Animals by Scientific Class Names

Glaucidium brodiei,Collared Owlet,Little Owl

Features：There is an obvious light yellow collar spot on the back of the neck, and a black spot on each side.

Collared Owlet, also known as Collared Owlet, has 4 subspecies.Collared Owlet is a solitary species except during the breeding season. It is active mainly during the day, and can also fly and forage freely in the sun at noon. When flying, it often flaps its wings sharply to make a flapping flight, a...

Glaucidium passerinum, Eurasian Pygmy Owl

Features：Small in size, but fierce in temperament

The Eurasian Pygmy Owl is a small bird with two subspecies.The Eurasian Pygmy Owl is mostly nocturnal, hiding deep in the forest during the day and difficult to see, but sometimes it is active and foraging during the day. When perching, it often stands on a high branch to look out, and keeps curling...

Surnia ulula,Northernhawkowl,Dogchin-Ugel, Eagle Owl, Owl

Features：The overall feather color looks quite eye-catching, and is different from other nocturnal owls in both body shape and feather color.

The Northern hawk owl is a medium-sized bird with three subspecies.The Northern hawk owl can move and forage during the day, especially in the early morning and evening. The call of "hu, hu" is relatively monotonous, but very pleasant to the ear. It flies quickly, sometimes flapping its wi...

Strix nebulosa,Great Grey Owl

Features：The head is large, without ear tufts, and the face is prominent, round, light gray, and covered with concentric dark rings and crescent-shaped white spots.

Great Grey Owl is a large owl with two subspecies.Except during the breeding season, the Great Grey Owl often moves alone, flies quickly and silently, and often rests on the top of tall trees, waiting and observing prey. It is active and hunts at night, and sometimes during the day and dusk. It main...

Strix davidi,Sichuan wood owl,Hum, cat-bird, owl

Features：Very similar to the exotic long-tailed forest owl

Sichuan wood owl, also known as Sichuan wood owl in English, is a large gray-brown owl with no subspecies.The Sichuan Forest Owl is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Long-tailed Forest Owl, but due to long-term geographical isolation from other Long-tailed Forest Owl subspecies, more and more...

Strix uralensis,Brown Wood-owl

Features：The tail feathers are longer, slightly rounded, with prominent horizontal spots and white end spots.

Brown Wood-owl, also known as Brown Wood-owl, is a medium-to-large nocturnal bird of prey with 11 subspecies.Brown Wood-owl is usually active alone except in pairs during the breeding season. During the day, they mostly live in the deep forest, standing upright on thick horizontal branches close to...

Strix aluco,Tawny Owl

Features：The calls of male birds reflect their health and energy

Tawny Owl, also known as Tawny Owl, is a medium-sized owl with 11 subspecies.Tawny Owls often move in pairs or alone. It is nocturnal, hiding in dense forests during the day, perching motionlessly and upright on thick branches close to tree trunks with dense branches and leaves. It only comes out to...

Trogopterus xanthipes,Orange-footed flying squirrel, yellow-footed flying squirrel, cuckoo bird, cuckoo bug, cuckoo bug, magpie

Features：It has a medium body size, a slightly flat tail that is as long as the body, a round head with big eyes, a short snout, and well-developed, round and wide ears.

The flying squirrel is a forest animal endemic to China. It is slightly larger than the red-bellied squirrel and lives mostly in mountain cypress forests at an altitude of about 1,200 meters. It often builds nests in steep caves, cracks in rocks, and tree holes. The nests are relatively small and ar...

Belomys pearsonii Gray,Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel,Brown-eared mouse, hairy-legged mouse

Features：It is a larger species among the small flying squirrels. There is a notch on the dorsal edge of the ear and a tuft of long hair on the front and back of the ear stem.

The hairy-eared flying squirrel is a tropical small flying squirrel that usually lives in pairs at night and does not hibernate. It comes out of its hole at dusk to look for food. It mainly feeds on the tender branches, leaves, flower buds and fruits of various plants, such as banyan fruit and mango...

Marmota sibirica,,Marmota bobak,Bobak Marmot,Siberian marmot, steppe marmot, Tarbagan (Mongolian)

Features：It has a large and sturdy body, short round ears and a short tail, and its fur is brown or yellowish brown.

The Mongolian marmot is a rodent, Marmota genus animal. There are two color types, one is brown and the other is yellow-brown; it lives in mountainous areas above 1500m above sea level or hilly grassland areas above 600m, avoiding deserts, but occasionally seen in the marginal areas where grasslands...

Marmota himalayana,Hara, Snow Pig

Features：The body is brownish yellow with scattered black markings, the body is stout and fat, and the tail is short.

