Animals

Articles about animal species, behavior and classification.

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Litter box

Indoor Litter Boxes for Cats and Small Pets: Types, Maintenance and Placement

Little auk

Little cormorant

Little cormorant (Microcarbo niger)

Little egret

Little egret (Egretta garzetta)

Little Grebe

Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

Little owl

Little owl

Little penguin

Little penguin (Eudyptula minor)

Livestock

Livestock: domestic animals raised for food, fiber, and labor

Lizard

Llama

Llama (Lama glama): South American pack animal and camelid

Lobster

Lobster (Nephropidae)

Locust

Loggerhead sea turtle

Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)

Lonesome George

Lonesome George — last known Pinta Island tortoise

Long-beaked echidna

Long-beaked echidna (Genus Zaglossus)

Long-nosed bandicoot

Long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta)

Longhorn beetle

Loon

Loon: aquatic diving bird of northern lakes and coasts

Lophorhothon

Lophorhothon — an eastern North American hadrosaurid

Loriini

Loriini: lories and lorikeets, nectar‑feeding parrots of Australasia

Loris

Loris — nocturnal, arboreal primates of Southeast Asia

Lorisidae

Lorisidae: lorises, pottos and angwantibos

Lorisoidea

Lorisoidea: the lorises and galagos

Lorrain dormouse

Lorrain Dormouse (Graphiurus lorraineus)

Los Angeles Zoo

Louse

Lovebird

Lovebird (Agapornis): small, social parrots known for strong pair bonds

Lugworm

Lugworm (Arenicola marina): biology, habitat and human uses

Lumbriculus variegatus

Lumbriculus variegatus — the California blackworm

Lungfish

Lungfish (Dipnoi): anatomy, evolution, behavior and distribution

Lungless salamander

Lungless salamander (Plethodontidae): biology, diversity, and natural history

Lycaenidae

Lycaenidae — the gossamer-winged butterflies

Lycorhinus

Lycorhinus — early heterodontosaurid ornithischian from southern Africa

Lynx

Lynx: the tufted-eared wildcats of the genus Lynx

Lyrebird

Lythronax

Lythronax — a Late Cretaceous tyrannosaurid from southwestern North America

Macaque

Macaque (genus Macaca) — overview, behaviour, distribution and human interactions

Macaroni penguin

Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus)

Macaw

Machaeroides

Machaeroides: an early sabre-toothed creodont of the Eocene

Machairodontinae

Machairodontinae — the sabre‑toothed cats

Mackerel

Mackerel: overview, biology, culinary uses, and safety

MacQueen's bustard

MacQueen's bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii)

Macropod

Macropod

Macropod: biology, diversity, and conservation of kangaroos and relatives

Macropods are marsupials of the family Macropodidae—including kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, pademelons and quokkas—native to Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands.

Macropodiformes

Macropus

Macrovipera

Macrovipera — the large Palearctic vipers

Madeiran wall lizard

Madeiran wall lizard (Teira dugesii)