Animals that start with N

Q: How many animals start with N?

RareList lists 76 animals that start with N, including 4 breeds. 9 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 27 are in the Rare tier or rarer.

Q: What are common animals that start with N?

The most searched animals starting with N are Narwhal, Nightcrawler, Naked mole rat, Nutria and Nautilus.

Q: What is a rare animal that starts with N?

New World beaver is one of the rarest. A variety of beaver found in almost all areas of North America except Florida. It gets about 10 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Night lizard, Northern pocket gopher and Napu.

Q: 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.

76 animals, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 27 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.

9 Plankton
21 Too Clever
19 Schooler
14 Rare
11 Deep Cut
2 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.

Night lizard: Small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba. Reptiles, Rare
Northern pocket gopher: Greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States. Mammals, Rare
Napu: Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil. Mammals, Rare
Nerita: A neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum. Molluscs, Rare
Nonpasserine bird: Chiefly arboreal birds especially of the order Coraciiformes. Birds, Rare
Native cat: Carnivorous arboreal cat-like marsupials of Australia and Tasmania. Mammals, Rare

All 76 animals that start with N

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

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Animals that start with N, with definition, group, rarity tier and monthly searches
Name	What it is	Group
also Narwal, Narwhale	Small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.	Mammals	Plankton	301K
also Earthworm, Angleworm, Fishworm	Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil.	Worms	Plankton	301K
also Newfoundlandbreed	A breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat.	Mammals	Plankton	246K
	Fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa.	Mammals	Plankton	201K
also Coypu	Aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver.	Mammals	Plankton	165K
also Chambered nautilus, Pearly nautilus	Cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions.	Molluscs	Plankton	135K
also Sea slug	Any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body.	Molluscs	Plankton	135K
	Small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia.	Amphibians	Plankton	110K
also Bullbat, Mosquito hawk	Mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker.	Birds	Plankton	110K
	European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song.	Birds	Too Clever	91K
also Punkie, Punky, Punkey	Minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects.	Insects	Too Clever	91K
	Small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia.	Fish	Too Clever	91K
also Nematode worm, Roundworm	Unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends.	Worms	Too Clever	74K
	A kind of New World oriole.	Birds	Too Clever	74K
also Elkhoundbreed	Breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy grey coat developed in Norway for hunting elk.	Mammals	Too Clever	61K
also African crocodile	A dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa.	Reptiles	Too Clever	50K
also Nylghai, Nylghau, Blue bull	Large Indian antelope.	Mammals	Too Clever	50K
	Voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere.	Fish	Too Clever	50K
	Any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects.	Birds	Too Clever	41K
also Goatsucker, Caprimulgid	Mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes.	Birds	Too Clever	33K
	Elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws.	Fish	Too Clever	27K
	A favorite game bird of eastern and central United States.	Birds	Too Clever	27K
also Brown rat	Common domestic rat.	Mammals	Too Clever	27K
breed	English breed of small short-legged terrier with a straight wiry red or grey or black-and-tan coat and erect ears.	Mammals	Too Clever	27K
breed	English breed of small terrier with a straight wiry grizzled coat and dropped ears.	Mammals	Too Clever	22K
also Ribbon worm, Nemertine, Proboscis worm	Soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract.	Worms	Too Clever	18K
	Nocturnal or crepuscular herons.	Birds	Too Clever	18K
also Marsh hawk, Hen harrier	Common harrier of North America and Europe.	Birds	Too Clever	18K
also Banded anteater	Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites.	Mammals	Too Clever	18K
also Peba, Texas armadillo	Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.	Mammals	Too Clever	12K
	A voracious freshwater fish that is native to northeastern China.	Fish	Schooler	9.9K
	Spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck.	Mammals	Schooler	9.9K
also Rhea	Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed.	Birds	Schooler	6.6K
also Platyrrhine	Hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails.	Mammals	Schooler	6.6K
	Extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming.	Reptiles	Schooler	6.6K
	Small grey-blue wood warbler with yellow throat and breast.	Birds	Schooler	5.4K
	Large flying squirrel.	Mammals	Schooler	4.4K
also Noctuid moth, Owlet moth	Usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth.	Insects	Schooler	3.6K
	A butcherbird of northern North America.	Birds	Schooler	3.6K
	Any bird associated with night: owl.	Birds	Schooler	2.9K
	Insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins.	Insects	Schooler	2.4K
also Brush-footed butterfly	Medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast.	Insects	Schooler	2.4K
also Cathartid	Large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures.	Birds	Schooler	1.9K
	Nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico.	Reptiles	Schooler	1.6K
	Edible European lobster resembling the American lobster but slenderer.	Crustaceans	Schooler	1.6K
	Common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe.	Amphibians	Schooler	1K
	Any bird that cries at night.	Birds	Schooler	1K
	A cricket frog of eastern and central United States.	Amphibians	Schooler	1K
	A mouse with a genetic defect that prevents them from growing hair and also prevents them from immunologically rejecting human cells and tissues.	Mammals	Schooler	1K
	Arboreal porcupine.	Mammals	Rare	720
	Sparrow-like North American finches.	Birds	Rare	720
	Small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba.	Reptiles	Rare	720
	Small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song.	Birds	Rare	590
	Greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States.	Mammals	Rare	590
	Large searobin.	Fish	Rare	480
also Tragulus Javanicus	Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.	Mammals	Rare	320
	Of wet alpine and subalpine meadows of Canada and Alaska.	Mammals	Rare	320
	A neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum.	Molluscs	Rare	260
	Chiefly arboreal birds especially of the order Coraciiformes.	Birds	Rare	170
	Carnivorous arboreal cat-like marsupials of Australia and Tasmania.	Mammals	Rare	140
also Nail-tailed kangaroo	Small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail.	Mammals	Rare	110
	Ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters.	Molluscs	Rare	110
also Stormy petrel	Sooty black petrel with white markings.	Birds	Rare	110
	Small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope.	Other invertebrates	Deep Cut	70
	Birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens.	Birds	Deep Cut	70
	Any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black.	Birds	Deep Cut	50
	A variety of rodent.	Mammals	Deep Cut	40
	Whiting of the east coast of United States.	Fish	Deep Cut	40
	Breeds in Arctic regions of Old and New Worlds.	Birds	Deep Cut	30
also Neritid gastropod	Operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell.	Molluscs	Deep Cut	20
	A variety of beaver found in almost all areas of North America except Florida.	Mammals	Deep Cut	10
	Birds having a chattering call.	Birds	Deep Cut	10
	A North American jay.	Birds	Deep Cut	10
	A tapir found in South America and Central America.	Mammals	Deep Cut	10
	Of Canada and northeastern United States.	Mammals	One in a Krillion	<10
	From Nova Scotia to West Indies and Gulf of Mexico.	Fish	One in a Krillion	<10

Questions about animals that start with N

How many animals start with N?

RareList lists 76 animals that start with N, including 4 breeds. 9 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 27 are in the Rare tier or rarer.

What are common animals that start with N?

The most searched animals starting with N are Narwhal, Nightcrawler, Naked mole rat, Nutria and Nautilus.

What is a rare animal that starts with N?

New World beaver is one of the rarest. A variety of beaver found in almost all areas of North America except Florida. It gets about 10 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Night lizard, Northern pocket gopher and Napu.

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.