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Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described, of which around 1.05 million are insects, over 85,000 are molluscs, and around 65,000 are vertebrates. It has been estimated there are as many as 7.77 million animal species on Earth. Animal body lengths range from 8.5 μm (0.00033 in) to 33.6 m (110 ft).
Wildlife. A lion ( Panthera leo ). Lions are an example of Charismatic megafauna, a group of wildlife species that are especially popular in human culture. Wildlife refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. [ 1]
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A pika ( / ˈpaɪkə / PEYE-kə[ 3]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative, the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears. [ 4] The large-eared pika of the Himalayas and nearby mountains lives at ...
The cane toad is a terrestrial animal. Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g. cats, chickens, ants, spiders ), as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water (e.g. fish, lobsters, octopuses ), and semiaquatic animals, which rely on both aquatic and terrestrial ...
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 ...
Hermaphrodite. A hermaphrodite ( / hərˈmæfrəˌdaɪt /) is a sexually reproducing organism that produces both male and female gametes. [ 1] Animal species in which individuals are either male or female are gonochoric, which is the opposite of hermaphroditic. [ 2] The individuals of many taxonomic groups of animals, primarily invertebrates ...
Zaniskari, by Eatcha. Red panda, by Mathias Appel. Cheetahs grooming each other, by Arturo de Frias Marques. Geoffroy's tamarin, by Charlesjsharp. European bison, by Charlesjsharp. Eurasian brown bear, by Charlesjsharp. Eastern chipmunk, by Rhododendrites. Sonoma chipmunk, by Frank Schulenburg.