Selasa, 08 Juni 2010

Ocean Animals

Angelfish
Angelfish are brightly-colored, flattened fish that live in shallow warm waters.
Angelfish
(Simple version)
Angelfish are brightly-colored, flattened fish that live in shallow warm waters.
Angelshark
Bottom-dwelling, relatively harmless sharks with flattened bodies and a blunt snout.


Basking Shark
A huge filter feeder and the second largest fish.

Basking Shark
(Simple version)
A huge filter feeder and the second largest fish.

Beluga Whale
A small, white, toothed whale that lives mostly in cold, Arctic waters.

Bivalves
Bivalves are soft-bodied animals that are protected by two hard shells, hinged together. Scallops, oysters and clams are bivalves.


Blowfish
Also called pufferfish and fugu, this poisonous fish can swallow water to double its size.

Bluefin Tuna
A large, bony fish in danger of extinction from over-fishing.

Blue Ring Octopus
A small but very venomous octopus from warm reefs in Australia and nearby regions.

Blue Shark
A sleek, fast-swimming shark with blue skin.


Blue Whale
A baleen whale that is the largest animal that ever lived on Earth.
Bony Fish
Bony Fish (Class Osteichthyes) are fish that have a skeleton made of bones.



Bottlenose Dolphin
A bottlenose dolphin is a small, toothed whale.

Bowhead Whale
A baleen whale with very long baleen.


Brittle Star
A bottom-dwelling marine invertebrate with long, spiny arms.

Bull Shark
(Simple version)
A blunt-nosed, dangerous, gray shark that can also live in fresh water rivers and lakes.

Bull Shark
A blunt-nosed, dangerous, gray shark can that also live in fresh water rivers and lakes.

Clam
Burrowing bivalves with a soft body.


Clown Fish
Colorful fish that live among sea anemone.

Coelacanth
The Coelacanth (pronounced SEE-la-canth) is a primitive lobe-finned fish that was thought to have been extinct for millions of years, but a living Coelacanth was caught in the Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa in 1938.
Conch
A marine invertebrate with a large, beautiful shell.

Cookiecutter Shark
A small shark that takes circular bites out of its prey. Also known as the luminous or cigar shark.


Copepod
Copepods are tiny crustaceans from fresh and salt water.

Coral
Coral is a tiny marine animal that often lives in colonies. Huge colonies of hard corals form coral reefs.

Coral Reef Animals
Coral reefs are warm, clear, shallow ocean habitats that are rich in life. The reef's massive structure is formed from coral polyps.

Crab
A crab is an animal with a shell. It has eyes on stalks on its head.


Crustaceans
Crustaceans are animals with a hard exoskeleton, jointed legs, and a segmented body.

Cuttlefish
Cuttlefish are cephalopods with relatively short legs, a fin along the entire mantle, and an internal cuttlebone.

Dall's Porpoise
A black-and-white toothed whale that makes a distinctive spray when it surfaces

Dogfish Shark
A small, very common, relatively harmless shark found worldwide.

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

Dunkleosteus
An extinct, heavily armored fish from the family Dinichthys. It lived during the Late Devonian period, about 360 million years ago.
Echinoderms
Spiny-skinned, bottom-dwelling marine invertebrates with five-fold symmetry.


Eels
Information and printouts on these primitive fish that go through metamorphosis.

Elasmosaurus
An extinct, swimming, fish-eating reptile (a plesiosaur) that had four flippers and a very long neck.

Elephant Seal, Northern
The Northern Elephant Seal is a huge seal that lives in the northern Pacific Ocean. (Family Phocidae, Subfamily Monachinae

Fin Whale
A huge baleen whale that is the second-largest animal on Earth.

Fish
Fish live in the water and breathe with gills.

Fish Unlabeled
An unlabeled fish printout to color.


Fish Anatomy
Fish live in the water and breathe using gills.

Galapagos Shark
A large predator found near islands in warm water.

Gastropods
Gastropods are a class of mollusks with a single (or absent) shell and a muscular foot.

Giant Squid
Giant Squid swim deep in the oceans. They have ten arms and their eyes are the size of basketballs.


Gray Whale
The gray whale is baleen whale that is a bottom feeder; it migrates very long distances each year.

Great Hammerhead Shark
A large predatory fish with a hammer-shaped head.

Great White Shark
An enormous, ferocious predator found worldwide.

Great White Shark
(Simple Version)
An enormous, ferocious predator found worldwide.


Greenland Shark
A large, slow-swimming shark with glow-in-the-dark eyes.
Gulper Eel
The Gulper eel is a long, bony fish with huge, weak jaws.

Hammerhead Shark
Large predators with a hammer-shaped head.

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


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

Hatchetfish
Hatchetfish are oddly-shaped fish from South and Central America.

Hermit Crab
Hermit crabs are crabs that lack a hard shell; they use a discarded shell for protection

Horseshoe Crab
The horseshoe crab is a hard-shelled animal that lives in warm coastal waters on the sea floor.

Humpback Whale
A long-flippered baleen whale that sings and frolics in the water.

Ichthyosaurus
An extinct marine reptile from the time of the dinosaurs

Jellyfish
Jellyfish are animals that have stinging tentacles. Or go to an unlabeled version.
John Dory
John Dory is a spiny fish with a black spot on its side.



