Animals Beginning with M- With facts and Information! #BlogchatterA2Z

Seeing the wonders of nature is educational and can be incredible.  Whether you are on vacation or are looking for a staycation, visiting a zoo is a great option for a fun outing.

Here, You will find a list of amazing animals beginning with ‘M’, together with pictures and interesting facts on each animal. Learn about all kinds of different animals. Given below are the animals starting with the letter ‘M’.

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We’ve included both individual species whose names begin with M and well-known groups of animals that begin with M.

Monarch Butterfly

Type: Bug
Diet: Herbivore
Average lifespan: Up to 6 to 8 months
Size: Wingspan 3.7 to 4.1 in (9.4 to 10.5 cm)
Weight: .0095 to .026 oz (.27 to .75 g)
Group: Flutter

The regal orange and black monarch butterfly is one of nature’s marvels. They emerge as beautifully colored, black-orange-and-white adults. The predators of monarchs are shrews, moles, and other small mammals as well as birds. 

Marmot 

Type: mammal
Diet: herbivore
Average lifespan: Past 5 years
Size: up to 22 inches in length
Weight: about 5 pounds about 1 a 2 kg

Marmots are really cute and charming creatures. Marmots are the largest members of the ground squirrel family. They are big and chubby with very short legs and bulky bodies. They either walk or run on the ground. The fur coat of marmots have colors that range from dark gray to brown to yellowish-white. They are found in Europe, North America and Asia. They hibernate throughout the winter and lose as much as half of their bodyweight.

Mollusk 

Mollusks are called shellfish. They have a shell that protects their bodies. They are animals without backbones. They have eyes on their head and a mouth. They live in or around the water such as rivers, ponds and oceans. They have a long soft structure. There are about 100,000 species of mollusks.

Manatee

Type: Mammal
Diet: Carnivore
Size: Head and body, 32 to 40 in (80 to 100 cm); Tail, 4 to 8 in (10 to 20 cm)
Weight: 22 to 44 lbs (10 to 20 kg)
Protection status: Threatened

Manatees are called sea cows. They are graceful swimmers in coastal waters and rivers. They are found in North American east coast from Florida to Brazil. It grazes on all kinds of aquatic plants, especially marine sea grasses. It swims down to 30 feet, propelling itself along with the aid of its large flat tail.

Mangabey

Type: mammal
Diet: Omnivore
Average lifespan: up to 30 years
Body size: 15 to 35 inches (38 to 89 centimetres)
Tail length: 17 to 39 inches (43 to 100 centimetres)
Weight: 7 to 44 pounds (3 to 20 kilograms)
Group: Troop

Mangabeys are large, tall, powerful and slender primates. They come in various colors like grey, golden brown or black. They have a lighter color on their bellies and sometimes they have white patches on the tip of their tail, under their chin or on the back of their head. have little beards. They live in Africa. They have big cheeks so they can carry around lot of food.

We aspire that you enjoyed the visit to the zoo. Visiting makes of fun to learn about various fantastic animals beginning with ‘M’. We get to know about the taste and habits of various birds and animals. It gave us a better and close-up view of them. 

Stay Tuned for the next amazing zoo animal !!

This segment is part of the #BlogchatterA2Z challenge by Blogchatter