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Weasels & Wisents: The Many Names for Ireland's Mustelids & Their Curious Connection to the Bison

Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
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Mammal Names Weasel Mustela nivalis CC W
Mammal Names American Mink CC WI tnail s

American mink (Neovison vison)
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Irish stoat (Mustela erminea hibernica)

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Attribution/Copyright: Dermot Breen. Reproduced here with his permission

Weasels and Wisents Irish stoat copyrigh
Mammal Names Otter CC.jpg

Otter (Lutra lutra)
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Attribution: Peter Trimming
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Badger (Meles meles)
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Alien Invasion!: How the Scientific Name of the Grey Squirrel Reveals an Epic Invasion of Ireland

Mammal Names Alien Invasion Castle Forbe

Castle Forbes, Co. Longford

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The Rat Trap: The Many Misleading Names of Ireland's Rodents

Mammal Names Brown rat CC WI tnail small

House mouse
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Mammal Names House Mouse CC WI tnail sma

Black rat v Brown rat comparison diagram
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Attribution/Licence: By Vergleich_Hausratte_Wanderratte_DE.svg: Sponk (talk), based on a work by Karim-Pierre Maalejtranslated by: Sponk (Vergleich_Hausratte_Wanderratte_DE.svg) [CC BY-SA 3.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or CC BY-SA 3.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Mammal Names Black Rat Brown Rat Compari

Birds of the Night: The Myriad Illuminating Names of Ireland's Bats

Brown long-eared bat
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Attribution/Licence: By Joxerra aihartza [CC BY-SA 3.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

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Bat wing underside
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Mammal Names Bat Wing underside cropped
Mammal Names Lesser Horseshoe bat CC WI

Lesser horseshoe bat
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Attribution/Licence: By Joxerra aihartza [CC BY-SA 3.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

Bat echolocation diagram
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Attribution/Licence: By Bat_echolocation.jpg: ShungEcolocalizacao_morcego.jpg: José AugustoBat_shadow_black.svg: MyselfButterfly_black.svg: *Butterfly.svg: JASC's WebDrawderivative work: Marek M (talk)derivative work: Marek M [CC BY-SA 3.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Mammal Names Birds of the Night Echoloca

Soprano pipistrelle
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Mammal Names Soprano Pipistrelle CC WI t

Whiskered bat
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Attribution/Licence: Manuel Ruedi [CC BY 3.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

Mammal Names Whiskered Bat CC.JPG

Fish With A Womb: The Names of the Many and Unexpected Dolphin Species in Irish Seas

Mammal Names Fresco of dolphin from Knos

Dolphin fresco at Minoan palace of Knossos in Crete
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Mammal Names Bottlenose Dolphin head CC
Mammal Names long finned pilot whale hea

Long-finned pilot whale head
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pilot_whale_spyhop.jpg
Attribution/Licence: By Barney Moss (Watching Whales 4) [CC BY 2.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

False killer whale
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Mammal Names False Killer Whale CC WI tn

Finding Moby: Origins of the Names of Ireland's Sperm Whales & That of the Greatest Literary Incarnation of Their Species, Moby Dick

Mammal Names Finding Moby Moby Dick vs Captain Ahab illustration Adobe Stock WI tnail smal

Moby Dick vs Captain Ahab illustration (cover image)
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Marine reptiles (Mosasaur & Plesiosaur)
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Mammal Names Sperm Whale CC WI tnail sma

Sperm whale pod
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Attribution/Licence: By Gabriel Barathieu [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Sperm whale v Giant Squid mural
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Mammal Names Sperm Whale v Giant Squid C

Spermaceti organ diagram
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Mammal Names Sperm Whale spermaceti orga

Canaries, Pygmies & Pigs: The Wonderful Features and Names of Some of Ireland's Toothed Whales

Mammal Names Pygmy sperm whale v Sperm w

Pygmy sperm whale v Sperm whale size comparison
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Pygmy sperm whale illustration
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Attribution: Image from page 52 of Cetaceans of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary/prepared for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service by Stephen Leatherwood
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Mammal Names Pygmy sperm whale illustrat
Mammal Names Common Porpoise CC WI tnail

Common porpoise
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Living by the Sword: The Sharp & Colourful Names of Ireland's Beaked Whales

Mammal Names Living by the Sword Cuviers

Cuvier’s beaked whale: size compared to a human
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Sowerby’s beaked whale
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Mammal Names Living by the Sword Sowerby
Mammal Names Living by the Sword Sowerby

Sowerby’s beaked whale: size compared to a human
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Northern bottlenose whale: size compared to a human
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Mammal Names Living by the Sword Norther

Moustachioed Marine Monsters: Ireland's Baleen Whales

Mammal Names Moustachioed Marine Monster

Baleen close-up (humpback whale)
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Attribution: Randall Wade (Rand) Grant on Flickr
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Mystacodon selenensis
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Mammal Names Moustachioed Marine Monster

Baleen close-up (humpback whale) (image in text)
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Mammal Names Moustachioed Marine Monster

Super-Sized Cetaceans: The Gigantic Forms and Features of Ireland's Baleen Whales & The Names Associated with Them

Mammal Names Super Powered Cetaceans Nor

Size of northern minke whale compared to a human
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Mammal Names Super Sized Cetaceans Size
Mammal Names Super Powered Cetaceans Fin

