A-Z: animals & plants ending in T

A

A Nigerian moving abroad could be given the same title as this butterfly

B

Pretty, yellow-breasted, British garden bird which is fond of nut feeders

C

Popular pet

D

Species of nocturnal flying mammal found across Eurasia

E

The world's heaviest land animal

F

Weasel-like mustelid sometimes kept as a pet

G

Type of viverrid, a mammal resembling cats or lemurs, found in Africa, Arabia and south-west Europe

H

Large type of wasp

I

Class of invertebrates with over a million species

J

North American hare

K

Two-word American rodent which is not actually either of the animals which it is named after

L

The term for grasshoppers when they swarm in large flocks

M

Cute mammal of southern Africa; they appoint one member of the group as a sentry to stand guard

N

Marsupial which resembles a chipmunk

O

Large rodent of the mountains of Washington state

P

Colourful game bird which has been introduced to Europe from Asia

Q

The reproducing female in a colony of sociable insects

R

Rodent associated with the plague

S

Another mustelid, which can change its coat from brown to white in winter

T

Common freshwater fish which often ends up on the dinner plate

U

Small Peruvian bird with no linear markings on it, and a dictatorial name

V

Blood-sucking airborne mammal

W

Chunky marsupial from Australia

X

Breed of farm animal from western China

Y

Common wasp in Britain, named after an item of clothing

Z

Another autocratic-sounding South American bird whose name could be suggested by the clues "walking frame" and "hot whisky"