Vocabulary: Word List of 200+ Animals in Italian with example sentences

Learn to say the names of different Animals in Italian?

Introduction
Basic Animals related terms in Italian
List of all pet animals in Italian
List of all farm animals in Italian
List of all Mammals in Italian
List of all Marine Animals in Italian
List of all Fish in Italian
List of all Reptiles in Italian
List of all Amphibians in Italian
List of all Insects in Italian

Italian Vocabulary: Introduction for Animals in Italian: Why is it important?

One of the “most” important topics in Italian A1 is learning the vocabulary for animals in Italian. Why? A few examples will cure your doubts as to why you need to understand and learn the names of all animals in Italian.

Talking about a pet to someone… Do you like cats or dogs?
Ordering food… One chicken sandwich please?
Ordering clothes and accessories… I like leather jackets and leather wallets (YEAH ITALIAN LEATHER BABY!!!!)
Watching cartoons… literally every cartoon has animals or is completely based on animals!

Let us go through the Italian vocabulary for 200+ animals in Italian with loads and loads of example sentences in Italian and with English translation!!! You will find many of these to be quite easy to memorize and retain as they as super similar to English!

How do you say Animals in Italian?

The correct word for “The Animal” in Italian is “L’animale”.
The plural for “The Animals” in Italian is “Gli animali”

Italian Vocabulary: List of Animals in Italian: What are the main Animal related terms in Italian?

You might need to be more generic in some cases when talking about animals. For example “Pet Animals” is not an animal but is related to animals. These are the main words in Italian which you might use on a day to day basis in one way or another. You can learn the list of animal related terms in Italian.

Italian	English	English Sentence	Italian Sentences
L’animale	The animal	We like animals.	Ci piacciono gli animali.
l’animale domestico	The pet	I have 5 pets	Ho 5 animali domestici
L’animale selvatico	The wild animal	There are many wild animals in India	Ci sono molti animali selvatici in India
L’animale della fattoria	The farm animal	The cow is a farm animal	La mucca è un animale da fattoria
Il mammifero	The mammal	What is a mammal?	Cos’è un mammifero?
Il mammifero marino	The marine mammal	I love marine mammals.	Amo i mammiferi marini.
L’uccello	The bird	Birds can fly.	Gli uccelli possono volare.
L’insetto	The insect	I hate insects.	odio gli insetti.
il rettile	The reptile	The snake is a reptile.	Il serpente è un rettile.
L’anfibio	The amphibian	Is the tortoise an amphibian?	La tartaruga è un anfibio?
Il pesce	The fish	The cat ate the fish.	Il gatto ha mangiato il pesce.
Erbivoro	Herbivore	The cow is a herbivore.	La mucca è un erbivoro.
Carnivoro	Carnivore	The lion is a carnivore	Il leone è un carnivoro
onnivoro	Omnivore	The bear is an omnivore	L’orso è un onnivoro

How do you say House Pets in Italian?

The correct word for “Pet” in Italian is “Animale domestico”.
The plural for “The Pets” in Italian is “Animali domestici”

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Italian Vocabulary: List of all Pets in Italian: What are the names of different pet animals in Italian?

Italy (or most of the developed countries in Europe) is a very pet friendly country. If you go for a walk, summer or winter, hail or storm, ice or heat, you are pretty much guaranteed to see a dozen people walking their pets.

And of course, many people allow you to play with them which means it’s very important that you know the list of names of all pet animals in Italian fluently.

These are the main words in Italian related to house pets which you might use on semi frequent basis in one way or another. You can learn the list of pet related terms in Italian in with articles in Singular and in Plural along with the gender of der / die / das.

Italian	English	English Sentence	Italian Sentences
Il cane	The dog	My dog eats biscuits.	Il mio cane mangia i biscotti.
Il gatto	The cat	I have ten cats.	Ho dieci gatti.
il gatto	The tomcat	The orange tomcat is very large.	Il gatto arancione è molto grande.
Il ratto	The rat	There are many rat in China.	Ci sono molti ratti in Cina.
La mucca	The cow	Cows are very large.	Le mucche sono molto grandi.
Il cavallo	The horse	I want to buy a Horse.	Voglio comprare un cavallo.
Il gattino	The kitten	Kittens are cute.	I gattini sono carini.
Il cucciolo	The puppy	I love puppies	Amo i cuccioli
Il coniglio	The rabbit	I have a white rabbit	Ho un coniglio bianco
Il pesce	The fish	The cat eats the Fish.	Il gatto mangia il pesce.
il criceto	The hamster	My son wants a hamster!	Mio figlio vuole un criceto!
Il porcellino d’India	The guinea pig	Her son in law has two guinea pigs.	Suo genero ha due cavie.
Il serpente	The snake	Snakes are dangerous.	I serpenti sono pericolosi.
L’uccello	The bird	Birds can fly.	Gli uccelli possono volare.
Il pappagallo	The parrot	A parrot is green in color.	Un pappagallo è di colore verde.
La lucertola	The lizard	Lizards are not pets!	Le lucertole non sono animali domestici!
Il topo	The mouse	Mickey Mouse is very famous.	Topolino è molto famoso.
il geco	The gecko	In Australia, geckos are common.	In Australia, i gechi sono comuni.
La tartaruga	The turtle	Turtles are slow.	Le tartarughe sono lente.

