Wagyu, four breeds of Japanese beef cattle renowned for quality.
Walking leaf, amazingly camouflaged insects.
Wallaby, small members of the kangaroo family. Native to Australia and New Guinea, they have been introduced to New Zealand, Hawaii, and the UK.
Wallaroo, intermediate in size between wallabies and kangaroos, but a distinct group of species from either.
Walleyed pike, called a pickerel in some parts of Canada, is a freshwater fish native to northern North America.
Walrus, found in northern Pacific and Atlantic and in the Arctic Ocean, is the only living species in its genus. Considered a keystone species in its ecosystem.
Wanderoo, also called the lion-tailed macaque, lives in the Western Ghats of India. It spends most of its life in the upper canopy of the rainforest.
Wapiti, another name for the elk, from the Shawnee and Cree word for “white rump”.
Warbler, name applied to many small insectivorous birds not necessarily closely related to each other.
Wart Hog, native to sub-Saharan Africa, prefers open and even arid habitat.
Waterbuck, a large antelope of sub-Saharan Africa. It lives on grasslands close to sources of water, as it cannot tolerate dehydration.
Water Buffalo, originally from southeast Asia and India, has been spread as far west as Egypt, Italy and the Balkans, and northeast to the Yangtze valley of China. They were domesticated several thousand years ago in multiple locations. More people depend on them than on any other domestic animal. There are feral herds in several South American countries and island nations in the Pacific.
Water crake or water ouzel, also called dippers, are passerine birds unique in their ability to dive, swim, and walk underwater. There are 5 species, distributed around Eurasia and North and South America.
Wattlebird, Australian birds in the honeyeater family. Five species, of which only two actually have wattles.
Waxbill, a genus of small seed-eating birds, Coccopygia.
Waxwing, three species with glossy tips to their wingfeathers that someone thought resembled sealing wax. They eat mostly fruit, supplemented with insects, saps, buds and flowers. They migrate short distances in large flocks.
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