Animals

Aptenodytes patagonica

large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle

 

stingray

large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds

 

queen

female cat

 

Monodon monoceros

small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk

 

Astropogon stellatus

found in West Indies; lives in mantle cavity of a living conch

 

flying squirrel

nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body

 

dasyure

any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens

 

Lepus europaeus

large hare introduced in North America; does not turn white in winter

 

Pieris rapae

toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly

 

congo snake

aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States

 

sand eel

very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches

 

Rana pipiens

common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots

 

standard schnauzer

a medium-sized schnauzer

 

Xenicus gilviventris

short-tailed bird resembling a wren

 

short-toed eagle

any of numerous large Old World hawks intermediate in some respects between typical hawks and typical eagles

 

polychete worm

chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles

 

Dasyurus quoll

a variety of dasyure

 

water beetle

any of numerous aquatic beetles usually having a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs for swimming

 

Python reticulatus

of southeast Asia and East Indies; the largest snake in the world

 

fish-fly

similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing bait