10 Amazing Animals with the Letter S

I leave you 10 Animals with the letter S That will serve you to play with friends or family in activities of the school or home.

Sahuí

The different species of Titi or Sahuí monkey vary substantially in size and color but resemble each other in most of their other physical characteristics.

The skin of the sahuí is soft and is generally of reddish color, brownish or black and with a lighter inferior part. Its tail is always hairy and is not apprehensible.

The length of the head and body is in the female, 29 to 42 centimeters and in the male, 30 to 45 centimeters. The length of the tail is in the female of 36 to 64 centimeters and in the male of 39 to 50 centimeters.

The weight of the sahui monkeys is in the females, 700 to 1020 grams and in the male of 800 to 1200 grams. The sahuí are diurnal and arboreal and prefer dense forests near the water.

These primates jump easily from branch to branch and sleep through the night, but also take a midday nap.

Sahuí monkeys are territorial. They live in family groups consisting of parents and their children, approximately 3 to 7 members. Defend your territory by screaming and chasing intruders.

Toad

The common toad (also known as European toad) is a large species found throughout Europe. Although not found in Iceland or in some areas of the Mediterranean, the common toad range extends in Siberia and North Africa.

The common toad is usually brown but the colors of its skin can range from black to green and yellow. Its skin is permeable and has a rough appearance.

This species is most active in humid climates and is commonly found in areas near water such as forests, marshes and meadows. It is a nocturnal animal, spends the rest of the day and hunting at night.

Sepia

Sepia is a member of the cephalopod family and is one of the most intelligent invertebrates in existence. They spend their relatively short lives in tropical and temperate oceans looking for small prey and try to avoid being trapped by larger carnivores.

Smaller species tend to spend their entire lives on the ocean floor, looking for food and companions in a relatively limited range.

But the larger species occasionally rise in open water and swim in search of a better territory. For this, cuttlefish alter their internal buoyancy through the use of something called a jibion, which is not a bone but an internal porous shell.

By adjusting the gas levels in the front chamber and the water level in the rear chamber of the jibion, sepia can modulate its buoyancy.

Salmon

Salmon, commonly called Atlantic salmon, belongs to the family (Salmonidae). The six species of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus) are:

Red salmon or red salmon (O. nerka), which runs from the northern Bering Sea to Japan and the Columbia River from the American Northwest.
Coho or Silver Salmon (O. Kisutch), ranging from the Bering Sea to Japan and the Salinas River to Monterey Bay.
Dog salmon (O. keta), extending from the Mackenzie and Lena rivers in the Arctic south to Japan and the Rogue River.
Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) stretching from the Yukon River to China and the Sacramento River.
Pink or hunchback salmon (O. gorbuscha), which sails from the Arctic to Japan and the Klamath River and cherry salmon (O. masu), which is located outside of Japan.
Atlantic salmon, native to the rivers on both sides of the North Atlantic.
Pacific salmon, which live most of their life in the ocean, but as adults they return to the stream where they were born to spawn.

Grasshopper

Grasshoppers are medium to large insects. The adult length is 1 to 7 centimeters, depending on the species. Like their relatives crickets, they have two pairs of wings and long hind legs to jump.

Grasshoppers usually have large eyes, and tend to camouflage themselves to blend into their environment. In some species, males have bright colors on their wings that they use to attract females.

Some species eat toxic plants and keep toxins in their bodies for protection. They are brightly colored to warn predators that they taste bad.

Salamander

The salamanders are amphibians that look like a cross between a frog and a lizard. Their bodies are long and thin, their skin is moist and generally soft and have long tails.

Salamanders are very diverse, some have four legs, some have two. In addition, there are salamanders with lungs, with gills and others breathing through the skin.

The salamanders belong to the order Caudata, one of the three orders of the class Amphibia. Within the Caudata order, there are nine families, 60 genera and about 600 species, according to the San Diego Zoo.

Suricata

They measure only 30 cm in height and depend on group cooperation to survive in the desert. They live in groups of 20 to 50 members in large underground tunnels.

These family groups, called gangs, are led by an alpha pair, with the female being the most dominant. Most members of the group are sons or siblings of the alpha pair.

The dominant pair (and subordinate pairs) will produce two to four puppies a year. Other members of the group will take care of the puppies, even feeding them with milk.

Because the survival of the puppies is vital to sustain their social unit, it has been known that the meerkats risk their lives trying to protect the young.

Sardine

The sardine is any of the fish in the herring family, Clupeidae, especially members Sardinops and Sardinella.

The name sardine may also refer to common herring (Clupea harengus) and other small herrings or herring fish when canned in oil. The European sardine (Clupea pilchardus) is produced in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic coasts of Spain, Portugal, France and Great Britain.

The species Clupea harengus is found throughout the North Atlantic, including the coast of North America. The five recognized species of the genus Sardinops are so similar that they are sometimes classified as the only species Sardine sagax.

The five species are found in different areas of the Pacific and Indian oceans and are fished outside western North and South America, Japan, Australia and South Africa.

Snake

There are more than 3,000 species of snakes in the world and there is at least one type of snake on all continents except Antarctica.

There are snakes of many sizes, the smallest snake in the world, according to National Geographic, is the snake-thread, which grows only about 3.9 inches long and looks much like a earthworm.

The largest snake, the reticulated python, can grow up to 9 meters. The largest snake fossil ever discovered is called Titanoboa. This creature lived 60 million years ago and was 15 meters long.

Leech

Leeches are hematophagous (they feed on blood), although in North America, there are probably more freshwater leeches that do not feed on blood.

They inhabit all the continents of the Planet, with the exception of Antarctica, although sea leeches have been found in the Antarctic waters.

The giant leech Amazon (Haementeria ghilianii) can grow up to 18 inches and live up to 20 years. Scientists believed this species was extinct until a zoologist found two specimens in the 1970s.

Like many worms, the leeches are all hermaphrodites. The specific details of mating vary by species.

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