Animals

Odobenus divergens
a walrus of the Bering Sea and northern Pacific
 
Bubulcus ibis
small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals
 
dipper
small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
 
dusky-footed wood rat
a wood rat with dusky feet
 
isopod
any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
 
Musca domestica
common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
 
Ixodes neotomae
a tick that usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to dusky-footed wood rats
 
lark
any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing
 
Asian wild ox
genus of Asiatic wild oxen
 
megatheriid
a large extinct ground sloth
 
Ctenocephalides felis
flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats
 
basenji
small smooth-haired breed of African origin having a tightly curled tail and the inability to bark
 
spongillafly
hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges
 
Arenaria interpres
common Arctic turnstone that winters in South America and Australia
 
Martes americana
valued for its fur
 
Varanus niloticus
destroys crocodile eggs
 
carnivore
a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
 
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck
 
fledgeling
young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
 
hunting dog
a dog used in hunting game
 
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