Animals that start with Z
12 animals, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 2 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.
- 1 Plankton
- 5 Too Clever
- 4 Schooler
- 2 Rare
- 0 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.
- Zebra duiker
- Small striped forest antelope of West Africa.
- Zoril
- Muishond of northern Africa.
- Zokor
- Burrowing rodent of China and Central Asia.
- Zorilla
- Striped African mustelid that sprays a foul-smelling fluid; also called the striped polecat.
All 12 animals that start with Z
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines. | Mammals | Plankton | 246K | |
| Inch long mollusk imported accidentally from Europe. | Molluscs | Too Clever | 50K | |
| Large freshwater predatory fish of Europe related to the walleye. | Fish | Too Clever | 33K | |
| Bottom-dwelling Indo-Pacific shark; juveniles are striped, adults spotted. | Fish | Too Clever | 27K | |
| Domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap. | Mammals | Too Clever | 22K | |
| Small Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's. | Birds | Too Clever | 18K | |
| Striped African mustelid that sprays a foul-smelling fluid; also called the striped polecat. | Mammals | Schooler | 6.6K | |
| Small black-and-white striped catfish from the Xingu River in Brazil. | Fish | Schooler | 4.4K | |
| also Gridiron-tailed lizard | Swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs. | Reptiles | Schooler | 1.6K |
| Burrowing rodent of China and Central Asia. | Mammals | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| Small striped forest antelope of West Africa. | Mammals | Rare | 720 | |
| Muishond of northern Africa. | Mammals | Rare | 480 |
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Questions about animals that start with Z
How many animals start with Z?
RareList lists 12 animals that start with Z. 1 is in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 2 are in the Rare tier or rarer.
What are common animals that start with Z?
The most searched animals starting with Z are Zebra, Zebra mussel, Zander, Zebra shark and Zebu.
What is a rare animal that starts with Z?
Zoril is one of the rarest. Muishond of northern Africa. It gets about 480 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Zebra duiker, Zokor and Zorilla.
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.