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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.
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 ...
Alpine Dachsbracke [ 15] American Bulldog [ 16] American Bully. American Cocker Spaniel [ 17] American English Coonhound [ 18] American Eskimo Dog [ 19] American Foxhound [ 20] American Hairless Terrier [ 21] American Leopard Hound.
Genus Ziphius – Cuvier's beaked whale. Genus Tasmacetus – Shepherd's beaked whale. Subfamily Hyperoodontinae. Genus Hyperoodon – bottlenose whales. Genus Indopacetus – Longman's beaked whale. Genus Mesoplodon – mesoplodont beaked whales. Superfamily Platanistoidea. Family Platanistidae – South Asian river dolphins.
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.
The American badger is the state animal of Wisconsin. This is a list of mammals native to the U.S. state of Wisconsin. [ 1][ 2] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature : No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.
List of reptiles. 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 . The following list of reptiles lists ...
List of birds. Penguins. Ostriches. This article lists living orders and families of birds. The links below should then lead to family accounts and hence to individual species. The passerines (perching birds) alone account for well over 5,000 species. In total there are about 10,000 species of birds described worldwide, though one estimate of ...