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Also Known As	hare-lipped bat • Noctilionidae

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vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.

Animal Factoids

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

Animal Group Names

Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)

Wild Words from the Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz

Giraffe standing in grass, Kenya.

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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz

Lion (panthera leo)

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Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius). Animals, mammals.

Ultimate Animals Quiz

Humpback whale breaching out of the ocean. (sea mammal; ocean mammal)

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cat. orange and white persian cat with long hair, snarl, growl, teeth

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Bats. Megabat. Grey-headed flying fox. Pteropus poliocephalus. A pair of grey-headed flying foxes hanging from the ceiling of a cave in South Australia.

5 Surprising Facts About Bats

cat. orange and white persian cat with long hair, snarl, growl, teeth

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animal. Amphibian. Frog. Anura. Ranidae. Frog in grass.

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bat flying

Are Bats Really Blind?

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Are Bats Rodents?