Animals that start with C

C is the busiest letter in the library and the most varied. It runs from the cheetah and the crocodile to the clownfish and the cockatoo, taking in farm animals, big cats and reptiles along the way. The strangest resident is the caecilian, a limbless burrowing amphibian whose young scrape nutrient-rich skin off their mother using specialized baby teeth.

17 animals in the library start with C, from the caecilian to the rooster. Most of them live in Africa and Asia.