The A to Z list
Animals that start with M
M collects some of the most widely misunderstood animals in the library. The mongoose is not immune to snake venom, only partially resistant to it, and the moth is not drawn to light but disoriented by it, having lost track of which way is up. The macaw, the manatee, the mandrill, the minke whale and the myna bird fill out a varied page.
8 animals in the library start with M, from the macaw to the myna bird. Most of them live in Africa and North America.
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Macaw
Ara and five other genera (scarlet macaw: Ara macao)
Lives 30-50 years in the wild; 50-80 in captivity
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Manatee
Trichechus (three species)
Lives 50-60 years
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Mandrill
Mandrillus sphinx
Lives about 20 years in the wild; over 30 in captivity
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Minke Whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Antarctic minke: Balaenoptera bonaerensis)
Lives 30-50 years; some past 60
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Mongoose
Herpestidae (Indian gray mongoose: Urva edwardsii)
Lives 6-10 years in the wild; up to 20 in captivity
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Monkey
Platyrrhini and Cercopithecidae (about 264 species)
Lives 15-30 years, depending on species
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Moth
Lepidoptera, excluding butterflies (about 160,000 species)
Lives a week to a few months as an adult
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Myna Bird
Acridotheres tristis
Lives about 4 years in the wild; over 12 in captivity
No animals match those filters.