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Animals beginning with T

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

Inland taipan with a dark head and brown body curved across sandy ground

TaipanOxyuranus

tapir

TapirTapiridae: Tapirus spp.

tarantula

TarantulaTheraphosidae

Philippine tarsier with large eyes and rounded ears clinging to a branch beneath a green leaf

TarsierTarsiidae

tasmanian devil

Tasmanian devilSarcophilus harrisii

Tawny owl with streaked grey-brown plumage, a round head and dark eyes

Tawny owlStrix aluco

Olive-green tench with a reddish eye swimming underwater

TenchTinca tinca

termite

TermiteIsoptera (Blattodea)

Black-and-white photo of a thylacine with dark stripes on its back in a zoo enclosure

ThylacineThylacinus cynocephalus

tibetan sand fox

Tibetan sand foxVulpes ferrilata

tiger

TigerPanthera tigris

AI illustration of a toco toucan with an orange bill and white throat

ToucanRamphastidae

true bug

True bugHeteroptera (within Hemiptera); includes Cimex and stink bugs

tuna

TunaThunnini (within Scombridae)

turkey

TurkeyMeleagris

turtle

TurtleTestudines