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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.
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
2. Acorn Woodpecker. These birds get their name from their unique habit of storing acorns in trees, which they use as a food source. Sometimes, they can store tens of thousands of them.
To learn more about this group, check out our roundup, below. We even included some fun facts about each one. Related: The Ultimate List: 101 Animals That Start With ‘A’
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population [a] Clouded leopard. N. nebulosa (Griffith, 1821) Scattered Southeast Asia and southern China (current in red, historical range in green) Size: 69–108 cm (27–43 in) long, 61–91 cm (24–36 in) tail [80] Habitat: Forest and shrubland [81]
Collective animal behavior is the study of how the interactions between individuals of a group give rise to group level patterns and how these patterns have evolved. [5] Examples include the marching of locusts and flocks of migrating birds. Group living however focuses on the long-term social interactions between individuals of a group and how ...
Since animals in groups stay near each other and interact frequently, infectious diseases and parasites spread much easier between them compared to solitary animals. Studies have shown a positive correlation between herd size and intensity of infections, but the extent to which this sometimes drastic reduction in fitness governs group size and ...