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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] Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites. [2] [3] [4
This category is for articles which discuss the use of a common (vernacular) name shared by multiple species of mammals which do not correspond to a taxon. Pages in category "Mammal common names" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
Cetartiodactyla is a large order of hoofed mammals, the even-toed ungulates, and aquatic mammals, cetaceans. Cetacea was found to be nested within "Artiodactlya" and has now been moved into that order, whose name is now Cetartiodactyla. [2] Even-toed ungulates are found nearly world-wide, although no species are native to Australia or Antarctica.
The giant panda is a vulnerable species The use of love darts by the land snail Monachoides vicinus is a form of sexual selection Adult silk worm. Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia.
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.
List of mammals that perform mass migrations; M. List of mammoth specimens; List of marine mammal species; List of monotremes and marsupials; N. List of near ...
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals. Family: Vespertilionidae. Subfamily: Myotinae. Silver-haired bat, L. noctivagans [n 3] LC; Southwestern myotis, M. auriculus [n 1] [n 21] LC