#phylum_Chordata__Chordata comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
supertype: #phylum (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
member of: #kingdom_Animalia
member: #chordate any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
member: #chordate_family any family in the phylum Chordata
member: #chordate_genus any genus in the phylum Chordata
member: #subphylum_Cephalochordata__Cephalochordata lancelets
member: #cephalochordate fishlike animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column
member: #family_Amphioxidae__Amphioxidae__Branchiostomidae__family_Branchiostomidae lancelets
member: #genus_Amphioxus type genus of the Amphioxidae
member: #lancelet__amphioxus__amphioxu small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
member: #subphylum_Urochordata__Urochordata__Urochorda__subphylum_Urochorda__Tunicata__subphylum_Tunicata tunicates
member: #tunicate__urochordate__urochord primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord (a notochord) conspicuous in the larva
member: #class_Ascidiaceae__Ascidiaceae sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts
member: #ascidian minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves
member: #ascidian_tadpole free-swimming larva of ascidians; they have a tail like a tadpole that contains the notochord
member: #class_Thaliacea__Thaliacea small class of free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order
member: #family_Salpidae__Salpidae a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea
member: #genus_Salpa type (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae
member: #salp__salpa minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end
member: #family_Doliolidae__Doliolidae oceanic tunicates
member: #genus_Doliolum type genus of the Doliolidae
member: #doliolum free-swimming oceanic tunicate with a barrel-shaped transparent body
member: #class_Larvacea__Larvacea small free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order
member: #larvacean any member of the class Larvacea
member: #genus_Appendicularia a genus of chordates in the class Larvacea
member: #appendicularia free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates
member: #subphylum_Vertebrata__Vertebrata__Craniata__subphylum_Craniata fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
member: #fish_family any of various families of fish
member: #fish_genus any of various genus of fish
member: #vertebrate__craniate animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
member: #Amniota higher vertebrates (reptiles; birds; mammals) possessing an amnion during development
member: #amniote any member of the Amniota
member: #superclass_Agnatha__Agnatha superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms
member: #jawless_vertebrate__jawlessvertebrate__jawless_fish__jawlessfish__agnathan eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
member: #order_Ostracodermi__Ostracodermi extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
member: #ostracoderm extinct fishlike jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic
member: #suborder_Heterostraci__Heterostraci extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fishlike vertebrate; taxonomy is not clear
member: #heterostracan extinct jawless fish with the anterior part of the body covered with bony plates; of the Silurian and Devonian
member: #suborder_Osteostraci__Osteostraci__Cephalaspida__suborder_Cephalaspida extinct group of armored fishlike vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
member: #osteostracan__cephalaspid extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head
member: #order_Anaspida__Anaspida extinct order of jawless vertebrates
member: #anaspid extinct small freshwater jawless fish usually having a heterocercal tail and an armored head; of the Silurian and Devonian
member: #order_Conodonta__Conodonta__Conodontophorida__order_Conodontophorida extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum
member: #conodont small (2 in) extinct eellike fish with a finned tail and a notochord and having cone-shaped teeth containing cellular bone; late Cambrian to late Triassic; possible predecessor of the cyclostomes
member: #order_Cyclostomata__Cyclostomata primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes
member: #cyclostome primitive aquatic vertebrate
member: #suborder_Petromyzoniformes__Petromyzoniformes__Hyperoartia__suborder_Hyperoartia lampreys as distinguished from hagfishes
member: #family_Petromyzontidae__Petromyzontidae lampreys
member: #lamprey_eel__lampreyeel__lamprey__lamper_eel primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue
member: #genus_Petromyzon__Petromyzon typical lampreys
member: #sea_lamprey__sealamprey__Petromyzon_marinus large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes
member: #suborder_Myxiniformes__Myxiniformes__Hyperotreta__suborder_Hyperotreta__Myxinoidei__Myxinoidea__suborder_Myxinoidei hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys
member: #family_Myxinidae__Myxinidae slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes
member: #hagfish__slime_eels eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
member: #genus_Myxine__Myxine type genus of the Myxinidae (typical hagfishes)
member: #Myxine_glutinosa typical hagfish
member: #genus_Eptatretus a genus of fossil fish of the family Myxinidae
member: #eptatretus a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus
member: #genus_Myxinikela__Myxinikela fossil hagfishes
member: #Myxinikela_siroka fossil hagfish of the Pennsylvanian period (c. 300 million years ago) that resembled modern hagfishes
member: #superclass_Gnathostomata__Gnathostomata comprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws
member: #gnathostome a vertebrate animal possessing true jaws
member: #class_Placodermi__Placodermi extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws
member: #placoderm fishlike vertebrate with bony plates on head and upper body; dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian; considered the earliest vertebrate with jaws
member: #class_Chondrichthyes__Chondrichthyes cartilaginous fishes
member: #cartilaginous_fish__cartilaginousfish__chondrichthian fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified
member: #subclass_Holocephali__Holocephali chimaeras and extinct forms
member: #holocephalan fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail
member: #family_Chimaeridae__Chimaeridae a family of Holocephali
member: #genus_Chimaera type genus of the Chimaeridae
member: #chimaera smooth-skinned deep-sea fish with a tapering body and long threadlike tail
member: #subclass_Elasmobranchii__Elasmobranchii__Selachii__subclass_Selachii sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates
member: #elasmobranch__selachian any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates
member: #family_Hexanchidae__Hexanchidae primitive sharks
member: #genus_Hexanchus__Hexanchus a genus of Hexanchidae
member: #cow_shark__cowshark__six-gilled_shark__Hexanchus_griseus large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas
member: #family_Lamnidae__Lamnidae oceanic sharks
member: #mackerel_shark fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks
member: #genus_Lamna__Lamna a genus of Lamnidae
member: #porbeagle__Lamna_nasus voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific
member: #genus_Carcharodon__Carcharodon man-eating sharks
member: #great_white_shark__greatwhiteshark__white_shark__whiteshark__man-eater__maneater__man-eating_shark__Carcharodon_carcharias large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans
member: #genus_Cetorhinus__Cetorhinus comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae
member: #basking_shark__baskingshark__Cetorhinus_maximus large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface
member: #family_Cetorhinidae__Cetorhinidae in some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks
member: #family_Alopiidae__Alopiidae thresher sharks
member: #genus_Alopius__Alopius type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae
member: #thresher_shark__thresher__thrasher__fox_shark__foxshark__Alopius_vulpinus large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
member: #family_Orectolobidae__Orectolobidae nurse sharks and carpet sharks
member: #genus_Orectolobus__Orectolobus carpet sharks
member: #carpet_shark__Orectolobus_barbatus shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin
member: #genus_Ginglymostoma__Ginglymostoma nurse sharks
member: #nurse_shark__Ginglymostoma_cirratum small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia
member: #family_Carchariidae__Carchariidae__Odontaspididae__family_Odontaspididae sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae
member: #genus_Carcharias__Carcharias__Odontaspis__genus_Odontaspis type and sole genus of Carchariidae: sand sharks
member: #sand_tiger__sand_shark__Carcharias_taurus__Odontaspis_taurus shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers
member: #family_Rhincodontidae__Rhincodontidae small-toothed sharks comprising only one species
member: #genus_Rhincodon__Rhincodon whale sharks
member: #whale_shark__whaleshark__Rhincodon_typus large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton
member: #family_Scyliorhinidae__Scyliorhinidae small bottom-dwelling sharks
member: #cat_shark__catshark small bottom-dwelling sharks with catlike eyes; found along continental slopes
member: #family_Carcharhinidae__Carcharhinidae largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks
member: #requiem_shark__requiemshark any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
member: #genus_Carcharhinus__Carcharhinus type genus of the Carcharhinidae
member: #bull_shark__cub_shark__cubshark__Carcharhinus_leucas a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous
member: #sandbar_shark__sandbarshark__Carcharhinus_plumbeus most common gray shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states; sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen
member: #blacktip_shark__sandbar_shark__sandbarshark__Carcharhinus_limbatus widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink
member: #oceanic_whitetip_shark__whitetip_shark__white-tipped_shark__Carcharinus_longimanus large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark
member: #dusky_shark__duskyshark__Carcharhinus_obscurus relatively slender blue-gray shark; nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
member: #genus_Negaprion__Negaprion lemon sharks
member: #lemon_shark__Negaprion_brevirostris common shallow-water schooling shark of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil and off west Africa; dangerous
member: #genus_Prionace__Prionace blue sharks
member: #great_blue_shark__blue_shark__Prionace_glauca slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disasters
member: #genus_Galeocerdo__Galeocerdo tiger sharks
member: #tiger_shark__Galeocerdo_cuvieri large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body
member: #genus_Galeorhinus__Galeorhinus a genus of Carcharhinidae
member: #soupfin_shark__soupfinshark__soupfin__Galeorhinus_zyopterus Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)
member: #family_Triakidae__Triakidae small smooth-skinned sharks lacking spines on dorsal fins
member: #genus_Mustelus__Mustelus smooth dogfishes
member: #American_smooth_dogfish__Mustelus_canis found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas
member: #Florida_smoothhound__Mustelus_norrisi found from the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
member: #smooth_dogfish small bottom-dwelling shark found along both Atlantic coasts
member: #genus_Triaenodon__Triaenodon a genus of Triakidae
member: #reef_whitetip_shark__whitetip_shark__Triaenodon_obseus smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins
member: #family_Squalidae__Squalidae dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin
member: #spiny_dogfish__spinydogfish small bottom-dwelling dogfishes
member: #genus_Squalus__Squalus spiny dogfishes
member: #Atlantic_spiny_dogfish__Squalus_acanthias destructive dogfish of American and European Atlantic coastal waters; widely used in anatomy classes
member: #Pacific_spiny_dogfish__Squalus_suckleyi dogfish of Pacific coast of North America
member: #family_Sphyrnidae__Sphyrnidae hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks
member: #genus_Sphyrna__Sphyrna type genus of the Sphyrnidae
member: #hammerhead_shark__hammerhead medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous
member: #family_Squatinidae__Squatinidae bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks
member: #genus_Squatina__Squatina type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks
member: #angel_shark__angelshark__angelfish__Squatina_squatina__monkfish sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
member: #order_Torpediniformes__Torpediniformes rays with torpedo-shaped bodies
member: #family_Torpedinidae__Torpedinidae electric rays
member: #electric_ray__crampfish__numbfish__torpedo any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
member: #order_Rajiformes__Rajiformes__Batoidei__order_Batoidei fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes
member: #family_Pristidae__Pristidae large primitive rays with elongated snouts
member: #sawfish primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout
member: #genus_Pristis__Pristis type genus of the Pristidae
member: #smalltooth_sawfish__Pristis_pectinatus commonly found in tropical bays and estuaries; not aggressive
member: #family_Rhinobatidae__Rhinobatidae primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies
member: #guitarfish primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body
member: #family_Dasyatidae__Dasyatidae sting rays
member: #stingray large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds
member: #genus_Dasyatis__Dasyatis type genus of the Dasyatidae
member: #roughtail_stingray__roughtailstingray__Dasyatis_centroura one of the largest stingrays; found from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras
member: #genus_Gymnura__Gymnura butterfly rays
member: #butterfly_ray__butterflyray short-tailed broad-finned stingray
member: #family_Myliobatidae__Myliobatidae eagle rays
member: #eagle_ray__eagleray powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike fins; usually harmless but has venomous tissue near base of the tail as in stingrays
member: #genus_Aetobatus__Aetobatus a genus of Myliobatidae
member: #spotted_eagle_ray__spottedeagleray__spotted_ray__spottedray__Aetobatus_narinari ray with back covered with white or yellow spots; widely distributed in warm seas
member: #genus_Rhinoptera__Rhinoptera a genus of Myliobatidae
member: #cownose_ray__cownoseray__cow-nosed_ray__cownosedray__Rhinoptera_bonasus large ray found along eastern coast of North America
member: #family_Mobulidae__Mobulidae large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas
member: #manta_ray__mantaray__manta__devilfish extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned
member: #genus_Manta a genus of Mobulidae
member: #Atlantic_manta__Manta_birostris largest manta (to 22 feet across wings); found worldwide but common in Gulf of Mexico and along southern coasts of United States; primarily oceanic
member: #genus_Mobula__Mobula type genus of the Mobulidae
member: #devil_ray__devilray__Mobula_hypostoma small manta (to 4 feet) that travels in schools
member: #family_Rajidae__Rajidae bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates
member: #skate large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins
member: #genus_Raja__Raja type genus of the family Rajidae
member: #gray_skate__Raja_batis common European skate used as food
member: #little_skate__Raja_erinacea most plentiful skate in North American inshore waters in summer; to 21 inches
member: #thorny_skate__Raja_radiata cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back; to 40 inches
member: #barndoor_skate__Raja_laevis one of the largest skates (to 5 feet); an active skate easy to hook
member: #class_Aves__Aves birds
member: #bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
member: #genus_Protoavis extinct primitive birds of the Triassic period; 70 million years before archaeopteryx
member: #protoavis__protoavi most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having birdlike jaw and hollow limbs and breastbone with dinosaur-like tail and hind limbs
member: #subclass_Archaeornithes__Archaeornithes primitive reptile-like fossil birds of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous
member: #genus_Archaeopteryx__genus_Archeopteryx a genus of fossil birds
member: #archaeopteryx__archeopteryx__Archaeopteryx_lithographica extinct primitive toothed bird of the Upper Jurassic having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds
member: #genus_Sinornis a genus of fossil birds
member: #Sinornis sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous having a keeled breastbone and vestigial tail; found in China; considered possibly the second most primitive of all birds
member: #genus_Ibero-mesornis a genus of fossil bird of the subclass Archaeornithes
member: #Ibero-mesornis sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Lower Cretaceous having a vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds
member: #genus_Archaeornis a genus of fossil bird
member: #archaeornis__archaeorni extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing
member: #superorder_Ratitae__Ratitae used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders
member: #order_Tinamiformes__Tinamiformes coextensive with the family Tinamidae
member: #family_Tinamidae__Tinamidae comprising the tinamous
member: #tinamou__partridge heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
member: #order_Struthioniformes__Struthioniformes a ratite bird order: ostriches and related extinct birds; known from the Pleistocene onward
member: #family_Struthionidae__Struthionidae tall terrestrial birds: ostriches
member: #genus_Struthio__Struthio type genus of the Struthionidae: African ostriches
member: #ostrich__struthiocamelu fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
member: #order_Casuariiformes__Casuariiformes a ratite bird order: cassowaries and emus
member: #family_Casuaridae__Casuaridae a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries
member: #genus_Casuarius__Casuarius type and sole genus of the Casuaridae: cassowaries
member: #cassowary large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest
member: #genus_Dromaius__Dromaius a genus of birds in the order Casuariiformes
member: #emu__Dromaius_novaehollandiae__Emu_novaehollandiae large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
member: #order_Apterygiformes__Apterygiformes a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis
member: #family_Apterygidae__Apterygidae coextensive with the order Apterygiformes
member: #genus_Apteryx type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis
member: #kiwi__apteryx nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
member: #order_Rheiformes__Rheiformes a ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas
member: #family_Rheidae__Rheidae a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes
member: #genus_Rhea type genus of the Rheidae; large tall flightless South American birds similar to but smaller than ostriches
member: #Rhea_americana__rhea larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia
member: #genus_Pterocnemia__Pterocnemia a genus of birds of the family Rheidae
member: #rhea__nandu__Pterocnemia_pennata smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Straits of Magellan
member: #order_Aepyorniformes__Aepyorniformes huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds
member: #family_Aepyornidae__Aepyornidae coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes
member: #genus_Aepyornis type genus of the Aepyornidae: elephant birds
member: #elephant_bird__aepyornis__aepyorni huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar
member: #order_Dinornithiformes__Dinornithiformes a ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand
member: #family_Dinornithidae__Dinornithidae moas
member: #genus_Dinornis__Dinornis type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas
member: #giant_moa__giantmoa__Dinornis_giganteus the largest moa; about 12 feet high
member: #moa extinct flightless bird of New Zealand
member: #genus_Anomalopteryx small moas
member: #anomalopteryx__Anomalopteryx_oweni the smallest moa; slender moa about the size of a large turkey
member: #order_Insessores__Insessores__perching_birds__perchers birds with feet adapted for perching on trees; this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
member: #order_Passeriformes__Passeriformes largest order of birds comprising about half the known species: rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; in four suborders: Eurylaimi; Tyranni; Menurae: Oscines or Passeres
member: #passerine__passeriform_bird__passeriformbird perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
member: #suborder_Oscines__Oscines__Passeres__suborder_Passeres two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
member: #oscine_bird__oscine passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
member: #family_Meliphagidae__Meliphagidae honey eaters
member: #honey_eater__honeyeater__honeysucker Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar
member: #family_Prunellidae__Prunellidae hedge sparrow
member: #genus_Prunella__Prunella type genus of the Prunellidae
member: #accentor small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia
member: #family_Alaudidae__Alaudidae larks
member: #lark any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing
member: #genus_Alauda__Alauda type genus of the Alaudidae: skylarks
member: #skylark__alaudaarvensi brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
member: #family_Motacillidae__Motacillidae pipits and wagtails
member: #genus_Motacilla__Motacilla type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails
member: #wagtail Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
member: #genus_Anthus__Anthus pipits
member: #pipit__titlark__lark small songbirds resembling larks
member: #family_Fringillidae__Fringillidae finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
member: #finch any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
member: #genus_Fringilla__Fringilla type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling
member: #chaffinch__Fringilla_coelebs small European finch with a cheerful song
member: #brambling__Fringilla_montifringilla Eurasian finch
member: #subfamily_Carduelinae__Carduelinae used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches
member: #genus_Carduelis__Carduelis in some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the Fringillidae: goldfinches; siskins; redpolls; linnets
member: #goldfinch__Carduelis_carduelis small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings
member: #linnet__Carduelis_cannabina small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead
member: #red_siskin__redsiskin__Carduelis_cucullata South American species of scarlet finch with black head and wings and tail
member: #Carduelis_flammea__redpoll small siskin-like finch with a red crown
member: #redpoll__Carduelis_hornemanni small siskin-like finch with a red crown
member: #genus_Spinus__Spinus in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches
member: #New_world_goldfinch__goldfinch__yellowbird__Spinus_tristis American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
member: #pine_siskin__pine_finch__Spinus_pinus small finch of North American coniferous forests
member: #genus_Carpodacus__Carpodacus house finches and purple finches
member: #house_finch__housefinch__linnet__Carpodacus_mexicanus small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico
member: #purple_finch__Carpodacus_purpureus North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump
member: #genus_Serinus__Serinus Old World finches: e.g. canaries and serins
member: #canary_bird__canary any of several small Old World finches
member: #serin any of various brown and yellow finches of pats of Europe
member: #genus_Loxia__Loxia crossbill
member: #crossbill__Loxia_curvirostra finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed
member: #genus_Pyrrhula__Pyrrhula bullfinches
member: #bullfinch__Pyrrhula_pyrrhula common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast
member: #genus_Junco American finches
member: #junco__snowbird small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
member: #genus_Pooecetes__Pooecetes a genus of Fringillidae
member: #vesper_sparrow__grass_finch__grassfinch__Pooecetes_gramineus common North American finch noted for its evening song
member: #genus_Zonotrichia__Zonotrichia large New World sparrows
member: #white-throated_sparrow__whitethroat__Zonotrichia_albicollis common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown
member: #white-crowned_sparrow__whitecrownedsparrow__Zonotrichia_leucophrys finch with black-and-white striped crown
member: #genus_Spizella__Spizella chipping sparrow; field sparrow; tree sparrow
member: #chipping_sparrow__Spizella_passerina small North American finch common in urban areas
member: #field_sparrow__fieldsparrow__Spizella_pusilla common North American finch of brushy pasturelands
member: #Spizella_arborea__tree_sparrow finch common in winter in the northern U.S.
member: #genus_Melospiza__Melospiza American song sparrow and swamp sparrow
member: #song_sparrow__Melospiza_melodia small songbird common in North America
member: #swamp_sparrow__swampsparrow__Melospiza_georgiana North American finch of marshy area
member: #subfamily_Emberizidae__Emberizidae__subfamily_Emberizinae buntings and some New World sparrows
member: #genus_Passerina__genuspasserina__Passerina small North American bush-loving finches: New World buntings
member: #indigo_bunting__indigo_finch__indigo_bird__Passerina_cyanea small deep blue North American bunting
member: #genus_Emberiza__Emberiza Old World buntings
member: #ortolan_bunting__ortolanbunting__ortolan__Emberiza_hortulana brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
member: #reed_bunting__Emberiza_schoeniclus European bunting inhabiting marshy areas
member: #yellowhammer__yellow_bunting__Emberiza_citrinella European bunting the male being bright yellow
member: #yellow-breasted_bunting__Emberiza_aureola common in Russia and Siberia
member: #genus_Plectrophenax__Plectrophenax snow bunting
member: #snow_bunting__snowbird__snowflake__Plectrophenax_nivalis white arctic bunting
member: #genus_Hesperiphona__Hesperiphona evening grosbeak
member: #evening_grosbeak__eveninggrosbeak__Hesperiphona_vespertina North American grosbeak
member: #genus_Coccothraustes__Coccothraustes large finches
member: #hawfinch__Coccothraustes_coccothraustes a common large finch of Eurasia
member: #genus_Pinicola__Pinicola a genus of Fringillidae
member: #pine_grosbeak__Pinicola_enucleator large grosbeak of coniferous forests of Old and New Worlds
member: #genus_Richmondena__Richmondena cardinals
member: #cardinal_grosbeak__cardinal__Richmondena_Cardinalis__Cardinalis_cardinalis__redbird crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male
member: #genus_Pyrrhuloxia large showy finches related to cardinals
member: #pyrrhuloxia__Pyrrhuloxia_sinuata crested gray-and-red bird of southwest United States and Mexico
member: #genus_Pipilo__Pipilo towhees
member: #chewink__Pipilo_erythrophthalmus common towhee of eastern North America
member: #genus_Chlorura__Chlorura towhees
member: #green-tailed_towhee__Chlorura_chlorura towhee of the Rocky mountain region
member: #family_Coerebidae__Coerebidae__Dacninae__family_Dacninae the honeycreepers
member: #honeycreeper small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar
member: #genus_Coereba__Coereba type genus of the Coerebidae
member: #banana_quit any of several honeycreepers
member: #family_Passeridae__Passeridae true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds
member: #true_sparrow__sparrow any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
member: #genus_Passer__Passer type genus of the Passeridae
member: #English_sparrow__house_sparrow__housesparrow__Passer_domesticus small hardy brown-and-gray bird native to Europe
member: #tree_sparrow__Passer_montanus Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow
member: #family_Ploceidae__Ploceidae weaverbirds
member: #weaver_finch__weaver__weaverbird finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
member: #genus_Ploceus__Ploceus type genus of the Ploceidae
member: #genus_Vidua__Vidua whydahs
member: #whydah__whidah__widow_bird__widowbird mostly black African weaverbird
member: #genus_Padda__Padda a genus of Ploceidae
member: #Java_sparrow__Java_finch__ricebird__Padda_oryzivora small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields
member: #genus_Estrilda__Estrilda avadavats
member: #avadavat__amadavat red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds
member: #genus_Poephila__Poephila grassfinches
member: #grassfinch__grass_finch__grassfinch usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds
member: #zebra_finch__zebrafinch__Poephila_castanotis small Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's
member: #family_Drepanididae__Drepanididae Hawaiian honeycreepers
member: #Hawaiian_honeycreeper__honeycreeper small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands
member: #genus_Drepanis__Drepanis a genus of Drepanididae
member: #mamo black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail; now extinct
member: #family_Muscicapidae__Muscicapidae Old World (true) flycatchers
member: #Old_World_flycatcher__true_flycatcher__flycatcher any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
member: #genus_Muscicapa__Muscicapa type genus of the Muscicapidae
member: #spotted_flycatcher__spottedflycatcher__Muscicapa_striata__Muscicapa_grisola common European woodland flycatcher with grayish-brown plumage
member: #genus_Pachycephala__Pachycephala arboreal insectivorous birds
member: #thickhead__whistler Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call
member: #subfamily_Turdinae__Turdinae alternative classification for the thrushes
member: #genus_Sialia__Sialia North American bluebirds
member: #bluebird blue North American songbird
member: #subfamily_Sylviinae__Sylviinae alternative classification for the Old World warblers
member: #family_Turdidae__Turdidae thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae
member: #thrush songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
member: #genus_Turdus__Turdus type genus of the Turdidae
member: #missel_thrush__mistle_thrush__mistletoe_thrush__mistletoethrush__Turdus_viscivorus large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries
member: #song_thrush__mavis__mavi__throstle__Turdus_philomelos common Old World thrush noted for its song
member: #fieldfare__snowbird__Turdus_pilaris medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
member: #redwing__Turdus_iliacus small European thrush having reddish flanks
member: #European_blackbird__blackbird__merl__merle__ouzel__ousel__Turdus_merula common black European thrush
member: #ring_ouzel__ring_blackbird__ring_thrush__Turdus_torquatus European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck
member: #American_robin__robin__Turdus_migratorius large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen
member: #clay-colored_robin__Turdus_grayi robin of Mexico and Central America
member: #genus_Hylocichla__Hylocichla American thrushes: wood thrush; hermit thrush; veery
member: #hermit_thrush__Hylocichla_guttata North American thrush noted for its complex and appealing song
member: #veery__Wilson's_thrush__Hylocichla_fuscescens tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song
member: #genus_Luscinia__Luscinia nightingales
member: #nightingale__lusciniamegarhyncho European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
member: #thrush_nightingale__Luscinia_luscinia large nightingale of eastern Europe
member: #genus_Saxicola__Saxicola Old World chats
member: #Old_World_chat__chat songbirds having a chattering call
member: #genus_Myadestes__Myadestes solitaires
member: #solitaire dull gray North American thrushes noted for its beautiful song
member: #genus_Phoenicurus__Phoenicurus Old World thrushes
member: #redstart__redtail European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
member: #genus_Oenanthe__Oenanthe wheatears
member: #wheatear small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump
member: #genus_Erithacus__Erithacus Old World thrushes
member: #robin_redbreast__robinredbreast__robin__redbreast__Old_World_robin__Erithacus_rubecola small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
member: #bluethroat__Erithacus_svecicus songbird of northern Europe and Asia
member: #family_Sylviidae__Sylviidae in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers
member: #genus_Polioptila__Polioptila New World gnatcatchers
member: #gnatcatcher very small North and South American warblers
member: #genus_Regulus__Regulus a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets
member: #kinglet small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice
member: #Old_World_warbler__true_warbler small active brownish or grayish Old World birds
member: #genus_Silvia__Silvia type genus of the Sylviidae: warblers
member: #blackcap__Silvia_atricapilla small brownish-gray warbler with a black crown
member: #genus_Phylloscopus__Phylloscopus warblers
member: #genus_Acrocephalus__Acrocephalus a genus of Sylviidae
member: #genus_Prinia__Prinia a genus of Sylviidae
member: #wren_warbler small Asiatic and African bird; constructs nests like those of tailorbirds
member: #genus_Orthotomus__Orthotomus tailorbirds
member: #tailorbird__Orthotomus_sutorius tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest
member: #family_Timaliidae__Timaliidae babblers
member: #genus_Timalia__Timalia type genus of the Timaliidae
member: #babbler__cackler any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
member: #family_Parulidae__Parulidae New World warblers
member: #New_World_warbler__wood_warbler small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song
member: #genus_Parula__Parula type genus of the Parulidae: wood warblers
member: #parula_warbler__northern_parula__Parula_americana small gray-blue wood warbler with yellow throat and breast; of eastern North America
member: #genus_Setophaga__Setophaga a genus of Parulidae
member: #genus_Dendroica__Dendroica a genus of Parulidae
member: #Cape_May_warbler__Dendroica_tigrina North American wood warbler; olive green and yellow striped with black
member: #yellow_warbler__golden_warbler__yellowbird__Dendroica_petechia yellow-throated American wood warbler
member: #Blackburn__Blackburnian_warbler__Dendroica_fusca black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat
member: #Audubon's_warbler__Audubon_warbler__Dendroica_auduboni common warbler of western North America
member: #myrtle_warbler__myrtle_bird__Dendroica_coronata similar to Audubon's warbler
member: #blackpoll__Dendroica_striate North American warbler having a black-and-white head
member: #genus_Icteria__Icteria New World chats
member: #New_World_chat__chat birds having a chattering call
member: #genus_Seiurus__Seiurus ovenbirds and water thrushes
member: #Seiurus_aurocapillus__ovenbird American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground
member: #water_thrush__waterthrush brownish North American warbler found near streams
member: #genus_Geothlypis__Geothlypis yellowthroats
member: #yellowthroat small olive-colored American warblers with yellow breast and throat
member: #family_Paradisaeidae__Paradisaeidae birds of paradise
member: #bird_of_paradise any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area
member: #genus_Ptloris__Ptloris a genus of Paradisaeidae
member: #family_Icteridae__Icteridae American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks
member: #New_World_oriole__American_oriole__oriole American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
member: #genus_Icterus__Icterus type genus of the Icteridae
member: #northern_oriole__Icterus_galbula a kind of New World oriole
member: #orchard_oriole__orchardoriole__Icterus_spurius the male is chestnut-and-black
member: #genus_Sturnella__Sturnella a genus of passerine birds including the meadowlarks
member: #meadowlark__lark North American yellow-breasted songbirds
member: #genus_Cacicus__Cacicus a genus of tropical American orioles
member: #cacique__cazique black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics
member: #genus_Dolichonyx__Dolichonyx bobolinks
member: #bobolink__ricebird__reedbird__Dolichonyx_oryzivorus migratory American songbird
member: #genus_Quiscalus__Quiscalus grackles
member: #grackle__crowblackbird long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
member: #genus_Euphagus__Euphagus a genus of Icteridae
member: #rusty_blackbird__rusty_grackle__rustygrackle__Euphagus_carilonus North American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fall
member: #genus_Molothrus__Molothrus cowbirds
member: #cowbird North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests
member: #genus_Agelaius__Agelaius red-winged blackbirds
member: #red-winged_blackbird__redwing__Agelaius_phoeniceus North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings
member: #family_Oriolidae__Oriolidae Old World orioles
member: #Old_World_oriole__oriole mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
member: #genus_Oriolus__Oriolus type genus of the Oriolidae
member: #golden_oriole__Oriolus_oriolus bright yellow songbird with black wings
member: #genus_Sphecotheres__Sphecotheres a genus of Old World orioles
member: #fig-bird__figbird greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits
member: #family_Sturnidae__Sturnidae Old World starlings
member: #starling gregarious birds native to the Old World
member: #genus_Sturnus__Sturnus type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings
member: #common_starling__Sturnus_vulgaris gregarious bird having plumage with dark metallic gloss; builds nests around dwellings and other structures; naturalized worldwide
member: #subgenus_Pastor__Pastor only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus
member: #rose-colored_starling__rose-colored_pastor__Pastor_sturnus__Pastor_roseus glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian
member: #genus_Acridotheres__Acridotheres mynas
member: #crested_myna__crestedmyna__Acridotheres_tristis dark brown crested bird of southeastern Asia
member: #genus_Gracula__Gracula mynas
member: #family_Corvidae__Corvidae crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay
member: #corvine_bird__corvinebird birds of the crow family
member: #genus_Corvus__Corvus type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens
member: #crow black birds having a raucous call
member: #raven__Corvus_corax large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
member: #Corvus_frugilegus__rook common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
member: #jackdaw__daw__Corvus_monedula common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery
member: #subfamily_Garrulinae__Garrulinae subfamily of the crow family: jays
member: #jay crested largely blue bird
member: #genus_Garrulus__Garrulus type genus of the Garrulinae: Old World jays
member: #Old_World_jay a European jay
member: #genus_Cyanocitta__Cyanocitta New World jays
member: #blue_jay__jaybird__Cyanocitta_cristata common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast
member: #genus_Perisoreus__Perisoreus Canada jays
member: #Canada_jay__gray_jay__camp_robber__whisker_jack__whiskerjack__Perisoreus_canadensis gray jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest; noted for boldness in thievery
member: #genus_Nucifraga__Nucifraga nutcrackers
member: #nutcracker speckled birds that feed on nuts
member: #genus_Pica__Pica magpies
member: #magpie long-tailed black-and-white bird that utters a chattering call
member: #family_Cracticidae__Cracticidae Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae
member: #Australian_magpie black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies
member: #genus_Cracticus__Cracticus type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds
member: #butcherbird.Australian_magpie large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns
member: #genus_Strepera__Strepera bell magpies
member: #currawong__bell_magpie bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call
member: #genus_Gymnorhina__Gymnorhina in some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows
member: #piping_crow-shrike__piping_crow__Gymnorhina_tibicen crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged
member: #family_Mimidae__Mimidae sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers
member: #genus_Mimus__Mimus type genus of the family Mimidae: mockingbirds
member: #mockingbird__mocker__Mimus_polyglotktos long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
member: #genus_Melanotis__Melanotis a genus of Mimidae
member: #blue_mockingbird__Melanotis_caerulescens mockingbird of Mexico
member: #genus_Dumetella__Dumetella catbirds
member: #gray_catbird__catbird__Dumetella_carolinensis North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
member: #genus_Toxostoma__Toxostoma thrashers
member: #thrasher__mocking_thrush__mockingthrush thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
member: #family_Xenicidae__Xenicidae__Acanthisittidae__family_Acanthisittidae alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens
member: #New_Zealand_wren birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens
member: #genus_Xenicus__Xenicus type genus for the Xenicidae
member: #rock_wren__Xenicus_gilviventris short-tailed bird resembling a wren
member: #genus_Acanthisitta__Acanthisitta a genus of Xenicidae
member: #rifleman_bird__Acanthisitta_chloris small green-and-bronze bird
member: #family_Certhiidae__Certhiidae creepers
member: #tree_creeper__creeper any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb about on trees
member: #genus_Certhia__Certhia type genus of the Certhiidae
member: #brown_creeper__browncreeper__American_creeper__Certhia_americana common American brown creeper with down-curved bill
member: #genus_Tichodroma__Tichodroma wall creepers; in some classifications placed in family Sittidae
member: #wall_creeper__tichodrome__Tichodroma_muriaria crimson-and-gray songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa
member: #family_Sittidae__Sittidae nuthatches
member: #nuthatch__nutcracker any of various small short-tailed sharp-beaked birds that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects
member: #genus_Sitta__Sitta type genus of the Sittidae
member: #European_nuthatch__Sitta_europaea a kind of nuthatch
member: #red-breasted_nuthatch__Sitta_canadensis bluish-gray nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests
member: #white-breasted_nuthatch__Sitta_carolinensis bluish-gray nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America
member: #family_Paridae__Paridae titmice and chickadees
member: #titmouse__tit small insectivorous birds
member: #genus_Parus__Parus type genus of the family Paridae
member: #chickadee any of various small gray-and-black songbirds of North America
member: #tufted_titmouse__Parus_bicolor crested titmouse of eastern and midwestern United States
member: #blue_tit__tomtit__Parus_caeruleus widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head
member: #genus_Psaltriparus__Psaltriparus a genus of Paridae
member: #bushtit__bush_tit active gray titmice of western North America
member: #genus_Chamaea__Chamaea a genus of Paridae
member: #wren-tit__Chamaea_fasciata small brown bird of California resembling a wren
member: #genus_Auriparus__Auriparus a genus of Paridae
member: #verdin__Auriparus_flaviceps very small yellow-headed titmouse of Western North America
member: #family_Irenidae__Irenidae a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
member: #genus_Irena__Irena type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds
member: #fairy_bluebird__fairybluebird__bluebird fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies
member: #family_Hirundinidae__Hirundinidae swallows and martins
member: #genus_Hirundo__Hirundo type genus of the Hirundinidae
member: #barn_swallow__chimney_swallow__chimneyswallow__Hirundo_rustica common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.
