Animals

Words List

Animals

Word or phrase		Description
armadillo/tatu		A small animal whose body is covered in hard strips that allow it to curl into a ball armadillo
bat/morcego		A small animal like a mouse with wings that flies at night bat
bear/urso		A large, heavy mammal with thick fur and a very short tail	polar bear
beaver/esquilo		An animal with smooth fur, sharp teeth and a large flat tail, which lives in a dam beaver
bison/espécie de bufalo		A large wild animal, similar to a cow but having a larger head and hairy shoulders bison
buffalo		A large animal of the cattle family, with long curved horns
camel		A large animal with a long neck, that lives in the desert and has one or two humps
cat		A small four-legged furry animal with a tail and claws, usually kept as a pet or for catching mice
chipmunk		A small furry North American animal with dark strips along its back
deer		A quite large four-legged animal which eats grass and leaves and has wide branch-like horns
dog		A common four-legged animal, especially kept by people as a pet or to hunt or guard things
donkey		An animal like a small horse with long ears
elephant		A very large grey mammal which has a trunk with which it can pick things up
fox		A reddish-brown wild mammal belonging to the dog family which has a pointed face and ears
giraffe		A large African animal with a very long neck and long legs
gopher		A North American animal which lives in holes that it makes in the ground
grizzly		A very large greyish brown bear from North America and Canada
guinea pig		A small furry animal with rounded ears, short legs and no tail, which is often kept as a pet
hamster		A small furry animal with large spaces in each side of its mouth which are used for storing food
hedgehog		A small brown mammal with a protective covering of spines on its back
hippopotamus		A very large animal with short legs and thick, dark grey skin which lives near water in Africa
horse		A large animal with four legs which people ride on
hyena		A wild animal from Africa and Asia that makes a sound similar to an unpleasant human laugh
kangaroo		A large Australian mammal with long powerful back legs on which it moves by jumping
koala		An Australian animal which lives in trees and looks like a small bear with grey fur
leopard		A large wild cat that has yellow fur with black spots on it and lives in Africa and southern Asia
lion		A large wild animal of the cat family with yellowish brown fur which lives in Africa
llama		A large animal with a long neck and long hair, and which is often kept for its meat, milk, fur
monkey		An animal that lives in hot countries, has a long tail and climbs trees
moose		A type of large deer with large flat horns and a long nose which lives in the forests of North America
mouse		A small mammal with short fur, a pointed face, and a long tail
panda		A large black and white mammal similar to a bear, that lives in forests in China
porcupine		An animal with a protective covering of long stiff needle-like hairs on its back
possum		A small animal which lives in trees and has thick fur, a long nose and a tail without hair
rabbit		A small animal with long ears and large front teeth, which moves by jumping on its long back legs
raccoon		A small North American animal with black marks on its face and a long tail with black rings on it
rat		A small rodent, larger than a mouse, which has a long tail and is considered to be harmful
rhinoceros		A very large thick-skinned animal from Africa or Asia, which has one or two horns on its nose
seal		A large fish-eating mammal which lives partly in the sea and partly on land or ice
skunk		A small black and white North American animal that makes a strong unpleasant smell
squirrel		A small furry animal with a long furry tail which climbs trees and feeds on nuts and seeds
tiger		A large wild animal of the cat family with yellowish orange fur with black lines
wolf		A wild animal of the dog family