km. They often walk and run in a single file, but
tend to graze in a scattered formation.
There are some 80 species of whales,
devided into toothed whales and baleen whales. The blue whale is the largest
animal alive, weighing up to 160 tons. The longest specimen was a 33.58
m long female. Lifespan is 30 - 80 years.
Fin
Whale
Gray
Whale
Humpback
Whale
Long-finned
Pilot Whale
Minke
Whale
Northern
Right Whale
Short-finned
Pilot Whale
Sperm
Whale
 The
Narwhal's
ivory tusk protruding from a tooth socket is the most distinctive feature
of this arctic whale. This tusk is actually a tooth, reaching 3m (10 ft)
in length. Embedded 38cm (15in) into the head, the tusk is straight as
an arrow, spiralled up to 12cm (5in) from the tip where it is polished
and smooth.
 As
large predators, Wolves
depend on prey such as deer, elk, caribou, and in some parts of its range,
moose and bison that weigh more than a 450kg (1000 pounds). Their powerful
jaws exert twice as much power as that of the domestic dog. The wolf is
a highly social animal, generally living within the same pack for most,
if not all, of its life. Only the top male and female breed, while any
attempts to do so by others are punished.
Gray
Wolf
Red
Wolf
Wolverine
Woodchuck
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