Animals that start with H
152 animals, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 33 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.
- 23 Plankton
- 42 Too Clever
- 54 Schooler
- 21 Rare
- 8 Deep Cut
- 4 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.
- Hackee
- Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.
- Hornpout
- Catfish common in eastern United States.
- Horse botfly
- Parasitic chiefly on horses.
- Hudsonian godwit
- New World godwit.
- Hard tick
- Ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head.
- Hawfinch
- A common large finch of Eurasia.
All 152 animals that start with H
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail. | Birds | Plankton | 673K | |
| Large stinging paper wasp. | Insects | Plankton | 673K | |
| Large hoofed mammal domesticated for riding, farm work and racing; descended from wild horses of the Eurasian steppe. | Mammals | Plankton | 673K | |
| Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches. | Mammals | Plankton | 450K | |
| Small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines. | Mammals | Plankton | 301K | |
| Tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills. | Birds | Plankton | 301K | |
| also Eskimo dogbreed | Breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog. | Mammals | Plankton | 246K |
| also Hippopotamus, River horse | Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa. | Mammals | Plankton | 201K |
| also Ratel | Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia. | Mammals | Plankton | 201K |
| also Hyaena | Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion. | Mammals | Plankton | 201K |
| Large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America. | Birds | Plankton | 165K | |
| Social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces. | Insects | Plankton | 165K | |
| also Cleg, Clegg | Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals. | Insects | Plankton | 165K |
| Long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars. | Other invertebrates | Plankton | 165K | |
| also Holibut | Marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific. | Fish | Plankton | 135K |
| also Hammerhead | Medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head. | Fish | Plankton | 135K |
| also Sand viper | Harmless North American snake with upturned nose. | Reptiles | Plankton | 135K |
| Large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail. | Other invertebrates | Plankton | 135K | |
| also Humpback | Large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives. | Mammals | Plankton | 135K |
| also Cony, Dassie, Das | Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes. | Mammals | Plankton | 135K |
| Small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods. | Crustaceans | Plankton | 110K | |
| Grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill. | Birds | Plankton | 110K | |
| also Sea cucumber | Echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet. | Other invertebrates | Plankton | 110K |
| Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs. | Mammals | Too Clever | 91K | |
| Large salamander of North American rivers and streams. | Amphibians | Too Clever | 91K | |
| also Houndbreed | Any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears. | Mammals | Too Clever | 91K |
| also Hawkmoth, Sphingid, Sphinx moth | Any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed. | Insects | Too Clever | 91K |
| also Pig | Domestic swine. | Mammals | Too Clever | 74K |
| Small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico. | Birds | Too Clever | 74K | |
| Common Arctic seal. | Mammals | Too Clever | 61K | |
| Commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific. | Fish | Too Clever | 61K | |
| Parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts. | Worms | Too Clever | 61K | |
| also Horned toad, Horny frog | Insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 61K |
| also English sparrow | Small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe. | Birds | Too Clever | 61K |
| also Hag, Slime eels | Eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles. | Other animals | Too Clever | 50K |
| Infests the head and body of humans. | Insects | Too Clever | 50K | |
| also Howler | Monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry. | Mammals | Too Clever | 50K |
| Important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic. | Fish | Too Clever | 41K | |
| also Common seal | Small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere. | Mammals | Too Clever | 41K |
| also Hog snapper | Large wrasse of western Atlantic. | Fish | Too Clever | 41K |
| also Daddy longlegs | Spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs. | Spiders & arachnids | Too Clever | 33K |
| also Friesian, Holsteinbreed | A breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland. | Mammals | Too Clever | 33K |
| also Kinkajou | Arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail. | Mammals | Too Clever | 33K |
| also Hooded sheldrake | Small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head. | Birds | Too Clever | 33K |
| Common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases. | Insects | Too Clever | 33K | |
| breed | A dog used in hunting game. | Mammals | Too Clever | 33K |
| also Hydrozoan | Colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant. | Other invertebrates | Too Clever | 33K |
| also Whitefacebreed | Hardy English breed of dairy cattle raised extensively in United States. | Mammals | Too Clever | 27K |
| breed | Pigeon trained to return home. | Birds | Too Clever | 27K |
