Other Mammals

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Rob the orphaned baby palm squirrel clinging to my finger - he's a lot more active today.

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Rob - the world's cutest baby palm squirrel - curled up in my hand #Roboftheday please like his Facebook page: www.facebook.com/RobTheSquirrel

And after all that studying Rob the baby palm squirrel is asleep on the job again!

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Young Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus) in summer coat, Svalbard, Norway.

Chital Deer (Axis axis) at Biligiriranga Hills / B R Hills, south-eastern Karnataka, India.

Cayote in Snow-1 Maine Wildlife Reserve

Three million wrinkle-lipped bats (Chaerephon plicata) exit Deer cave in Gunung Mulu NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Three million wrinkle-lipped bats (Chaerephon plicata) exit Deer cave in Gunung Mulu NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Three million wrinkle-lipped bats (Chaerephon plicata) exit Deer cave in Gunung Mulu NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Three million wrinkle-lipped bats (Chaerephon plicata) exit Deer cave in Gunung Mulu NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Three million wrinkle-lipped bats (Chaerephon plicata) exit Deer cave in Gunung Mulu NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Another fab sighting! Nocturnal Malay civet out during the day at Danum Valley

The cutest face in the rainforest - a slow loris peeks out, West Java, JAAN

I was filming in Java... I visited a good friend at an animal rescue centre in Jakarta, and he showed me the latest slow loris that his team had just rescued from the streets. Just a few years ago these tiny primates became internet famous when more than 12 million people watched a YouTube video of one being tickled in a Russian flat. Sadly this sudden popularity fuelled a boom in the illegal international pet trade which has pushed the slow loris closer to extinction. This loris was one of the lucky ones and was soon released into a wild forest reserve far from the city. #EarthOnLocation #BBCEarth #Conservation #Jakarta #Indonesia #Java #Primate #PetTrade #Illegal #Loris

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Remember how tiny & fluffy Rob was when I found him 10 days ago? He's changed so much since this photo.

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Rob the orphaned palm squirrel may be turning into a teenager sooner than expected!

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Cute palm squirrel feeling for leftovers - more pics at http://www.ironammonitephotography.com

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Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) stretching and sticking tongue out, Sri Lanka.

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Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) alert on trunk, dorsal view showing three stripes. Sri Lanka.

Indian Porcupine

Indian Crested Porcupine (Hystrix indica) (captive)

Filming for #BBCEarth #EarthOnLocation A young chital deer watches as our boat slowly passes in the Indian Sundarbans. When the tide is out this unique forest is fully exposed and deer can forage on the fresh shoots and leaves of the mangrove tree. The vicious looking spikes that penetrate out of the ground belong to these remarkable trees, but they are not for defence. They are snorkels - allowing the mangrove trees to breathe whilst remaining firmly rooted in the thick airless mud. #Sundarbans #India #Chital #Mangrove #roots #India #Deer

A nervous chital freezes... Filming in the Indian Sunderbans. The world's largest coastal mangrove, spanning 10,000 km2 across North East India and West Bangladesh. #BBCEarth #EarthOnLocation #Mangrove #Chital #Filming #Deer #India

Porcupine drinking from a leaking pipe carrying maple sap water. New Hampshire, USA.

I was filming in New Hampshire, as the Spring arrived... This is when the sap inside the maple trees begins to flow. Traditionally a tap was hammered in and the liquid was collected in buckets, but today thousands of maples are connected by long blue pipes. They transport the sap downhill and into huge vats. Here its boiled over several days to concentrate the sugar, and produce maple syrup. This attracts the attention of a sweet toothed bandit. Porcupines have learned that all it takes is a little nip of the pipe to unleash a steady flow that they can lap up. #BBCEarth #EarthOnLocation #NewHampshire, USA #MapleSyrup #Maple #Sugar #Farming #Porcupine #Wildlife