Eel Facts & Images, What are Eels?
Eel Facts Feature Details Common Name Eel Scientific Name Order Anguilliformes (European eel: Anguilla anguilla) Kingdom / Class Animalia / Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) Number…
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Dinosaur Facts & Images, What are Dinosaurs?
Dinosaur Facts Feature Details Scientific Group Clade Dinosauria (within Archosauria) Classification Two major groups: Saurischia (lizard-hipped) & Ornithischia (bird-hipped) First Appearance ~231–243 million years ago…
Reptile Facts & Images, What are Reptiles?
Reptile Facts Feature Details Common Name Reptile (collective term for Class Reptilia) Scientific Classification Class: Reptilia; includes orders Squamata, Crocodilia, Testudines, Rhynchocephalia Kingdom Animalia Phylum…
Cat Facts & Images, What are Cats?
Cat Facts Feature Detail Common Name Domestic Cat Scientific Name Felis catus Wild Ancestor African Wildcat (Felis lybica) Kingdom Animalia Family Felidae Lifespan (Indoor) 12–18…
Dog Facts & Images, What are Dogs?
Dog Facts Feature Details Common Name Dog (Domestic Dog) Scientific Name Canis lupus familiaris Kingdom Animalia Family Canidae Wild Ancestor Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) Domestication…
Wild Animal Facts & Images, Wildlife
Wild Animal Facts Feature Details Category Wild Animals (non-domesticated members of Kingdom Animalia) Scientific Kingdom Animalia Total Wild Species (est.) ~8.7 million animal species; ~1.5…
Axolotl Facts & Images, What are Axolotls?
Axolotl Facts Feature Detail Common Name Axolotl Scientific Name Ambystoma mexicanum Class Amphibia Order Urodela (Salamanders) Family Ambystomatidae Native Habitat Lake Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico…
Animal Facts & Images, What Are Animals?
Animals Facts Feature Details Scientific Kingdom Animalia Estimated Species ~8.7 million (est. total); ~1.5 million formally described Oldest Animal Fossil ~800 million years ago (Otavia…