Clipart pictures of numerous species of mammals. Of the class mammalia, mammals are different from other classes by having mammary glands, sweat glands, hair, three middle ear bones used in hearing, and a neocortex area of the brain. This section contains mammals whose common name begin with A through B.
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Aardvark
"It is about three and a half feet long, the tail one foot nine inches. It has a long callous snout like a hog, a small mouth, and a slender tounge; this being covered with glutinous saliva, the anima... |
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Aardvark
"Aard-vark is a burrowing insect-eating animal of the order Edentata found in South Africa. The name 'pig' is given to it from the shape of its snout. It is about 5 feet long, with a thin tapering t... |
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Addax
"The body is five feet long, and height three feet. The general color is gray-ish-white, though the head and neck are of a reddish-brown." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885... |
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Addax
"Addax of Eastern Africa. (A nasomaculatus)'"-Whitney, 1902... |
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Agouta
"An insectivorous mammal peculiar to Hayti, the type-member of the genus Solenodon and of the family Solendontidæ."-Whitney, 1902... |
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Agouti
"The American name for the genus Dasyprocta and family Dasyproctidæ."-Whitney, 1902... |
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Agouti, Black
"Is considerably smaller than the common agouti, being about the size of a rabbit, while the species approaches the dimensions of the hare. Its general proportions and form, however, are the same; but... |
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Agoutis
Burrowing rodents having brown fur... |
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Alpaca
"A mammal, a native of the Andes, especially of the mountains of Chili and Peru."-Whitney, 1902... |
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Alpaca
A close relative to the Llama, the Alpaca is used primarily for its wool. It lives in the wild, and is domesticated, in Chile and Peru.... |
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Alpaca
An illustration of an alpaca.... |
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Animal in tree
A mammal on a tree branch.... |
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Animals in Corral, Farm
An illustration of farm animals, including two horses, three pigs, and a cow.... |
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Animals, Extinct
Animals alive today are but a fraction of all that have been before our time. We are continually discovering species of animals long since vanished form the fact of the earth. The mammoth is notable... |
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Anoa
The anoa or sapiutan is a bovine native to Indonesia.... |
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Anoa
Anoa are a subgenus of buffalo comprising two species native to Indonesia: the Mountain Anoa (Bubalus quarlesi) and the Lowland Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis). Both live in undisturbed forest, and are ... |
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Anomalure, Pele's
"It resembles the flying-squirrel, in having a flying membrane on each side, and using them in the same manner of that animal, in gliding from tree to tree." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885... |
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Anoplotherium
Anoplotherium, an extinct hoofed mammal.... |
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Anoplotherium commune
"The Anoplotherium commune was of the height of the wild boar, but its form was more elongated; it had a long and thick tail, like the kangaroo; and the feet had a divided hoof, or two large to... |
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Anoplotherium gracile
"The Anoplotherium gracile was of elegant proportions, resembling in size and form the gazelle, and must have lived after the manner of the deer and antelope." — Goodrich, 1844... |
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Anteater
the Great Anteater is found in the tropics,(Smiley, 1839).... |
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Anteater
Four or five feet in length with a large, bushy tail. Feeds almost entirely on white ants. ... |
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Anteater
"Also called the ant bear (Myrmecophaga jubata)."-Whitney, 1902... |
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Anteater, crested
Anteaters are toothless four legged mammals. They have elongated heads and sticky tongues. It tears open ant and termite mounds with its strong claws and uses its long sticky tongue to withdraw the ... |
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Anteater, Porcupine
"It is a slow, dull, nocturnal animal, but exhibits a wonderful activity in digging, for which its powerful claws are admirably adapted." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885... |