| also Domestic cat | Any domesticated member of the genus Felis. | Mammals | Too Clever | 27K |
| also Hawksbill turtle, Hawkbill, Tortoiseshell turtle | Pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 22K |
| also Hoactzin, Stinkbird | Crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings. | Birds | Too Clever | 22K |
| also Hoopoo | Any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill. | Birds | Too Clever | 22K |
| Bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance. | Birds | Too Clever | 22K | |
| Large owls having prominent ear tufts. | Birds | Too Clever | 18K | |
| Brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide. | Mammals | Too Clever | 18K | |
| Common American wren that nests around houses. | Birds | Too Clever | 18K | |
| breed | A compact breed of harness horse. | Mammals | Too Clever | 15K |
| Any of several marine food fishes related to cod. | Fish | Too Clever | 15K | |
| also Parasitic worm | Worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes. | Worms | Too Clever | 15K |
| Hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass. | Mammals | Too Clever | 15K | |
| also Moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, Horsefish | Any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies. | Fish | Too Clever | 15K |
| also Hadrosaurus, Duck-billed dinosaur | Any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 12K |
| also Herrerasaur | A kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 12K |
| also Hymenopter | Insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing. | Insects | Too Clever | 12K |
| North American thrush noted for its complex and appealing song. | Birds | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| Any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers. | Fish | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| Any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop. | Reptiles | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| Any owl that hoots as distinct from screeching. | Birds | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| Large tropical American fly. | Insects | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| also Vizslabreed | Hungarian hunting dog resembling the Weimaraner but having a rich deep red coat. | Mammals | Schooler | 9.9K |
| also Herring hog | The common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific. | Mammals | Schooler | 8.1K |
| Insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base. | Insects | Schooler | 8.1K | |
| also Bladdernose | Medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head. | Mammals | Schooler | 8.1K |
| also Cerastes, Sand viper, Horned asp | Highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye. | Reptiles | Schooler | 8.1K |
| A large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward. | Mammals | Schooler | 6.6K | |
| Large gull of the northern hemisphere. | Birds | Schooler | 6.6K | |
| also Sidewinder | Small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States. | Reptiles | Schooler | 6.6K |
| Small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields. | Mammals | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| Grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere. | Birds | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| also Saurel | Large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe. | Fish | Schooler | 5.4K |
| also Milk snake, Milk adder, Checkered adder | Nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot. | Reptiles | Schooler | 5.4K |
| also Canada goose, Canadian goose | Common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call. | Birds | Schooler | 4.4K |
| A kind of chameleon. | Reptiles | Schooler | 4.4K | |
| also Ceratopsian | Any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls. | Reptiles | Schooler | 4.4K |
| breed | Horse used for pulling vehicles. | Mammals | Schooler | 3.6K |
| Small bird of tropical Africa and Asia. | Birds | Schooler | 3.6K | |
| also Bumblebee | Robust hairy social bee of temperate regions. | Insects | Schooler | 3.6K |
| also Grey partridge, Gray partridge | Common European partridge. | Birds | Schooler | 3.6K |
| also Whistling marmot | Large North American mountain marmot. | Mammals | Schooler | 2.9K |
| Old World hawk that feeds on bee larvae and small rodents and reptiles. | Birds | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| Screamer having a hornlike process projecting from the forehead. | Birds | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| Any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose. | Mammals | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| Sea urchin having a heart-shaped body in a rigid spiny shell. | Other invertebrates | Schooler | 2.4K | |
| Small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar. | Birds | Schooler | 2.4K | |
| Northern Pacific puffin. | Birds | Schooler | 2.4K | |
| also King cobra | Large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies. | Reptiles | Schooler | 1.9K |
| Extinct prairie chicken. | Birds | Schooler | 1.9K | |
| also Hog sucker | Widely distributed in warm clear shallow streams. | Fish | Schooler | 1.9K |
| also Badger skunk, Rooter skunk | Large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail. | Mammals | Schooler | 1.9K |
| A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea. | Mammals | Schooler | 1.9K | |
| breed | A dog trained to guard a house. | Mammals | Schooler | 1.9K |
| also Cutlassfish, Frost fish | Long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth. | Fish | Schooler | 1.6K |
| also Quahog, Quahaug, Hard clam | An edible American clam. | Molluscs | Schooler | 1.6K |
| also Dunnock | Small brownish European songbird. | Birds | Schooler | 1.6K |
| Useless as food. | Fish | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| Of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States. | Mammals | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| Small black European fly introduced into North America. | Insects | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| Common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses. | Birds | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| also Wolf spider | Ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web. | Spiders & arachnids | Schooler | 1.6K |
| also Hog-nosed badger, Sand badger | Southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig. | Mammals | Schooler | 1.3K |
| also Honeysucker | Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar. | Birds | Schooler | 1.3K |
| also African hunting dog, Cape hunting dog, Lycaon pictus | A powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs. | Mammals | Schooler | 1.3K |
| also Hairstreak | Small butterflies having striped markings under the wings. | Insects | Schooler | 1K |
| Similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus. | Mammals | Schooler | 1K | |
| Tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw. | Fish | Schooler | 1K | |
| Common tanager of southwestern United States and Mexico. | Birds | Schooler | 1K | |
| also Metabola | Insects that undergo complete metamorphosis. | Insects | Schooler | 1K |
| Insects having membranous forewings and hind wings. | Insects | Schooler | 1K | |
| also Eastern chipmunk, Striped squirrel | Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches. | Mammals | Rare | 880 |
| breed | British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep. | Mammals | Rare | 880 |
| also Horned pout | Catfish common in eastern United States. | Fish | Rare | 880 |
| Parasitic chiefly on horses. | Insects | Rare | 880 | |
| New World godwit. | Birds | Rare | 880 | |
| Ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head. | Spiders & arachnids | Rare | 720 | |
| Edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell. | Crustaceans | Rare | 720 | |
| A common large finch of Eurasia. | Birds | Rare | 720 | |
| also Indian grackle | Glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech. | Birds | Rare | 720 |
| also Holocephalian | Fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail. | Fish | Rare | 720 |
| Winged fly parasitic on horses. | Insects | Rare | 720 | |
| Any of several large freshwater leeches. | Worms | Rare | 720 | |
| Any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae. | Insects | Rare | 590 | |
| breed | Dog trained to assist the deaf by signaling the occurrence of certain sounds. | Mammals | Rare | 590 |
| Small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains. | Insects | Rare | 590 | |
| breed | A horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting. | Mammals | Rare | 590 |
| also Earless seal, True seal | Any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers. | Mammals | Rare | 480 |
| Any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically. | Mammals | Rare | 480 | |
| Slender fast-moving Eurasian snake. | Reptiles | Rare | 390 | |
| Small-eared Mexican bat with a long slender nose. | Mammals | Rare | 320 | |
| Butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina. | Fish | Rare | 260 | |
| Large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States. | Mammals | Deep Cut | 70 | |
| also Kangaroo hare | Small Australian wallaby that resembles a hare and has persistent teeth. | Mammals | Deep Cut | 50 |
| also Short-toed eagle | Any of numerous large Old World hawks intermediate in some respects between typical hawks and typical eagles. | Birds | Deep Cut | 40 |
| Extinct jawless fish with the anterior part of the body covered with bony plates. | Other animals | Deep Cut | 40 | |
| A soft-finned fish of the genus Alepisaurus. | Fish | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| Any of several antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus having striped markings resembling a harness. | Mammals | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| A variety of dormouse. | Mammals | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| also European black grouse | Large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail. | Birds | Deep Cut | 10 |
| also Brewer's mole | Mole of eastern North America. | Mammals | One in a Krillion | <10 |
| A whiff found in waters from the Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. | Fish | One in a Krillion | <10 | |
| Of northern Canada. | Mammals | One in a Krillion | <10 | |
| Small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp. | Other invertebrates | One in a Krillion | <10 |
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Questions about animals that start with H
How many animals start with H?
RareList lists 152 animals that start with H, including 13 breeds. 23 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 33 are in the Rare tier or rarer.
What are common animals that start with H?
The most searched animals starting with H are Hawk, Hornet, Horse, Hamster and Hedgehog.
What is a rare animal that starts with H?
Handsaw fish is one of the rarest. A soft-finned fish of the genus Alepisaurus. It gets about 10 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Hackee, Hornpout and Horse botfly.
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.