Wahoo Fish
Waimanu
Walking Catfish
Wallaby
Walleye Fish
Walrus
Wandering Albatross
Warbler
Warthog
Wasp
Water Beetle
Water Buffalo
Water Bug
Water Dragon
Water Vole
Waterbuck
Wattled Jacana
Wax Moth
Weasel
Weaver Birds: Natureβs Master Architects
Weimaraner
Weimardoodle
Wels Catfish
Welsh Black Cattle
Welsh Corgi
Welsh Springer Spaniel
Welsh Terrier
West Highland Terrier
West Siberian Laika
Western Blacklegged Tick
Western Blind Snake
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Western Gorilla
Western Green Mamba
Western Hognose Snake
Western Kingbird
Western Lowland Gorilla
Western Rat Snake
Western Rattlesnake (Northern Pacific Rattlesnake)
Western Tanager
Westiepoo
Whale Shark
Wheaten Terrier
Whimbrel
Whinchat
Whippet
Whiptail Lizard
White Bass
White Butterfly
White Catfish
White Crappie
White Ferret / Albino Ferrets
White German Shepherd
White Marlin
White Rhinoceros
White Shark
White Sturgeon
White Tiger
White-Crowned Sparrow
White-Eyed Vireo
White-Faced Capuchin
White-shouldered House Moth
White-tail deer
White-Tailed Eagle
Whitetail Deer
Whiting
Whoodle
Whooping Crane
Wild Boar
Wildebeest
Willow Flycatcher
Willow Warbler
Winter Moth
Wire Fox Terrier
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
Wirehaired Vizsla
Wiwaxia
Wolf
Wolf Eel
Wolf Snake
Wolf Spider
Wolffish
Wolverine
Woma Python
Wombat
Wood Bison
Wood Duck
Wood Frog
Wood Tick
Wood Turtle
Woodlouse
Woodlouse Spider
Woodpecker
Woodrat
Wool Carder Bee
Woolly Aphids
Woolly Bear Caterpillar
Woolly Mammoth
Woolly Monkey
Woolly Rhinoceros
Worm
Worm Snake
Wrasse
Writing Spider
Wrought Iron Butterflyfish
Wryneck
Wyandotte Chicken
Wyoming Toad
Bovines (subfamily Bovinae) comprise a diverse group of 10 genera of medium to large-sized ungulates, including cattle, bison, African buffalo, water buffalos, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes. The members of this group of bovids are classified into loose tribes rather than formal subgroups, as the evolutionary relationships within the groups are still uncertain. General characteristics include cloven hooves and usually at least one of the sexes of a species having true horns. The largest extant bovine is the gaur.
Caninae, whose members are known as canines (/keΙͺnaΙͺnz/),[6]:β182β is the only living subfamily within Canidae, alongside the extinct Borophaginae and Hesperocyoninae.[7][1] They first appeared in North America, during the Oligocene around 35 million years ago, subsequently spreading to Asia and elsewhere in the Old World at the end of the Miocene,[6]:β122β some 7 million to 8 million years ago.[7]
The sperm whale or cachalot[a] (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator. It is the only living member of the genus Physeter and one of three extant species in the sperm whale superfamily Physeteroidea, along with the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale of the genus Kogia.
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species in the genus Megaptera. Adults range in length from 14β17 m (46β56 ft) and weigh up to 40 metric tons (44 short tons). The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with long pectoral fins and tubercles on its head. It is known for breaching and other distinctive surface behaviors, making it popular with whale watchers. Males produce a complex song that typically lasts from 4 to 33 minutes.
The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. The only extant species in the genus Orcinus, it is recognizable by its distinct pigmentation; being mostly black on top, white on the bottom and having recognizable white eye patches. A cosmopolitan species, it inhabits a wide range of marine environments, from Arctic to Antarctic regions to tropical seas, but is more commonly documented in temperate or cooler coastal waters. Scientists have proposed dividing the global population into races, subspecies, or possibly even species.
The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a baleen whale, one of three right whale species belonging to the genus Eubalaena,[1] all of which were formerly classified as a single species. Because of their docile nature, their slow surface-skimming feeding behaviors, their tendencies to stay close to the coast, and their high blubber content (which makes them float when they are killed, and which produces high yields of whale oil), right whales were once a preferred target for whalers. At present, they are among the most endangered whales in the world,[6] and they are protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act and Canada's Species at Risk Act. There are an estimated 356[7] individuals in existence in the western North Atlantic Oceanβthey migrate between feeding grounds in the Labrador Sea and their winter calving areas off Georgia and Florida, an ocean area with heavy shipping traffic. In the eastern North Atlantic, on the other handβwith a total population reaching into the low teens at mostβscientists believe that they may already be functionally extinct.[6][dubious β discuss] Vessel strikes and entanglement in fixed fishing gear, which together account for nearly half of all North Atlantic right whale mortality since 1970,[8] are their two greatest threats to recovery.[9][10]
