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Ant
Insect
Evolved from wasp-like
animals
Evolved 110 – 130 million
years ago
12.500 species are classified
Live in colonies
http://morguefile.com/archive/display/140259
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Bear
Mammal
caniforms or
carnivore
life in North and
South America,
Europe and Asia
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Cat
Domestic or house
cat
Cats life with humans
for 9.500 years
Carnivorous
http://morguefile.com/archive/display/688854
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Dog
Came from the grey
wolf
Carnivorous
Domesticated 15.000
years ago
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Eagle
Bird
Symbol of a couple
nations like U.S. and
Germany
http://morguefile.com/archive/display/85312
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Frog
Amphibians
Powerful lags for
long jumps
Lay eggs in water
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http://morguefile.com/archive/display/708875
Giraffe
Mammal with the
longest neck
It is between 14 and
17ft high
The largest recorded
one was 20ft
Horse
Domesticated
around 4000 BC
 Hooved mammal
 Evolved over 45-55
million years
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http://morguefile.com/archive/display/210323
Iguana
Lizard
Lives in tropical
areas like
South/Central
America
Jaguar
“big cat”
Only Panthera
species found in
the Americas
 Near threatened
 Has a common
ancestor with lions
and tigers
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Koala
Native in Australia
But not found in
Tasmania or West
Australia
Koalas are not very
threatened
http://morguefile.com/archive/display/610115
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Lion
One of the four “big
cats”
Threatened
10.000 years ago it
was the widespread
living mammal after
humans
http://www.lions.org/lion-the-animal-more.html
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Mouse
Mammal
Most commonly is
the house mouse
Popular pet
Eaten by large birds
such as eagles and
hawks
http://morguefile.com/archive/display/194381
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Nautilus
Survived relatively
unchanged for
millions of years
“Living fossils”
Has usually more
than one tentacle
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Owl
Considered as a bird
Hunts small
mammals, insects
and other birds
Almost found
everywhere on the
earth
http://morguefile.com/archive/display/742919
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Penguin
Non-flyable bird
Lives mostly in the
Antarctica
Eat little sea animals
Lives around half of
their live on land and
in the ocean
Some species live in
hot areas
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Quail
It is a mid-sized bird
Eat usually seeds
and insects
They nest on the
ground
http://morguefile.com/archive/display/22921
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Rabbit
Also called bunnies
Small mammals
Males are called
buck
Females are called
doe
Lives mostly in
grassland
Live in groups
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Snake
Legless
Carnivorous reptiles
Can just see moving
things
Some species have
toxin, others don’t
http://morguefile.com/archive/display/622881
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Turtle
Reptile
Has a shell which
acts as a shield
Earliest found turtles
are from 215 million
years ago
Some species are
highly endangered
Usually cold-blooded
More information: http://happyturtle.ms11.net/
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Uakari
“New World
Monkey”
Have long hair all
over their body
except their head
Found around the
Amazonas
http://morguefile.com/archive/display/934981
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Viperfish
Deep-water fish
12 to 24 inches long
Long, needle-like
teeth
Green, silver or black
Live up to 30 or 40
years
Has a lightproducing organ
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Whale
Largest animal
known to have ever
existed
Blue whale is 115 ft.
long
Whales used to been
hunted a whole lot
http://morguefile.com/archive/display/77807
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Xiphias Gladius
Real name is
“Swordfish”
Popular sportfish
They loose all their
teeth by aldulthood
Can swim close to
the shore
The heaviest one
recorded was
1,182 lb
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Yak
It is vulnerable
Found Himalayan, the
Tibetan Plateau and in
Mongolia and Russia
Large domestic
population, small wild
population
http://morguefile.com/archive/display/130486
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Zebra
Is related to horses
Characteristic with
black and white
stripes
Live in herds
Never got really
domesticated
Lives in in Africa
Evolved within the
last 4 million years