Yabby. The Yabby is a freshwater crayfish species that lives in many parts of Australia. You can also refer to it as the Cyan Yabby due to its bright blue color. Catching these animals is a popular activity in Australia.
Animals that start with Y include mammals such as the yak, yapok, yellow-winged bat and yellow mongoose; birds such as the yellowhammer and yellow-eyed penguin; reptiles such as the yacare caiman; and invertebrates such as the yabby and yellowjackets.
Quokka. The Quokka is a small marsupial that you can encounter only in Australia.
Y is for Yellowhammer and Yeti Crab. Z is for Zebra, Zorilla and, of course, Zoology. Can you think of any other animals beginning with these letters?
Yaks are domesticated three-letter animals. Mostly, they enjoy living in the Himalayan regions.
Animals that start with V include mammals such as vampire bat, vervet monkey, Virginia opossum, volcano rabbit and Visayan warty pig; birds such as vultures, vireos and the velvet asity; insects such as the viceroy butterfly, and fish such as the viperfish.
Nabarlek. The nabarlek is an Australian marsupial of genus Petrogale – a group of kangaroo-like animals known as “rock-wallabies”.
The domestic yak (Bos grunniens), also known as the Tartary ox, grunting ox, or hairy cattle, is a species of long-haired domesticated cattle found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau, Gilgit-Baltistan (Kashmir), Tajikistan and as far north as Mongolia and Siberia.
T. rex, Thresher shark, Tiger, Toad, Toucan, Trout, Turkey, Turtle.
Some of our Australian animals are very well known like kangaroos, dingos, wallabies and wombats and of course the koala, platypus and echidna. But, there is still so much we don't know about Australia's native animals. Here we explore weird and wonderful fun facts about 10 of them.
Platypus. The platypus is one of nature's strangest animals. Not only does this semiaquatic mammal have a rather bizarre appearance, with the bill of a duck and the tail of a beaver, but it is a monotreme – in other words, an egg-laying mammal. The platypus is only found in the wild in Australia.
Animals that start with Q include mammals such as the quokka and quoll; birds such as quails, quetzals and quelea; fish such as the queen angelfish and Queensland lungfish; invertebrates such as the quahog and Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly; and extinct species such as the quagga and Queen of Sheba's Gazelle.
Some common animals that start with M are mouse, monkey, moose, mole, meerkat, mosquito, macaw, mantis, mouflon, mule deer, magpie, minx, macaque, mongoose and mandrill.
Kangaroo, Kingfisher, Kiwi, Koala. Learn the English alphabet with our cute cartoon animals that start with the letter K.
Albatross, Anaconda, Anteater, Antelope, Alligator, Ape, Armadillo. Introduce toddlers and preschoolers to the magic of the Alphabetimals by exploring animals beginning with the letter A. Click the animal to hear its sound, and it's name to hear it said out loud.