Animal Profiles - An A to Z List of Animal Groups

An Index to Animal Profiles and Fact Sheets

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The following is an A to Z list of animal profiles available, sorted by animal group:

Amphibians

Amphibians - Class Amphibia
European Common Toad - Bufo bufo
Green Poison Dart Frog - Dendrobates auratus

Birds

Bar-Headed Goose - Anser indicus
Birds - Class Aves
Birds of Prey - Order Falconiformes
Blue-Footed Booby - Sula nebouxii
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
Frigatebirds - Family Fregatidae
Herons & Relatives - Order Ciconiiformes
Hummingbirds - Family Trochilidae
Ivory-Billed Woodpecker - Campephilus principalis
Nene Goose - Branta sandvicensis
Northern Gannet - Morus bassanus
Owls - Order Strigiformes
Pelicans & Relatives - Order Pelicaniformes
Penguins - Order Sphenisciformes
Roseate Spoonbill - Platalea ajaja
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris
Scarlet Ibis - Eudocimus ruber
Shoebill - Balaeniceps rex
Tinamous - Order Tinamiformes
Tufted titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor
Wandering Albatross - Diomedea exulans
Waterfowl - Order Anseriformes

Fishes

Cichlids - Family Cichldae
Firefish - Pterois volitans
Great White Shark - Carcharodon carcharias
Lionfish - Pterois volitans

Invertebrates

Arthropoods - Phylum Arthropoda
California Sea Hare - Aplysia californica
Cnidaria - Phylumn Cnidaria
Gastropods, Slugs and Snails - Class Gastropoda
Insects - Class Insecta
Jellyfish - Class Scyphozoa
Mollusks - Phylum Mollusca
Monarch Butterfly - Danaus plexippus

Mammals

Adélie Penguin - Pygoscelis adeliae
African Elephant - Loxodonta africana
American Black Bear - Ursus americanus
Arctic Wolf - Canis lupus arctos
Asiatic Elephant - Elephas maximus
Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin - Lagenorhynchus acutus
Aye-Aye - Daubentonia madagascariensis
Bats - Order Chiroptera
Black Rhinoceros - Diceros bicornis
Black-Footed Ferret - Mustela nigripes
Blue Whale - Balaenoptera musculus
Bottlenose Dolphin - Tursiops truncatus
Burchell's Zebra - Equus burchellii
Carnivores - Order Carnivora
Cats - Family Felidae
Cetaceans - Order Cetacea
Common Dolphin - Delphinus delphis
Common seal - Phoca vitulina
Dusky Dolphin - Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Elephants - Order Proboscidea
Eurasian Lynx - Lynx lynx
Even-Toed Ungulates - Order Artiodactyla
Giant Anteater - Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Giant Panda - Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Giraffe - Giraffa camelopardalis
Golden-Crowned Sifaka - Propithecus tattersalli
Gorilla - Gorilla gorilla
Gray Whale - Eschrichtius robustus
Hares, Rabbits, & Pikas - Order Lagomorpha
Irrawaddy Dolphin - Orcaella brevirostris
Koala - Phascolarctos cinereus
Leopard - Panthera pardus
Mammals - Class Mammalia
Manatees - Genus Trichechus
Meerkat - Suricata suricatta
Mustelids - Family Mustelidae
Nine-Banded Armadillo - Dasypus novemcinctus
Northern Bottlenose Whale - Hyperoodon ampullatus
Odd-Toed Ungulates - Order Perissodactyla
Orca - Orcinus orca
Panda - Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Polar Bear - Ursus maritimus
Przewalski's Wild Horse - Equus caballus przewalskii
Primates - Order Primates
Rodriguez Flying Fox - Pteropus rodricensis
Southern Tamandua - Tamandua tetradactyla
Spectacled Bear - Tremarctos ornatus
Tapirs - Family Tapiridae
Tiger - Panthera tigris
Xenarthrans - Order Xenarthra

Reptiles

Galapagos Tortoise - Geochelone nigra
Green Sea Turtle - Chelonia mydas
Hawksbill Sea Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata
Lava Lizard - Microlophus albemarlensis
Leatherback Sea Turtle - Dermochelys coriacea
Loggerhead Turtle - Caretta caretta
Marine Iguana - Amblyrhynchus cristatus
Reptiles - Class Reptilia
Rhinoceros Iguana - Cyclura cornuta

Higher-Level Groups

Animals - Kingdom Animalia
Chordates - Phylum Chordata

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