The Himalayan marmot is a large ground-dwelling rodent mammal of the genus Marmot. It widely inhabits the meadow grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau and alpine grasslands at 1500-4500m. Their numbers do not vary significantly depending on the different vegetation communities on the meadow grasslands....

Paguroidea,hermit crabs,Hermit shrimp, white house, dry house

Features：Hermit crabs often eat shells and other mollusks and take the shells for themselves, which is the origin of the name of hermit crabs.

Hermit crab is a general term for the superfamily Hermit crabs and the superfamily Hermit crabs of the order Decapoda. Common hermit crabs can be divided into three categories: the family of living hermit crabs, the family of hermit crabs and the family of terrestrial hermit crabs. There are more th...

Scatophagus argusThree-lined box turtle, red-sided turtle, red-bellied turtle, broken plate turtle, golden-headed turtle

Features：It has a golden appearance, a red base, and a docile personality, making it suitable as a pet.

The scientific name of the golden coin turtle is the three-lined box turtle (Cuora trifasciata), which belongs to the order Testudinata, family Testudinidae, subfamily Testudininae, genus Testudinata, and is a second-class protected animal in my country. The golden coin turtle is a precious animal r...

Strix leptogrammica，Brown Wood-owl，Brown Wood Owl

Features：The head is round, without ear tufts, and the facial disk is prominent, brown or brown-white.

Brown Wood-owl, also known as Brown Wood-owl in English, is a medium-sized bird of prey with 15 subspecies.The Brown Wood Owl is a nocturnal owl that often moves in pairs or alone. It hides in dense forests during the day, perching motionlessly and upright on thick branches close to tree trunks with...

ketupa flavipes,Tawny Fish-owl

Features：It looks very similar to the Brown Fish Owl, but is slightly larger and has more orange-brown upper body.

Yellow-legged Fish Owl, also known as Tawny Fish-owl, is a large owl with no subspecies.Yellow-legged Fish Owl often moves alone, mainly going out to hunt in the afternoon and dusk, and sometimes also moves and hunts during the day. Especially on cloudy days, when hunting, they often perch on high b...

Ketupa zeylonensis,Brown Fish-Owl

Features：It can fly fast and powerfully without making any sound and can walk in shallow water.

Brown Fish-Owl is a large owl with 4 subspecies.Brown Fish-Owl often moves alone, and sometimes lives in pairs in dense branches and leaves in the forest, but usually keeps a certain distance. It is a semi-diurnal bird, often coming out in the afternoon. Most of them stand on tree stumps, dead branc...

Bubo blakistoni,Blakiston's Eagle-owl

Features：But the ear feathers are long and pointed, the facial disc is not obvious, and it can also make a scary posture called intimidation display.

Blakiston's Eagle-owl is a large owl with two subspecies.The Hairy-legged Eagle Owl (Bubo blakistoni) was classified as Ketupa before 2014, and was classified as Bubo in 2014.The Hairy-legged Eagle Owl is nocturnal. It hides in trees by the river or on cliffs along the river during the day. It c...

Bubo nipalensis,Spot-bellied Eagle-owl

Features：Similar in appearance to an eagle owl, but smaller in size

Spot-bellied Eagle-owl, also known as Spot-bellied Eagle-owl, is a large owl with no subspecies.The eagle owl mainly feeds on small and medium-sized vertebrates such as pheasants, hares, rodents, lizards, and snakes. It can also hunt larger animals such as peacocks, jackals, and young deer, and even...

Eurasian Eagle-owl,Eagle owl, eagle owl, horned owl, eagle owl, fish owl

Features：The second largest owl in China

The eagle owl is called Eurasian Eagle-owl in foreign language. It is a nocturnal bird of prey with 17 subspecies.Eagle owls usually stay away from people and live in remote places where few people go. They often act alone except during the breeding season. It is nocturnal and usually hides in dense...

Bubo scandiacus，Snowy Owl，Snowy Owl, White Owl, White Owl, Snow Eagle

Features：It is the provincial bird of Quebec, Canada.

Snowy Owl, also known as Snowy Owl in English, is a bird of prey with no subspecies.The snowy owl is the provincial bird of Quebec, Canada, and the image of the snowy owl is also on the 50 Canadian dollar note issued in 1986; the main pattern of the coat of arms of former Canadian Governor General J...

Marmota caudata,Long-tailed Marmot,Red marmot, Marmot

Features：The tail is the longest among all marmots, exceeding half the length of the body. The fur on the back and sides is brown-red, so it is also called the red marmot.

The long-tailed marmot is a large terrestrial rodent of the Sciuridae family and the genus Marmota. It is slightly smaller than the gray marmot, and has the longest tail among all species of the genus Marmota, averaging about 38% or half of the body length. The fur is long and fluffy, rough and less...