List of 100+ Animals in Spanish

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

Talking about a pet to someone… Do you like dogs?

Ordering food… One chicken sandwich please?
Ordering clothes and accessories… I like leather jackets and leather wallets
Watching cartoons… literally every cartoon has animals or is completely based on animals!

Let us go through the Spanish vocabulary for 100+ animals in Spanish with loads and loads of example sentences in Spanish 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!

Topics

Introduction
Basic Animals related terms in Spanish
Pet animals in Spanish
Names of farm animals in Spanish
Mammals in Spanish
Marine Animals in Spanish
Different Fish in Spanish
Names of Reptiles in Spanish
All Amphibians in Spanish

How do you say Animals in Spanish?

The correct word for “The Animal” in Spanish is “El animal”.
The plural for “The Animals” in Spanish is “los animales”

Animal related terms in Spanish

You might need to be more generic in some cases when talking about animals. For example “PET” is not an animal but is related to animals. These are the main words in Spanish 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 Spanish.

Spanish	English	English Sentence	Spanish Sentences
El animal	The animal	We like animals.	Nos gustan los animales.
La mascota de la casa	The pet	I have 5 pets	Tengo 5 mascotas
El animal salvaje	The wild animal	There are many wild animals in India	Hay muchos animales salvajes en la India.
El animal de la granja	The farm animal	The cow is a farm animal	La vaca es un animal de granja
El mamífero	The mammal	What is a mammal?	¿Qué es un mamífero?
El mamífero marino	The marine mammal	I love marine mammals.	Amo a los mamíferos marinos.
El pájaro	The bird	Birds can fly.	Los pájaros pueden volar.
El insecto	The insect	I hate insects.	Odio los insectos.
El reptil	The reptile	The snake is a reptile.	La serpiente es un reptil.
El anfibio	The amphibian	Is the tortoise an amphibian?	¿Es la tortuga un anfibio?
El pescado	The fish	The cat ate the fish.	El gato se comió el pescado.
Herbívoro	Herbivore	The cow is a herbivore.	La vaca es herbívora.
Carnívoro	Carnivore	The lion is a carnivore	El león es un carnívoro
Omnívoro	Omnivore	The bear is an omnivore	El oso es un omnívoro

Names of pet animals in Spanish

How do you say House Pets in Spanish? The correct word for “House Pet” in Spanish is “Casa de mascota”. The plural for “House Pets” in Spanish is “Mascotas de la casa” The correct word for “Pet Animal” in Spanish is “Mascota”. The plural for “Pet Animals” in Spanish is “Mascotas”

Spain (or most of the developed countries in Europe) is a very pet friendly country. People love their pets and small dogs are very much loved and preferred in Madrid or Barcelona while larger dogs are preferred in the countryside (and as we all know, there are super large swathes of countryside land in Spain).

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 one thing! It’s very important that you know the list of names of all pet animals in Spanish fluently.

These are the main words in Spanish 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 Spanish.

Spanish	English	English Sentence	Spanish Sentences
El perro	The dog	My dog eats biscuits.	Mi perro come galletas.
El gato	The cat	I have ten cats.	Tengo diez gatos.
El gato	The tomcat	The orange tomcat is very large.	El gato naranja es muy grande.
La rata	The rat	There are many rat in China.	Hay muchas ratas en China.
La vaca	The cow	Cows are very large.	Las vacas son muy grandes.
El caballo	The horse	I want to buy a Horse.	Quiero comprar un caballo.
El gatito	The kitten	Kittens are cute.	Los gatitos son lindos.
El cachorro	The puppy	I love puppies	amo los cachorros
El conejo	The rabbit	I have a white rabbit	Tengo un conejo blanco
El pescado	The fish	The cat eats the Fish.	El gato se come el pescado.
El hamster	The hamster	My son wants a hamster!	¡Mi hijo quiere un hámster!
El conejillo de indias	The guinea pig	Her son in law has two guinea pigs.	Su yerno tiene dos conejillos de indias.
La serpiente	The snake	Snakes are dangerous.	Las serpientes son peligrosas.
El pájaro	The bird	Birds can fly.	Los pájaros pueden volar.
El loro	The parrot	A parrot is green in color.	Un loro es de color verde.
El lagarto	The lizard	Lizards are not pets!	¡Los lagartos no son mascotas!
El ratón	The mouse	Mickey Mouse is very famous.	Mickey Mouse es muy famoso.
El gecko	The gecko	In Australia, geckos are common.	En Australia, los geckos son comunes.
La tortuga	The turtle	Turtles are slow.	Las tortugas son lentas.

