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Tachash – Large land animal; Tailypo (American Folklore) – Powerful animal, that takes revenge on those who steal its tail; Taimatsumaru – Tengu surrounded in demonic fire; Takam – Nature spirit; Taka-onna – Female spirit which can stretch itself to peer into the second story of a building
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]
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.
A representation of a Clurichaun in T. C. Croker's Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland. Cabeiri – Smith and wine spirit; Cacus – Fire-breathing giant; Cadejo (Central America) – Cow-sized dog-goat hybrid; Cailleach – Divine creator and weather deity hag; Caipora – Fox-human hybrid and nature spirit
Wolpertinger – Forest animal comprised from various animal parts (similar to a Chimera) Wondjina (Australia Aboriginal) – Weather spirit; Wraith – Water spirit or ghostly apparition; Wulver – Wolf-headed humanoid spirit; Wu Tou Gui – Beheaded ghost; Wyrm (European) – Dragon or serpent
Lists of individual animals (2 C, 22 P) Lists of invertebrates (7 C, 14 P) L. Lists of largest animals (20 P) M. Lists of molluscs (4 C, 8 P)