Question: Elapidae (Greek ellops sea-fish) is a family of venomous snakes found in tropical and subtropical regions around the world terrestrially in Asia Australia Africa North America and South America and aquatically in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.Elapid snakes exhibit a wide range of sizes from 18-cm species of Drysdalia to the 5.6-m king cobra. All elapids are characterized by hollow fixed fangs through which they inject venom. Currently 325 species in 61 genera are recognized. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Animal