Animals that start with A
242 animals, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 70 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.
- 23 Plankton
- 82 Too Clever
- 67 Schooler
- 40 Rare
- 23 Deep Cut
- 7 One in a Krillion
Rare but real
Names that are easy to defend and hard to guess. Good when you need an answer no one else will have.
- Allosaur
- Late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur.
- Atlantic bottlenose dolphin
- The most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
- Aquatic bird
- Wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water.
- Arctic skua
- A variety of jaeger.
- Ark shell
- Marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface.
- Antbird
- Any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms.
All 242 animals that start with A
Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.
Showing all 242. Tap a name to copy it.
| Name | What it is | Group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large arboreal boa of tropical South America. | Reptiles | Plankton | 450K | |
| also Gator | Either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts. | Reptiles | Plankton | 301K |
| Burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates. | Mammals | Plankton | 301K | |
| also Goosefish, Angler, Angler fish | Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey. | Fish | Plankton | 246K |
| also Mollymawk | Large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings. | Birds | Plankton | 201K |
| Domesticated llama with long silky fleece. | Mammals | Plankton | 201K | |
| also Emmet, Pismire | Social insect living in organized colonies. | Insects | Plankton | 201K |
| Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites. | Mammals | Plankton | 165K | |
| also Sea anemone | Marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles. | Other invertebrates | Plankton | 165K |
| Live associated with sea anemones. | Fish | Plankton | 165K | |
| also Ankylosaurus | Having the back covered with thick bony plates. | Reptiles | Plankton | 165K |
| also New World anteater | Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites. | Mammals | Plankton | 165K |
| Thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions. | Mammals | Plankton | 165K | |
| also Ear-shell | Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior. | Molluscs | Plankton | 135K |
| also Afghanbreed | Tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat. | Mammals | Plankton | 135K |
| also Staffordshire terrier, American pit bull terrier, Pit bull terrierbreed | American breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat. | Mammals | Plankton | 135K |
| Small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste. | Fish | Plankton | 135K | |
| Graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward. | Mammals | Plankton | 135K | |
| Any of various small plant-sucking insects. | Insects | Plankton | 135K | |
| also Malamute, Malemutebreed | Breed of sled dog developed in Alaska. | Mammals | Plankton | 110K |
| Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all. | Mammals | Plankton | 110K | |
| also Giant squid | Largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long). | Molluscs | Plankton | 110K |
| also Reduviid | A true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects. | Insects | Plankton | 110K |
| also Airedalebreed | Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire. | Mammals | Too Clever | 91K |
| also Pronghorn, Prongbuck, Pronghorn antelope | Fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns. | Mammals | Too Clever | 91K |
| Nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs. | Mammals | Too Clever | 91K | |
| also Abyssinianbreed | A small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat. | Mammals | Too Clever | 74K |
| also Hyena dog, Cape hunting dog, Lycaon pictus | A powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs. | Mammals | Too Clever | 74K |
| also Alligator snapper | Large species having three ridges on its back. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 74K |
| Invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin. | Other invertebrates | Too Clever | 74K | |
| also Asp viper | Of southern Europe. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 74K |
| also Africanized honey bee, Killer bee | A strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee. | Insects | Too Clever | 61K |
| also Angorabreed | A long-haired breed of cat similar to the Persian cat. | Mammals | Too Clever | 61K |
| also Antlion fly | Winged insect resembling a dragonfly. | Insects | Too Clever | 61K |
| breed | A hardy breed of saddle horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump. | Mammals | Too Clever | 61K |
| also Archeopteryx | Extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones. | Birds | Too Clever | 61K |
| also Urus | Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox. | Mammals | Too Clever | 61K |
| Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects. | Mammals | Too Clever | 50K | |
