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===Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan ===


 * ===Thousands of species accounts about individual animal species. These may include text, pictures of living animals, photographs and movies of specimens, and/or recordings of sounds. ===


 * ===Descriptions of levels of organization above the species level, especially phyla, classes, and in some cases, orders and families. Hundreds of hyperlinked pages and images illustrate the traits and general biology of these groups. Professional biologists prepare this part. ===

//**(Students write the text of these accounts and we cannot guarantee their accuracy--all data from this site must be validated). **//


=== ARKive is a unique collection of thousands of wildlife videos, images and fact-files, with a special focus on the world's threatened species. === === You can explore and search ARKive's continually expanding multi-media collection via the navigation bar at the top of every page. A truly remarkable website filled with some of the most remarkable multi-media images of endangered animals by some of the world's most famous wildlife photographers and movie makers. ===

===Here at **Animal Fact Guide** you can learn all sorts of [|interesting facts] about the [|animals] roaming our planet on our [|**Animal Facts**] page. You can also download [|free coloring pages, word searches, mazes, and desktop wallpapers] on our [|**Fun Stuff**] page or check out [|cool animal videos, photos, and news] on our [|**Wildlife Blog**]. Click the links below to get started! ===



===Explore and take your interest in mammals further. Watch [|video clips], discover fascinating facts, and play the [|interactive challenges] to find out why mammals are so spectacularly successful. Extremely rich site. ===



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===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Find out more about your favourite animals, where and how they live, the latest news about them and who's filming them right now. Marvel at the stealth of a snow leopard, the tenderness of a mother tiger and the awesome spectacle of a golden eagle in flight. Listen to the thrilling sound of lions roaring across the Savannah and to birds that mimic machinery. ===

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click on the below images to access websites that will help with animal classification. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Insect Identification is a user-submitted site that identifies hundreds of insect species. **

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=**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Animal Kingdom] **= ===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kidport is an Internet-based educational service designed to help K-8 students excel in school. It provides a unique, multi-step program to create empowered learners, not simply good students. ===

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===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Planet Earth teems with life—and now you can meet some of its stars! Check out our profiles below of some of the most amazing animals on the planet—living in niches from the deep oceans to the highest mountains. ===

=**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Big Zoo] **=

=**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Animal Classification Quiz] **=

===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Each byte is a one-page fact sheet specifically designed to help you quickly find information about some of the interesting creatures found in the animal kingdom. Most species files include coverage regarding scientific classification, basic physical traits, fun facts, and conservation/ecological value. Where available, links to more in-depth species coverage via our online infobooks are provided. === ===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Species lists are viewable [|Alphabetically]by animal name or by [|Taxonomic] name. ===



<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Main Animal pages--with links to specific animals.
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