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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 ]
Adder. Common adder; Death Adder; Desert death adder; Horned adder; Long-nosed adder; Many-horned adder; Mountain adder; Mud adder; Namaqua dwarf adder; Peringuey's adder
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.
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 ...
Letter-winged kite; Lettered aracari; Levaillant's cisticola; Levaillant's cuckoo; Levaillant's woodpecker; Levant sparrowhawk; Lewin's honeyeater; Lewin's rail; Lewis's woodpecker; Lichtenstein's sandgrouse; Lidth's jay; Light-crowned spinetail; Light-mantled albatross; Light-vented bulbul; Lilac-breasted roller; Lilac-crowned amazon; Lilac ...
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.
cattalo, from cattle and buffalo [2]; donkra, from donkey and zebra (progeny of donkey stallion and zebra mare) cf. zedonk below; llamanaco, from llama and guanaco [3]; wholphin, from whale and dolphin [2]
Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except Antarctica. This list contains circa 2,700 species in 518 genera in the order Rodentia. [1]