However, the Point Zoo said the small animals do not make a ... (KOIN) — An exotic mammal native to Central and South America somehow ended up on the streets of the Pacific Northwest.

Descended from more archaic relatives, the early true mammals were mainly small insect-eating creatures ... Australia and South America were isolated from other continents during much of the ...

Shaggy black fur and large size distinguish this animal from all other Adirondack mammals. The black bear has a short ... The black bear once occurred over most of North America from Alaska and Canada ...

Millions of years ago, the continents came into contact, permitting ancient mammals to cross the Isthmus of Panama. But this great migration was overwhelmingly one-sided: North American animals moved ...