Nouns denoting animals

family Tytonidae
comprising only the barn owls
 
Hydromantes brunus
similar to Shasta salamander; lives in cliff crevices and taluses
 
family Diodontidae
spiny puffers
 
Old World least weasel
of Europe
 
crab
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
 
genus Pyrocephalus
a genus of Tyrannidae
 
order Strigiformes
owls
 
genus Picoides
a genus of Picidae
 
Sorex araneus
common American shrew
 
Sorex cinereus
commonest shrew of moist habitats in North America
 
genus Chilomeniscus
sand snakes
 
Urosaurus ornatus
a climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico
 
genus Dendrolagus
tree wallabies
 
genus Polyangium
type genus of the family Polyangiaceae: myxobacteria with rounded fruiting bodies enclosed in a membrane
 
Ambystoma tigrinum
widely distributed brown or black North American salamander with vertical yellowish blotches
 
family Priacanthidae
small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas
 
Algeripithecus minutus
tiny (150 to 300 grams) extinct primate of 46 to 50 million years ago; fossils found in Algeria; considered by some authorities the leading candidate for the first anthropoid
 
genus Serrasalmus
piranhas
 
Salvelinus fontinalis
North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe
 
springer
a cow about to give birth
 
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