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Animals A-Z #1

Guess these animals whose names start with each letter A-Z.
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Last updated: August 25, 2015
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First submittedFebruary 3, 2014
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Average score88.0%
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Description
Animal
A
First animal in the dictionary
Aardvark
B
Flying mammal
Bat
C
Fastest land animal
Cheetah
D
Wild dog of Australia
Dingo
E
Heaviest land animal
Elephant
F
"Ribbit", it says
Frog
G
Tallest land animal
Giraffe
H
"Laughing" dog-like animal
Hyena
I
American lizard which can reach
2 meters in length
Iguana
J
Largest wild cat in the Americas
Jaguar
K
Hopping, boxing Australian animal
Kangaroo
L
"The king of the jungle"
Lion
M
Sea cow
Manatee
 
Description
Animal
N
Males of this Arctic whale species
have a single long tusk
Narwhal
O
Sea creature with eight tentacles
Octopus
P
Large rodent protected by sharp quills
Porcupine
Q
Game bird with tasty eggs
Quail
R
Pullers of Santa's sleigh
Reindeer
S
Nut-hiding rodent
Squirrel
T
Wood-eating insects
Termite
U
Mythical horse with a single horn
Unicorn
V
Bald bird known for scavenging carcasses
Vulture
W
Northern marine mammal with
tusks and whiskers
Walrus
X
 
 
Y
Hairy cattle-like animal of the Himalayas
Yak
Z
Striped African mammal
Zebra
97 Comments
+5
Level 81
Feb 23, 2014
Animals beginning with the letter X:Xanclomys: a small mammal from the Paleocene of North America.Xanthareel: yellow eel.Xantis: a yak.Xantus: a bird.Xantus murrelet: a small seabird
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Level 76
Feb 23, 2014
In other words, many thanks for skipping the letter X. No extreme exertion exercised today!
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Level 58
Feb 23, 2014
xenopus is a type of aquatic frog too
+3
Level 66
Jan 11, 2023
Ugh I just came to ask why no Xenopus but looks like you beat me to it.....by nearly a decade....

