Stamps Of Small Animals / Mammals / Fauna

A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is depicted on this 2013 computer-vended stamp from Ireland's 4th series of "Irish animals and marine life". This animal is the largest of the "true fox" (Canidae) family.

From Wikipedia. "(It is) one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, North America, and Eurasia." In North America, where it shares a range with the smaller gray fox, its numbers have increased, while the gray fox's numbers have declined. The red fox has now spread to Australia, where it threatens native birds and animals.

Worldwide, there are 45 identified subspecies of the very adaptable red fox.

Slovenia - Water Shrew

Gabon
Protection of Indigenous Animals
June 5, 1997
The stamp set shows Dendrohyrax arboreus and Galago elegantulus.

Czech Republic
Nature Protection
April 23, 1998
The stamp set features Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) and Elk (Alces alces).

Lithuania
The Red Book of Lithuania
April 8, 2017
The stamp set depicts Northern Birch Mouse (Sicista betulina) and Garden Dormouse (Eliomys quercinus).

Busy beaver, designed by E. Komarov, printed by lithography, and issued by Russia (USSR) on January 7, 1961 as one of a set of three animal stamps, Scott No. 2430, Zagorski No. 2446.

- nethryk

I don't know what this thing is but it looks like it could rip this guys arm off. Not safe to approach without a loaded rifle...

Love it, gettinold!

The artwork doesn't quite work.

Guernsey's March 8, 2007 stamp booklets showing local sites and native wildlife feature one stamp (Sc#925h) showing a variety of the European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus). Stamp is denominated at the "UK" rate (mail sent off the island to the U.K.) of 37p.

From Wikipedia, "About a quarter of the Alderney hedgehogs are of the white or blonde variety...These are not albinos, but descent of rarely met blonde European hedgehogs, with a blonde pair released on the island in the 1960's."

Grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura), printed by lithography, and issued by Sri Lanka on November 24, 1994 as one of a set of four stamps commemorating the centenary of the National Wildlife & Nature Protection Society, Scott No. 1111, plus a photo.

- nethryk

An otter (Lutra lutra) is depicted on this 2014 computer-vended stamp from Ireland's 5th annual series of "Irish Animals and Marine Life".

Also shown is the small, 1.05 (international rate) booklet stamp of the same design. It was issued on July 1, 2015 and is Scott #2079. The cover of this booklet is shown on page 9 of this thread.

Israel
Endangered Mammals of Israel
May 1, 2019
The stamp set depicts Long-Eared Hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus), Forest Dormouse (Dryomys nitedula), Rüppell's Fox (Vulpes rueppellii).

This circa 1900-10 cinderella of Peter Milk Chocolates (France) is from the company's series of "Humorous Animals" advertising labels. It depicts a badger as a house painter.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting an alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) and a columbine flower in Cévennes National Park, designed by Odette Baillais after an original painting by French artist Guy Coda (1943- ), printed by photogravure, and issued by France on April 20, 1996 as one of a set of three stamps in a parks series, Scott No. 2514, Y&T No. 2997, plus a photo of an alpine marmot.

- nethryk

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a heliconia flower, La Grande Soufriere (an active stratovolcano on the French island of Basse-Terre, in Guadeloupe), and a raccoon (Procyon lotor) in the Parc de la Guadeloupe, designed by Odette Baillais after an original painting by French artist Guy Coda (1943- ), printed by photogravure, and issued by France on April 12, 1997 as one of a set of four stamps in a parks series, Scott No. 2570, Y&T No. 3055.

- nethryk