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Komainu – Protective animal; Konaki-jiji – Infant that cries until it is picked up, then increases its weight and crushes its victim; Konoha-tengu – Bird-like creature; Koro-pok-guru – Little people; Korrigan – Little people and nature spirits; Kraken (Scandinavian) – Sea monster
List of named animals and plants in Germanic heroic legend; List of Philippine mythological creatures; List of spiritual entities in Islam; Mythical creatures in Burmese folklore; Supernatural beings in Slavic religion
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
Ball Python; Bird snake; Black-headed snake; Mexican black kingsnake; Black rat snake; Black snake. Red-bellied black snake; Blind snake. Brahminy blind snake
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups.Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings.
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.
Abbott's babbler; Abbott's booby; Abbott's starling; Abd al-Kuri sparrow; Abdim's stork; Aberdare cisticola; Aberrant bush warbler; Abert's towhee; Abyssinian catbird
A Vision Serpent, detail of Lintel 15 at the Classic Maya site of Yaxchilan. Vadātājs – Spirit that misleads people; Vahana – Divine mounts; Vaibhavi – Deadly snake