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List of Farm Animals in Spanish

How do you say Farm Animals in Spanish? The correct word for “The Farm Animals” in Spanish is “Animales de granja”.

Spain (again most of Europe) is a very diary heavy and meat eating country. Of course you know this as Spain is most famous for its legendary meat products and meat based cuisine. This of course means that there are a lot of farms in Spain. And with farms come the farm animals!

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 in Spanish.

Spanish	English	English Sentence	Spanish Sentences
La vaca	The cow	This is a cow.	Esto es una vaca.
El toro	The bull	The bull is a very large animal.	El toro es un animal muy grande.
El caballo	The horse	A Horse is quite tall.	Un caballo es bastante alto.
Ellos son	The mare	Where is the mare?	¿Dónde está la yegua?
El burro	The donkey	He works like a donkey.	Trabaja como un burro.
El cerdo	The pig	The pig is very dirty.	El cerdo está muy sucio.
La oveja	The sheep	The sheep is fluffy.	La oveja es esponjosa.
La cabra	The goat	I have two hundred goats.	Tengo doscientas cabras.
El gallo	The rooster	The rooster has colorful feathers.	El gallo tiene plumas de colores.
El pato	The duck	There are ducks and swans in the lake.	Hay patos y cisnes en el lago.
El ganso	The goose	The goose is silly.	El ganso es tonto.

Names of Mammals in Spanish

How do you say Mammals in Spanish? The correct word for “mammals” in Spanish is “mamíferos”.

