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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] Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites. [2] [3] [4
Yale (Medieval Bestiaries) – Antelope- or goat-like animal with swiveling horns; Yali – Lion like creature often symbolic for protecting temples; Yallery-Brown – Nature spirit; Yama (China, Korea, Japan, Buddhism, including Tibet) – Wrathful god; Yama-biko – Echo spirit
Brown spotted pitviper [4] Cantor's pitviper; Elegant pitviper; Eyelash pit viper; Fan-Si-Pan horned pitviper; Flat-nosed pitviper; Godman's pit viper; Green tree pit viper; Habu pit viper; Hagen's pitviper; Horseshoe pitviper; Jerdon's pitviper; Kanburian pit viper; Kaulback's lance-headed pitviper; Kham Plateau pitviper; Large-eyed pitviper ...
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 ...
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.
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That’s why we’ve compiled a list of over 100 animals that start with “N” so you can learn more about them. The best part is these remarkable creatures aren't confined to a single species ...
At the time when biologist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) published the books that are now accepted as the starting point of binomial nomenclature, Latin was used in Western Europe as the common language of science, and scientific names were in Latin or Greek: Linnaeus continued this practice.