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Aardvark
What Is a Aardvark? The aardvark (Orycteropus afer) is a stocky, burrowing mammal native to much of sub-Saharan Africa. …
Aardwolf
What Is a Aardwolf? The aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) is a small, insect-eating member of the hyena family native to …
Addax
What Is a Addax? The addax (Addax nasomaculatus) is a desert-dwelling antelope native to the Sahara of North Africa. …
African Buffalo
What Is a African Buffalo? The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large, powerfully built bovine native to much of …
African Bush Elephant
What Is a African Bush Elephant? The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the largest living land animal on …
African Civet
What Is a African Civet? The African civet (Civettictis civetta) is a stocky, nocturnal carnivoran native to much of …
African Leopard
What Is a African Leopard? The African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) is the most widespread subspecies of leopard, …
African Wild Ass
What Is a African Wild Ass? The African wild ass (Equus africanus) is a wild member of the horse family and the ancestor …
African Wild Dog
What Is a African Wild Dog? The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is a lean, long-legged canid native to sub-Saharan …
Agouti
What Is a Agouti? The agouti (Dasyprocta) is a genus of medium-sized rodents native to the forests and clearings of …
Alpaca
What Is a Alpaca? The alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a small domesticated member of the camel family, native to the high …
Amazon River Dolphin
What Is a Amazon River Dolphin? The Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), also known as the boto or pink river …
American Badger
What Is a American Badger? The American badger (Taxidea taxus) is a stocky, powerfully built member of the weasel …
American Bison
What Is a American Bison? The American bison (Bison bison) is the largest land mammal in North America and an enduring …
American Black Bear
What Is a American Black Bear? The American black bear (Ursus americanus) is the most common and widely distributed bear …
Amur Leopard
What Is a Amur Leopard? The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is one of the rarest big cats in the world, a …
Aoudad
What Is a Aoudad? The aoudad (Ammotragus lervia), also widely known as the Barbary sheep, is a rugged, wild caprine …
Arctic Fox
What Is a Arctic Fox? The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) is a small, cold-adapted member of the dog family, Canidae, native …
Arctic Hare
What Is a Arctic Hare? The Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus) is a large hare adapted to the cold, treeless landscapes of the …
Arctic Wolf
What Is a Arctic Wolf? The Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) is a subspecies of the gray wolf that lives in the frozen …
Asian Elephant
What Is a Asian Elephant? The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) is the largest living land animal in Asia and the only …
Asian Palm Civet
What Is a Asian Palm Civet? The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) is a small, cat-sized carnivore native to …
Asian Small-Clawed Otter
What Is a Asian Small-Clawed Otter? The Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus) is the smallest of the world’s otter …
Asiatic Black Bear
What Is a Asiatic Black Bear? The Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) is a medium-sized forest bear native to a broad …
Axis Deer
What Is a Axis Deer? The axis deer (Axis axis), also widely known as the chital or spotted deer, is a medium-sized …
Baboon
What Is a Baboon? Baboons are large, ground-dwelling monkeys belonging to the genus Papio, among the biggest and most …
Bactrian Camel
What Is a Bactrian Camel? The Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) is a large, two-humped mammal native to the cold …
Banded Mongoose
What Is a Banded Mongoose? The banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) is a small, highly social carnivore native to much of …
Barbary Macaque
What Is a Barbary Macaque? The Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) is a tailless monkey native to the mountains of North …
Beluga Whale
What Is a Beluga Whale? The beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is a small, highly social toothed whale of Arctic and …
Bengal Tiger
What Is a Bengal Tiger? The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is a subspecies of tiger native to the Indian …
Bighorn Sheep
What Is a Bighorn Sheep? The bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) is a large wild sheep native to the mountains, foothills, …
Binturong
What Is a Binturong? The binturong (Arctictis binturong) is a large, tree-dwelling mammal of the civet family, …
Black Rhinoceros
What Is a Black Rhinoceros? The black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) is one of two rhino species native to Africa, …
Black-Footed Ferret
What Is a Black-Footed Ferret? The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) is a slender, weasel-like carnivore native to …
Blackbuck
What Is a Blackbuck? The blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) is a medium-sized antelope native to the grasslands and open …
Blue Whale
What Is a Blue Whale? The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal and the largest animal known to have …
Bobcat
What Is a Bobcat? The bobcat (Lynx rufus) is a medium-sized wild cat native to North America and one of the most …
Bongo
What Is a Bongo? The bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) is a large, strikingly patterned forest antelope native to the …
Bonobo
What Is a Bonobo? The bonobo (Pan paniscus) is a great ape and one of humanity’s two closest living relatives, sharing …
Bottlenose Dolphin
What Is a Bottlenose Dolphin? The bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is a highly intelligent marine mammal and one …
Brown Bear
What Is a Brown Bear? The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is one of the largest living land carnivores and among the most …
Brown Hyena
What Is a Brown Hyena? The brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) is one of the world’s four living hyena species and the …
Common Vampire Bat
What Is a Common Vampire Bat? The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) is a small, leaf-nosed bat native to the warm …
European Bison
What Is a European Bison? The European bison (Bison bonasus) is the largest land mammal native to Europe and a close …
Giant Anteater
What Is a Giant Anteater? The giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) is the largest of the world’s four anteater …
Giant Panda
What Is a Giant Panda? The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a large, bamboo-eating bear native to the mountain …
Gray Wolf
What Is a Gray Wolf? The gray wolf (Canis lupus) is the largest wild member of the dog family, Canidae, and the ancestor …
Nine-Banded Armadillo
What Is a Nine-Banded Armadillo? The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) is a small, armored mammal named for …
North American Beaver
What Is a North American Beaver? The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) is the largest rodent in North America …
Red Fox
What Is a Red Fox? The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is a small, dog-like carnivore and the most widely distributed member of …
Red Kangaroo
What Is a Red Kangaroo? The red kangaroo (Osphranter rufus) is the largest living marsupial and the biggest native land …
Senegal Bushbaby
What Is a Senegal Bushbaby? The Senegal bushbaby (Galago senegalensis), also called the lesser galago or northern lesser …
Snow Leopard
What Is a Snow Leopard? The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is a large cat native to the rugged mountain ranges of Central …
Water Buffalo
What Is a Water Buffalo? The water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is a large, semi-aquatic bovine native to South and …