# More Land Mammals Upper Intermediate

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- CEFR: B2 (Upper-intermediate)
- Theme: Nature & Environment
- Words: 16
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A second set of advanced land mammal vocabulary at this level, rounding out the first set with animals like the wombat, yak, chipmunk and mandrill.

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## Word list

* **wombat** /ˈwɑmˌbæt/: A stocky burrowing Australian animal whose pouch opens backwards. — “A **wombat** had dug a hole under the fence big enough to crawl through.”
* **yak** /jæk/: A shaggy long-haired ox of the high Tibetan plateau. — “Everything we carried up there went on the back of a **yak**.”
* **chipmunk** /ˈtʃɪpməŋk/: A small striped ground squirrel that stuffs its cheeks with seeds. — “A **chipmunk** emptied the bird feeder in about four minutes flat.”
* **guinea pig**: A tailless South American rodent kept as a gentle family pet. — “Their two **guinea pigs** squeak the moment the fridge door opens.”
* **wildcat** /ˈwaɪldˌkæt/: A stocky striped wild feline of Scottish forest, with a blunt banded tail. — “There may be no purebred **wildcat** left in Britain at all.”
* **caracal**: A desert cat with long black tufts on its ears. — “A **caracal** can take a bird straight out of the air.”
* **serval**: A long-legged African cat with large ears. — “The **serval** hunts by listening rather than by looking.”
* **kudu**: A large African antelope with long spiral horns. — “A **kudu** disappears into thin bush the moment it stands still.”
* **springbok**: A small African antelope that leaps straight upwards. — “A **springbok** bounces on all four legs when it is alarmed.”
* **jerboa**: A tiny desert rodent that hops on very long back legs. — “A **jerboa** can cover two metres in a single hop.”
* **lemming** /ˈlɛmɪŋ/: A small Arctic rodent whose numbers rise and crash. — “The whole food chain up there follows the **lemming** count.”
* **muskrat** /ˈmʌˌskræt/: A large water rodent with a flattened tail. — “A **muskrat** had undermined the bank for thirty metres.”
* **coati**: A long-nosed South American animal related to the raccoon. — “A **coati** went through the campsite bins in broad daylight.”
* **mandrill** /ˈmændrɪl/: A large monkey with a brightly coloured face. — “The **mandrill** is the largest monkey in the world.”
* **quokka**: A small Australian marsupial with a friendly-looking face. — “The **quokka** survives on one island and almost nowhere else.”
* **numbat**: A striped Australian marsupial that eats termites. — “A **numbat** eats twenty thousand termites in a day.”

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