Animals

whip snake

any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails

 

Sciurus vulgaris

common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia

 

mule

hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile

 

leptocephalus

slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes

 

cricket

leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together

 

basilisk

small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America

 

Erinaceus europeaeus

small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines

 

Madagascar cat

small lemur having its tail barred with black

 

parrotfish

gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth

 

Litocranius walleri

slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns

 

Passer montanus

Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow

 

bobwhite quail

a popular North American game bird; named for its call

 

Cotswold

sheep with long wool originating in the Cotswold Hills

 

Hippopotamus amphibius

massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa

 

Pan troglodytes verus

masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa; distantly related to the eastern and central chimpanzees; possibly a distinct species

 

shrewmouse

small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles

 

steeplechaser

a horse trained to run in steeplechases

 

guitarfish

primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body

 

Ovis montana dalli

large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska

 

wild ox

any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos