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ape

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tiger

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dog

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gorilla

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ant

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whale

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bear

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antelope

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ass

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Waterhen. — See PORPHYRION (above).
Weasel, Lev., xi, 29, must be regarded as a general name, probably designating, besides the weasel proper, the polecat and ichneumon, all very common in the Holy Land.
Whale. — "And God created great whales..." (Genesis 1:21 A.V.[14]) Hebrew Tânnîn can also be translated as "sea-monster"; porpoises and dugongs were also known to the Hebrews. In Matthew 12:40, Jesus compared his own burial to Jonah's entombment in the forestomach of a whale.[12]
Wild dogs, Ezekiel 13:4
Wolf. — Frequently mentioned in the Scriptures as a special foe to flocks (Sirach 13:21; Matthew 7:15), and an emblem of treachery, ferocity, and bloodthirstiness. Wolves usually prowl at night around the sheepfolds, and, though fewer in numbers than jackals, are much more harmful. The tribe of Benjamin, owing to its warlike character, was compared to a wolf.
Worm. — In English the translation for two Hebrew words: rímmah [Exod., xvi, 24; Is., xiv, 11; (Job 7:5, A.V.)]; and tólá' (Exodus 16:20, etc.); these two Hebrew words are general; the former designates particularly all living organisms generated and swarming in decaying or rotten substances; the latter includes not only worms, but also such insects as caterpillars, centipedes, etc.

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Viper. — See ASP (sup.).
Vulture. — So does D.V. render the Hebrew, 'áyyah, Lev., xi, 14; Deut., xiv, 13; Job, xxviii, 7. As has been suggested above, the text of Job at least, seems to allude to the kite rather than to the vulture. Several kinds of vultures are nevertheless referred to in the Bible; so, for instance, the bearded vulture(gypœtus barbatus), called griffon in the D.V.; the griffon vulture (gyps fulvus), the Egyptian vulture (neophron percnopterus), etc. In the biblical parlance vultures are often termed eagles.

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swan
swallow
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species
sparrow
snail
siren
shrew
serpent
seal
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scorpion
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Rabbit (Proverbs 30:26). — A mistranslation for coney or daman. See CHEROGRILLUS, (sup.).
Ram. — See EWE, FLOCK (sup.).
Raven. — The Bible includes under this generic name a certain number of birds having more or less resemblance with the raven, such as the magpie, the jay, etc. The raven, eight species of which are found in Israel, is by far the most common of all the birds of that country, where it is with buzzards, vultures, dogs, jackals, and hyenas, an active scavenger. Its plumage is glossy black, and its habits are frequently alluded to in Bible, for instance feeding on carcasses, wandering for its precarious meals, picking out the eyes of the newly dropped or weakly animals, resorting to desolate places, etc. The raven, when no other food is nigh, not infrequently picks out grains freshly sown; hence its surname of seed-picker, spermologos, which, later on became a synonym for ragamuffin. This name, applied to St. Paul by his sceptical listeners of Athens, has become, through a mistranslation, "word-sower" in our Bibles (Acts 17:18).
Night raven, the equivalent in Ps. ci (Hebr., cii), 7, of the Hebrew word translated in Lev., xi, 17, as screech owl, seems to mean the blue thrush (petrocynela cyanea), a well-known solitary bird of the country, which is fond of sitting alone on a roof or a rock.
Rhinoceros, Num., xxiii, 22, stands for Hebrew, re'em, and should consequently be rendered by aurochs.
Ringtail. — So D.V., Deut., xiv, 13, translates rã'ah, possibly substituted by a scribe's error for dã'ah, and very likely meaning the black kite (milvus migrans).
Rooster, See Cock, hen. (sup.) – alektór[13]