member: #cliff_swallow__cliffswallow__Hirundo_pyrrhonota North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls
member: #tree_swallow__tree_martin__Hirundo_nigricans of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities
member: #genus_Iridoprocne__Iridoprocne a genus of Hirundinidae
member: #genus_Delichon__Delichon a genus of Hirundinidae
member: #house_martin__housemartin__Delichon_urbica common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses
member: #genus_Riparia__Riparia a genus of Hirundinidae
member: #bank_martin__bank_swallow__sand_martin__Riparia_riparia swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks
member: #genus_Progne__Progne a genus of Hirundinidae
member: #purple_martin__Progne_subis large North American martin of which the male is blue-black
member: #family_Artamidae__Artamidae wood swallows
member: #genus_Artamus__Artamus type genus of the Artamidae
member: #wood_swallow__swallow_shrike__swallowshrike Australasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallow
member: #family_Thraupidae__Thraupidae tanagers
member: #tanager any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males
member: #genus_Piranga__Piranga a genus of Thraupidae
member: #scarlet_tanager__scarlettanager__Piranga_olivacea__redbird__firebird the male is bright red with black wings and tail
member: #western_tanager__westerntanager__Piranga_ludoviciana of western North America; male is black and yellow and orange-red
member: #summer_tanager__summer_redbird__Piranga_rubra of middle and southern United States; male is deep rose-red the female mostly yellow
member: #hepatic_tanager__hepatictanager__Piranga_flava_hepatica common tanager of southwestern United States and Mexico
member: #family_Laniidae__Laniidae shrikes
member: #shrike any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals
member: #genus_Lanius__Lanius type genus of the Laniidae: typical shrikes
member: #butcherbird shrikes that impale their prey on thorns
member: #loggerhead_shrike__Lanius_lucovicianus common shrike of southeastern United States having black eye-bands
member: #subfamily_Malaconotinae__Malaconotinae African bush shrikes
member: #bush_shrike African shrike
member: #genus_Chlorophoneus__Chlorophoneus a genus of Malaconotinae
member: #black-fronted_bush_shrike__Chlorophoneus_nigrifrons a kind of bush shrike
member: #family_Ptilonorhynchidae__Ptilonorhynchidae bowerbirds
member: #bowerbird__catbird any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
member: #genus_Ptilonorhynchus__Ptilonorhynchus type genus of the Ptilonorhynchidae
member: #satin_bowerbird__satinbowerbird__satin_bird__satinbird__Ptilonorhynchus_violaceus of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light gray-green
member: #genus_Chlamydera__Chlamydera a genus of Ptilonorhynchidae
member: #great_bowerbird__greatbowerbird__Chlamydera_nuchalis large bowerbird of northern Australia
member: #family_Cinclidae__Cinclidae water ouzels
member: #water_ouzel__waterouzel__dipper small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
member: #genus_Cinclus__Cinclus type genus of the family Cinclidae
member: #European_water_ouzel__Cinclus_aquaticus a water ouzel of Europe
member: #American_water_ouzel__Cinclus_mexicanus a water ouzel of western North America
member: #family_Vireonidae__Vireonidae small insectivorous American songbirds
member: #genus_Vireo type genus of the Vireonidae
member: #vireo any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-gray in color
member: #family_Bombycillidae__Bombycillidae a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
member: #Bombycilla__genus_bombycilla__genusbombycilla waxwings
member: #waxwing brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips
member: #suborder_Menurae__Menurae lyrebirds and scrubbirds
member: #family_Menuridae__Menuridae lyrebirds
member: #genus_Menura__Menura type and sole genus of the family Menuridae
member: #lyrebird Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape
member: #family_Atrichornithidae__Atrichornithidae scrubbirds
member: #genus_Atrichornis__Atrichornis type genus of the Atrichornithidae
member: #scrubbird__scrub_bird__scrubbird small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub
member: #suborder_Eurylaimi__Eurylaimi broadbills
member: #family_Eurylaimidae__Eurylaimidae coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi
member: #broadbill small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
member: #suborder_Tyranni__Tyranni New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers
member: #tyrannid a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni
member: #superfamily_Tyrannidae__Tyrannidae New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central and South America but also in the United States and Canada
member: #New_World_flycatcher__flycatcher__tyrant_flycatcher__tyrant_bird large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
member: #genus_Tyrannus__Tyrannus type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers
member: #kingbird__Tyrannus_tyrannus large American flycatcher
member: #genus_Contopus__Contopus pewees
member: #wood_pewee__pewee__peewit__pewit__Contopus_virens small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
member: #genus_Sayornis__Sayornis phoebes
member: #Sayornis_phoebe__phoebe__phoebe_bird small dun-colored North American flycatcher
member: #genus_Pyrocephalus__Pyrocephalus a genus of Tyrannidae
member: #vermillion_flycatcher__firebird__Pyrocephalus_rubinus_mexicanus tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage
member: #family_Cotingidae__Cotingidae cotingas; umbrella birds
member: #genus_Cotinga type genus of the Cotingidae: cotingas
member: #cotinga__chatterer passerine bird of New World tropics
member: #genus_Rupicola__Rupicola cock of the rocks
member: #Rupicola_rupicola__cock_of_the_rock tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest
member: #genus_Procnias__Procnias bellbirds
member: #bellbird any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call
member: #genus_Cephalopterus__Cephalopterus a genus of Cotingidae
member: #umbrella_bird__Cephalopterus_ornatus black tropical American bird having a large overhanging crest and long feathered wattle
member: #family_Pittidae__Pittidae pittas
member: #genus_Pitta type genus of the Pittidae; a large genus of birds of southern Asia and Australia and adjacent islands
member: #genus_Muscivora__Muscivora a genus of Tyrannidae
member: #scissortail__scissortailed_flycatcher__scissortailedflycatcher__Muscivora-forficata gray flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings
member: #family_Pipridae__Pipridae manakins
member: #genus_Pipra__Pipra type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins
member: #manakin any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior
member: #family_Furnariidae__Furnariidae e.g. ovenbirds
member: #genus_Furnarius__Furnarius type genus of the family Furnariidae: ovenbirds
member: #ovenbird small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests
member: #family_Formicariidae__Formicariidae antbirds
member: #antbird__ant_bird__antbird any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms
member: #genus_Formicarius__Formicarius type genus of the Formicariidae
member: #ant_thrush__antthrush a kind of antbird
member: #genus_Thamnophilus__Thamnophilus a genus of Formicariidae
member: #ant_shrike__antshrike antbirds superficially resembling shrikes
member: #genus_Hylophylax__Hylophylax a genus of Formicariidae
member: #spotted_antbird__spottedantbird__Hylophylax_naevioides a kind of antbird
member: #family_Dendrocolaptidae__Dendrocolaptidae woodhewers or woodcreepers
member: #genus_Dendrocolaptes__Dendrocolaptes type genus of the Dendrocolaptidae
member: #woodhewer__woodcreeper__tree_creeper any of numerous South and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers
member: #suborder_Clamatores__Clamatores used in some classification systems; a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni; Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song: clamatorial birds
member: #family_Troglodytidae__Troglodytidae wrens
member: #jenny_wren__jennywren__wren and of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
member: #genus_Troglodytes__Troglodytes type genus of the Troglodytidae
member: #winter_wren__Troglodytes_troglodytes small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere
member: #house_wren__housewren__Troglodytes_aedon common American wren that nests around houses
member: #genus_Cistothorus__Cistothorus marsh wrens
member: #marsh_wren__marshwren a wren of the genus Cistothorus that frequents marshes
member: #genus_Salpinctes__Salpinctes a genus of Troglodytidae
member: #Salpinctes_obsoletus__rock_wren wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico
member: #genus_Thryothorus__Thryothorus Carolina wrens
member: #Carolina_wren__Thryothorus_ludovicianus large United States wren with a musical call
member: #genus_Campylorhynchus__Campylorhynchus__Heleodytes__genus_Heleodytes alternative classifications for the cactus wrens
member: #cactus_wren large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico
member: #order_Raptores__Raptores term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes
member: #order_Falconiformes__Falconiformes chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures
member: #family_Accipitridae__Accipitridae hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles
member: #hawk diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
member: #genus_Accipiter__Accipiter type genus of the family Accipitridae
member: #goshawk__Accipiter_gentilis large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry
member: #Accipiter_nisus__sparrow_hawk__sparrowhawk small hawk of Eurasia and North Africa
member: #Cooper's_hawk__blue_darter__Accipiter_cooperii bluish-gray North American hawk having a darting flight
member: #genus_Buteo__Buteo broad-winged soaring hawks
member: #buteonine any hawk of the genus Buteo
member: #redtail__redtailedhawk__Buteo_jamaicensis dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail
member: #rough-legged_hawk__roughleg__Buteo_lagopus large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers
member: #red-shouldered_hawk__Buteo_lineatus North American hawk with reddish brown shoulders
member: #buzzard__Buteo_buteo the common European short-winged hawk
member: #genus_Pernis__Pernis a common European bird of prey; dull brown with white-streaked underparts
member: #honey_buzzard__honeybuzzard__Pernis_apivorus Old World hawk that feeds on bee larvae and small rodents and reptiles
member: #kite any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
member: #genus-Milvus__Milvus a genus including the common European kits
member: #genus_Elanoides__Elanoides a genus of kites
member: #swallow-tailed_kite__swallow-tailed_hawk__Elanoides_forficatus graceful North American black-and-white kite
member: #genus_Elanus__Elanus a genus of small kites of both Old and New Worlds
member: #white-tailed_kite__Elanus_leucurus gray-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions
member: #genus_Circus__Circus a genus of haws comprising the harriers
member: #harrier hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals
member: #marsh_harrier__marshharrier__Circus_Aeruginosus Old World harrier frequenting marshy regions
member: #Montagu's_harrier__Circus_pygargus brownish European harrier
member: #marsh_hawk__marshhawk__northern_harrier__hen_harrier__henharrier__Circus_cyaneus common harrier of North America and Europe; nests in marshes and open land
member: #genus_Circaetus__Circaetus Harrier eagles
member: #harrier_eagle__harriereagle__short-toed_eagle any of numerous large Old Wold hawks intermediate in some respects between typical hawks and typical eagles
member: #bird_of_Jove__eagle any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
member: #genus_Harpia__Harpia a genus of Accipitridae
member: #harpy_eagle__harpyeagle__harpy__Harpia_harpyja large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
member: #genus_Aquila__Aquila a genus of Accipitridae
member: #golden_eagle__Aquila_chrysaetos large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck
member: #tawny_eagle__tawnyeagle__Aquila_rapax brownish eagle of Africa and parts of Asia
member: #genus_Haliaeetus__Haliaeetus a genus of Accipitridae
member: #bald_eagle__American_eagle__Haliaeetus_leucocephalus large North American eagle having a white head and dark wings and body
member: #sea_eagle__seaeagle any of various large eagles that usually feed on fish
member: #Old_World_vulture any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia
member: #genus_Gyps__Gyps a genus of Accipitridae
member: #griffon_vulture__griffonvulture__griffon__Gyps_fulvus large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings
member: #genus_Gypaetus__Gypaetus in some classifications the type genus of the family Aegypiidae
member: #genus_Neophron__Neophron a genus of Accipitridae
member: #Egyptian_vulture__Pharaoh's_chicken__Neophron_percnopterus small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia
member: #genus_Aegypius__Aegypius a genus of Accipitridae
member: #Aegypius_monachus__black_vulture__blackvulture of southern Eurasia and northern Africa
member: #family_Falconidae__Falconidae a family of birds of the order Falconiformes
member: #falcon diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
member: #genus_Falco__Falco a genus of Falconidae
member: #peregrine_falcon__peregrinefalcon__Falco_peregrinus a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
member: #gyrfalcon__gerfalcon__Falco_rusticolus large and rare arctic falcon having white and dark color phases
member: #Falco_tinnunculus__kestrel small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind
member: #sparrow_hawk__sparrowhawk__americankestrel__kestrel__Falco_sparverius small North American falcon
member: #pigeon_hawk__merlin__Falco_columbarius small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry
member: #Falco_subbuteo__hobby small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds
member: #genus_Polyborus__Polyborus a genus of Falconidae
member: #Audubon's_caracara__Polyborus_cheriway_audubonii widespread from southern United States to Central America; rusty black with black-and-white breast and tail
member: #carancha__Polyborus_plancus South American caracara
member: #family_Pandionidae__Pandionidae ospreys
member: #genus_Pandion__Pandion type genus of the Pandionidae
member: #osprey__fish_hawk__fish_eagle__sea_eagle__seaeagle__Pandion_haliaetus large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years
member: #family_Sagittariidae__Sagittariidae secretary birds
member: #genus_Sagittarius__Sagittarius type family of the Sagittariidae
member: #secretary_bird__secretarybird__Sagittarius_serpentarius large long-legged African bird of prey that feeds on reptiles
member: #family_Cathartidae__Cathartidae condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures
member: #New_World_vulture__cathartid large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures
member: #genus_Cathartes__Cathartes type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures
member: #turkey_buzzard__buzzard__turkey_vulture__Cathartes_aura common in South and Central America and southern United States
member: #genus_Vultur__Vultur usually restricted to the Andean condor
member: #Andean_condor__Vultur_gryphus large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff
member: #genus_Gymnogyps__Gymnogyps containing solely the California condor
member: #genus_Coragyps__Coragyps a genus of Cathartidae
member: #black_vulture__blackvulture__carrion_crow__carrioncrow__Coragyps_atratus American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
member: #genus_Sarcorhamphus__Sarcorhamphus usually containing only the king vulture
member: #king_vulture__Sarcorhamphus_papa large black-and-white vulture of South and Central America have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck
member: #young_bird__youngbird a bird that is still young
member: #order_Strigiformes__Strigiformes owls
member: #owl__bird_of_Minerva__bird_of_night__hooter nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
member: #family_Strigidae__Strigidae a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes
member: #genus_Athene__Athene a genus of Strigidae
member: #little_owl__Athene_noctua small European owl
member: #genus_Bubo__Bubo a genus of Strigidae
member: #horned_owl large owls having prominent ear tufts
member: #genus_Strix__Strix owls lacking ear tufts
member: #great_gray_owl__Strix_nebulosa large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia
member: #tawny_owl__tawnyowl__Strix_aluco reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes
member: #barred_owl__Strix_varia large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown
member: #genus_Otus__Otus a genus of Strigidae
member: #Otus_asio__screech_owl__screechowl small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers
member: #scops_owl__scopsowl any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call
member: #genus_Surnia__Surnia a genus of hawk-like owls
member: #hawk_owl__Surnia_ulula gray-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
member: #genus_Asio__Asio a genus of European owls
member: #long-eared_owl__Asio_otus slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts
member: #genus_Sceloglaux__Sceloglaux a genus of Strigidae
member: #laughing_owl__laughing_jackass__Sceloglaux_albifacies almost extinct owl of New Zealand
member: #family_Tytonidae__Tytonidae comprising only the barn owls
member: #genus_Tyto__Tyto type and only genus of the family Tytonidae
member: #barn_owl__Tyto_alba mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control
member: #order_Galliformes__Galliformes pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins
member: #gallinaceous_bird__gallinaceon heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
member: #family_Meleagrididae__Meleagrididae turkeys and some extinct forms
member: #genus_Meleagris__Meleagris type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys
member: #Meleagris_gallopavo__turkey large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
member: #genus_Agriocharis__Agriocharis a genus of birds of the family Meleagrididae including the ocellated turkey
member: #ocellated_turkey__ocellatedturkey__agriocharisocellata wild turkey of Central and northern South America
member: #family_Tetraonidae__Tetraonidae grouse
member: #grouse popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
member: #genus_Lyrurus__Lyrurus black grouse
member: #black_grouse__blackgrouse grouse of which the male is bluish-black
member: #genus_Lagopus__Lagopus ptarmigans
member: #ptarmigan large arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage
member: #genus_Tetrao__Tetrao type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies
member: #capercaillie__capercailzie__horse_of_the_wood__Tetrao_urogallus large black Old World grouse
member: #genus_Canachites__Canachites spruce grouse
member: #spruce_grouse__Canachites_canadensis North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles
member: #genus_Centrocercus__Centrocercus sage grouse
member: #sage_grouse__sage_hen__Centrocercus_urophasianus large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America
member: #genus_Bonasa__Bonasa ruffed grouse
member: #ruffed_grouse__partridge__Bonasa_umbellus valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
member: #genus_Pedioecetes__Pedioecetes sharp-tailed grouse
member: #genus_Tympanuchus__Tympanuchus prairie chickens
member: #prairie_chicken__prairiechicken__prairie_grouse__prairiegrouse__prairie_fowl__prairiefowl brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies
member: #family_Cracidae__Cracidae curassows; guans; chachalacas
member: #guan any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food
member: #genus_Crax__Crax type genus of the Cracidae: curassows
member: #curassow large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food
member: #genus_Penelope__Penelope a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds)
member: #genus_Pipile__Pipile genus of large crested guans (the piping guans)
member: #piping_guan a kind of guan
member: #genus_Ortalis__Ortalis chachalacas
member: #chachalaca slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds
member: #Texas_chachalaca__Ortilis_vetula_macalli of Mexico and Texas
member: #family_Megapodiidae__Megapodiidae megapodes
member: #genus-Megapodius__Megapodius type genus of the Megapodiidae
member: #megapode__moundbird__mound_builder__moundbuilder__scrub_fowl__scrubfowl large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
member: #genus_Leipoa mallee fowl
member: #mallee_fowl__leipoa__lowan__Leipoa_ocellata Australian moundbird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds
member: #genus_Alectura__Alectura brush turkeys
member: #brush_turkey__brushturkey__Alectura_lathami black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea
member: #genus_Macrocephalon__Macrocephalon maleos
member: #Macrocephalon_maleo__maleo Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches
member: #family_Phasianidae__Phasianidae pheasants; quails; partridges
member: #genus_Gallus__Gallus common domestic birds and related forms
member: #domestic_fowl__fowl__poultry a domesticated gallinaceous bird though to be descended from the red jungle fowl
member: #jungle_fowl__gallina small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl
member: #phasianid a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae
member: #genus_Phasianus__Phasianus type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants
member: #pheasant large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
member: #ring-necked_pheasant__Phasianus_colchicus common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring
member: #genus_Afropavo Congo peafowl
member: #genus_Argusianus__Argusianus argus pheasants
member: #argus_pheasant__arguspheasant__argus__argu large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant
member: #genus_Chrysolophus__Chrysolophus golden pheasants
member: #golden_pheasant__Chrysolophus_pictus brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia
member: #genus_Colinus__Colinus New World quail: the bobwhites
member: #bobwhite_quail__bobwhite__partridge a popular North American game bird; named for its call
member: #genus_Coturnix__Coturnix Old World quail
member: #Old_World_quail small game bird with a rounded body and small tail
member: #genus_Lophophorus__Lophophorus monals
member: #monal__monaul brilliantly colored south Asian pheasant
member: #genus_Odontophorus__Odontophorus genus of Central and South American crested partridges resembling quails; sometimes placed in a distinct subfamily or isolated in a distinct family
member: #genus_Pavo__Pavo peafowl
member: #peafowl__bird_of_Juno very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird
member: #genus_Lofortyx__Lofortyx California quail
member: #genus_Tragopan a genus of Phasianidae
member: #tragopan brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head
member: #subfamily_Perdicidae__Perdicidae__Perdicinae__subfamily_Perdicinae Old World partridges
member: #partridge small Old World gallinaceous game birds
member: #genus_Perdix__Perdix a genus of Perdicinae
member: #Hungarian_partridge__gray_partridge__Perdix_perdix common European partridge
member: #genus_Alectoris__Alectoris a genus of Perdicidae
member: #red-legged_partridge__Alectoris_ruffa common western European partridge with red legs
member: #Greek_partridge__rock_partridge__Alectoris_graeca of mountainous areas of southern Europe
member: #genus_Oreortyx__Oreortyx mountain quail of western United States
member: #mountain_quail__mountain_partridge__Oreortyx_picta_palmeri California partridge; slightly larger than the California quail
member: #subfamily_Numididae__Numididae__Numidinae__subfamily_Numidinae guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar
member: #genus_Numida__Numida guinea fowl
member: #guinea_fowl__guinea__Numida_meleagris W African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world
member: #family_Opisthocomidae__Opisthocomidae comprising the hoatzins
member: #genus_Opisthocomus__Opisthocomus type genus of the Opisthocomidae: hoatzins
member: #hoatzin__hoactzin__stinkbird__Opisthocomus_hoazin crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings
member: #order_Columbiformes__Columbiformes sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires
member: #columbiform_bird__columbiformbird cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes
member: #family_Raphidae__Raphidae extinct dodos and solitaires
member: #genus_Raphus__Raphus type genus of the Raphidae: dodos
member: #Raphus_cucullatus__dodo extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons
member: #genus_Pezophaps__Pezophaps constituted by the extinct solitaire
member: #Pezophaps_solitaria__solitaire extinct flightless bird related to the dodo
member: #family_Columbidae__Columbidae doves and pigeons
member: #pigeon wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
member: #genus_Columba__Columba type genus of the Columbidae: typical pigeons
member: #rock_dove__rock_pigeon__Columba_livia pale gray Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended
member: #band-tailed_pigeon__band-tail_pigeon__bandtail__Columba_fasciata wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon
member: #wood_pigeon__ringdove__cushat__Columba_palumbus Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck
member: #genus_Streptopelia__Streptopelia turtledoves
member: #turtledove any of several Old World wild doves
member: #genus_Stictopelia__Stictopelia a genus of Columbidae
member: #Australian_turtledove__turtledove__Stictopelia_cuneata small Australian dove
member: #genus_Zenaidura__Zenaidura mourning doves
member: #mourning_dove__Zenaidura_macroura wild dove of the United States having a mournful call
member: #genus_Ectopistes__Ectopistes a genus of Columbidae
member: #passenger_pigeon__passengerpigeon__Ectopistes_migratorius gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct
member: #family_Pteroclididae__Pteroclididae sandgrouses
member: #sandgrouse__sand_grouse pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young
member: #genus_Pterocles__Pterocles type genus of the Pteroclididae
member: #painted_sandgrouse__paintedsandgrouse__Pterocles_indicus sandgrouse of India
member: #pin-tailed_sandgrouse__pin-tailed_grouse__Pterocles_alchata sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers
member: #genus_Syrrhaptes__Syrrhaptes a genus of Pteroclididae
member: #pallas's_sandgrouse__Syrrhaptes_paradoxus Eurasiatic sandgrouse with a black patch on the belly
member: #order_Psittaciformes__Psittaciformes an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets
member: #parrot usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
member: #family_Psittacidae__Psittacidae coextensive with the order Psittaciformes
member: #genus_Psittacus__Psittacus type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African gray
member: #African_gray__Psittacus_erithacus commonly domesticated gray parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa
member: #genus_Amazona__Amazona a genus of Psittacidae
member: #amazon mainly green tropical American parrots
member: #genus_Ara__Ara macaws
member: #macaw long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots
member: #genus_Nestor__Nestor a genus of Psittacidae
member: #kea__Nestor_notabilis large brownish-green New Zealand parrot
member: #genus_Kakatoe__Kakatoe__Cacatua__genus_Cacatua a genus of Psittacidae
member: #cockatoo white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds
member: #genus_Nymphicus__Nymphicus a genus of Psittacidae
member: #cockateel__cockatiel__cockatooparrot__Nymphicus_hollandicus small gray Australian parrot with a yellow crested head
member: #genus_Agapornis__Agapornis a genus of Psittacidae
member: #lovebird small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates
member: #subfamily_Loriinae__Loriinae lories
member: #lory small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits
member: #genus_Glossopsitta__Glossopsitta a genus of Loriinae
member: #varied_Lorikeet__Glossopsitta_versicolor lorikeet with a colorful coat
member: #genus_Trichoglossus__Trichoglossus a genus of Loriinae
member: #rainbow_lorikeet__rainbowlorikeet__Trichoglossus_moluccanus a kind of lorikeet
member: #genus_Conuropsis__Conuropsis a genus of Psittacidae
member: #Carolina_parakeet__Conuropsis_carolinensis extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United States
member: #genus_Melopsittacus__Melopsittacus a genus of Psittacidae
member: #budgerigar__budgereegah__budgie__grass_parakeet__grassparakeet__lovebird__shell_parakeet__shellparakeet__Melopsittacus_undulatus small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
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member: #ring-necked_parakeet__Psittacula_krameri African parakeet
member: #order_Cuculiformes__Cuculiformes cuckoos; touracos; etc.
