This document provides brief descriptions of different types of mammals, reptiles, birds, and other animals. It describes physical characteristics like size, coloration, diet, habitat, and behaviors of species including sheep, rabbits, squirrels, foxes, deer, grass snakes, viviparous lizards, adders, slow worms, black-headed gulls, avocets, blackcaps, bar-tailed godwits, and Arctic terns. The document presents factual information about the natural history of numerous animal taxa found around the world.

2. Mammals
There are over
800 types of
sheep in the
world.
The sheep is a
mammal used
as livestock.

3. Mammals
The rabbits live
in dry areas
near sea level.
House rabbit
tend to get
along with
other pets.

4. Mammals
The squirrel is a
very ancient
species and
small.
Squirrel eat nuts
and seeds.

5. Mammals
Foxes live two
to three two to
three years
but some day
reach ten.
Foxes are
smaller than
wolves.

6. Mammals
They have
slender legs,
hooves,
halved and
long neck.
Deer are
herbivores.

7. Reptiles
The grass snake is typically
dark green or brown in
colour with a
characteristic yellow
collar behind the head,
which explains the
alternative name ringed
snake. The colour may
also range from grey to
black, with darker colours
being more prevalent in
colder regions,
presumably owing to the
thermal benefits of being
dark in colour.

8. Reptiles
The viviparous lizard
feeds on
invertebrates, mostly
small insects. It shakes
larger prey in its jaws
before chewing it and
swallowing it whole. In
early spring, late
autumn, and cool
summer days it basks
in the sun to reach its
optimum body
temperature, which is
about 30°C.

9. Reptiles
Any of several
groups of
venomous snakes
of the Viperidae
family including
Vipera berus, the
common European
adder, found in
Europe and
northern Asia.

10. Reptiles
Anguis, or the
slow worm, is a
small genus of
lizard in the
family Anguidae.
It has two
described
species.

11. Reptiles
In East Africa, they are
found mostly in
rivers, lakes,
marshes, and dams.
They have been
known to enter the
sea in some areas,
with one specimen
having been seen 11
km off St Lucia Bay in
1917. In Madagascar,
they have adapted to
living in caves.

12. Birds
The Black-headed Gull
(Chroicocephalus
ridibundus) is a small gull
which breeds in much of
Europe and Asia, and
also in coastal eastern
Canada. Most of the
population is migratory,
wintering further south,
but some birds in the
milder westernmost
areas of Europe are
resident.

13. Birds
Avocets have long legs
and long, thin, upcurved
bills (giving their
scientific name
Recurvirostra) which
they sweep from side to
side when feeding in the
brackish or saline
wetlands they prefer.
The plumage is pied,
sometimes also with
some red.

14. Birds
It is a robust typical
warbler, mainly grey
in plumage. Like most
Sylvia species, it has
distinct male and
female plumages: The
male has the small
black cap from which
the species gets its
name, whereas in
the female the cap is
brown.

15. Birds
The Bar-tailed
Godwit is a
relatively short-
legged species
of godwit. The
bill-to-tail length
is 37–41 cm, with
a wingspan of
70–80 cm.

16. Birds
The Arctic Tern is a medium-
sized bird around 33–36 cm
(13–15 in) from the tip of its
beak to the tip of its tail.
The wingspan is 76–85 cm.
The weight is 86–127 g (3.0–
4.5 oz). The beak is dark
red, as are the short legs
and webbed feet. Like most
terns, the Arctic Tern has
high aspect ratio wings and
a tail with a deep fork.