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List of animal names. Mother sea otter with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California. 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 ...
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 .
In this list of birds by common name, a total of 10,976 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. Species marked with a "†" are extinct. [1
A white-headed dwarf gecko with shed tail. Reptiles are tetrapod animals in the class Reptilia, comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and their extinct relatives. The study of these traditional reptile orders, historically combined with that of modern amphibians, is called herpetology.
This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in the United States, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean region, whether resident or as migrants. This article does not include species found only in captivity.
Alpine long-eared bat, Plecotus macrobullarisNT (mountains of southern Europe) Sardinian long-eared bat, Plecotus sardusCR (Sardinia) Canary long-eared bat, Plecotus teneriffaeCR (Canary Islands in Africa - Spain) and: [ n 1 ] Gaisler's long-eared bat, Plecotus gaisleri[ 2 ]EN (Malta, Italy) Barbastelle, Barbastella barbastellusVU.
This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis.
A. List of amphibian genera. Animals in War & Peace Medal of Bravery. List of animals with horns and tusks. Arthropod bites and stings. List of animals featuring external asymmetry.