member: #cuculiform_bird birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos)
member: #family_Cuculidae__Cuculidae includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner
member: #cuckoo any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
member: #genus_Cuculus__Cuculus type genus of the Cuculidae
member: #European_cuckoo__Cuculus_canorus common European cuckoo having a distinctive two-note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds
member: #genus_Coccyzus__Coccyzus a genus of Cuculidae
member: #black-billed_cuckoo__Coccyzus_erythropthalmus North American cuckoo; builds a nest and rears its own young
member: #genus_Geococcyx__Geococcyx roadrunners
member: #roadrunner__chaparral_cock__chaparralcock__Geococcyx_californianus speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas
member: #genus_Crotophaga__Crotophaga ani
member: #ani black tropical American cuckoo
member: #genus_Centropus__Centropus a genus of Cuculidae
member: #coucal Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw
member: #family_Musophagidae__Musophagidae touracos
member: #genus_Musophaga__Musophaga type genus of the Musophagidae
member: #touraco__turaco__turacou__turakoo large brightly crested bird of Africa
member: #order_Coraciiformes__Coraciiformes rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies
member: #coraciiform_bird__coraciiformbird chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes
member: #family_Coraciidae__Coraciidae rollers
member: #roller.coraciiform_bird Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
member: #genus_Coracias__Coracias type genus of the Coraciidae
member: #European_roller__Coracias_garrulus common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back
member: #family_Alcedinidae__Alcedinidae kingfishers
member: #kingfisher nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish
member: #genus_Alcedo__Alcedo type genus of the Alcedinidae
member: #Eurasian_kingfisher__Alcedo_atthis small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage
member: #genus_Ceryle__Ceryle a genus of birds of the family Alcedinidae
member: #belted_kingfisher__Ceryle_alcyon grayish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest
member: #genus_Dacelo__Dacelo Australasian kingfishers
member: #kookaburra__laughing_jackass__Dacelo_gigas Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry
member: #family_Meropidae__Meropidae bee-eaters
member: #genus_Merops__Merops type genus of the Meropidae
member: #bee_eater__beeeater colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees
member: #family_Bucerotidae__Bucerotidae hornbills
member: #genus_Buceros__Buceros type genus of the family Bucerotidae
member: #hornbill bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers
member: #family_Upupidae__Upupidae hoopoes
member: #genus_Upupa__Upupa type genus of the Upupidae
member: #Euopean_hoopoe__Upupa_epops pinkish-brown hoopoe with black-and-white wings
member: #hoopoe__hoopoo any of several crested Old World birds with a slender down-curving bill
member: #family_Phoeniculidae__Phoeniculidae wood hoopoes
member: #genus_Phoeniculus__Phoeniculus type and only genus of the family Phoeniculidae
member: #wood_hoopoe tropical African bird having metallic blackish plumage but no crest
member: #family_Momotidae__Momotidae a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
member: #genus_Momotus__Momotus type genus of the Momotidae
member: #motmot__momot tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage
member: #family_Todidae__Todidae a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
member: #genus_Todus__Todus type genus of the Todidae
member: #tody tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill
member: #order_Picariae__Picariae term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to the order Coraciiformes
member: #order_Apodiformes__Apodiformes swifts; hummingbirds
member: #apodiform_bird__apodiformbird nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight
member: #family_Apodidae__Apodidae swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes
member: #swift small plain-colored bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
member: #genus_Apus__Apus type genus
member: #European_swift__Apus_apus common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs
member: #genus_Chateura__Chateura a genus of Apodidae
member: #chimney_swift__chimney_swallow__chimneyswallow__Chateura_pelagica American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys
member: #genus_Collocalia__Collocalia a genus of Apodidae
member: #swiftlet__Collocalia_inexpectata swift of eastern Asia; produces the edible bird's nest
member: #family_Hemiprocnidae__Hemiprocnidae tree swifts
member: #tree_swift__crested_swift__crestedswift birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees
member: #family_Trochilidae__Trochilidae hummingbirds
member: #hummingbird tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight
member: #genus_Archilochus__Archilochus a genus of Trochilidae
member: #Archilochus_colubris a kind of hummingbird
member: #genus_Chalcostigma__Chalcostigma thornbills
member: #thornbill any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill
member: #genus_Ramphomicron__Ramphomicron thornbills
member: #thornbill any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill
member: #order_Caprimulgiformes__Caprimulgiformes goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds
member: #caprimulgiform_bird long-winged nonpasserine birds
member: #family_Caprimulgidae__Caprimulgidae goatsuckers
member: #goatsucker__nightjar__caprimulgid mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled grayish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects
member: #genus_Caprimulgus__Caprimulgus type genus of the Caprimulgidae
member: #European_goatsucker__European_nightjar__Caprimulgus_europaeus Old World goatsucker
member: #chuck-will's-widow__Caprimulgus_carolinensis large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States
member: #whippoorwill__Caprimulgus_vociferus American nocturnal goatsucker with gray-and-white plumage
member: #genus_Chordeiles__Chordeiles a genus of Caprimulgidae
member: #nighthawk__bullbat__mosquito_hawk mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
member: #genus_Phalaenoptilus__Phalaenoptilus a genus of Caprimulgidae
member: #poorwill__Phalaenoptilus_nuttallii goatsucker of western North America
member: #family_Podargidae__Podargidae frogmouths
member: #genus_Podargus__Podargus type genus of the Podargidae
member: #frogmouth insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth
member: #family_Steatornithidae__Steatornithidae oilbirds
member: #genus_Steatornis__Steatornis type and sole genus of the family Steatornithidae
member: #oilbird__guacharo__Steatornis_caripensis nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter
member: #order_Piciformes__Piciformes woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans
member: #piciform_bird any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood
member: #family_Picidae__Picidae woodpeckers
member: #woodpecker__peckerwood__pecker bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
member: #genus_Picus__Picus type genus of Picidae
member: #green_woodpecker__greenwoodpecker__Picus_viridis woodpecker of Europe and western Asia
member: #genus_Picoides__Picoides a genus of Picidae
member: #genus_Colaptes__Colaptes a genus of Picidae
member: #flicker North American woodpecker
member: #genus_Campephilus__Campephilus a genus of Picidae
member: #ivorybill__ivory-billed_woodpecker__Campephilus_principalis large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct
member: #genus_Melanerpes__Melanerpes a genus of Picidae
member: #redheaded_woodpecker__redheadedwoodpecker__redhead__melanerpeserythrocephalu black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck
member: #genus_Sphyrapicus__Sphyrapicus a genus of Picidae
member: #sapsucker small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees
member: #genus_Jynx__Jynx wrynecks
member: #wryneck Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
member: #genus_Picumnus__Picumnus a genus of Picidae
member: #piculet small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers
member: #family_Capitonidae__Capitonidae barbets
member: #barbet small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings
member: #family_Bucconidae__Bucconidae puffbirds
member: #puffbird brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers
member: #family_Indicatoridae__Indicatoridae honey guides
member: #honey_guide__honeyguide small bird of tropical Africa and Asia; feeds on beeswax and honey and larvae
member: #family_Galbulidae__Galbulidae jacamars
member: #jacamar tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage
member: #family_Ramphastidae__Ramphastidae toucans
member: #toucan brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak
member: #genus_Aulacorhyncus__Aulacorhyncus a genus of Ramphastidae
member: #toucanet small toucan
member: #order_Trogoniformes__Trogoniformes trogons
member: #family_Trogonidae__Trogonidae coextensive with the order Trogoniformes
member: #genus_Trogon type genus of the Trogonidae
member: #trogon forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails
member: #genus_Pharomacrus__Pharomacrus a genus of Trogonidae
member: #quetzal_bird__quetzalbird__quetzal large trogon of Central and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage
member: #order_Anseriformes__Anseriformes ducks; geese; swans; screamers
member: #anseriform_bird chiefly web-footed swimming birds
member: #family_Anatidae__Anatidae swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks
member: #duck small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
member: #genus_Anas__Anas type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks
member: #mallard__Anas_platyrhynchos wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed
member: #black_duck__blackduck__Anas_rubripes dusky black duck of northeastern United States and Canada
member: #teal any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America
member: #widgeon__wigeon__Anas_penelope freshwater duck of Eurasia and North Africa related to mallards and teals
member: #Anas_clypeata__shoveler__shoveller__broadbill freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
member: #pintail__pin-tailed_duck__Anas_acuta long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers
member: #genus_Tadorna__Tadorna sheldrakes
member: #sheldrake Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill
member: #genus_Oxyura__Oxyura ruddy duck
member: #ruddy_duck__ruddyduck__oxyurajamaicensi reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and and northern South America
member: #genus_Bucephala__Bucephala buffleheads and goldeneyes
member: #bufflehead__butterball__dipper__Bucephela_albeola small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
member: #goldeneye__whistler__Bucephela_clangula large-headed swift-flying diving duck of arctic regions
member: #genus_Aythya__Aythya canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.
member: #canvasback_duck__canvasback__Aythya_valisineria North American wild duck valued for sport and food
member: #pochard__Aythya_ferina heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a gray-and-black body and reddish head
member: #Aythya_americana__redhead North American diving duck with a gray-and-black body and reddish-brown head
member: #scaup_duck__scaupduck__bluebill__broadbill diving ducks of North America having a bluish-gray bill
member: #genus_Aix__Aix wood duck and mandarin duck
member: #wood_duck__summer_duck__wood_widgeon__Aix_sponsa showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees
member: #mandarin_duck__Aix_galericulata showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated
member: #genus_Cairina__Cairina a genus of Anatidae
member: #muscovy_duck__muscovyduck__muskduck__Cairina_moschata large crested wild duck of Central and South America; widely domesticated
member: #genus_Somateria__Somateria eider ducks
member: #eider_duck__eiderduck duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females
member: #genus_Melanitta__Melanitta scoters
member: #scoter__scooter large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
member: #subfamily_Merginae__Merginae mergansers and closely related diving birds
member: #genus_Mergus__Mergus mergansers
member: #merganser__fish_duck__sawbill large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
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member: #American_merganser__Mergus_merganser_americanus common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander
member: #red-breasted_merganser__Mergus_serrator widely distributed merganser of America and Europe
member: #smew__Mergus_albellus smallest merganser and most expert diver; found in northern Eurasia
member: #genus_Lophodytes__Lophodytes a genus of Merginae
member: #hooded_merganser__hooded_sheldrake__Lophodytes_cucullatus small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head
member: #goose web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
member: #genus_Anser__Anser typical geese
member: #Chinese_goose__Anser_cygnoides very large wild goose of northeast Asia; interbreeds freely with the graylag
member: #graylag__greylag__greylag_goose__greylaggoose__Anser_anser common gray wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds
member: #subgenus_Chen__Chen wild goose having white adult plumage
member: #blue_goose__Chen_caerulescens North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter
member: #genus_Branta__Branta wild geese
member: #brant_goose__brantgoose__brant__brent__brent_goose__brentgoose small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
member: #Canada_goose__honker__Canadian_goose__Branta_canadensis common grayish-brown wild goose of North America
member: #barnacle_goose__barnacle__Branta_leucopsis European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
member: #subfamily_Anserinae__Anserinae used in some classifications for the swans
member: #genus_Coscoroba a genus of Anatidae
member: #coscoroba large white South American bird intermediate in some respects between ducks and swans
member: #swan stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
member: #genus_Cygnus__Cygnus a genus of Anatidae
member: #mute_swan__Cygnus_olor soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticated
member: #whooper_swan__whooperswan__whooper__Cygnus_cygnus common Old World swan noted for its whooping call
member: #tundra_swan__Cygnus_columbianus swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds
member: #trumpeter_swan__trumpeterswan__trumpeter__Cygnus_buccinator large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry
member: #black_swan__blackswan__Cygnus_atratus large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill
member: #suborder_Anseres__Anseres used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae
member: #family_Anhimidae__Anhimidae screamers
member: #screamer gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call
member: #genus_Anhima__Anhima type genus of the Anhimidae; horned screamers
member: #horned_screamer__Anhima_cornuta screamer having a hornlike process projecting from the forehead
member: #genus_Chauna__Chauna crested screamers
member: #crested_screamer__crestedscreamer distinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the head
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member: #family_Ciconiidae__Ciconiidae storks
member: #stork large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
member: #genus_Ciconia__Ciconia type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks
member: #white_stork__whitestork__Ciconia_ciconia the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill
member: #black_stork__blackstork__Ciconia_nigra Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below
member: #genus_Leptoptilus__Leptoptilus adjutant birds and marabous
member: #adjutant_bird__adjutant__adjutant_stork__Leptoptilus_dubius large Indian stork with a military gait
member: #marabou_stork__maraboustork__marabou__marabout__Leptoptilus_crumeniferus large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; downy under-wing feathers are used to trim garments
member: #genus_Anastomus__Anastomus openbills
member: #openbill stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip
member: #genus_Jabiru jabirus
member: #jabiru__Jabiru_mycteria large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America
member: #genus_Ephippiorhynchus__Ephippiorhynchus saddlebills
member: #saddlebill__jabiru__Ephippiorhynchus_senegalensis large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle
member: #genus_Xenorhyncus__Xenorhyncus East Indian and Australian storks
member: #policeman_bird__policemanbird__black-necked_stork__jabiru__Xenorhyncus_asiaticus large mostly white Australian stork
member: #genus_Mycteria__Mycteria a genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis
member: #Mycteria_americana__wood_ibis__wood_stork American stork resembling the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics
member: #family_Balaenicipitidae__Balaenicipitidae shoebills
member: #genus_Balaeniceps__Balaeniceps type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills
member: #shoebill__shoebird__Balaeniceps_rex large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe
member: #family_Threskiornithidae__Threskiornithidae__family_Ibidiidae ibises
member: #ibis wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
member: #genus_Ibis ibises
member: #wood_ibis__wood_stork__Ibis_ibis Old World wood ibis
member: #genus_Threskiornis__Threskiornis type genus of the Threskiornithidae
member: #sacred_ibis__Threskiornis_aethiopica African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians
member: #family_Plataleidae__Plataleidae spoonbills
member: #spoonbill wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon
member: #genus_Platalea__Platalea type genus of the Plataleidae
member: #common_spoonbill__Platalea_leucorodia pure white crested spoonbill of southern Eurasia and northeastern Africa
member: #genus_Ajaia__Ajaia a genus of Platalea
member: #roseate_spoonbill__roseatespoonbill__Ajaia_ajaja tropical rose-colored New World spoonbill
member: #family_Phoenicopteridae__Phoenicopteridae flamingos
member: #flamingo large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes
member: #family_Ardeidae__Ardeidae herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns
member: #heron gray or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
member: #genus_Ardea__Ardea type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons
member: #great_blue_heron__Ardea_herodius large American heron having bluish-gray plumage
member: #Ardea_occidentalis__great_white_heron__greatwhiteheron large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys
member: #genus_Egretta__Egretta small Old and New World herons
member: #little_blue_heron__Egretta_caerulea small bluish gray heron of the western hemisphere
member: #snowy_egret__snowyegret__snowy_heron__snowyheron__Egretta_thula small New World egret
member: #little_egret__Egretta_garzetta Old World egret
member: #great_white_heron__greatwhiteheron__Casmerodius_albus widely distributed Old World white egret
member: #American_egret__great_white_heron__greatwhiteheron__Egretta_albus the common American egret; a variety of the Old World Casmerodius albus
member: #genus_Casmerodius__Casmerodius white egrets
member: #great_white_heron__greatwhiteheron__Casmerodius_albus widely distributed Old World white egret
member: #genus_Bubulcus__Bubulcus small white egrets
member: #cattle_egret__Bubulcus_ibis small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals
member: #genus_Nycticorax__Nycticorax Old World night herons
member: #black-crowned_night_heron__blackcrownednightheron__Nycticorax_nycticorax night heron of both Old and New Worlds
member: #genus_Nyctanassa__Nyctanassa American night herons
member: #yellow-crowned_night_heron__Nyctanassa_violacea North American night heron
member: #genus_Cochlearius__Cochlearius__cochleariu boatbills
member: #boatbill__boat-billed_heron__broadbill__Cochlearius_cochlearius tropical American heron related to night herons
member: #genus_Botaurus__Botaurus bitterns
member: #American_bittern__stake_driver__stakedriver__Botaurus_lentiginosus a kind of bittern
member: #European_bittern__Botaurus_stellaris a kind of bittern
member: #genus_Ixobrychus__Ixobrychus bitterns
member: #least_bittern__leastbittern__Ixobrychus_exilis small American bittern
member: #order_Gruiformes__Gruiformes inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards
member: #family_Gruidae__Gruidae cranes
member: #crane large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
member: #genus_Grus__Grus type genus of the Gruidae: typical cranes
member: #whooping_crane__whooper__Grus_americana rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call
member: #genus_Aramus__Aramus genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the Western Hemisphere: courlan; limpkin
member: #courlan__Aramus_guarauna wading bird of South and Central America
member: #limpkin__Aramus_pictus wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call
member: #family_Cariamidae__Cariamidae cranelike South American wading birds
member: #genus_Cariama__Cariama type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama
member: #crested_cariama__crestedcariama__seriema__Cariama_cristata Brazilian cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama
member: #genus_Chunga a genus of Cariamidae
member: #chunga__seriema__Chunga_burmeisteri Argentinian cariama
member: #family_Rallidae__Rallidae rails; crakes; gallinules; coots
member: #rail.wading_bird any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
member: #genus_Gallirallus__Gallirallus rails of New Zealand
member: #weka__maori_hen__maorihen__wood_hen flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting
member: #genus_Crex__Crex corncrakes
member: #corncrake__land_rail__Crex_crex common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
member: #genus_Porzana__Porzana spotted crakes
member: #spotted_crake__spottedcrake__Porzana_porzana Eurasian rail of swamps and marshes
member: #genus_Gallinula__Gallinula gallinules
member: #gallinule__marsh_hen__marshhen__water_hen__waterhen__swamphen any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
member: #Florida_gallinule__Gallinula_chloropus_cachinnans North American dark bluish-gray gallinule
member: #Gallinula_chloropus__moorhen black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes
member: #genus_Porphyrio__Porphyrio Old World purple gallinules
member: #genus_Porphyrula__Porphyrula American purple gallinules
member: #American_gallinule__Porphyrula_martinica American purple gallinule
member: #genus_Notornis a genus of Rallidae
member: #notornis__takahe__Notornis_mantelli flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules
member: #genus_Fulica__Fulica coots
member: #coot slaty-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
member: #American_coot__marsh_hen__marshhen__mud_hen__mudhen__water_hen__waterhen__Fulica_americana North American coot
member: #Old_World_coot__Fulica_atra Eurasian coot
member: #suborder_Otides__Otides terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia: bustards
member: #family_Otididae__Otididae bustards
member: #bustard large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes
member: #genus_Otis__Otis type genus of the Otididae: European bustard
member: #great_bustard__greatbustard__Otis_tarda largest European land bird
member: #genus_Choriotis__Choriotis Australian bustard
member: #plain_turkey__plainturkey__Choriotis_australis popular Australian game bird
member: #family_Turnicidae__Turnicidae small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail
member: #genus_Turnix__Turnix type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail
member: #button_quail__bustard_quail__bustardquail__hemipode small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and North Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains
member: #ortygan any of several East Indian birds
member: #genus_Pedionomus__Pedionomus plain wanderer
member: #plain_wanderer__plainwanderer__pedionomustorquatu small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains
member: #family_Psophiidae__Psophiidae trumpeters
member: #genus_Psophia__Psophia type genus of the Psophiidae: trumpeters
member: #trumpeter large gregarious forest-dwelling cranelike bird of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated
member: #order_Charadriiformes__Charadriiformes large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life
member: #suborder_Charadrii__Charadrii shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews
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member: #family_Charadriidae__Charadriidae plover family
member: #plover any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
member: #genus_Charadrius__Charadrius type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers
member: #piping_plover__Charadrius_melodus small plover of eastern North America
member: #killdeer_plover__killdeer__kildeer__Charadrius_vociferus American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry
member: #dotterel__dotrel__Charadrius_morinellus__Eudromias_morinellus rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia
member: #genus_Pluvialis__Pluvialis golden plovers
member: #golden_plover plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots
member: #genus_Vanellus__Vanellus Eurasian lapwings
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member: #genus_Arenaria__Arenaria turnstones
member: #turnstone migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food
member: #family_Scolopacidae__Scolopacidae sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers
member: #sandpiper any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
member: #genus_Aphriza__Aphriza a genus of Scolopacidae
member: #surfbird__Aphriza_virgata sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North and South America
member: #genus_Actitis__Actitis a genus of Scolopacidae
member: #European_sandpiper__Actitis_hypoleucos a variety of sandpiper
member: #spotted_sandpiper__spottedsandpiper__Actitis_macularia common North American sandpiper
member: #genus_Erolia__Erolia a genus of Scolopacidae
member: #least_sandpiper__leastsandpiper__stint__Erolia_minutilla smallest American sandpiper
member: #red-backed_sandpiper__dunlin__Erolia_alpina small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions
member: #genus_Tringa__Tringa a genus of Scolopacidae
member: #greenshank__Tringa_nebularia large European sandpiper with greenish legs
member: #redshank__Tringa_totanus a common Old World wading bird with long red legs
member: #yellowlegs either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs
member: #genus_Calidris__Calidris a genus of Scolopacidae
member: #pectoral_sandpiper__jacksnipe__Calidris_melanotos American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
member: #grayback__knot__Calidris_canutus sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the S hemisphere
member: #curlew_sandpiper__Calidris_Ferruginea Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew
member: #genus_Crocethia__Crocethia a genus of Scolopacidae
member: #sanderling__Crocethia_alba small sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and migrates south along sandy coasts in most of world
member: #genus_Bartramia__Bartramia a genus of Scolopacidae
member: #upland_sandpiper__upland_plover__Bartramian_sandpiper__Bartramia_longicauda large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands
member: #genus_Philomachus__Philomachus ruffs
member: #Philomachus_pugnax__ruff common Eurasian sandpiper; male has an erectile ruff in breeding season
member: #genus_Heteroscelus__Heteroscelus tattlers
member: #Polynesian_tattler__Heteroscelus_incanus tattler of Pacific coastal regions
member: #genus_Catoptrophorus__Catoptrophorus willet
member: #willet__Catoptrophorus_semipalmatus large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf coasts
member: #genus_Scolopax__Scolopax type of the Scolopacidae: Old World woodcocks
member: #Eurasian_woodcock__Scolopax_rusticola short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock
member: #genus_Philohela__Philohela American woodcocks
member: #American_woodcock__woodcock_snipe__Philohela_minor small long-billed American woodcock; prized as a game bird
member: #genus_Gallinago__Gallinago__Capella__genus_Capella snipes
member: #whole_snipe__wholesnipe__common_snipe__Gallinago_gallinago common snipe of Eurasia and Africa
member: #Wilson's_snipe__Gallinago_gallinago_delicata American snipe
member: #great_snipe__greatsnipe__woodcock_snipe__Gallinago_media Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe
member: #genus_Limnocryptes__Limnocryptes snipe
member: #jacksnipe__half_snipe__Limnocryptes_minima a small short-billed Old World snipe
member: #genus_Limnodromus__Limnodromus dowitchers
member: #dowitcher shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
member: #genus_Numenius__Numenius curlews
member: #curlew large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
member: #genus_Limosa__Limosa godwits
member: #godwit large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill
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member: #black-necked_stilt__Himantopus_mexicanus stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck
member: #black-winged_stilt__Himantopus_himantopus stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings
member: #white-headed_stilt__Himantopus_himantopus_leucocephalus__himantopushimantopusleucocephalu stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck
member: #kaki__Himantopus_novae-zelandiae blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt
member: #genus_Cladorhyncus__Cladorhyncus one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills
member: #Australian_stilt__stilt long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
member: #banded_stilt__Cladorhyncus_leucocephalum web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings
member: #family_Recurvirostridae__Recurvirostridae long-legged shorebirds
member: #genus_Recurvirostra__Recurvirostra type genus of the Recurvirostridae: avocets
member: #avocet long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
member: #family_Haematopodidae__Haematopodidae oystercatchers
member: #family_Phalaropidae__Phalaropidae phalaropes
member: #phalarope small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the arctic and winter in the tropics
member: #genus_Phalaropus__Phalaropus type genus of the Phalaropidae: phalaropes
member: #red_phalarope__redphalarope__Phalaropus_fulicarius phalarope of northern oceans and lakes
member: #genus_Lobipes__Lobipes a genus of Phalaropidae
member: #northern_phalarope__Lobipes_lobatus breeds in arctic regions of Old and New worlds; large flocks often seen far out at sea
member: #genus_Steganopus__Steganopus a genus of Phalaropidae
member: #Wilson's_phalarope__Steganopus_tricolor breeds on the northern great plains of Canada
member: #family_Glareolidae__Glareolidae Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers
member: #genus_Glareola__Glareola type genus of the Glareolidae: the pratincoles
member: #pratincole__glareole Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers
member: #courser swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa
member: #genus_Cursorius__Cursorius coursers
member: #cream-colored_courser__creamcoloredcourser__Cursorius_cursor courser of desert and semidesert regions of the Old World
member: #genus_Pluvianus__Pluvianus coursers
member: #crocodile_bird__crocodilebird__Pluvianus_aegyptius African courser that feeds on insect parasites on crocodiles
member: #family_Burhinidae__Burhinidae large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews
member: #genus_Burhinus__Burhinus type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews
member: #stone_curlew__stonecurlew__thick-knee__thickknee__Burhinus_oedicnemus large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
member: #suborder_Limicolae__Limicolae term used in some classifications for migratory shorebirds; coextensive with the Charadrii
member: #genus_Haematopus__Haematopus oystercatchers
member: #oystercatcher__oyster_catcher black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.
member: #coastal_diving_bird gull family; skimmer family; jaeger family; auk family
member: #suborder_Lari__Lari gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers
member: #family_Laridae__Laridae gull family: gulls and terns
member: #larid long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family
member: #genus_Larus__Larus type genus of the Laridae
member: #mew_gull__mewgull__sea_mew__Larus_canus the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
member: #great_black-backed_gull__black-backed_gull__cob__larusmarinu white gull having a black back and wings
member: #herring_gull__herringgull__Larus_argentatus large gull of the northern hemisphere
member: #laughing_gull__blackcap__pewit__pewit_gull__pewitgull__Larus_ridibundus small black-headed European gull
member: #genus_Pagophila__Pagophila a genus of Laridae
member: #ivory_gull__ivorygull__Pagophila_eburnea white arctic gull; migrates as far south as England and New Brunswick
member: #genus_Rissa__Rissa a genus of Laridae
member: #kittiwake small pearl-gray gull of northern regions; nests on cliffs and has a rudimentary hind toe
member: #subfamily_Sterninae__subfamilysterninae__Sterninae terns
member: #tern small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
member: #genus_Sterna__Sterna a genus of Sterninae
member: #sea_swallow__seaswallow__Sterna_hirundo common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and gray plumage
member: #family_Rynchopidae__Rynchopidae coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers
member: #genus_Rynchops__Rynchops type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers
member: #skimmer gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
member: #family_Stercorariidae__Stercorariidae jaegers and skuas:
member: #jaeger rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey
member: #genus_Stercorarius__Stercorarius type genus of the Stercorariidae: jaegers
member: #parasitic_jaeger__parasiticjaeger__arctic_skua__Stercorarius_parasiticus a variety of jaeger
member: #genus_Catharacta__Catharacta skuas
member: #skua__bonxie gull-like jaeger of northern seas
member: #family_Alcidae__Alcidae web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.
