Expected to decode Dictionary<String, Any> but found an array instead

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struct AnimalKeys: Codable{
    var names: String?
    var taxonomy: Taxonomy
    var locations: String?
    var characteristics: String?
    
    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey{
        case names = "name"
        case taxonomy = "taxonomy"
        case locations = "locations"
        case characteristics = "characteristics"
    }
}

struct Taxonomy: Codable{
    var kingdom: String?
    var phylum: String?
    var class1: String?
    var family: String?
    var scientificname: String?
    
    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey{
        case kingdom = "kingdom"
        case phylum = "phylum"
        case class1 = "class"
        case family = "family"
        case scientificname = "scientific_name"
    }
//the API function }
func getAnimalApi(names: String) {
        
        let headers = [
            "X-RapidAPI-Key": "123e32234234234234234234234234324234243",
            "X-RapidAPI-Host": "animals-by-api-ninjas.p.rapidapi.com"
        ]
        
        let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string:"https://animals-by-api-ninjas.p.rapidapi.com/v1/animals?name=%5C(names)")! as URL,
                                          cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                          timeoutInterval: 10.0)
        request.httpMethod = "GET"
        request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
        
        let session = URLSession.shared
        let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
            if (error != nil) {
                print(error)
            } else {
             //   request.httpBody = try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: data, options: .fragmentsAllowed)
                let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
               // print(httpResponse)
                print("good")
                var result: AnimalKeys?
                guard let data = data else{return}
                do {
                    // self.animal = try JSONDecoder().decode([animalss].self, from: data)
                    let resultss = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: .allowFragments)
                    print("sucess: (resultss)")
                    let newFind = try JSONDecoder().decode(AnimalKeys.self, from: data) as! Array
                    print("yup: (newFind)")
                }
                catch {
                    print(error)
                }
            }
        })
        dataTask.resume()
    }
//The only thing that prints is the resultsss. But the decoding part prints out typeMismatch(Swift.Dictionary<Swift.String, Any>, Swift.DecodingError.Context(codingPath: [], debugDescription: "Expected to decode Dictionary<String, Any> but found an array instead.", underlyingError: nil))
//results function below
{ success:         characteristics =         {
            "average_litter_size" = 1;
            color = BrownBlackWhite;
            diet = Herbivore;
            "favorite_food" = Grass;
            habitat = "Tropical jungles and open plains";
            lifespan = "12-16 years";
            lifestyle = Herd;
            "main_prey" = "Grass. Seeds, Flowers";
            predators = "Human, Bears, Wildcats";
            "skin_type" = Leather;
            slogan = "There are around 75 different species!";
            "top_speed" = "25 mph";
            type = Mammal;
            weight = "150-200kg (331-440lbs)";
        };
        locations =         (
            Africa,
            Asia
        );
        name = Zebu;
        taxonomy =         {
            class = Mammalia;
            family = Bovidae;
            genus = Bos;
            kingdom = Animalia;
            order = Artiodactyla;
            phylum = Chordata;
            "scientific_name" = "Bos taurus indicus";
        };
    }

Problem is here:

                    let newFind = try JSONDecoder().decode(AnimalKeys.self, from: data) as! Array

In fact, what you get is an AnimalKeys, not an array.

Maybe what you want is more something like:

                    let newFind = try JSONDecoder().decode([AnimalKeys].self, from: data) // as! Array