The A to Z list
Animals that start with P
P is a page of animals that are not what they look like. A polar bear is not white and has no white fur at all: each hair is hollow and clear, and the skin beneath is black. A peacock’s fan is not its tail but a train of back feathers, and the puma, despite its size, is not a big cat and cannot roar.
9 animals in the library start with P, from the parrot to the python. Most of them live in Asia and Africa.
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Parrot
Psittaciformes (order, about 400 species)
Lives 15-50 years; large macaws and cockatoos 50-80
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Peacock
Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl); also Pavo muticus and Afropavo congensis
Lives 15-20 years in the wild; 40+ in captivity
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Penguin
Spheniscidae (emperor penguin: Aptenodytes forsteri)
Lives 15-20 years; some reach 30
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Pesquet’s Parrot
Psittrichas fulgidus
Lives 20-40 years
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Pig
Sus domesticus
Lives 15-20 years; farm pigs far less
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Pigeon
Columba livia (rock dove); family Columbidae
Lives 3-5 years in cities; 15+ for racing birds
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Polar Bear
Ursus maritimus
Lives 20-25 years in the wild
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Puma
Puma concolor
Lives 8-13 years in the wild; up to 20 in captivity
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Python
Pythonidae (family, about 40 species)
Lives 15-30 years; over 40 in captivity
No animals match those filters.