FISH
This colorful fish is famous for living among sea anemones and became even more popular thanks to an animated movie.
What is a clownfish?
This black-and-white bear from China spends most of its day eating bamboo.
What is a giant panda?
This large, flightless bird is native to antarctica and is famous for its black-and-white "tuxedo" appearance.
What is a penguin?
This reptile is famous for carrying its home on its back in the form of a hard shell.
What is a turtle?
Animals with backbones, such as birds, fish, and mammals, belong to this group.
What are vertebrates?
Unlike most fish, this flat-bodied species has both of its eyes on the same side of its head as an adult.
What is a flounder?
This is the only mammal capable of true powered flight.
What is a bat?
Known for its ability to mimic human speech, this colorful tropical bird belongs to a family that includes macaws and cockatoos.
What is a parrot?
Unlike frogs, these amphibians keep their tails throughout their lives and include species such as the axolotl.
What are salamanders?
Animals like jellyfish, octopuses, and insects belong to this group because they do not have backbones.
What are invertebrates?
This massive fish is the largest living fish species in the world, yet it feeds mainly on tiny plankton.
What is a whale shark?
This marine mammal is famous for using echolocation to hunt and communicate with others.
What is a dolphin?
This bird of prey is the national bird of the United States and is recognized by its white head and tail.
What is a bald eagle?
This large reptile, found in Florida and parts of China, differs from crocodiles by having a broader, U-shaped snout.
What is an alligator.
This vertebrate class includes frogs, salamanders, and newts, which typically live part of their lives in water and part on land.
What are amphibians?
These fish are famous for their long migrations from the ocean back to the freshwater streams where they were born to lay eggs.
What are salmon?
Unlike most mammals, this egg-laying mammal has a duck-like bill and is native to Australia.
What is a platypus?
This tiny bird is the only bird capable of sustained backward flight, thanks to its unique wing motion.
What is a hummingbird?
These amphibians are unique among frogs because many species spend most of their lives underground and have a rounded body with very short limbs.
Caecilians.
This invertebrate group includes animals with eight legs, such as spiders, scorpions, and ticks.
What are arachnids?
This ancient group of fish, known for having skeletons made of cartilage instead of bone, includes sharks, rays, and skates.
What are cartilaginous fish? (or What is Chondrichthyes?
This order of mammals includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
What is Cetacea? (or What are cetaceans?)
The common ancestor of all modern domestic chickens is this wild bird native to South and Southeast Asia.
What is the red junglefowl?
This reptile order includes snakes and lizards and is named from the Latin words meaning "scaled reptiles."
What is Squamata?
Although they have no backbone, these intelligent invertebrates—including octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish—belong to this group of mollusks.
What are cephalopods?