Stamps Of Small Animals / Mammals / Fauna

Kazakhstan
The Red Book of Kazakhstan
December 5, 2016
The se-tenant pair depicts pine marten (Martes martes) and beech marten (Martes fiona).

Portugal
World Wildlife Fund
March 12, 1997
The stamp set features Pyrenean Desman (Galemys pyrenaicus), a small semiaquatic mammal related to moles and shrews.

Australia
Threatened Wildlife
July 10, 2007
Set of four, the se-tenant pair depicts Grey-headed Flying Fox and Mountain Pygmy Possum.

On October 19, 2005 Singapore issued a booklet of ten, local rate (23c) self-adhesive stamps depicting the Malayan colugo. The stamps were issued to recognize the HSBC Tree Top Walk, Central Catchment Nature Reserve.

From Wikipedia, "The Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus) or Sunda colugo, also known as the Malayan colugo, is a species of colugo....(It) can be found throughout Southeast Asia. The Sunda flying lemur is not a lemur and does not fly. Instead, it glides as it leaps among trees."

Argentina
UPAEP - Endangered Fauna
June 15, 1996
The se-tenant pair depicts capybara and guanaco.

This January 18, 1995, 50c stamp of South Africa was issued to promote tourism in the Eastern Transvaal province (area highlighted in white on the stamp). Purportedly depicted on this stamp are desert warthogs (Phacocoerus aethiopicus).

According to Wikipedia, recent studies indicate that these animals would actually be the common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), as the South African subspecies of desert warthog has been extinct since around 1865. Desert warthog range is now limited to Ethiopia and Somalia.

Serbia
Fauna
April 27, 2016
Set of four, two stamps depict Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber) and Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra).

A mallard is shown flying from its nest as a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) approaches on this 25 pf. "Hunting" stamp (Mi. #2273) of the DDR. Stamp is from a set of six different values and designs issued on November 15, 1977.

Moldova
Animals and Birds
July 29, 2011
Set of eight, four stamps depict badger, hedgehog, wolf, and fox.

Denmark
Mammals
January 2, 2020
The stamp set depicts European roe deer, red squirrel, European hedgehog, common dormouse, ermine.

Namibia
Nocturnal Animals
March 14, 2014
The stamp set depicts Southern Lesser Galago (Galago moholi), Cape Porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis), Small-spotted Genet (Genetta genetta), Ground Pangolin (Manis temmincki), Aardvark (Orycteropus afer), Aardwolf (Proteles cristatus).

A set of ten animal stamps issued by Tuva in 1935, from them I show here only the first six of them which regarded as small animals (

Is there here a thread in which I can show complete sets of different animals, small and big animals together?

Eurasian Badger (Meles meles):


Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris):


Sable (Martes zibellina):


Corsac Fox (Vulpes corsac):


Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra):


Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx):

Australia
Australian Fauna XI
December 16, 2019
The stamp set depicts koala, wombat, echidna, and sugar glider.

The 8c value of South West Africa's 1980-89 Wildlife definitive series depicts a Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis).

From wikipedia, "Cape porcupines are the largest rodents in Africa and also the world's largest porcupines...they weigh from 10 to 24 kilograms (22 to 53 pounds) with exceptionally large specimens weighing up to 30 kilograms (66 pounds)."

On January 30, 1997 Spain issued this 32 peseta, endangered fauna stamp (Sc #2878) depicting a common genet (Genetta genetta). The genet is an African, cat-like carnivore.

From Wikipedia, The common genet is the only genet present in Europe and occurs in the Iberian Peninsula and France...It was brought from the Maghreb to the Mediterranean region as a semi-domestic animal about 1000-1500 years ago, and from there spread to southern France and Italy."