badger
/ˈbædʒər/A stocky night animal with a black and white striped face.
Example: A badger crossed the lane in the headlights and vanished.
B114 words · Intermediate
Land Mammals vocabulary — B1
Land mammal vocabulary for animals seen in forests and on other continents, naming the badger, beaver, hedgehog and jaguar among others.
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14beaver
/ˈbivər/A river rodent with a flat tail that fells trees to dam streams.
Example:
They'd turned the whole brook into a pond in one winter, those beavers.
otter
/ˈɑtər/A playful river animal with thick brown fur that catches fish.
Example:
An otter slid off the bank without making a sound.
raccoon
/ræˈkun/A grey night animal with a black mask over its eyes and a ringed tail.
Example:
A raccoon had got the bin lid off and emptied the lot.
hedgehog
/ˈhɛdʒˌhɑɡ/A small brown animal covered in sharp spines that rolls into a ball.
Example:
We found a hedgehog under the shed and left it alone.
antelope
/ˈæntəˌloʊp/A slender African grazing animal with long horns that runs in herds.
Example:
A line of antelope picked their way down to the waterhole.
chimpanzee
/tʃɪmˈpænzi/A black ape from African forest that uses sticks as tools.
Example:
A chimpanzee poked a twig into the nest and licked it clean.
hyena
/haɪˈinə/A dog-like African hunter with sloping shoulders and a laughing call.
Example:
A hyena hung around the edge of the camp all night.
jaguar
/ˈdʒæˌɡwɑr/A heavy spotted cat of South American rainforest with a crushing bite.
Example:
A jaguar left prints in the mud right beside the river.
llama
/ˈlɑmə/A long-necked South American animal with soft wool that spits when annoyed.
Example:
The llama spat at my brother and he never forgave it.
moose
/mus/The biggest deer of the north, with huge flat antlers and a drooping nose.
Example:
A moose stepped out of the trees and stopped the traffic dead.
puma
/ˈpumə/A plain brown wild cat of the American mountains, with no spots.
Example:
A puma had been watching us from the ridge the whole time.
porcupine
/ˈpɔrkjəˌpaɪn/A slow rodent covered in long sharp quills that come away easily.
Example:
A dog that tangles with a porcupine learns the lesson once.
reindeer
/ˈreɪnˌdɪr/An Arctic deer that pulls sledges, and whose females grow antlers too.
Example:
A herd of reindeer drifted across the snow with heads down.
