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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 .
There are several lists of individual animals on Wikipedia. These are lists of notable, non-fictional, specific animals (as opposed to groups of categories of animals).
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العربية; Aragonés; অসমীয়া; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца)
Media in category "Images of animals" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Plate III Warning Coloration from Animal Coloration by Frank Evers Beddard 1892.jpg 1,718 × 2,730; 1.62 MB
[165] [166] Chickens, cattle, sheep, pigs, and other animals are raised as livestock for meat across the world. [ 161 ] [ 167 ] [ 168 ] Animal fibres such as wool and silk are used to make textiles, while animal sinews have been used as lashings and bindings, and leather is widely used to make shoes and other items.
Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [33] Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [34] Indonesia: Komodo dragon (national animal) Varanus komodoensis [35] Javan hawk-eagle (national bird) Nisaetus bartelsi [35] Asian arowana (national fish) Scleropages formosus [35] Italy: Italian wolf ...
The order Primates consists of 505 extant species belonging to 81 genera. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric species. Modern molecular studies indicate that the 81 genera can be grouped into 16 families; these families are divided between two named suborders and are grouped in those suborders into named clades, and some of these families are subdivided into named ...