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Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million in total. Animals range in size from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres (110 ft) long and have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs .
More than 99 percent of all species, amounting to over five billion species, [7] that ever lived on Earth are estimated to be extinct. [8] [9] Estimates on the number of Earth's current species range from 10 million to 14 million, [10] of which about 1.2 million have been documented and over 86 percent have not yet been described. [11]
List of animals that can change color; List of cosmopterigid genera; List of crocodilians; List of animals culled in zoos; D. List of deadliest animals to humans ...
List of odd-toed ungulates by population – equines, rhinoceros, tapirs. List of carnivorans by population – domestic and wild feliformians and caniformians, pinnipeds, ursid species, musteloidea species, herpestidae species, etc. List of bats by population – Chiropterans. List of elephant species by population – Elephants.
A-Z Animals Articles 20 hours ago Hippo facts that will amaze (and terrify) you. Thanks to social media, people around the world have fallen in love with Fiona and Fritz at the Cincinnati Zoo and ...
A lion (Panthera leo).Lions are an example of charismatic megafauna, a group of wildlife species that are especially popular in human culture.. Wildlife refers to undomesticated animals and uncultivated plant species which can exist in their natural habitat, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. [1]
The following is a list of the heaviest living bird species based on maximum reported or reliable mass, but average weight is also given for comparison. These species are almost all flightless, which allows for these particular birds to have denser bones and heavier bodies. Flightless birds comprise less than 2% of all living bird species.
Prepare to be amazed by the diversity and wonder found amongst the list of animal after animal beginning with "A" and remember that this is just a glimpse into all of the A-named species. Read on ...