member: #auk black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
member: #genus_Alca__Alca type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill
member: #razorbill__razor-billed_auk__Alca_torda black-and-white North Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill
member: #genus_Plautus__Plautus a genus of Alcidae
member: #little_auk__dovekie__plautusalle small short-billed auk abundant in arctic regions
member: #genus_Pinguinus__Pinguinus great auk
member: #great_auk__greatauk__Pinguinus_impennis large large flightless auk of rocky islands off North Atlantic coast; extinct
member: #genus_Cepphus__Cepphus a genus of birds including: guillemots
member: #guillemot small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas
member: #genus_Uria__Uria murres
member: #murre black-and-white diving bird of northern seas
member: #puffin any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
member: #genus_Fratercula__Fratercula puffins
member: #Atlantic_puffin__Fratercula_arctica common puffin of the North Atlantic
member: #horned_puffin__Fratercula_corniculata N Pacific puffin
member: #genus_Lunda__Lunda puffins
member: #tufted_puffin__Lunda_cirrhata N Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye
member: #order_Gaviiformes__Gaviiformes large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms
member: #gaviiform_seabird__gaviiformseabird seabirds of the order Gaviiformes
member: #family_Gavidae__Gavidae loon family
member: #genus_Gavia__Gavia type genus of the Gavidae: loons
member: #loon.gaviiform_seabird__diver large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes
member: #order_Podicipitiformes__Podicipitiformes__Podicipediformes__order_Podicipediformes__Colymbiformes__order_Colymbiformes grebes
member: #podicipitiform_seabird aquatic birds related to the loons
member: #family_Podicipedidae__Podicipedidae coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes
member: #genus_Podiceps__Podiceps type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes
member: #grebe small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet
member: #genus_Podilymbus__Podilymbus a genus of Podicipedidae
member: #pied-billed_grebe__Podilymbus_podiceps American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill
member: #order_Pelecaniformes__Pelecaniformes pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants
member: #family_Pelecanidae__Pelecanidae pelicans
member: #pelican large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
member: #genus_Pelecanus__Pelecanus type genus of the Pelecanidae
member: #white_pelican__whitepelican__Pelecanus_erythrorhynchos large American pelican; white with black wing feathers
member: #Old_world_white_pelican__Pelecanus_onocrotalus similar to American white pelican
member: #family_Fregatidae__Fregatidae frigate birds
member: #genus_Fregata__Fregata type genus of the Fregatidae
member: #frigate_bird__frigatebird__manofwarbird long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail
member: #family_Sulidae__Sulidae gannets and boobies
member: #gannet large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish
member: #genus_Sula__Sula type genus of the Sulidae
member: #solan_goose__solangoose__solan__solant_goose__Sula_bassana very large white gannet with black wing tips
member: #booby small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
member: #family_Phalacrocoracidae__Phalacrocoracidae cormorants
member: #genus_Phalacrocorax__Phalacrocorax type genus: coextensive with the family Phalacrocoracidae
member: #cormorant__phalacrocoraxcarbo large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish
member: #family_Anhingidae__Anhingidae snakebirds
member: #genus_Anhinga type genus of the Anhingidae
member: #snakebird__anhinga__darter fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
member: #family_Phaethontidae__Phaethontidae tropicbirds
member: #genus_Phaethon__Phaethon type genus of the Phaethontidae
member: #tropic_bird__boatswain_bird__boatswainbird mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land
member: #order_Sphenisciformes__Sphenisciformes penguins
member: #family_Spheniscidae__Spheniscidae comprising all existing penguins
member: #penguin short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
member: #genus_Pygoscelis__Pygoscelis a genus of Spheniscidae
member: #Adelie_penguin__Adelie__Pygoscelis_adeliae medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie coast of Antarctica
member: #genus_Aptenodytes__Aptenodytes large penguins
member: #king_penguin__Aptenodytes_patagonica large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle
member: #emperor_penguin__emperorpenguin__Aptenodytes_forsteri the largest penguin; an Antarctic penguin
member: #genus_Spheniscus__Spheniscus type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins
member: #jackass_penguin__jackasspenguin__Spheniscus_demersus small penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying call
member: #genus_Eudyptes__Eudyptes rock hoppers
member: #rock_hopper__crested_penguin__crestedpenguin small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand
member: #sphenisciform_seabird__sphenisciformseabird flightless cold-water seabirds: penguins
member: #order_Procellariiformes__Procellariiformes petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels
member: #procellariiform_seabird__procellariiformseabird large long-winged bird with hooked bill and tubular nostrils that wanders the open seas
member: #family_Diomedeidae__Diomedeidae albatrosses
member: #mollymawk__albatross__albatros large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight
member: #genus_Diomedea type of the Diomedeidae
member: #wandering_albatross__wanderingalbatros__Diomedea_exulans very large albatross; white with wide black wings
member: #black-footed_albatross__gooney__gooney_bird__goonie__goony__Diomedea_nigripes a variety of albatross with black feet
member: #family_Procellariidae__Procellariidae petrels; fulmars; shearwaters;
member: #petrel relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land
member: #genus_Procellaria__Procellaria type genus of the Procellariidae
member: #white-chinned_petrel__whitechinnedpetrel__Procellaria_aequinoctialis large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin
member: #genus_Macronectes__Macronectes giant petrels
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member: #genus_Fulmarus__Fulmarus fulmars
member: #fulmar_petrel__fulmar__Fulmarus_glacialis heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions
member: #genus_Puffinus__Puffinus shearwaters
member: #shearwater long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves
member: #family_Hydrobatidae__Hydrobatidae storm petrels
member: #storm_petrel__stormpetrel any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts
member: #genus_Hydrobates__Hydrobates type genus of the Hydrobatidae
member: #stormy_petrel__northern_storm_petrel__Hydrobates_pelagicus sooty black petrel with white markings; of the north Atlantic and Mediterranean
member: #genus_Oceanites__Oceanites a genus of Hydrobatidae
member: #Mother_Carey's_chicken__Mother_Carey's_hen__Oceanites_oceanicus medium-sized storm petrel
member: #family_Pelecanoididae__Pelecanoididae diving petrels
member: #diving_petrel any of several small diving birds of S hemisphere seas; somewhat resemble auks
member: #bird_family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
member: #bird_genus a genus of birds
member: #class_Amphibia__Amphibia frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians
member: #amphibian cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
member: #genus_Hynerpeton__Hynerpeton earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Pennsylvania
member: #Hynerpeton_bassetti fossil amphibian of the Devonian having well-developed forelimbs; found in Pennsylvania
member: #genus_Ichthyostega second earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Greenland
member: #Ichyostega early tetrapod amphibian found in Greenland
member: #order_Urodella__Urodella__Caudata__order_Caudata salamanders; newts; congo snakes
member: #urodele amphibians that resemble lizards
member: #family_Salamandridae__Salamandridae salamanders
member: #genus_Salamandra__Salamandra type genus of the Salamandridae
member: #European_fire_salamander__Salamandra_salamandra a kind of European salamander
member: #fire_salamander__spotted_salamander__spottedsalamander__Salamandra_maculosa European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots
member: #alpine_salamander__Salamandra_atra ovoviviparous amphibian of the Alps
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member: #common_newt__Triturus_vulgaris small semiaquatic salamander
member: #genus_Notophthalmus__Notophthalmus newts
member: #genus_Taricha__Taricha Pacific newts
member: #Pacific_newt any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America
member: #rough-skinned_newt__roughskinnednewt__Taricha_granulosa newt of humid coast from Alaska to southern California
member: #family_Ambystomatidae__Ambystomatidae New World salamanders
member: #genus_Ambystoma__Ambystoma type genus of the Ambystomatidae
member: #ambystomid_salamander__ambystomid small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander
member: #family_Cryptobranchidae__Cryptobranchidae large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders
member: #genus_Cryptobranchus__Cryptobranchus type genus of the Cryptobranchidae
member: #hellbender__mud_puppy__Cryptobranchus_alleganiensis large salamander of North American rivers and streams
member: #genus_Megalobatrachus__Megalobatrachus giant salamanders; in some classifications included in the genus Cryptobranchus
member: #giant_salamander__giantsalamander__megalobatrachusmaximu large (up to more than three feet) edible salamander of Asia
member: #family_Proteidae__Proteidae mud puppies
member: #genus_Proteus__Proteus type genus of the Proteidae
member: #olm__Proteus_anguinus European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills
member: #genus_Necturus__Necturus a genus of Proteidae
member: #mud_puppy__Necturus_maculosus aquatic North American salamander with red feathery external gills
member: #family_Dicamptodontidae__Dicamptodontidae large and small highly aquatic salamanders
member: #genus_Dicamptodon type genus of the Dicamptodontidae
member: #Pacific_giant_salamander__Dicamptodon_ensatus large (to 7 inches) salamander of western North America
member: #dicamptodon__dicamptodontid salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year
member: #genus_Rhyacotriton__Rhyacotriton olympic salamanders
member: #olympic_salamander__olympicsalamander__Rhyacotriton_olympicus small large-eyed semiaquatic salamander of the United States northwest
member: #family_Plethodontidae__Plethodontidae small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults
member: #genus_Plethodon__Plethodon type genus of the Plethodontidae
member: #eastern_red-backed_salamander__Plethodon_cinereus common salamander of eastern North America
member: #western_red-backed_salamander__Plethodon_vehiculum salamander of the Pacific coast of North America
member: #lungless_salamander__plethodont mostly terrestrial salamanders that breathe through their thin moist skin; lay eggs in moist places on land; rarely enter water
member: #genus_Desmograthus__Desmograthus an amphibian genus of Plethodontidae
member: #dusky_salamander__duskysalamander common North American salamander mottled with dull brown or grayish-black
member: #genus_Aneides__Aneides climbing salamanders
member: #climbing_salamander any of several North American salamanders adapted for climbing with well-developed limbs and long somewhat squared-off toes
member: #genus_Batrachoseps__Batrachoseps slender salamanders
member: #slender_salamander__slendersalamander__worm_salamander any of several small slim salamanders of the United States Pacific coast
member: #genus_Hydromantes__Hydromantes web-toed salamanders
member: #web-toed_salamander any of several salamanders with webbed toes and very long extensile tongues; excellent climbers that move with ease over smooth rock surfaces
member: #family_Amphiumidae__Amphiumidae congo snakes
member: #genus_Amphiuma congo snakes
member: #amphiuma__congo_snake__congo_eel__congoeel__blind_eel__blindeel aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States
member: #family_Sirenidae__Sirenidae sirens
member: #genus_Siren a genus of Sirenidae
member: #siren eel-like aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills
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member: #family_Ranidae__Ranidae nearly cosmopolitan family: true frogs
member: #genus_Rana__Rana type genus of the Ranidae
member: #woodfrog__Rana_sylvatica wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands especially spruce
member: #leopard_frog__leopardfrog__spring_frog__Rana_pipiens common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots
member: #bullfrog__Rana_catesbeiana largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice
member: #green_frog__greenfrog__spring_frog__Rana_clamitans similar to bullfrog; found in or near marshes and ponds; of United States and Canada
member: #cascades_frog__Rana_cascadae mountain frog found near water; of United States northwest to California
member: #goliath_frog__goliathfrog__Rana_goliath largest living frog; up to a foot and weighing up to 10 lbs; Africa
member: #pickerel_frog__Rana_palustris a meadow frog of eastern North America
member: #tarahumara_frog__Rana_tarahumarae Mexican frog found within a jump of two or water
member: #grass_frog__grassfrog__Rana_temporaria a common semiterrestrial European frog
member: #true_frog__ranid insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs
member: #family_Leptodactylidae__Leptodactylidae New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae
member: #leptodactylid_frog__leptodactylidfrog__leptodactylid toothed frogs: terrestrial or aquatic or arboreal
member: #genus_Eleutherodactylus__Eleutherodactylus completely terrestrial robber frogs
member: #robber_frog small terrestrial frog of tropical America
member: #genus_Hylactophryne__Hylactophryne barking frogs
member: #barking_frog__barkingfrog__robber_frog__Hylactophryne_augusti of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's bark
member: #genus_Leptodactylus__Leptodactylus type genus of the Leptodactylidae; in some classifications placed in the family Bufonidae
member: #crapaud__South_American_bullfrog__Leptodactylus_pentadactylus large toothed frog of South and Central America resembling the bullfrog
member: #family_Polypedatidae__Polypedatidae Old World tree frogs
member: #genus_Polypedates__Polypedates type genus of the Polypedatidae
member: #family_Ascaphidae__Ascaphidae family of one species of frog: tailed frog
member: #genus_Ascaphus__Ascaphus type genus of the Ascaphidae; in some classifications included in the family Leiopelmatidae
member: #tailed_frog__bell_toad__ribbed_toad__tailed_toad__Ascaphus_trui western North American frog with a tail-like copulatory organ
member: #family_Leiopelmatidae__Leiopelmatidae__Liopelmidae__family_Liopelmidae primitive New Zealand frogs
member: #genus_Leiopelma__Leiopelma__Liopelma__genus_Liopelma type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae
member: #Liopelma_hamiltoni primitive New Zealand frog with four unwebbed toes on forefeet and five on hind feet
member: #family_Bufonidae__Bufonidae true toads
member: #true_toad tailless amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial and having drier warty skin
member: #genus_Bufo type genus of the Bufonidae; common toads of New and Old Worlds
member: #bufo any toad of the genus Bufo
member: #family_Discoglossidae__Discoglossidae family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue
member: #genus_Alytes__Alytes midwife toads
member: #obstetrical_toad__obstetricaltoad__midwife_toad__midwifetoad__Alytes_obstetricans European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch
member: #midwife_toad__midwifetoad__Alytes_cisternasi similar in habit to Alytes obstetricians
member: #genus_Bombina__Bombina fire-bellied toads
member: #fire-bellied_toad__Bombina_bombina toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches on its underside
member: #family_Pelobatidae__Pelobatidae spadefoot toads
member: #genus_Scaphiopus__Scaphiopus New World spadefoot toads
member: #western_spadefoot__westernspadefoot__Scaphiopus_hammondii of California
member: #southern_spadefoot__Scaphiopus_multiplicatus of the United States southwest
member: #plains_spadefoot__Scaphiopus_bombifrons of plains and hills and river bottoms in areas of low rainfall east of the Rocky Mountains
member: #spadefoot_toad__spadefoottoad__spadefoot burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot
member: #family_Hylidae__Hylidae tree frogs
member: #tree_toad__tree_frog arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America
member: #genus_Hyla__Hyla type genus of the Hylidae; tree toads
member: #spring_peeper__Hyla_crucifer small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring
member: #Pacific_tree_toad__Hyla_regilla most commonly heard frog on the Pacific coast of America
member: #canyon_treefrog__Hyla_arenicolor small chiefly ground dweller that stays within easy jumping distance of water; of United States southwest and northern Mexico
member: #genus_Acris__Acris cricket frogs
member: #cricket_frog__cricketfrog either of two frogs with a clicking call
member: #genus_Pseudacris__Pseudacris chorus frogs
member: #chorus_frog any of several small North American frogs having a loud call
member: #genus_Pternohyla__Pternohyla burrowing treefrogs
member: #lowland_burrowing_treefrog__lowlandburrowingtreefrog__northern_casque-headed_frog__Pternohyla_fodiens terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head; of the United States southwest
member: #family_Microhylidae__Microhylidae__Brevicipitidae__family_Brevicipitidae narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide
member: #genus_Gastrophryne__Gastrophryne primarily tropical narrow-mouthed toads
member: #western_narrow-mouthed_toad__Gastrophryne_olivacea small secretive toad with smooth tough skin of central and western North America
member: #eastern_narrow-mouthed_toad__Gastrophryne_carolinensis small toad of southeastern United States
member: #genus_Hypopachus__Hypopachus sheep frogs
member: #sheep_frog__sheepfrog mostly of Central America
member: #family_Pipidae__Pipidae tongueless frogs
member: #tongueless_frog almost completely aquatic frog native to Africa and Panama and northern South America
member: #genus_Pipa__Pipa type genus of the Pipidae
member: #genus_Xenopus__Xenopus African clawed frog; in some classifications made the type genus of a separate family Xenopodidae
member: #African_clawed_frog__Xenopus_laevis native to Africa; established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals
member: #order_Gymnophiona__Gymnophiona an order of amphibians including caecilians
member: #family_Caeciliidae__Caeciliidae coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians
member: #caecilian__blindworm any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions
member: #superorder_Labyrinthodontia__Labyrinthodontia__Labyrinthodonta__superorder_Labyrinthodonta extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic
member: #labyrinthodont an amphibian of the superorder Labyrinthodontia
member: #order_Stereospondyli__Stereospondyli formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece: "most vertebrates are stereospondylous"
member: #order_Temnospondyli__Temnospondyli formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate
member: #order_Stegocephalia__Stegocephalia in former classifications a division of Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia
member: #tadpole__polliwog__pollywog a larval frog or toad
member: #amphibian_family__amphibianfamily any family of amphibians
member: #amphibian_genus__amphibiangenu any genus of amphibians
member: #reptile_family__reptilefamily a family of reptiles
member: #reptile_genus__reptilegenu a genus of reptiles
member: #class_Reptilia__Reptilia class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals
member: #reptile__reptilian any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms
member: #subclass_Anapsida__Anapsida oldest known reptiles: turtles; extinct Permian forms
member: #anapsid_reptile__anapsid primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles
member: #order_Chelonia__Chelonia__Testudinata__order_Testudinata__Testudines__order_Testudines tortoises and turtles
member: #chelonian_reptile__chelonianreptile__chelonian a reptile of the order Chelonia
member: #family_Cheloniidae__Cheloniidae__Chelonidae__family_Chelonidae green turtles; hawksbills
member: #genus_Chelonia__Chelonia green turtles
member: #green_turtle__greenturtle__Chelonia_mydas large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup
member: #genus_Caretta__Caretta loggerhead turtles
member: #loggerhead_turtle__loggerhead__Caretta_caretta very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide ranging in warm open seas
member: #genus_Lepidochelys__Lepidochelys ridleys
member: #ridley a marine turtle
member: #genus_Eretmochelys__Eretmochelys hawksbills
member: #hawksbill_turtle__hawksbillturtle__hawksbill__hawkbill__tortoiseshell_turtle__tortoiseshellturtle__Eretmochelys_imbricata pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell
member: #family_Dermochelyidae__Dermochelyidae sea turtles
member: #genus_Dermochelys__Dermochelys type genus of the Dermochelyidae: leatherback turtles
member: #leatherback_turtle__leatherbackturtle__leatherback__leatheryturtle__Dermochelys_coriacea wide ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
member: #family_Chelydridae__Chelydridae snapping turtles
member: #snapping_turtle large aggressive freshwater turtle with powerful jaws
member: #genus_Chelydra__Chelydra snapping turtles
member: #common_snapping_turtle__snapper__chelydraserpentina large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite
member: #genus_Macroclemys__Macroclemys alligator snapping turtles
member: #alligator_snapping_turtle__alligator_snapper__alligatorsnapper__Macroclemys_temmincki large species having three ridges on its back; found in southeastern United States
member: #family_Kinosternidae__Kinosternidae mud turtles; musk turtles
member: #genus_Kinosternon__Kinosternon type genus of the Kinosternidae
member: #mud_turtle__mudturtle bottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North and Central America
member: #genus_Sternotherus__Sternotherus musk turtles
member: #musk_turtle__stinkpot small freshwater turtle having a strong musky odor
member: #family_Emydidae__Emydidae box and water turtles
member: #terrapin any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water
member: #genus_Malaclemys__Malaclemys American terrapins
member: #diamondback_terrapin__diamondbackterrapin__Malaclemys_centrata of marshes along Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States
member: #genus_Pseudemys__Pseudemys sliders; red-bellied terrapin
member: #red-bellied_terrapin__redbelliedterrapin__red-bellied_turtle__redbelliedturtle__redbelly__Pseudemys_rubriventris freshwater turtle of Chesapeake bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell
member: #yellow-bellied_terrapin__slider__Pseudemys_scripta freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets
member: #river_cooter__rivercooter__cooter__Pseudemys_concinna large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico
member: #genus_Terrapene__Terrapene box turtles
member: #box_turtle__boxturtle__box_tortoise__boxtortoise chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly
member: #genus_Chrysemys__Chrysemys painted turtles
member: #painted_turtle__paintedturtle__painted_terrapin__paintedterrapin__painted_tortoise__paintedtortoise__chrysemyspicta freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States
member: #family_Testudinidae__Testudinidae land tortoises
member: #tortoise usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
member: #genus_Testudo__Testudo type genus of the Testudinidae
member: #European_tortoise__Testudo_graeca small land tortoise of southern Europe
member: #giant_tortoise__gianttortoise very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands
member: #genus_Geochelone__Geochelone giant tortoises
member: #giant_tortoise__gianttortoise very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands
member: #genus_Gopherus__Gopherus gopher tortoises
member: #gopher_tortoise__gopher_turtle__gopher__Gopherus_polypemus burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
member: #desert_tortoise__Gopherus_agassizii burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates
member: #Texas_tortoise close relative to the desert tortoise; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates
member: #genus_Xerobates__Xerobates possible new genus for desert and Texas tortoises based on recent research
member: #family_Trionychidae__Trionychidae soft-shelled turtles
member: #soft-shelled_turtle__pancake_turtle__pancaketurtle voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites
member: #genus_Trionyx__Trionyx type genus of the Trionychidae
member: #spiny_softshell__spinysoftshell__Trionyx_spiniferus river turtle of western United States with a warty shell; prefers quiet water
member: #smooth_softshell__Trionyx_muticus river turtle of Mississippi basin; prefers running water
member: #subclass_Lepidosauria__Lepidosauria diapsid reptiles: lizards; snakes; tuataras
member: #order_Rhynchocephalia__Rhynchocephalia tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic
member: #genus_Sphenodon__Sphenodon coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras
member: #tuatara__Sphenodon_punctatum only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand
member: #order_Squamata__Squamata diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards
member: #suborder_Sauria__Sauria__Lacertilia__suborder_Lacertilia true lizards; including chameleons and geckos
member: #saurian any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs
member: #family_Gekkonidae__Gekkonidae geckos
member: #genus_Ptychozoon__Ptychozoon flying geckos
member: #flying_gecko__fringed_gecko__fringedgecko__Ptychozoon_homalocephalum having membranous expansions along sides of body and limbs and tail
member: #genus_Coleonyx__Coleonyx banded geckos
member: #banded_gecko any of several geckos with dard bands across the body and differing from typical geckos in having movable eyelids; of United States southwest and gulf coast to Florida
member: #family_Pygopodidae__Pygopodidae Australian and Tasmanian lizards
member: #genus_Pygopus__Pygopus type genus of the Pygopodidae; snake-shaped pleurodont lizard with no forelimbs and only rudimentary hind limbs
member: #family_Iguanidae__Iguanidae__Iguania__family_Iguania New World lizards
member: #iguanid_lizard__iguanidlizard__iguanid lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males
member: #genus_Iguana type genus of the Iguanidae
member: #common_iguana__iguana__Iguana_iguana large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central and South America
member: #genus_Amblyrhynchus__Amblyrhynchus marine iguanas
member: #marine_iguana__Amblyrhynchus_cristatus shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands
member: #genus_Dipsosaurus__Dipsosaurus desert iguanas
member: #desert_iguana__Dipsosaurus_dorsalis small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico
member: #genus_Sauromalus__Sauromalus chuckwallas
member: #genus_Callisaurus__Callisaurus zebra-tailed lizard
member: #zebra-tailed_lizard__gridiron-tailed_lizard__Callisaurus_draconoides swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico
member: #genus_Uma__Uma fringe-toed lizard
member: #fringe-toed_lizard__Uma_notata with long pointed scales around toes; of deserts of United States and Mexico
member: #genus_Holbrookia__Holbrookia earless lizards
member: #earless_lizard__earlesslizard any of several slender lizards without external ear openings: of plains of western United States and Mexico
member: #genus_Crotaphytus__Crotaphytus collard lizards
member: #collared_lizard any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands; of central and western United States and northern Mexico
member: #genus_Gambelia__Gambelia leopard lizards
member: #leopard_lizard__leopardlizard any of several large lizards with many dark spots; of western United States and northern Mexico
member: #genus_Sceloporus__Sceloporus spiny lizards
member: #spiny_lizard__spinylizard any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North and Central America
member: #genus_Uta__Uta a reptile genus of Iguanidae
member: #side-blotched_lizard__sand_lizard__Uta_stansburiana one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
member: #genus_Urosaurus__Urosaurus a reptile genus of Iguanidae
member: #tree_lizard__Urosaurus_ornatus a climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico
member: #genus_Phrynosoma__Phrynosoma horned lizards
member: #horned_lizard__horned_toad__horny_frog__hornyfrog insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America
member: #genus_Basiliscus__Basiliscus a reptile genus of Iguanidae
member: #basilisk small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America
member: #genus_Anolis__Anolis New World chameleons
member: #American_chameleon__anole__Anolis_carolinensis small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color
member: #family_Amphisbaenidae__Amphisbaenidae worm lizards
member: #family_Xantusiidae__Xantusiidae night lizards
member: #night_lizard__nightlizard small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba; bear live young
member: #family_Scincidae__Scincidae skinks
member: #genus_Scincus__Scincus type genus of Scincidae
member: #genus_Scincella__Scincella a reptile genus of Scincidae
member: #skink__scincid__scincidlizard alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
member: #genus_Eumeces__Eumeces New World skinks
member: #western_skink__westernskink__Eumeces_skiltonianus found in western North American grasslands and open woodlands
member: #mountain_skink__Eumeces_callicephalus frequents oak and pine habitats in rocky mountainous areas of United States southwest and Mexico
member: #family_Cordylidae__Cordylidae small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards
member: #genus_Cordylus__Cordylus type genus of the Cordylidae; spiny lizards somewhat resembling tiny crocodiles
member: #family_Teiidae__Teiidae whiptails; etc.
member: #teiid_lizard__teiidlizard__teiid tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail
member: #genus_Cnemidophorus__Cnemidophorus whiptails
member: #whiptail_lizard__whiptail any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards
member: #genus_Tupinambis__Tupinambis tejus
member: #teju large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard; raid henhouses; used as food
member: #family_Agamidae__Agamidae an Old World reptile family of Sauria
member: #agamid_lizard__agamid a lizard of the family Agamidae
member: #genus_Agama type genus of the Agamidae
member: #agama small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World
member: #genus_Chlamydosaurus__Chlamydosaurus frilled lizards
member: #frilled_lizard__frilledlizard__Chlamydosaurus_kingi large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck
member: #genus_Draco__Draco flying dagons
member: #flying_dragon__dragon__flying_lizard any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
member: #genus_Moloch genus of Australian desert lizard
member: #moloch any lizard of the genus Moloch
member: #mountain_devil__spiny_lizard__spinylizard__molochhorridu desert lizard that feeds on ants
member: #family_Anguidae__Anguidae alligator lizards
member: #anguid_lizard any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects
member: #genus_Gerrhonotus__Gerrhonotus alligator lizards
member: #alligator_lizard__alligatorlizard slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion; of western North America
member: #genus_Anguis__Anguis type genus of the Anguidae: blindworms
member: #blindworm__slowworm__Anguis_fragilis small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
member: #genus_Ophisaurus__Ophisaurus glass lizards
member: #glass_lizard__glasslizard__glass_snake__glasssnake__joint_snake__jointsnake snakelike lizard of Europe Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail
member: #family_Xenosauridae__Xenosauridae monotypic family of Mexican lizards
member: #genus_Xenosaurus__Xenosaurus type and sole genus of Xenosauridae: slender-bodied Mexican lizards having the upper surface covered with tiny granules and tubercles
member: #family_Anniellidae__Anniellidae legless lizards
member: #legless_lizard__leglesslizard degenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards
member: #family_Lanthanotidae__Lanthanotidae stout-bodied lizards
member: #genus_Lanthanotus__Lanthanotus 1 species
member: #Lanthanotus_borneensis a stout-bodied pleurodont lizard of Borneo
member: #family_Helodermatidae__Helodermatidae only known venomous lizards
member: #venomous_lizard any of two or three large heavy-bodied lizards; only known venomous lizards
member: #genus_Heloderma__Heloderma type genus of the Helodermatidae; American venomous lizards
member: #Gila_monster__Heloderma_suspectum large orange and black lizard of southwestern United States; not dangerous unless molested
member: #Mexican_beaded_lizard__beaded_lizard__Heloderma_horridum lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales; of western Mexico
member: #family_Lacertidae__Lacertidae Old World lizards
member: #lacertid_lizard__lacertid Old World terrestrial lizard
member: #genus_Lacerta__Lacerta type genus of the Lacertidae
member: #sand_lizard__Lacerta_agilis a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia
member: #green_lizard__greenlizard__lacertaviridi a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long
member: #family_Chamaeleontidae__Chamaeleontidae__Chamaeleonidae__family_Chamaeleonidae__Rhiptoglossa__family_Rhiptoglossa Old World chameleons; in some classifications Rhiptoglossa is considered a superfamily of Sauria
member: #chameleon__chamaeleon lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
member: #genus_Chamaeleo__Chamaeleo__genus_Chamaeleon type genus of the Chamaeleontidae
member: #African_chameleon__Chamaeleo_chamaeleon a chameleon found in Africa
member: #horned_chameleon__Chamaeleo_oweni a kind of chameleon
member: #family_Varanidae__Varanidae monitor lizards
member: #genus_Varanus__Varanus type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae
member: #monitor_lizard__monitorlizard__monitor__varan any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
member: #suborder_Serpentes__Serpentes__Ophidia__suborder_Ophidia snakes
member: #ophidian__snake__serpent limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
member: #family_Colubridae__Colubridae nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species
member: #colubrid_snake__colubrid mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
member: #genus_Carphophis__Carphophis thunder snake
member: #thunder_snake__thundersnake__worm_snake__Carphophis_amoenus small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States
member: #genus_Diadophis__Diadophis a genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakes
member: #ringneck_snake__ring-necked_snake__ring_snake any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck
member: #genus_Heterodon__Heterodon a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes
member: #hognose_snake__hognosesnake__puff_adder__sand_viper harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed
member: #genus_Phyllorhynchus__Phyllorhynchus leaf-nosed snakes
member: #leaf-nosed_snake any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America
member: #genus_Opheodrys__Opheodrys North American green snakes
member: #grass_snake__grasssnake__green_snake__greensnake either of two N. American chiefly insectivorous green snakes
member: #genus_Chlorophis__Chlorophis African green snakes
member: #green_snake__greensnake any of numerous African green snakes
member: #genus_Coluber__Coluber racers
member: #racer slender fast-moving North American snakes
member: #horseshoe_whipsnake__Coluber_hippocrepis slender fast-moving Eurasian snake
member: #genus_Masticophis__Masticophis whipsnakes
member: #whipsnake__whip_snake any of several fast-moving North American snakes with long whiplike tails
member: #genus_Elaphe__Elaphe North American rat snakes
member: #corn_snake__red_rat_snake__redratsnake__Elaphe_guttata large harmless snake of southeastern United States; often on farms
member: #black_rat_snake__blackratsnake__blacksnake__pilot_blacksnake__pilotblacksnake__mountain_blacksnake__Elaphe_obsoleta large harmless shiny black North American snake
member: #chicken_snake__chickensnake large North American snake
member: #genus_Ptyas__Ptyas Asian rat snakes
member: #Indian_rat_snake__Ptyas_mucosus enter buildings in pursuit of prey
member: #genus_Arizona__Arizona glossy snake
member: #glossy_snake__Arizona_elegans nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scales
member: #genus_Pituophis__Pituophis bull snakes
member: #bull_snake any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes
member: #genus_Lampropeltis__Lampropeltis king snakes and milk snakes
member: #king_snake any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals
member: #genus_Thamnophis__Thamnophis garter snakes
member: #garter_snake__grass_snake__grasssnake any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North and Central American snakes
member: #genus_Tropidoclonion__Tropidoclonion lined snakes
member: #lined_snake__Tropidoclonion_lineatum secretive snake of city dumps and parks as well as prairies and open woods; feeds on earthworms; of central United States
member: #genus_Sonora__Sonora ground snakes
member: #ground_snake__Sonora_semiannulata small shy brightly-ringed terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America
member: #genus_Potamophis__Potamophis ground snakes
member: #eastern_ground_snake__Potamophis_striatula__Haldea_striatula in some classifications placed in genus Haldea; small reddish-gray snake of eastern North America
member: #genus_Haldea__Haldea ground snakes
member: #genus_Natrix__Natrix water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus
member: #common_water_snake__banded_water_snake__Natrix_sipedon__Nerodia_sipedon in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water
member: #water_moccasin__watermoccasin any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters
member: #genus_Nerodia__Nerodia North American water snakes
member: #genus_Storeria__Storeria a genus of Colubridae
member: #red-bellied_snake__redbelliedsnake__Storeria_occipitamaculata harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States
member: #genus_Chilomeniscus__Chilomeniscus sand snakes
member: #sand_snake small North American burrowing snake
member: #genus_Tantilla__Tantilla black-headed snakes
member: #black-headed_snake small secretive ground-dwelling snake; found from central United States to Argentina
member: #genus_Oxybelis__Oxybelis vine snakes
member: #vine_snake slender arboreal snake found from southern Arizona to Bolivia
member: #genus_Trimorphodon__Trimorphodon lyre snakes
member: #lyre_snake mildly venomous snake with a lyre-shaped mark on the head; found in rocky areas from southwestern United States to Central America
member: #genus_Hypsiglena__Hypsiglena night snakes
member: #night_snake__Hypsiglena_torquata nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico
member: #genus_Drymarchon__Drymarchon a genus of Colubridae
member: #family_Typhlopidae__Typhlopidae blind snakes
member: #family_Leptotyphlopidae__Leptotyphlopidae blind snakes
member: #blind_snake__blindsnake__worm_snake wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes
member: #genus_Leptotyphlops__Leptotyphlops blind snakes of Asia and Africa and Americas
member: #western_blind_snake__westernblindsnake__Leptotyphlops_humilis burrows among roots of shrubs and beneath rocks in desert and rocky hillside areas and beach sand of western United States
member: #family_Boidae__Boidae boas and pythons
member: #boa any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs
member: #genus_Charina__Charina boas of western North America
member: #rubber_boa__tow-headed_snake__Charina_bottae boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America; looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape
member: #genus_Lichanura__Lichanura boas of western North America
member: #rosy_boa__Lichanura_trivirgata boa of rocky desert of southwestern United States
member: #genus_Eunectes__Eunectes anacondas
member: #anaconda__Eunectes_murinus large arboreal boa of tropical South America
