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Animals, Animal Species

Reptile Species Amphibian Species
Colubrid Snakes (Colubridae))
Box Turtles (Genus Terrapene)
Map Turtles (Genus Graptemys)
Marsh Turtles and Pond Turtles (Genus Clemmys)
Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata)
Wood Turtle (Clemmys insculpta)

Amphibians - An amphibian is a member of the vertebrate class Amphibia, containing frogs, toads, newts, salamanders and the burrowing caecilians. They are thought to be the intermediate ancestors of the reptiles.

Amphibian Species
Salamanders and Newts
Treefrogs (Hyla)
True Frogs (Rana)
Mammal Species  

Classification of Animals

Species Evolution

Mammals
Insectivores
Pouched Mammals (Marsupials)
Small Marsupials
Canids
Felis (wildcats)
Placental Mammals (Placentals)
Rodents
Aardvarks
American Beaver (Castor canadensis)
Bighorn (Ovis canadensis)
Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
Elephants
Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata)
Mountain Lion (Felis concolor)
Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
Whales
Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae

BIRDS

Extreme Facts About Birds, Bird Records

Birds

Classification of Birds

Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae

King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus

Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri

Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus

Wandering albatross Diomedea exulans

FISHES

Lionfish Pterois volitans

Animal Pictures Slide Show

Insects

Arachnids - An arachnid is any member of the class Arachnida which contains scorpions, ticks, mites and king crabs. They lack antennae, usually possess 4 pairs of walking legs and most are air-breathing.

Arthropods - An arthropods is any member of the animal phylum Arthropoda, containing jointed-limbed organisms that possess a hard exoskeleton. It is the largest phylum in terms of the number of species and includes insects, crustaceans, spiders and centipedes.

Invertebrates

Crustaceans

Echinoderms

Fishes

Flatworms

Jellyfish

Mollusks

Snails

Protozoa and Sponges

Vertebrates


Animal Pictures

  • Owl - Lord Of The Night




    Owls are rightly known as 'lords of the night.' Their whole structure is designed around the fact that they must live successfully in the dark. With eyesight a hundred times as acute as ours, owls can detect an image in the faintest glimmer of light, avoid tree branches and other obstacles, capture the most rapid of darting prey.




  • Acorn Woodpecker- The Most Thrifty Of All Woodpeckers




    Most thrifty of all is the Californian acorn-storing woodpecker. It methodically studs the bark of trees with close rows of holes, into each of which it tightly tamps an acorn.




  • Walrus: A Marine Giant That Can Tip The Scales to Two Tons




    In the Pacific they make annual migrations moving south for the winter and north again as soon as warming weather breaks up the ice. A walrus in a spring migration may travel as far as 2,000 miles and it is during this migration, in late April or early May, that the Pacific walruses have their new calves.




  • Sea Lions




    Unlike the fur seals, the sea lions wear coats that are coarse and of little commercial value. This has worked to their advantage. But the sea lion's eating habits have earned them condemnation from commercial fishermen for many decades. Sea lions return, year after year, to the same rocky breeding grounds.




  • Great White Shark




    Of the approximately 350 known shark species, 3 have been blamed for the large majority of attacks on humans. Leading the pack is the great white, subject of the film Jaws, followed by the tiger and bull sharks. The largest great whites grow at least 26 feet and can swallow an adult human, whole. They seem particularly prone to striking in Australian waters, whose popularity with bathers make Down Under a hot spot for shark attacks.




  • Pika, Mouse Hare, Rock Rabbit




    Pikas, also called mouse hares or rock rabbits, eke out their living in the harsh environment above or near the timber line of mountains in western North America and northern Asia. Both North American species live in colonies beneath rocks, as do most of the 12 Asian species.




  • Bullfrogs




    The largest frog found in North America, the Bullfrog grows to 6 to 8 inches length. It ranges throughout eastern and central North America, with patchy dsitribution in the West. The Bullfrog is commonly found in ponds, lakes, and streams. Call of male is a series of loud, resonant bass notes which function both as breeding calls and territorial calls.




  • Japanese Giant Salamander




    This endangered species can reach 4 feet in length. Dark brown with black spots, it is among the largest amphibians in the world. Despite its size, this salamander is hard to spot since it hides out during the daytime in its underwater lair and does not come out to eat until nightfall.




  • Gorillas




    All gorillas live in a few heavily forested ares in Africa. Scientists have divided them into three groups. Most of the gorillas you seen in zoos and museaums are western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). As many as a hundred thousand live in the tropical rain forests of west Africa. Fully grown western lowland gorillas vary in size from one to another.




  • Emperor Penguin




    Standing as high as a tall man's hip, the emperor is the largest penguin and perhaps the hardiest. IT lays its eggs on the Antarctic ice, and in winter, a time when temperatures easily drop to minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit. It helps that emperors are very social and huddle together against the cold, but their feats of egg-hatching and chick-rearing still deserve admiration.




  • Lion




    Female lions, being leaner and lighter than males, are better hunters and make most of the kills, but adult males quickly move in and claim the "lion's share" of the carcass before allowing females and cubs a turn. Lions do most of their hunting at night or just before dawn. Despite their ferocity, they fail to bring down prey more often than they succeed.




  • Green Mambas




    Mambas are the swiftest of all snakes, especially when travelling through tangled scrub, and they feed on small mammals (especially rodents), reptiles and birds. All are shy and nervous, but they are common and their bites account for several human deaths each year.




  • Arctic Tern




    The Arctic tern migrates nearly 25,000 miles a year from the northern land of the midnight sun to Antarctica's long summer, and back again. It is said to be the bird that hardly sees darkness, the longest direct distance migrator.




  • Moose




    The name "moose" stems from the Native America Algonquian language. It means "eater of twigs," which is pretty good description of a mosse does. Early English and some French explorers and settlers adopted the word "moose." Moose give birth from late May into early June after a gestation period of about 260 days.




  • Cheetah - The Fastest Mammal In The World




    Distinguished from leopards, the other famous spotted cats, by their lankier build, tufted shoulder hair, and distinctive black facial lines, cheetahs have been clocked at up to 70 miles per hour on short sprints.





 

 



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