The animal kingdom

mammal

animal that gives birth to live babies, not eggs, and feeds them on its own milk (e.g. cat, cow, kangaroo)

marsupial

kangaroo is a special kind of mammal called a

rodent

e.g. mouse, rat

reptile

: e.g. snake, lizard

carnivore

animal that eats a diet that is mainly or exclusively meat (e.g. lion, tiger, hyena)

herbivore

animal that eats a diet that is mainly or exclusively grass/vegetation (e.g. deer, cow)

predator

animal that hunts/eats other animals (e.g. eagle, lion, shark)

scavenger

animal that feeds on dead animals which it has not killed itself

warm-blooded

have temperatures that stay the same

cold-blooded

have to control their temperature by taking in heat from outside or by being very active

docile

[behaves very gently]

tame

[not afraid of humans, usually because of training or long involvement with humans]

domesticated

[live with or are used by humans]

wild

[opposite of domesticated]

savage

extremely violent or wild]

fierce

[behaves aggressively

natural habitat

[preferred natural place for living and breeding]

migrates

a round trip o

Migration

when animals travel long distances to get to a different habitat

became extinct

[died out]

game reserves / game parks

[areas of land where animals are protected from hunting, etc.; game can be used to mean animals or birds that are hunted

bird sanctuary

. [protected natural area where birds can live and breed]

animal (rescue) shelter

[place where stray cats, dogs, etc., i.e. pets that have lost their home, are given food and a place to live

blood sports

[sports whose purpose is to kill or injure animals]

the fur trade

[the selling of animal furs for coats, jackets, etc.

Poachers

[people who hunt animals illegally]

the ivory trade

the buying and selling of ivory from elephants’ tusks]

Animal rights activists

[people who actively campaign for the protection and rights of animals]

horn

. [hard, pointed, often curved part growing from the head of an animal]

obsolete

not in use any more, having been replaced by something newer and better or more fashionable:

shrinking

becoming smaller or less:

breed

to keep animals for the purpose of producing young animals in a controlled way: