Animals that start with E
140 animals, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 54 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.
- 9 Plankton
- 31 Too Clever
- 46 Schooler
- 22 Rare
- 29 Deep Cut
- 3 One in a Krillion
Rare but real
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- Earless seal
- Any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers.
- Eurasian woodcock
- Short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock.
- Ecrevisse
- Small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America.
- Eastern chimpanzee
- Long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa.
- Edible sea urchin
- A sea urchin that can be eaten.
- Edentate
- Primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth.
All 140 animals that start with E
Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.
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| Name | What it is | Group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| also Bird of Jove | Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight. | Birds | Plankton | 5M |
| Five-toed pachyderm. | Mammals | Plankton | 450K | |
| also European elk, Moose | Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male. | Mammals | Plankton | 246K |
| Any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen. | Insects | Plankton | 201K | |
| also Spiny anteater | A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites. | Mammals | Plankton | 201K |
| Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller. | Birds | Plankton | 201K | |
| also Bulldogbreed | A sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw. | Mammals | Plankton | 201K |
| Voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins. | Fish | Plankton | 135K | |
| also Sea elephant | Either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks. | Mammals | Plankton | 110K |
| also Cocker spaniel, Cockerbreed | A small breed with wavy silky hair. | Mammals | Too Clever | 91K |
| A newt in its terrestrial stage of development. | Amphibians | Too Clever | 74K | |
| The largest penguin. | Birds | Too Clever | 74K | |
| breed | An English breed having a plumed tail and a soft silky coat that is chiefly white. | Mammals | Too Clever | 74K |
| also English springer spanielbreed | A breed having typically a black-and-white coat. | Mammals | Too Clever | 74K |
| also Shorttail weasel | Mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat. | Mammals | Too Clever | 74K |
| also Fox squirrel | Exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States. | Mammals | Too Clever | 61K |
| Any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season. | Birds | Too Clever | 61K | |
| Eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body. | Fish | Too Clever | 61K | |
| also Norwegian elkhoundbreed | Breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy grey coat developed in Norway for hunting elk. | Mammals | Too Clever | 61K |
| also House sparrow | Small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe. | Birds | Too Clever | 61K |
| also Huskybreed | Breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog. | Mammals | Too Clever | 61K |
| also Angleworm, Fishworm, Fishing worm | Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil. | Worms | Too Clever | 50K |
| Large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes. | Fish | Too Clever | 41K | |
| also Eastern gray squirrel, Cat squirrel | Common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America. | Mammals | Too Clever | 33K |
| also Equid | Hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck. | Mammals | Too Clever | 33K |
| breed | A domestic cat of Egypt. | Mammals | Too Clever | 27K |
| Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes. | Mammals | Too Clever | 27K | |
| also Aepyornis | Huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar. | Birds | Too Clever | 27K |
| also Ant, Pismire | Social insect living in organized colonies. | Insects | Too Clever | 27K |
| also Sheatfish | Large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe. | Fish | Too Clever | 27K |
| A variety of indigo snake. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 22K | |
| Marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies. | Other invertebrates | Too Clever | 22K | |
| Duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 18K | |
| also Old World rabbit | Common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere. | Mammals | Too Clever | 18K |
| Powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike fins. | Fish | Too Clever | 15K | |
| Widely distributed in United States except northwest and far west regions. | Mammals | Too Clever | 12K | |
| also Pine lizard | Small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 12K |
| also Monotreme | The most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria. | Mammals | Too Clever | 12K |
| also Erne, Grey sea eagle, Gray sea eagle | Bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail. | Birds | Too Clever | 12K |
| A variety of badger native to Europe and Asia. | Mammals | Too Clever | 12K | |
