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AARDVARK Aardvarks are large mammals that eat ants.

AFRICAN ELEPHANT The African Elephant is the largest land animal.

AFRICAN WILD CAT African Wild Cats are fierce, solitary cats that are fast hunters.

AGOUTI The agouti is a large, short-tailed rodent from rainforests in the Americas.

ANTEATER Anteaters are mammals with very long snouts from South and Central America.

ANTELOPE Antelopes have beautiful horns.

ARCTIC FOX This small, white fox lives farther north than any other land animal.

ARCTIC WOLF Arctic wolves are meat-eaters that live in Northern Canada.

ARMADILLO An armadillo is a small, burrowing, armored mammal.

ARSINOITHERIUM Arsinoitherium was an early, horned mammal that lived during the early Oligocene (about 38 to 23 million years ago).

AYE-AYE A strange, nocturnal primate from Madagascar.

BABOON The baboon is a large monkey with a long snout and large cheek pouches.

BACTRIAN CAMEL A two-humped camel from deserts and steppes of Asia.

BADGER The badger is a nocturnal mammal with a black-and-white striped face.

BALUCHITHERIUM Baluchitherium (aka Indricotherium) was a large, extinct, hornless rhinoceros. It was one of the largest land mammals.

BAT A bat is a flying mammal.

BEAR A bear is a big, furry mammal.

BEAVER The beaver is a large rodent that builds dams and dens.

BELUGA WHALE The beluga is a small, white, toothed whale that lives mostly in cold, arctic waters.

Bighorn Sheep Printout The bighorn sheep is a wild brown sheep from mountains and deserts of North America.

BILBY The bilby (also known as the rabbit-eared bandicoot) is a small marsupial with long ears.

BINTURONG A dark, furry mammal from southeast Asia.

BISON The Bison (also called the American Buffalo) is the heaviest land animal in North America.

BLACK BEAR The Black Bear is a big bear that can be black or brown colored.

BLUE WHALE The blue whale is the biggest animal that ever lived. This huge mammal eats tiny food that it sieves through baleen.

BOBCAT A fierce, short-tailed wild cat from North America.

BONGO The bongo is a large, striped antelope from African forests.

BOWHEAD WHALE The bowhead whale is a large whale which eats tiny food that it sieves through baleen.

BROWN BEAR The Brown Bear is a large bear with a muscular hump on its shoulders.

CALIFORNIA SEA LION California sea lions are eared seals that live off the coast of western North America.

CAMEL Camels are large mammals that live in dry areas.

CAPE BUFFALO Cape Buffalo are large, hoofed mammals that live in African savannas.

CAPYBARA The capybara is the biggest rodent in the world.

CARIBOU Caribou live in Arctic regions.

CAT Cats are animals and are great pets.

CATS Cats are fast-moving, carnivorous mammals.

CHEETAH The cheetah is the fastest land animal.

CHIMPANZEE Chimpanzees are very intelligent apes and are closely related to people.

CHINCHILLA Chinchillas are soft rodents that live high in the Andes Mountains of South America.

CHIPMUNK Chipmunks are rodents that live in North America and Asia.

COATI (pronounced ko-WAH-ti) Coati (also called coatimundi) are long-nosed, long-tailed mammals from the Americas.

COLLARED PECCARY A pig-like mammal, also known as the javelina, from deserts and chaparrels of North and Central America.

COW The milk we drink comes from cows.

COYOTE Coyotes are meat-eaters related to wolves.

DEER Deer are shy, fast-moving plant-eaters.

DHOLE The dhole is a wild dog from Asia.

DINGO The dingo is a wild dog from Australia.

DOEDICURUS Doedicurus (family glyptodontidae) was an ancient armadillo with a tail mace. It lived during the Ice Ages.

DOG Wild dogs are meat-eaters that have been domesticated by people from wolves.

DOGS Dogs are meat-eating mammals.

