Wildlife Vocabulary

a warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, the secretion of milk by females for the nourishment of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young.

• Mammal

• Bird

• Amphibian

• Exotic Species

a limbless cold-blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins and living wholly in water.

• Mammal

• Fish

• Amphibian

• Endangered Species

a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, and a beak.

• Mammal

• Fish

• Bird

• Native Species

the practice of preserving the natural world to prevent it from collapsing as a result of human activities

• Environmental

• Conservation

• Overexploitation

• Endangered Species

seriously at risk of extinction.

• Endangered

• Extinct

• Carnivore

• Pollution

having no living members; no longer in existen

• Endangered

• Extinct

• Pollution

• Mammals

the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

• Habitat

• Native Species

• Carnivore

• Fish

a species indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution.

• Native Species

• Exotic Species

• Endangered Species

• Birds

an introduced species or non-native species living outside of its native ecosystem.

• Exotic Species

• Overexploitation

• Endangered Species

• Wildlife Refuges

o exploit something to an excessive degree.

• Overexploitation

• Pollution

• Endangered Species

• Exotic Species