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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Lion (panthera leo)
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Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
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vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
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Spider monkey swinging in a tree. (primate, jungle animal)
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animal. Amphibian. Frog. Anura. Ranidae. Frog in grass.
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Sea horse or Seahorse, Hippocampus. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata, Class: Actinopterygii, Order: Syngnathiformes, Family: Syngnathidae, Subfamily: Hippocampinae
9 Fish Named After Other Animals
Malayan Leaf Frog - Megophrys nasuta
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A large school of mano (sharks) called Galapagos sharks at Maro Reef in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)a worldwide species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae.
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Malayan Leaf Frog - Megophrys nasuta
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American bison (Bison bison) also known as buffalo or plains buffalo on the prairie, western U.S.
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Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.
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Bog body. Head of Tollund Man. Died at about age 30-40, Dated to about 280 BCE early Iron Age. Found Bjaeldskovdal bog Denmark in 1950 near Elling Woman. Most well preserved bog body to date. Human remains mummified in natural peat bogs. mummy, embalm
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The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.
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sunfish: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: Monterey Bay Aquarium - Meet the ocean sunfish. Feb 07, 2022
Add new Web site: Oceana - Ocean Sunfish. Feb 07, 2022
Add new Web site: Wildscreen Arkive - Sunfish. Aug 04, 2013
Article revised and updated. Oct 08, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Freshwater Sunfish. May 26, 2008
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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