DOLPHIN A dolphin is a marine mammal with a long nose and teeth. It is a carnivore.

DONKEY Donkeys are hoofed mammals adapted to desert life.

DROMEDARY The dromedary is the Arabian or one-humped camel.

DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS The Duck-billed Platypus is a primitive mammal (a monotreme) that lays eggs.

DUGONG Dugongs are gentle, slow-swimming, aquatic mammals.

ECHIDNA The echidna is a primitive, egg-laying mammal from Australia and New Guinea.

ELEPHANT The elephant is a big, gray animal with a trunk.

ELEPHANT SEAL, NORTHERN The Northern Elephant Seal is a huge seal that lives in the northern Pacific Ocean.

ELK Elk have beautiful antlers.

EOHIPPUS Eohippus was a tiny horse that lived 50 million years ago.

ERMINE Also known as stoat or short-tailed weasel, this tiny, ferocious mammal lives in cold areas.

FENNEC FOX The Fennec fox is a small, desert fox with very large ears; it lives in the Sahara and in northern Saudi Arabia.

FERRET Ferrets are a type of weasel.

FIN WHALE A huge baleen whale that is the second-largest animal on Earth.

FLYING SQUIRREL Flying squirrels glide from trees, using a loose flap of skin between their legs and arms.

FOSSA The fossa is a meat-eating mammal from the island of Madagascar.

FOX The fox is a meat-eating mammal with a long, bushy tail.

FRUIT BAT Fruit bats are large bats that eat fruits and flowers.

GAZELLE Gazelles live in herds in Africa.

GERBIL Gerbils are small rodents that some people keep as pets.

GIRAFFE The giraffe is the tallest land animal.

GLYPTODON Glyptodon was a car-sized armadillo that lived during the Ice Ages.

GNU The gnu is a fast-running, herding, grass-eater from eastern Africa. It is also known as the wildebeest.

GOAT Goats are sure-footed, hoofed mammals.

GORILLA Gorillas are from Africa and are in danger of extinction.

GRAY WHALE The gray whale is a baleen whale that eats tiny organisms from the mud on the bottom on the ocean.

GRIZZLY BEAR The Grizzly Bear is a large mammal with a muscular hump on its shoulders.

GROUNDHOG The groundhog is a rodent that is also called the woodchuck.

GUINEA PIG The Guinea pig is a small, tailless rodent that is sometimes kept as a pet.

HAMSTER A hamster is a small rodent that some people keep as pets.

HARP SEAL Harp Seals live are marine mammals that live in the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean.

HEDGEHOG A hedgehog is a small mammal with a spiny coat.

HIPPOPOTAMUS The hippopotamus is a large mammal that stays in the water a lot.

HORSE Horses are very fast runners. Primitive horses were very small.

HOWLER MONKEY The loudest monkey!

HUMAN BEING A human being is a mammal.

HUMPBACK WHALE Humpbacks are very acrobatic whales that sing beautiful, complex songs.

HYENA A meat-eating mammal that hunts and scavenges prey.

HYRACOTHERIUM Eohippus/Hyracotherium was a tiny horse that lived 50 million years ago.

IMPALA A high-jumping, lightly-built antelope from southern Africa.

INDRICOTHERIUM Indricotherium (aka Baluchitherium) was a large, extinct, hornless rhinoceros. It was one of the largest land mammals.

JAGUAR The jaguar is a large, spotted wild cat from South and Central America.

JAVELINA A pig-like mammal, also known as the collared peccary, from deserts and chaparrels of North and Central America.

Jerboa The jerboa is a small, long-tailed rodent that hops.

KANGAROO Kangaroos are marsupials. Their babies are called joeys.

KANGAROO RAT The kangaroo rat is a small rodent from North America.

KINKAJOU A long-tailed, nocturnal mammal from rainforests in the Americas.

KOALA The koala is an Australian marsupial. It is not a bear.

LEMMING Lemmings are small, short-tailed rodents from North America and northern Eurasia.