Killer Whale or Orca
A toothed whale that lives in small pods in the Arctic.

Knobbed Whelk
The Knobbed Whelk is a marine invertebrate with a spiral shell.

Krill
Small crustaceans that are eaten by many animals, including baleen whales.

Kronosaurus
A huge marine lizard that lived during the time of the dinosaurs.


Lanternfish
Fish with light-producing organs and very large eyes.

Lemon Shark
Large, yellowish predators found near the surface and at intermediate depths.

Limpet
The limpet is a marine invertebrate (a gastropod) with a flattened, cone-shaped shell.

Liopleurodon
Liopleurodon was the biggest plesiosaur. It was a huge, swimming reptile that lived over a hundred million years ago, during the Jurassic period.


Littoral Zone
The littoral (intertidal) zone is where the sea meets the land.

Lobster
A hard-shelled marine invertebrate with 10 jointed legs

Luminous Shark
A small shark that takes circular bites out of its prey. Also known as the cookiecutter or cigar shark.


Mako Shark
Large predators that are the fastest swimming fish!

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

Man-of-War
The Portuguese man-of-war is a floating colony of animals that has very long, stinging tentacles. It lives in warm ocean waters.

Manta Ray
Manta rays are harmless fish related to sharks. They are the biggest ray.


Marine Mammals
Mammals that spend most of their lives in the seas.

Megalodon
A huge, extinct shark.

Megamouth
A large, filter-feeding shark that was only discovered in 1976.

Minke Whale
The smallest baleen whale. It sings and has a white band on each flipper.


Mollusks
Mollusks are soft-bodied invertebrates. Some mollusks include the octopus, squid, clam, snail, slug, and tusk shells.

Moray Eel Printout
Long, snake-like fish that have circular gills.

Narwhal
A toothed whale from the Arctic. The male has a huge, spiral tooth.

Northern Elephant Seal
The Northern Elephant Seal is a huge seal that lives in the northern Pacific Ocean. (Family Phocidae, Subfamily Monachinae)


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

Nurse Shark
A large bottom-dweller with rounded fins

Octopus
Octopuses have eight legs and live on the sea floor. Go to a simple version

Orca or Killer Whale
A toothed whale that lives in small pods in the Arctic.

Orthacanthus
A spined, extinct shark

Oyster
The oyster is a bivalve, a soft-bodied marine animal that is protected by two hard shells
Pink Conch
Also known as the queen conch, a marine invertebrate with a large, beautiful shell.

Pinnipeds
Pinnipeds are marine mammals. They spend most of their life in the seas, but go onto land or ice at times.

Plankton
Plankton are tiny organisms that float in the seas and other bodies of water.

Plesiosaurus
An extinct, fish-eating marine reptile with four flippers, a plesiosaur.

Port Jackson Shark
A shark from waters off southern Australia.

Pufferfish
Also called blowfish and fugu, this poisonous fish can swallow water to double its size.


Purple Sea Urchin
A spiny, globular animal that lives on the ocean floor off the western coast of North America.
Queen Conch
A marine invertebrate with a large, beautiful shell.

Rays
Rays are flat fish with no bones, only cartilage.

Right Whale
Baleen whales with a huge head and an arched mouth.


Salmon
Salmon are fish that live in the sea and spawn in fresh water

Sandtiger Shark (Sand Shark)
A shark that is cannibalistic before birth.

Scallop
Scallops are bivalves, shelled animals that live on the ocean floor.


Sea Anemone
A predatory animal that looks like a flower and lives on the ocean floor
Sea Cow
Sea cow is another name for manatee. Sea cows are gentle, slow-swimming, aquatic mammals.

Sea Cucumber
Sea cucumbers are cylinder-shaped echinoderms.


Seahorse (labeled)
The seahorse is a very strange fish that lives in warm water. Or go to an unlabeled version.

Sea Lion
Sea lions are eared seals that live on coastlines.

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

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


Sea Star
Sea stars, another name for starfish, are animals that live on the ocean floor.

Sea Turtle
Sea turtles are large marine turtles.

Sea Urchin
A spiny, globular animal that lives on the ocean floor

Sharks
Sharks are a type of fish that have no bones, only cartilage.

Shrimp
Shrimp are small, bottom-dwelling crustaceans with a translucent exoskeleton.

Snail
A soft-bodied animal with a hard, protective shell

Spectacled Porpoise
A porpoise (a small toothed whale) from the Southern Hemisphere.

Sperm Whale
The Sperm whale is the largest toothed whale; it is over 50 feet long. It eats giant squid

Spotted Dolphin
The Pantropical Spotted Dolphin is a small, toothed whale from tropical waters worldwide.


Squid
The squid is a fast-swimming invertebrate with ten arms.

Starfish
Sea stars, another name for starfish, are animals that live on the ocean floor.

Stingray
Stingrays are flat fish with a stinger and no bones (only cartilage).

Sunfish
A large fish with an almost circular, flattened body.


Swordfish
The swordfish is a large fish with a long, sharp bill.

Thresher Shark
The Thresher Shark is a shark whose tail fin has a greatly elongated upper lobe.

Tiger Shark
Large predators found worldwide in warm seas.


