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In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [1]
By common name. List of animal names (male, female, young, and group) By aspect. List of common household pests; List of animal sounds; List of animals by number of neurons; Largest and heaviest animals; By domestication
Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described, of which around 1.05 million are insects, over 85,000 are molluscs, and around 65,000 are vertebrates. It has been estimated there are as many as 7.77 million animal species on Earth. Animal body lengths range from 8.5 μm (0.00033 in) to 33.6 m (110 ft).
A. List of amphibian genera. Animals in War & Peace Medal of Bravery. List of animals with horns and tusks. Arthropod bites and stings. List of animals featuring external asymmetry.
This list includes mammals from the small islands around Great Britain and the Channel Islands. There are no endemic mammal species in Great Britain, although four distinct subspecies of rodents have arisen on small islands.
The English word lion is derived via Anglo-Norman liun from Latin leōnem (nominative: leō), which in turn was a borrowing from Ancient Greek λέων léōn. The Hebrew word לָבִיא lavi may also be related. The generic name Panthera is traceable to the classical Latin word 'panthēra' and the ancient Greek word πάνθηρ 'panther ...
List of animal sounds. Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns, and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic .
List of national animals. This is a list of countries that have officially designated one or more animals as their national animals.
England's fauna is mainly made up of small animals and is notable for having few large mammals, but in similarity with other island nations; many bird species.
This category has the following 48 subcategories, out of 48 total. Animals by conservation status (15 C, 5 P) Animals by adaptation (28 C, 14 P) Animals by common name (5 C, 1 P) Animals by habitat (3 C) Animals by location (32 C, 1 P) Animals by year of formal description (7 C)