member: #subfamily_Pythoninae__Pythoninae Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae
member: #python large Old World boas
member: #genus_Python Old World boas
member: #reticulated_python__reticulatedpython__Python_reticulatus of southeast Asia and East Indies; the largest snake in the world
member: #Indian_python__Python_molurus very large python of southeast Asia
member: #rock_python__rock_snake__Python_sebae very large python of tropical and southern Africa
member: #family_Elapidae__Elapidae cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes
member: #elapid_snake__elapid any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres
member: #genus_Micrurus__Micrurus coral snakes
member: #eastern_coral_snake__easterncoralsnake__Micrurus_fulvius ranges from Central America to southeastern United States
member: #genus_Micruroides__Micruroides coral snakes
member: #western_coral_snake__westerncoralsnake__Micruroides_euryxanthus ranges from Central America to southwestern United States
member: #genus_Calliophis__Calliophis__Callophis__genus_Callophis Asian coral snakes
member: #Asian_coral_snake of India
member: #genus_Aspidelaps__Aspidelaps African coral snakes
member: #African_coral_snake__Aspidelaps_lubricus small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange
member: #genus_Rhynchoelaps__Rhynchoelaps Australian coral snakes
member: #Australian_coral_snake__Rhynchoelaps_australis small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white on red
member: #genus_Denisonia__Denisonia copperheads
member: #Denisonia_superba__copperhead venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
member: #genus_Naja__Naja cobras
member: #Indian_cobra__Naja_naja of tropical Africa and Asia
member: #asp__Egyptian_cobra__Naja_haje cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
member: #black-necked_cobra__spitting_cobra__Naja_nigricollis aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa; rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness
member: #genus_Ophiophagus__Ophiophagus king cobra
member: #king_cobra__hamadryad__Ophiophagus_hannan__Naja_hannah large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja
member: #genus_Hemachatus__Hemachatus ringhals
member: #genus_Dendroaspis__Dendroaspis__Dendraspis__genus_Dendraspis mambas
member: #mamba arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal
member: #genus_Acanthophis__Acanthophis Australian elapid snakes
member: #death_adder__Acanthophis_antarcticus venomous Australian snake resembling an adder
member: #genus_Notechis__Notechis tiger snakes
member: #tiger_snake__Notechis_scutatus highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania
member: #genus_Pseudechis__Pseudechis venomous Australian blacksnakes
member: #Australian_blacksnake__Pseudechis_porphyriacus large semiaquatic snake of Australia; black above with red belly
member: #genus_Bungarus__Bungarus kraits
member: #krait brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula
member: #genus_Oxyuranus__Oxyuranus taipans
member: #taipan__Oxyuranus_scutellatus large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia
member: #family_Hydrophidae__Hydrophidae sea snakes
member: #sea_snake__seasnake any of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin-like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick-acting venom
member: #family_Viperidae__Viperidae Old World vipers
member: #viper venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw
member: #genus_Vipera__Vipera type genus of the Viperidae
member: #common_viper__adder__Vipera_berus small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia
member: #asp_viper__aspviper__asp__Vipera_aspis of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
member: #genus_Bitis__Bitis a genus of Viperidae
member: #puff_adder__Bitis_arietans large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed
member: #gaboon_viper__Bitis_gabonica large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper
member: #genus_Cerastes__Aspis__genus_Aspis horned vipers
member: #horned_viper__cerastes__sand_viper__horned_asp__Cerastes_cornutus highly venomous viper of North Africa and southwest Asia having a horny spine above each eye
member: #family_Crotalidae__Crotalidae New World vipers: pit vipers
member: #pit_viper__pitviper New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head
member: #genus_Agkistrodon__Agkistrodon__Ancistrodon__genus_Ancistrodon copperheads
member: #copperhead__Agkistrodon_contortrix common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
member: #cottonmouth__water_moccasin__watermoccasin__cottonmouth_moccasin__cottonmouthmoccasin__agkistrodonpiscivoru venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
member: #rattlesnake pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
member: #genus_Crotalus__Crotalus large rattlesnakes; seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey
member: #timber_rattlesnake__banded_rattlesnake__Crotalus_horridus_horridus widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States
member: #prairie_rattlesnake__prairie_rattler__Western_rattlesnake__Crotalus_viridis widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies
member: #horned_rattlesnake__sidewinder__Crotalus_cerastes small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an S-shaped curve
member: #Western_diamondback_rattlesnake__Western_diamondback__Crotalus_atrox largest and most dangerous North American snake; of southwestern United States and Mexico
member: #rock_rattlesnake__Crotalus_lepidus mountain rock dweller of Mexico and most southern parts of United States southwest
member: #tiger_rattlesnake__tigerrattlesnake__Crotalus_tigris having irregularly cross-banded back; of arid foothills and canyons of southern Arizona and Mexico
member: #Mojave_rattlesnake__Crotalus_scutulatus extremely dangerous; most common in areas of scattered scrubby growth; from Mojave Desert to w. Texas and into Mexico
member: #speckled_rattlesnake__Crotalus_mitchellii markings vary but usually harmonize with background; of sw Arizona and Baja California
member: #genus_Sistrurus__Sistrurus pygmy rattlesnakes
member: #massasauga_rattler__massasauga__Sistrurus_catenatus pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico; feeds on mice and small amphibians
member: #genus_Bothrops__Bothrops fer-de-lance
member: #fer-de-lance__Bothrops_atrops large extremely venomous pit viper of Central and South America
member: #subclass_Archosauria__Archosauria a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts
member: #archosaur__archosaurian__archosaurian_reptile extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts
member: #genus_Saurosuchus__Saurosuchus early archosaurian carnivore
member: #genus_Proterochampsa__Proterochampsa early archosaurian carnivore
member: #order_Crocodylia__Crocodylia__Crocodilia__order_Crocodilia crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials
member: #crocodilian_reptile__crocodilianreptile__crocodilian extant archosaurian reptile
member: #family_Crocodylidae__Crocodylidae true crocodiles
member: #genus_Crocodylus__Crocodylus__Crocodilus__genus_Crocodilus type genus of the Crocodylidae
member: #crocodile large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters
member: #genus_Tomistoma__Tomistoma a genus of Malayan crocodiles
member: #false_gavial__falsegavial__tomistomaschlegeli crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial
member: #family_Alligatoridae__Alligatoridae alligators; caimans
member: #genus_Alligator type genus of the Alligatoridae
member: #alligator either of two amphibious reptiles with shorter broader snouts than crocodiles
member: #genus_Caiman caimans
member: #cayman__caiman alligator-like reptile of Central and South America having a more heavily armored belly
member: #family_Gavialidae__Gavialidae gavials
member: #genus_Gavialis__Gavialis type genus of the Gavialidae
member: #gavial__Gavialis_gangeticus large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout
member: #order_Ornithischia__Ornithischia extinct terrestrial reptiles having birdlike pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); bone-headed and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods)
member: #ornithischian_dinosaur__ornithischiandinosaur__ornithischian herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird
member: #genus_Pisanosaurus primitive ornithischian dinosaur found in Argentina; early Triassic
member: #pisanosaur__pisanosaurus primitive dinosaur found in Argentina
member: #genus_Staurikosaurus primitive ornithischian dinosaur found in Brazil
member: #staurikosaur__staurikosaurus primitive dinosaur found in Brazil
member: #suborder_Thyreophora__Thyreophora__thyreophoran armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs
member: #armored_dinosaur__armoreddinosaur dinosaurs having bony armour
member: #genus_Stegosaurus quadrupedal armored herbivore of the Jurassic and Cretaceous
member: #stegosaur__stegosaurus__stegosauru__Stegosaur_stenops herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon
member: #genus_Ankylosaurus armored herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous
member: #ankylosaur__ankylosaurus having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's
member: #Edmontonia heavily armored and highly spiked dinosaur with semi-upright posture
member: #suborder_Marginocephalia__Marginocephalia__marginocephalian includes bone-headed (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs
member: #suborder_Pachycephalosaurus bone-headed dinosaurs; late Cretaceous
member: #bone-headed_dinosaur bipedal herbivorous dinosaurs with bony crowns
member: #suborder_Ceratopsia__Ceratopsia horned dinosaurs
member: #ceratopsian__horned_dinosaur any of several four-footed herbivorous horned dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia
member: #family_Ceratopsidae__familyceratopsidae__Ceratopsidae American ceratopsian dinosaurs
member: #genus_Protoceratops small horned dinosaurs
member: #genus_Triceratops genus of herbivorous horned dinosaurs
member: #triceratops__triceratop huge ceratopsian dinosaur having three horns and the neck heavily armored with a very solid frill
member: #genus_Styracosaurus genus of horned dinosaurs
member: #styracosaur__styracosaurus__styracosauru an unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous
member: #genus_Psittacosaurus most primitive genus of horned dinosaurs; early Cretaceous
member: #psittacosaur__psittacosaurus primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill; long hind and short front limbs; may have been bipedal
member: #suborder_Euronithopoda__Euronithopoda__euronithopod__Ornithopoda__suborder_Ornithopoda widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs; trachodon; iguanodon)
member: #ornithopod_dinosaur__ornithopod bipedal herbivorous dinosaur
member: #family_Hadrosauridae__Hadrosauridae duck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous
member: #hadrosaur__hadrosaurus__hadrosauru__duck-billed_dinosaur any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic
member: #genus_Anatotitan genus of large duck-billed dinosaurs; late Cretaceous
member: #anatotitan one of the largest and most famous duck-billed dinosaurs
member: #genus_Corythosaurus genus of duck-billed dinosaurs of late Cretaceous
member: #corythosaur__corythosaurus__corythosauru duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet
member: #genus_Edmontosaurus duck-billed dinosaurs of Canada
member: #edmontosaurus__edmontosauru duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin
member: #genus_Trachodon a reptile genus of the suborder Euronithopoda
member: #trachodon__trachodont large duck-billed dinosaur of the Upper Cretaceous
member: #family_Iguanodontidae__Iguanodontidae iguanodons
member: #genus_Iguanodon type genus of the Iguanodontidae
member: #iguanodon massive herbivorous bipedal dinosaur with a long heavy tail; common in Europe and North Africa; early Cretaceous
member: #order_Saurischia__Saurischia extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous)
member: #saurischian_dinosaur__saurischiandinosaur__saurischian herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile
member: #suborder_Sauropodomorpha__Sauropodomorpha gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads: Prosauropoda and Sauropoda (apatosaurus; diplodocus; titanosaurs)
member: #suborder_Prosauropoda__Prosauropoda the earliest known dinosaurs
member: #suborder_Sauropoda__Sauropoda any of the sauropod dinosaurs
member: #sauropod_dinosaur__sauropod very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs; largest known land animal
member: #genus_Apatosaurus__genus_Brontosaurus large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic
member: #apatosaur__apatosaurus__brontosaur__brontosaurus__thunder_lizard__thunderlizard__Apatosaurus_excelsus huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in N. America in the late Jurassic
member: #genus_Barosaurus huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur; late Jurassic
member: #barosaur__barosaurus 5-story-tall dinosaur
member: #genus_Diplodocus a reptile genus of the suborder Sauropoda
member: #diplodocus huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western N. America
member: #family_Titanosauridae__Titanosauridae herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous
member: #genus_Titanosaurus__Titanosaurus genus of herbivorous dinosaurs flourishing during the Cretaceous in South America
member: #titanosaur__titanosaurian amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the southern hemisphere
member: #genus_Argentinosaurus enormous dinosaur of the middle Cretaceous found in Argentina
member: #argentinosaur huge herbivorous dinosaur of Cretaceous found in Argentina
member: #genus_Seismosaurus__Seismosaurus genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs of Cretaceous found in western North America
member: #ground-shaker__seismosaur huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America
member: #suborder_Theropoda__Theropoda carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous
member: #theropod_dinosaur__theropod__bird-footed_dinosaur any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs
member: #suborder_Ceratosaura primitive saurischian dinosaurs
member: #genus_Ceratosaurus primitive saurischian carnivorous dinosaurs
member: #coelophysis__coelophysi one of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic
member: #ceratosaur__ceratosaurus primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America
member: #genus_Coelophysis late Triassic carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs
member: #suborder_Carnosaura__Carnosaura largest carnivorous land animals ever known
member: #carnosaur large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws
member: #genus_Tyrannosaurus includes a single species
member: #tyrannosaur__tyrannosauru__Tyrannosaurus_rex large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; Upper Cretaceous; North America
member: #genus_Allosaurus__genus_Antrodemus carnivorous dinosaur of North America; late Jurassic
member: #allosaur__allosaurus late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus
member: #genus_Compsognathus a reptile genus of Theropoda
member: #compsognathus__compsognathu very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria
member: #genus_Herrerasaurus primitive theropod found in Argentina; early Triassic
member: #herrerasaur__herrerasaurus__herrerasauru a kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina
member: #genus_Eoraptor primitive theropod found in Argentina; early Triassic
member: #eoraptor a theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor
member: #family_Megalosauridae__Megalosauridae megalosaurs
member: #genus_Megalosaurus type genus of the Megalosauridae
member: #megalosaur__megalosaurus gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe
member: #suborder_Ornithomimida__Ornithomimida lightly built medium-size theropods
member: #ornithomimid lightly built medium-sized dinosaur having extremely long limbs and necks with small heads and big brains and large eyes
member: #genus_Struthiomimus small toothless saurischian dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous of Canada
member: #struthiomimus__struthiomimu small light-boned toothless dinosaur resembling an ostrich in size and proportions
member: #genus_Deinocheirus a reptile genus of Ornithomimida
member: #deinocheirus lightly built medium-sized theropod with long limbs and neck
member: #suborder_Maniraptora__Maniraptora advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds
member: #maniraptor advanced carnivorous theropod
member: #oviraptorid advanced carnivorous theropod
member: #genus_Velociraptor advanced carnivorous theropod
member: #velociraptor small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs
member: #family_Dromaeosauridae__Dromaeosauridae swift-running bipedal dinosaurs
member: #dromaeosaur a kind of maniraptor
member: #genus_Deinonychus advanced bipedal carnivorous dinosaur
member: #deinonychus__deinonychu swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous
member: #genus_Utahraptor advanced bipedal carnivorous dinosaur
member: #utahraptor__superslasher large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright 15-in slashing claw on each hind foot; early Cretaceous
member: #genus_Mononychus authorities disagree over whether to classify the genus as bird or dinosaur
member: #Mononychus_olecranus 75-million-year-old turkey-sized long-legged fossil found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia having birdlike fused wrist bones and keeled breastbone and a long tail resembling a dinosaur's; short 3-inch-long forelimbs end in a single claw instead of wings; classification as bird or dinosaur is in dispute
member: #order_Pterosauria__Pterosauria extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs
member: #pterosaur__flying_reptile extinct flying reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a birdlike beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb
member: #family_Pterodactylidae__Pterodactylidae a reptile family in the order Pterosauria
member: #genus_Pterodactylus__Pterodactylus a reptile genus of Pterodactylidae
member: #pterodactyl extinct flying reptile
member: #order_Thecodontia__Thecodontia extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of the late Permian to Triassic
member: #thecodont_reptile__thecodontreptile__thecodont presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds
member: #order_Ichthyosauria__Ichthyosauria extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs
member: #ichthyosaur any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs
member: #family_Ichthyosauridae__Ichthyosauridae later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres
member: #genus_Ichthyosaurus type genus of the Ichthyosauridae
member: #ichthyosaurus__ichthyosauru ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic
member: #genus_Stenopterygius a reptile genus of Ichthyosauridae
member: #stenopterygius__Stenopterygius_quadrisicissus an ichthyosaur of the genus Stenopterygius
member: #order_Sauropterygia__Sauropterygia extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaurs; nothosaurs
member: #suborder_Plesiosauria__Plesiosauria any of the plesiosaurs
member: #genus_Plesiosaurus a reptile genus of suborder Plesiosauria
member: #plesiosaur__plesiosaurus extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous
member: #suborder_Nothosauria__Nothosauria a suborder of Sauropterygia
member: #genus_Nothosaurus a genus of Nothosauria
member: #nothosaur extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming
member: #subclass_Synapsida__Synapsida extinct reptiles of the Permian to Jurassic considered ancestral to mammals
member: #order_Therapsida__Therapsida extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic
member: #therapsid__protomammal probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals
member: #genus_Chronoperates__Chronoperates a reptile genus of Therapsida
member: #Chronoperates_paradoxus shrew-sized protomammal from the Alberta Canada region; of about 55 million years ago (much more recent than other mammal-like reptiles)
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member: #cynodont small carnivorous reptiles
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member: #dicynodont a kind of therapsid
member: #genus_Ischigualastia__Ischigualastia early reptile found in Argentina
member: #order_Ictodosauria__Ictodosauria extinct reptiles of the Upper Triassic
member: #ictodosaur intermediate in form between the therapsids and most primitive true mammals
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member: #pelycosaur large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America
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member: #genus_Edaphosaurus type genus of the Edaphosauridae
member: #edaphosaurus heavy-bodied reptile with a dorsal sail or crest; of the late Paleozoic
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member: #dimetrodon carnivorous dinosaur of the Permian in North America having a crest or dorsal sail
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member: #family_Tachyglossidae__Tachyglossidae echidnas
member: #genus_Tachyglossus__Tachyglossus type genus of the family Tachyglossidae
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member: #genus_Ornithorhynchus__Ornithorhynchus type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae
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member: #subclass_Metatheria__Metatheria pouched animals
member: #order_Marsupialia__Marsupialia coextensive with the subclass Metatheria
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member: #family_Didelphidae__Didelphidae opossums
member: #opossum__possum nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
member: #genus_Didelphis__Didelphis type genus of the family Didelphidae
member: #crab-eating_opossum South American opossum
member: #family_Caenolestidae__Caenolestidae small marsupials of southern South America
member: #genus_Caenolestes__Caenolestes type genus of the family Caenolestidae
member: #opossum_rat__opossumrat terrestrial marsupials of southern South America that resemble shrews
member: #family_Peramelidae__Peramelidae bandicoots
member: #bandicoot any of various agile rat-like terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous
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member: #rabbit-eared_bandicoot__rabbit_bandicoot__bilby__Macrotis_lagotis bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit
member: #family_Macropodidae__Macropodidae kangaroos; wallabies
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member: #nail-tailed_wallaby__nail-tailed_kangaroo small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail
member: #genus_Petrogale__Petrogale rock wallabies
member: #rock_wallaby__rock_kangaroo slender long-legged Australian wallabies living in caves and rocky areas
member: #genus_Thylogale__Thylogale pademelons
member: #pademelon__paddymelon small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea
member: #genus_Dendrolagus__Dendrolagus tree wallabies
member: #tree_wallaby__tree_kangaroo arboreal wallabies of New Guinea and northern Australia having hind and forelegs of similar length
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member: #musk_kangaroo__Hypsiprymnodon_moschatus small kangaroo of northeastern Australia
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member: #genus_Potorous__Potorous potoroos
member: #potoroo Australian rat kangaroos
member: #genus_Bettongia__Bettongia jerboa kangaroo
member: #bettong short-nosed rat kangaroo
member: #jerboa_kangaroo__kangaroo_jerboa brush-tailed rat kangaroo
member: #family_Phalangeridae__Phalangeridae phalangers; koalas
member: #phalanger__opossum__possum small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
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member: #cuscus woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and North Australia
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member: #brush-tailed_phalanger__Trichosurus_vulpecula bushy-tailed phalanger
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member: #flying_mouse tiny flying phalanger
member: #genus_Phascolarctos__Phascolarctos koalas
member: #family_Vombatidae__Vombatidae wombats
member: #wombat burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger
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member: #dasyurid_marsupial__dasyurid small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania
member: #genus_Dasyurus__Dasyurus type genus of the family Dasyuridae: native cats
member: #dasyure any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens
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member: #order_Insectivora__Insectivora shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs
member: #suborder_Lipotyphla__Lipotyphla moles; hedgehogs; true shrews
member: #suborder_Menotyphla__Menotyphla elephant shrews; tree shrews
member: #insectivore small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
member: #family_Talpidae__Talpidae moles
member: #mole small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet
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member: #genus_Uropsilus__Uropsilus shrew moles
member: #shrew_mole__shrewmole slender mole having a long snout and tail
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member: #genus_Neurotrichus__Neurotrichus shrew moles
member: #American_shrew_mole__Neurotrichus_gibbsii grayish-black shrew mole of the United States and Canada
member: #family_Chrysochloridae__Chrysochloridae golden moles
member: #genus_Chrysochloris__Chrysochloris type genus of the Chrysochloridae
member: #golden_mole mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur
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member: #shrewmouse__shrew small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
member: #genus_Sorex__Sorex type genus of the family Soricidae: shrews
member: #common_shrew__Sorex_araneus common American shrew
member: #American_water_shrew__Sorex_palustris water shrew of North America
member: #genus_Blarina__Blarina shrews
member: #short-tailed_shrew__Blarina_brevicauda North American shrew with tail less than half its body length
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member: #Mediterranean_water_shrew__Neomys_anomalus a type of water shrew
member: #genus_Cryptotis__Cryptotis least shrews
member: #family_Erinaceidae__Erinaceidae true hedgehogs
member: #genus_Erinaceus__Erinaceus type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs
member: #hedgehog__Erinaceus_europaeus__Erinaceus_europeaeus small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines
member: #family_Tenrecidae__Tenrecidae tenrecs and extinct related forms
member: #tenrec__tendrac small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog
member: #genus_Tenrec type genus of the family Tenrecidae: tenrecs
member: #tailless_tenrec__Tenrec_ecaudatus prolific animal that feeds chiefly on earthworms
member: #family_Potamogalidae__Potamogalidae otter shrews
member: #genus_Potamogale type genus of the family Potamogalidae: otter shrews
member: #otter_shrew__ottershrew__potamogale__Potamogale_velox amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter
member: #order_Cetacea__Cetacea an order of Eutheria
member: #cetacean_mammal__cetacean__blower large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
member: #suborder_Mysticeti__Mysticeti baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks
member: #baleen_whale__whalebone_whale__whalebonewhale whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
member: #family_Balaenidae__Balaenidae right whales
member: #right_whale__rightwhale large arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil
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member: #bowhead_whale__bowheadwhale__bowhead__Greenland_whale__Balaena_mysticetus large-mouthed arctic whale
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member: #genus_Balaenoptera__Balaenoptera type genus of the Balaenopteridae
member: #blue_whale__sulfur_bottom__Balaenoptera_musculus largest mammal ever known; bluish-gray migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere
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member: #sei_whale__seiwhale__Balaenoptera_borealis similar to but smaller than the finback whale
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member: #genus_Eschrichtius__Eschrichtius type and sole genus of the Eschrichtiidae
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member: #suborder_Odontoceti__Odontoceti toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales
member: #toothed_whale__toothedwhale any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.
member: #family_Physeteridae__Physeteridae sperm whales
member: #genus_Physeter__Physeter type genus of the Physeteridae
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member: #family_Ziphiidae__Ziphiidae__Hyperodontidae__family_Hyperodontidae beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae
member: #beaked_whale any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw
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member: #dolphin any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
member: #genus_Delphinus__Delphinus type genus of the Delphinidae
member: #common_dolphin__Delphinus_delphis black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water; one of the dolphins displayed at the Marinelands of California and Florida
member: #genus_Tursiops__Tursiops a genus of Delphinidae
member: #bottlenose_dolphin__bottle-nosed_dolphin__bottlenose any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of North Atlantic and Mediterranean
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member: #porpoise any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth
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member: #grampus__grampu__Grampus_griseus slaty-gray blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas
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member: #river_dolphin__riverdolphin any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia
member: #family_Monodontidae__Monodontidae narwhals
member: #genus_Monodon__Monodon type genus of the Monodontidae
member: #narwhal__narwal__narwhale__Monodon_monoceros small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk
member: #genus_Delphinapterus__Delphinapterus white whale
member: #white_whale__whitewhale__beluga__Delphinapterus_leucas small northern whale that is white when adult
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member: #family_Trichechidae__Trichechidae comprising only the manatees
member: #Trichechus__genus_Trichecus type and sole genus of the Trichechidae
member: #manatee__trichechusmanatu sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded
member: #family_Dugongidae__Dugongidae a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow
member: #genus_Dugong type genus of the Dugongidae comprising only the dugongs
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member: #genus_Hydrodamalis__Hydrodamalis a genus of the family Dugongidae comprising only Steller's sea cow
member: #Steller's_sea_cow__Hydrodamalis_gigas extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea
member: #order_Carnivora__Carnivora cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia
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member: #suborder_Pinnipedia__Pinnipedia seals; sea lions; walruses
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member: #eared_seal__earedseal pinniped mammal having external ear flaps and hind limbs used for locomotion on land; valued for its soft underfur
member: #genus_Arctocephalus__Arctocephalus fur seals
member: #fur_seal__furseal eared seal of the S hemisphere; the thick soft underfur is the source of sealskin
member: #genus_Callorhinus__Callorhinus fur seals
member: #fur_seal.eared_seal__furseal fur seal of the north Pacific
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member: #South_American_sea_lion__Otaria_Byronia of the southern coast of South America
member: #genus_Zalophus__Zalophus sea lions
member: #California_sea_lion__Zalophus_californianus__Zalophus_californicus often trained as a show animal
member: #Australian_sea_lion__Zalophus_lobatus a variety of sea lion found in Australia
member: #genus_Eumetopias__Eumetopias sea lions
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member: #genus_Pagophilus__Pagophilus harp seals
member: #harp_seal__Pagophilus_groenlandicus common arctic seal; the young are all white
member: #genus_Mirounga__Mirounga elephant seals
member: #elephant_seal__sea_elephant__seaelephant either of two large North Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks
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member: #genus_Cystophora__Cystophora hooded seals
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member: #family_Odobenidae__Odobenidae walruses and extinct forms
member: #genus_Odobenus__Odobenus type genus of the Odobenidae: walruses
member: #walrus__seahorse__sea_horse__seahorse either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
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member: #canine__canid any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
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member: #wolf any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
member: #jackal__Canis_aureus Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair
member: #wild_dog any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves
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member: #dhole__Cuon_alpinus fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs
member: #genus_Dusicyon__Dusicyon crab-eating dog
member: #genus_Nyctereutes__Nyctereutes raccoon dogs
member: #raccoon_dog__raccoondog__Nyctereutes_procyonides small wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon
member: #genus_Lycaeon__Lycaeon African hunting dog
member: #genus_Vulpes__Vulpes foxes
member: #Vulpes_vulpes__red_fox the common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species
member: #Vulpes_fulva__red_fox New World fox; often considered the same species las the Old World fox
member: #prairie_fox__prairiefox__kit_fox__kitfox__Vulpes_velox small gray fox of the plains of western North America
member: #kit_fox__kitfox__Vulpes_macrotis small gray fox of southwestern United States; may be a subspecies of Vulpes velox
member: #genus_Alopex__Alopex arctic foxes
member: #arctic_fox__white_fox__whitefox__Alopex_lagopus thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions; brownish in summer and white in winter
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member: #hyena__hyaena doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
member: #genus_Hyaena type genus of the Hyaenidae
member: #striped_hyena__stripedhyena__Hyaena_hyaena of northern Africa and Arabia and India
member: #brown_hyena__brownhyena__strand_wolf__Hyaena_brunnea of southern Africa
member: #genus_Crocuta__Crocuta a genus of Hyaenidae
member: #spotted_hyena__spottedhyena__laughing_hyena__Crocuta_crocuta African hyena noted for its distinctive howl
member: #genus_Proteles__Proteles aardwolf
member: #aardwolf__Proteles_cristata striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects
member: #family_Felidae__Felidae cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers
member: #feline__felid any of various lithe-bodied round-headed fissiped mammals many with retractile claws
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member: #European_wildcat__catamountain__Felis_silvestris bushy-tailed European wildcat resembling the domestic tabby and regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat
member: #cougar__puma__catamount__mountain_lion__painter__panther__Felis_concolor large American feline resembling a lion
member: #ocelot__panther_cat__panthercat__Felis_pardalis nocturnal wildcat of Central and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat
member: #jaguarundi_cat__jaguarundi__jaguarondi__eyra__Felis_yagouaroundi long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat
member: #kaffir_cat__caffer_cat__Felis_ocreata widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor
member: #jungle_cat__Felis_chaus small Asiatic wildcat
member: #Felis_serval__serval slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat
member: #leopard_cat__leopardcat__Felis_bengalensis small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia
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member: #margay_cat__margay__Felis_wiedi small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil
member: #Felis_manul__manul__Pallas's_cat small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia Tibet and Mongolia
member: #genus_Lynx lynxes
member: #lynx__catamount short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
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member: #genus_Acinonyx__Acinonyx cheetahs
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member: #genus_Smiledon__Smiledon saber-toothed tigers
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member: #Asiatic_black_bear__black_bear__blackbear__Ursus_thibetanus__Selenarctos_thibetanus black bear of central and eastern Asia
member: #genus_Thalarctos__Thalarctos polar bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus
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member: #viverrine_mammal__viverrinemammal__viverrine small catlike predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World
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member: #genus_Viverricula__Viverricula a genus of Viverridae
member: #genus_Arctictis__Arctictis binturongs
member: #binturong__bearcat__Arctictis_bintourong arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair
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member: #genus_Fossa__Fossa monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets
member: #fanaloka__Fossa_fossa civet of Madagascar
member: #genus_Genetta__Genetta genets
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member: #banded_palm_civet__Hemigalus_hardwickii E Indian civet
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member: #mongoose agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents
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member: #palm_cat__palm_civet spotted or striped arboreal civet of southeast Asia and East Indies
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member: #meerkat__mierkat South African mongoose-like viverrine having a face like a lemur and only four toes
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member: #musteline_mammal__mustelinemammal__musteline fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
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member: #muishond southern African weasel
member: #genus_Ictonyx__Ictonyx a genus of Mustelidae
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member: #zoril__Ictonyx_frenata north African muishond
member: #subfamily_Lutrinae__Lutrinae subdivision not used in some classifications: otters
member: #genus_Lutra__Lutra in some classifications considered a genus of the subfamily Lutrinae
member: #otter freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur
member: #genus_Enhydra__Enhydra sea otters
member: #sea_otter__seaotter__Enhydra_lutris large marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very thick dark brown fur
member: #subfamily_Mephitinae__Mephitinae subdivision not used in some classifications: skunks
member: #genus_Mephitis__Mephitis in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae
member: #striped_skunk__stripedskunk__Mephitis_mephitis most common and widespread North American skunk
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member: #subfamily_Melinae__Melinae subdivision not used in some classifications: badgers
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member: #American_badger__Taxidea_taxus a variety of badger native to America
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member: #ferret_badger small ferret-like badger of southeast Asia
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member: #genus_Grison a genus of Mustelidae
member: #grison__Grison_vittatus__Galictis_vittatus carnivore of Central and South America resembling a weasel with a grayish-white back and dark underparts
member: #genus_Galictis alternative name for the genus Grison
member: #genus_Martes__Martes martens
member: #marten_cat__marten agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels
member: #genus_Charronia__Charronia a genus of Mustelidae
member: #yellow-throated_marten__Charronia_flavigula large yellow and black marten of S China and Burma
member: #genus_Eira__Eira a genus of Mustelidae