Trilobite
Trilobites are extinct marine arthropods that lived from about 540 to 245 million years ago.

Tuna
The Bluefin tuna is a large, bony fish in danger of extinction from over-fishing.

Urchin, Sea
A spiny, globular animal that lives on the ocean floor.

Walrus
The walrus is a large mammal that spends most of its life in icy seas.


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

Whale
Whales are marine mammals

Whale Shark
The largest fish and a filter feeder that eats tiny marine organisms and small fish

Whelk
Whelks are marine invertebrates with a spiral shell.

Zebra Bullhead Shark
A bottom-dwelling shark with zebra-like stripes.

Zooplankton
Zooplankton are tiny animals that float in the seas and other bodies of water.

Swamp Animals

Alligator
Alligators are large, meat-eating reptiles. Go to a simple version (unlabeled and with no information).

American Crocodile
The American crocodile is a rare, meat-eating reptile with a long, tapered snout.
Anaconda
The anaconda is the biggest snake in the world; it is from South American swamps.

Bald Eagle
The bald eagle is a large bird of prey. It is the symbol of the USA and is found in many biomes.


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

Black Bear
A large, black to brown bear.

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

Caiman
The caiman is a meat-eating reptile from South and Central America.

Capybara
The capybara is the biggest rodent in the world; it lives in South America.

Common Egret
The common egret (also called the great egret) is a large wading bird.

Copepod
Copepods are tiny crustaceans from fresh and salt water.

Cougar
A long-tailed wild cat with no spots. It is also known as the puma, panther, mountain lion, and catamont.


Coypu
Coypus (also called nutrias) are semi-aquatic rodents that are originally from South America.

Crane
Large wading birds with long legs and a long neck.

Crayfish
Freshwater crustaceans with four pairs of walking legs.

Downy Woodpecker
A small black-and-white woodpecker from North America.


Dragonfly
The dragonfly is a flying insect with a long abdomen.

Earthworm
An earthworm is a little animal with a long, soft body and no legs.

Fish
Fish live in the water and breathe with gills.

Flamingo
The flamingo is a pink bird that eats shrimp.


Fly
The common house fly is a small, flying insect.

Frog
Tadpoles grow up to be frogs.

Great Blue Heron
A large wading bird with distinctive plumage and a long, sharp bill.

Great Egret
The great egret, also known as the common egret, is a large wading bird.


Mosquito
A small flying insect that is a carrier of disease.

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

Newt
Newts are small, brightly-colored salamanders.

Nutria
Nutrias (also called coypus) are semi-aquatic rodents that are originally from South America.


Pond Skater or Water Strider
A bug that walks on water.

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

Red-Tailed Hawk
The Red-Tailed Hawk is a bird of prey, a raptor from North America.

Red Wolf
Red wolves are endangered carnivores from the eastern USA.


River Otter
River otters are streamlined, aquatic mammals from North America.

Scorpion
A venomous arachnid with a large stinger on its tail.

Shrimp
Shrimp are small, bottom-dwelling crustaceans with a translucent exoskeleton.

Snail
A soft-bodied animal with a hard, protective shell.


Snapping Turtle
A turtle with strong jaws and a long tail.

Spectacled Caiman
The Spectacled Caiman is a common meat-eating reptile from fresh water habitats in South and Central America.

Spider
Spiders have eight legs

Toad
Toads are amphibians with poison glands; they usually have bumpy skin.

White-Tailed Deer
The White-Tailed Deer is a shy, fast-moving plant-eater.
Zooplankton
Zooplankton are tiny animals that float in the seas and other bodies of water.

Tropical Rainforest Animals

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


ALLIGATOR
Alligators are large reptiles. Primitive alligators evolved during the late Triassic period.
AMPHIBIAN
Amphibians (meaning "double life") are vertebrate animals that live in the water during their early life (breathing through gills), but usually live on land as adults (and breathe with lungs). There are three groups (orders) of amphibians: newts and salamanders; frogs and toads; and caecilians.
Anaconda
The biggest snake in the world.

ANT
Ants are social insects.



APES
Apes are primates that anatomically resemble humans. They include the gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo, orangutan, gibbon and siamang.

ASSASSIN BUG
Assassin bugs are insects that eat other insects.

AYE-AYE
A strange, nocturnal primate from Madagascar.

BASILISK
A South American lizard that can walk on water.


BAT
A bat is a flying mammal.

BINTURONG
A dark, furry mammal from rainforests of southeast Asia.
BIRDS
Many birds live in the canopy of rainforests. Birds have feathers and wings. Birds may be the descendants of theropod dinosaurs.

Blue Morpho Butterfly
A brilliant blue butterfly from rainforests of South and Central America.


Blue-tongued Skink
An Australian lizard with a long, blue tongue.
BOA CONSTRICTOR
A large constricting snake from South and Central America.

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

BONOBO
Bonobos are closely related to chimpanzees. They are very intelligent, peaceful primates.


BUTTERFLIES
Butterflies are flying insects with two pairs of wings, a proboscis, and clubbed antennae. They belong to the Order Lepidoptera and the Family Rhopalocera. Many butterflies thrive in tropical rainforests.