| also Nile crocodile | A dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 50K |
| also Agua toad | Largest known toad species. | Amphibians | Too Clever | 50K |
| Shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn. | Fish | Too Clever | 50K | |
| breed | A homeless cat. | Mammals | Too Clever | 50K |
| also Amberfish | Any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes. | Fish | Too Clever | 50K |
| Large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed. | Insects | Too Clever | 50K | |
| Large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff. | Birds | Too Clever | 50K | |
| A butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus. | Fish | Too Clever | 50K | |
| also Arachnoid | Air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs. | Spiders & arachnids | Too Clever | 50K |
| also White wolf | Wolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail. | Mammals | Too Clever | 50K |
| Huge herbivorous dinosaur of Cretaceous found in Argentina. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 50K | |
| also Monkey pinscher, Monkey dogbreed | European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle. | Mammals | Too Clever | 41K |
| also Black bear | Brown to black North American bear. | Mammals | Too Clever | 41K |
| also Robin | Large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen. | Birds | Too Clever | 41K |
| also Woodcock snipe | Small long-billed woodcock. | Birds | Too Clever | 41K |
| also Angora | Domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair. | Mammals | Too Clever | 41K |
| Black tropical American cuckoo. | Birds | Too Clever | 41K | |
| An elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks. | Mammals | Too Clever | 33K | |
| also King crab, Alaska crab, Alaska king crab | Large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan. | Crustaceans | Too Clever | 33K |
| also Long-fin tunny | Large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna. | Fish | Too Clever | 33K |
| also Sparrow hawk | Small North American falcon. | Birds | Too Clever | 33K |
| Higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development. | Other animals | Too Clever | 33K | |
| also American chameleon | Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 33K |
| also Apatosaurus, Brontosaur, Brontosaurus | Huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 33K |
| Small trout of northern waters. | Fish | Too Clever | 33K | |
| Giant saturniid moth widespread in Asia. | Insects | Too Clever | 33K | |
| also Adelie penguin | Medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica. | Birds | Too Clever | 27K |
| Agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies. | Mammals | Too Clever | 27K | |
| Large alligator of the southeastern United States. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 27K | |
| A variety of badger native to America. | Mammals | Too Clever | 27K | |
| also American buffalo, Buffalo | Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains. | Mammals | Too Clever | 27K |
| also Wood tick | Common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia. | Spiders & arachnids | Too Clever | 27K |
| also Aberdeen Angus, Black Angusbreed | Black hornless breed from Scotland. | Mammals | Too Clever | 27K |
| also Snakebird, Darter | Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill. | Birds | Too Clever | 27K |
| also Paper nautilus, Nautilus | Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells. | Molluscs | Too Clever | 27K |
| also Argus pheasant | Large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant. | Birds | Too Clever | 27K |
| Found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries. | Fish | Too Clever | 27K | |
| also Common viper | Small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 22K |
| Slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 22K | |
| breed | An American breed of foxhounds used for hunting both in packs and individually. | Mammals | Too Clever | 22K |
| also Monkfish | Sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do. | Fish | Too Clever | 22K |
| also Three-banded armadillo | South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates. | Mammals | Too Clever | 22K |
| also Polar hare | A large hare of northern North America. | Mammals | Too Clever | 22K |
| also Driver ant, Legionary ant | Tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects. | Insects | Too Clever | 22K |
| Moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes. | Insects | Too Clever | 22K | |
| also Marsh hen, Mud hen, Water hen | A coot found in North America. | Birds | Too Clever | 18K |
| also Angora goatbreed | A domestic breed of goat raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair. | Mammals | Too Clever | 18K |
| also Annelid, Segmented worm | Worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally. | Worms | Too Clever | 18K |
| also Arui, Audad, Barbary sheep | Wild sheep of northern Africa. | Mammals | Too Clever | 18K |
| breed | A spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia. | Mammals | Too Clever | 18K |
