Camel<\/h3>Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>Known as the ships of the desert, camels are ungulates famed for their hump<\/a>. The camel\u2019s hump is useful in the desert as almost all of its fat is stored there, rather than being evenly distributed over its body, so it stays cool in warm environments.<\/p>Cattle <\/h3>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/02\/cattle.jpg\")
Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>Cattle<\/a> are domesticated members of the bovine family usually bred for milk production or beef. Technically, females are only called cows after they have given birth to a calf \u2013 before that they are a heifer<\/a>.<\/p>Chameleon <\/h3>![\"A](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-149215908-1dba7a7.jpg\")
\u00a9 fotoclick\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>Famous for their ability to change colour, there are 200 different species of chameleons, which range considerably in size, from 13.5mm to 67cm. <\/p>
- What’s the smallest reptile?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>
Cheetah<\/h3>![\"The](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/African-cheetah-Acinonyx-jubatus-jubatusPaul-SoldersGettyImages-534978682-3632d60.jpg\")
Paul Souders\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>Cheetahs are nature’s Formula One cars \u2013 they are celebrated as the world’s fastest mammal and ideally adapted for sprinting and chasing down prey. These carnivorous big cats are most often seen in the dry savannah and grasslands of Africa.<\/p>
Chimpanzee<\/h3>![\"Chimpanzees](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/09\/chimpanzee-using-tool-GettyImages-10184918-0c2987b.jpg\")
Manoj Shah\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>Chimpanzees our one of our closest living relatives, and we share 98% of our genetic DNA with them. They are highly intelligent and commonly use tools tools \u2013 some chimpanzees even sharpen sticks to use for hunting. <\/p>
Chough<\/h3>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/07\/Chough-0a09b6a.jpg\")
Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>Choughs are jackdaw-sized members of the crow family. They have an incredibly inquisitive nature, like all\u00a0corvids<\/a>,\u00a0and are often found in flocks enjoying the company of other birds. They are very site-faithful and do not easily spread across an area.<\/p>Civet<\/h3>![\"Civet](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/09\/What-is-civet-coffee.jpg\")
Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>The civet is a a South-East Asian mammal that looks a bit like a cross between a cat and a mongoose. It is also famous for its link with coffee. Civets eat and partly digest coffee cherries<\/a>, however they can’t properly digest the beans, which emerge whole when it defecates. These beans are\u00a0harvested from the civet’s faeces and sold for high sums of money as kopi luwak, or civet coffee.<\/p>Coelacanths<\/strong><\/h3>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/05\/Coelacanth-039f998.jpg\")
Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>Coelacanths<\/a>\u00a0are known as \u2018living fossils\u2019. This is because, until relatively recently, their existance was only know through fossil evidence, and they were thought to have gone extinct along with the\u00a0dinosaurs<\/a>. However, a shock discovery came in 1939, 66 million years after its supposed extinction, when a living specimen was found among a fisherman\u2019s catch. A group such as this that seemingly disappears from the fossil record, only to reappear again almost unchanged, is known as a Lazarus taxon.<\/p>Collared dove<\/h3>![\"Collared](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2014\/09\/GettyImages-147952084-ba149d0.jpg\")
Tim Oram\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>The collared dove is a small dove of farms, parks, gardens and woods. It is pale, pinkish grey, with a black neck stripe; its call resembles \u201cun-i-ted, un-i-ted<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>Common dolphin<\/h3>![\"Pair](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/07\/long-beaked-common-dolphin-3-GettyImages-114116424-48e63e7.jpg\")
Tim Melling \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>There is no mistaking the creamy yellow hourglass pattern of the common dolphin as it leaps from the water. Though you may catch sight of one from land, you\u2019re more likely to see pods of these highly inquisitive cetaceans out at sea, where groups of 10\u201330 approach boats and ride their bow waves.<\/p>
- Whale vs dolphin: what’s the difference between these mysterious denizens of the ocean?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>
Cormorant <\/h3>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/02\/Cormorant-.jpg\")
Gett Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>This large, black waterbird with its long elegant neck is unmistakable. Cormorants are superb fishers and have come into conflict with fishermen in the past.<\/p>
Coppery titi monkey\u00a0<\/h3>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/02\/Coppery-titi-monkey-.jpg\")
Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>With its red tinge, it’s easy to see how coppery titi monkeys got their name. They are a species of new world monkey indigenous to northwest South America and live in the Amazon forests of Peru and Brazil.<\/p>
Costasiella sea slug<\/h3>![\"Weirdest](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/10\/Costasiella-sea-slug-in-one-of-the-worlds-weirdest-animals.jpg\")
Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>The Costasiella sea slug \u2013 also known as the \u2018leaf sheep\u2019 and \u2018Shaun-the- sheep slug\u2019 for obvious reasons \u2013 spends much of its time grazing on marine\u00a0algae<\/a>. <\/p>We named it one of the weirdest sea creatures in the world<\/a><\/p> Coyote<\/h3>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/02\/Coyote.jpg\")
Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>A member of the canine family, coyotes look like small wolves and are native to North America and Central America.<\/p>
- Wolf vs dog: what’s the difference between man’s best friend and its wild cousin?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>
Crested owl<\/h3>![\"Crested](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/10\/Crested-Owl.jpg\")
Image credit: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>Despite a passing resemblance to Gizmo from\u00a0Gremlins<\/em>\u00a0(that\u2019s the cute, furry Mogwai with the ears, obviously), the crested owl is one of a kind \u2013 the sole member of its genus, Lophostrix<\/em>. The species is widespread and fairly common across large swathes of Central and South America.<\/p>- We named it one of the weirdest birds in the world<\/a><\/li><\/ul>
Crow<\/h3>![\"Crow](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/11\/Crow-vs-raven.jpg\")
Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>Intelligent, bold and found almost everywhere in the UK, members of the crow family \u2013 known as corvids \u2013 can be seen on almost any countryside\u00a0walk<\/a>. In the UK there are eight species of crow, while worldwide there are about 40 different species.<\/p>- Crow vs raven: what’s the difference between these two black corvids?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>
Cuckoo<\/h3>![\"A](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1309896462-7fb56a2.jpg?fit=1024,1024\")
Edwin Godinho\/EyeEm\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>The common cuckoo<\/a>, also known as the European cuckoo, is a remarkable and fascinating bird, migrating to the UK from Africa every spring. It’s famous for its parasitic behaviour (known specifically as brood parasitism) where it does not build its own nest to raise its young, but instead tricks another bird species into doing the work for it.<\/p>Cuvier\u2019s dwarf caiman<\/h3>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/02\/Cuviers-dwarf-caiman-scaled.jpg\")
<\/figure> One crocodilian unlikely to trouble anyone tempted by river swimming in the Orinoco or Amazon basins is Cuvier\u2019s dwarf caiman, Paleosuchus palpebrosus<\/em>, miniature crocodile whose males rarely exceeds 1.5m in length, and females not much more than 1m. It is the world’s smallest crocodile<\/a><\/p>- Crocodile vs alligator: what’s the difference between these two fearsome predators?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>
Cuttlefish<\/p>![\"Cuttlefish](\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/01\/cuttlefish-facts.jpg\")
Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>Cuttlefish<\/a> have some of the most impressive courtship routines in nature. Big males adopt a striking zebra-stripe pattern on one side of their body to ward off rivals, while simultaneously displaying an attractive mottled pattern to a female on the other \u2013 quite a feat.<\/p>An alphabetical adventure through the animal kingdom<\/strong><\/p>- Animals starting with ‘A’<\/a><\/li>
- Animals starting with ‘B’<\/a><\/li>
- Animals starting with ‘X’<\/a><\/li>
- Animals starting with ‘Z’<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n
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Known as the ships of the desert, camels are ungulates famed for their hump<\/a>. The camel\u2019s hump is useful in the desert as almost all of its fat is stored there, rather than being evenly distributed over its body, so it stays cool in warm environments.<\/p> Cattle<\/a> are domesticated members of the bovine family usually bred for milk production or beef. Technically, females are only called cows after they have given birth to a calf \u2013 before that they are a heifer<\/a>.<\/p> Famous for their ability to change colour, there are 200 different species of chameleons, which range considerably in size, from 13.5mm to 67cm. <\/p> Cheetahs are nature’s Formula One cars \u2013 they are celebrated as the world’s fastest mammal and ideally adapted for sprinting and chasing down prey. These carnivorous big cats are most often seen in the dry savannah and grasslands of Africa.<\/p> Chimpanzees our one of our closest living relatives, and we share 98% of our genetic DNA with them. They are highly intelligent and commonly use tools tools \u2013 some chimpanzees even sharpen sticks to use for hunting. <\/p> Choughs are jackdaw-sized members of the crow family. They have an incredibly inquisitive nature, like all\u00a0corvids<\/a>,\u00a0and are often found in flocks enjoying the company of other birds. They are very site-faithful and do not easily spread across an area.