Diet
Insectivore
Animals that eat mainly insects.
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LCMammals
Aardvark
Orycteropus afer
The aardvark is a pig-sized burrowing mammal of sub-Saharan Africa.
Living
LCMammals
Aardwolf
Proteles cristata
The aardwolf is the smallest member of the hyena family and eats almost nothing but termites.
Living
Amphibians
American Toad
Anaxyrus americanus
The American toad is a stout amphibian of North America.
Living
Reptiles
Anole Lizard
Anolis
Anoles are climbing lizards.
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Mammals
Anteater
Myrmecophagidae
Anteaters are insect-eating mammals with elongated snouts.
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Arachnids
Arizona Bark Scorpion
Centruroides sculpturatus
The Arizona bark scorpion is a climbing arachnid of the Sonoran Desert.
Living
Mammals
Armadillo
Cingulata
Armadillos are American mammals with bony armour.
Living
LCBirds
Barn swallow
Hirundo rustica
The barn swallow is the most widespread swallow on earth, with a steel blue back and a deeply forked tail.
Living
Mammals
Bat
Chiroptera
Bats include many different feeding and roosting specialists.
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Fish
Betta Fish (Siamese Fighting Fish)
Betta splendens
Betta splendens is a small Southeast Asian freshwater fish.
Living
Arachnids
Brown recluse
Loxosceles reclusa
The brown recluse is a small brown spider that spends the day in quiet shelter and searches for insects at night.
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Reptiles
Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae
Chameleons are climbing lizards with specialized prey-catching tongues.
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Amphibians
Common Frog
Rana temporaria
The common frog is a widespread European amphibian that also occurs in northwestern Asia.
Living
LCBirds
Common nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos
The common nightingale is a small brown songbird of dense scrub in Europe and western Asia.
Living
LCBirds
Common swift
Apus apus
The common swift is a blackish-brown bird with narrow curved wings that catches every meal in the air.
Living
Birds
Cuckoo
Cuculidae
Cuckoos form a varied bird family.
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Mammals
Echidna
Tachyglossidae
Echidnas are spiny, egg-laying mammals.
Living
LCBirds
Eurasian blue tit
Cyanistes caeruleus
The Eurasian blue tit is a small blue and yellow songbird of European woods, parks and gardens.
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Reptiles
Frilled Lizard
Chlamydosaurus kingii
The frilled lizard is a tree-dwelling reptile of northern Australia and southern New Guinea.
Living
Amphibians
Glass Frog
Centrolenidae
Glass frogs are small tree-dwelling amphibians with translucent undersides.
Living
ENAmphibians
Golden poison frog
Phyllobates terribilis
The golden poison frog is the most poisonous animal known.
Living
Birds
House wren
Troglodytes aedon
The house wren is a small brown songbird with a surprisingly strong voice.
Living
Arachnids
Huntsman Spider
Sparassidae
Huntsman spiders are fast-moving arachnids with laterally spread legs.
Living
NTBirds
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
The killdeer is a large plover of open ground across the Americas, named for its loud two-note call.
Living
Insects
Ladybug
Coccinellidae
Ladybugs are beetles, many of which hunt plant-feeding insects.
Living
Reptiles
Leopard Gecko
Eublepharis macularius
The leopard gecko is a ground-dwelling Asian lizard with dark spots and movable eyelids.
Living
LCBirds
Long-tailed tit
Aegithalos caudatus
The long-tailed tit is a tiny black, white and pink bird with a tail longer than its body.
Living
Birds
Lyrebird
Menuridae
Lyrebirds are Australian forest birds famed for complex songs.
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Amphibians
Marine Toad
Rhinella marina
The cane toad, also called the marine toad, is a large American amphibian introduced to several other regions.
Living
LCMammals
Meerkat
Suricata suricatta
The meerkat is a small mongoose of the dry plains of southern Africa.
Living
Mammals
Mongoose
Herpestidae
Mongooses include solitary hunters and highly social species.
Living
Arachnids
Orb Weaver
Araneidae
Orb-weavers build circular prey-catching webs.
Living
Mammals
Pangolin
Pholidota
Pangolins are scaled mammals specialized for eating insects.
Living
LCReptiles
Panther chameleon
Furcifer pardalis
The panther chameleon is one of the most colourful lizards in the world.
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Amphibians
Poison Dart Frog
Dendrobatidae
Poison dart frogs are colourful tropical amphibians.
Living
LCAmphibians
Red-eyed tree frog
Agalychnis callidryas
The red-eyed tree frog sleeps by day under a leaf with its colours hidden.
Living
Reptiles
Skink Lizard
Scincidae
Skinks are a diverse family of lizards.
Living
Birds
Swallow-tailed kite
Elanoides forficatus
The swallow-tailed kite is a black-and-white raptor with a deeply forked tail.
Living
Birds
Warbler
Passeriformes
Warbler is a broad name applied to several songbird groups.
Living
Insects
Water strider
Gerridae
Water striders are insects that use the water surface as a hunting platform.
Living
Other diets