LEOPARD Leopards are widely-distributed, spotted wild cats.

LION A group of lions is called a pride.

LLAMA Llamas are domesticated animals that are related to camels.

LORIS Large-eyed primates from Southeast Asia.

LYNX A powerful wild cat from Europe, Eurasia, and North America.

MACRAUCHENIA Macrauchenia was a camel-like mammal from the Pleistocene period - it is extinct.

MAMMOTH Mammoth were a large elephant-like animals that lived during the ice ages.

MANATEE Manatees are gentle, slow-swimming, aquatic mammals.

MANDRILL Mandrills are large, brightly-colored Old World monkeys.

MARINE MAMMALS Mammals that spend most of their lives in the seas.

MARSUPIALS Marsupials are mammals whose young are born very immature. Most female marsupials have pouches.

MEERKAT Meerkats (also called suricates)are a type of cat that can stand upright.

MINK Minks are small, short-legged members of the weasel family that live in wet environments.

MOLE Moles are almost-blind, burrowing mammals.

MONGOOSE Mongooses are sleek, meat-eating mammals.

MONKEY Monkeys are furry mammals with long, strong tails.

MONOTREMES Monotremes are primitive, egg-laying mammals. Spiny anteaters and the duck-billed platypus are monotremes.

MOOSE A moose is a large type of deer from the USA and Canada.

MORGANUCODON An early mammal from about 200 million years ago.

MOUSE Mice are cute, small rodents with long tails.

MUSK OX Musk oxen are large, hairy mammals that live in the far north.

MUSKRAT Muskrats are rodents that often build dome-shaped houses.

MUSTELIDS The weasel family (family Mustelidae) consists of carnivorous mammals including the weasel, badgers, ferrets, fishers, otters, and others.

NABARLEK The nabarlek is a small wallaby from northern Australia.

NAKED MOLE-RAT Naked mole-rats are small, almost hairless rodents who live in underground colonies in Africa.

NARWHAL The narwhal is an Arctic whale; the male has one huge tooth.

NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL The Northern Elephant Seal is a huge seal that lives in the northern Pacific Ocean.

NORTHERN FUR SEAL The Northern Fur Seal is a marine mammal that lives in the northern Pacific Ocean.

NUMBAT The numbat is a pouchless marsupial from Australia.

OCELOT Ocelots are wild cats from the Americas.

OKAPI The Okapi is a nocturnal, giraffe-like mammal from African rainforests.

OPOSSUM The Virginia opossum is the only marsupial in North America. Over 64 species of opossum are found in South America.

ORANGUTAN Orangutans are large, tree-dwelling apes.

ORCA Orcas are killer whales. An orca eats hundreds of pounds of fish (including sharks) and marine mammals every day.

ORYX Oryx are long-horned antelopes from dry areas in Africa and Asia.

OTTER An otter is a playful aquatic mammal.

PANDA Pandas are black and white bears from China.

PANGOLIN The pangolin is an insect-eating mammal that has protective scales on its body.

PANTROPICAL SPOTTED DOLPHIN Also known as the Spotted, White-Spotted, or Brindled Dolphin, this small, toothed whale lives in tropical waters worldwide.

PIG Pigs, also known as swine, are omnivores with a flattened snout.

PIKA Pikas are small, furry mammals who stockpile food for winter.

POLAR BEAR Polar bears are large carnivores that live in the far north.

PORCUPINE Porcupines are mammals with protective, needle-like quills on their body.

PRAIRIE DOG The prairie dog is not a dog; it is a ground squirrel.

PRIMATES The primates are an order of intelligent mammals. They have good eyesight, and many are arboreal.

PRONGHORN Pronghorns are the fastest moving mammals in North America.

QUAGGA The Quagga is a recently-extinct relative of the zebra.

QUOKKA The Quokka is a marsupial from Australia, a type of wallaby.

