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Mammals D - G
Disclaimer: This gallery contains many illustrations of mammals. For illustrations of internal organs, skeletons, and other anatomical details of interest to biology students, please refer to the "Zoology" galleries listed on the site map under "Science."
 | Eskimo Dog Domesticated dogs are found in every region of the world. There are multiple breeds of dogs. |
 | Grooming a Dog Two men in a kennel grooming a dog. |
 | Newfoundland Dog "These animals are of large size, and in almost every part of British America they are valuable and useful. They are remarkably docile and obedient to their masters, servicable in all the fishing countries, and yoked in pairs, draw the tinter's fuel home. They are faithful, good-natured, and ever friendly to man." —Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Stylized Dog You see this dog dragging along a rope which he holds in his mouth, because he does not have hands (Hooker, 1886).. |
 | Dogs Four dogs standing around, alert. |
 | Dogs Two dogs |
 | Dogs Two dogs |
 | Dogs Dogs in the waiting room |
 | Dogs Dogs getting a bath |
 | Prairie Dogs A rodent that live sunderground on prairies. They are about a foot long, very stout, squat, paunchy form with low ears and ver short tail. |
 | Dolphin The common Dolphin is distinguished by a single blow-hole and numerous conical teeth. |
 | Dolphin Aquatic mammals related to whales and porpoises. |
 | Dolphin A porpoise with a longer, sharper nose. Usually 6 feet in length. |
 | Dolphin A dolphin diving under water. |
 | Gangetic Dolphin A dolphin with about 120 teeth, 50 vertebrae, extremely narrow jaw, no pelvic bone, rudimentary eyes, and obsolete dorsal fin. |
 | Donkey Donkey in a stable. |
 | Donkey Donkey with saddle. |
 | Donkey A beast of burden of the horse family, having a peculiarly harsh bray, and long, slouching ears. |
 | Donkey A donkey. |
 | Donkey A donkey carrying a travelers belongings. |
 | Donkey Hoofed mammals, resembling horses but having a smaller build. |
 | Domestic Donkey The tame donkey used as a beast of burden. |
 | White Donkey A tame donkey with a off-white coat. |
 | Dormouse A small Old World rodent that is very squirrel-like. |
 | Dormouse When a dormouse holds a nut to make a hole in it, he holds it between his two forepaws like hands. |
 | Dormouse "The Dormouse is a small European mammal. The name dormouse refers to the torpid state in which it passes the severe part of the winter, hence it has ever been called the Sleeper."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Dormouse A small mouse. Their shape is neat and gracile; they have full eyes, shapely limbs, and long hairy tails. |
 | Douroucouli The native name of one small, large-eyed, nocturnal South American monkeys. |
 | Dromedary "The Dromedary is a swift variety of the one-humped camel, bearing the same relation to it as a race horse to a cart horse. Its usual pace is a trot, which, with terrible joltings to the rider, can be maintained often at the rate of nine miles an hour for many hours on a stretch. Many varieties for racing are reared, and white forms are much prized in some parts of the East."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Dromedary "A name sometimes given, probably at first through mistake, to the Arabian or one-humped camel, bu properly belonging to a variety of that species, distinguished by slenderness of limbs and symmetry of form, and by extraordinary fleetness." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875 |
 | Drumfish "Drumfish, or Drum, and other species of the same genus, fishes found on the Atlantic coasts of North America, and so named from the deep drumming sound they make in the water."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Duckbill Duckbills are a primitive family of egg-laying, semi-aquatic mammals. |
 | Ducks Ducks swimming in the water. |
 | Seven Ducks Seven ducks swimming |
 | Dugong The dugong is closeley related to the manatee. It has no hind limbs, but its forelimbs are converted into paddles. Its nostrils are placed at the front of the head. |
 | Dugong "In its habits resembles the manatees, but it exceeds them in size, full grown individuals measuring eighteen or twenty feet in length. " — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Dugong "The Dugong is an herbivorous mammal, belonging to the Manatees. It ranges from 10 to 20 feet in length. The color is a slaty-brown or bluish-black above and whitish below. They yield a clear oil of the best quality, free from all objectionable smell."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Porcupine Ant Eater "It is a slow, dull, nocturnal animal, but exhibits a wonderful activity in digging, for which its powerful claws are admirably adapted." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Two Toed Ant Eater An ant eater hanging from a branch. |
 | Cayenne Echimys Has a stout body, thick muzzle, short ears, long tail, and ample hair. |
 | American Eclipse A famous race-horse of incredible speed. |
 | Eland "Is considerably the largest of all the antilopes, being the size of a good horse, and measuring eight feet two inches in length, and full five feet in height at the shoulder. The horns of the male are one and a half feet in length, very thick and heavy, almost straight until within three inches of the fingertips, where they bend outward, attenuated at the points, and surrounded throughout the greater length with a thick spiral wreath, which passes twice completely round them, and finishes by becoming indistinct near the points." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Elephant Elephant with hay |
 | Elephant Elephants are called pachyderms, which means "thick-skinned". |
