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Mammals

Warm blooded, mostly furry animals.

Subcategories: Canids (6), Felids (16), Feliforms (4), Marsupials (21), Monotremes (2), Primates (11), Rodents (19), Sea mammals (9), Weasels (12)

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People have been keeping dogs as pets for thousands of years. Dogs can be used to herd animals like sheep, and if they are well trained they will obey commands like sit and fetch.
Dogs come in a huge variety of different colours and sizes, from tiny Chihuahuas right up to huge dogs like the Great Dane. A female dog is called a bitch and a baby dog is called a puppy. Modern dogs were domesticated from wolves, and were originally kept as hunting companions.

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Dolphins are a medium sized animal that lives in the water, mainly the sea but they are also found in lakes and rivers. They are not fish, as they need to come to the surface to breathe, the same as we do when we are swimming. Dolphins eat mostly fish. They are intelligent and can be taught tricks.

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The dormouse is a type of small mouse. It lives in wooded areas and hedgerows, where it makes nests in trees or thick bushes. At night it becomes active, eating mostly nuts and berries and gathering food to store for colder months. Dormice are known for sleeping for long periods when the weather is bad.

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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.

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A dunnart is a mouse sized marsupial that eats mostly insects.

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An echidna, or spiney anteater, is a small, spiney animal found in Australia and New Guinea. They eat mostly ants and termites.
Along with the platypus, echidnas are the only animals that lay eggs.

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Elephants are the largest land animals on earth (whales are the largest animal, but they live in the sea). They can live for 70 years. There are two different kinds of elephant, African and Asian (or Indian) elephants. African elephants are larger and have bigger ears. The elephant in the picture is an African elephant.

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The elk is one of the largest species of deer. In Europe, moose might be called elks. Elks are native to North America and Eastern Asia. They live in lightly forested areas and eat grass, leaves and bark.

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Ermine is a name used for a stoat or weasel in its white winter coat.
Fallow deer are medium-sized deer with a pale brown or gray coat that often shows spots and patches. Males grow broad antlers. They live in woodlands, hedges, and open grassy areas in parts of Europe and western Asia. They are most active around dawn and dusk.

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Ferrets are domestic animals, usually kept as pets. They are related to the polecat and weasel. Ferrets eat small pest animals like rats and rabbits.
A flying fox is a type of very large bat with a wingspan as wide as a person's arms and a face that looks a bit like a fox. It lives in warm places and mostly eats fruit and nectar.
Flying squirrels are a variety of squirrel that has a flap of skin joining its front and back legs. Flying squirrels can spread out this flap like a parachute to glide between trees.

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Foxes are a small hunting animal, or carnivore, that is found all over the world. They eat smaller animals like rabbits and rats. The most common type of fox is the red fox, as shown in the picture. A female fox is called a vixen.

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A gazelle is a type of antelope that lives in the grasslands of Africa. They live in large herds and can run very fast to get away from predators like cheetahs.

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Gibbons are a family of apes. They are smaller than great apes like gorillas and look more similar to monkeys.

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Giraffes are the tallest land animals. They can grow up to 5.5 metres tall, and live for around 20-25 years. They have a black tongue that is around 18 inches long that they can use to strip leaves from trees.

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A gnu is another name for a wildebeest.

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Gopher is the common name for both true gophers and some types of ground squirrels. Gophers are a type of rodent that spends most of its time digging burrows. Gophers are a pest where underground crops like turnips or carrots are planted.

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Gorillas are related to people, and like people they do not have tails. Male gorillas grow to around 5'5" to 6 feet high, and can reach 140-200kg. Female gorillas grow to about half this size. Gorillas eat fruit, leaves and sometimes insects.