User:WolfmanSF/List of semiaquatic organisms

This is a list of organisms that spend part of their life cycle or of which part of their anatomy is underwater.

Plants

Semiaquatic plants are those whose roots are wholly or partly underwater.

• Mangroves, a type of woody tree or shrub growing in the mangal habitat, consisting of more than 50 species across 17 plant families
• Members of the plant genus Taxodium (Plantae:Pinophyta:Pinopsida...)
  • Taxodium distichum also known as the swamp cypress or bald cypress
  • Taxodium ascendens also known as the pond cypress
  • Taxodium mucronatum also known as the Montezuma cypress or Ahuehuete
• Members of the plant subclass Alismatidae (Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Liliopsida: Alismatidae)

Animals

Semiaquatic animals are those that are primarily terrestrial but that spend a large amount of time underwater, either as part of their life cycle or as an essential behavior (e.g. feeding). Some marine mammals, such the marine otter, the polar bear and pinnipeds, are semiaquatic, while others, such as the sea otter, cetaceans and sirenians, are fully aquatic.

Mammals

• Monotremes
  • Platypus - (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
• Marsupials
  • Lutrine opossum - (Lutreolina crassicaudata)
  • Water opossum or yapok - (Chironectes minimus)
• Tenrecs
  • Otter shrews
  • Web-footed tenrec
• Lagomorphs
  • Marsh rabbit
  • Swamp rabbit
• Rodents
  • Paca
  • Beaver
  • Capybara
  • Coypu
  • Crab-eating rats
  • 'Fish-eating rats'
  • 'Marsh rats'
  • Muskrat
  • 'Swamp rats'
  • 'Water mice'
  • 'Water rats'
  • European water vole
• Soricomorphs
  • Desmans
  • 'Water shrews'

• Artiodactyls
  • Hippopotamus
  • Pygmy hippopotamus
  • Chinese water deer
  • Marsh deer
  • Water chevrotain
  • Moose
  • Waterbuck
  • Sitatunga
  • Anoa
  • Wild water buffalo
• Perissodactyla
  • Malayan tapir
  • Baird's tapir
  • Brazilian tapir
  • Javan rhinoceros
  • Sumatran rhinoceros
  • Indian rhinoceros
• Carnivorans
  • Felidae - Cats
    • Fishing cat
    • Flat-headed cat
  • Viverridae - civets and genets
    • Aquatic genet
  • Herpestidae - mongoose
    • Crab-eating mongoose
  • Ursidae - bears
    • Polar bear - (Ursus maritimus)
  • Pinnipeds
  • Procyonidae - raccoons
    • Crab-eating raccoon - (Procyon cancrivorus)
  • Mustelidae - weasels and otters
    • Minks
    • Otters (except the sea otter)
• Primates
  • Proboscis monkey
  • Allen's swamp monkey

Birds

• Austrodyptornithess
  • Penguin
• Dromaiuss
• Ducks
• Geese
• Swans
• Herons
• Kingfishers
• Gulls
• Pelicans
• Sandpipers
• Plovers
• Auks
• Jaegers
• Dippers

Reptiles

• Crocodilians
• Lizards
  • Green iguana
  • Marine iguana
  • Nile monitor
  • Corytophanidae or basilisks
• Snakes
  • Cottonmouth
  • Anacondas
  • Water snakes
    • Grass snakes
  • Water cobras
  • Garter snakes
  • Rainbow snake
  • Mud snake
• Turtles
  • Giant tortoise
  • Bog turtle
  • Spotted turtle
  • Blanding's turtle
  • Red-eared slider
  • Painted turtle
  • Chicken turtle
  • European pond turtle
  • Western pond turtle
  • Map turtle
  • Diamondback terrapin
  • African side-necked turtles

Amphibians

• Salamanders
  • Newts
• Frogs

Invertebrates

• Decapodas
  • Crab
  • Crayfish
• Arachnids
  • Diving bell spider

See also

• Aquatic ecology
• Aquatic animal
• Aquatic mammal
• Aquatic plant
• Marine biology
• Freshwater biology
• Marine mammal

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