CAIMAN
The caiman is a widely distributed, medium-sized crocodilian. It is about 6.5-8 ft (2-2.5 m) long. The caiman is widely distributed in Central America and northern South America, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil. The caiman is the most widely distributed of the New World crocodilians; it is found in almost all of the lowland wetlands and riverine habitats in its range. It prefers still, fresh water. Juveniles are yellow with black spots and bands; adults are a dull olive green to black with a paler belly. These carnivores eat fish (including piranha), amphibians, reptiles and water birds, using their 72-78 teeth. Females lay about many eggs in late summer in soil-and-vegetation nests.
CAPYBARA
The capybara is the world's largest rodent. It has no tail and partially-webbed feet. It lives on river banks.

CASSOWARY
A huge, flightless bird from Australian rainforests. It has a helmet-like crest on its head.


CATERPILLAR
A caterpillar is the larval stage of butterflies and moths. Caterpillars eat almost constantly and molt many times as they grow.

CHIMPANZEE
Chimpanzees are very intelligent mammals (primates).

CHLAMYDOSAURUS
Chlamydosaurus (meaning "caped lizard") is a rare, modern-day frilled lizard native to New Guinea and North Australia. Its frill is a 7-14 inch (18-34 cm) flap of skin that completely circles its head. It opens this brightly-colored frill to frighten enemies. Adults are over 8 inches (20 cm) long. These climbing lizards live in trees in humid forests and eat cicadas, ants, spiders and smaller lizards. It can run quadrupedally (on all four legs) and bipedally (with the front legs off the ground). Adult females lay 8 to 14 eggs per clutch in spring and summer. Classification: Class Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Agamidae, Genus Chlamydosaurus, Species kingii (named by Gray in 1825).

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


COCKATOO
Cockatoos are birds with a large, feathery crest and a hooked bill.

COYPU.
Coypus (also called nutrias) are semi-aquatic rodents that are originally from South America

CROCODILIAN
Crocodilians are the order of archosaurs that includes alligators, crocodiles, gavials, etc. They evolved during the late Triassic period and are a type of reptile.

CUCKOO
The cuckoo is a bird whose call sounds like its name. Many cuckoos live in rainforest canopies throughout the world.


DHOLE
The dhole is a wild dog from Asia.

DODO
The dodo is an extinct, flightless bird that lived on an island in the Indian Ocean near Africa.
DRAGONFLY
Dragonflies are primitive, flying insects that can hover in the air. They evolved during the Mississippian Period, about 360-325 mya. Huge dragonflies with wingspans up to 27.5 inches (70 cm) existed during the Mesozoic Era (when the dinosaurs lived).

ELECTRIC EEL
A fish that can generate electricity, the electric eel lives in the Amazon River basin of South America.

EMERALD TREE BOA
The emerald tree boa, Corallus caninus, is a green snake with white bands. It grows to be up to 7.25 feet (2.2m) long. It lives in trees and shrubs near water (like swamps and marshes in rain forests) in the lower Amazon basin (in Brazil) and in Guyana and Suriname. This snake catches food with its long teeth then squeezes it. It eats birds and rodents. This snake is nocturnal (it is most active at night) and bears live young.

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

FRILLED LIZARD
Chlamydosaurus (meaning "caped lizard") is a rare, modern-day frilled lizard native to New Guinea and North Australia. Its frill is a 7-14 inch (18-34 cm) flap of skin that completely circles its head. It opens this brightly-colored frill to frighten enemies. Adults are over 8 inches (20 cm) long. These climbing lizards live in trees in humid forests and eat cicadas, ants, spiders and smaller lizards. It can run quadrupedally (on all four legs) and bipedally (with the front legs off the ground). Adult females lay 8 to 14 eggs per clutch in spring and summer. Classification: Class Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Family: Agamidae, Genus Chlamydosaurus, Species kingii (named by Gray in 1825).

FROG
Frogs are amphibians. They start out as gilled, swimming tadpoles, but grow to be air-breathing adults.


Fruit Bat
Fruit bats are large bats that eat fruits and flowers.

GECKO
Geckos are the only lizards that make noise. Some geckos live in rainforests.

Giant Anteater
The biggest anteater, from South and Central America.

GIBBON
Gibbons are rare, small, slender, long-armed, tree-dwelling apes from Asia.


GOLDEN LION TAMARIN
A small, golden-haired arboreal tamarin from rainforests in Brazil.

GOLIATH BIRDWING BUTTERFLY
The Goliath Birdwing (Ornithoptera goliath) is the second-largest butterfly in the world. This brightly-colored butterfly is poisonous and has a wingspan up to 11 inches (28 cm) wide. It has black, yellow and green wings and a yellow and black body. This butterfly in found in tropical forests in Indonesia. Family Papilionidae.

GORILLA
Gorillas are large primates from Africa. They are in danger of extinction.

GRAY PARROT
The African Gray Parrot is an intelligent, talkative bird from rainforests in Western and Central Africa.


GREATER APES
The great apes (family Pongidae) include the gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans.

GREEN IGUANA
Plant-eating lizards from moist habitats.

HARPY EAGLE
The Harpy Eagle is one of the largest eagles in the world. It lives in rainforests of Central and South America.

HOWLER MONKEY
The loudest monkey and the largest New World monkey.

