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This is a list of countries that have officially designated one or more animals as their national animals. Most species in the list are officially designated.
The four extant species of hyena, clockwise from upper left: spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea), aardwolf (Proteles cristata), and striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena)
Ragunan Zoological Park (Indonesian: Taman Margasatwa Ragunan), formerly and still commonly known as Ragunan Zoo (Indonesian: Kebun Binatang Ragunan), is a zoo located in the eponymous kelurahan (subdistrict) in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. The zoo has an area of 140-hectare (350-acre) and the largest park in Jakarta.
The axolotl (/ ˈ æ k s ə l ɒ t əl / ⓘ; from Classical Nahuatl: āxōlōtl [aːˈʃoːloːtɬ] ⓘ) (Ambystoma mexicanum) [3] is a paedomorphic salamander closely related to the tiger salamander.
The dodo was variously declared a small ostrich, a rail, an albatross, or a vulture, by early scientists. [3] In 1842, Danish zoologist Johannes Theodor Reinhardt proposed that dodos were ground pigeons, based on studies of a dodo skull he had discovered in the collection of the Natural History Museum of Denmark.
The honey badger (Mellivora capensis), also known as the ratel (/ ˈ r ɑː t əl / or / ˈ r eɪ t əl /), is a mammal widely distributed in Africa, Southwest Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
Tardigrade anatomy [3]. Tardigrades have a short plump body with four pairs of hollow unjointed legs. Most range from 0.1 to 0.5 mm (0.004 to 0.02 in) in length, although the largest species may reach 1.3 mm (0.051 in).
Marmosets Common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) at Tibau do Sul, Rio Grande do Norte Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorhini Infraorder: Simiiformes Parvorder: Platyrrhini Family: Callitrichidae Groups included Callibella M.G.M. van Roosmalen & T. van Roosmalen, 2003 (Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset ...