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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.
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The name was chosen because the holotype consists of a fossilised braincase. The specific name, koi means "lake", since the type locality would have been a saline lake. [12] Alpaca (Lama pacos) camelid: Aymara: From allpaca, the Aymara name for the animal, related to Quechua p'ake ("yellowish-red"). [13] Alnashetri † alvarezsaurid
Name of animal Scientific name [a] Picture Ref. Albania: Golden eagle (national bird) Aquila chrysaetos [1] [2] Algeria: Fennec fox (national animal) Vulpes zerda [3] Antigua and Barbuda: European fallow deer (national animal) Dama dama [4] Frigate (national bird) Fregata magnificens [4] Hawksbill turtle (national sea creature) Eretmochelys ...
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This category is for articles which discuss the use of a common (vernacular) name shared by multiple species of animals which do not correspond to a taxon. See also: Category: Animals by common name Note: Disambiguation pages are categorized in Category: Animal common name disambiguation pages .
Giant (Osphronemus goramy), [158] [159] giant red tail (O. laticlavius) and elephant ear gouramis (O. exodon) date uncertain Southeast Asia: meat, weed control, pets Captive-bred 5b Other fish: Red-bellied (Pygocentrus nattereri), piraya (P. piraya) and black spot piranha (P. cariba) date uncertain South America: meat, teeth, research, pets