koala
/koʊˈɑlə/A grey Australian animal that sleeps in trees and eats eucalyptus leaves.
Example: The koala shifted once in twenty minutes and dozed off again.
A212 words · Elementary
More Land Mammals vocabulary — A2
A second set of wild mammal vocabulary at this level, adding animals like the koala, cheetah, wallaby and musk ox that the first set left out.
12 questions
Words in this set
12cheetah
/ˈtʃitə/The fastest land animal, a slim spotted cat built for sprinting.
Example:
A cheetah is at full speed before you've finished blinking.
buffalo
/ˈbʌfəˌloʊ/A big wild cattle animal with heavy curved horns, living in herds.
Example:
A herd of buffalo blocked the track for twenty minutes.
mole
/moʊl/A small black animal with big front paws that digs tunnels underground.
Example:
There are fresh mole hills all over the back lawn.
elk
/ɛlk/A very large deer with wide flat antlers.
Example:
An elk stood in the road and nobody moved for ten minutes.
wallaby
/ˈwɑləˌbi/A small animal like a kangaroo that carries young in a pouch.
Example:
A wallaby escaped from the park and lived on the moor for years.
shrew
A tiny animal like a mouse with a long pointed nose.
Example:
A shrew must eat almost constantly or it dies.
impala
/ˌɪmˈpɑlə/A fast African antelope that leaps very high.
Example:
An impala can clear a fence taller than a person.
macaque
A monkey found across Asia, often near towns.
Example:
A macaque took the bag straight off the bench.
echidna
/ɪˈkɪdnə/A spiny Australian animal that lays eggs.
Example:
An echidna digs itself straight down when frightened.
oryx
/ˈɔrɪks/A desert antelope with very long straight horns.
Example:
The oryx can go for weeks without drinking.
musk ox
A shaggy Arctic animal with curved horns.
Example:
A musk ox stands out the blizzard rather than sheltering.