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

Spanish	English	English Sentence	Spanish Sentences
El oso hormiguero	The aardvark	Aardvarks eat ants.	Los osos hormigueros comen hormigas.
El antílope	The antelope	The antelope is very fast.	El antílope es muy rápido.
El babuino	The baboon	The king of the baboons carried the lamp.	El rey de los babuinos llevaba la lámpara.
El murciélago	The bat	The bat caught the butterfly.	El murciélago atrapó a la mariposa.
El oso	The bear	The grizzly bear is hibernating.	El oso grizzly está hibernando.
El jabalí	The boar	A boar is very strong.	Un jabalí es muy fuerte.
El camello	The camel	A camel does not drink water.	Un camello no bebe agua.
El guepardo	The cheetah	The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world.	El guepardo es el animal más rápido del mundo.
El coyote	The coyote	The coyote caught the bird.	El coyote atrapó al pájaro.
El ciervo	The deer	My Dogs play with the deer	Mis perros juegan con los ciervos
El ciervo	The Stag	The stag has antlers.	El ciervo tiene astas.
El lirón	The dormouse	The dormouse sleeps a lot.	El lirón duerme mucho.
El elefante	The elephant	She went on an elephant ride in Thailand.	Ella fue a dar un paseo en elefante en Tailandia.
El Huron	The ferret	Ferrets are not good pets.	Los hurones no son buenas mascotas.
El zorro	The fox	The fox is sly.	El zorro es astuto.
La jirafa	The giraffe	The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world.	La jirafa es el animal más alto del mundo.
El gorila	The gorilla	The gorilla is an endangered animal	El gorila es un animal en peligro de extinción
La liebre	The Hare	Rabbits do not like Hares.	A los conejos no les gustan las liebres.
El erizo	The hedgehog	I saw a Hedgehog in Germany.	Vi un erizo en Alemania.
El hipopótamo	The hippopotamus	The hippopotamus is the most dangerous animal in the world.	El hipopótamo es el animal más peligroso del mundo.
El leopardo	The leopard	I saw the Leopard and ran away.	Vi al leopardo y me escapé.
El león	The lion	The lion is the king of the jungle.	El león es el rey de la jungla.
El lince	The lynx	Have you seen the lynx?	¿Has visto al lince?
El suricato	The meerkat	Meerkats are timid.	Los suricatos son tímidos.
La mangosta	The mongoose	The mongoose caught the snake	La mangosta atrapó a la serpiente
El mono	The monkey	I like monkeys but I don’t like gorillas.	Me gustan los monos pero no los gorilas.
El alce	The moose	I saw a moose in Canada.	Vi un alce en Canadá.
El ratón	The mouse	The rat is bigger than the mouse	La rata es más grande que el ratón.
La nutria	The otter	The zoo does not have otters	El zoológico no tiene nutrias.
La pantera	The panther	There is a panther in the zoo.	Hay una pantera en el zoológico.
La pantera	The panther	The panther lives in south America.	La pantera vive en América del Sur.
El ornitorrinco	The platypus	The platypus is poisonous.	El ornitorrinco es venenoso.
El conejo	The rabbit	Who ate the rabbit?	¿Quién se comió el conejo?
El mapache	The raccoon	We have many raccoons in our garden.	Tenemos muchos mapaches en nuestro jardín.
El reno	The reindeer	Santa has many reindeer.	Santa tiene muchos renos.
El rinoceronte	The rhinoceros	The Rhinoceros weighs over two thousand kilograms.	El rinoceronte pesa más de dos mil kilogramos.
La musaraña	The shrew	The shrew is blind.	La musaraña es ciega.
La ardilla	The squirrel	I gave a cashew nut to the squirrel.	Le di un anacardo a la ardilla.
El Tigre	The Tiger	The Tiger is ferocious.	El Tigre es feroz.
El jabalí	The warthog	Warthog are quick.	Los jabalíes son rápidos.
La comadreja	The weasel	The weasel is faster than the mouse.	La comadreja es más rápida que el ratón.
El lobo	The wolf	Is the wolf larger than a dog?	¿Es el lobo más grande que un perro?
La cebra	The zebra	A zebra has black stripes.	Una cebra tiene rayas negras.

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

How do you say Marine Animal or Mammals of the sea in Spanish? The correct word for “Marine Animals” in Spanish or “Sea Animals” in Spanish is “Animales marinos”.

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 Spanish with English example sentences.

Spanish	English	English Sentence	Spanish Sentences
El cangrejo	The crab	Crabs are tasty.	Los cangrejos son sabrosos.
El delfin	The dolphin	The dolphin is friendly.	El delfín es amigable.
La tortuga verde	The green sea turtle	You can see green sea turtles in Maldives	Puedes ver tortugas marinas verdes en Maldivas
La ballena asesina	The killer whale	A killer whaleis massive.	Una orca es enorme.
La langosta	The lobster	The lobster is expensive.	La langosta es cara.
El pulpo	The octopus	An octopus has 8 tentacles.	Un pulpo tiene 8 tentáculos.
La ostra	The oyster	The otter broke the oyster.	La nutria partió la ostra.
El león marino	The sea lion	The sea lion likes fruits.	Al león marino le gustan las frutas.
El erizo de mar	The sea urchin	Did you see a sea urchin?	¿Viste un erizo de mar?
El sello	The seal	There are 5 seals in the lake.	Hay 5 focas en el lago.
La concha	The seashell	He sells seashells	Vende conchas marinas
El tiburón	The shark	The shark is deadly.	El tiburón es mortal.
El camarón	The shrimp	The shrimps are dead.	Los camarones están muertos.
La señal	The signal	Did you see the signal?	¿Viste la señal?
El cachalote	The sperm whale	Moby Dick is a Sperm Whale	Moby Dick es un cachalote
El calamar	The squid	Japanese people eat Squids	Los japoneses comen calamares
La estrella de mar	The starfish	A starfish is colorful.	Una estrella de mar es colorida.
La mantarraya	The stingray	The stingray is dangerous.	La mantarraya es peligrosa.
La morsa	The walrus	The walrus eats fish.	La morsa come pescado.
La ballena	The whale	The whale is massive.	La ballena es enorme.
La almeja	The clam	The clam is grey in color.	La almeja es de color gris.

