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Giant animal (Worldwide) – Unusually large beasts; Gichi-anami'e-bizhiw – Bison-snake-bird-cougar hybrid water spirit; Gidim – Ghost; Gigantes – Race of giants that fought the Olympian gods, sometimes depicted with snake-legs; Gigelorum – Smallest animal; Girtablilu – Human-scorpion hybrid
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 ]
List of named animals and plants in Germanic heroic legend; List of Philippine mythological creatures; List of spiritual entities in Islam; Mythical creatures in Burmese folklore; Supernatural beings in Slavic religion
Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million in total. Animals range in size from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres (110 ft) long and have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs.
Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except Antarctica. This list contains circa 2,700 species in 518 genera in the order Rodentia. [1]
The order Primates consists of 505 extant species belonging to 81 genera. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric species. Modern molecular studies indicate that the 81 genera can be grouped into 16 families; these families are divided between two named suborders and are grouped in those suborders into named clades, and some of these families are subdivided into named ...
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct.
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