Animals

Articles about animal species, behavior and classification.

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Dicynodont

Didelphis

Didelphis — genus of large American opossums

Didynamipus

Didynamipus — the four‑digit toad, a monotypic genus of Bufonidae

Digenea

Dik-dik

Dik-dik: small African antelopes of the genus Madoqua

Dilong paradoxus

Dilong paradoxus — small feathered tyrannosauroid from Early Cretaceous China

Dilophosaurus

Dimetrodon

Dimetrodon — sail-backed Permian synapsid

Dimorphodon

Dimorphodon — Early Jurassic pterosaur notable for two tooth types

Dingo

Dingo: wild canid of Australia and Southeast Asia

Dinornis

Dinornis — the giant moa of New Zealand

Dinosaur

Dinosaur

Dinosaurs: biology, evolution, fossils and cultural significance

Dinosaurs were a diverse clade of archosaur reptiles that dominated terrestrial ecosystems in the Mesozoic. This article covers origins, anatomy, fossil history, the rise of birds

Dinosaur brains and intelligence

Diplodocid

Diplodocus

Diplodocus

Diploglossus

Diploglossus: a genus of New World anguids

Dipodidae

Dipodidae: jerboas, jumping mice and birch mice

Diprotodon

Diprotodon: Largest Pleistocene Marsupial of Australia

Diprotodont

Diprotodontia: The Australasian marsupial order

Dire wolf

Dire wolf (Canis dirus): Prehistoric predator of the Americas

Discoglossidae

Discoglossidae — disc‑tongued frogs: overview, genera, distribution and biology

Diurnal

Diurnal: daytime activity patterns in animals and plants

Dobermann

Dobermann (Doberman Pinscher) — Breed overview and history

Dodo

Dodo (Raphus cucullatus): flightless bird of Mauritius and emblem of extinction

Dog

Dogue de Bordeaux

Dolly (sheep)

Dolly Varden

Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma)

Dolphin

Dolphin (Delphinidae and relatives): biology, behavior, and conservation

Domestic goat

Domestic sheep

Domestic yak

Domestic yak (Bos grunniens): overview, traits, uses, and origins

Dominance (ethology)

Donkey

Donkey (Equus africanus asinus): description, history, uses, and hybrids

Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong: Nintendo's Gorilla Icon

Dormouse

Dormouse (Gliridae): small hibernating rodents

Dove

Draco (genus)

Draco (genus)

Draco (genus) — the gliding 'flying' dragons of Southeast Asia

Draco is a genus of small agamid lizards that glide between trees using extendable rib-supported membranes. Found in Asian forests, they feed on insects, lay eggs in soil, and incl

Dracorex

Dracorex — a Late Cretaceous pachycephalosaur and its debated identity

Dracovenator

Dracovenator — Early Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur from southern Africa

Dragonfly

Dragonfly: Overview, Anatomy, Life Cycle, Habitat and Evolution

Dreadnoughtus

Dreadnoughtus: Giant titanosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina

Drinker

Dromaeosauridae

Dromornis

Drosophila obscura

Drosophila obscura: common European fruit fly (obscura species group)

Drosophila pseudoobscura

Drosophila pseudoobscura: a model for natural population genetics and speciation

Drosophila simulans