HUMAN BEING
A human being is a mammal (a type of primate). Some people live in rainforests
INSECTS
Insects have an exoskeleton, a three-part body, and six legs. They evolved during the Silurian Period, 438 to 408 mya, long before dinosaurs existed. Insects are the most numerous animals in rainforests.

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

JULIA
The Julia is a yellow-orange tropical butterfly from the Americas, about 3-4 inches wide. It belongs to the group of Heliconians, tropical butterflies that have a bad taste and smell, and a large head. The eggs are round. The pupa is angular. The Julia feeds on passion flowers (Passiflora). Julias are found from South and Central America to the southern USA.


KAKAPO
A large, flightless, nocturnal, solitary parrot from New Zealand.

KEEL BILLED TOUCAN
A rainforest bird with a huge, colorful beak.

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

KOMODO DRAGON
The biggest lizard in the world and a fierce predator.


LEAFCUTTER ANT
Leafcutter ants are fungus farmers - they grow their own food.

LEMUR
Lemurs are large-eyed primates from Madagascar.

LEOPARD
Leopards are widely-distributed, spotted wild cats.

LESSER APES
The lesser apes (family Hylobatidae) include the gibbon and siamang.


LIZARD
There are 2,500 types of lizards, many of which live in rainforests around the world.

MAMMAL
Mammals are warm-blooded animals with hair. They nourish their young with milk. Mammals evolved during the Triassic period. Many mammals live in rainforests, including gorillas, sloths, jaguars, and people.

MANDRILL
Mandrills are large, brightly-colored monkeys.

MILLIPEDE
Segmented plant-eaters with many, many legs.


MONARCH BUTTERFLY
The Monarch (Danaus plexippus) is a common poisonous butterfly found worldwide. It eats milkweed in its larval stage and lays eggs on the poisonous milkweed plant. Monarchs have a wingspan of 3 3/8 - 4 7/8 inches (8.6 - 12.4 cm).

MONKEY
There are two types of monkeys: Old World monkeys from Asia and Africa, and New World monkeys from the Americas.

Morpho Butterfly
The Blue Morpho is a brilliant blue butterfly from rainforests of South and Central America.

MOSQUITO
A small flying insect that is a carrier of disease.


MOTH
Moths are winged insects that belong to the Order Lepidoptera. Moths have feathered antennae (not clubbed antennae, like butterflies), a frenulum or jugum, and are generally dull colored. There are over 100,000 moth species alive today.

MOUSE
Mice are small rodents with long, hairless tails.

NUTRIA.
Nutrias (also called coypus) are semi-aquatic rodents that are originally from South America

OCELOT
Ocelots are wild cats from the Americas.


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

ORANGUTAN
Orangutans are large, tree-dwelling apes from southeast Asia.

OROPENDOLA, CRESTED
The crested oropendola is a tropical black bird that builds long, pendulous nests.

OWL
Owls are nocturnal birds with large eyes and very good eyesight. Some owls live in rainforests.


PEAFOWL (Peacocks and Peahens)
Peafowl are magnificent birds from India.

POISON ARROW FROG
Poison arrow frogs are poisonous frogs from rainforests of South and Central America. Some South American Indians apply the poison to the tips of their hunting arrows and blow-gun darts.
PRIMATE
Primates are mammals that include monkeys, apes, lemurs (prosimians), and people. All primates have 5 fingers on each hand and 5 toes on each foot. They have color vision.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S BIRDWING BUTTERFLY
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing is the biggest butterfly in the world, with a wingspan up to 1 ft (30 cm) wide. The female is brown with cream spots and larger than the male. The male is brown with blue and green markings; it has a bright yellow abdomen. The caterpillar is black with red tentacles, and with a cream-colored spot in the middle of its body. This rare butterfly is found in the lowland forests of northern Papua New Guinea (east of the Owen Stanley Mountains).

QUETZAL
A quetzal is a beautiful rain forest bird with very long tail feathers.

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

RAINBOW LORIKEET
A small, colorful, brush-tongued parrot from Australia.

RAT
A rat is a rodent with a long tail.


RED-EYED TREE FROG
A small rainforest frog with bright red eyes.
REPTILE
Reptiles (meaning"to creep") are a group of animals that have scales (or modified scales), breathe air, and usually lay eggs. The term reptile is loosely defined in everyday English to mean scaly, cold-blooded, egg-laying animals. In cladistics (a way of classifying life forms), the reptiles are more strictly defined as: all the descendants of the most recent common ancestor of the turtles, lepidosaurs (lizards, snakes, tuataras), and archosaurs (crocodilians, dinosaurs, and birds). The maintenance of body temperature (cold- vs. warm-blooded) is not a factor in this classification, but skull and egg structure are.

SATURN BUTTERFLY
The Saturn Butterfly (Zeuxidia amethystus) has a wingspan of about 3.9-4.3 inches (10-11cm) and lives in the shady forest understory. The female is paler than the male (above). The Saturn Butterfly is found in Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines, Burma, and Sumatra. It was named by Butler in 1865. Classification: Family Nymphalidae (Subfamily Morphinae).

SCARLET MACAW
A brilliantly-colored parrot from Central and South American rain forests.