<\/p> The civet is a a South-East Asian mammal that looks a bit like a cross between a cat and a mongoose. It is also famous for its link with coffee. Civets eat and partly digest coffee cherries<\/a>, however they can’t properly digest the beans, which emerge whole when it defecates. These beans are\u00a0harvested from the civet’s faeces and sold for high sums of money as kopi luwak, or civet coffee.<\/p> Coelacanths<\/a>\u00a0are known as \u2018living fossils\u2019. This is because, until relatively recently, their existance was only know through fossil evidence, and they were thought to have gone extinct along with the\u00a0dinosaurs<\/a>. However, a shock discovery came in 1939, 66 million years after its supposed extinction, when a living specimen was found among a fisherman\u2019s catch. A group such as this that seemingly disappears from the fossil record, only to reappear again almost unchanged, is known as a Lazarus taxon.<\/p> The collared dove is a small dove of farms, parks, gardens and woods. It is pale, pinkish grey, with a black neck stripe; its call resembles \u201cun-i-ted, un-i-ted<\/em>\u201d.<\/p> There is no mistaking the creamy yellow hourglass pattern of the common dolphin as it leaps from the water. Though you may catch sight of one from land, you\u2019re more likely to see pods of these highly inquisitive cetaceans out at sea, where groups of 10\u201330 approach boats and ride their bow waves.<\/p> This large, black waterbird with its long elegant neck is unmistakable. Cormorants are superb fishers and have come into conflict with fishermen in the past.<\/p> With its red tinge, it’s easy to see how coppery titi monkeys got their name. They are a species of new world monkey indigenous to northwest South America and live in the Amazon forests of Peru and Brazil.<\/p> The Costasiella sea slug \u2013 also known as the \u2018leaf sheep\u2019 and \u2018Shaun-the- sheep slug\u2019 for obvious reasons \u2013 spends much of its time grazing on marine\u00a0algae<\/a>. <\/p> We named it one of the weirdest sea creatures in the world<\/a><\/p> A member of the canine family, coyotes look like small wolves and are native to North America and Central America.<\/p> Despite a passing resemblance to Gizmo from\u00a0Gremlins<\/em>\u00a0(that\u2019s the cute, furry Mogwai with the ears, obviously), the crested owl is one of a kind \u2013 the sole member of its genus, Lophostrix<\/em>. The species is widespread and fairly common across large swathes of Central and South America.<\/p> Intelligent, bold and found almost everywhere in the UK, members of the crow family \u2013 known as corvids \u2013 can be seen on almost any countryside\u00a0walk<\/a>. In the UK there are eight species of crow, while worldwide there are about 40 different species.<\/p> The common cuckoo<\/a>, also known as the European cuckoo, is a remarkable and fascinating bird, migrating to the UK from Africa every spring. It’s famous for its parasitic behaviour (known specifically as brood parasitism) where it does not build its own nest to raise its young, but instead tricks another bird species into doing the work for it.<\/p> One crocodilian unlikely to trouble anyone tempted by river swimming in the Orinoco or Amazon basins is Cuvier\u2019s dwarf caiman, Paleosuchus palpebrosus<\/em>, miniature crocodile whose males rarely exceeds 1.5m in length, and females not much more than 1m. It is the world’s smallest crocodile<\/a><\/p> Cuttlefish<\/p> Cuttlefish<\/a> have some of the most impressive courtship routines in nature. Big males adopt a striking zebra-stripe pattern on one side of their body to ward off rivals, while simultaneously displaying an attractive mottled pattern to a female on the other \u2013 quite a feat.<\/p> An alphabetical adventure through the animal kingdom<\/strong><\/p> From camel to cuttlefish, here are 19 animals beginning with the letter ‘C’. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":37408,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"6"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/04\/animals-starting-with-c.jpg",2121,1414,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/04\/animals-starting-with-c-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/04\/animals-starting-with-c-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/04\/animals-starting-with-c-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/04\/animals-starting-with-c-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/04\/animals-starting-with-c-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/04\/animals-starting-with-c-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"From camel to cuttlefish, here are 19 animals beginning with the letter 'C'.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/37407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Cattle <\/h3>
Chameleon <\/h3>
Cheetah<\/h3>
Chimpanzee<\/h3>
Chough<\/h3>
Civet<\/h3>
Coelacanths<\/strong><\/h3>
Collared dove<\/h3>
Common dolphin<\/h3>
Cormorant <\/h3>
Coppery titi monkey\u00a0<\/h3>
Costasiella sea slug<\/h3>
Coyote<\/h3>
Crested owl<\/h3>
Crow<\/h3>
Cuckoo<\/h3>
Cuvier\u2019s dwarf caiman<\/h3>
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