Animal starch is the other name of

We need to identify which compound is also known as "animal starch."

Option A: Amylose — Amylose is a linear component of plant starch. It is not called animal starch.

Option B: Maltose — Maltose is a disaccharide (made of two glucose units). It is not a polysaccharide and is not called animal starch.

Option C: Glycogen — Glycogen is a highly branched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as the primary energy storage molecule in animals. It is stored mainly in the liver and muscles. Because it serves the same storage function in animals that starch serves in plants, glycogen is commonly called "animal starch."

Option D: Amylopectin — Amylopectin is a branched component of plant starch. While glycogen and amylopectin are structurally similar (both are branched glucose polymers), amylopectin is a plant polysaccharide, not animal starch.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option C: Glycogen.