Animals

Articles about animal species, behavior and classification.

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Edible dormouse

Edible dormouse (Glis glis): overview, behaviour, history and human interactions

Edible frog

Edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus)

Edmontonia

Edmontonia: armored nodosaur of the Late Cretaceous

Edmontosaurus

Edmontosaurus — Late Cretaceous duck‑billed hadrosaur

Eel

Eel (Anguilliformes): appearance, life cycle, habitats, and human interactions

Egyptian cobra

Egyptian fruit bat

Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus)

Egyptian vulture

Ekaltadeta

Ekaltadeta — extinct Australian giant rat-kangaroo

Eland

Eland: overview of Africa’s largest antelope

Elaphrosaurus

Elaphrosaurus: a slender Late Jurassic ceratosaurian theropod

Elapid

Elapids (Elapidae): venomous snakes of cobras, kraits, mambas, and sea snakes

Elasmobranchii

Elasmobranchii: sharks, rays and skates — biology, roles and conservation

Elasmosaurus

Elasmosaurus: the long‑necked plesiosaur of the Cretaceous

Elasmotherium

Elasmotherium

Electric eel

Electric fish

Electric ray

Electric rays (order Torpediniformes)

Elephant

Elephant bird

Elephant bird (Aepyornithidae) — giant flightless birds of Madagascar

Elephant seal

Elephant shrew

Elephant shrew (sengi): small African mammals of the order Macroscelidea

Eleutherodactylidae

Eleutherodactylus

Eleutherodactylus: biology and significance of a New World frog genus

Eliomys

Eliomys — genus of dormice (garden dormice and relatives)

Emberizidae

Emerald ash borer

Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis): invasive beetle threatening ash trees

Emperor newt

Emperor penguin

Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)

Emu

Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

Enantiornithes

Endopterygota

English Cocker Spaniel

English Springer Spaniel

English Springer Spaniel — breed overview, appearance, history and care

Enneabatrachus hechti

Enneabatrachus hechti — a tiny Late Jurassic frog species

Ensatina

Ensatina: the lungless salamander complex of western North America

Entelodont

Eoabelisaurus

Eoabelisaurus — early abelisaurid theropod from the Middle Jurassic

Eohippus

Eohippus — the early Eocene 'dawn horse'

Eoraptor

Eoraptor: an early dinosaur from the Ischigualasto Formation

Epidexipteryx

Epidexipteryx — a Jurassic maniraptoran notable for ornamental tail feathers

Equidae

Equidae: the family of horses, donkeys and zebras

Equus (genus)

Equus (genus)

Equus (genus) — horses, asses and zebras

Equus is the genus of modern one-toed hoofed mammals that includes horses, asses and zebras. Adapted to grasslands, they evolved from multi-toed ancestors and have important ecolog

Erinaceidae

Erinaceidae

Erinaceidae: the family of hedgehogs and gymnures

Erinaceidae is a small family of mammals that includes spiny hedgehogs and the hairier, scent-marking gymnures (moonrats); they belong to the order Eulipotyphla and have a long fos

Eriophyidae

Eristicophis

Eristicophis — McMahon's viper, a desert viper of Central Asia

Eshanosaurus

Eshanosaurus: Early Jurassic therizinosaur-like dinosaur from China

Esociformes

Esociformes: pikes, mudminnows and their freshwater relatives