List of Reptiles in Spanish

How do you say Reptiles in Spanish? The correct word for “Reptile” in Spanish is “Reptil”.

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 Spanish. And once upon a time, Spain was very famous for crocodile skin bags and snake skin belts and bags.

Spanish	English
El camaleon	the chameleon
cocodrilo	crocodile
el caimán	the alligator
el gecko	the gecko
la iguana	the iguana
la salamandra	the salamander
el lagarto monitor	the monitor lizard
el lagarto cornudo	the horned lizard
la serpiente venenosa	the poisonous snake
la serpiente de cascabel	the rattlesnake
la cobra	the cobra
la tortuga marina	the sea turtle
la culebra	the grass snake
el lagarto	the lizard
la tortuga	the turtle
la serpiente	the snake

List of Birds in Spanish

How do you say Birds in Spanish? The correct word for “The Bird” in Spanish is “El pájaro”. The plural for “Birds” in Spanish is “pájaros”

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

Spanish	English	English Sentence	Spanish Sentences
El mirlo	The blackbird	The blackbird ate the worm	El mirlo se comió al gusano
El periquito	The budgie	She has three budgies	Ella tiene tres periquitos
La grúa	The crane	The crane is tall.	La grúa es alta.
El Cuervo	The crow	The crow drinks water.	El cuervo bebe agua.
La paloma	The dove	The dove flew away.	La paloma se fue volando.
El águila	The eagle	The eagle flies above the clouds	El águila vuela por encima de las nubes.
El halcón	The falcon	The falcon has brown feathers.	El halcón tiene plumas marrones.
El ganso	The goose	The goose laid a golden egg.	La gallina puso un huevo de oro.
El aguilucho	The harrier	The harrier is smaller than the hawk.	El aguilucho es más pequeño que el halcón.
La garza	The heron	The heron has a long neck.	La garza tiene un cuello largo.
La urraca	The magpie	Where did the magpie go?	¿A dónde fue la urraca?
El avestruz	The ostrich	The ostrich is the largest bird.	El avestruz es el ave más grande.
El búho	The owl	The owl sat on the bull.	El búho se sentó sobre el toro.
La perdiz	The partridge	The partridge sat on the pear tree	La perdiz se sentó en el peral
El pavo real	The peacock	The peacock has colorful feathers.	El pavo real tiene plumas de colores.
El pingüino	The penguin	Penguin live in Antarctica.	El pingüino vive en la Antártida.
El halcón peregrino	The Peregrine hawk	The peregrine hawk has sharp claws.	El halcón peregrino tiene garras afiladas.
La paloma	The pigeon	She likes to feed the Pigeon.	Le gusta alimentar a la paloma.
La codorniz	The quail	Quail soup is very tasty.	La sopa de codorniz es muy sabrosa.
La gaviota	The seagull	There are many seagulls near California.	Hay muchas gaviotas cerca de California.
El gorrion	The sparrow	Sparrows are very cute.	Los gorriones son muy lindos.
La golondrina	The swallow	The swallow attacked the sparrow.	La golondrina atacó al gorrión.
El Cisne	The swan	The swan is graceful.	El cisne es elegante.
El pavo	The turkey	Can you buy a turkey?	¿Puedes comprar un pavo?
El buitre	The vulture	Have you seen vultures?	¿Has visto buitres?
El pájaro carpintero	The woodpecker	There are many woodpeckers in the forest.	Hay muchos pájaros carpinteros en el bosque.

Amphibians in Spanish

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

Spanish	English
La rana	The frog
La salamandra	The salamander
El sapo	The toad
El sapo común	The common toad
La rana arborícola	The tree frog
La salamandra	The salamander
El el tritón	The the newt

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