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7-letter Animals that contain O

Animals with exactly 7 letters that contain O — full profile for each.

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List of 7-letter Animals that contain O

    1

    Axolotl

    Ambystoma mexicanum

    The Mexican salamander that never grows up — an aquatic salamander that retains its larval features throughout adult life (a condition called neoteny), keeping its external gills as feathery plumes; it can regenerate entire limbs, spinal cord segments, and even parts of the heart and brain; critically endangered in the wild but kept by millions as a pet.

    2

    Buffalo

    Syncerus caffer (Cape); Bubalus bubalis (water); Bison bison (American "buffalo")

    A general name for several large bovines — the African Cape buffalo (one of the most dangerous animals in Africa), the Asian water buffalo (essential to rice farming), and the American "buffalo" (actually a bison).

    3

    Dolphin

    Tursiops truncatus

    A highly intelligent marine mammal found in oceans worldwide, famous for its sophisticated social behavior, problem-solving ability, and signature whistle communication.

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    Gorilla

    Gorilla beringei (eastern); Gorilla gorilla (western)

    The largest living primate — gentle vegetarian forest dwellers of Central Africa, organized in family groups led by silverback males, with tragic conservation crises across all four subspecies.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Markhor

    Capra falconeri

    The national animal of Pakistan — a large wild goat of the Himalayas and Hindu Kush with spectacular spiral horns that in old males can reach 160 cm; the horns spiral outward in a tight corkscrew, unique among wild goats; the markhor lives on vertiginous cliff faces inaccessible to most predators and is revered in the region — its Farsi name means "snake eater," though it does not actually eat snakes.

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    Octopus

    Octopoda (order — many species)

    An eight-limbed marine cephalopod with three hearts, blue blood, and an extraordinary intelligence — capable of solving puzzles, using tools, and changing color across its entire body in milliseconds despite being colorblind.

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    Opossum

    Didelphis virginiana

    North America's only marsupial — a Virginia-opossum surviving and thriving across most of the continent, with a prehensile tail, 50 teeth, and the famous "playing dead" defense.

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    Raccoon

    Procyon lotor

    A masked, dexterous-pawed nocturnal mammal of North American forests and cities — exceptionally intelligent, omnivorous, and notorious for cracking open garbage cans and pet food containers.

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    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.

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