SCORPION
A venomous arachnid with a large stinger on its tail. Found worldwide except in Antarctica.

SIAMANG
The siamang is a rare, black, long-armed ape, a type of gibbon.
SKIPPER
Skippers (family Hesperiidae) are drab-colored, moth-like butterflies that are distinguished by the hook at the end of their antennae (instead of a club, like other butterflies have). These antennae are also farther apart at the base than other butterflies. There are about 2,000 different species of Skippers. They fly in a darting fashion (hence their name) and hold their wings in a moth-like fashion when at rest. The Australian Skipper also has a humeral lobe (a frenulum-like projection on its hind wing which holds the forewings and hind wings together during flight).

SLOTH
The sloth is a slow-moving mammal that lives in trees. Sloths spend most of their lives hanging upside-down from tree branches; they eat, sleep, mate, and give birth upside-down in the trees. They hold onto tree branches with strong, curved claws that are on each of their four feet. These plant-eaters are more active at night; they eat leaves, tender young shoots, and fruit. Sloths have a thick brown (and slightly-greenish) fur coat and are about the size of a cat (roughly 2 feet = 61 cm long). Their coloration and their slow actions make them almost disappear in the forest canopy. Some sloths have colonies of green algae encrusting their fur, both adding to the camouflage effect and providing some nutrients to the sloths, who lick the algae. These mostly-quiet mammals live in the tropical rainforests of South and Central America. Sloths may live 10-20 years in the wild. Sloths are hunted by jaguars, eagles, and man. Classification: Class Mammalia, Order Xenarthra, Family Bradypodidae and Megalonychidae.


SLUG
The slug is an animal that lives in moist areas.
SMALL-EARED ZORRO
The small-eared zorro is a dog-like fox from South American rainforests.

SNAKE
A snake is a reptile with no legs. Its skin is scaly. There are many snakes in rainforests.

SPECTACLED CAIMAN
The Spectacled Caiman is a common meat-eating reptile from fresh water habitats in South and Central America.


Strata of Tropical Rainforests
Label the strata (layers) of the tropical rainforest.
Answers

SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Swallowtail butterflies (family Papilionidae) are strong fliers with three fully developed pairs of legs. Many swallowtails have distinctive tailed wings (hence the family name). They lay spherical eggs. These butterflies are found from the tropics to more temperate regions.

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

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


TARANTULA
A tarantula is a large, hairy spider.

TARSIER
Tarsiers are small mammals with enormous eyes.

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

TIGER
Tigers are large, fierce Asian cats that have stripes. They live mostly in forests in India, Sumatra, Indochina, and Siberia. Tigers are threatened with extinction due to loss of habitat.


TOAD
Toads are amphibians with poison glands. They usually have warty skin.

TOUCAN
A South American rainforest bird with a huge, colorful beak.

TURTLE
Turtles have a protective shell on their body. They are anapsids, having no extra holes in the sides of their heads. Turtles evolved during the late Triassic period, roughly 220 million years ago, about the same time the dinosaurs and mammals evolved. Proganochelys is the oldest known turtle.

ULYSSES BUTTERFLY
The ulysses is a spectacular swallowtail butterfly from Australia.


UMBRELLABIRD
A bird with a large tuft of feathers on its head.

WHITE-TAILED DEER
The White-Tailed Deer is a shy, fast-moving plant-eater.
XENOPS
The Xenops is a rainforest bird from the Americas.
ZODIAC MOTH
The Zodiac moth (Alcides zodiaca) is a large moth that looks like a swallowtail butterfly (but like all moths, it rests with its wings outspread). Its rounded wings have large brown and cream/purple stripes. This moth lives in Australian tropical rainforests. It drinks flower nectar through its proboscis. The Zodiac moth is diurnal (most actice during the day).

ZORRO
The small-eared zorro is a dog-like fox from South American rainforests.

Frarie animmals

Antelope
Antelopes are graceful mammals with beautiful horns.

Ant
Ants are social insects.

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

Bison
The American Buffalo (which is actually a Bison) is the heaviest land animal in North America.


Black-Footed Ferret
The Black-Footed Ferret is an endangered type of ferret from North America.

Black-Tailed Prairie Dog
The prairie dog is not a dog; it is a ground squirrel.

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

Bull Snake
Also known as the gopher snake and the pine snake, this hissing constrictor lives in North America.

Coyote
Coyotes are meat-eaters related to wolves.

Donkey
Donkeys are hoofed mammals adapted to environments with little water.

Dragonfly
The dragonfly is a flying insect with a long abdomen.

Earthworm
An earthworm is a little animal with a long, soft body and no legs. They are found worldwide


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

Gopher Snake
Also known as the bull snake and the pine snake, this hissing constrictor lives in North America.

Grasshopper
Grasshoppers are insects that can hop, walk, and fly. There are about 10,000 different species of grasshoppers worldwide.

Gray Wolf
Gray wolves are carnivores that live in packs and howl.


Jack Rabbit
Jack rabbits are hares; they have very long legs and long ears.

Mole
Moles are almost-blind, burrowing mammals
Mongoose
Mongooses are sleek, meat-eating mammals.


Mouse
Mice are small rodents with long, scaly tails.