| A kingbird that breeds in North America and winters in tropical America. | Birds | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| breed | An English breed slightly larger than the American foxhounds originally used to hunt in packs. | Mammals | Schooler | 9.9K |
| North American grosbeak. | Birds | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| Marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas. | Fish | Schooler | 8.1K | |
| also Eider duck | Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females. | Birds | Schooler | 8.1K |
| breed | British breed having a long silky coat and rounded head with a short upturned muzzle. | Mammals | Schooler | 8.1K |
| also Dawn horsebreed | Earliest horse. | Mammals | Schooler | 8.1K |
| also Asp | Cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death. | Reptiles | Schooler | 6.6K |
| also Crampfish, Numbfish | Any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges. | Fish | Schooler | 6.6K |
| A theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor. | Reptiles | Schooler | 6.6K | |
| also Catamountain | Bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat. | Mammals | Schooler | 6.6K |
| Large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs. | Other invertebrates | Schooler | 6.6K | |
| Ranges from Central America to southeastern United States. | Reptiles | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| A meadowlark of eastern North America. | Birds | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| Common salamander of eastern North America. | Amphibians | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| also Pharaoh's chicken | Small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia. | Birds | Schooler | 5.4K |
| Large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings. | Insects | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| also Placental mammal, Eutherian mammal | Mammals having a placenta. | Mammals | Schooler | 5.4K |
| also Hackee, Striped squirrel | Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches. | Mammals | Schooler | 4.4K |
| Tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals. | Worms | Schooler | 4.4K | |
| also Common zebra, Burchell's zebra | Of the plains of central and eastern Africa. | Mammals | Schooler | 4.4K |
| Otter found in Europe and Asia. | Mammals | Schooler | 4.4K | |
| Large hare introduced in North America. | Mammals | Schooler | 4.4K | |
| A common magpie of Eurasia. | Birds | Schooler | 4.4K | |
| also Artiodactyl | Placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot. | Mammals | Schooler | 4.4K |
| Heavy-bodied reptile with a dorsal sail or crest. | Reptiles | Schooler | 3.6K | |
| also Eggar | Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults. | Insects | Schooler | 3.6K |
| Freshwater catfish of the Nile and tropical central Africa having an electric organ. | Fish | Schooler | 3.6K | |
| Small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage. | Birds | Schooler | 3.6K | |
| Pinniped mammal having external ear flaps and hind limbs used for locomotion on land. | Mammals | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| A kind of gorilla. | Mammals | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| breed | Stocky breed of pony with a fawn-colored nose. | Mammals | Schooler | 2.9K |
| Small toad of southeastern United States. | Amphibians | Schooler | 2.4K | |
| Heavily armored and highly spiked dinosaur with semi-upright posture. | Reptiles | Schooler | 2.4K | |
| Large richly colored butterfly. | Insects | Schooler | 2.4K | |
| Common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call. | Birds | Schooler | 2.4K | |
| also Black-necked grebe | Small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck. | Birds | Schooler | 1.9K |
| also Elapid snake | Any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres. | Reptiles | Schooler | 1.9K |
| Small blunt-nosed fish of Great Lakes and Mississippi valley with a greenish luster. | Fish | Schooler | 1.9K | |
| also Corn borer, Corn borer moth | Native to Europe. | Insects | Schooler | 1.9K |
| An unfledged or nestling hawk. | Birds | Schooler | 1.9K | |
| Common toad of Europe. | Amphibians | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| New World curlew that breeds in northern North America. | Birds | Schooler | 1.3K | |
| Large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States. | Mammals | Schooler | 1K | |
| Lobster of Atlantic coast of Europe. | Crustaceans | Schooler | 1K | |
| A perch native to Europe. | Fish | Schooler | 1K | |
| also True seal, Hair seal | Any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers. | Mammals | Rare | 880 |
| breed | The smallest of the Sennenhunde. | Mammals | Rare | 880 |
| Short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock. | Birds | Rare | 880 | |
| Common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back. | Birds | Rare | 880 | |
| also Old World crayfish | Small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America. | Crustaceans | Rare | 720 |
