Animals

Articles about animal species, behavior and classification.

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Sessility (zoology)

Sessility (zoology): animals that live attached to a surface

Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse

Seven-arm octopus

Seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus)

Seychelles parakeet

Seymouria

Seymouria: amphibian-like terrestrial tetrapod of the early Permian

Shaheen falcon

Shaheen falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinator)

Shanag

Shanag — small dromaeosaurid genus

Shantungosaurus

Shantungosaurus — giant Late Cretaceous hadrosaur from Shandong, China

Shark

Shark: biology, evolution, diversity, and human interactions

Shell (zoology)

Shell (zoology): protective external coverings of animals

Shepherd

Shepherd: roles, practices, history and cultural importance

Shetland Sheepdog

Shetland Sheepdog (Sheltie): Overview, Appearance, Temperament, and Care

Shiba Inu

Shiba Inu — compact Japanese spitz-type dog breed

Shield bug

Shield bug (Acanthosomatidae): overview, biology and significance

Shih Tzu

Shih Tzu — Small long-coated companion dog

Shikoku (dog)

Shikoku (Japanese dog breed)

Ship's cat

Shoaling and schooling

Shonisaurus

Shonisaurus: a giant Triassic ichthyosaur

Short-beaked common dolphin

Short-beaked echidna

Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Short-faced bear

Short-faced bear (Arctodus)

Short-tailed shearwater

Short-tailed shearwater (muttonbird)

Shovelnose frog

Shrew

Shrew (Soricidae): small insectivorous mammals

Shrew opossum

Shrew opossum (caenolestids): small insectivorous marsupials of the Andes

Shrike

Shrike: the predatory passerine often called the 'butcher bird'

Shrimp

Shrimp: biology, ecology, uses, and distinctions

Shuvuuia

Shuvuuia — small bird-like alvarezsaurid theropod from Late Cretaceous Mongolia

Siamang

Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus): largest of the lesser apes

Siamese cat

Siamese cat (Wichian Mat)

Siamodon

Siamodon — an iguanodontian dinosaur from Thailand

Siamosaurus

Siamosaurus: Early Cretaceous spinosaurid known from isolated teeth in Thailand

Siberian crane

Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)

Siberian Husky

Siberian Husky — origins, appearance, behavior, and uses

Siberian roe deer

Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)

Siberian tiger

Siberian tiger (Amur tiger) — Panthera tigris tigris

Sicklefin lemon shark

Sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens)

Sidewinder

Sidewinder rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes)

Sierra newt

Sierra newt — a mountain subspecies of the California newt

Sigilmassasaurus

Sigilmassasaurus — Late Cretaceous African theropod known from short neck vertebrae

Sika deer

Sika deer (Cervus nippon)

Silent dormouse

Silent dormouse (Graphiurus surdus)

Silky pocket mouse

Silky pocket mouse (Perognathus flavus)

Silky shark

Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)

Silky sifaka

Silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus)

Silver-haired bat

Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)

Silverfish

Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina): appearance, biology, and interactions with people