Mountain Lion or Cougar
A long-tailed American wild cat with no spots. It is also known as the catamount, panther, or puma.

Opossum
The Virginia opossum is the only marsupial in North America.

Prairie Chicken
Prairie Chickens are a type of grouse that live in North American grasslands.


Prairie Dog
The prairie dog is not a dog; it is a ground squirrel.

Pronghorn
Pronghorns are the fastest moving mammals in North America.

Rabbit
A fast-moving mammal with long ears.

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


Red Fox
The Red Fox is a meat-eating mammal with a long, bushy tail.

Red-Tailed Hawk
The Red-Tailed Hawk is a bird of prey, a raptor from North America.

Scorpion
A venomous arachnid with a large stinger on its tail.


Shrew
Shrews are tiny, ferocious mammals that are found worldwide.

Skunk
Skunks are black and white mammals that can produce a terrible odor.

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
The Tiger Swallowtail butterfly is a strong flier with distinctive yellow and black markings (females are sometimes brown and black).

Western Meadowlark
A brightly-colored songbird from western and central North America.

savanah animals

Aardvark
Aardvarks are large mammals that eat ants.

African Elephant
The African Elephant is the largest land animal.

African Wild Cat
African Wild Cats are fierce, solitary hunters.

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


Antelope
Antelopes are graceful mammals with beautiful horns.

Ant
Ants are social insects.

Asian Elephant
The Asian Elephant is an endangered species.

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


Black Caiman
The black caiman is a meat-eating reptile from South America that can be found on seasonally-flooded savannas.
Boa Constrictor
A large constricting snake from South and Central America.

Cape Buffalo
Cape Buffalo are large, hoofed mammals that live in African savannas.
Cape Hunting Dog
The Cape Hunting Dog hunts in packs in Africa.


CHEETAH
The cheetah is the fastest land animal. Or go to a simple cheetah coloring printout (just the image).

Earthworm
An earthworm is a little animal with a long, soft body and no legs.

Fossa
The fossa is a meat-eating mammal from the island of Madagascar.
Giraffe
The giraffe is the tallest land animal.


Giraffe and Baby
A mother and baby to color.

Gnu
The gnu is a fast-running, herding, grass-eater from eastern Africa. Also known as the wildebeest.

Grasshopper
Grasshoppers are insects that can hop, walk, and fly. There are about 10,000 different species of grasshoppers.

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


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

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

Jack Rabbit
Jack rabbits are hares; they have very long legs and long ears.

Kangaroo
Kangaroos hop and have pouches. Their babies are called joeys.


Leopard
Leopards are widely-distributed, spotted wild cats.

Lion
A group of lions is called a pride.

Meerkat
Meerkats (also known as suricates) are a type of mongoose that can stand upright.

Mole
Moles are almost-blind, burrowing mammals.


Mosquito
Mosquitos are flying insects that live in moist areas and can often carry diseases.

Mouse
Mice are small rodents with long, scaly tails.

Ostrich
The ostrich is the largest bird. It can't fly, but it runs very fast.


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

Redbilled Oxpecker
Redbilled Oxpeckers are birds that perch on large mammals in southern Africa.


Rhea
The Common Rhea or Nandu is a large, flightless bird from South America.

Rhinoceros
The rhinoceros is a large, thick-skinned mammal with one or two horn-like spikes on its head.

Scorpion
A venomous arachnid with a large stinger on its tail.

Serval
A long-legged African wild cat.


Spectacled Caiman
The Spectacled Caiman is a common meat-eating reptile from fresh water habitats in South and Central America.

Tiger
Tigers are large, fierce cats that have stripes.

Wallaby
Wallabies are small to medium-sized kangaroos.


Warthog
The warthog is a wild pig from Africa.

White Rhinoceros
The White rhinoceros is a large rhino with gray skin and two horn-like spikes on its head.

Wildebeest
The wildebeest is a fast-running, herding, grass-eater from eastern Africa. Also known as the gnu.


Wombat
The wombat is a rare, burrowing marsupial from the islands of Australia and Tasmania.

Zebra
Zebras have black and white stripes.
Zorilla
The Zorilla is a skunk-like mammal that lives in Africa.

Grasslands Animals

Aardvark
Aardvarks are large mammals that eat ants.

African Elephant
The African Elephant is the largest land animal.

African Wild Cat
African Wild Cats are fierce, solitary hunters.


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

Antelope
Antelopes are graceful mammals with beautiful horns.

Ant
Ants are social insects.

Asian Elephant
The Asian Elephant is an endangered species.


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

Bactrian Camel
Bactrian Camels are two-humped camels from deserts and steppes of Asia.

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

Bison
The American Buffalo (which is actually a Bison) is the heaviest land animal in North America.


Black-Footed Ferret
The Black-Footed Ferret is an endangered type of ferret from North America.

Blue-tongued Skink
An Australian lizard with a long, blue tongue.
Boa Constrictor
A large constricting snake from South and Central America.

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


Bull Snake
Also known as the gopher snake and the pine snake, this hissing constrictor lives in North America.

Camel
Camels are large mammals that live in dry areas of the Middle East.
Cape Hunting Dog
The Cape Hunting Dog hunts in packs in Africa.

