# More Land Mammals Essentials

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- CEFR: A2 (Elementary)
- Theme: Nature & Environment
- Words: 12
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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.

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## Word list

* **koala** /koʊˈɑlə/: A grey Australian animal that sleeps in trees and eats eucalyptus leaves. — “The **koala** shifted once in twenty minutes and dozed off again.”
* **cheetah** /ˈtʃitə/: The fastest land animal, a slim spotted cat built for sprinting. — “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. — “A herd of **buffalo** blocked the track for twenty minutes.”
* **mole** /moʊl/: A small black animal with big front paws that digs tunnels underground. — “There are fresh **mole** hills all over the back lawn.”
* **elk** /ɛlk/: A very large deer with wide flat antlers. — “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. — “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. — “A **shrew** must eat almost constantly or it dies.”
* **impala** /ˌɪmˈpɑlə/: A fast African antelope that leaps very high. — “An **impala** can clear a fence taller than a person.”
* **macaque**: A monkey found across Asia, often near towns. — “A **macaque** took the bag straight off the bench.”
* **echidna** /ɪˈkɪdnə/: A spiny Australian animal that lays eggs. — “An **echidna** digs itself straight down when frightened.”
* **oryx** /ˈɔrɪks/: A desert antelope with very long straight horns. — “The **oryx** can go for weeks without drinking.”
* **musk ox**: A shaggy Arctic animal with curved horns. — “A **musk ox** stands out the blizzard rather than sheltering.”

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