13 Animals That Don’t Have Tails – Explained

In the world, there are many animals, and each has specific abilities. Each animal has a different appearance from one others. In this blog, we will discuss the animals that don’t have tails, 

So these animals are as follows;

1- Bonobos

Scientific name: Pan paniscus

Class: Mammal

Scope: the Democratic Republic of Congo

Introduction

Bonobos are also known as pygmy chimpanzees. They are two species of bonobos and are endangered species. Around 10,000 to 20,000 total bonobos remain in the wild. Bonobo’s lifespan is around 40 years. 

Appearance

Bonobos have long legs, short arms, small bellies, and slim bodies. They have black faces with red lips. Their body color is almost black, and they don’t have tails. 

2- Frogs

Scientific name: Anura

Class: Reptile

Scope: Worldwide

Introduction

Frogs are found in tropical forests, tundra to deserts. So they live in aquatic and swampy habitats, but some live on land, trees, and caves. There are around 5,000 species of frogs in the world, and they are found on every continent except Antarctica. Their lifespan is around 10-12 years. 

Appearance

Frogs have large eyes, no claws, and webbed feet, which help them for better swimming. They have smooth and moist skin, and their body color is light green to dark brown. They don’t have tails. 

3- Gorilla

Scientific name: Gorilla

Class: Mammal

Scope: Central Africa

Introduction

Gorillas are mostly found in tropical lowland rainforests of Central Africa. There are two species of gorillas. 

• The eastern gorilla
• The western gorilla

Some subspecies live in the montane rainforest, and some in bamboo rainforests. Gorillas eat all day, and an adult male can eat up to 40 pounds of food per day. Their lifespan is around 35-40 years.

Appearance

Gorillas are the largest living mammals with a broad chests, large hands, and shoulders. They have small eyes with hairless faces, and their body color is black. Gorillas don’t have tails. 

Animals That Live in Forests

4- Hyrax

Scientific name: Hyracoidea

Class: Mammal

Scope: Africa

Introduction

Hyrax is small furry animals that mostly live in forests and rocky areas. There are seven total species of hyrax. Hyrax is also known as social animals, which use a variety of vocalizations during communication with each other. They have abilities to climb steep surfaces like rocks. They live in groups that range from 2 to 26 individuals. Hyrax lifespan is around 9 to 14 years. 

Appearance

Hyrax has rounded ears, short but sturdy legs, and hoof-like nails. These animals don’t have tails. Their body color is brownish gray. They weigh around 4 to 13 pounds, and their length is 12 to 23 inches. They are omnivores, so their Diet includes herbage, grasses, fruits, insects, leaves, lizards, and bird eggs. 

5- Kiwi

Scientific name: Apteryx

Class: Bird

Scope: New Zealand

Introduction

Kiwi is small birds. You can guess them with a size of a chicken. They are mostly found in New Zealand. There are five total species of kiwi birds in the world. They are;

• Brown kiwi
• Great spotted kiwi/roroa
• Rowi
• Tokoeka
• Little spotted kiwi

The lifespan of kiwi birds is around 25 to 50 years. 

Appearance

These animals have a pear-like shape, long legs, and beaks but don’t have tails. They have feather-like hairs. Their body color is grayish brown. Kiwi’s length is around 14 to 18 inches, weighing around 0.8 to 1.9 kg. Their Diet includes worms, millipedes, centipedes, slugs, snails, insects, spiders, and other plant substances. The fruits they like most are berries and seeds.

6- Capybara

Scientific name: Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Class: Mammal 

Scope: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay, Northeast Argentina, and Uruguay. 

Introduction

Capybara is the largest known rodent in the world. They are semi-aquatic mammals mostly found in northern and central South America. Capybara spends most of their time along the bank of rivers and lakes, and they normally feed in the morning and evening. There are two species of capybara. They are skilled swimmers, and even they can sleep in the water. The average lifespan of a capybara is around 8 to 10 years.

Appearance

Capybara fur color is reddish brown to grayish and yellowish below. These animals have blunt snouts, short legs, small ears, and don’t have tails. Their length is around 39 to 51 inches long and 20 inches from foot to shoulder. Capybara weighs around 60 to 174 lbs. Female capybara is usually a bit larger than males. They mostly feed on aquatic plants and grasses.

7- Centipedes

Scientific name: Chilopoda

Class: Insect

Scope: United States

Introduction

Centipedes live in high moisture areas like rocks or stones or heaps of grasses. There are 8,000 species of centipedes in the world out of 3,000. Centipedes are those creatures that can regrow their lost limbs. Centipedes’ lifespan is around 5-6 years, but an ordinary centipede can live for one year only. 

Appearance

Centipedes’ body color is normally yellowish to dark brown. They have a pair of long but sensitive antennae that are covered with dense hairs. Centipedes have legs ranging from 30 to 382 and do not have tails. In size, they can reach over 12 inches long. They eat small mammals like spiders, cockroaches, crickets, silverfish, and moths.

8- American Black Bear

Scientific name: Ursus Americanus

Class: Mammal

Scope: the Pacific Northwest’s forests and mountains

Introduction

American black bears are found in the Pacific Northwest’s forests and mountains. Also, in the forest of Canada, Alaska, the Rocky Mountains, the upper Midwest, and found in parts of the southern U.S., These black bears are the smallest among the other three species of bear found in North America. There are almost 16 subspecies of Black Bears with a total population of 800,000. The lifespan of black bears is around 30 years in the wild, but they die before their early 20s.

Appearance

American black bears are large and stocky and are usually black and have a white patch on their chest. They have short fur with a color of light brown to black. Adult black bear size ranges from 1.5 to 1.8 meters in length, weighing around 90-270 kg. Male black bears are 70% heavier than females. Their Diet includes berries, fruit, sedges, and insects. Sometimes they also eat fish, honeycomb, and other garbage food. 

9- Chimpanzee

Scientific name: Pan troglodytes

Class: Mammal

Scope: Central and West Africa

Introduction

Most population of chimpanzees lives in tropical rainforests and woodlands and grasslands stretching across central to western Africa. There are around 4-5 subspecies of chimpanzee, and the wild chimpanzee only lives in Africa. Today the estimated wild population of chimpanzees ranges from 150,000 to 250,000 individuals. 

Appearance

Their body is coated with black and brown hair except for their face. Their body color is black except for their face, feet, and hands. They have long arms and short legs. Have a flat face with a big mouth, a small nose, and big eyes. They don’t have tails. Chimpanzees are around 1 to 1.7 meters tall and weigh around 32 to 60 kg. Their normal Diet includes fruits, roots, nuts, flowers, plants, insects, and meat. They eat around 1 to 4 kilos of food per day. 

10- Barbary Macaque

Scientific name: Macaca sylvanus

Class: Mammal

Scope: Atlas and Rif Mountains

Introduction

In the wild, barbary macaque lives in the pine forests of the Atlas and Rif Mountains. This area is very hot in summer and very cold in winter. These are the ones that can live in both hot and snowy areas. There are 22 species of barbary macaque. They live in a mixed-gender group of a minimum of 12 and more than 60 individuals with an average of 24 members. The average lifespan of a male barbary macaque is around 25 years, whereas the female is 30 years.

Appearance

Barbary macaque body color is yellowish gray to brown. They have thick brown-yellow fur, which protects them from rain and cold. Their face and ear color are black. These animals do not have tails. Male is 63 cm in length, and females are 56 cm. Males weigh around 14 kg, and females weigh between 8.9 to 11 kg. They are mainly vegetarians. Other food includes insects, lizards, fungi, and invertebrates.

11- Siamangs

Scientific name: Symphalangus syndactylus

Class: Mammal

Scope: Sumatra

Introduction

Siamangs inhabit tropical mountain rainforests. They sleep in the branches of a tree in an upright position, so they don’t nest. Siamangs are related to the gibbon family found in Sumatra and Malaya. They have large throat sacs that they use in social vocalizations. The estimated lifespan of siamangs is around 25 to 40 years. 

Appearance

Siamang’s body color is black. These animals do not have tails. They are the largest gibbons in the world, with a height of 1m. Male siamangs weigh around 11.9 kg while females weigh around 10.7 kg. Siamangs’ normal Diet includes fruits, leaves, insects, bird eggs, and small vertebrates. 

12- Crabs

Scientific name: Brachyura

Class: Crustacean

Scope: Worldwide

Introduction

Crabs are found in almost all oceans, in freshwater, and some of them on land. Some species live in mud or sand, and some in shells of oysters and mussels. In the ocean, they live on shorelines. There are up to 6,700 species of crabs in the world. The average lifespan of a crab is between 3 to 5 years. 

Appearance

Crabs have rounded flat shaped bodies covered with shells. They have ten legs, five along each side. Crabs don’t have tails. The average size of a female is around 21.6 to 26.6 mm, and for a male is 30.1 to 37.7 mm. Male crabs weigh around 13.95 grams and 5.2 grams for females. Their Diet includes plants, shrimps, snails, worms, fishes, and dead.

Animals That Live in Water

13- Humans

Scientific name: Homo sapiens

Class: Mammal

Scope: Worldwide

Introduction

Humans are the most abundant species of primate. There are around 21 human species in the world. The body of a human is a single structure that is further made up of billions of cells, organs, and tissues. These organs combine to perform a special function. The expected lifespan of a human is around 80 years. 

Appearance

Human physical appearance is an outward phenotype of human beings. Humans are also animals that don’t have tails. Humans have different ranges of size and weight. The normal height of a male is around 1.7m, and 1.6 for females. Adult males normally weigh around 50 to 60 kg and above. The Diet of humans includes fruits, vegetables, grains, meat, and many other types of animal products. 

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