Animal Names Vocabulary for Kids in English

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When we are trying to teach our kids we make them learn different things. Simple words that kids can easily relate to. Some of those things are names of flowers, food, fruits, vegetables, and animals. 

So What Do You Mean By Animals?

In English, we use the term animals for living creatures such as dog, cat, lion, rabbit. It is a vast term and includes birds, insects, and sea creatures as well. In short, the term animal is used for all living creatures except human beings and plants.

Types of Animals

Animals can be classified by different basic categories as follows:

  • Pets
  • Farm & Domestic Animals
  • Wild Animals
  • Mammals
  • Sea Animals
  • Birds
  • Insects
  • Reptiles

1. Pet Animals Names

A pet, or companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person’s company, entertainment or as an act of compassion such as taking in and protecting a stray cat, rather than as a working animal, livestock or laboratory animal.

  1. Dog
  2. Puppy
  3. Turtle
  4. Rabbit
  5. Parrot
  6. Cat
  7. Kitten
  8. Goldfish
  9. Mouse
  10. Tropical fish
  11. Hamster

2. Farm Animals Names

Farm animals are animals that are kept for agricultural purposes. This includes such domesticated animals as cows and chickens and wild animals that are raised in confinement, including mink and fish. Animals are farmed for a variety of reasons. Most are raised to be killed.

  1. Cow
  2. Rabbit
  3. Ducks
  4. Shrimp
  5. Pig
  6. Goat
  7. Crab
  8. Deer
  9. Bee
  10. Sheep
  11. Fish
  12. Turkey
  13. Dove
  14. Chicken
  15. Horse

3. Birds Names List

Any of a class (Aves) of warm-blooded vertebrates distinguished by having the body more or less completely covered with feathers and the forelimbs modified as wings.

  1. Crow
  2. Peacock
  3. Dove
  4. Sparrow
  5. Goose
  6. Stork
  7. Pigeon
  8. Turkey
  9. Hawk
  10. Bald eagle
  11. Raven
  12. Parrot
  13. Flamingo
  14. Seagull
  15. Ostrich
  16. Swallow
  17. Blackbird
  18. Penguin
  19. Robin
  20. Swan
  21. Owl
  22. Woodpecker
  23. albatross
  24. biddy
  25. canary
  26. crow
  27. cuckoo
  28. dove
  29. pigeon
  30. duck
  31. eagle
  32. falcon
  33. finch
  34. flamingo
  35. goose
  36. gull
  37. hawk
  38. jackdaw
  39. jay
  40. kestrel
  41. kookaburra
  42. mallard
  43. nightingale
  44. nuthatch
  45. ostrich
  46. owl
  47. parakeet
  48. parrot
  49. peacock
  50. pelican
  51. penguin
  52. pheasant
  53. piranha
  54. raven
  55. robin
  56. rooster
  57. sparrow
  58. stork
  59. swallow
  60. swan
  61. swift
  62. turkey
  63. vulture
  64. woodpecker
  65. wren

4. Mammal Names List

Mammals are basically warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, females that secrete milk for the nourishment of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young.

  1. Squirrel
  2. Dog
  3. Chimpanzee
  4. Ox
  5. Lion
  6. Panda
  7. Walrus
  8. Otter
  9. Mouse
  10. Kangaroo
  11. Goat
  12. Horse
  13. Monkey
  14. Cow
  15. Koala
  16. Mole
  17. Elephant
  18. Leopard
  19. Hippopotamus
  20. Giraffe
  21. Fox
  22. Coyote
  23. Hedgehog
  24. Sheep
  25. Deer

5. Wild Animals Names List

Animals that, as a matter of common knowledge, are naturally ferocious, unpredictable, dangerous, mischievous, or not by custom devoted to the service of mankind at the time and in the place in which it is kept.

  1. Giraffe
  2. Woodpecker
  3. Camel
  4. Starfish
  5. Koala
  6. Alligator
  7. Owl
  8. Tiger
  9. Bear
  10. Blue whale
  11. Coyote
  12. Chimpanzee
  13. Raccoon
  14. Lion
  15. Arctic wolf
  16. Crocodile
  17. Dolphin
  18. Elephant
  19. Squirrel
  20. Snake
  21. Kangaroo
  22. Hippopotamus
  23. Elk
  24. Fox
  25. Gorilla
  26. Bat
  27. Hare
  28. Toad
  29. Frog
  30. Deer
  31. Rat
  32. Badger
  33. Lizard
  34. Mole
  35. Hedgehog
  36. Otter
  37. Reindeer

6. Sea Animals Names List

A sea animal is any type of animal that lives in a body of salt water (like a sea or ocean), so starfish and krill are just as much sea animals as a whale is. All sea or ocean-dwelling animals can be further classified based on how they move and where they live.

  1. Crab
  2. Fish
  3. Seal
  4. Octopus
  5. Shark
  6. Seahorse
  7. Walrus
  8. Starfish
  9. Whale
  10. Penguin
  11. Jellyfish
  12. Squid
  13. Lobster
  14. Pelican
  15. Clams
  16. Seagull
  17. Dolphin
  18. Shells
  19. Sea urchin
  20. Cormorant
  21. Otter
  22. Pelican
  23. Sea anemone
  24. Sea turtle
  25. Sea lion
  26. Coral

7. Reptiles Names List

If we go by the literal meaning then reptiles are the vertebrate animal of a class that includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and tortoises. They are distinguished by having a dry scaly skin and typically laying soft-shelled eggs on land.

  1. blindworm
  2. boa
  3. chameleon
  4. constrictor snake
  5. copperhead
  6. coral snake
  7. cottonmouth
  8. crocodile
  9. diamondback rattlesnake
  10. gecko
  11. iguana
  12. lizard
  13. Mojave rattlesnake
  14. poisonous/venomous snake
  15. python
  16. salamander
  17. saurian
  18. sea snake
  19. sidewinder
  20. snake
  21. Southern Pacific rattlesnake
  22. tortoise, turtle

8. Insects Names List

Insects are any of a class (Insecta) of arthropods (such as bugs or bees) with well-defined head, thorax, and abdomen, only three pairs of legs, and typically one or two pairs of wings.

  1. ant
  2. aphid
  3. bee
  4. beetle
  5. bumblebee
  6. caterpillar
  7. cockroach
  8. dragonfly
  9. flea
  10. fly
  11. gadfly
  12. grasshopper
  13. harvestman
  14. ladybug
  15. larva
  16. louse
  17. maggot
  18. midge
  19. millipede
  20. moth
  21. nymph
  22. wasp

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