Animals World

List of animals on letter L

Lampreys and Hagfish

Lampreys and Hagfish

Type of animal science:Classification
Fields of study: Anatomy, evolutionary science, physiology, systematics (taxonomy), zoology
Jawless vertebrates, or Agnatha, are represented today by the lamprey and hagfish. These organisms are of great interest as the survivors of a once-flourishing group of Paleozoic vertebrates that includes the earliest vertebrates in the fossil record.

Lemur

Lemur

Type of animal science: Anatomy, behavior, classification, ecology, evolution
Fields of study: Conservation biology, ecology, ethology, zoology
Over fifty species of lemurs have been identified and classified in the superfamily Lermuroidea in the Primate order. They have evolved separately from East African and other primates for at least forty million years.

Leopard

Leopard

Type of animal science: Classification
Fields of study: Anatomy, physiology, zoology
Large cats widely distributed over Africa and Asia, leopards have the greatest geographic range of any wild cat, but face severe pressure from humans within many of their natural habitats.

Lion

Lion

Type of animal science: Classification
Fields of study: Anatomy, wildlife ecology
Lions, celebrated in myth as the King of Beasts, are the second largest of the big cats and the only members of the Felidae family to live and hunt in groups in the wild.

Lizard

Lizard

Type of animal science: Behavior, classification, ecology, evolution, reproduction
Fields of study: Anatomy, conservation biology, herpetology, physiology, systematics (taxonomy), zoology
More than six thousand species of reptiles have been identified and named. They are classified in the order Squamata, of which slightly more than four thousand are lizards. The remainder are snakes. Technically, snakes comprise one group of limbless lizards. Squamata is the largest order of extant reptiles.

Lobster

Lobster

Type of animal science: Anatomy, classification
Fields of study:Anatomy, invertebrate biology, marine biology
Lobster are joint-legged crustaceans of the phylum Arthropoda. Phylum characteristics include a chitinous exoskeleton, jointed appendages, a ventral nervous system, and a dorsal brain.

Lungfish

Lungfish

Type of animal science: Classification
Fields of study: Anatomy, evolutionary science, paleontology, systematics (taxonomy)
Lungfish are freshwater members of the subclass Sarcopterygii, the fleshy- or lobed-finned fishes. As their name indicates, lungfish have lungs evolved from the swim bladder and can breathe air. Because they are among the fishes most closely related to the tetrapods, they play a crucial if controversial role in the study of vertebrate evolution.