{"id":42202,"date":"2024-10-07T12:18:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T10:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/147ca600-4c19-4f34-9dca-e529051a395b"},"modified":"2024-10-07T13:28:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T11:28:59","slug":"11-animals-starting-with-t-including-the-weird-takahe","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/11-animals-starting-with-t-including-the-weird-takahe\/","title":{"rendered":"11 animals starting with ‘T’, including the weird takah\u0113"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are 11 animals starting with the letter ‘T’, but which ones have we forgotten? Let us know <\/p>

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Published: Monday, 07 October 2024 at 10:18 AM<\/p>

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From the Tasmanian devil to the Christmas turtle dove, here are 11 animals starting with the letter’T’.<\/strong><\/p>

11 animals beginning with\u00a0T<\/strong><\/h2>

Titan beetle<\/h3>
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The titan beetle battles with the Hercules beetle<\/a> for the title of the largest beetle in the world<\/a>, with the latter taking it for total length thanks to the male\u2019s long horns. However, in terms of body length, the winner is the titan beetle which measures up to 16.7cm in body length.<\/p>

\u00a0Tuatara\u00a0<\/h3>
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Endemic to New Zealand, the tuatara is an unusual reptile. It is the only surviving species of the\u00a0Sphenodontia\u00a0order, which thrived during the times of the dinosaurs<\/a> but mostly \u2013 with the exception of the tuatara \u2013 became extinct 60 million years ago.<\/p>

Tree bumblebee\u00a0<\/p>

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The tree bumblebee<\/a> is an easily identifiable bumblebee species, thanks to its distinctive patterning \u2013 orange thorax, black abdomen and white tail. It isn\u2019t actually native to the UK, having been first recorded here in Wiltshire in 2001.\u00a0<\/p>

Tibetan fox<\/h3>
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Also known as the Tibetan sand fox, the Tibetan fox is a widespread species found on the Tibetan and Ladakh plateaus, as well as in Bhutan, China, India and Nepal. It preys on small mammals (particularly pikas) and lizards, and scavengers on the carcasses of large mammals.\u00a0<\/p>

Takah\u0113<\/h3>
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Usually shortened to takah\u0113, the South Island takah\u0113 is a flightless bird<\/a> endemic to New Zealand. It was thought to be extinct in the early 1900s, but was rediscovered in 1948 in the Murchison Mountains, and conservationists have worked to increase populations and to reintroduce the species elsewhere.\u00a0<\/p>