| Any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes. | Fish | Too Clever | 18K | |
| Striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean. | Insects | Too Clever | 18K | |
| Largest manta (to 22 feet across wings). | Fish | Too Clever | 18K | |
| Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas. | Birds | Too Clever | 18K | |
| Common crow of North America. | Birds | Too Clever | 15K | |
| Usually rich dark brown. | Mammals | Too Clever | 15K | |
| Common toad of America. | Amphibians | Too Clever | 15K | |
| breed | Breed of medium-sized spaniels originating in America having chocolate or liver-colored curly coat. | Mammals | Too Clever | 15K |
| also Archosaurian | Extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 15K |
| breed | Small greyish wire-haired breed of terrier from Australia similar to the cairn. | Mammals | Too Clever | 15K |
| A tongueless frog native to Africa. | Amphibians | Too Clever | 12K | |
| also German shepherd, German shepherd dog, German police dogbreed | Breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind. | Mammals | Too Clever | 12K |
| breed | A high-stepping horse originating in Kentucky. | Mammals | Too Clever | 12K |
| A kind of malacostracan crustacean. | Crustaceans | Too Clever | 12K | |
| Any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water. | Fish | Too Clever | 12K | |
| South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates. | Fish | Too Clever | 12K | |
| A beetle from China that has been found in the United States and is a threat to hardwood trees. | Insects | Too Clever | 12K | |
| Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa. | Mammals | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| also Jawless fish | Eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms. | Other animals | Schooler | 9.9K |
| also Stake driver | A kind of bittern. | Birds | Schooler | 9.9K |
| A magpie of Rocky Mountains in North America. | Birds | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| also American sable | Valued for its fur. | Mammals | Schooler | 9.9K |
| also Lancelet | Small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal. | Other animals | Schooler | 9.9K |
| One of the world's most important commercial fishes. | Fish | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| Common puffin of the northern Atlantic. | Birds | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| also Adjutant bird, Adjutant stork | Large Indian stork with a military gait. | Birds | Schooler | 8.1K |
| Flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail. | Birds | Schooler | 8.1K | |
| Any member of the Amniota. | Other animals | Schooler | 8.1K | |
| also Congo snake, Congo eel, Blind eel | Aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet. | Amphibians | Schooler | 8.1K |
| Long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill. | Birds | Schooler | 8.1K | |
| Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers. | Insects | Schooler | 6.6K | |
| also Baldpate | A widgeon the male of which has a white crown. | Birds | Schooler | 6.6K |
| also Black bear | Bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia. | Mammals | Schooler | 6.6K |
| breed | Hardy breed of dairy cattle from Ayr, Scotland. | Mammals | Schooler | 6.6K |
| also Rock barnacle | Barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones. | Crustaceans | Schooler | 5.4K |
| Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World. | Reptiles | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| also Northern lobster, Maine lobster | Lobster of Atlantic coast of America. | Crustaceans | Schooler | 5.4K |
| also Spruce squirrel | Of northern United States and Canada. | Mammals | Schooler | 5.4K |
| Any mosquito of the genus Anopheles. | Insects | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| also Argal | Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia. | Mammals | Schooler | 5.4K |
| Black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies. | Birds | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| also Pacific cod | Closely related to Atlantic cod. | Fish | Schooler | 4.4K |
| also Even-toed ungulate | Placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot. | Mammals | Schooler | 4.4K |
| Small very elongate sea poachers. | Fish | Schooler | 3.6K | |
| Mastodon of North America. | Mammals | Schooler | 3.6K | |
| Important food fish. | Fish | Schooler | 3.6K | |
| Widely distributed in warm countries. | Insects | Schooler | 3.6K | |
| also African gray | Commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face. | Birds | Schooler | 2.9K |
| also Allice shad, Allis shad, Allice | European shad. | Fish | Schooler | 2.9K |
| Common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America. | Insects | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| also Dwarf buffalo | Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns. | Mammals | Schooler | 2.9K |
| Sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps. | Other invertebrates | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| breed | A smaller of the four Swiss breeds. | Mammals | Schooler | 2.9K |
| Whales and dolphins. | Mammals | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| also Parka squirrel | Large ground squirrel of the North American far north. | Mammals | Schooler | 2.9K |
| A silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny barbels. | Fish | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| A python having the color of amethyst. | Reptiles | Schooler | 2.4K | |
| also Chaetognath | Any worm of the Chaetognatha. | Worms | Schooler | 2.4K |
| also Water buffalo, Water ox | An Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal. | Mammals | Schooler | 2.4K |
| Any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts. | Birds | Schooler | 2.4K | |
| also Spiny-headed worm | Any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines. | Worms | Schooler | 1.9K |
| also Agamid lizard | A lizard of the family Agamidae. | Reptiles | Schooler | 1.9K |
| also Kodiak bear, Kodiak | Brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia. | Mammals | Schooler | 1.9K |
| Common large crayfishes of eastern North America. | Crustaceans | Schooler | 1.9K | |
| also Wapiti | Large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male. | Mammals | Schooler | 1.9K |
| also Railroad worm | Larvae bore into and feed on apples. | Insects | Schooler | 1.9K |
| Dinosaurs having bony armour. | Reptiles | Schooler | 1.9K | |
| Minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves. | Other animals | Schooler | 1.9K | |
| Largest United States flatfish. | Fish | Schooler | 1.9K | |
| also Andrenid, Mining bee | A bee that is a member of the genus Andrena. | Insects | Schooler | 1.6K |
| also Whitetail antelope squirrel, Antelope chipmunk | Small ground squirrel of western United States. | Mammals | Schooler | 1.6K |
| also Dromedary | One-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia. | Mammals | Schooler | 1.6K |
| Yellow-spotted brown salamander of California woodlands. | Amphibians | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| also Skipjack | Medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters. | Fish | Schooler | 1.6K |
| breed | A watchdog trained to attack on command. | Mammals | Schooler | 1.6K |
| A variety of sea lion found in Australia. | Mammals | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| also Green monkey | Common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail. | Mammals | Schooler | 1.3K |
| Dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae. | Insects | Schooler | 1.3K | |
| also Frog, Toad, Toad frog | Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping. | Amphibians | Schooler | 1.3K |
| also Kiwi | Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs. | Birds | Schooler | 1.3K |
| Ovoviviparous amphibian of the Alps. | Amphibians | Schooler | 1K | |
| Primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull. | Reptiles | Schooler | 1K | |
| One of the largest and most famous duck-billed dinosaurs. | Reptiles | Schooler | 1K | |
| also Arctiid | Stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings. | Insects | Schooler | 1K |
| also Allosaurus | Late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur. | Reptiles | Rare | 880 |
| The most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean. | Mammals | Rare | 880 | |
| A kind of sailfish. | Fish | Rare | 880 | |
| Wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water. | Birds | Rare | 720 | |
| also Parasitic jaeger | A variety of jaeger. | Birds | Rare | 720 |
| Marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface. | Molluscs | Rare | 720 | |
| Any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms. | Birds | Rare | 590 | |
| Sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin. | Fish | Rare | 590 | |
| A walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic waters. | Mammals | Rare | 590 | |
| also Audubon warbler | Common warbler of western North America. | Birds | Rare | 590 |
| breed | Tall large-horned humped cattle of South Africa. | Mammals | Rare | 480 |
| A common solitary bee important for pollinating alfalfa in the western United States. | Insects | Rare | 480 | |
| also Solenogaster | Deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle. | Molluscs | Rare | 480 |
| Estuarine crocodile of eastern Asia and Pacific islands. | Reptiles | Rare | 480 | |
| Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants. | Spiders & arachnids | Rare | 390 | |
| Insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female. | Insects | Rare | 390 | |
| also Actinian, Actiniarian | Any sea anemone or related animal. | Other invertebrates | Rare | 320 |
| also Fig moth | A moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin. | Insects | Rare | 320 |
| Small reddish slave-making ant species. | Insects | Rare | 320 | |
| Water shrew of North America. | Mammals | Rare | 320 | |
| Large siphonophore of up to 50 ft long. | Other invertebrates | Rare | 320 | |
