List of Animal Species

Do you know that there are thousands of different species of animals in the Animal Kingdom of this world? Scientists have grouped animals into classes to make it easier to study them. An animal class is made up of animals that are all alike in important ways. The six main classes of animals are mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and arthropods. Each of these classes have groups underneath. Below are common animal species.

Image	Animal Species	Animal Group	Animal Class
	White Lion	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	African Bush Elephant	elephants (proboscidea)	Mammals	view
	Asian Elephant	elephants (proboscidea)	Mammals	view
	African Forest Elephant	elephants (proboscidea)	Mammals	view
	Grevy's Zebra	odd-toed hoofed mammals (perissodactyla)	Mammals	view
	<Greater Flamingo>	Phoenicopteriformes	Birds	view
	Removed	Testudines	Reptiles	view
	Removed	odd-toed hoofed mammals (perissodactyla)	Mammals	view
	<removed>	odd-toed hoofed mammals (perissodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Removed	Crocodilia	Reptiles	view
	<Mountain zebra>	odd-toed hoofed mammals (perissodactyla)	Mammals	view
	removed	Anura (Salientia)	Amphibians	view
	removed	Anura (Salientia)	Amphibians	view
	removed	Anura (Salientia)	Amphibians	view
	removed	Anura (Salientia)	Amphibians	view
	removed	Anura (Salientia)	Amphibians	view
	removed	odd-toed hoofed mammals (perissodactyla)	Mammals	view
	removed	odd-toed hoofed mammals (perissodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Removed	odd-toed hoofed mammals (perissodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Removed	odd-toed hoofed mammals (perissodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Removed	odd-toed hoofed mammals (perissodactyla)	Mammals	view
	removed	odd-toed hoofed mammals (perissodactyla)	Mammals	view
	removed	odd-toed hoofed mammals (perissodactyla)	Mammals	view
	removed	even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyla)	Mammals	view
	removed	even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyla)	Mammals	view
	<Gray Wolf>	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	removed	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	removed	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	*Giant Panda*	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	*Polar Bear*	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	Grizzly Bear	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	Black Bear	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	Honey Badger (Ratel)	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	Striped Skunk	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	Common Raccoon	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	Spotted Hyena	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	Scimitar-horned Oryx	odd-toed hoofed mammals (perissodactyla)	Mammals	view
	African Wild Ass	odd-toed hoofed mammals (perissodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Mountain zebra	odd-toed hoofed mammals (perissodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Bactrian camel	even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Pygmy Hippopotamus	even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyla)	Mammals	view
	River Hippopotamus	even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Okapi	even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Caribou (Reindeer)	even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Tufted deer	even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyla)	Mammals	view
	American Bison	even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyla)	Mammals	view
	European bison (Wisent)	even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Markhor	even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Alpine ibex	even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Nubian Ibex	even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Siberian Ibex	even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Musk Ox	even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Bengal Tiger	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	Addax	even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyla)	Mammals	view
	Aardvark	aardvark (tubulidentata)	Mammals	view
	African Spurred Tortoise	Testudines	Reptiles	view
	African Wild Dog	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	Crested Gibbon	monkeys and apes (primates)	Mammals	view
	Mammoth	elephants (proboscidea)	Mammals	view
	Sea Otters	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	Sea Lions	seals (pinnipedia)	Mammals	view
	Gorillas	monkeys and apes (primates)	Mammals	view
	Orangutans	monkeys and apes (primates)	Mammals	view
	Cheetahs	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	shark	Chondrichthyes	Fishes	view
	Komodo Dragon	Squamata	Reptiles	view
	Cerulean Warbler	Passeriformes	Birds	view
	American Crocodile	Crocodilia	Reptiles	view
	Beluga Whale	whales and dolphins (cetacea)	Mammals	view
	Black-Footed Ferret	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	Blue Whale	whales and dolphins (cetacea)	Mammals	view
	Bobcat	carnivores (carnivora)	Mammals	view
	Bottlenose Dolphin	whales and dolphins (cetacea)	Mammals	view
	Spinner Dolphin	whales and dolphins (cetacea)	Mammals	view
	Firefly (lighting bug)	Insecta	Invertebrates	view
	Anaconda	Squamata	Reptiles	view
	Short-nosed Echidna	egg-laying mammals (monotremata)	Mammals	view
	Platypus	egg-laying mammals (monotremata)	Mammals	view
	Long-nosed echidna	egg-laying mammals (monotremata)	Mammals	view
	Black-shouldered Opossum	marsupials or pouche mammals (marsupialia)	Mammals	view
	Tasmanian Devil	marsupials or pouche mammals (marsupialia)	Mammals	view
	Nine-banded Armadillos	edentata	Mammals	view
	Common Vampire Bats	bats (chiroptera)	Mammals	view