The cause of its extinction is ascribed to a combination of predation and habitat alteration following human settlement of the island and the introduction of exotic mammals.

With no one to care for them after Mr. Escobar died, many of his other exotic mammals died.

Many of these exotic mammals, so like us in so many ways, so different in others, make their home surprisingly close by in the Atlantic Ocean.

Although exotic mammals form the bulk of the diet, cat's impact on seabirds is very important.

They mainly raised game birds but there was also a small collection of exotic mammals and birds.

One of the world's richest fishing grounds, the sea is also one of the heaviest concentration areas for Alaska's exotic marine mammals and birds.

And so should legislators in other states and in Congress, which has the authority to ban the interstate transport of exotic mammals destined for canned hunts.

It boasts vast savannahs, forests, rivers, lagoons and is bursting with exotic mammals, birds, fish and reptiles.

Was he some exotic mammal to her, or a man?

The department of zoology was central to the establishing of the museum in 1877, assigned the task of collecting local fauna, and also "exotic" mammals and birds donated by sailors and travellers.