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a type of goat, rabbit, or cat that has long soft hair
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a tropical animal with a very long nose and tongue that eats ants and other small insects
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a brown animal with horns and long thin legs that can run very fast. Antelopes live mainly in Africa and Asia.
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a wild animal that lives in a hole in the ground and has short legs and thick dark fur with a white area on its head
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a large wild animal with thick fur. There are several different types of bears, for example the polar bear and the grizzly bear. A young bear is called a bear cub.
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a sheep with large curly horns that lives in the mountains of western North America and northeastern Asia
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a large wild animal like a cow with long hair and a big head. One type lives in North America and the other in Europe.
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a large wild animal like a cow with a large head and thick hair on its neck and shoulders
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a large animal with a long neck and one or two humps (=large round raised parts) on its back. It is often used in deserts for carrying people or things.
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an animal with soft fur, a long thin tail, and whiskers, that people keep as a pet or for catching mice. A young cat is called a kitten.
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a small furry Asian and North American animal with a long tail and bands of darker color on its back
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a large brown animal with long thin legs. The adult male deer is called a stag and may have antlers growing from its head. The female deer is called a doe and a young deer is called a fawn.
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a gray or brown animal similar to a horse, but smaller and with long ears. In some countries it is used for riding and for pulling or carrying heavy loads. The sound that a donkey makes is called braying.
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a small thin furry animal with a long tail that people keep as a pet or use for hunting rabbits and rats
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a small brown African or Asian animal similar to a deer, with long thin legs and large eyes
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an animal similar to a sheep but with longer legs and a thinner coat. The male goat is called a billy goat and the female is called a nanny goat. A young goat is called a kid.
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an animal similar to a rabbit, but with a bigger body and longer ears and legs, that can run very fast
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a small wild animal with a round body covered with sharp spines for protection. A hedgehog forms a shape like a ball when it is threatened.
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a large animal that people ride. The sound that a horse makes is called neighing. The male horse is called a stallion and the female is called a mare. A young horse is called a foal.
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a type of wild goat with long curved horns that lives in the mountains of Europe, Asia, and North Africa
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a small animal similar to a mouse that travels in large groups and often follows other lemmings into dangerous situations
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a small brown animal that lives underground in northern countries and sleeps during the winter
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a small furry animal with a long tail that lives in Asia and Africa and eats snakes and other small animals
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an animal that has a horse as its mother and a donkey as its father, and is used for carrying heavy loads
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an animal found in North America and Australia with thick fur and a long tail. The mother carries her babies inside a pouch on her body.
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a small animal whose back is covered with hairs that have sharp points that it uses to defend itself by making them point up
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an animal like a deer with large antlers growing from its head that lives in the Arctic and in northern regions of Europe and North America
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a large animal with very thick gray skin and one or two horns on its nose. It lives mainly in southern Asia and Africa.
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an animal like a large insect with a long curved tail containing a poisonous sting. Scorpions live in hot dry places.
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