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Animals beginning with A

Browse the animals in the encyclopedia whose English names begin with A.

An aardvark walking across sandy ground

AardvarkOrycteropus afer

African grey parrot with a black bill, pale face and grey feathers perched on a branch

African grey parrotPsittacus erithacus

African wild dogLycaon pictus

albatross

AlbatrossDiomedeidae

alligator

AlligatorAlligator

alpaca

AlpacaVicugna pacos

Black-furred American black bear walking among moss-covered rocks

American black bearUrsus americanus

anaconda

AnacondaEunectes

Male Andean condor with a bare head, fleshy comb, white feather ruff and black plumage

Andean condorVultur gryphus

ant

anteater

AnteaterVermilingua

antelope

AntelopeBovidae (antelope groups)

A green aphid with long antennae on a flower petal

AphidsAphidoidea

Blue-and-yellow macaw in flight with spread wings and a black bill

arctic fox

Arctic foxVulpes lagopus

arctic hare

Arctic hareLepus arcticus

arctic wolf

Arctic wolfCanis lupus arctos

armadillo

ArmadilloCingulata

Black Asian tiger mosquito with white stripes on its legs and body biting human skin

Asian tiger mosquitoAedes albopictus

Silvery asp with an elongated body and large mouth, seen from the side underwater

AspLeuciscus aspius

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) swimming in an aquarium

Atlantic salmonSalmo salar

axolotl

AxolotlAmbystoma mexicanum

aye-aye

Aye-ayeDaubentonia madagascariensis