Size of a fin whale compared to a human
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Mammal Names Super Sized Cetaceans Size
Mammal Names Super Sized Cetaceans Great

Humpback whale breaching
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Attribution: Amila Tennakoon
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Mammal Names Super Powered Cetaceans Hum

Sei whale size compared to a human
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Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica)
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Attribution/Licence: Øystein Paulsen [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons

Mammal Names Super Sized Cetaceans North

'Largest Animals Ever'? Part I:  Ireland's Blue & Fin Whales VS the Dinosaurs 

Mammal Names Largest Animals Ever Part I

Palaeoloxodon namadicus reconstruction
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Sauroposeidon life reconstruction
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Mammal Names Largest Animals Ever Part I
Mammal Names Largest Animals Ever Part I

Sauroposeidon size diagram
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'Largest Animals Ever'? Part II: Ireland's Blue & Fin Whales VS Ancient Sea Monsters 

Megalodon (cover image)
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Mammal Names Largest Animals Ever Part I

Pangaea map with Ireland location
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Mammal Names Largest Animals Ever Part I
Mammal Names Largest Animals Ever Part I

Convergent evolution of ichthyosaurs and whales
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Giant ichthyosaur from Aust Cliff reconstruction
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Mammal Names Largest Animals Ever Part I
Mammal Names Largest Animals Ever Part I

Megalodon life reconstruction
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Megalodon size diagram
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Mammal Names Largest Animals Ever Part I
Mammal Names Largest Animals Ever Part I

Megalodon chasing two baleen whales
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Super-Powered Cetaceans: The Other Marvellous Names, Attributes & Abilities of Ireland's Baleen Whales

The 'Right' Whale: How the Name of Ireland's Right Whale Reveals a Terrible Wrong

Map of Basque region
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Mammal Names The 'Right' Whale Basque re

Map of New England, USA
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Mammal Names The 'Right' Whale New Engla

Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Revealing Names & Surprising Evolutionary Relationships of Ireland's Deer

Fallow deer
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Attribution/Licence: By Michael Palmer [CC BY-SA 4.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

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Giant Irish deer braying
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Megafaunal Extinctions The Verdict Giant

Wild Things? Part I: How the Irish Word for Deer Masks the True Nature of These Mammals in Ireland

Wild Things Part I Roe deer cover image

Roe deer cover image
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Attribution/Licence: Hans Markus Antson [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]

Wild Things? Part II: How the Irish Word for Deer Masks the True Nature of These Mammals in Ireland

Wild Things Part II Fallow deer Phoenix

Fallow deer stag in Phoenix Park
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Kesh Corran caves
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Micro-Monsters Part I: The Venomous, Wicked & Cruel Names for Ireland’s Pygmy Shrews

Micro Monsters pygmy shrew cover image C

Pygmy shrew (cover image)
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Pygmy shrew exhibiting long snout
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Micro Monsters Pygmy Shrew long snout in
Micro Monsters Size of pygmy shrew v com

Size of pygmy shrew v common shrew
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Attribution/Licence: Paul Adams [CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)]

Soricinae skull illustration displaying red teeth
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Micro Monsters Soricinae skull showing r
Micro Monsters Etruscan shrew CC WI tnai

Etruscan shrew
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Attribution/Licence: Trebol-a [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]

Micro-Monsters Part II: The Sometimes Horrible Names for Ireland’s Hedgehogs

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Greater moonrat (Echinosorex gymnura)
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Attribution/Licence: EmÅ‘ke Dénes [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]

Black and rufus elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon petersi)
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhynchocyon_petersi_from_side.jpg
Attribution/Licence: Joey Makalintal from Pennsylvania, USA [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]

Micro Monsters 2 Black and rufus elephan
Micro Monsters 2 Greater Hedgehog tenrec

Greater hedgehog tenrec (Setifer setosus)
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Attribution: Bernard Dupont on Flickr
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Cape golden mole (Chrysochloris asiatica)
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Attribution/Licence: JonRichfield [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]

Micro Monsters 2 Cape golden mole CC WI

Felids, Hounds & Vixens: The Interesting Names of Ireland’s Cats, Dogs, and Foxes

Tomcats Hounds and Vixens Cat mosaic Rom

Roman cat mosaic
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Attribution/Licence: Massimo Finizio [CC BY-SA 2.0 IT (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/it/deed.en)]

Red fox pup
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Co-sfuw-08-022.jpg

Attribution/Licence: Hans-Jörg Hellwig [CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]

Tomcats Hounds and Vixens Red fox pup CC

The Fantastic ‘Fin-Feet’: The Immersive Names and Forms of Ireland’s Seals & Walruses

The Fantastic Fin-Feet grey seal CC WI t

Grey seal
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Attribution/Licence: Andreas Trepte / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)

Hippos & Dunkeys: The Hidden Connections Running Through the Names of Ireland’s Horses and Donkeys

Ewe Feral Swine! The Wild Origins of the Names of Ireland's Sheep, Goats & Pigs

Bovines, Buachaills, Bulimia & Bob Dylan: The Maze of Amazing Connections Between the Words Related to Ireland’s Cattle

Bovines_Buachaills_Bulimia_and_Bob_Dylan

Finnbhennach and Donn Cúailnge mural detail
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tain_Mural_-_Bulls.jpg

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