member: #tayra__taira__Eira_barbara long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America
member: #family_Procyonidae__Procyonidae raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas
member: #procyonid plantigrade carnivorous mammals
member: #genus_Procyon__Procyon type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons
member: #raccoon__racoon omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North and Central America
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member: #Fissipedia in some classifications considered a suborder of Carnivora
member: #order_Tubulidentata__Tubulidentata an order of Eutheria
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member: #genus_Orycteropus__Orycteropus coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae
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member: #order_Chiroptera__Chiroptera an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)
member: #chiropteran nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
member: #suborder_Megachiroptera__Megachiroptera fruit bats
member: #fruit_bat__fruitbat__megabat large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit
member: #genus_Pteropus__Pteropus a genus of Megachiroptera
member: #flying_fox large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox
member: #genus_Nyctimene__Nyctimene East Indian fruit bats
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member: #genus_Cynopterus__Cynopterus a genus of Megachiroptera
member: #Cynopterus_sphinx a variety of fruit eating bat
member: #suborder_Microchiroptera__Microchiroptera most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats
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member: #genus_Macrotus leafnose bats
member: #macrotus__Macrotus_californicus large-eared grayish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico
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member: #spearnose_bat__spearnosebat New World bat with a pointed nose leaf; found from southern United States to Paraguay
member: #genus_Choeronycteris__Choeronycteris a genus of Phyllostomatidae
member: #hognose_bat__hognosebat__Choeronycteris_mexicana small-eared Mexican bat with a long slender nose
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member: #family_Hipposideridae__Hipposideridae Old World leafnose bats
member: #genus_Hipposideros__Hipposideros horseshoe bats
member: #horseshoe_bat.leafnose_bat__horseshoebat any of numerous bats of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose
member: #genus_Rhinonicteris__Rhinonicteris orange horseshoe bats
member: #orange_bat__orange_horseshoe_bat__Rhinonicteris_aurantius a common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or yellow fur
member: #family_Megadermatidae__Megadermatidae Old World false vampire bats
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member: #big-eared_bat__Megaderma_lyra large carnivorous Old World bat with very large ears
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member: #frosted_bat__frostedbat__Vespertilio_murinus common Eurasian bat with white-tipped hairs in its coat
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member: #red_bat__redbat__Lasiurus_borealis North American brick or rusty red bat with hairs tipped with white
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member: #genus_Pipistrellus__Pipistrellus nearly cosmopolitan genus of very small bats
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member: #eastern_pipistrel__easternpipistrel__Pipistrellus_subflavus one of the smallest bats of eastern North America
member: #western_pipistrel__westernpipistrel__SPipistrellus_hesperus of western North America
member: #genus_Euderma__Euderma a genus of Vespertilionidae
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member: #long-eared_bat any of various Old or New World bats having very long ears
member: #family_Molossidae__Molossidae mastiff bats; freetail bats
member: #genus_Tadarida__Tadarida freetail bats
member: #freetail__freetailed_bat small swift bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions
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member: #mastiff_bat__mastiffbat a soft-furred chocolate-brown bat with folded ears and small wings; often runs along the ground
member: #family_Desmodontidae__Desmodontidae true vampire bats
member: #true_vampire_bat__vampire_bat__vampirebat any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood
member: #genus_Desmodus__Desmodus type genus of the Desmodontidae: vampire bats
member: #Desmodus_rotundus mouse-sized bat of tropical Central and South America having sharp incisor and canine teeth; feeds on the blood of birds and mammals
member: #genus_Diphylla__Diphylla vampire bats
member: #hairy-legged_vampire_bat__Diphylla_ecaudata similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus; of tropical America including southern California and Texas
member: #order_Lagomorpha__Lagomorpha rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia
member: #Duplicidentata in former classifications considered a suborder of Rodentia coextensive with the order Lagomorpha: gnawing animals
member: #lagomorph__gnawing_mammal__gnawingmammal relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing
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member: #wood_rabbit__cottontail__cottontail_rabbit common small rabbit of North America having grayish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
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member: #genus_Lepus__Lepus type genus of the Leporidae: hares
member: #hare swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
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member: #family_Ochotonidae__Ochotonidae pikas and extinct forms
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member: #little_chief_hare__Ochotona_princeps North American pika
member: #collared_pika__Ochotona_collaris similar to little chief hare and may be same species
member: #order_Rodentia__Rodentia small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis
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member: #suborder_Myomorpha__Myomorpha true rats and mice and related rodents
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member: #house_mouse__housemouse__Mus_musculus brownish-gray Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide
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member: #brown_rat__brownrat__Norway_rat__Rattus_norvegicus common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide
member: #black_rat__blackrat__roof_rat__Rattus_rattus common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide
member: #genus_Nesokia__Nesokia bandicoot rats
member: #bandicoot_rat__bandicootrat__mole_rat burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon
member: #genus_Conilurus__Conilurus jerboa rats
member: #jerboa_rat large Australian rat with hind legs adapted for leaping
member: #genus_Notomys__Notomys jerboa rats
member: #kangaroo_mouse leaping rodent of Australian desert areas
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member: #genus_Hydromys__Hydromys water rats
member: #beaver_rat amphibious rat of Australia and New Guinea
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member: #New_World_mouse a variety of rodent
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member: #cactus_mouse__Peromyscus_eremicus burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States
member: #cotton_mouse__Peromyscus_gossypinus large dark mouse of southeastern United States
member: #genus_Baiomys__Baiomys pygmy mice
member: #pygmy_mouse__pygmymouse__Baiomys_taylori very small dark grayish brown mouse resembling a house mouse; of Texas and Mexico
member: #genus_Onychomys__Onychomys grasshopper mice
member: #grasshopper_mouse__grasshoppermouse insectivorous mouse of western North America
member: #genus_Ondatra__Ondatra muskrats
member: #muskrat__Ondatra_zibethica beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
member: #genus_Neofiber__Neofiber round-tailed muskrat
member: #round-tailed_muskrat__Florida_water_rat__Neofiber_alleni of Florida wetlands
member: #genus_Sigmodon__Sigmodon American cotton rats
member: #cotton_rat__Sigmodon_hispidus destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America
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member: #dusky-footed_woodrat__Neotoma_fuscipes host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California
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member: #genus_Oryzomys__Oryzomys rice rats
member: #rice_rat__Oryzomys_palustris hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States
member: #genus_Pitymys__Pitymys pine mice
member: #pine_vole__pine_mouse__Pitymys_pinetorum short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
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member: #meadow_vole__meadow_mouse__Microtus_pennsylvaticus widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada
member: #Richardson_vole__water_vole__watervole__Microtus_richardsoni of western North America
member: #prairie_vole__prairievole__Microtus_ochrogaster typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada
member: #genus_Arvicola__Arvicola in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus
member: #water_vole__watervole__water_rat__waterrat__Arvicola_amphibius common large Eurasian vole
member: #genus_Clethrionomys__Clethrionomys a genus of Cricetidae
member: #red-backed_mouse__redback_vole__redbackvole any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America
member: #genus_Phenacomys North American boles
member: #phenacomys any of several vole-like terrestrial or arboreal rodents of cold forested regions of Canada and western United States
member: #genus_Cricetus__Cricetus type genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters
member: #hamster short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
member: #genus_Mesocricetus__Mesocricetus golden hamsters
member: #golden_hamster__Syrian_hamster__Mesocricetus_auratus small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet
member: #subfamily_Gerbillinae__Gerbillinae gerbils
member: #genus_Gerbillus__Gerbillus type genus of the Gerbillinae: typical gerbils
member: #gerbil__gerbille small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
member: #genus_Meriones__Meriones a genus of Cricetidae
member: #jird North African gerbils
member: #tamarisk_gerbil__Meriones_unguiculatus popular as a pet
member: #Meriones_longifrons__sand_rat southern European gerbil
member: #lemming any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution
member: #Lemmus__genus_lemmus lemmings
member: #European_lemming__Lemmus_lemmus notable for mass migrations even into the sea where many drown
member: #brown_lemming__brownlemming__Lemmus_trimucronatus of northwestern Canada and Alaska
member: #genus_Myopus__Myopus a genus of Cricetidae
member: #gray_lemming__red-backed_lemming Old World lemming
member: #genus_Dicrostonyx__Dicrostonyx pied lemmings
member: #pied_lemming North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged
member: #genus_Synaptomys__Synaptomys bog lemmings
member: #family_Zapodidae__Zapodidae jumping mice
member: #jumping_mouse__jumpingmouse any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America
member: #genus_Zapus__Zapus type genus of the Zapodidae
member: #meadow_jumping_mouse__Zapus_hudsonius widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada
member: #family_Dipodidae__Dipodidae Old World jerboas
member: #genus_Dipus__Dipus type genus of the Dipodidae; typical jerboas having three toes on each hind food
member: #typical_jerboa__typicaljerboa small nocturnal jumping rodent with long hind legs; of arid parts of North Africa and Asia
member: #jerboa mouselike jumping rodent
member: #genus_Jaculus__Jaculus jerboas
member: #Jaculus_jaculus a variety of jerboa
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member: #genus_Glis__Glis type genus of the Gliridae
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member: #genus_Muscardinus__Muscardinus a genus of Gliridae
member: #hazel_mouse__hazelmouse__Muscardinus_avellanarius a variety of dormouse
member: #genus_Eliomys__Eliomys lerots
member: #lerot dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa
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member: #mole_rat furry short-limbed tailless rodent resembling a true mole in habits and appearance; of eastern Europe and Middle East
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member: #family_Hystricidae__Hystricidae Old World porcupines
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member: #genus_Atherurus__Atherurus a genus of Hystricidae
member: #brush-tailed_porcupine__brush-tail_porcupine porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail
member: #genus_Trichys__Trichys a genus of Hystricidae
member: #long-tailed_porcupine__Trichys_lipura porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail
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member: #New_World_porcupine arboreal porcupine
member: #genus_Erethizon__Erethizon a genus of Erethizontidae
member: #Canada_porcupine__Erethizon_dorsatum porcupine of northeastern North America with barbed spines concealed in the coarse fur; often gnaws buildings for salt and grease
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member: #genus_Cavia__Cavia type genus of the Caviidae: guinea pigs
member: #cavy short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent
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member: #mara__Dolichotis_patagonum hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina
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member: #genus_Dasyprocta__Dasyprocta type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis
member: #agouti__Dasyprocta_aguti agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central and South America and West Indies; valued as food
member: #genus_Cuniculus__Cuniculus pacas
member: #genus_Stictomys__Stictomys mountain pacas
member: #mountain_paca rodent of mountains of western South America
member: #family_Capromyidae__Capromyidae coypus
member: #genus_Myocastor__Myocastor a genus of Capromyidae
member: #Myocastor_coypus__coypu__nutria aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur
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member: #genus_Chinchilla type genus of the Chinchillidae
member: #Chinchilla_laniger__chinchilla small rodent with soft pearly gray fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur
member: #genus_Lagidium__Lagidium a genus of Chinchillidae
member: #mountain_chinchilla__mountain_viscacha a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity
member: #genus_Lagostomus__Lagostomus viscachas
member: #viscacha__chinchillon__Lagostomus_maximus gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas
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member: #abrocome__chinchilla_rat__rat_chinchilla__ratchinchilla ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes
member: #family_Bathyergidae__Bathyergidae mole rats; sand rats
member: #genus_Bathyergus__Bathyergus mole rats
member: #mole_rat.rodent__molerat African rodent resembling a mole in habits and appearance
member: #genus_Heterocephalus__Heterocephalus sand rats
member: #sand_rat small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas
member: #suborder_Sciuromorpha__Sciuromorpha large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.
member: #family_Heteromyidae__Heteromyidae small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats
member: #pocket_mouse any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail
member: #genus_Perognathus__Perognathus pocket mice
member: #silky_pocket_mouse__Perognathus_flavus small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico
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member: #hispid_pocket_mouse__Perognathus_hispidus large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States
member: #genus_Liomys__Liomys pocket mice
member: #Mexican_pocket_mouse__Liomys_irroratus large pocket mouse of Mexico
member: #genus_Dipodomys__Dipodomys kangaroo rats
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member: #genus_Microdipodops__Microdipodops kangaroo mice
member: #dwarf_pocket_rat__kangaroo_mouse small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats
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member: #genus_Geomys__Geomys type genus of the Geomyidae
member: #plains_pocket_gopher__Geomys_bursarius gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America
member: #southeastern_pocket_gopher__Geomys_pinetis gopher of Alabama Georgia and Florida
member: #pocket_gopher__gopher__pouched_rat__pouchedrat burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
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member: #valley_pocket_gopher__Thomomys_bottae of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States
member: #northern_pocket_gopher__Thomomys_talpoides grayish to brown gopher of western and central United States
member: #family_Sciuridae__Sciuridae true squirrels; ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles
member: #squirrel a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
member: #genus_Sciurus__Sciurus type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels
member: #tree_squirrel any typical arboreal squirrel
member: #eastern_gray_squirrel__cat_squirrel__catsquirrel__Sciurus_carolinensis common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America; now introduced into England
member: #western_gray_squirrel__Sciurus_griseus large gray squirrel of far western areas of United States
member: #eastern_fox_squirrel__easternfoxsquirrel__fox_squirrel__foxsquirrel__Sciurus_niger exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States
member: #black_squirrel__blacksquirrel fox squirrel or gray squirrel in the black color phase
member: #red_squirrel__redsquirrel__cat_squirrel__catsquirrel__Sciurus_vulgaris common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia
member: #genus_Tamiasciurus__Tamiasciurus American red squirrels
member: #genus_Citellus__Citellus__Spermophilus__genus_Spermophilus typical ground squirrels
member: #ground_squirrel__gopher__spermophile any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
member: #genus_Cynomys__Cynomys prairie dogs
member: #prairie_dog__prairiedog__prairie_marmot__prairiemarmot any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry
member: #genus_Tamias__Tamias chipmunks of eastern North America
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member: #genus_Eutamias__Eutamias chipmunks of western America and Asia
member: #chipmunk chipmunk of western America and Asia
member: #genus_Glaucomys__Glaucomys New World flying squirrels
member: #American_flying_squirrel New World flying squirrels
member: #genus_Marmota__Marmota marmots
member: #marmot stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter
member: #subfamily_Petauristidae__Petauristidae Old World flying squirrels
member: #Asiatic_flying_squirrel nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps
member: #genus_Petaurista__Petaurista very large Asiatic flying squirrels
member: #taguan__flying_marmot__flying_cat__Petaurista_petaurista East Indian flying squirrel
member: #family_Castoridae__Castoridae beavers
member: #genus_Castor__Castor type genus of the Castoridae: beavers
member: #beaver large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
member: #genus_Castoroides__Castoroides extinct beavers of the Pleistocene; of eastern and southern United States
member: #family_Aplodontiidae__Aplodontiidae mountain beavers
member: #genus_Aplodontia__Aplodontia type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers
member: #mountain_beaver__sewellel__Aplodontia_rufa bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent
member: #naked_mole_rat fetal-looking colonial rodent of east Africa; neither mole nor rat; they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites
member: #order_Hyracoidea__Hyracoidea hyraxes and some extinct animals
member: #family_Procaviidae__Procaviidae includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea
member: #hyrax__coney__cony__dassie__das__da any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
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member: #rock_hyrax__rock_rabbit__Procavia_capensis hyrax that lives in rocky areas
member: #order_Perissodactyla__Perissodactyla nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms
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member: #family_Equidae__Equidae horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals
member: #genus_Equus__Equus type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae
member: #horse__Equus_caballus solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
member: #foal a young horse
member: #ass__as hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse
member: #domestic_ass__donkey__Equus_asinus domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn
member: #mule sterile offspring of a male donkey and a female horse
member: #hinny sterile offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass
member: #wild_ass any of several plain-colored equine mammals of Asia and northeast Africa
member: #zebra any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines
member: #Equus_quagga__quagga mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century
member: #equine__equid hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
member: #genus_Hyracotherium__Hyracotherium extinct horse genus; formerly called genus Eohippus
member: #eohippus__dawn_horse earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized 4-toed Eocene animal
member: #genus_Mesohippus a genus of Equidae
member: #mesohippus North American 3-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses
member: #genus_Protohippus a genus of Equidae
member: #protohippus Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size
member: #female_horse__mare female equine animal
member: #family_Rhinocerotidae__Rhinocerotidae__rhinoceros_family rhinoceroses
member: #rhinoceros__rhino massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
member: #genus_Rhinoceros type genus of the Rhinocerotidae
member: #Indian_rhinoceros__Rhinoceros_unicornis having one horn
member: #woolly_rhinoceros__Rhinoceros_antiquitatis extinct thick-haired species of arctic regions
member: #genus_Ceratotherium__Ceratotherium African genus
member: #genus_Diceros__Diceros most common species in Africa
member: #black_rhinoceros__Diceros_bicornis African rhino; in danger of extinction
member: #family_Tapiridae__Tapiridae tapirs and extinct related forms
member: #genus_Tapirus__Tapirus type genus of the Tapiridae
member: #tapir large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout
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member: #swine stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
member: #genus_Sus__Sus type genus of the Suidae
member: #pig__squealer__grunter__Sus_scrofa domestic swine
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member: #wild_boar__boar__Sus_scrofa Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
member: #genus_Babyrousa__Babyrousa a genus of Suidae
member: #babirusa__babiroussa__babirussa__Babyrousa_Babyrussa Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth
member: #genus_Phacochoerus__Phacochoerus warthogs
member: #warthog African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks
member: #family_Tayassuidae__Tayassuidae peccaries
member: #genus_Tayassu__Tayassu__genus_Pecari type genus of the Tayassuidae
member: #peccary__musk_hog nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North and South America
member: #family_Hippopotamidae__Hippopotamidae hippopotami
member: #genus_Hippopotamus type genus of the Hippopotamidae
member: #hippopotamus__hippo__river_horse__riverhorse__Hippopotamus_amphibius massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
member: #suborder_Ruminantia__Ruminantia cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels
member: #ruminant any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
member: #family_Bovidae__Bovidae true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats
member: #bovid hollow-horned ruminants
member: #subfamily_Bovinae__Bovinae term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos: cattle; buffalo; and sometimes includes kudu
member: #tribe_Bovini__Bovini term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos
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member: #wild_ox__ox any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
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member: #ox an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
member: #Bos_indicus__Brahman__Brahma__Brahmin any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant grayish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding
member: #zebu domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia
member: #aurochs__auroch__urus__Bos_primigenius large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle
member: #Bos_grunniens__yak large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated
member: #Bos_banteng__banteng__banting wild ox of the Malay Archipelago
member: #Old_World_buffalo__buffalo any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo
member: #genus_Bubalus__Bubalus__tribe_Bubalus in some classification systems included in genus Bos; water buffaloes
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member: #tamarau__tamarao__Bubalus_mindorensis__Anoa_mindorensis small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines
member: #genus_Anoa a genus of mammals of the family Bovidae
member: #anoa__dwarf_buffalo__dwarfbuffalo__Anoa_depressicornis small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns
member: #genus_Synercus__Synercus__tribe_synercus Cape buffalo
member: #Cape_buffalo__Synercus_caffer large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns; mostly in game reserves
member: #genus_Bibos__Bibos wild ox
member: #wild_ox__ox any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
member: #Asian_wild_ox genus of Asiatic wild oxen
member: #gaur__Bibos_gaurus wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India
member: #gayal__mithan__Bibos_frontalis ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur
member: #genus_Bison sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo
member: #bison any of several large shaggy-maned humped bovids having large heads and short horns
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member: #genus_Ovibos__Ovibos consisting of the musk-ox
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member: #genus_Ovis__Ovis sheep
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member: #wether male sheep especially a castrated one
member: #lamb young sheep
member: #domestic_sheep__Ovis_aries any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin
member: #argali__argal__Ovis_ammon wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia
member: #Marco_Polo_sheep__Marco_Polo's_sheep__Ovis_poli Asiatic wild sheep with exceptionally large horns; sometimes considered a variety of the argali (or Ovis ammon)
member: #urial__Ovis_vignei bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia
member: #Dall_sheep__Dall's_sheep__white_sheep__whitesheep__Ovis_montana_dalli large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska
member: #Rocky_Mountain_bighorn__bighorn__bighorn_sheep__bighornsheep__cimarron__Rocky_Mountain_sheep__Ovis_canadensis wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns
member: #mouflon__moufflon__Ovis_musimon wild short-fleeced mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia
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member: #aoudad__arui__audad__Barbary_sheep__maned_sheep__manedsheep__Ammotragus_lervia wild sheep of northern Africa
member: #genus_Capra__Capra goats
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member: #goat_antelope bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats; gorals; serows; chamois; gnu goats
member: #genus_Oreamnos__Oreamnos mountain goats
member: #mountain_goat__Rocky_Mountain_goat__Oreamnos_americanus sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America
member: #genus_Naemorhedus__Naemorhedus gorals
member: #Naemorhedus_goral__goral small goat antelope with small conical horns; of South Asian mountains
member: #genus_Capricornis__Capricornis serows
member: #serow short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of south and southeast Asia
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member: #chamois__Rupicapra_rupicapra hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips
member: #genus_Budorcas__Budorcas gnu goats
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member: #blackbuck__black_buck__blackbuck__Antilope_cervicapra common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns
member: #genus_Litocranius__Litocranius E African antelopes: gerenuks
member: #gerenuk__Litocranius_walleri slender east African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns
member: #genus_Addax genus of antelopes of North African deserts
member: #addax__Addax_nasomaculatus large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa
member: #genus_Connochaetes__Connochaetes African antelopes: gnus
member: #gnu__wildebeest large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
member: #genus_Madoqua__Madoqua genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa
member: #dik-dik__dikdik any of several small antelopes of eastern Africa of the genus Madoqua; the size of a large rabbit
member: #genus_Alcelaphus__Alcelaphus African antelopes: hartebeests
member: #hartebeest large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward
member: #genus_Damaliscus__Damaliscus African antelopes: sassabies
member: #sassaby__topi__Damaliscus_lunatus large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal
member: #genus_Aepyceros__Aepyceros African antelopes: impalas
member: #impala__Aepyceros_melampus African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps
member: #genus_Gazella__Gazella typical gazelles
member: #gazelle small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes
member: #Thomson's_gazelle__Gazella_thomsoni E African Gazelle; smallest gazelle
member: #Gazella_subgutturosa a kind of gazelle
member: #genus_Antidorcas__Antidorcas springboks
member: #springbok__springbuck__Antidorcas_marsupialis__Antidorcas_euchore South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air
member: #genus_Tragelaphus__Tragelaphus__Strepsiceros__genus_Strepsiceros African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks
member: #bongo__Tragelaphus_eurycerus__Boocercus_eurycerus large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns
member: #kudu__koodoo__koudou either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush
member: #harnessed_antelope__harnessedantelope any of several antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus having striped markings resembling a harness
member: #nyala__Tragelaphus_angasi spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck
member: #mountain_nyala__Tragelaphus_buxtoni shaggy antelope of mountains of Ethiopia
member: #bushbuck__guib__Tragelaphus_scriptus antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns
member: #genus_Boselaphus__Boselaphus Indian antelopes: nilgais
member: #nilgai__nylghai__blue_bull__Boselaphus_tragocamelus large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns
member: #genus_Hippotragus__Hippotragus sable antelopes
member: #sable_antelope__sableantelope__Hippotragus_niger large black east African antelope with sharp back-curving horns
member: #genus_Saiga Eurasian antelopes: saigas
member: #saiga__Saiga_tatarica goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis
member: #genus_Raphicerus__Raphicerus African antelopes: steenboks
member: #steenbok__steinbok__Raphicerus_campestris small plains antelope of southeastern Africa
member: #genus_Taurotragus__Taurotragus African antelopes: elands
member: #eland either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes
member: #common_eland__Taurotragus_oryx dark fawn-colored eland of South and East Africa
member: #giant_eland__gianteland__Taurotragus_derbianus large dark striped eland of western equatorial Africa
member: #genus_Kobus__Kobus African antelopes: waterbucks
member: #waterbuck any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers
member: #genus_Adenota__Adenota African antelopes: puku
member: #puku__Adenota_vardoni an African antelope closely related to the waterbuck
member: #genus_Oryx African antelopes: oryxes
member: #oryx__pasang large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns
member: #genus_Pseudoryx__Pseudoryx species of large cow-like mammals of Vietnam discovered by scientists in 1992
member: #forest_goat__spindle_horn__spindlehorn__Pseudoryx_nghetinhensis cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope; characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat
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member: #genus_Antilocapra__Antilocapra type and sole genus of the Antilocapridae comprising one species
member: #pronghorn_antelope__pronghornantelope__pronghorn__prongbuck__American_antelope__Antilocapra_americana fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
member: #family_Cervidae__Cervidae deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer
member: #deer__cervid distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
member: #genus_Cervus__Cervus type genus of the Cervidae
member: #red_deer__reddeer__cervuselaphu common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
member: #sambar__sambur__Cervus_unicolor South Asian deer with three-tined antlers
member: #wapiti__American_elk__Cervus_canadensis large North American deer with large much-branched antlers
member: #Japanese_deer__sika__Cervus_nipon__Cervus_sika small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers
member: #genus_Odocoileus__Odocoileus North American deer
member: #Virginia_deer__white_tail__whitetail__white-tailed_deer__whitetail_deer__whitetaildeer__Odocoileus_Virginianus common North American deer; tail has a white underside
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member: #genus_Alces__Alces elk or moose
member: #European_elk__elk__Alces_alces large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called elk in Europe and moose in North America
member: #genus_Dama__Dama fallow deer
member: #fallow_deer__Dama_dama small Eurasian deer
member: #genus_Capreolus__Capreolus roe deer
member: #roe_deer__roedeer__Capreolus_capreolus small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers
member: #genus_Rangifer__Rangifer reindeer or caribou
member: #Greenland_caribou__caribou__reindeer__Rangifer_tarandus arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called reindeer in Eurasia and caribou in North America
member: #genus_Mazama__Mazama brockets
member: #brocket.deer small South American deer with unbranched antlers
member: #genus_Muntiacus__Muntiacus muntjacs
member: #muntjac__barking_deer__barkingdeer small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark
member: #genus_Moschus__Moschus musk deer
member: #musk_deer__Moschus_moschiferus small heavy-limbed upland deer of central Asia; male secretes valued musk
member: #genus_Elaphurus__Elaphurus a genus of Cervidae
member: #pere_david's_deer__elaphure__Elaphurus_davidianus large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds
member: #family_Tragulidae__Tragulidae chevrotains
member: #chevrotain__mouse_deer__mousedeer very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa
member: #genus_Tragulus__Tragulus type genus of the Tragulidae
member: #Tragulus_kanchil__kanchil small chevrotain of southeastern Asia
member: #napu__Tragulus_Javanicus chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil; found in India and Malaya
member: #genus_Hyemoschus__Hyemoschus water chevrotains
member: #water_chevrotain__waterchevrotain__water_deer__waterdeer__Hyemoschus_aquaticus largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa
member: #family_Camelidae__Camelidae camels and llamas and vicunas
member: #genus_Camelus__Camelus type genus of the Camelidae: camels
member: #camel cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
member: #genus_Lama__Lama llamas
member: #domestic_llama__Lama_peruana used in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool; considered a domesticated variety of the guanaco
member: #guanaco__Lama_guanicoe wild llama
member: #Lama_pacos__alpaca domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco
member: #genus_Vicugna__Vicugna a genus of Camelidae
member: #Vicugna_vicugna__vicuna small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoat
member: #order_Edentata__Edentata order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos
member: #edentate primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central and South America
member: #suborder_Xenarthra__Xenarthra armadillos; American anteaters; sloths
member: #family_Dasypodidae__Dasypodidae armadillos
member: #armadillo burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates
member: #genus_Dasypus__Dasypus__dasypu type genus of the Dasypodidae
member: #peba__nine-banded_armadillo__Texas_armadillo__Dasypus_novemcinctus having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay
member: #genus_Tolypeutes__Tolypeutes a genus of Dasypodidae
member: #apar__three-banded_armadillo__Tolypeutes_tricinctus South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates
member: #genus_Cabassous solely the tatouay
member: #tatouay__cabassous__cabassou__Cabassous_unicinctus naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America
member: #genus_Euphractus__Euphractus a genus of Dasypodidae
member: #peludo__poyou__Euphractus_sexcinctus Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts
member: #genus_Priodontes__Priodontes solely the giant armadillo
member: #genus_Chlamyphorus__Chlamyphorus pichiciago
member: #pichiciago__pichiciego__fairy_armadillo__fairyarmadillo__chlamyphore__Chlamyphorus_truncatus very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck
member: #genus_Burmeisteria__Burmeisteria a genus of Dasypodidae
member: #greater_pichiciego__greaterpichiciego__Burmeisteria_retusa of southern South America
member: #family_Bradypodidae__Bradypodidae true sloths; in some
member: #tree_sloth__sloth any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
member: #genus_Bradypus__Bradypus type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths
member: #three-toed_sloth__ai__Bradypus_tridactylus a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot
member: #family_Megalonychidae__Megalonychidae two-toed sloths
member: #genus_Choloepus__Choloepus a genus of Megalonychidae
member: #Choloepus_didactylus__two-toed_sloth__unau relatively small fast-moving sloth
member: #two-toed_sloth__unau__Choloepus_hoffmanni relatively small fast-moving sloth
member: #family_Megatheriidae__Megatheriidae extinct ground sloths
member: #megatherian_mammal__megatherianmammal__megatherian__megatheriid a large extinct ground sloth
member: #genus_Megatherium__Megatherium type genus of the Megatheriidae
member: #ground_sloth__megathere gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America
member: #family_Myrmecophagidae__Myrmecophagidae New World anteaters
member: #New_World_anteater__anteater any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
member: #genus_Myrmecophaga__Myrmecophaga type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; South American ant bear
member: #ant_bear__antbear__giantanteater__great_anteater__greatanteater__tamanoir__Myrmecophaga_jubata large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
member: #genus_Cyclopes__Cyclopes only the silky anteater
member: #silky_anteater__silkyanteater__two-toed_anteater__Cyclopes_didactylus squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur
member: #genus_Tamandua lesser anteater
member: #tamandua__tamandu__lesser_anteater__Tamandua_tetradactyla small toothless anteater with prehensile tale and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South and Central America
member: #family_Mylodontidae__Mylodontidae extinct South American edentates
member: #mylodontid a variety of extinct edentate
member: #genus_Mylodon type genus of the Mylodontidae; sometimes included in family Megatheriidae
member: #mylodon large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America
member: #mapinguari supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reported sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest
member: #order_Pholidota__Pholidota pangolins; in some former classifications included in the order Edentata
member: #family_Manidae__Manidae coextensive with the order Pholidota
member: #genus_Manis__Manis type genus of the Manidae
member: #pangolin__scaly_anteater__scalyanteater__anteater toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
member: #order_Primates__Primates an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
member: #primate any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
member: #suborder_Anthropoidea__Anthropoidea monkeys; apes; hominids
member: #anthropoid_ape any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae
member: #superfamily_Hominoidea__Hominoidea anthropoid apes and human beings
member: #hominoid a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea
member: #genus_Proconsul genus of extinct primitive African Miocene primates; sometimes considered a subgenus of Dryopithecus
member: #proconsul an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul
member: #genus_Kenyapithecus__Kenyapithecus extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya
member: #genus_Aegyptopithecus a genus of Hominoidea
member: #Aegyptopithecus extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; fossils found in Egypt
member: #genus_Algeripithecus__Algeripithecus an extinct genus of Hominoidea
member: #Algeripithecus_minutus tiny (150 to 300 grams) extinct primate of 46 to 50 million years ago; fossils found in Algeria; considered by some authorities the leading candidate for the first anthropoid
member: #family_Hominidae__Hominidae modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man
member: #hominid a primate of the family Hominidae
member: #genus_Homo type genus of the family Hominidae
member: #human__man__homo__human_being__humanbeing any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
member: #homo_erectus a member of an extinct species of human being; probably an ancestor of modern man
member: #Homo_erectus extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain; " Homo erectus was formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus"
member: #Homo_soloensis extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene; Java; formerly Javanthropus
member: #Homo_habilis extinct species of upright east African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics
member: #Homo_sapiens the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain 1400 cc
member: #Neandertal_man__Neanderthal_man__Neandertal__Neanderthal__Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
member: #Cro-magnon extinct human of Upper Paleolithic in Europe
member: #Boskop_man possible early Homo sapiens represented by a cranium found in the Transvaal; formerly considered a separate species
member: #Homo_sapiens_sapiens__modern_man subspecies of Homo sapiens; includes all modern races
member: #genus_Australopithecus__Australopithecus extinct genus of African hominid
member: #australopithecine any of several extinct humanlike small-brained bipedal primates of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago
member: #Australopithecus_afarensis fossils found in Ethiopia; from 3.5 to 4 million years ago
member: #Lucy incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
member: #Australopithecus_africanus gracile hominid of southern Africa; from about 3 million years ago
member: #Australopithecus_boisei large-toothed hominid of eastern Africa; from 1 to 2 million years ago
member: #Australopithecus_robustus large-toothed hominid of southern Africa; from 1.5 to 2 million years ago; formerly Paranthropus
member: #genus_Plesianthropus__Plesianthropus former name for the genus Australopithecus
member: #genus_Sivapithecus extinct primates; lower Pliocene
member: #Sivapithecus fossil primates found in India
member: #genus_Dryopithecus__Dryopithecus genus of Old World hominoids; Miocene and Pliocene
member: #dryopithecine considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans
member: #rudapithecus__Dryopithecus_Rudapithecus_hungaricus fossil hominoids from north central Hungary; late Miocene
member: #genus_Ouranopithecus__Ouranopithecus a genus of Hominidae
member: #genus_Lufengpithecus__Lufengpithecus a genus of Hominidae
member: #family_Pongidae__Pongidae usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons
member: #great_ape__greatape__pongid any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae
member: #genus_Pongo__Pongo type genus of the family Pongidae: orangutans
member: #orangutan__orang__orangutang__Pongo_pygmaeus large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
member: #genus_Gorilla gorillas
member: #Gorilla_gorilla__gorilla largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
member: #western_lowland_gorilla__westernlowlandgorilla__Gorilla_gorilla_gorilla a kind of gorilla
member: #eastern_lowland_gorilla__easternlowlandgorilla__Gorilla_gorilla_grauri a kind of gorilla
member: #mountain_gorilla__Gorilla_gorilla_beringei gorilla of Kivu highlands
member: #silverback an adult male gorilla with gray hairs across the back
member: #genus_Pan__Pan chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
member: #chimpanzee__chimp__Pan_troglodytes intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests
member: #pygmy_chimpanzee__pygmychimpanzee__bonobo__Pan_paniscus small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species
member: #family_Hylobatidae__Hylobatidae used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs); sometimes considered a subfamily of Pongidae
member: #lesser_ape gibbons and siamangs
member: #genus_Hylobates__Hylobates gibbons
member: #gibbon__Hylobates_lar smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
member: #siamang__Hylobates_syndactylus__Symphalangus_syndactylus large black gibbon of Sumatra having the 2nd and 3rd toes partially united by a web
member: #genus_Symphalangus__Symphalangus used in some classifications for the siamangs
member: #family_Cercopithecidae__Cercopithecidae Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey
member: #Old_World_monkey of Africa Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together
member: #genus_Cercopithecus__Cercopithecus type genus of the Cercopithecidae: guenons
member: #guenon_monkey__guenon small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face
member: #genus_Cercocebus__Cercocebus mangabeys
member: #mangabey large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids
member: #genus_Erythrocebus__Erythrocebus patas
member: #Erythrocebus_patas__patas__pata__hussar_monkey reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa
member: #genus_Papio__Papio baboons
member: #genus_Mandrillus__Mandrillus baboons
member: #mandrill__Mandrillus_sphinx baboon of west Africa with red and blue muzzle and hindquarters
member: #genus_Macaca__Macaca macaques; rhesus monkeys
member: #macaque short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa
member: #genus_Presbytes__Presbytes__mammal_Semnopithecus langurs
member: #langur slender long-tailed monkey of Asia
member: #genus_Colobus a genus of Cercopithecidae
member: #colobus_monkey__colobusmonkey__colobus arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs
member: #genus_Nasalis__Nasalis__nasali proboscis monkeys
member: #superfamily_Platyrrhini__Platyrrhini New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin
member: #New_World_monkey hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
member: #family_Callithricidae__Callithricidae marmosets
member: #marmoset small soft-furred South and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails
member: #genus_Callithrix__Callithrix type genus of the Callithricidae: true marmosets
member: #true_marmoset a marmoset
member: #genus_Cebuella__Cebuella pygmy marmosets
member: #pygmy_marmoset__pygmymarmoset__Cebuella_pygmaea the smallest monkey; of tropical forests of the Amazon
member: #genus_Leontocebus__Leontocebus__genus_Leontideus tamarins
member: #tamarin__lion_monkey__lion_marmoset__leoncita small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail
member: #family_Cebidae__Cebidae all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins
member: #genus_Cebus__Cebus type genus of the Cebidae
member: #Cebus_capucinus__capuchin__ringtail monkey of Central and South America having a cowl of thick hair on the head
member: #genus_Aotus__Aotus douroucoulis
member: #douroucouli__Aotus_trivirgatus nocturnal monkey of Central and South America with large eyes and thick fur
member: #genus_Alouatta__Alouatta howler monkeys
member: #howler_monkey__howler monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
member: #genus_Pithecia__Pithecia sakis
member: #saki small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail
member: #genus_Cacajao__Cacajao uakaris
member: #uakari medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin; only New World monkey with a short tail
member: #genus_Callicebus__Callicebus titis
member: #titi_monkey__titi small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail
member: #genus_Ateles__Ateles spider monkeys
member: #spider_monkey__Ateles_geoffroyi arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail
member: #genus_Saimiri__Saimiri squirrel monkeys
member: #genus_Lagothrix__Lagothrix woolly monkeys
member: #woolly_monkey large monkeys with dark skin and woolly fur of the Amazon and Orinoco basins
member: #suborder_Prosimii__Prosimii not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the Lemuroidea; in others includes both Lemuroidea and Tarsioidea
member: #prosimian primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits
member: #Adapid_group__Adapid extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins
member: #suborder_Lemuroidea__Lemuroidea Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii
member: #lemur large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails
member: #family_Lemuridae__Lemuridae typical lemurs; of Madagascar
member: #genus_Lemur type genus of the Lemuridae
member: #Madagascar_cat__ring-tailed_lemur__Lemur_catta small lemur having its tail barred with black
member: #family_Lorisidae__Lorisidae slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia; usually tailless
member: #genus_Loris type genus of the Lorisidae
member: #slender_loris__slenderlori__Loris_gracilis slim-bodied lemur of southern India and Sri Lanka
member: #genus_Nycticebus__Nycticebus a genus of Lorisidae
member: #slow_loris__Nycticebus_tardigradua__Nycticebus_pygmaeus stocky lemur of southeastern Asia
member: #genus_Perodicticus__Perodicticus a genus of Lorisidae
member: #Perodicticus_potto__potto__kinkajou a kind of lemur
member: #genus_Arctocebus__Arctocebus a genus of Lorisidae
member: #angwantibo__golden_potto__Arctocebus_calabarensis a kind of lemur
member: #genus_Galago bush babies
member: #galago__bushbaby__bush_baby agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears
member: #family_Indriidae__Indriidae a family of Lemuroidea
member: #genus_Indri type genus of the Indriidae
member: #Indri_indri__indri__indris__Indri_brevicaudatus large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn
member: #genus_Avahi__Avahi a genus of Indriidae
member: #woolly_indris__Avahi_laniger nocturnal indris with thick gray-brown fur and a long tail
member: #suborder_Strepsirhini__Strepsirhini in some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true lemurs
member: #Omomyid_group__Omomyid extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins
member: #suborder_Tarsioidea__Tarsioidea in some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii
member: #family_Tarsiidae__Tarsiidae coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers
member: #genus_Tarsius__Tarsius type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae
member: #tarsier nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates
member: #order_Scandentia__Scandentia a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora)
member: #family_Tupaiidae__Tupaiidae tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates
member: #genus_Tupaia__Tupaia type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews
member: #tree_shrew insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout
member: #genus_Ptilocercus__Ptilocercus pentails
member: #pentail__pen-tailed_tree_shrew brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia
member: #order_Dermoptera__Dermoptera flying lemurs
member: #family_Cynocephalidae__Cynocephalidae a family of Dermoptera
member: #genus_Cynocephalus__Cynocephalus type genus of the family Cynocephalidae
member: #flying_lemur__flying_cat__colugo arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps
member: #order_Proboscidea__Proboscidea an order of animals including elephants and mammoths
member: #proboscidean__proboscidian massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
member: #family_Elephantidae__Elephantidae elephants
member: #elephant five-toed pachyderm
member: #genus_Elephas__Elephas type genus of the family Elephantidae
member: #Indian_elephant__Elephas_maximus Asian elephant having smaller ears and tusks primarily in the male
member: #genus_Loxodonta__Loxodonta a genus of Elephantidae
member: #African_elephant__Loxodonta_africana African elephant having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks
member: #genus_Mammuthus__Mammuthus extinct genus: mammoths
member: #mammoth any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
member: #genus_Archidiskidon__Archidiskidon a genus of Elephantidae
member: #imperial_mammoth__imperial_elephant__Archidiskidon_imperator largest known mammoth; of America
member: #family_Mammutidae__Mammutidae__family_Mastodontidae extinct family: mastodons
member: #genus_Mammut__Mammut__genus_Mastodon extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons
member: #mastodon__mastodont extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth
member: #American_mastodon__American_mastodont__Mammut_americanum North American mastodon; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon
member: #family_Gomphotheriidae__Gomphotheriidae elephants extinct since the Pleistocene
member: #genus_Gomphotherium__Gomphotherium type genus of the Gomphotheriidae
member: #gomphothere extinct elephants of Central and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene
member: #family_Ailuropodidae__Ailuropodidae in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas
member: #Ungulata in former classifications a major division of Mammalia comprising all hoofed mammals; now divided into the orders Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) and Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
member: #order_Dinocerata__Dinocerata small order of primitive ungulates of the Paleocene and Eocene
member: #family_Uintatheriidae__Uintatheriidae an extinct family of Dinocerata
member: #genus_Uintatherium__Uintatherium type genus of the Uintatheriidae; extinct large herbivorous ungulates somewhat resembling elephants; from the Eocene in Wyoming
member: #dinoceras__dinocera__uintathere a variety of dinocerate
member: #Unguiculata in former classifications a major division of Mammalia comprising mammals with nails or claws; distinguished from hoofed mammals and cetaceans
member: #mammal_family a family of mammals
member: #mammal_genus a genus of mammals
member: #Pisces a group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically
member: #fish any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
member: #class_Osteichthyes__Osteichthyes a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage
member: #bony_fish any fish of the class Osteichthyes
member: #subclass_Crossopterygii__Crossopterygii fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians
member: #crossopterygian__lobefin__lobe-finned_fish any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form
member: #family_Latimeridae__Latimeridae extinct except for the coelacanth
member: #genus_Latimeria__Latimeria type genus of the Latimeridae: coelacanth
member: #coelacanth__Latimeria_chalumnae fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous Period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
member: #subclass_Dipnoi__Dipnoi bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills; sometimes classified as an order of Crossopterygii
member: #lungfish air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought
member: #family_Ceratodontidae__Ceratodontidae lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth
member: #genus_Ceratodus type genus of the Ceratodontidae: extinct genus of lungfishes
member: #ceratodus extinct lungfish
member: #genus_Neoceratodus__Neoceratodus extant Australian lungfishes
member: #barramunda__barramundi__Neoceratodus_forsteri large edible Australian lungfish having paddle-shaped fins
member: #subclass_Teleostei__Teleostei large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species
member: #superorder_Malacopterygii__Malacopterygii an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays
member: #soft-finned_fish__malacopterygian any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
member: #whitebait the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts
member: #order_Cypriniformes__Cypriniformes an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi
member: #cypriniform_fish__cypriniformfish a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
member: #family_Cobitidae__Cobitidae loaches
member: #loach slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes
member: #family_Cyprinidae__Cyprinidae a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace
member: #cyprinid_fish__cyprinid soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
member: #carp any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
member: #genus_Cyprinus__Cyprinus type genus of the family Cyprinidae: carp
member: #domestic_carp__Cyprinus_carpio large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia; inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food; introduced into United States where it has become a pest
member: #genus_Abramis__Abramis European fishes
member: #European_bream__Abramis_brama European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales; of little value as food
member: #genus_Tinca__Tinca tench
member: #tench__Tinca_tinca freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
member: #genus_Leuciscus__Leuciscus a genus of fish including: dace, chub
member: #dace__Leuciscus_leuciscus small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
member: #chub__Leuciscus_cephalus European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
member: #genus_Notropis__Notropis shiners
member: #common_shiner__silversides__Notropis_cornutus the common North American shiner
member: #genus_Notemigonus__Notemigonus golden shiners
member: #genus_Rutilus__Rutilus roaches
member: #Rutilus_rutilus__roach European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
member: #genus_Scardinius__Scardinius rudds
member: #rudd__Scardinius_erythrophthalmus European freshwater fish resembling the roach
member: #genus_Phoxinus__Phoxinus minnows
member: #minnow__Phoxinus_phoxinus very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
member: #genus_Gobio__Gobio true gudgeons
member: #gudgeon__gobiogobio small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
member: #genus_Carassius__Carassius goldfish
member: #goldfish__Carassius_auratus small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes
member: #crucian_carp__cruciancarp__Carassius_carassius__Carassius_vulgaris European carp closely resembling wild goldfish
member: #family_Electrophoridae__Electrophoridae small family comprising the electric eels
member: #genus_Electrophorus__Electrophorus type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels
member: #electric_eel__Electrophorus_electric eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body
member: #family_Catostomidae__Catostomidae suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae
member: #catostomid a cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae
member: #sucker mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps
member: #genus_Catostomus__Catostomus type genus of the family Catostomidae
member: #genus_Ictiobus__Ictiobus buffalo fishes
member: #black_buffalo__blackbuffalo__Ictiobus_niger fish of the lower Mississippi
member: #genus_Hypentelium__Hypentelium a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae
member: #genus_Maxostoma__Maxostoma a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae
member: #redhorse_sucker__redhorse North American sucker with reddish fins
member: #family_Cyprinodontidae__Cyprinodontidae large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies
member: #cyprinodont any member of the family Cyprinodontidae
member: #genus_Fundulus__Fundulus killifish
member: #mummichog__Fundulus_heteroclitus silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the United States Atlantic coast
member: #striped_killifish__stripedkillifish__mayfish__fundulusmajali black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of United States Atlantic and Gulf coasts
member: #genus_Rivulus killifish
member: #rivulus__rivulu found in small streams of tropical America; often kept in aquariums; usually hermaphroditic
member: #genus_Jordanella__Jordanella flagfishes
member: #American_flagfish__flagfish__Jordanella_floridae flagfish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes; found in swamps and streams of Florida
member: #genus_Xyphophorus__Xyphophorus swordtails
member: #swordtail__helleri__Xyphophorus_helleri freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish
member: #genus_Lebistes__Lebistes guppies
member: #family_Poeciliidae__Poeciliidae topminnows
member: #topminnow__poeciliid_fish__poeciliidfish__poeciliid__live-bearer small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control
member: #genus_Gambusia__Gambusia mosquitofish
member: #mosquitofish__Gambusia_affinis silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control
member: #genus_Platypoecilus__Platypoecilus platys
member: #platy__Platypoecilus_maculatus small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish
member: #genus_Mollienesia__Mollienesia mollies
member: #mollie__molly popular aquarium fish
member: #family_Characidae__Characidae tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and S and Central America
member: #characin_fish__characin__characid any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae
member: #genus_Hemigrammus__Hemigrammus tetras
member: #tetra brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes
member: #genus_Paracheirodon__Paracheirodon a genus of Characidae
member: #cardinal_tetra__Paracheirodon_axelrodi small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Columbia
member: #genus_Serrasalmus__Serrasalmus piranhas
member: #piranha__pirana__caribe small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
member: #order_Siluriformes__Siluriformes an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes
member: #siluriform_fish__catfish any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
member: #family_Siluridae__Siluridae Old World catfishes
member: #silurid_fish__siluridfish__silurid Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin
member: #genus_Silurus__Silurus type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes
member: #European_catfish__sheatfish__Silurus_glanis large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe
member: #genus_Malopterurus__Malopterurus electric catfish
member: #electric_catfish__Malopterurus_electricus freshwater catfish of the Nile and tropical central Africa having an electric organ
member: #family_Ameiuridae__Ameiuridae North American catfishes
member: #genus_Ameiurus__Ameiurus type genus of the Ameiuridae: bullhead catfishes
member: #bullhead any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
member: #genus_Ictalurus__Ictalurus channel catfishes
member: #genus_Pylodictus__Pylodictus flathead catfishes
member: #flathead_catfish__mudcat__goujon__shovelnose_catfish__spoonbill_catfish__spoonbillcatfish__Pylodictus_olivaris large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw
member: #family_Laricariidae__Laricariidae armored catfish
member: #armored_catfish South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates
member: #family_Ariidae__Ariidae sea catfishes
member: #sea_catfish any of numerous marine fishes most of which are mouthbreeders; not used for food
member: #genus_Arius__Arius type genus of the Ariidae: sea catfishes
member: #crucifix_fish catfish of the Caribbean area
member: #order_Gadiformes__Gadiformes cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini
member: #family_Gadidae__Gadidae large family of important mostly marine food fishes
member: #gadoid_fish__gadoid a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
member: #genus_Gadus__Gadus type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes
member: #cod__codfish major food fish of arctic and cold-temperate waters
member: #genus_Merlangus__Merlangus whitings
member: #Merlangus_merlangus__whiting__Gadus_merlangus a food fish of European Atlantic waters resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
member: #genus_Lota__Lota burbot
member: #genus_Melanogrammus__Melanogrammus haddock
member: #Melanogrammus_aeglefinus__haddock important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller
member: #genus_Pollachius__Pollachius pollack
member: #Pollachius_pollachius__pollack important food and game fish of northern seas especially North Atlantic; related to cod
member: #genus_Merluccius__Merluccius hakes
member: #genus_Urophycis__Urophycis hakes
member: #ling American hakes
member: #genus_Molva__Molva ling
member: #Molva_molva__ling elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried
member: #Brosmius__genus_Browmius cusk
member: #family_Macrouridae__Macrouridae__Macruridae__family_Macruridae grenadiers
member: #rattail__grenadier__rattail_fish__rattailfish deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
member: #order_Anacanthini__Anacanthini at least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications
member: #order_Anguilliformes__Anguilliformes__order_Apodes elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced
member: #eel voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
member: #family_Anguillidae__Anguillidae eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn
member: #genus_Anguilla__Anguilla type genus of the Anguillidae: eels
member: #common_eel__freshwater_eel eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked
member: #family_Muraenidae__Muraenidae marine eels
member: #moray_eel__morayeel__moray family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked
member: #family_Congridae__Congridae marine eels
member: #conger_eel__conger large somber-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food
member: #order_Isospondyli__Isospondyli most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon
member: #family_Gonorhynchidae__Gonorhynchidae coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus
member: #genus_Gonorhynchus__Gonorhynchus slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth
member: #beaked_salmon__sandfish__Gonorhynchus_gonorhynchus fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand
member: #family_Clupeidae__Clupeidae herrings; shad; sardines; etc.
member: #clupeid_fish__clupeidfish__clupeid any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
member: #genus_Alosa__Alosa shad
member: #shad herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn
member: #Alosa_pseudoharengus__alewife__Pomolobus_pseudoharengus shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
member: #genus_Pomolobus__Pomolobus genus to which the alewife is sometimes assigned
member: #genus_Brevoortia__Brevoortia menhaden
member: #menhaden__Brevoortia_tyrannis shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer
member: #genus_Clupea__Clupea type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings
member: #Clupea_harangus__herring commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
member: #Atlantic_herring__Clupea_harengus_harengus important food fish; found in enormous shoals in North Atlantic
member: #Pacific_herring__Clupea_harengus_pallasii important food fish of the north Pacific
member: #Clupea_sprattus__brisling__sprat small herring processed like a sardine
member: #genus_Sardina__Sardina__genus_Sardinia pilchards
member: #Sardina_pilchardus__pilchard__sardine small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
member: #genus_Sardinops__Sardinops pilchards
member: #Pacific_sardine__Sardinops_caerulea small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America
member: #family_Engraulidae__Engraulidae anchovies
member: #anchovy small herring-like plankton-feeding fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
member: #family_Salmonidae__Salmonidae salmon and trout
member: #salmonid soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters
member: #salmon any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
member: #genus_Salmo__Salmo type genus of the Salmonidae: salmon and trout
member: #Salmo_salar__Atlantic_salmon found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning
member: #brown_trout__browntrout__salmon_trout__Salmo_trutta speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America
member: #Salmo_gairdneri__rainbow_trout__rainbowtrout found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska
member: #genus_Onchorynchus__Onchorynchus sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; coho salmon
member: #blueback_salmon__sockeye__sockeyesalmon__redsalmon__Onchorynchus_nerka small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the north Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
member: #quinnat_salmon__quinnatsalmon__chinook__chinooksalmon__king_salmon__Onchorynchus_tshawtscha large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
member: #blue_jack__coho__cohoe__coho_salmon__silver_salmon__Onchorynchus_kisutch small salmon of north Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
member: #genus_Salvelinus__Salvelinus brook trout
member: #Salvelinus_namaycush__lake_trout__salmon_trout large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States
member: #Salvelinus_fontinalis__brook_trout__speckled_trout North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe
member: #char any of several small-scaled trout
member: #family_Coregonidae__Coregonidae soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae
member: #whitefish silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
member: #genus_Coregonus__Coregonus type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes
member: #lake_whitefish__Coregonus_clupeaformis found in Great Lakes and north to Alaska
member: #Coregonus_artedi__cisco__lake_herring important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
member: #genus_Prosopium__Prosopium whitefishes
member: #round_whitefish__Menominee_whitefish__Prosopium_cylindraceum bronze-backed whitefish of northern North America and Siberia
member: #Rocky_Mountain_whitefish__Prosopium_williamsonii whitefish of the western United States and Canada
member: #family_Osmeridae__Osmeridae smelts
member: #smelt small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
member: #genus_Osmerus__Osmerus type genus of the Osmeridae
member: #rainbow_smelt__rainbowsmelt__Osmerus_mordax important marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaska
member: #Osmerus_eperlanus__sparling__European_smelt the common smelt of Europe
member: #genus_Mallotus__Mallotus capelins
member: #capelin__capelan__caplin very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes
member: #family_Elopidae__Elopidae tarpons and ladyfishes
member: #genus_Tarpon tarpons
member: #tarpon__Tarpon_atlanticus large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida
member: #genus_Elops__Elops type genus of the Elopidae: tenpounder
member: #ladyfish__tenpounder__Elops_saurus game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller
member: #family_Albulidae__Albulidae bonefish
member: #genus_Albula__Albula type and sole genus of the family Albulidae
member: #bonefish__Albula_vulpes slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons
member: #family_Argentinidae__Argentinidae small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts
member: #genus_Argentina__Argentina type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines
member: #argentine any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
member: #family_Myctophidae__Myctophidae deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes
member: #lanternfish small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night
member: #family_Synodontidae__Synodontidae soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes
member: #lizardfish__snakefish tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide
member: #family_Chlorophthalmidae__Chlorophthalmidae small family of soft-finned bottom-livers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes
member: #greeneye bottom-livers having large eyes with metallic green luster
member: #family_Lampridae__Lampridae opahs
member: #genus_Lampris__Lampris type genus of the Lampridae
member: #opah__moonfish__Lampris_regius large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
member: #New_World_opah__Lampris_guttatus from Nova Scotia to West Indies and Gulf of Mexico
member: #family_Trachipteridae__Trachipteridae ribbonfishes
member: #ribbonfish marine fish having a long compressed ribbon-like body
member: #genus_Trachipterus__Trachipterus type genus of the Trachipteridae
member: #dealfish__Trachipterus_arcticus deep-sea ribbonfish
member: #family_Regalecidae__Regalecidae ribbonfishes
member: #Reglaecus__genus_Regalecus type genus of the Regalecidae
member: #oarfish__king_of_the_herring__ribbonfish__Regalecus_glesne thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin
member: #order_Solenichthyes__Solenichthyes bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout
member: #family_Fistulariidae__Fistulariidae cornetfishes
member: #genus_Fistularia__Fistularia type genus of the family Fistulariidae
member: #cornetfish slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales
member: #family_Gasterosteidae__Gasterosteidae sticklebacks
member: #stickleback__prickleback small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
member: #Gasterosteus__genus_gasterosteus type genus of the family Gasterosteidae
member: #three-spined_stickleback__Gasterosteus_aculeatus of rivers and coastal regions
member: #ten-spined_stickleback__Gasterosteus_pungitius confined to rivers
member: #family_Syngnathidae__Syngnathidae pipefishes
member: #pipefish__needlefish fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
member: #genus_Syngnathus__Syngnathus type genus of the family Syngnathidae
member: #dwarf_pipefish__dwarfpipefish__Syngnathus_hildebrandi small (4 inches) fish found off Florida gulf coast
member: #genus_Cosmocampus__Cosmocampus a genus of fish in the family Syngnathidae
member: #deepwater_pipefish__deepwaterpipefish__Cosmocampus_profundus 8 inches; from eastern Florida to western Caribbean
member: #genus_Hippocampus__Hippocampus seahorses
member: #seahorse__sea_horse__seahorse small fish with horselike heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position
member: #family_Macrorhamphosidae__Macrorhamphosidae bellows fishes
member: #snipefish__bellows_fish__bellowsfish small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth
member: #family_Centriscidae__Centriscidae shrimpfishes
member: #shrimpfish slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates
member: #family_Aulostomidae__Aulostomidae trumpetfishes
member: #genus_Aulostomus__Aulostomus type genus of the Aulostomidae
member: #trumpetfish__aulostomusmaculatu tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down
member: #leptocephalus__leptocephalu slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes
member: #teleost_fish__teleostfish__teleost__teleostan a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
member: #genus_Alepisaurus__Alepisaurus slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes
member: #lancetfish__lancet_fish__wolffish large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long sail-like dorsal fin
member: #handsaw_fish__handsawfish a soft-finned fish of the genus Alepisaurus
member: #order_Synentognathi__Synentognathi order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks
member: #family_Belonidae__Belonidae ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars
member: #needlefish__gar__billfish elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
member: #family_Exocoetidae__Exocoetidae flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks
member: #flying_fish tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight
member: #family_Hemiramphidae__Hemiramphidae halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide
member: #halfbeak tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw
member: #family_Scomberesocidae__Scomberesocidae__Scombresocidae__family_Scombresocidae only sauries
member: #genus_Scomberesox__Scomberesox__Scombresox__genus_Scombresox a genus of Scomberesocidae
member: #saury__billfish__Scomberesox_saurus slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
member: #superorder_Acanthopterygii__Acanthopterygii teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays
member: #order_Berycomorphi__Berycomorphi an order of spiny-finned fish in the superorder Acanthopterygii
member: #family_Holocentridae__Holocentridae squirrelfishes and soldierfishes
member: #genus_Holocentrus__Holocentrus type genus of the family Holocentridae; squirrelfishes
member: #reef_squirrelfish__Holocentrus_coruscus on reefs from Bermuda and Florida to northern South America
member: #deepwater_squirrelfish__deepwatersquirrelfish__Holocentrus_bullisi a squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico
member: #Holocentrus_ascensionis bright red fish of West Indies and Bermuda
member: #squirrelfish very small brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters of tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark
member: #family_Anomalopidae__Anomalopidae a family of fish including: flashlight fishes
member: #genus_Anomalops type genus of the family Anomalopidae
member: #anomalops__anomalop__flashlight_fish fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico
member: #genus_Krypterophaneron__Krypterophaneron a genus of fish in the family Anomalopidae
member: #genus_Photoblepharon__Photoblepharon a genus of fish in the family Anomalopidae
member: #order_Zeomorphi__Zeomorphi dories
member: #family_Zeidae__Zeidae a family of fish in the order Zeomorphi
member: #dory marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
member: #genus_Zeus__Zeus type genus of the family Zeidae
member: #John_dory__Zeus_faber European dory
member: #family_Caproidae__Caproidae boarfishes
member: #genus_Capros__Capros a genus of fish in the family Caproidae
member: #Capros_aper__boarfish fish with a projecting snout
member: #genus_Antigonia__Antigonia a genus of fish in the family Caproidae
member: #boarfish fish with large eyes and long snouts
member: #order_Pediculati__Pediculati anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth
member: #family_Ogcocephalidae__Ogcocephalidae batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes
member: #batfish bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins
member: #family_Lophiidae__Lophiidae large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers
member: #genus_Lophius__Lophius type genus of family Lophiidae
member: #goosefish__angler__anglerfish__angler_fish__monkfish__lotte__allmouth__Lophius_Americanus fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
member: #family_Batrachoididae__Batrachoididae toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes
member: #toadfish__Opsanus_tau bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth
member: #family_Antennariidae__Antennariidae frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglers
member: #frogfish fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout
member: #sargassum_fish__sargassumfish small fantastically formed and colored fishes found among masses of sargassum
member: #spiny-finned_fish__acanthopterygian a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
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member: #suborder_Percoidea__Percoidea in some classifications nearly or exactly equivalent to the Perciformes which are considered a suborder
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member: #genus_Sillago__Sillago type genus of the Sillaginidae
member: #whiting.percoid_fish a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
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member: #perch.percoid_fish any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
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member: #perch_flesh__perch spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
member: #genus_Perca__Perca type genus of the Percidae