CHEETAH
The cheetah is the fastest land animal. Or go to a simple cheetah coloring printout (just the image).


Coati (Coatimundi)
Coatimundi (also called coati) are long-nosed, long-tailed mammals from the Americas.
Coyote
Coyotes are meat-eaters related to wolves.

Coypu
Coypus (also called nutrias) are semi-aquatic rodents that are originally from South America.

Cricket
Crickets are jumping insects.


Deer
The deer is a shy, fast-moving plant-eater.

Dhole
The dhole is a wild dog from Asia.

Dingo
The dingo is a wild dog from Australia.

Donkey
Donkeys are hoofed mammals adapted to environments with little water.


Dragonfly
The dragonfly is a flying insect with a long abdomen.

Earthworm
An earthworm is a little animal with a long, soft body and no legs. They are found worldwide

Emu
The emu is a large Australian bird that cannot fly.

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


Gecko
Geckos are the only lizards that make noise. Some geckos live in grasslands.
Giraffe
The giraffe is the tallest land animal; it is found in Africa.

Giraffe and Baby
A mother and baby to color.

Gopher Snake
Also known as the bull snake and the pine snake, this hissing constrictor lives in North America.


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

Goat
Goats are sure-footed, hoofed mammals.

Golden Eagle
Golden Eagles are large birds of prey.

Grasshopper
Grasshoppers are insects that can hop, walk, and fly. There are about 10,000 different species of grasshoppers worldwide.


Gray Wolf
Gray wolves are carnivores that live in packs and howl.

Great Horned Owl
A large bird of prey from North and South America.

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

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


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

Jack Rabbit
Jack rabbits are hares; they have very long legs and long ears.

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

Kakapo
A large, flightless, nocturnal, solitary parrot from New Zealand.


Kangaroo
Kangaroos hop and have pouches. Their babies are called joeys.

Leopard
Leopards are widely-distributed, spotted wild cats.

Lion
A group of lions is called a pride.

Llama
Llama are woolly mammals from South America.


Meerkat
Meerkats (also known as suricates) are a type of African mongoose that can stand upright.

Mole
Moles are almost-blind, burrowing mammals

Mongoose
Mongooses are sleek, meat-eating mammals.


Mosquito
Mosquitos are flying insects that live in moist areas and can often carry diseases.

Mouse
Mice are small rodents with long, scaly tails.

Nutria
Nutrias (also called coypus) are semi-aquatic rodents that are originally from South America.

Oropendola, Crested
The crested oropendola is a tropical black bird that builds long, pendulous nests.

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

Ostrich
The ostrich is the largest bird. Although it can't fly, it runs very fast. It is from Africa.
Painted Lady Butterfly
A very widespread and common butterfly

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

Prairie Chicken
Prairie Chickens are a type of grouse that live in North American grasslands.

Prairie Dog
The prairie dog is not a dog; it is a ground squirrel.

Pronghorn
Pronghorns are the fastest moving mammals in North America.


Puma
A long-tailed American wild cat with no spots. It is also known as the catamount, panther, mountain lion, and cougar.

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

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

Rabbit
A fast-moving mammal with long ears.


Redbilled Oxpecker
Redbilled Oxpeckers are birds that perch on large mammals in southern Africa.

Red Fox
The Red Fox is a meat-eating mammal with a long, bushy tail.

Red-Tailed Hawk
The Red-Tailed Hawk is a bird of prey, a raptor from North America.

Rhea
The common rhea or nandu is a large, flightless bird from South America.


Rhinoceros
The rhinoceros is a large, thick-skinned African mammal with one or two horn-like spikes on its head.

Roadrunner
Also known as the Ground Cuckoo, this bird is a fast runner that rarely flies.

Scorpion
A venomous arachnid with a large stinger on its tail.

Serval
A long-legged African wild cat.


Sheep
Sheep are mammals with thick, furry fur and hoofed feet.

Shrew
Shrews are tiny, ferocious mammals that are found worldwide.

Skunk
Skunks are black and white mammals that can produce a terrible odor.

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


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

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

Tiger
Tigers are large, fierce cats that have stripes.

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
The Tiger Swallowtail butterfly is a strong flier with distinctive yellow and black markings (females are sometimes brown and black).


Wallaby
Wallabies are small to medium-sized kangaroos.

Warthog
The warthog is a wild pig from Africa.

Western Meadowlark
A brightly-colored songbird from western and central North America.

White Rhinoceros
The White rhinoceros is a large rhino with gray skin and two horn-like spikes on its head.


White-Tailed Deer
The white-tailed deer is a shy, fast-moving plant-eater.

Wildebeest
The wildebeest is a fast-running, herding, grass-eater from eastern Africa. Also known as the gnu.

Wombat
The wombat is a rare, burrowing marsupial from mainland Australia and Tasmania.

Zebra
Zebras have black and white stripes;they are from Africa.

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

city animals

American Crow
The American crow is a common bird in North America.

Earthworm
An earthworm is a little animal with a long, soft body and no legs.

Fly
The common house fly is

American Crow
The American crow is a common bird in North America.

Earthworm
An earthworm is a little animal with a long, soft body and no legs.

Fly
The common house fly is a small, flying insect. a small, flying insect

Squirrel
Squirrels are rodents.