The A to Z list
Animals that start with N
N is another single-entry letter, and the nightingale earns it. A male sings more than 180 distinct song types, some birds over 250, loudly enough to be heard a mile away on a still night. The birds singing after dark are unmated males. Once a female accepts a male, he largely stops singing, so a wood full of night song is a wood full of bachelors.
6 animals in the library start with N, from the narwhal to the numbat. Most of them live in Africa and Asia.
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Narwhal
Monodon monoceros
Lives about 50 years; some estimates considerably higher
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Newt
Pleurodelinae (subfamily, about 100 species)
Lives often over a decade; eastern newts 12 to 15 years
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Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos
Lives 1-3 years; ringed birds over 8
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Nightjar
Caprimulgidae (family); figures from Caprimulgus europaeus
Lives about 4 years; oldest recorded just over 12
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Nudibranch
Nudibranchia (order, about 3,000 species)
Lives a few weeks to about a year
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Numbat
Myrmecobius fasciatus
Lifespan: Not well documented in the wild
No animals match those filters.