Animals

Ciconia ciconia

the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill

 

Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus

fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand

 

mamba

arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal

 

New World porcupine

arboreal porcupine

 

cynodont

small carnivorous reptiles

 

Arctictis bintourong

arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair

 

echidna

a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea

 

arrowworm

any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth

 

Great Dane

very large powerful smooth-coated breed of dog

 

Dryopithecus Rudapithecus hungaricus

fossil hominoids from northern central Hungary; late Miocene

 

wood mouse

any of various New World woodland mice

 

whitefly

minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects

 

pony

any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder

 

Thryothorus ludovicianus

large United States wren with a musical call

 

Troglodytes aedon

common American wren that nests around houses

 

spadefoot

a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot

 

Papio ursinus

greyish baboon of southern and eastern Africa

 

Hemachatus haemachatus

highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet

 

Belgian shepherd

hardy working dog developed in Belgium for herding sheep

 

Makaira albida

small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic