Animals that start with D

Dis forDove

Scientific name: family: columbidae

Doves and pigeons are very closely related. The word 'dove' is usually used for smaller, paler varieties of pigeon. The classic dove is white.

Birds

Colin Cameron / CC BY-SA

Dis forDragon

A dragon is a kind of large reptile that does not actually exist - it is mythical. Dragons are often described as having wings, four legs and are able to breathe fire. The picture is of a dragon statue.

Reptiles, Mythical

Guilherme Jófili / CC BY-SA

Dis forDragonfly

Scientific name: infraorder: anisoptera

Dragonflies eat mosquitoes and other small insects like flies, bees, ants, and butterflies. They are usually found around water because their babies or larvae, known as nymphs, live underwater.

Insects

Katherine Davis / CC BY-SA

Dis forDuck

A duck is a kind of small to medium water bird, related to the much larger goose and swan. Ducks can be found around water all over the world, in rivers, ponds and even the sea. Ducks eat water plants, small fish and snails. A male duck is called a drake and a baby duck is called a duckling.

Birds

Peter Corbett / CC BY-SA

Dis forDuckling

A duckling is a baby duck.

Babies

Christian Haugen / CC BY-SA

Dis forDugong

Scientific name: dugong dugon

Dugongs are closely related to manatees, but unlike manatees they live in salty water. Dugongs are mammals, and they eat seagrasses in shallow water near the coast.

Sea mammals

Dis forDung beetle

Dung beetles are insects that feed on dung. There are many different kinds of dung beetle. Some of them roll dung up into balls and roll it away to use it later.

Insects