Amniotes

Ontario, Canada

Brehm's Life of animals : Volume 1, MammaliaChicago :Marquis,1895.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9885661

Slidell, Louisiana, United States

Not only does this Raccoon do actual real wild animal stuff; it can do it hanging upside down, just to make it look harder.North American Raccoon Procyon lotorManatee Springs State ParkChiefland Florida Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark IIM.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 Rinaturalist: observation mapPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist

Markkleeberg, Saxony, Germany

Squirrels and other fur-bearersBoston ;Houghton Mifflin company,c1909.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17350287

Christmas, Florida, United States

Annual report /.[Albany, N.Y. :The Commission,1903]-1911.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39869056

I'm sure this 'coon has had it's share of hand-outs, being so comfortable in the parking lot in the middle of the afternoon, but I've never actually seen a raccoon doing actual wild animal-like raccoon stuff. This one went spent about 20 minutes climbing up and down the branches in search of the berries, tipping over and nearly falling several times, and then, when it had it's full, walked down and scampered off, probably in search of a trashcan for some desert.North American Raccoon Procyon lotorManatee Springs State ParkChiefland Florida Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark IIM.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 Rinaturalist: observation mapPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist

Christmas, Florida, United States

Christmas, Florida, United States

Commerce City, Colorado, United States

Peter Miranda Grant, Florida, United States

A marvelous boardwalk crosses Oso Flaco Lake. These young raccoons came up from one of the reed islands. They were probably looking for a handout. (Oso Flaco is noted for its great birding.)

The gallinaceous game birds of North America,.New York,F.P. Harper,1897..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13708912

The birds of Australia, supplement /.London :Printed by Taylor and Francis ... published by the author ...,[1851]-1869..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517516

Vigia camp, Nr Torti, Darien province, Panama

Enga Province, Western Highlands. PNG

My favorite Guava tree is invaded by these beautiful little parrots every year.They come in large numbers and devour the fruits even before they start to ripen. I made it a point to observe them regularly and salvage any fruit they hadn't yet consumed. One day when I went to shoo them off,I noticed a partially consumed Guava. I knew the Parrot would return and thought it would be nice to photograph the culprit for the record.I set my camera on a tripod just 5 feet away from the partially eaten fruit, composed the image, and set the focus. I then waited behind a nearby tree with the cable release in my hand. The wait lasted not more then 10 mins when the bird landed right beside the fruit and slowly made its way onto the target. The bird started consuming the fruit hanging upside down. Every now and then I would trigger my camera and the bird would be surprised by the sound, it would stop eating and look all around for anything suspicious. This continued for a few mins, I think I had shot approx 10 pictures when I decided to stop and return home.Out of 9 shots 3 were perfectly in focus and I decided to post this. :-D

Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

S36 Road South of Nhlanguleni, Kruger NP, SOUTH AFRICA

Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

St Lucia Park, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa