– The Phasmatidae is better known as “stick insect.” It is amazing how it resembles nature. – A paleacrita got into the house and flew around the light for hours. – The small Porzana pecks into the water looking for food. – The popinjay was perched on the branch looking at the sunset. – A flock of pintails swims peacefully in the pond. Pintail: long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers. – Peckerwoods hammer trees’ trunks looking for food and shelter. Peckerwood: bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects. – It’s amazing how many beautiful birds live on the planet. – Wow! I never saw a pythoninae with such bright colors. Pythoninae: Old World boas: pythons in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae. – The guide explained us that the black snake in the reptarium was a potamophis. The truth is that snakes are not my favorite pets. – The Pituophis family includes eight subspecies of snakes. It lives in the Sonoran desert and camouflages between rocks. – The Phrynosoma is hard to detect in the wild. – The class learned about the pelycosaur at the Museum of Natural History. Pelycosaur: large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America. – The priodontes is a huge armadillo! Like the size of a dog. – The potorinae family is formed by small jumping marsupials that look like mice. – The pichiciego is the rarest animal I saw. Pichiciego: very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck. – Peccaries are facing extinction in Costa Rica due to poachers. Peccary: nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America. It is a shame they are commercially hunted. – The Pagophilus are beautiful arctic animals. The following nouns start with the letter O and show some usage examples. There is a wide variety of animal species that people couldn’t imagine. Mammals, reptiles, birds, insects, even strange creatures are included in this nouns list.

Animals that start with e