Land Animals 1 01/2012 Aardwolf Anole Baboon African Elephant

Land Animals 1

Aardwolf Anole Baboon

African elephant Anteater Badger

African wild dog Antelope Banded mongoose

Alligator Armadillo Beaver

Alligator turtle Asian elephant Bettongs

Anaconda Aye-ayes Bighorn sheep

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Bilby Bonobo Bushbaby

Bison Box turtle Caiman

Black bear Brown bear Camel

Blackbuck Brown hyena Capybara

Boa constrictor Brushtail possum Caribou

Bobcat Buffalo Chameleon

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Cheetah Cottonmouth Dingo

Chimpanzee Cotton-topped Tamarin Dog

Cobra Cougar Donkey

Colugo Coyote Crocodile

Copperhead Crocodile Duiker

Coral snake Deer Echidna

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Flying squirrel Gazelle Giraffes

Forest hog Gecko Golden lion tamarin

Fox Genet Gorilla

Frill-necked lizard Giant panda Kiang

Frog Iguanas Guenon

Gavial Gibbon Hare

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Hedgehog Jaguar Komodo dragon

Hippopotamus Iguanas Kulan

Horse Kangaroo Kiang

Lemur Macaque Moose

Impala Kinkajou Lion

Jackal Koala Lizard

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Llama Mink Ocelot

Loris Monitor lizard Okapi

Lynx Mountain goat Opposum

Mandrill Musk deer Orangutan

Marmoset Newt Otter

Meerkat Nile monitor Pademelon

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Peccary Polar bear Rattle snake

Pika Python Red river hog

Pit viper Rabbit Red panda

Platypus Raccoon Reindeer

Potoroos Raccoon dog Rhesus macaque

Prairie dog Rat Rhinoceros

Salamander Snapping turtle Sugar glider

Shrew Snow leopard Sun bear

Skink Spiny anteater Tapir

Skunk Spotted hyena Tarsier

Sloth Squirrel Tasmanian devil

Snake Striped whiptail Lizard Terrapin

Tiger Vicuna Worm lizard

Tortoise Warthog Yellow mongoose

Toad Wildebeest Zebra

Tree shrew Wolf Zebu

Tuatara Wolverine

Turtle Wombat

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Tips & Ideas

1. Cut and paste each animal on a world map where it naturally is found 2. Arrange animals in country groups 3. Cut out and classify all the animals 4. Paste/ arrange in classification table 5. Place animals on a classification tree 6. Make an animal mobile and hang the animals in groups 7. Find out the animal’s status – extinct, threatened, commonly found etc. 8. Play animal bingo with these cards and the animal word list

References:

 http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/classification/kc_classification _main.htm  http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/animal-classification.cfm  http://jabernethy.com/portfolio/AnimalClass4.htm  http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/kingdomanimal.html  http://www.softschools.com/science/living_things/animals/animals.jsp  http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html  http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/animalclassgame.htm (online game)  http://sciencecentre.monash.edu/ptr/lessons/docs/biology/human/animal.pdf (printout)  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/variation.shtml (online game)  http://animals.pppst.com/classification.html (power point presentations and games)  http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Mammalia.html#Ma mmalia (very advanced scientific classification)  http://www.wartgames.com/themes/animals/classifications.html  http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/lsps07.sci.life.oate.animalclass/ (wonderful online game suitable for younger children)