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The aardvark is a pig-sized burrowing mammal of sub-Saharan Africa.

The African buffalo is a heavy wild ox of sub-Saharan Africa that lives in herds of dozens to thousands and must drink every day.

The African bush elephant is the largest land animal alive.

The American bison is the heaviest land animal in North America and the national mammal of the United States.

The American black bear is the smallest and most widespread bear in North America, at home in forest from Alaska to Mexico.

The American crow is a large all-black bird of farms, woods and city streets across North America.

The American goldfinch is a small seed-eating finch of open weedy country across North America.

The American robin is a large thrush that feeds on lawns and open ground across North America.

The American toad is a stout amphibian of North America.

Anoles are climbing lizards.

Ants have many different colony structures and diets.

The Asian black bear is a medium-sized forest bear of Asia with a pale crescent on its chest and a gift for climbing.

The Asian elephant is a large herbivore native to southern and southeastern Asia.

The Asian palm civet is a small, cat-like viverrid of South and Southeast Asia that climbs trees at night to eat fruit.

The Atlantic canary is the wild island finch from which domestic canaries descend.

The aurochs was the wild ox of Europe, North Africa and much of Asia, and the ancestor of domestic cattle.

The Australian magpie is a black and white songbird of open country in Australia and southern New Guinea.

The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States.

The barred owl is a large brown owl of North American woodland, with dark eyes, a round head and no ear tufts.

Bats include many different feeding and roosting specialists.

The bee hummingbird of Cuba is the smallest bird in the world, at about 2.28 grams.

The binturong is a large, shaggy civet of the South and Southeast Asian forest canopy.

The black mamba is a venomous African snake named for the dark lining of its mouth.

The black rhinoceros is a two-horned browser of eastern and southern Africa with a pointed, gripping upper lip.

The black vulture is a glossy black scavenger of the Americas, with a bare grey head and white patches at the wingtips.

Black widows include several related spiders.

The blue jay is a loud blue songbird of the crow family, native to eastern and central North America.

The bobcat is a medium-sized lynx with a short black-tipped tail, found from southern Canada to southern Mexico.

Box turtles are land-dwelling North American turtles.

The brown bear is one of the two largest land carnivores, and it ranges across the forests and mountains of Eurasia and North America.

The brown rat is a large, burrowing rodent that lives wherever people live.

The brown recluse is a small brown spider that spends the day in quiet shelter and searches for insects at night.

The budgerigar is a small green and yellow parrot from the dry interior of Australia.

Bumblebees are social bees that gather nectar and pollen.

Butterflies have diverse life histories.

The California condor is the largest land bird in North America, with a wingspan of about 3 metres and a bare orange head.

The Canada lynx is a thick-furred cat of the boreal forest with tufted ears and huge snowshoe paws.

The Carolina parakeet was the only parrot native to the eastern United States.

Carpenter bees excavate wood for nesting.

The carrion crow is an all-black crow of western Europe and eastern Asia with a heavy bill and a harsh croak.

The chamois is a small goat-antelope of the steep mountains of Europe and western Asia, with hooked horns and a striped face.

The chimpanzee is an African great ape that feeds mainly on fruit and other plant foods.

Chipmunks are small striped squirrels.

Cicadas include annual and periodical species.

The clouded leopard is a mid-sized cat of the forests of the Himalayan foothills, Southeast Asia and southern China.

The cockatiel is the smallest cockatoo, and it lives across the dry inland of Australia.

The common blackbird is a true thrush of Europe, North Africa and western Asia, and the male is glossy black with a yellow eye-ring.

The common buzzard is a broad-winged hawk of Europe and northern Asia, and the commonest bird of prey across most of that range.

The common frog is a widespread European amphibian that also occurs in northwestern Asia.

The common myna is a brown starling with a black head and a bare yellow patch behind the eye, native to southern Asia.

The common nightingale is a small brown songbird of dense scrub in Europe and western Asia.

The common pheasant is a long-tailed gamebird from Asia that people have released across the world.

The common raccoon dog is a stocky, fox-like canid of East Asia with a black face mask like a raccoon's.

The common raven is a large black crow that lives right across the northern half of the world.

The common starling is a glossy black songbird of Europe and Asia, spangled with white spots in winter.

The common swift is a blackish-brown bird with narrow curved wings that catches every meal in the air.

The southern copperhead is a venomous North American pit viper.

Coral snakes include many species of venomous elapids.

The corn snake is a nonvenomous American snake with large back markings and a chequered belly.

The cougar is a large solitary cat that ranges from the Yukon to the tip of South America.