# Land Mammals Upper Intermediate

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- CEFR: B2 (Upper-intermediate)
- Theme: Nature & Environment
- Words: 16
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Advanced land mammal vocabulary that names less familiar animals from around the world, such as the alpaca, armadillo, meerkat and platypus.

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## Word list

* **alpaca** /ælˈpækə/: A small South American animal bred for its very fine fleece. — “That jumper's **alpaca** and it cost about three times what I wanted to pay.”
* **armadillo** /ˌɑrməˈdɪloʊ/: An American animal covered in hard bony plates that curls into a ball. — “An **armadillo** was rooting about at the edge of the porch light.”
* **baboon** /bəˈbun/: A large ground-living monkey with a long dog-like muzzle and a bare rump. — “A **baboon** sat on the car bonnet and refused to budge.”
* **bobcat** /ˈbɑbˌkæt/: A short-tailed spotted wild feline of North America, roughly twice house-pet size. — “There's a **bobcat** that comes through the yard most evenings.”
* **dingo** /ˈdɪŋɡoʊ/: A wild yellow-brown dog of the Australian outback. — “A **dingo** slipped past the camp without so much as a sound.”
* **gerbil** /ˈdʒɜrbɪl/: A small desert rodent with a tufted tail, popular as a child's first pet. — “We're down to one **gerbil** after last summer's escape attempt.”
* **gibbon** /ˈɡɪbən/: A slender ape with very long arms that swings through Asian forest. — “A pair of **gibbons** were calling to each other across the valley.”
* **jackal** /ˈdʒækəl/: A slim wild dog of Africa and Asia that scavenges what bigger hunters leave. — “A **jackal** was already circling before the lions had finished.”
* **lemur** /ˈlimər/: A big-eyed primate found in the wild only on Madagascar. — “A ring-tailed **lemur** dropped onto the path and stared right at us.”
* **meerkat**: A small African animal that stands upright on its back legs to watch for danger. — “One **meerkat** keeps watch while the rest of them dig.”
* **mink** /mɪŋk/: A dark glossy water-loving hunter farmed for its fur. — “Escaped **mink** have wiped out the water voles along this river.”
* **mongoose** /ˈmɑŋɡus/: A quick low-slung African animal famous for taking on snakes. — “A **mongoose** darted out of the wall and back again in a second.”
* **opossum** /oʊˈpɑsəm/: An American animal with a bare tail that plays dead when threatened. — “The **opossum** went completely limp and we thought we'd killed it.”
* **platypus** /ˈplætəˌpʊs/: An Australian river animal with a duck-like bill and webbed feet that lays eggs. — “We waited two hours at dusk and finally a **platypus** surfaced.”
* **warthog**: An African wild pig with tusks and lumpy growths across its face. — “A **warthog** trotted off with its tail straight up like an aerial.”
* **wildebeest**: A large African antelope with a broad muzzle that migrates in huge herds. — “The **wildebeest** crossing takes days and the river is full of crocodiles.”

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