| Long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa. | Mammals | Rare | 590 | |
| also Echinus esculentus | A sea urchin that can be eaten. | Other invertebrates | Rare | 590 |
| One of the chief edible snails. | Molluscs | Rare | 590 | |
| A large spider crab of Europe. | Crustaceans | Rare | 590 | |
| Primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth. | Mammals | Rare | 480 | |
| also Elaterid beetle, Elaterid | Any of various widely distributed beetles. | Insects | Rare | 390 |
| Old World goatsucker. | Birds | Rare | 390 | |
| A cricket frog of eastern United States. | Amphibians | Rare | 320 | |
| Any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms. | Worms | Rare | 320 | |
| Popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America. | Fish | Rare | 320 | |
| Langur of southern Asia. | Mammals | Rare | 320 | |
| Any of several slender lizards without external ear openings: of plains of western United States and Mexico. | Reptiles | Rare | 170 | |
| Sessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles. | Other invertebrates | Rare | 170 | |
| A mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks. | Molluscs | Rare | 140 | |
| Important food fish of Europe. | Fish | Rare | 140 | |
| also Ephemeropteran | Short-lived insect. | Insects | Rare | 110 |
| A kind of European salamander. | Amphibians | Rare | 110 | |
| Any of various moss-like aquatic animals usually forming branching colonies. | Other invertebrates | Deep Cut | 90 | |
| A variety of hamster common to Europe and Asia. | Mammals | Deep Cut | 90 | |
| also Sparling | The common smelt of Europe. | Fish | Deep Cut | 90 |
| Common edible European cockle. | Molluscs | Deep Cut | 70 | |
| Food for jellyfish. | Crustaceans | Deep Cut | 70 | |
| Large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement). | Spiders & arachnids | Deep Cut | 70 | |
| A fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus. | Other animals | Deep Cut | 50 | |
| A kind of nuthatch. | Birds | Deep Cut | 50 | |
| Small land tortoise of southern Europe. | Reptiles | Deep Cut | 50 | |
| In some classifications placed in genus Haldea. | Reptiles | Deep Cut | 40 | |
| Common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs. | Birds | Deep Cut | 40 | |
| European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales. | Fish | Deep Cut | 30 | |
| Food fish of European coastal waters. | Fish | Deep Cut | 30 | |
| A kind of bittern. | Birds | Deep Cut | 20 | |
| Highly valued as food. | Fish | Deep Cut | 20 | |
| Widely distributed Old World water shrew. | Mammals | Deep Cut | 20 | |
| A variety of dasyure. | Mammals | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| Eellike fishes found in subarctic coastal waters. | Fish | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring. | Amphibians | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| also Heathfowl | Large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail. | Birds | Deep Cut | 10 |
| Common European brown-and-buff tree creeper with down-curved bill. | Birds | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| Common Eurasian curlew. | Birds | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| Purple gallinule of southern Europe. | Birds | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| Lives in human dwellings. | Insects | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| Notable for mass migrations even into the sea where many drown. | Mammals | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| A variety of sandpiper. | Birds | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| A common European butcherbird. | Birds | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| A water ouzel of Europe. | Birds | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| Nocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields and gardens. | Mammals | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| One of the smallest bats of eastern North America. | Mammals | One in a Krillion | <10 | |
| Crab of the English coasts. | Crustaceans | One in a Krillion | <10 | |
| Pinkish-brown hoopoe with black-and-white wings. | Birds | One in a Krillion | <10 |
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Questions about animals that start with E
How many animals start with E?
RareList lists 140 animals that start with E, including 12 breeds. 9 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 54 are in the Rare tier or rarer.
What are common animals that start with E?
The most searched animals starting with E are Eagle, Elephant, Elk, Earwig and Echidna.
What is a rare animal that starts with E?
Eastern dasyure is one of the rarest. A variety of dasyure. It gets about 10 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Earless seal, Eurasian woodcock and Ecrevisse.
How does RareList decide what counts as rare?
Each name is ranked by its average monthly Google searches in the United States. Fewer searches means fewer people are likely to think of it, which is what matters in games that reward unique answers. See how we rank for the details.