lol

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Level 24
Mar 5, 2014
TOO Had I don't even think those are words haha but you did have a good points LIKE
+1
Level 43
Apr 3, 2021
Why
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Level 60
Jun 14, 2021
Xenacanthus: an extinct shark.
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Level 82
May 13, 2022
Or you could do the average animal that they teach in American schools: the x-ray fish.
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Level 60
Jun 7, 2023
Xiphias, the genus for swordfish isn't even obscure.
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Level 50
Feb 28, 2024
x ray fish
+7
Level 60
Feb 23, 2014
I'm shocked that narwhal is still the least guessed, despite it's meme status. XD
+1
Level 56
May 5, 2023
for the life of me I couldn't get narwhal, I tried norwhale, norwhal, norway whale, the lot but just couldn't.
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Level 27
Dec 25, 2023
aardvark is at the bottom now
+1
Level 78
Feb 23, 2014
It's obviously early...took me over a minute to figure out how to spell vulture
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Level 44
Feb 23, 2014
Thanks for a fun quiz! Getting them all is a great way to start the day! I'm going to quit while I'm ahead :-)
+5
Level 11
Feb 23, 2014
unicorns arent real......
+12
Level 63
Feb 24, 2014
How dare you!
+1
Level 65
Feb 24, 2014
Could have also used Quadricorn for "Q"
+1
Level 55
May 15, 2016
Shun the non-believer! Shunnnnnnn.
+1
Level 85
Aug 10, 2017
Spoiler alert.
+1
Level 56
Aug 12, 2024
Proof?
+2
Level 65
Feb 23, 2014
totally tried yeti for Y before i really read it.
+1
Level 21
Mar 22, 2016
me too!
+2
Level 66
May 16, 2016
I saw himalayas and typed Yeti :D
+1
Level 18
Feb 14, 2017
Same! Yeti would've been better
+1
Level 49
Aug 13, 2024
Me too XD
+7
Level 66
Feb 24, 2014
One has to wonder how lions became the "king of the jungle." African lions live almost exclusively on the savanna/grasslands. Even though they have lost about 80% of their historic range, if one were encounter a lion in the jungle, the lion would be lost. The Asiatic lions of the Gir Forest in Western India are not a substantial population and rarely visit the most heavily treed areas. Mountain lions are a different genus and species.
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Level 12
Oct 6, 2014
Plus, Tigers are bigger and unpredictable.
+1
Level 83
Nov 22, 2016
Only in English maybe? In my language and many others lion is simply the king of animals
+2
Level 72
Jul 16, 2019
Definitely not just in english (though pretty sure ours is a directly taken from english)
+7
Level 85
Aug 10, 2017
Tigers can totally beat up lions. I saw them fight once on one of those late-night nature channels, and the tiger like popped the lion's head off. It was a only a Claymation re-enactment, but it seemed like it was based on science, so I was convinced.
+3
Level 70
Dec 15, 2019
Would you like to buy a bridge, going cheap, from Manhattan to Brooklyn.....
+1
Level 66
Apr 29, 2024
And THAT'S why they call it "popping off" lol
+1
Level 24
Mar 5, 2014
monker?
+2
Level 48
May 25, 2014
"Quail eggs. To feed a queen."
+1
Level 70
Aug 2, 2014
Actually hyenas are felines... I still don't really understand why
+7
Level 74
May 15, 2016
Not exactly. Everything I'm seeing online says they belong to their own family, Hyaenidae.They are on the Feliformia branch of the order Carnivora, which makes them cat-like, not feline. The Feliformia branch includes the other families of Felidae (cats), Viverridae (civets) and Herpestidae (mongooses). Carnivora also includes the dog-like Caniformia branch, which includes dogs, weasels, raccoons, bears, and seals. Saying hyenas are feline would be like saying seals are canine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyena
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Level 85
Aug 10, 2017
I feel like I just read my mother-in-law's biography.
+1
Level 66
Aug 28, 2024
Yeah, "Feline" refers to the Felinae subfamily
+1
Level 63
Dec 26, 2014
Good one! Got 'em all with 1:47 on the clock still.
+2
Level 44
Oct 10, 2015
How about Louie for king of the jungle? :D
+1
Level 21
Mar 22, 2016
i love that film and song
+4
Level 56
May 18, 2016
Nah he was the king of the swingers
+3
Level 18
Feb 14, 2017
The jungle VIP
+2
Level 45
Apr 29, 2024
But he reached the top and had to stop
+2
Level 66
Aug 10, 2024
And that's what's bothering me
+1
Level 85
Aug 10, 2017
My all-time Disney favorite.
+2
Level 65
Dec 2, 2015
I never knew iguanas were so massive. When I saw 5-6 feet I thought it was a mistake and you really meant inches.
+1
Level 21
Mar 22, 2016
i couldn't get aardvark…so ashamed
+2
Level 41
May 15, 2016
