7-letter Animals that contain E

List of 7-letter Animals that contain E

1

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

The fastest land animal, a slender African cat built for short bursts of extreme speed but vulnerable to larger predators and habitat loss.

2

Echidna

Tachyglossus aculeatus

A spiny egg-laying mammal of Australia and New Guinea — one of only five surviving monotremes — that uses an electroreceptive snout to locate buried ants, termites, and earthworms without using sight or smell.

3

Gazelle

Gazella (genus)

A swift, slender African and Asian antelope — about a dozen species ranging across savannas, deserts, and open grasslands, prized prey for cheetahs and lions, and a model of running efficiency.

4

Gerenuk

Litocranius walleri

The giraffe gazelle of East African thornbush — the gerenuk has an extraordinarily long neck and legs that allow it to stand bipedally on its hind legs to browse up to 2 metres high in acacia bushes; the only antelope that routinely stands on its hind legs to feed; a Somali name meaning giraffe-necked describes it precisely; unlike most antelopes, it never drinks water, obtaining all moisture from browse.

5

Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis

The tallest living land animal, with an extraordinarily long neck and legs and a patchwork coat unique to each individual.

6

Leopard

Panthera pardus

The most adaptable big cat — found from African savannas to Russian taiga to urban Mumbai — with rosette-spotted fur, a powerful bite, and remarkable ability to haul prey twice its weight up trees.

7

Lobster

Homarus americanus (American); Homarus gammarus (European)

A large marine crustacean — once a poor person's food in colonial New England, now an iconic luxury seafood and the foundation of major Maritime fisheries on both sides of the North Atlantic.

8

Manatee

Trichechus (genus)

A massive, slow-moving aquatic herbivore — the "sea cow" of warm coastal waters — vegetarian, gentle, and inexplicably evolutionary close relatives of elephants.

9

Meerkat

Suricata suricatta

A small social mongoose of southern African deserts — famous for upright sentinel posture, tightly cooperative family groups, and starring roles in nature documentaries and "The Lion King."

10

Quetzal

Pharomachrus mocinno

Central America's most spectacular bird — the resplendent quetzal's emerald green tail feathers can reach 65 cm and were considered more valuable than gold by the Maya and Aztec civilisations; it is the national bird of Guatemala, depicted on the flag and currency, and remains a symbol of freedom as it refuses to survive long in captivity.

11

Sea Lion

Zalophus californianus (California); Otariidae family

An eared seal — distinguishable from true seals by external ear flaps and front-flipper-driven swimming — with vocal "barking" colonies on rocky coasts and a long history of training for circuses, naval programs, and aquariums.

12

Sun Bear

Helarctos malayanus

The world's smallest bear — a tree-climbing, honey-obsessed omnivore from Southeast Asia with an extraordinarily long tongue, a chest patch shaped like a rising sun, and an unexpectedly expressive face.

13

Tarsier

Tarsius spectrum and related Tarsius species

The primate with the largest eyes relative to body size of any mammal — a tiny nocturnal primate of Southeast Asian forests whose enormous, fixed eyes cannot move in their sockets (the animal must rotate its entire head to change direction of gaze); each eye is as large as its brain; it is the only entirely carnivorous primate, eating insects, lizards, and small birds.