Facts on Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Animals
Animals are metazoan living things. They do not make their own food by themselves.
10 facts about AnimalsCats
Is a small mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and its ability to hunt vermin and household pests.
10 facts about CatsDogs
Is a mammal from the family Canidae and it has been domesticated by humans for a long time.
10 facts about DogsHorses
Is a hooved mammal, a subspecies of the family Equidae.
10 facts about HorsesBees
Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants.
10 facts about BeesSea Lions
Are marine fin-footed mammals in the family Otariidae and have the ability to walk on all fours.
10 facts about Sea LionsLions
Are called the ‘King of the jungle” because of their magnificent physique and also because they display brave fighting skills.
10 facts about LionsTigers
Have been around for 2 million years but considered an endangered species with only about 4,000 surviving in the wild today.
10 facts about TigersSnakes
Are long, legless ectothermic reptiles that belong to the sub-order of Serpentes.
10 facts about SnakesWolves
Were the first animals to be domesticated by man and regarded as gods in the Norse mythologies.
10 facts about WolvesManatees
Are gentle aquatic mammals with bodies that taper to a flat paddle shaped tail.
10 facts about ManateesSnow Lepoards
Are large felines with long thick whitish fur native to the rugged and snowy highlands of Central Asia and South Asia including China.
10 facts about Snow LepoardsLeopards
Are members of the Felidae family and smallest of the big cats.
10 facts about LeopardsCamels
Are called the desert ships and they can swim when they encounter water and also carry 200 – 300 kg of baggage on their backs.
10 facts about CamelsNarwhals
Are medium sized whales belonging to the Monodontidae family and found in the Arctic regions all year round.
10 facts about NarwhalsBisons
Are large humped animals with a shaggy mane, large heads and short horns and look similar to wild oxen.
10 facts about BisonsHippopotamuses
Are extremely heavyweight animals with a round body, short, stocky legs and a large head.
10 facts about HippopotamusesWalruses
Are the most garrulous pinnipeds or marine mammals with broad heads, flippers, short muzzle, small eyes, tusks and whiskers.
10 facts about WalrusesJaguars
Are the third largest feline species of cats and are normally orange colored with black spots called ‘rosettes’.
10 facts about JaguarsWater Buffalos
Are large formidable mammals with sparse black-gray coats that belong to the Bovine family.
10 facts about Water BuffalosMoose
Are Artiodactyle ruminant mammals of the family Cervidae, commonly known as the deer family.
10 facts about MoosePelicans
Are giant birds found on every continent except Antarctica.
10 facts about PelicansRams
Are wooly, horned ruminant grazing mammals that may be wild or domesticated.
10 facts about RamsSheeps
Are wooly, ruminant mammals belonging to the genus Ovis of the family Bovidae.
10 facts about SheepsGoats
Are cloven-hoofed ruminant mammals belonging to the Bovidae family.
10 facts about GoatsChickens
Are domestic fowls that belong to the Gallus domesticus or rej Jungle fowl family and are the closest living relatives of the tyrannosaur.
10 facts about ChickensYaks
Is a long-haired bovine that can be found in the Himalayan region located in south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and even as far north as Mongolia and Russia.
10 facts about YaksAlpacas
is a domesticated species of South American camelid.
10 facts about AlpacasLlamas
are domesticated South American camelids, widely used as meat and pack animals by Andean cultures since pre-Hispanic times.
10 facts about LlamasFerrets
is the domesticated form of the European Polecat.
10 facts about FerretsBroad beans
Also known as the fava bean.
10 facts about Broad beansFigs
A species of a flowering plant holding an edible fruit called fig.
10 facts about FigsOlives
A species from the family Oleaceae.
10 facts about OlivesPeanuts
A species in the legume family.
10 facts about Peanuts