Top Shelf Wildlife - 1 IMAGE PER 24HRS! CAPTURED LOCATION REQUIRED IN DESCRIPTION!

BEST WILDLIFE in their NATURAL ENVIRONMENT - NO ZOO, CAGED OR ENCLOSED ANIMALS / CAPTURED LOCATION REQUIRED

"Small mammals"

This challenge closed 5 months ago.

The Challenge

On our new challenge topic we want images of small mammals (adults, NOT babies of larger mammals) and nothing larger than a rabbit. Small mammals like rabbits, hares, meercats, mongooses, possums, marmots, ermines, squirrels, mice …even rats.
PLEASE STICK TO THE GROUP RULES. Thank you to Martin Smart who selected this topic!

Judging / Voting Criteria

PLEASE NO SOLICITATION for VOTES in all our challenges. Every photo ENTRY should be allowed to win or place on the merits of the work ONLY. Soliciting friend’s votes for quantity of votes is not the same as VOTES for QUALITY OF WORK.

Rewards & Prizes

The winner will have his/her image as the group’s avatar for the next two weeks, and also he/she will have the privilege of choosing the next Challenge Topic!

Additional Information

ALL WORKS MUST HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO OUR GROUP GALLERY BEFORE BEING ENTERED IN THE CHALLENGE.
ENTRIES THAT FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THIS RULE WILL SIMPLY BE REMOVED.

There will be only one winner in Challenges…
we will not accept ties; whoever comes up
the winner will be the one who will be
shown on the homepage.

Cover Image

Snowshoe Hare by Martin Smart

Challenge completed

The Top Ten

Little Button Nose/Ermine (Short-tailed Weasel) by Ted Busby

Little Button Nose/Ermine (Short-tailed Weasel) by Ted Busby was voted the most popular entry in this challenge with 7 votes.

  • UP CLOSE IN PROFILE - THE TREE SQUIRREL- Paraxerus cepapi by Magaret Meintjes
  • "Dear Santa,  could you bring me a pair of mittens for Christmas? " by Alinka
  • Prairie Fight by Alyce Taylor
  • Snowshoe Hare by Martin Smart
  • A Business of Mongoose by Michael  Moss
  • Kalahari meerkats by Anthony Brewer
  • Its Mine!!! All Mine!!!! Go away!! by NewfieKeith
  • Dwarf Mongoose, Serengeti, Tanzania  by Carole-Anne
  • Them's fightin' words! by Owed to Nature

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