take my forever to get frog as I read RIBBIT as RABBIT was thinking what Rabbit begins with an F
+1
Level 66
Aug 10, 2024
Fluffy bunny
+2
Level 65
May 15, 2016
I feel like I'm 3 years old all over again.
+1
Level 68
May 15, 2016
What about the xenomorphs?
+1
Level 74
May 15, 2016
Walrus gave me a little trouble at first. I read it as "northern Maine mammal" and I was picturing a very toothy wolverine.
+1
Level 69
May 15, 2016
20 right answers and 0 points? Too bad for a quiz.
+1
Level 60
May 16, 2016
Does not accept Zorilla for striped African mammal.
+1
Level 32
May 17, 2016
Love the clue for frog XD good quiz, could have a better clue for A
+1
Level 25
May 18, 2016
I work at the LA Zoo= easy breezy
+2
Level 72
Jul 16, 2019
Dont work at a zoo, still easy. I can imagine people having some trouble with yak and aardvark though.
+1
Level 82
Aug 23, 2016
I was speaking to a friend of mine the other day who is otherwise an intelligent, well-traveled, well-read adult and she revealed to me that she was of the view that narwhals were fictional. It took some convincing before she'd believe me they were in fact genuine animals and even then she had a look about her suggesting she was still a little suspicious that I was soon going to burst out laughing about gullible she was.
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Level 36
Oct 23, 2016
I read "first" as "fastest" so I missed A.
+1
Level 74
May 27, 2022
Same! The only one I couldn't get!
+1
Level 68
May 27, 2017
Awesome quiz! 25/25 with 2:40 remaining
+1
Level 33
May 31, 2017
Be more specific. Could not answer some because of it being so vague.
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Level 61
May 31, 2017
Bro, this too easy, you should put a minute less. By the way, the narwhal is my favorite by far. XD.
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Level 50
Jun 21, 2020
Well, as a non-native-speaking-person, it was quite hard as I never had heard of some of them...
+1
Level 23
Jul 3, 2017
xoxo x-ray fish
+1
Level 28
Oct 17, 2017
OMG Why am I so dumb... I read the letter A like 5 times and each time for some reason I thought "Bible" instead of Dictionary so I didn't get it... I would've gotten it if I thought dictionary I am so dumb ;( smh
+1
Level 66
Nov 21, 2017
Can you accept "Jedi of the sea" for Narwhals? XD
+3
Level 43
Nov 22, 2017
For Sea Cow I wanted to put in Khloe Kardashian
+1
Level 34
Mar 18, 2018
Thx for the easy 100% Quizmaster :)
+7
Level 18
Mar 25, 2018
I legit tried to put cow for fastest land animal... i must be tired...
+3
Level 72
Jul 16, 2019
your cow apparently wasnt if he was that fast
+1
Level 66
Apr 10, 2018
couldn't figure out why "aadvark" wasn't working... only to figure out after the quiz ended it's "aaRdvark" ~sigh~
+1
Level 72
Jul 16, 2019
aard(e) =earth. Literally it is earthpig
+1
Level 20
Jul 27, 2018
x-ray fish is the only x animal I can think of
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Level 27
Nov 1, 2018
This was a really good quiz! I'm really surprised that I got all of them!
+1
Level 15
Nov 2, 2018
'A: first animal in the dictionary' are you kidding me -__-
+2
Level 75
Mar 8, 2019
x-ray fish?
+1
Level 72
Jul 16, 2019
People dont know about narwhal? really? the unicorns of the ocean
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Level 82
Dec 22, 2020
You mean they are magical? Or mythical? Or represent Scotland in heraldry?
+1
Level 79
Jan 31, 2022
All of the above.
+1
Level 56
Mar 6, 2020
"Maybe the dingo ate your baby!"
+1
Level 44
Apr 12, 2021
Ok. African friends on here. I've been told we say it incorrectly in North America. Is it pronounced zebra or zebra...
+1
Level 52
Apr 25, 2021
Easy! Maybe make a harder version?
+1
Level 60
Jun 14, 2021
Aardvark was the hardest for me
+2
Level 38
Nov 9, 2021
hands up if you've only heard people call manatees "dugongs"
+2
Level 79
Jan 31, 2022
Different animals though.
+3
Level 80
Feb 10, 2022
Maybe include a real animal for "U." Also, hyenas are closer to cats than they are to dogs.
+1
Level 90
Mar 19, 2022
Ditto, hyenas are cats (although admittedly quite dog-like)
+2
Level 47
Apr 19, 2024
No, unicorns dont exist!!
+2
Level 66
Apr 29, 2024
Narwhals, narwhals, swimming in the ocean, causing a commotion, 'cause they are so awesome
+1
Level 68
Aug 10, 2024
Hyenas are cat-like, not dog-like.
+1
Level 77
Aug 12, 2024
Well, they look more like dogs than cats, despite being more closely related to the latter than the former. Hence dog-like.
+1
Level 46
Aug 10, 2024
I got 5
+1
Level 73
Aug 12, 2024
Seriously the best you get for U is a mythical animal?

Come on!

+1
Level 61
Aug 14, 2024
I could have sworn the first clue said "Flying animal in the dictionary." I missed Aardvark because of that. And I don't remember ever hearing of a Quail.