Over 120 species of animals are mentioned in the Bible, ordered alphabetically in this article by English vernacular name.
For example, recent excavations in the Timna Valley discovered what may be the earliest camel bones found in Israel or even outside the Arabian peninsula, dating to around 930 BCE.
Although no regular classification is to be sought for in the Bible, animal creation is there practically divided into four classes, often called kinds,[3][citation needed] according to the four different modes of locomotion.
Of the many "living beings that swim in the water" no particular species is mentioned; the "great whales" are set apart in that class, while the rest are divided according to whether or not they had fins or scales (Leviticus 11:9, 10).
The "creeping things"[5] include not only reptiles, but all short-legged animals or insects which seem to crawl rather than to walk, such as moles, lizards, etc.