How do you say Farm Animals in Italian?

The correct word for “Farm Animal” in Italian is “Animale da fattoria”.
It is of Neutral Gender
The plural for “Farm Animals” in Italian is “Animale da fattoria”

Italian Vocabulary: List of all Farm Animals in Italian: What are the names of different Farm Animals in Italian?

Italy (again most of Europe) is a very diary heavy and meat eating country. This of course means that there are a lot of farms in Italy. And with farms come the farm animals! And of course you would have heard of the legendary Italian leather.

The farm animals are something even children read about in poems and rhymes and it’s something that you absolutely need to learn and know!

These are the main list of farm animals which you call upon to use. You can learn the list of farm animal related terms with tons of examples.

Italian	English	English Sentence	Italian Sentences
La vaca	The cow	This is a cow.	Questa è una mucca.
El toro	The bull	The bull is a very large animal.	Il toro è un animale molto grande.
El caballo	The horse	A Horse is quite tall.	Un cavallo è piuttosto alto.
Ellos son	The mare	Where is the mare?	Dov’è la cavalla?
El burro	The donkey	He works like a donkey.	Lavora come un asino.
El cerdo	The pig	The pig is very dirty.	Il maiale è molto sporco.
La oveja	The sheep	The sheep is fluffy.	La pecora è soffice.
La cabra	The goat	I have two hundred goats.	Ho duecento capre.
El gallo	The rooster	The rooster has colorful feathers.	Il gallo ha piume colorate.
El pato	The duck	There are ducks and swans in the lake.	Ci sono anatre e cigni nel lago.
El ganso	The goose	The goose is silly.	L’oca è stupida.

How do you say Mammals in Italian?

The correct word for “The Mammal” in Italian is “Il Mammifero”.
The plural for “The Mammals” in Italian is “I Mammiferi”

Italian Vocabulary: What are the names of different Mamma

s in Italian?

Who wouldn’t want to start off their Italian knowledge without the study of all mammals? You can learn the list of all mammals in Italian with English translation and with tons and tons of examples.

