

Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight. Alligators first appeared during the Oligocene epoch about 37 million years ago. It is easily recognizable by its stout, tailless body and large head with round, fluffy ears, and large, spoon-shaped nose.Īn alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. The koala or koala bear is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. They typically have a central disc and usually five arms, though some species have a larger number of arms. Starfish or sea stars are marine invertebrates.

Woodpeckers are part of the family Picidae and often communicate by drumming with their beak, producing a reverberatory sound that can be heard at some distance.Ī camel is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. It is the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant. The giraffe is a tall African even-toed hoofed mammal belonging to the genus Giraffa. Jellyfish are found all over the world, from surface waters to the deep sea. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animals with umbrella-shaped bells and trailing tentacles. It is found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting. The bald eagle is a bird of prey found in the United States, North America, northern Mexico, Canada, and Alaska. The term antelope is used to refer to many species of even-toed ruminant that are indigenous to various regions in Africa and Europe and Asia. The wolf is the largest extant member of the family Canidae. The wolf or also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. The leopard or also known as the Cheetah is one of the world's fastest animals and one of the five extant species in the genus Panthera and a member of the cat family. The walrus is a large flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. Gorillas are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa.The DNA of gorillas is 95 to 99%similar to humans and they are the next closest living relatives to humans after chimpanzees and bonobos.

There are three living species: the Grévy's zebra, plains zebra, and the mountain zebra. Zebras are African equines with distinctive black-and-white striped coats. Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven-gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins. It is characterized by its bold black-and-white coat and rotund body. The giant panda is also known as the panda bear or giant panda, is a bear native to South Central China. Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. The lion is one of the most widely recognized animal symbols in human culture and it is a large cat of the genus Panthera native to Africa and India.
