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A Vision Serpent, detail of Lintel 15 at the Classic Maya site of Yaxchilan. Vadātājs – Spirit that misleads people; Vahana – Divine mounts; Vaibhavi – Deadly snake
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 ]
Ball Python; Bird snake; Black-headed snake; Mexican black kingsnake; Black rat snake; Black snake. Red-bellied black snake; Blind snake. Brahminy blind snake
Legendary creatures of the Argentine Northwest region; List of creatures in Meitei folklore; List of Greek mythological creatures; List of legendary creatures from China
Letter-winged kite; Lettered aracari; Levaillant's cisticola; Levaillant's cuckoo; Levaillant's woodpecker; Levant sparrowhawk; Lewin's honeyeater; Lewin's rail; Lewis's woodpecker; Lichtenstein's sandgrouse; Lidth's jay; Light-crowned spinetail; Light-mantled albatross; Light-vented bulbul; Lilac-breasted roller; Lilac-crowned amazon; Lilac ...
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.
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 ...
Reptiles are tetrapod animals in the class Reptilia, comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and their extinct relatives. The study of these traditional reptile orders, historically combined with that of modern amphibians, is called herpetology.