Grassland

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

The aardwolf is the smallest member of the hyena family and eats almost nothing but termites.

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 bullfrog spends dry periods buried underground and becomes active with rain.

The African bush elephant is the largest land animal alive.

The African wild dog is a social canid with an irregularly patterned coat.

The African wildcat is a small striped cat of dry Africa and Asia, and the ancestor of every domestic cat.

The Aldabra giant tortoise is a large land reptile native to a Seychelles atoll.

The alpaca is a domesticated Andean camelid kept for its fleece.

The American badger is a flat, powerful digger of the North American grassland that tunnels after gophers and ground squirrels.

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

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 kestrel is the smallest falcon in the Americas and the most numerous.

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

The Andean condor is a huge black vulture of the Andes and the Pacific coast of South America.

Anteaters are insect-eating mammals with elongated snouts.

The Argentine horned frog is a broad-bodied ambush hunter with a very large mouth.

Armadillos are American mammals with bony armour.

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

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.

Baboons are social African monkeys.

The domestic Bactrian camel is a two-humped camel associated with Central Asia.

The ball python is a heavy-bodied African snake that curls around its head when threatened.

The barn owl is a pale nocturnal hunter with a heart-shaped face.

The barn swallow is the most widespread swallow on earth, with a steel blue back and a deeply forked tail.

Bearded dragons are Australian lizards.

The bighorn sheep is a wild sheep of the mountains and deserts of western North America.

Bison are heavy-bodied wild cattle.

The black kite is a medium-sized raptor with angled wings and a forked tail.

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.

The black-footed cat is Africa's smallest wild cat, a spotted night hunter of the dry grasslands of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.

Box turtles are land-dwelling North American turtles.

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

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

Bumblebees are social bees that gather nectar and pollen.

The Burmese python is a large Asian constrictor with dark blotches.

The burrowing owl is a small, long-legged owl of open country in the Americas.

Butterflies have diverse life histories.

The Canada goose is a large black-necked goose with a white chinstrap, native to North America and now settled on four continents.

The capybara is the largest rodent in the world.

The caracal is a slim, long-legged cat with black ear tufts, found across Africa and from Arabia to India.

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

The cheetah is the fastest land animal.

The domestic chicken is a social ground-feeding bird descended chiefly from red junglefowl.

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 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 ostrich is the largest and heaviest living bird and lays the largest egg.

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

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.

Domestic cattle are large social herbivores kept in many parts of the world.