 | Elephant One of the most remarkable things used in place of a hand is the trunk of the elephant. |
 | Elephant An elephant rolling a log |
 | Elephant An elephant carrying a log |
 | Elephant An elephant dressed up. |
 | Elephant Elephants are mammals, and the largest living land animals. |
 | Elephant Elephants are mammals, and the largest land animals alive today. The elephants gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 265 lbs. An elephant may live as long as 70 years, sometimes longer. |
 | African Elephant "The head is rounded, the front convex instead of concave, and the nails on each hind-foot are three instead of four. It lives in large herds in Central and South Africa, where is it constantly hunted by the natives and also by Europeans." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Asiatic Elephant "This elephant differs from the African species, not only in size and in the characters of the teeth and skull, but also in the comparative smallness of the ears, the paler brown color of the skin, and in having four nails on the hind feet instead of three" — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Elk One of the largest species of hooved mammals in the deer family. Known as the moose in North America. It is found in colder climates of N. America and Eurasia. |
 | American Elk "is a large and noble species, resembling the red deer of europe; is has tall, round, branching horns, some times six feet high; the color is yellowish brown; hte tail short, the form stately, the air maestic. its length is seven to eight feet, its height four and a half to five. Its horns are shed in February or March." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Equitoon "Is of a pale brown color, lives in small herds on the Gambia, and resembles the gazelles." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | The Euplere "The single species of this genus, E. Goudotti, is of a slender form, about a foot in length, low on its legs, digitigrade, with a tail half hte length of the body. Its color is a brownish fawn; its fur thick and woolly. Its teeth indicate an insectivorous tendency. It is found in Madagascar." —Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Ewe and Lamb Sheep bred mainly for their wool. |
 | Cotswold ewe A coarse-wooled breed of sheep. |
 | Shropshire ewe Shropshire ewe. This breed of hornless sheep is noted for its high quality meat. |
 | The Cryptoprocta Ferox "The only species, C. ferox, is but fifteen inches long, but its strength is great. Its disposition is ferocious and sanguinary in the highest degree. The body is slender and the back arched; the color is russet, the head round, and the claws retractile." —Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Ferret A weasel-like, usually albino mammal. Sometimes trained to hunt rats and rabbits. Related to the polecat. |
 | Black Footed Ferret A black footed ferret commonly found in North America. |
 | Lark Finch A North American bird having a long graduated, party colored tail, and the head much striped. |
 | Foussa A cat animal. |
 | Fox The fox is a carnivorous mammal in the dog family. |
 | Fox The fox is characterized chiefly by its pointed muzzle, short legs and its bushy tail. During the day, it tends to stay concealed in grasses and thickets and it comes out at night to hunt its prey, insects, earthworms, fruit and small birds and mammals. |
 | Fox The fox is characterized chiefly by its pointed muzzle, short legs and its bushy tail. |
 | Fox A fox. |
 | American Cross Fox "The size is that of the common fox, the fur exceedingly long, soft, and rich; and, although presenting great variety in the different species, is generally silvery black, sometimes with a chocolate tinge, the tip of the tail always white. The frontal part of the cranium has a peculiar lyre-shape, distinguishing it from every other species." —Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Cross fox A variety or subspecies of common fox, having a longitudinal dark dorsal area decussating with a dark area across the shoulders. |
 | Galagos "The head is large and round; the membranaceous ears remarkably large, and closed when the animal is sleeping; the eyes are large,and of a soft expression; the fur soft, the tail long; the teeth twenty six, as with the maki, loris, and sapajou." —Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Galidia "Of a lively russet, spotted with brown and olive, the tail being annulated with black. It is ten inches long." —Goodrich, 1885 |
 | The Srtipped Galidictis The G. striata is distinguished by its coloring, which consists of brown bands or strips on a light yellowish ground. The body is ten inches long, and the tail long and bushy." —Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Gauzu-Viva "Is a delicate little deer, only twenty-six inches in length. its aspect is said to resemble that of the sheep; the general color is brownish, approaching to gray, each hair being tipped with white." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Gazelle A gazelle standing in tall grass. |
 | Gazelle Most gazelle are found in Africa. Some inhabit SW Asia and N. Africa. They are graceful and swift runners and tend to live in plains or scrub. |
 | Ariel Gazelle "Is one of the most celebrated of antilopes; it is about two feet high at the shoulder; its limbs are slender but vigorous, and all its actions are light and spirited. In full flight it lays the horns back nearly on the shoulders, and seems to skim over the level plain almost without touching it." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Female Gazelle "Is one of the most celebrated of antilopes; it is about two feet high at the shoulder; its limbs are slender but vigorous, and all its actions are light and spirited. In full flight it lays the horns back nearly on the shoulders, and seems to skim over the level plain almost without touching it." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Gazelles A gazelle is an antelope of the genus Gazella. They are known as fast animals; they are able to reach high speeds for long periods of time. |
