Animals that start with K
52 animals, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 5 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.
- 11 Plankton
- 27 Too Clever
- 9 Schooler
- 2 Rare
- 3 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.
- King whiting
- Whiting of the southeastern coast of North America.
- Kanchil
- Small chevrotain of southeastern Asia.
- Keyhole limpet
- Marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex.
- Kiang
- Wild ass of Tibet and Mongolia.
- Kelp greenling
- Common food and sport fish of western coast of North America.
- Kittiwake
- Small pearl-grey gull of northern regions.
All 52 animals that start with K
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 Komodo lizard, Dragon lizard, Giant lizard | The largest lizard in the world (10 feet). | Reptiles | Plankton | 301K |
| also Apteryx | Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs. | Birds | Plankton | 246K |
| also Koala bear, Kangaroo bear, Native bear | Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat. | Mammals | Plankton | 246K |
| Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail. | Mammals | Plankton | 201K | |
| also Conenose, Cone-nosed bug, Conenose bug | Large bloodsucking bug. | Insects | Plankton | 165K |
| also Alaska crab, Alaskan king crab, Alaska king crab | Large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan. | Crustaceans | Plankton | 135K |
| Large green long-horned grasshopper of North America. | Insects | Plankton | 110K | |
| breed | A toy English spaniel with a black-and-tan coat. | Mammals | Plankton | 110K |
| also Hamadryad | Large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies. | Reptiles | Plankton | 110K |
| Nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill. | Birds | Plankton | 110K | |
| Any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals. | Birds | Plankton | 110K | |
| also Killer, Orca, Sea wolf | Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin. | Mammals | Too Clever | 91K |
| Any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 91K | |
| also Honey bear | Arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail. | Mammals | Too Clever | 91K |
| breed | An Australian sheepdog with pointed ears. | Mammals | Too Clever | 74K |
| also Kildeer, Killdeer plover | American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry. | Birds | Too Clever | 74K |
| also Alaskan brown bear, Kodiak | Brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia. | Mammals | Too Clever | 74K |
| also Laughing jackass | Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry. | Birds | Too Clever | 74K |
| Shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans. | Crustaceans | Too Clever | 74K | |
| Small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind. | Birds | Too Clever | 61K | |
| also Africanized bee, Africanized honey 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 Desert rat | Any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico. | Mammals | Too Clever | 50K |
| breed | A spitz-like dog having a shaggy greyish coat and tightly curled tail originating in Holland. | Mammals | Too Clever | 50K |
| also Chinook, Chinook salmon, Quinnat salmon | Large Pacific salmon valued as food. | Fish | Too Clever | 50K |
| An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa. | Mammals | Too Clever | 50K | |
| Large game fish of Australia and New Zealand. | Fish | Too Clever | 41K | |
| also Koodoo, Koudou | Either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush. | Mammals | Too Clever | 41K |
| also Pussy, Pussycatbreed | Informal terms referring to a domestic cat. | Mammals | Too Clever | 33K |
| Large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle. | Birds | Too Clever | 22K | |
| Small grey fox of southwestern United States. | Mammals | Too Clever | 22K | |
| breed | Hungarian breed of large powerful shaggy-coated white dog. | Mammals | Too Clever | 22K |
| Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot. | Birds | Too Clever | 18K | |
| breed | An Irish breed of medium-sized terriers with a silky blue-grey coat. | Mammals | Too Clever | 18K |
| also Cavalla | Large mackerel with long pointed snout. | Fish | Too Clever | 18K |
| also Dwarf pocket rat | Small silky-haired pouched rodent. | Mammals | Too Clever | 15K |
| Small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes. | Fish | Too Clever | 12K | |
| Brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula. | Reptiles | Too Clever | 12K | |
| breed | Long-established Hungarian breed of tall light-footed but sturdy white dog. | Mammals | Too Clever | 12K |
| also Cashmere goatbreed | Himalayan goat having a silky undercoat highly prized as cashmere wool. | Mammals | Schooler | 9.9K |
| Large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America. | Birds | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| Large American flycatcher. | Birds | Schooler | 6.6K | |
| Small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice. | Birds | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| Small pearl-grey gull of northern regions. | Birds | Schooler | 3.6K | |
| Common food and sport fish of western coast of North America. | Fish | Schooler | 2.4K | |
| Wild ass of Tibet and Mongolia. | Mammals | Schooler | 1.9K | |
| also Broadtail, Caraculbreed | Hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia. | Mammals | Schooler | 1.3K |
| also Diodora apertura | Marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex. | Molluscs | Schooler | 1K |
| Whiting of the southeastern coast of North America. | Fish | Rare | 210 | |
| Small chevrotain of southeastern Asia. | Mammals | Rare | 110 | |
| also Hare wallaby | Small Australian wallaby that resembles a hare and has persistent teeth. | Mammals | Deep Cut | 20 |
| also Jerboa kangaroo | Brush-tailed rat kangaroo. | Mammals | Deep Cut | 10 |
| also Spotted black bass | A variety of black bass. | Fish | Deep Cut | 10 |
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Questions about animals that start with K
How many animals start with K?
RareList lists 52 animals that start with K, including 9 breeds. 11 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 5 are in the Rare tier or rarer.
What are common animals that start with K?
The most searched animals starting with K are Komodo dragon, Kiwi, Koala, Kangaroo and Kissing bug.
What is a rare animal that starts with K?
Kangaroo jerboa is one of the rarest. Brush-tailed rat kangaroo. It gets about 10 US searches a month. Other rare picks: King whiting, Kanchil and Keyhole limpet.
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.