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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 ]
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.
About 490 species of mammals are recorded in the United States. Unincorporated territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam or Northern Mariana Islands are not covered. Mammals introduced and extinct in the Holocene except Pleistocene/Holocene boundary are included.
Plus, fun facts about each one. 10. Nutria. Also known as a coypu, this large, semi-aquatic rodent is native to South America and stands out for its orange teeth and webbed hind feet.
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 ...
Vancouver Island marmot, Marmota vancouverensis [n 4] CR E; Alpine chipmunk, Neotamias alpinus [n 4] LC; Yellow pine chipmunk, Neotamias amoenus [n 4] LC and: [n 3] Crater chipmunk, Neotamias cratericus [9] Buller's chipmunk, Neotamias bulleri VU; Gray-footed chipmunk, Neotamias canipes [n 1] LC; Gray-collared chipmunk, Neotamias cinereicollis ...
Skull of Beg tse (6 letters) Loa loa (6 letters) Original illustration of Tor tor (6 letters) Agra ce Erwin, 2010 - family Carabidae. One of more than 500 named species in the genus Agra of ground beetles; in this case, named after Terry Erwin's wife, Peruvian ornithologist Grace Servat. [13] †Beg tse Yu et al., 2020 - infraorder Neoceratopsia.
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.