 | Gemsbok "It is a heavy stout animal, about five feet in length, and three feet two inches high at the shoulder; the length of the horns is from two feet to two and a half, that of the eas seven inches, and that of the tail thirteen or fourteen inches. The horns are almost perfectly straight, very little divergent, and situated in the plane of the forehead." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Gemsbok "A species of antelope, abounding on the dry yet fertile plains of South Africa, where it feeds on the bulbs of water-root and other kinds of succulent vegetation, by means of which the antelopes of those regions are able to subsist without water for months together. It is a large and powerful animal, measuring abot 5 feet in length and over 3 feet in height at the shoulders. Its horns, situated on the same plane with its forehead, exceed 2 feet in length, are almost straight, and are obscurely ringed throughout their lower half." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893 |
 | Genet "A genus of carnivorous mammals belonging to the Viverridae or family of civets. It contains six species, all of which are found exclusively in Africa, with the exception of the common genet, which occurs also throughout the south of Europe and in Palestine, where Tristram notes it as occurring on Mount Carmel. The fur of this species is of a dark grey color, thickly spotted with black, and having a dark streak along the back, while the tail, which is nearly as long as the body, is prettily ringed with black and white." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893 |
 | The Genet "Viverra genetta - is a beautiful reddish gray, spotted with small black or brown patches, which are sometimes round and sometimes oblong; the tail, which is as long as the body, is ringed with black and white. the black rings being to the number of nine or eleven." —Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Gerbil "They are somewhat rat-like in appearance, but are noted for the elegance of their forms, the length of their tail and hind-legs, and the lightness of their movements. Some live in cultivated districts; all burrow in the earth, where they hoard up provisions, and all are nocturnal in their habits." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Gibbon "Gibbon is a genus of tailless anthropoid apes, natives of the East Indies. They are nearly allied to the orangs and chimpanzees, but are of more slender form, and their arms so long as almost to reach to the ground when they are placed in an erect posture."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Mourning Gibbon The Gibbon stands about four feet high and are distinguished by their long arm. An ape because of the absence of the tail and cheek pouches. |
 | Giraffe A giraffe is also known as a Camelopard. The giraffe is the tallest of quadrupeds. |
 | Giraffe "The giraffe is the tallest of all ruminants, the males not uncommonly measuring fourteen and sometimes eighteen feet from the top of the head to the ground. The females are usually a foot or two shorter." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Giraffe "The giraffe is the tallest of all ruminants, the males not uncommonly measuring fourteen and sometimes eighteen feet from the top of the head to the ground. The females are usually a foot or two shorter." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Giraffe Tall-necked mammal found only in Africa. They travel in herds and browse from the trees with their long tongues. |
 | Giraffe Tall-necked mammal found only in Africa. They travel in herds and browse from the trees with their long tongues. |
 | Glis "Described as being five inches long, with a tail four inches, and found in Greece, Italy, Spain, France, and Austria." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Gnu "The Gnu has a formidable pair of horns, leading first downward and then pulling upward, and has been called the Horned Horse. It is about the size of a well-grown ass; the neck, body, and tail resemble those of a small horse; the pace is a species of light gallop." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Gnu A Gnu, dressed up. |
 | Big Horn Goat "Goat is the domestic goat, which exists, in a wild or semi-wild state, in all the European mountain ranges. The males fight furiously with each other in the rutting time. They have an offensive smell. "—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Common Goat "They inhabit most of the world, and live in the scanty herbage of rocky places, where no other domestic animal could find footing." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Male Cashmere Goat "The most celebrated variety, however, is the Cashmere Goat, which produces the fine wool of which the famous Chasmere shawls are made." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Mountain Goat The Rocky Mountain Goat inhabits the most lofty peaks of the Rocky Mountains, (Smiley, 1839). |
 | Rocky Mountain Goat A goat is allied to the sheep. The Rocky Mountain goat is a native of the western portion of the United States, where it is also known as the goat antelope. |
 | Rocky Mountain Goat "Both male and female have small horns, and hair of a white color. They live in small flocks in the lofty heights of the great range from which they derive their name." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
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