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Animals beginning with C

Browse the animals in the encyclopedia whose English names begin with C.

Grey-olive caiman resting on a riverbank

CaimanCaimaninae

camel

A yellow domestic canary with folded wings and a narrow tail perched on a branch

CanarySerinus canaria

cape fox

Cape foxVulpes chama

Capuchin monkey with brown fur and a black cap holding food in its hands

Capuchin monkeyCebinae

Capybara with brown fur and a broad muzzle

CapybaraHydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Caracal with reddish fur and long black tufts at the tips of its ears

CaracalCaracal caracal

carpathian red deer

Carpathian red deerCervus elaphus

Cassowary with black plumage, a blue neck, red wattles and a horny casque

CassowaryCasuarius

Female Ixodes ricinus tick on a dry grass stem

Castor bean tickIxodes ricinus

cat

Cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), microscopic side view

Cat fleaCtenocephalides felis

caterpillar

CaterpillarLepidoptera (caterpillar larval stage)

chameleon

ChameleonChamaeleonidae

chamois

ChamoisRupicapra rupicapra

cheetah

CheetahAcinonyx jubatus

chicken

ChickenGallus gallus domesticus

chimpanzee

ChimpanzeePan troglodytes

A grey chinchilla with rounded ears, dark eyes and long whiskers

ChinchillaChinchilla spp.

Cicada on tree bark, showing its eye and transparent wings

Cicada orniCicada orni

Nasua nasua coati with its long snout near the ground and ringed tail raised

cobra

CobraNaja and other hooded elapid snakes

Grey cockatiel with an orange cheek patch and raised crest feeding on a branch

CockatielNymphicus hollandicus

White sulphur-crested cockatoo with a yellow crest and dark bill perched on a sloping branch

CockatooCacatuidae

Yellow Colorado potato beetle with black lengthwise stripes on a green stem

Colorado potato beetleLeptinotarsa decemlineata

Common barbel with an elongated snout and mouth barbels swimming near the bottom

Common barbelBarbus barbus

Silvery common bream showing its deep, laterally flattened body underwater

Common breamAbramis brama

Common carp showing its large scales and barbels beside the mouth

Common carpCyprinus carpio

Common chaffinch male with a blue-grey crown, pink-brown breast and white wing markings

Common chaffinchFringilla coelebs

A common clownfish with an orange body, three white bars and a rounded tail beside an anemone

Common clownfishAmphiprion ocellaris

Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) on bark

Common cockchaferMelolontha melolontha

Brown common degu with rounded ears and a tufted tail standing on a branch

Common deguOctodon degus

Coiled European adder among grasses, showing its zigzag pattern

Common European adderVipera berus

Tiny yellowish-brown fruit fly with bright red eyes on the edge of a leaf

Common fruit flyDrosophila melanogaster

Female kestrel with barred and spotted rufous-brown plumage standing on a rock

Common kestrelFalco tinnunculus

Common kingfisher in flight with blue wings spread and a long pointed bill

Common kingfisherAlcedo atthis

Common moorhen with a red forehead, yellow-tipped bill and long green toes

Common moorhenGallinula chloropus

Silvery common roach with an orange-red iris and reddish lower fins

Common roachRutilus rutilus

Common silverfish with an elongated body, antennae and three terminal filaments

Common silverfishLepisma saccharinum

Common starling perched on a mossy branch, showing a pointed yellow bill, pink feet and green-violet iridescent feathers

Common starlingSturnus vulgaris

Common swift in flight with long sickle-shaped wings and a dark body

Common swiftApus apus

Common toad with warty skin and copper eyes sitting on a rock

Common toadBufo bufo

cormorant

CormorantPhalacrocoracidae

Orange corn snake with black-edged red blotches coiled on moss

Corn snakePantherophis guttatus

corsac fox

Corsac foxVulpes corsac

Corydoras catfish with a dark white-spotted body and orange fins on the aquarium floor

Corydoras catfishCorydoras

cougar

CougarPuma concolor

cow

CowBos taurus (domestic cattle)

coyote

CoyoteCanis latrans

coypu

CoypuMyocastor coypus

crab

crane

crayfish

CrayfishAstacoidea and Parastacoidea (freshwater crayfish)

Crested porcupines (Hystrix cristata) resting on the ground

Crested porcupineHystrix cristata

Field cricket viewed from above at an angle, showing long antennae, six legs, folded wings and paired rear cerci

CricketsGryllidae

crocodile

CrocodileCrocodylidae

crow

cuckoo

CuckooCuculus canorus

culpeo

CulpeoLycalopex culpaeus

cuttlefish

CuttlefishSepiida