QUOLL The Quoll is a cat-sized carnivorous marsupial from the islands of Tasmania and Australia.

RABBIT A rabbit is a small, hopping mammal with big ears.

RACCOON The raccoon is a mammal with mask-like markings on its face and a ringed tail.

RAT A rat is a rodent with a long tail and a pointed snout.

RED PANDA Red Pandas are bear-like mammals from mountains in Asia.

RED WOLF Red wolves are endangered carnivores from the eastern USA.

REINDEER Reindeer live in the far north.

RHINOCEROS A rhinoceros is a huge animal from Africa that has one or two horn-like spikes on its head.

RIGHT WHALE Baleen whales with a huge head and an arched mouth.

RING-TAILED LEMUR A large-eyed primate from Madagascar.

RINGTAIL POSSUM A small, nocturnal plant-eating marsupial with long tail.

RIVER OTTER River otters are streamlined, aquatic mammals from North America.

RODENTS Rodents are relatively small, prolific mammals whose front two top teeth continually grow.

SEAL Seals live in the ocean but breathe air. They are marine mammals.

SEA OTTER Sea otters are marine mammals with very dense, waterproof fur.

SHEEP Sheep are farm animals that are raised for wool and meat.

SHREW Shrews are perhaps the tiniest mammals. They are quite ferocious.

SKUNK Skunks are small mammals that can produce a terrible odor.

SLOTH A sloth is a slow-moving mammal that lives hanging upside-down from trees.

SMILODON Smilodon was the largest saber-toothed cat. It was a meat eater that lived during the last ice age and is now extinct.

SNOW LEOPARD Snow Leopards are rare, pale leopards from the snowy central mountains of Asia.

SPECTACLED PORPOISE A porpoise (a small toothed whale) from the Southern Hemisphere.

SQUIRREL Squirrels are rodents.

SUGAR GLIDER This small marsupial (also known as the lesser flying phalanger) glides from tree to tree in Australia and nearby islands.

TAPIR A plant-eating, hoofed mammal with a small trunk.

TARSIER Tarsiers are small mammals with enormous eyes.

TASMANIAN DEVIL Tasmanian Devils are nocturnal, meat-eating marsupials from Tasmania, an island off mainland Australia.

TASMANIAN TIGER The Tasmanian Tiger was a large, meat-eating marsupial from Tasmania, mainland Australia, and New Guinea. It is probably extinct.

THREE-TOED SLOTH The sloth is a slow-moving mammal that lives hanging upside-down from trees.

TIGER Tigers are large, fierce cats that have stripes.

VAMPIRE BAT The vampire bat is the only bat that eats blood.

WALLABY Wallabies are small to medium-sized kangaroos.

WALRUS A walrus is a northern marine mammal with ivory tusks.

WARTHOG The warthog is a wild pig from Africa.

WEASEL Weasels are small, furry mammals with short legs.

WEDDELL SEAL The Weddell seal is a large, nocturnal pinniped from Antarctica.

WHALE Whales are large marine mammals. Whales breathe air.

WILDEBEEST The wildebeest is a fast-running, herding, grass-eater from eastern Africa. It is also known as the gnu.

WOODLAND CARIBOU A rare caribou from Canada that eats lichens.

WOLF The wolf is a meat-eating mammal.

WOLVERINE The Wolverine is a ferocious type of weasel that lives in cold areas.

WOMBAT A wombat is an Australian marsupial mammal.

WOODCHUCK The Woodchuck is a rodent that is also called the groundhog.

WOOLLY MAMMOTH The woolly mammoth is a large elephant-like animal that lived during the ice ages.

WOOLLY RHINOCEROS The Woolly Rhino is an extinct rhinoceros from the Ice Ages.

YAK Yaks are large, strong, plant-eating mammals.

ZEBRA Zebras have black and white stripes.

ZORILLA The Zorilla is a skunk-like mammal that lives in Africa.

ZORRO The zorro is a dog-like fox from South America.

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