1.  Ant  Insect  Evolved from wasp-like animals  Evolved 110 – 130 million years ago  12.500 species are classified  Live in colonies http://morguefile.com/archive/display/140259

2.  Bear  Mammal  caniforms or carnivore  life in North and South America, Europe and Asia

3.  Cat  Domestic or house cat  Cats life with humans for 9.500 years  Carnivorous http://morguefile.com/archive/display/688854

4.  Dog  Came from the grey wolf  Carnivorous  Domesticated 15.000 years ago

5.  Eagle  Bird  Symbol of a couple nations like U.S. and Germany http://morguefile.com/archive/display/85312

6.  Frog  Amphibians  Powerful lags for long jumps  Lay eggs in water

7.  Giraffe  Mammal with the longest neck  It is between 14 and 17ft high  The largest recorded one was 20ft http://morguefile.com/archive/display/708875

8.  Horse  Domesticated around 4000 BC  Hooved mammal  Evolved over 45-55 million years

9.  Iguana  Lizard  Lives in tropical areas like South/Central America http://morguefile.com/archive/display/210323

10.  Jaguar  “big cat”  Only Panthera species found in the Americas  Near threatened  Has a common ancestor with lions and tigers

11.  Koala  Native in Australia  But not found in Tasmania or West Australia  Koalas are not very threatened http://morguefile.com/archive/display/610115

12.  Lion  One of the four “big cats”  Threatened  10.000 years ago it was the widespread living mammal after humans http://www.lions.org/lion-the-animal-more.html

13.  Mouse  Mammal  Most commonly is the house mouse  Popular pet  Eaten by large birds such as eagles and hawks http://morguefile.com/archive/display/194381

14.  Nautilus  Survived relatively unchanged for millions of years  “Living fossils”  Has usually more than one tentacle

15.  Owl  Considered as a bird  Hunts small mammals, insects and other birds  Almost found everywhere on the earth http://morguefile.com/archive/display/742919

16.  Penguin  Non-flyable bird  Lives mostly in the Antarctica  Eat little sea animals  Lives around half of their live on land and in the ocean  Some species live in hot areas

17.  Quail  It is a mid-sized bird  Eat usually seeds and insects  They nest on the ground http://morguefile.com/archive/display/22921

18.  Rabbit  Also called bunnies  Small mammals  Males are called buck  Females are called doe  Lives mostly in grassland  Live in groups

19.  Snake  Legless  Carnivorous reptiles  Can just see moving things  Some species have toxin, others don’t http://morguefile.com/archive/display/622881

20.  Turtle  Reptile  Has a shell which acts as a shield  Earliest found turtles are from 215 million years ago  Some species are highly endangered  Usually cold-blooded More information: http://happyturtle.ms11.net/

21.  Uakari  “New World Monkey”  Have long hair all over their body except their head  Found around the Amazonas http://morguefile.com/archive/display/934981

22.  Viperfish  Deep-water fish  12 to 24 inches long  Long, needle-like teeth  Green, silver or black  Live up to 30 or 40 years  Has a light- producing organ

23.  Whale  Largest animal known to have ever existed  Blue whale is 115 ft. long  Whales used to been hunted a whole lot http://morguefile.com/archive/display/77807

24.  Xiphias Gladius  Real name is “Swordfish”  Popular sportfish  They loose all their teeth by aldulthood  Can swim close to the shore  The heaviest one recorded was 1,182 lb

25.  Yak  It is vulnerable  Found Himalayan, the Tibetan Plateau and in Mongolia and Russia  Large domestic population, small wild population http://morguefile.com/archive/display/130486

26.  Zebra  Is related to horses  Characteristic with black and white stripes  Live in herds  Never got really domesticated  Lives in in Africa  Evolved within the last 4 million years