member: #yellow_perch__Perca_flavescens North American perch
member: #European_perch__Perca_fluviatilis a perch native to Europe
member: #genus_Stizostedion__Stizostedion pikeperches
member: #pikeperch__pike_perch any of several pike-like fishes of the perch family
member: #genus_Percina__Percina a genus of Percidae
member: #snail_darter__snaildarter__Percina_tanasi 3-inch snail-eating perch of the Tennessee River
member: #family_Trichodontidae__Trichodontidae two species of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed fishes that live in sand or mud
member: #sandfish either of two small silvery scaleless fishes of the north Pacific that burrow into sand
member: #family_Ophidiidae__Ophidiidae eel-like marine fishes
member: #cusk-eel elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes
member: #family_Brotulidae__Brotulidae chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae
member: #brotula deep-sea fishes
member: #family_Carapidae__Carapidae pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae
member: #pearlfish found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds
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member: #robolo a kind of percoid fish
member: #genus_Centropomus__Centropomus type genus of the Centropomidae: snooks
member: #snook large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike
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member: #genus_Esox__Esox type and only genus of the family Esocidae
member: #pike any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere
member: #family_Centrarchidae__Centrarchidae sunfish family
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member: #genus_Pomoxis__Pomoxis crappies
member: #crappie small sunfishes of central United States rivers
member: #genus_Lepomis__Lepomis bream
member: #pumpkinseed__Lepomis_gibbosus small brilliantly colored North American sunfish
member: #bluegill__Lepomis_macrochirus important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States
member: #spotted_sunfish__spottedsunfish__stumpknocker__Lepomis_punctatus inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish
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member: #rock_bass__rock_sunfish__Ambloplites_rupestris game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes
member: #freshwater_bass North American food and game fish
member: #genus_Micropterus__Micropterus American freshwater black basses
member: #black_bass widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family)
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member: #family_Serranidae__Serranidae marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish
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member: #genus_Morone__Morone carnivorous fresh and salt water fishes
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member: #yellow_bass__Morone_interrupta North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass
member: #sea_bass any of various food and sport fishes of the United States Atlantic coast having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin
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member: #blackmouth_bass__Synagrops_bellus small marine fish with black mouth and gill cavity
member: #genus_Centropristis__Centropristis sea basses
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member: #genus_Roccus__Roccus a genus of Serranidae
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member: #belted_sandfish__Serranus_subligarius found in warm shallow waters of western Atlantic
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member: #creole-fish__Paranthias_furcifer deep-sea fish of tropical Atlantic
member: #genus_Mycteroperca__Mycteroperca groupers
member: #jewfish__mycteropercabonaci large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales
member: #genus_Rypticus__Rypticus a genus of fish of the family Serranidae, including soapfishes
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member: #rainbow_seaperch__rainbowseaperch__rainbow_perch__rainbowperch__Hipsurus_caryi Pacific coast fish
member: #family_Priacanthidae__Priacanthidae small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas
member: #genus_Priacanthus__Priacanthus type genus of the Priacanthidae
member: #bigeye red fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scales
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member: #genus_Astropogon__Astropogon a genus of fish of the family Apogonidae
member: #family_Malacanthidae__Malacanthidae short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored
member: #genus_Lopholatilus__Lopholatilus large brightly colored food fish of deep Atlantic waters
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member: #family_Rachycentridae__Rachycentridae family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia
member: #genus_Rachycentron__Rachycentron genus and family are coextensive and comprise only the cobia
member: #cobia__Rachycentron_canadum__sergeant_fish large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters
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member: #genus_Caranx__Caranx type genus of the Carangidae
member: #jack any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm-temperate seas
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member: #genus_Oligoplites__Oligoplites leatherjackets
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member: #threadfish__Alectis_ciliaris fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins
member: #genus_Selene__Selene a genus of Carangidae
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member: #amberjack__amberfish any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes
member: #yellowtail__Seriola_dorsalis game fish of S California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin
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member: #genus_Trachinotus__Trachinotus a genus of Carangidae
member: #pompano any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
member: #genus_Naucrates__Naucrates a genus of Carangidae
member: #pilotfish__Naucrates_ductor small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas
member: #scad any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae
member: #genus_Trachurus__Trachurus scads especially horse mackerels
member: #genus_Selar__Selar big-eyed scad
member: #bigeye_scad__big-eyed_scad__goggle-eye__Selar_crumenophthalmus of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait
member: #genus_Decapterus__Decapterus scads especially mackerel scad; cosmopolitan
member: #mackerel_scad__mackerel_shad__Decapterus_macarellus small silvery fish; Nova Scotia to Brazil
member: #round_scad__roundscad__cigarfish__quiaquia__Decapterus_punctatus small fusiform fish of western Atlantic
member: #family_Coryphaenidae__Coryphaenidae large active pelagic percoid fish
member: #mahimahi__dolphinfish__dolphin large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
member: #family_Bramidae__Bramidae deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas
member: #genus_Brama__Brama type genus of the Bramidae
member: #pomfret__Brama_raii deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of North Atlantic and North Pacific; valued for food
member: #family_Branchiostegidae__Branchiostegidae small family of marine fishes having covered gills
member: #blanquillo__tilefish important marine food fishes
member: #family_Cichlidae__Cichlidae cichlids
member: #cichlid_fish__cichlidfish__cichlid freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums
member: #genus_Tilapia__Tilapia a genus of Cichlidae
member: #family_Lutjanidae__Lutjanidae snappers
member: #snapper any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
member: #genus_Lutjanus__Lutjanus type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers
member: #Lutjanus_blackfordi__red_snapper esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in American Atlantic coastal waters and Gulf of Mexico
member: #gray_snapper__mangrove_snapper__Lutjanus_griseus found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida
member: #Lutjanus_apodus__schoolmaster food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters
member: #genus_Ocyurus__Ocyurus snappers
member: #yellowtail_snapper__yellowtail__Ocyurus_chrysurus superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
member: #family_Haemulidae__Haemulidae grunts
member: #grunt medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter a grunting sound when caught
member: #genus_Haemulon__Haemulon type genus of the Haemulidae
member: #margate__Haemulon_album red-mouthed grunt found from Florida to Brazil
member: #Spanish_grunt__Haemulon_macrostomum a kind of grunt
member: #tomtate__Haemulon_aurolineatum found off the West Indies and Florida
member: #cottonwick__Haemulon_malanurum of warm Atlantic waters
member: #sailor's-choice__sailors_choice__sailorschoice__Haemulon_parra found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico
member: #genus_Anisotremus__Anisotremus a genus of Haemulidae
member: #porkfish__Anisotremus_virginicus black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil
member: #genus_Orthopristis__Orthopristis a genus of Haemulidae
member: #pigfish__hogfish__Orthopristis_chrysopterus found from Long Island southward
member: #family_Sparidae__Sparidae porgies; scups
member: #sparid_fish__sparid spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth
member: #genus_Pagrus__Pagrus a genus of Sparidae
member: #red_porgy__redporgy__Pagrus_pagrus food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America
member: #genus_Pagellus__Pagellus sea breams
member: #European_sea_bream__Pagellus_centrodontus food fish of European coastal waters
member: #genus_Archosargus__Archosargus a genus of Sparidae
member: #Atlantic_sea_bream__Archosargus_rhomboidalis sea bream of warm Atlantic waters
member: #sheepshead__Archosargus_probatocephalus large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico
member: #genus_Lagodon__Lagodon a genus of Sparidae
member: #pinfish__sailor's-choice__squirrelfish__Lagodon_rhomboides similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States
member: #Calamus__genus_Calamus a genus of Sparidae
member: #sheepshead_porgy__Calamus_penna from Florida and Bahamas to Brazil
member: #genus_Chrysophrys__Chrysophrys australian snapper
member: #Chrysophrys_auratus__snapper Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
member: #black_bream__blackbream__Chrysophrys_australis important dark-colored edible food and game fish of Australia
member: #genus_Stenotomus__Stenotomus scups
member: #sea_bream__seabream__bream any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
member: #family_Sciaenidae__Sciaenidae warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout
member: #sciaenid_fish__sciaenid widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound
member: #genus_Equetus__Equetus drumfish
member: #striped_drum__stripeddrum__Equetus_pulcher a kind of drumfish
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member: #genus_Bairdiella__Bairdiella drumfish
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member: #genus_Sciaenops__Sciaenops a genus of Sciaenidae
member: #red_drum__reddrum__channel_bass__redfish__Sciaenops_ocellatus large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico
member: #genus_Sciaena__Sciaena type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers
member: #mulloway__jewfish__sciaenaantarctica large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre
member: #maigre__maiger__Sciaena_aquila large European marine food fish
member: #genus_Micropogonias__Micropogonias croakers
member: #Atlantic_croaker__Micropogonias_undulatus silvery-bodied with dark markings and tiny barbels
member: #genus_Umbrina__Umbrina croakers
member: #yellowfin_croaker__yellowfincroaker__surffish__surf_fish__Umbrina_roncador fish of North American Pacific coast
member: #genus_Menticirrhus__Menticirrhus kingfishes; whiting
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member: #king_whiting__Menticirrhus_americanus whiting of the southeastern coast of North America
member: #silver_whiting__Menticirrhus_littoralis a dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States
member: #genus_Genyonemus__Genyonemus a genus of Sciaenidae
member: #chenfish__white_croaker__whitecroaker__kingfish__Genyonemus_lineatus small silvery marine food fish found off California
member: #genus_Seriphus__Seriphus a genus of Sciaenidae
member: #white_croaker__whitecroaker__queenfish__Seriphus_politus silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters
member: #genus_Cynoscion__Cynoscion sea trout
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member: #family_Mullidae__Mullidae goatfishes or red mullets
member: #mullet bottom-dwelling marine warm-water fishes with two barbels on the chin
member: #genus_Mullus__Mullus type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes
member: #goatfish__red_mullet__redmullet__surmullet__Mullus_surmuletus brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels
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member: #yellow_goatfish__Mulloidichthys_martinicus schooling goatfish; grayish with yellow stripe
member: #suborder_Mugiloidea__Mugiloidea fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae
member: #family_Mugilidae__Mugilidae gray mullets
member: #gray_mullet__mullet freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide
member: #genus_Mugil__Mugil type genus of the Mugilidae: mullets
member: #striped_mullet__stripedmullet__Mugil_cephalus most important commercial mullet in eastern United States
member: #white_mullet__whitemullet__mugilcurema silvery mullet of Atlantic and Pacific coasts
member: #Mugil_liza__liza similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region
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member: #genus_Atherinopsis__Atherinopsis a genus of Atherinidae
member: #jacksmelt__Atherinopsis_californiensis large silversides of Pacific coast of North America
member: #family_Sphyraenidae__Sphyraenidae monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subtropical waters: barracuda
member: #genus_Sphyraena__Sphyraena type and sole genus of the Sphyraenidae: barracuda
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member: #Bermuda_chub__rudderfish__Kyphosus_sectatrix food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships
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member: #genus_Chaetodipterus__Chaetodipterus a genus of Ephippidae
member: #spadefish__angelfish__Chaetodipterus_faber deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
member: #family_Chaetodontidae__Chaetodontidae butterfly fishes
member: #butterfly_fish__butterflyfish small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide
member: #genus_Chaetodon type genus of the Chaetodontidae
member: #chaetodon any fish of the genus Chaetodon
member: #genus_Pomacanthus__Pomacanthus angelfishes
member: #angelfish a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus
member: #family_Pomacentridae__Pomacentridae damselfishes
member: #damselfish__demoiselle small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs
member: #genus_Pomacentrus__Pomacentrus type genus of the Pomacentridae: damselfishes
member: #beaugregory__Pomacentrus_leucostictus blue-and-yellow damselfish of Bermuda Florida and West Indies
member: #genus_Amphiprion__Amphiprion damsel fishes
member: #anemone_fish__anemonefish live associated with sea anemones
member: #clown_anemone_fish__clownanemonefish__Amphiprion_percula an anemone fish of the genus Amphiprion
member: #genus_Abudefduf__Abudefduf damsel fishes
member: #Abudefduf_saxatilis__sergeant_major large blue-gray black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide
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member: #genus_Achoerodus__Achoerodus a genus of Labridae
member: #giant_pigfish__giantpigfish__pigfish__Achoerodus_gouldii found around the Great Barrier Reef
member: #genus_Lachnolaimus__Lachnolaimus a genus of Labridae
member: #genus_Halicoeres__Halicoeres a genus of Labridae
member: #slippery_dick__Halicoeres_bivittatus small wrasse of tropical Atlantic
member: #puddingwife__Halicoeres_radiatus bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil
member: #genus_Thalassoma__Thalassoma a genus of Labridae
member: #bluehead__Thalassoma_bifasciatum small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head
member: #genus_Hemipteronatus__Hemipteronatus razorfishes
member: #razorfish any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean
member: #pearly_razorfish__Hemipteronatus_novacula a kind of razorfish
member: #genus_Tautoga__Tautoga tautogs
member: #tautog__blackfish__Tautoga_onitis large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
member: #genus_Tautogolabrus__Tautogolabrus a genus of Labridae
member: #cunner__bergall__Tautogolabrus_adspersus common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States
member: #family_Scaridae__Scaridae parrotfishes
member: #parrotfish__pollyfish gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth
member: #family_Polynemidae__Polynemidae threadfins
member: #threadfin mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays
member: #genus_Polydactylus__Polydactylus a genus of Polynemidae
member: #barbu__polydactylusvirginicu found along western Atlantic coast
member: #family_Opisthognathidae__Opisthognathidae jawfishes
member: #jawfish small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes
member: #family_Uranoscopidae__Uranoscopidae stargazers
member: #stargazer heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head
member: #suborder_Blennioidea__Blennioidea blennies; butterfishes; gunnels
member: #blennioid_fish__blennioidfish__blennioid elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins
member: #family_Blenniidae__Blenniidae a family of fish including: combtooth blennies
member: #combtooth_blenny__combtoothblenny__blenny small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; territorial and hole-dwelling
member: #genus_Blennius__Blennius type genus of the Blenniidae
member: #shanny__Blennius_pholis European scaleless blenny
member: #genus_Scartella__Scartella a genus of Blenniidae
member: #Molly_Miller__Scartella_cristata inhabits both coasts of tropical Atlantic
member: #family_Clinidae__Clinidae viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas
member: #clinid_fish__clinid mostly small blennioid fishes of coral reefs and seagrass beds
member: #genus_Chaenopsis__Chaenopsis a genus of fish of the family Clinidae including pikeblennies
member: #pikeblenny tropical American fishes; males are aggressively defensive of their territory
member: #bluethroat_pikeblenny__Chaenopsis_ocellata found from Florida to Cuba
member: #family_Pholidae__Pholidae__family_Pholididae a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea
member: #gunnel__bracketed_blenny__bracketedblenny small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic
member: #genus_Pholis__Pholis type genus of the Pholidae: gunnels
member: #rock_gunnel__butterfish__Pholis_gunnellus slippery scaleless food fish of North Atlantic coastal waters
member: #family_Stichaeidae__Stichaeidae pricklebacks
member: #genus_Lumpenus__Lumpenus a genus of Stichaeidae
member: #snakeblenny__Lumpenus_lumpretaeformis found in Arctic and North Atlantic
member: #eelblenny eellike fishes found in subarctic coastal waters
member: #genus_Cryptacanthodes__Cryptacanthodes a genus of Stichaeidae
member: #wrymouth__ghostfish__Cryptacanthodes_maculatus eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth
member: #family_Anarhichadidae__Anarhichadidae wolffishes
member: #genus_Anarhichas__Anarhichas type genus of the Anarhichadidae
member: #wolffish__wolf_fish__catfish large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
member: #family_Zoarcidae__Zoarcidae eelpouts
member: #eelpout__pout marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
member: #genus_Zoarces__Zoarces type genus of the Zoarcidae
member: #viviparous_eelpout__Zoarces_viviparus an eelpout of northern Europe that is viviparous
member: #genus_Gymnelis__Gymnelis a genus of Zoarcidae
member: #fish_doctor__Gymnelis_viridis brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout
member: #genus_Macrozoarces__Macrozoarces a genus of Zoarcidae
member: #ocean_pout__oceanpout__Macrozoarces_americanus common along northeastern coast of North America
member: #family_Ammodytidae__Ammodytidae sand lances
member: #genus_Ammodytes__Ammodytes type genus of the Ammodytidae
member: #sand_lance__sand_launce__sand_eel__launce very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
member: #family_Callionymidae__Callionymidae dragonets
member: #dragonet small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm-temperate waters of Europe and America
member: #family_Gobiidae__Gobiidae gobies
member: #goby__gudgeon small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
member: #genus_Periophthalmus__Periophthalmus a genus of Gobiidae
member: #mudskipper__mudspringer found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins
member: #family_Eleotridae__Eleotridae sleepers
member: #sleeper_goby__sleepergoby__sleeper tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
member: #family_Percophidae__Percophidae percoid flatheads
member: #flathead pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout
member: #family_Toxotidae__Toxotidae archerfishes
member: #genus_Toxotes__Toxotes type genus of the Toxotidae
member: #archerfish__Toxotes_jaculatrix any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia
member: #family_Microdesmidae__Microdesmidae wormfishes
member: #wormfish poorly known family of small tropical shallow-water fishes related to gobies
member: #family_Acanthuridae__Acanthuridae surgeonfishes
member: #surgeonfish brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail
member: #genus_Acanthurus__Acanthurus type genus of the Acanthuridae: doctorfishes
member: #doctorfish__Acanthurus_chirurgus surgeon fish of the West Indies
member: #family_Gempylidae__Gempylidae snake mackerels
member: #gempylid snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide
member: #genus_Gempylus__Gempylus type genus of the Gempylidae
member: #snake_mackerel__snakemackerel__Gempylus_serpens predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth
member: #genus_Lepidocybium__Lepidocybium a genus of Gempylidae
member: #escolar__Lepidocybium_flavobrunneum large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes
member: #family_Trichiuridae__Trichiuridae cutlassfishes
member: #cutlassfish__frost_fish__frostfish__hairtail long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
member: #suborder_Scombroidea__Scombroidea mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes
member: #scombroid_fish__scombroidfish__scombroid important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
member: #family_Scombridae__Scombridae marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna
member: #mackerel any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
member: #genus_Scomber__Scomber type genus of the Scombridae
member: #common_mackerel__shiner__Scomber_scombrus important food fish of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
member: #Scomber_colias__Spanish_mackerel medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
member: #chub_mackerel__tinker__Scomber_japonicus small mackerel found nearly worldwide
member: #genus_Acanthocybium__Acanthocybium wahoos
member: #Acanthocybium_solandri__wahoo large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide
member: #genus_Scomberomorus__Scomberomorus Spanish mackerels
member: #Spanish_mackerel any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus
member: #king_mackerel__cavalla__cero__Scomberomorus_cavalla large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast south to Brazil
member: #Scomberomorus_maculatus large commercially important mackerel of American Atlantic coastal waters
member: #cero__pintado__kingfish__Scomberomorus_regalis large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
member: #genus_Thunnus__Thunnus tunas: warm-blooded fishes
member: #tuna__tunny any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
member: #horse_mackerel__horsemackerel__bluefin__bluefin_tuna__bluefintuna__Thunnus_thynnus largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
member: #yellowfin_tuna__yellowfintuna__yellowfin__Thunnus_albacares may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics
member: #genus_Sarda__Sarda bonitos
member: #bonito any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas
member: #skipjack__Atlantic_bonito__Sarda_sarda medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
member: #Chile_bonito__Chilean_bonito__Sarda_chiliensis common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas; its dark oily flesh cans well
member: #Pacific_bonito__Sarda_lineolata__sardalineolata probably a northern strain of Chile bonito
member: #genus_Euthynnus__Euthynnus a genus of Scombridae
member: #skipjack_tuna__skipjack__Euthynnus_pelamis oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
member: #genus_Katsuwonus__Katsuwonus oceanic bonitos; in some classifications placed in its own family Katsuwonidae
member: #oceanic_bonito__oceanicbonito__bonito__Katsuwonus_pelamis fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna
member: #Katsuwonidae__family_Kasuwonidae in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos
member: #family_Xiphiidae__Xiphiidae comprising the common swordfishes
member: #genus_Xiphias__Xiphias type genus of the Xiphiidae
member: #Xiphias_gladius__swordfish large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night
member: #family_Istiophoridae__Istiophoridae sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins
member: #sailfish large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long sail-like dorsal fin
member: #genus_Istiophorus__Istiophorus type genus of the Istiophoridae
member: #Atlantic_sailfish__Istiophorus_albicans a kind of sailfish
member: #billfish giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
member: #genus_Makaira__Makaira marlins
member: #marlin__spearfish large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes
member: #genus_Tetrapturus__Tetrapturus a genus of Istiophoridae
member: #spearfish any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare
member: #family_Luvaridae__Luvaridae louvars
member: #genus_Luvarus__Luvarus type genus of the Luvaridae
member: #louvar__Luvarus_imperialis large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton
member: #family_Stromateidae__Stromateidae butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes
member: #stromateid_fish__butterfish__stromateid small marine fish with a short smooth-scaled compressed body and feeble spines
member: #genus_Poronotus__Poronotus a genus of Stromateidae
member: #dollarfish__Poronotus_triacanthus small food fish of Atlantic coast
member: #genus_Palometa a genus of Stromateidae
member: #palometa__California_pompano__Palometa_simillima smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies
member: #genus_Paprilus__Paprilus a genus of Stromateidae
member: #harvestfish__Paprilus_alepidotus butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina
member: #genus_Psenes__Psenes a genus of Stromateidae
member: #driftfish small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide
member: #genus_Ariomma__Ariomma a genus of Stromateidae
member: #driftfish.stromateid_fish larger driftfishes of eastern Atlantic from the New York area to the northern Gulf of Mexico
member: #genus_Tetragonurus__Tetragonurus a genus of Stromateidae
member: #squaretail sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales; of deep warm waters
member: #genus_Hyperoglyphe__Hyperoglyphe a genus of Stromateidae
member: #barrelfish__black_rudderfish__blackrudderfish__Hyperglyphe_perciformis blackish fish of New England waters
member: #family_Gobiesocidae__Gobiesocidae clingfishes
member: #genus_Gobiesox__Gobiesox type genus of the Gobiesocidae
member: #clingfish very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.
member: #family_Lobotidae__Lobotidae tripletails
member: #genus_Lobotes__Lobotes type genus of the Lobotidae
member: #tripletail large food fish of warm waters worldwide having long anal and dorsal fins that with caudal fin suggest a three-lobed tail
member: #family_Gerreidae__Gerreidae__Gerridae__family_Gerridae mojarras
member: #mojarra small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters
member: #genus_Gerres__Gerres type genus of the Gerreidae
member: #yellowfin_mojarra__yellowfinmojarra__Gerres_cinereus popular panfish from Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
member: #genus_Eucinostomus__Eucinostomus a genus of Gerreidae
member: #silver_jenny__Eucinostomus_gula silvery mojarra found along sandy shores of the western Atlantic
member: #order_Discocephali__Discocephali small order of fishes comprising the remoras
member: #family_Echeneididae__Echeneididae__family_Echeneidae fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships
member: #remora__suckerfish__sucking_fish__suckingfish marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
member: #genus_Echeneis__Echeneis type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras
member: #sharksucker__Echeneis_naucrates remoras found attached to sharks
member: #genus_Remilegia__Remilegia a genus of Echeneididae
member: #whalesucker__Remilegia_australis large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins
member: #order_Scleroparei__Scleroparei scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards
member: #family_Agonidae__Agonidae poachers
member: #sea_poacher__seapoacher__poacher__sea_poker__seapoker small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper north Pacific waters
member: #genus_Agonus__Agonus type genus of the Agonidae
member: #pogge__armed_bullhead__armedbullhead__Agonus_cataphractus North Atlantic sea poacher
member: #genus_Aspidophoroides__Aspidophoroides alligatorfishes
member: #alligatorfish__Aspidophoroides_monopterygius small very elongate sea poachers
member: #family_Hexagrammidae__Hexagrammidae greenlings
member: #greenling food fish of the northern Pacific
member: #genus_Hexagrammos__Hexagrammos type genus of the Hexagrammidae
member: #kelp_greenling__Hexagrammos_decagrammus common food and sport fish of western coast of North America
member: #genus_Oxylebius__Oxylebius a genus of Hexagrammidae
member: #painted_greenling__paintedgreenling__convictfish__Oxylebius_pictus greenling with whitish body marked with black bands
member: #family_Dactylopteridae__Dactylopteridae flying gurnards
member: #genus_Dactylopterus__Dactylopterus a genus of Dactylopteridae
member: #flying_gurnard__flying_robin__butterflyfish tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins
member: #suborder_Scorpaenoidea__Scorpaenoidea mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards
member: #family_Ophiodontidae__Ophiodontidae fishes closely related to greenlings
member: #genus_Ophiodon__Ophiodon a genus of Ophiodontidae
member: #Ophiodon_elongatus__lingcod food fish of Northern Pacific waters related to greenlings
member: #scorpaenoid_fish__scorpaenoidfish__scorpaenoid fishes having the the head armored with bony plates
member: #family_Cottidae__Cottidae sculpins
member: #genus_Cottus__Cottus type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins
member: #bullhead.sculpin freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines
member: #miller's-thumb small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America
member: #sculpin any of numerous spiny large-headed broad-mouthed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes
member: #genus_Hemitripterus__Hemitripterus sea ravens
member: #sea_raven__searaven__Hemitripterus_americanus large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when caught
member: #genus_Myxocephalus__Myxocephalus grubby
member: #grubby__Myxocephalus_aenaeus small sculpin of the coast of New England
member: #family_Cyclopteridae__Cyclopteridae lumpfishes
member: #genus_Cyclopterus__Cyclopterus type genus of the Cyclopteridae: lumpfishes
member: #lumpfish__Cyclopterus_lumpus clumsy soft thick-bodied North Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar
member: #family_Liparididae__Liparididae__Liparidae__family_Liparidae snailfishes
member: #Liparis__genus_Liparis type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes
member: #snailfish__seasnail__sea_snail__seasnail__Liparis_liparis small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
member: #family_Platycephalidae__Platycephalidae scorpaenoid flatheads
member: #flathead.scorpaenoid_fish food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards
member: #family_Triglidae__Triglidae in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins)
member: #gurnard bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom
member: #genus_Triga__Triga type genus of the Triglidae
member: #tub_gurnard__tubgurnard__yellow_gurnard__Trigla_lucerna a kind of gurnard
member: #subfamily_Triglinae__Triglinae in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising searobins having ordinary scales and no barbels (true searobins)
member: #genus_Prionotus__Prionotus a genus of Triglidae
member: #northern_sea_robin__Prionotus_carolinus large searobin; found from Nova Scotia to Florida
member: #subfamily_Peristediinae__Peristediinae in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising the armored searobins
member: #genus_Peristedion__Peristedion in some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins
member: #armored_searobin__armoredsearobin__armored_sea_robin__armoredsearobin__Peristedion_miniatum sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope
member: #order_Plectognathi__Plectognathi__order_Tetraodontiformes boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers
member: #plectognath_fish__plectognathfish__plectognath tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines
member: #family_Balistidae__Balistidae triggerfishes
member: #triggerfish any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin
member: #genus_Balistes__Balistes type genus of the Balistidae
member: #queen_triggerfish__queentriggerfish__Bessy_cerca__oldwench__oldwife__balistesvetula tropical Atlantic fish
member: #filefish narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine
member: #family_Monocanthidae__Monocanthidae filefishes
member: #genus_Monocanthus__Monocanthus type genus of the Monocanthidae
member: #leatherfish__leatherjacket any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes
member: #family_Ostraciidae__Ostraciidae__family_Ostraciontidae boxfishes
member: #boxfish__trunkfish any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates
member: #genus_Lactophrys__Lactophrys a genus of Ostraciidae
member: #cowfish__Lactophrys_quadricornis trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes
member: #family_Tetraodontidae__Tetraodontidae puffers
member: #puffer__blowfish__globefish any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers
member: #family_Diodontidae__Diodontidae spiny puffers
member: #spiny_puffer__spinypuffer puffers having rigid or erectile spines
member: #genus_Diodon__Diodon type genus of the Diodontidae
member: #porcupinefish__porcupine_fish__porcupinefish__Diodon_hystrix spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters
member: #balloonfish__Diodon_holocanthus similar to but smaller than porcupinefish
member: #genus_Chilomycterus__Chilomycterus burrfishes
member: #burrfish any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines
member: #family_Molidae__Molidae ocean sunfishes
member: #genus_Mola type genus of the Molidae
member: #ocean_sunfish__oceansunfish__sunfish__headfish among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
member: #order_Heterosomata__Heterosomata__order_Pleuronectiformes flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes
member: #flatfish any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side
member: #family_Pleuronectidae__Pleuronectidae righteye flounders
member: #righteye_flounder__righteyed_flounder__righteyedflounder flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head
member: #genus_Pleuronectes__Pleuronectes type genus of the Pleuronectidae
member: #Pleuronectes_platessa__plaice large European food fish
member: #genus_Platichthys__Platichthys a genus of Pleuronectidae
member: #European_flatfish__Platichthys_flesus important food fish of Europe
member: #genus_Limanda__Limanda a genus of Pleuronectidae
member: #Limanda_ferruginea__yellowtail_flounder American flounder having a yellowish tail
member: #genus_Pseudopleuronectes__Pseudopleuronectes a genus of Pleuronectidae
member: #genus_Microstomus__Microstomus a genus of Pleuronectidae
member: #Microstomus_kitt__lemon_sole__lemonsole European flatfish highly valued as food
member: #genus_Hippoglossoides__Hippoglossoides a genus of Pleuronectidae
member: #genus_Hippoglossus__Hippoglossus halibuts
member: #family_Bothidae__Bothidae a family of fish of the order Heterosomata
member: #lefteye_flounder__lefteyeflounder__lefteyed_flounder flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head
member: #genus_Paralichthys__Paralichthys a genus of Bothidae
member: #southern_flounder__Paralichthys_lethostigmus flounder of southern United States
member: #summer_flounder__Paralichthys_dentatus flounder of eastern coast of North America
member: #genus_Etropus__Etropus a genus of Bothidae
member: #gray_flounder__Etropus_rimosus flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico
member: #genus_Citharichthys__Citharichthys a genus of Bothidae
member: #whiff.lefteye_flounder a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
member: #sand_dab small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America
member: #genus_Scophthalmus__Scophthalmus a genus of Bothidae
member: #Scophthalmus_aquosus__windowpane very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America
member: #genus_Psetta__Psetta a genus of Bothidae
member: #Psetta_maxima__turbot a large brownish European flatfish
member: #family_Cynoglossidae__Cynoglossidae tonguefishes
member: #tonguefish left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value
member: #family_Soleidae__Soleidae soles
member: #sole.flatfish right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
member: #genus_Solea__Solea type genus of the Soleidae
member: #European_sole__Solea_solea highly valued as food
member: #Solea_lascaris__lemon_sole__lemonsole small European sole
member: #genus_Parophrys__Parophrys a genus of Soleidae
member: #Parophrys_vitulus__English_sole__lemon_sole__lemonsole popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America
member: #genus_Psettichthys__Psettichthys a genus of Soleidae
member: #sand_sole__Psettichthys_melanostichus common flatfish of North American Pacific coast
member: #genus_Trinectes__Trinectes a genus of Soleidae
member: #hogchoker__Trinectes_maculatus useless as food; in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and Panama
member: #family_Pempheridae__Pempheridae sweepers
member: #sweeper little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
member: #order_Ganoidei__Ganoidei a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales
member: #ganoid_fish__ganoid primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering
member: #family_Amiidae__Amiidae only the bowfins
member: #genus_Amia__Amia type genus of the Amiidae
member: #bowfin__grindle__Amia_calva primitive long-bodies carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
member: #family_Polyodontidae__Polyodontidae paddlefishes
member: #genus_Polyodon__Polyodon type genus of the Polyodontidae
member: #paddlefish__duckbill__Polyodon_spathula primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
member: #genus_Psephurus__Psephurus a genus of Polyodontidae
member: #Chinese_paddlefish__Psephurus_gladis fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish
member: #family_Acipenseridae__Acipenseridae sturgeons
member: #sturgeon large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in north temperate zone
member: #genus_Acipenser__Acipenser type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons
member: #Pacific_sturgeon__white_sturgeon__whitesturgeon__Sacramento_sturgeon__Acipenser_transmontanus food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America
member: #beluga__hausen__white_sturgeon__whitesturgeon__Acipenser_huso valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas
member: #family_Lepisosteidae__Lepisosteidae comprises the genus Lepisosteus
member: #genus_Lepisosteus__Lepisosteus type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars
member: #gar__garfish__garpike__billfish__Lepisosteus_osseus primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth
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