| also Golden potto | A kind of lemur. | Mammals | Rare | 260 |
| Free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates. | Other animals | Rare | 260 | |
| also Soft tick | Tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head. | Spiders & arachnids | Rare | 260 |
| also Amadavat | Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds. | Birds | Rare | 260 |
| Any of several mites of the order Acarina. | Spiders & arachnids | Rare | 210 | |
| Small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia. | Birds | Rare | 210 | |
| A chameleon found in Africa. | Reptiles | Rare | 210 | |
| also Angoumois grain moth | Small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains. | Insects | Rare | 210 |
| The smallest moa. | Birds | Rare | 210 | |
| Excretes a honeylike substance eaten by ants. | Insects | Rare | 210 | |
| Destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe. | Fish | Rare | 210 | |
| A common egret of the genus Egretta found in America. | Birds | Rare | 170 | |
| New World flying squirrels. | Mammals | Rare | 170 | |
| Common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander. | Birds | Rare | 140 | |
| European moth with white antler-like markings on the forewings. | Insects | Rare | 140 | |
| Large American food fish. | Fish | Rare | 110 | |
| Extinct small freshwater jawless fish usually having a heterocercal tail and an armored head. | Other animals | Rare | 110 | |
| Any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae. | Mammals | Rare | 110 | |
| Extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing. | Birds | Rare | 110 | |
| also Green apple aphid | Bright green aphid. | Insects | Deep Cut | 90 |
| Destroys crocodile eggs. | Reptiles | Deep Cut | 70 | |
| Nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings. | Insects | Deep Cut | 70 | |
| also Wild cavy | South American cavy. | Mammals | Deep Cut | 70 |
| Small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white on red. | Reptiles | Deep Cut | 70 | |
| Of India. | Reptiles | Deep Cut | 50 | |
| Fish having a luminous organ beneath eye. | Fish | Deep Cut | 40 | |
| Horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia. | Other invertebrates | Deep Cut | 40 | |
| also Bastard ridley, Bastard turtle | Grey sea turtle of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America. | Reptiles | Deep Cut | 40 |
| Of Pacific coast from Alaska southward to California. | Mammals | Deep Cut | 30 | |
| Small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange. | Reptiles | Deep Cut | 20 | |
| also Ambystomid salamander | Small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander. | Amphibians | Deep Cut | 20 |
| American purple gallinule. | Birds | Deep Cut | 20 | |
| Small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes. | Amphibians | Deep Cut | 20 | |
| Any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields. | Mammals | Deep Cut | 20 | |
| A kind of antbird. | Birds | Deep Cut | 20 | |
| Genus of Asiatic wild oxen. | Mammals | Deep Cut | 20 | |
| Sea bream of warm Atlantic waters. | Fish | Deep Cut | 20 | |
| Any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas. | Reptiles | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| Antbirds superficially resembling shrikes. | Birds | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| Widespread from southern United States to Central America. | Birds | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| Large semiaquatic snake of Australia. | Reptiles | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| Small Australian dove. | Birds | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| A wild ass of Africa. | Mammals | One in a Krillion | <10 | |
| Greyish-black shrew mole of the United States and Canada. | Mammals | One in a Krillion | <10 | |
| Found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas. | Fish | One in a Krillion | <10 | |
| A water ouzel of western North America. | Birds | One in a Krillion | <10 | |
| A black grouse of western Asia. | Birds | One in a Krillion | <10 | |
| Nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps. | Mammals | One in a Krillion | <10 | |
| Shrew mole of eastern Asia. | Mammals | One in a Krillion | <10 |
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Questions about animals that start with A
How many animals start with A?
RareList lists 242 animals that start with A, including 21 breeds. 23 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 70 are in the Rare tier or rarer.
What are common animals that start with A?
The most searched animals starting with A are Anaconda, Alligator, Armadillo, Anglerfish and Albatross.
What is a rare animal that starts with A?
Anguid lizard is one of the rarest. Any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas. It gets about 10 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Allosaur, Atlantic bottlenose dolphin and Aquatic bird.
How does RareList decide what counts as rare?
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