Italian	English	English Sentence	Italian Sentences
L’oritteropo	The aardvark	Aardvarks eat ants.	Gli oritteropi mangiano le formiche.
L’antilope	The antelope	The antelope is very fast.	L’antilope è molto veloce.
il babbuino	The baboon	The king of the baboons carried the lamp.	Il re dei babbuini portava la lampada.
Il pipistrello	The bat	The bat caught the butterfly.	Il pipistrello ha catturato la farfalla.
L’orso	The bear	The grizzly bear is hibernating.	L’orso grizzly è in letargo.
il cinghiale	The boar	A boar is very strong.	Un cinghiale è molto forte.
Il cammello	The camel	A camel does not drink water.	Un cammello non beve acqua.
il ghepardo	The cheetah	The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world.	Il ghepardo è l’animale più veloce del mondo.
il coyote	The coyote	The coyote caught the bird.	Il coyote ha catturato l’uccello.
Il cervo	The deer	My Dogs play with the deer	I miei cani giocano con i cervi
il cervo	The Stag	The stag has antlers.	Il cervo ha le corna.
il ghiro	The dormouse	The dormouse sleeps a lot.	Il ghiro dorme molto.
L’elefante	The elephant	She went on an elephant ride in Thailand.	È andata a fare un giro su un elefante in Thailandia.
il furetto	The ferret	Ferrets are not good pets.	I furetti non sono buoni animali domestici.
La volpe	The fox	The fox is sly.	La volpe è furba.
La giraffa	The giraffe	The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world.	La giraffa è l’animale più alto del mondo.
Il gorilla	The gorilla	The gorilla is an endangered animal	Il gorilla è un animale in via di estinzione
La lepre	The Hare	Rabbits do not like Hares.	Ai conigli non piacciono le lepri.
Il riccio	The hedgehog	I saw a Hedgehog in Germany.	Ho visto un riccio in Germania.
L’ippopotamo	The hippopotamus	The hippopotamus is the most dangerous animal in the world.	L’ippopotamo è l’animale più pericoloso del mondo.
il leopardo	The leopard	I saw the Leopard and ran away.	Ho visto il Leopardo e sono scappato.
Il Leone	The lion	The lion is the king of the jungle.	Il leone è il re della giungla.
la lince	The lynx	Have you seen the lynx?	Hai visto la lince?
il suricato	The meerkat	Meerkats are timid.	I suricati sono timidi.
la mangusta	The mongoose	The mongoose caught the snake	La mangusta ha catturato il serpente
La scimmia	The monkey	I like monkeys but I don’t like gorillas.	Mi piacciono le scimmie ma non mi piacciono i gorilla.
l’alce	The moose	I saw a moose in Canada.	Ho visto un alce in Canada.
Il topo	The mouse	The rat is bigger than the mouse	Il topo è più grande del topo
la lontra	The otter	The zoo does not have otters	Lo zoo non ha lontre
la pantera	The panther	There is a panther in the zoo.	C’è una pantera nello zoo.
la pantera	The panther	The panther lives in south America.	La pantera vive in Sud America.
L’ornitorinco	The platypus	The platypus is poisonous.	L’ornitorinco è velenoso.
Il coniglio	The rabbit	Who ate the rabbit?	Chi ha mangiato il coniglio?
il procione	The raccoon	We have many raccoons in our garden.	Abbiamo molti procioni nel nostro giardino.
la renna	The reindeer	Santa has many reindeer.	Babbo Natale ha molte renne.
Il rinoceronte	The rhinoceros	The Rhinoceros weighs over two thousand kilograms.	Il rinoceronte pesa oltre duemila chilogrammi.
il toporagno	The shrew	The shrew is blind.	Il toporagno è cieco.
Lo scoiattolo	The squirrel	I gave a cashew nut to the squirrel.	Ho dato un anacardi allo scoiattolo.
La tigre	The Tiger	The Tiger is ferocious.	La Tigre è feroce.
il facocero	The warthog	Warthog are quick.	I facoceri sono veloci.
la donnola	The weasel	The weasel is faster than the mouse.	La donnola è più veloce del topo.
Il lupo	The wolf	Is the wolf larger than a dog?	Il lupo è più grande di un cane?
La zebra	The zebra	A zebra has black stripes.	Una zebra ha strisce nere.

How do you say Marine Animal or Mammals of the sea in Italian?

The correct word for “Marine Mammal” in Italian is “Il mammifero marino”.
The plural for “Marine Mammals” in Italian is “I mammiferi marini”

Italian Vocabulary: What are the names of different Sea creatures or marine animals in Italian?

From dolphin to whales, Sharks to stingrays, the animals in the ocean or the marine animals have always held our fascination. You can learn the list of all Sea creatures of marine animals in Italian with English example sentences.

Italian	English	English Sentence	Italian Sentences
Il granchio	The crab	Crabs are tasty.	I granchi sono gustosi.
Il delfino	The dolphin	The dolphin is friendly.	Il delfino è amichevole.
La tartaruga verde	The green sea turtle	You can see green sea turtles in Maldives	Puoi vedere le tartarughe marine verdi alle Maldive
La balena assassina	The killer whale	A killer whaleis massive.	Un’orca assassina è enorme.
L’aragosta	The lobster	The lobster is expensive.	L’aragosta è costoso.
Il polpo	The octopus	An octopus has 8 tentacles.	Un polpo ha 8 tentacoli.
l’ostrica	The oyster	The otter broke the oyster.	La lontra ha rotto l’ostrica.
Il leone marino	The sea lion	The sea lion likes fruits.	Al leone marino piace la frutta.
Il riccio di mare	The sea urchin	Did you see a sea urchin?	Hai visto un riccio di mare?
Il sigillo	The seal	There are 5 seals in the lake.	Ci sono 5 foche nel lago.
La conchiglia	The seashell	He sells seashells	Vende conchiglie
Lo squalo	The shark	The shark is deadly.	Lo squalo è mortale.
Il gamberetto	The shrimp	The shrimps are dead.	I gamberi sono morti.
Il segnale	The signal	Did you see the signal?	Hai visto il segnale?
Il capodoglio	The sperm whale	Moby Dick is a Sperm Whale	Moby Dick è un capodoglio
il calamaro	The squid	Japanese people eat Squids	I giapponesi mangiano i calamari
La stella marina	The starfish	A starfish is colorful.	Una stella marina è colorata.
la pastinaca	The stingray	The stingray is dangerous.	La pastinaca è pericolosa.
il tricheco	The walrus	The walrus eats fish.	Il tricheco mangia il pesce.
La balena	The whale	The whale is massive.	La balena è enorme.
la vongola	The clam	The clam is grey in color.	La vongola è di colore grigio.

How do you say Reptiles in Italian?

The correct word for “The Reptile” in Italian is “il rettile”.
The plural for “The Reptiles” in Italian is “I rettili”

List of all Reptiles in Italian

What can be more memorable than the creepy crawly snakes and crocodiles? They are scary and hence always a nice discussion point and hence you might as well do it in Italian.

Italian	English
il camaleonte	the chameleon
coccodrillo	crocodile
l’alligatore	the alligator
il geco	the gecko
l’iguana	the iguana
la salamandra	the salamander
la lucertola monitor	the monitor lizard
la lucertola cornuta	the horned lizard
il serpente velenoso	the poisonous snake
il serpente a sonagli	the rattlesnake
il cobra	the cobra
la tartaruga marina	the sea turtle
la biscia	the grass snake
la lucertola	the lizard
la tartaruga	the turtle
il serpente	the snake

How do you say Birds in Italian?

The correct word for “The Bird” in Italian is “L’uccello”.
The plural for “The Birds” in Italian is “Gli uccelli”

List of all Birds in Italian with English translation and example sentences

Now that you’ve learnt the list of animals in Italian, why not step into birds? Here you will learn about the names used for different birds in Italian language with English translation and with a large number of example sentences.

Italian	English	English Sentence	Italian Sentences
Il merlo	The blackbird	The blackbird ate the worm	Il merlo ha mangiato il verme
il pappagallino	The budgie	She has three budgies	Ha tre pappagallini
La gru	The crane	The crane is tall.	La gru è alta.
Il corvo	The crow	The crow drinks water.	Il corvo beve acqua.
La colomba	The dove	The dove flew away.	La colomba volò via.
L’Aquila	The eagle	The eagle flies above the clouds	L’aquila vola sopra le nuvole
Il falco	The falcon	The falcon has brown feathers.	Il falco ha piume marroni.
L’oca	The goose	The goose laid a golden egg.	L’oca ha fatto un uovo d’oro.
l’albanella	The harrier	The harrier is smaller than the hawk.	L’albanella è più piccola del falco.
l’airone	The heron	The heron has a long neck.	L’airone ha un collo lungo.
la gazza	The magpie	Where did the magpie go?	Dov’è finita la gazza?
lo struzzo	The ostrich	The ostrich is the largest bird.	Lo struzzo è l’uccello più grande.
Il gufo	The owl	The owl sat on the bull.	Il gufo si sedette sul toro.
La pernice	The partridge	The partridge sat on the pear tree	La pernice si è seduta sul pero
il pavone	The peacock	The peacock has colorful feathers.	Il pavone ha piume colorate.
Il pinguino	The penguin	Penguin live in Antarctica.	I pinguini vivono in Antartide.
Il falco pellegrino	The Peregrine hawk	The peregrine hawk has sharp claws.	Il falco pellegrino ha artigli affilati.
il piccione	The pigeon	She likes to feed the Pigeon.	Le piace dare da mangiare al piccione.
la quaglia	The quail	Quail soup is very tasty.	La zuppa di quaglie è molto gustosa.
il gabbiano	The seagull	There are many seagulls near California.	Ci sono molti gabbiani vicino alla California.
il passero	The sparrow	Sparrows are very cute.	I passeri sono molto carini.
la rondine	The swallow	The swallow attacked the sparrow.	La rondine ha attaccato il passero.
Il Cigno	The swan	The swan is graceful.	Il cigno è grazioso.
Il tacchino	The turkey	Can you buy a turkey?	Puoi comprare un tacchino?
l’avvoltoio	The vulture	Have you seen vultures?	Hai visto gli avvoltoi?
Il picchio	The woodpecker	There are many woodpeckers in the forest.	Ci sono molti picchi nella foresta.

List of all Amphibians in Italian with English translation and example sentences

Done with the list of animals in Italian and the list of birds in Italian? Excellent!!! Now let us go for the list of amphibians in Italian.

Italian	English
La rana	The frog
La salamandra	The salamander
il rospo	The toad
Il rospo comune	The common toad
La raganella	The tree frog
La salamandra	The salamander
il tritone	The the newt

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