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Domestic Sheep
The sheep (Ovis aries) is a quadrupedal, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. The word'sheep' comes from Middle English sheep which comes from Old English sceap which is descended from Proto-Germanic*skēpą. The -
Carabao
The carabao is a swamp type domestic Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) found in the Philippines and Guam. The word "carabao" is borrowed from Spanish carabao which is from Waray-Waray karabaw. Water buffaloes were most -
Harpy Eagle
The Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja), is a species of neotropical species of bird of prey. It is sometimes known as the American harpy eagle to distinguish it from the Papuan eagle, which is sometimes known -
Moose
The moose (North America) also known as elk or knob (Eurasia) is the smallest extant species in the deer family. The word "moose" had first entered English in 1606 which has been borrowed from the -
Leopard
The leopard (Panthera pardus) (English pronunciation:/ˈlɛpərd/) is one of the five "big cats" in the genus Panthera. The word "leopard" is from Middle English leopard which is from Old French leopard which is descended -
Hippopotamus
The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous semi-aquatic mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus -
Mallard
The mallard (/ˈmælɑːrd/ or/ˈmælərd/) or wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia -
Black Mamba
The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a venomous snake endemic to parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The word "mamba" comes from a borrowing from Zulu imamba which comes from Proto-Bantu mbámbà. Specimens vary in -
Cheetah
The cheetah (pronounced/ˈchē-tə/) (Acinonyx jubatus), also known as the hunting leopard, is a big cat that occurs mainly in eastern and southern Africa and a few parts of Iran. The only extant member -
Emperor Penguin
The Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching 122 cm (48 in -
Tamaraw
The tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis) or Mindoro dwarf buffalo is a small, hoofed mammal belonging to the family Bovidae. It is endemic to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines and is the only endemic Philippine -
Protocetidae
The protocetids form a diverse and heterogeneous group of cetaceans known from Asia, Europe, Africa, and North America. There were many genera, and some of these are very well known (e.g., Rodhocetus). Known protocetids -
King Cobra
The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is an elapid found predominantly in forests from India through Southeast Asia. This species is the world's longest venomous snake, with a length up to 18.5 to 18 -
Tawny Frogmouth
The Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides), is a species of frogmouth native to Australia that is found throughout the Australian mainland and Tasmania. Tawny frogmouths are big-headed stocky birds often mistaken for owls due to -
Barbary Lion
The Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo), also known as the Atlas lion, is an African lion subspecies, formerly native to North Africa, including the Atlas Mountains, that is now considered extinct in the wild. Pease -
Gigantopithecus
Gigantopithecus (from the Ancient Greek γίγας gigas "giant", and πίθηκοςpithekos "ape") is an extinct genus of ape that existed from perhaps nine million years to as recently as one hundred thousand years ago, in what -
Woolly Mammoth
The Woolly Mammoth was a species of the Mammuthus genus. The word "mammoth" comes from early 1800s Russian ма́мант mámant which is probably from a Uralic language, most likely from Proto-Mansi mē̮ŋ-ońt meaning -
Bali Tiger
The Bali Tiger (Panthera tigris balica), harimau Bali in Indonesian, or referred to as samong in archaic Balinese language, was a subspecies of tiger which was found solely on the small Indonesian island of Bali -
Blue-ringed Octopus
The blue-ringed octopus (genus Hapalochlaena) is three (or perhaps four) octopus species that live in tide pools and coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Japan to Australia. Their primary habitat is -
Cebu Tamaraw
The Cebu tamaraw (Bubalus cebuensis) is a fossil dwarf buffalo discovered in the Philippines, and first described in 2006. The fossil specimen is likely from the Pleistocene or the Holocene in age. The most distinctive -
Tapetum lucidum
The tapetum lucidum/təˈpiːtəm/ (Latin: "bright tapestry; coverlet", plural tapeta lucida) is a layer of tissue in the eye of many vertebrates. Lying immediately behind the retina, it reflects visible light back through the retina -
Cape Lion
The Cape Lion (Panthera leo melanochaitus) is a subspecies of Lion that is now extinct. In 2019, while shooting for Extinct or Alive season 2 at Zimbabwe, Forrest Galante and the team collected DNA from -
White Cockatoo
The white cockatoo (Cacatua alba), also known as the umbrella cockatoo, is a medium-sized all-white cockatoo endemic to tropical rainforest on islands of Indonesia. When surprised, it extends a large and striking head -
Axolotl
The Axolotl is a species from the Ambystoma genus. The species originates from Lake Xochimilco underlying Mexico City. Axolotls have feather-like external gills, and lidless eyes. They are closely related to Tiger salamanders, and
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