Animals that start with J

43 animals, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 8 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.

6 Plankton
15 Too Clever
14 Schooler
7 Rare
1 Deep Cut
0 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.

Japanese oyster: A large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States. Molluscs, Rare
Jumping bristletail: Wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks. Insects, Rare
Jacksnipe: A small short-billed Old World snipe. Birds, Rare
Jacamar: Tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage. Birds, Rare
Jackknife-fish: Black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin. Fish, Rare
Jerboa rat: Large Australian rat with hind legs adapted for leaping. Mammals, Rare

All 43 animals that start with J

Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.

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Animals that start with J, with definition, group, rarity tier and monthly searches
Name	What it is	Group
	A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard.	Mammals	Plankton	1M
	Any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans.	Other invertebrates	Plankton	301K
also Collared peccary	Dark grey peccary with an indistinct white collar.	Mammals	Plankton	165K
	Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog.	Mammals	Plankton	135K
	Crested largely blue bird.	Birds	Plankton	135K
also June beetle, May bug, May beetle	Any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring.	Insects	Plankton	135K
	Mouselike jumping rodent.	Mammals	Too Clever	91K
	Small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia.	Insects	Too Clever	74K
	Large hare of western North America.	Mammals	Too Clever	61K
also Jaguarundi cat, Jaguarondi, Eyra	Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.	Mammals	Too Clever	50K
breed	A breed of diary cattle developed on the island of Jersey.	Mammals	Too Clever	50K
also Daw	Common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery.	Birds	Too Clever	41K
also Sand cricket	Large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States.	Insects	Too Clever	41K
also Sika	Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.	Mammals	Too Clever	33K
breed	Breed of toy dogs originating in Japan having a silky black-and-white or red-and-white coat.	Mammals	Too Clever	33K
	Small penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying call.	Birds	Too Clever	27K
	Rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey.	Birds	Too Clever	27K
	Large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales.	Fish	Too Clever	27K
also Snowbird	Small North American finch seen chiefly in winter.	Birds	Too Clever	27K
also Crevalle jack	Fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.	Fish	Too Clever	18K
	European dory.	Fish	Too Clever	15K
also Agnathan	Eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms.	Other animals	Schooler	9.9K
also Blue jay	Common jay of eastern North America.	Birds	Schooler	9.9K
	Large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America.	Crustaceans	Schooler	9.9K
	Small Asiatic wildcat.	Mammals	Schooler	8.1K
	Small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms.	Fish	Schooler	6.6K
also Gallina	Small Asiatic wild bird.	Birds	Schooler	6.6K
also Horse mackerel, Saurel	A California food fish.	Fish	Schooler	5.4K
	Any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches.	Mammals	Schooler	3.6K
	Large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America.	Birds	Schooler	2.9K
also Java finch, Ricebird	Small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields.	Birds	Schooler	2.9K
also Walleye, Walleyed pike	Pike-like freshwater perches.	Fish	Schooler	2.4K
also Wren	Any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails.	Birds	Schooler	1.6K
	A relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length).	Fish	Schooler	1.3K
	Gerbil of northern Africa.	Mammals	Schooler	1.3K
	A large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States.	Molluscs	Rare	880
also Machilid	Wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks.	Insects	Rare	880
also Half snipe	A small short-billed Old World snipe.	Birds	Rare	720
	Tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage.	Birds	Rare	590
	Black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin.	Fish	Rare	390
	Large Australian rat with hind legs adapted for leaping.	Mammals	Rare	320
	A variety of leafhopper.	Insects	Rare	260
also Kangaroo jerboa	Brush-tailed rat kangaroo.	Mammals	Deep Cut	10

Questions about animals that start with J

How many animals start with J?

RareList lists 43 animals that start with J, including 2 breeds. 6 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 8 are in the Rare tier or rarer.

What are common animals that start with J?

The most searched animals starting with J are Jaguar, Jellyfish, Javelina, Jackal and Jay.

What is a rare animal that starts with J?

Jerboa kangaroo is one of the rarest. Brush-tailed rat kangaroo. It gets about 10 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Japanese oyster, Jumping bristletail and Jacksnipe.

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.