names that start with A,B,C,D,E,and T, O,
preferably that end with, or contain an ‘r’ sound, or a ‘L’ sound.
Can anyone help me here?
Names or types of animals, kells?
A: armadillo, aardvark
B: ummm…bird, or buffalo
C: crane
D: deer
E: elephant
T: tadpole, terrier
O: Ostrich, ocelot
Sorry, that’s all I can think of off of the top of my head. I’m very tired.
A- anteater, agama, agouti, axolotyl
B- brittle star, brine shrimp, basset hound
C- cassowary, capybara, uh- cat
D- dragonet, dragonfly, diamondback rattlesnake
E- echinda!!!
T- tarsier
O- orang- outan, okapi
I’m very tired, too…
A- ai (no L’s or r’s, but still a fun one), alligator
B- beagle, bear, boar,
C- camel, condor
D- deer
E- eagle, earwig,
T-
O-
A- aye-aye; aardwolf;
B- bandicoot; binturong; Barbary ground squirrel; Bay-winged Hawk (alternate name for Harris’ Hawk); Barking Treefrog (not to be confused with the Pennsylvania Barking Spider…)
C- cachalot (sperm whale); Cuban House Bat (*Molussus molussus *)
D- dik-dik;
E- elk; eland;
O- otter; ounce; osprey
T- tucuxi (Amazon river dolphin); tapir;
English/common names only? Single words or multiword names? Latin names and genera would yield a much larger list - ‘Coelodonta’; ‘Elasmotherium’
Check the library for a copy of “Walker’s Mammals of the World” 2 volume set, 5th edition by Ronald Novak (6th edition was published in April). This saved me a lot of time with crossword puzzles. Lunch hour is over, and the rest of my insect, reptile and bird books are at home, so I can check later.
A-Ashley
B-Bob
C-Carl
D-Denver
E-Earl
T-Tommy
O-Oscar
[Oh, you wanted the ‘R’ sound. Small screen - I thought it was a ‘Y’. Oh well, here’s more]
Found more in the Artiodactyla; Bovidae section -
A- Auodad; Argali; Anoa; Addax;
B- Bontebok; Blesbok; Barbary Sheep (see also: Auodad); Beira; Blackbuck; Banteng; Bongo; Bushbuck; Bison; Buffalo;
Banteng; Bharal (Blue Sheep); Bighorn Sheep;
C- Chiru (Tibetan Antelope); Chamois; Cave Goat; Cretan Wild Goat; Caucasian Tur (West and East species);
D- Duiker (Gray and Common); Domestic Goat; Dall’s Sheep
T- Takin; Tahr
Others-
A- Altiplano Chinchilla Mouse; Anole
B- Badger; Bog Lemming (sounds like a rock band); Banded Anteater; Bat; Bare-backed Fruit Bat; Beaver; Bryde’s Whale; Barred Owl; Barn Owl; Burrowing Owl
C- Cacomistle (Ringtail); Coati or Coatimundi; Civet;
Cusimanse; Colugo (Flying Lemur); Coyote; Cuiver’s Dolphin
D- Dwarf Epauleted Fruit Bat
E- Elephant Shrew; Epauleted Bat; Epauleted Fruit Bat
D- Dall’s Porpoise; Dog-Faced Fruit Bat
E- Ermine
T- Tayra; Toucan
[Side note - The ‘Little Flying Cow’ is one of the darn-cutest bats I have ever seen!]
I think I’ll avoid Pennsylvania!