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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
Yale (Medieval Bestiaries) – Antelope- or goat-like animal with swiveling horns; Yali – Lion like creature often symbolic for protecting temples; Yallery-Brown – Nature spirit; Yama (China, Korea, Japan, Buddhism, including Tibet) – Wrathful god; Yama-biko – Echo spirit
Brown spotted pitviper [4] Cantor's pitviper; Elegant pitviper; Eyelash pit viper; Fan-Si-Pan horned pitviper; Flat-nosed pitviper; Godman's pit viper; Green tree pit viper; Habu pit viper; Hagen's pitviper; Horseshoe pitviper; Jerdon's pitviper; Kanburian pit viper; Kaulback's lance-headed pitviper; Kham Plateau pitviper; Large-eyed pitviper ...
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.
The order Primates consists of 505 extant species belonging to 81 genera. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric species. Modern molecular studies indicate that the 81 genera can be grouped into 16 families; these families are divided between two named suborders and are grouped in those suborders into named clades, and some of these families are subdivided into named ...
Lists of domesticated animals (3 C, 3 P) E. Lists of echinoderms (1 C, 6 P) F. Lists of fictional animals (7 C, 4 P) G. Lists of animal genera (5 P) H.
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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