Animals

Articles about animal species, behavior and classification.

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Classification

Claw

Cleaner fish

Cleaner fish: mutualistic cleaners of reefs and freshwater habitats

Cleaner shrimp

Clever Hans

Clever Hans — the horse that revealed the observer-expectancy effect

Click beetle

Click beetle (Elateridae): appearance, behavior and human relevance

Climacoceratidae

Climacoceratidae — extinct giraffoid artiodactyls of the Miocene

Clouded leopard

Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa): description, behavior, and conservation

Clownfish

Clupeidae

Clupeidae: herrings, shads, sardines and related fishes

Cnidaria

Cnidaria: overview of jellyfish, corals, sea anemones and related animals

Coastal Range newt

Coat (dog)

Dog coat

Cobra

Cobra: hooded venomous snakes, biology, behaviour and human interactions

Coccinella septempunctata

Coccinella septempunctata — the seven-spot ladybird

Cockapoo

Cockapoo: origin, traits, care, and commonly seen varieties

Cockatiel

Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus): Overview, Care, and Behavior

Cockatoo

Cockatoo

Cockatoo — overview, characteristics, taxonomy, and human interactions

Cockatoos are a group of parrots (family Cacatuidae) native to Australasia, known for expressive crests, strong curved bills, social behaviour, and long associations with people as

Cocker Spaniel

Cocker Spaniel — English and American breeds

Cockle

Cockroach

Coconut crab

Coconut crab (Birgus latro) — the largest land-dwelling crustacean

Cod

Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): biology, fisheries, and uses

Coelacanth

Coelacanth

Coelacanth: the lobe‑finned 'living fossil' fish

Coelacanths are ancient lobe‑finned fishes with a deep fossil record. Rediscovered alive in 1938, two living species persist in deep waters; they are important to studies of verteb

Coelophysis

Coelurosauria

Coelurus

Coelurus — small Late Jurassic hollow-boned theropod

Coenobitidae

Coenobitidae: family of land hermit crabs

Coleoidea

Coleoidea

Coleoidea — the modern shell‑less cephalopods

Coleoidea is the cephalopod subgroup that includes octopuses, squids and cuttlefish, distinguished by reduced or internal shells, advanced nervous systems, and diverse marine ecolo

Collective animal behaviour

Colo (gorilla)

Colo — the first gorilla born in captivity and a zoo icon

Colobinae

Colobinae: the leaf‑eating Old World monkey subfamily

Coloborhynchus

Coloborhynchus — a toothed, crested pterosaur of the Lower Cretaceous

Colobus

Colobus: African leaf-eating monkeys of the genus Colobus

Colorado potato beetle

Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)

Colossal squid

Colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni)

Colourpoint

Colubrid

Colubrid (Colubridae): overview, traits and significance

Colugo

Columbian mammoth

Columbiformes

Common barn owl

Common basilisk

Common bronzewing

Common bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)

Common buzzard

Common buzzard (Buteo buteo)

Common collared lizard

Common collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)

Common coquí

Common coquí (Eleutherodactylus coqui)

Common crane

Common crane (Grus grus) — Eurasian crane