50 Tremendous Animals That Start With T | List, Fun Facts, And A Free Worksheet

Animals that start with T! How many can you name? Below you’ll find a list of 50 animals that begin with the letter T, together with fun facts and a free worksheet to help you learn or teach these animal names.

List Of Animals That Start With T

Tiger
Tasmanian Devil
Turkey
Tuna
Tortoise
Tarpon
Tapir
Tang (a type of fish)
Tamarin (a type of monkey)
Tahr (a type of wild goat)
Toad
Toucan
Tawny Owl
Tsetse Fly
Teal (a type of duck)
Tree Frog
Tarsier (a type of primate)
Tench (a type of fish)
Tarantula
Tick
Tiger Shark
Terrier (a type of dog)
Thorny Devil (a type of lizard)
Triceratops (a dinosaur)
Tuatara (a reptile)
Turtledove
Trapdoor Spider
Thoroughbred (a type of horse)
Tragopan (a type of bird)
Tree Kangaroo
Tiger Moth
Tope (a type of shark)
Tripletail (a type of fish)
Trumpeter Swan
Tamandua (a type of anteater)
Termite
Takahe (a type of bird)
Thornback Ray (a type of ray)
Treecreeper (a type of bird)
Tickbird
Timber Wolf
Tawny Frogmouth (a type of bird)
Texas Rat Snake
Tufted Puffin
Thorny Skate (a type of fish)
Tadpole
Tomb Bat
Tasmanian Tiger
Three-toed Sloth
Tree Shrew

Animals That Start With T – Fun Facts

Tiger

Tigers are the largest members of the cat family and are renowned for their power and strength.

Tasmanian Devil

The Tasmanian devil has the strongest bite per body mass of any living mammalian carnivore.

Turkey

Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird of the United States, not the bald eagle.

Tuna

Some species of tuna can swim at speeds of up to 43 miles per hour.

Tortoise

Tortoises are among the longest-living animals in the world, with some individuals known to have lived longer than 150 years.

Tarpon

Tarpons can gulp air and extract oxygen via a lung-like labyrinth organ, which enables them to survive in water with low oxygen levels.

Tapir

Tapirs are excellent swimmers and divers but are also able to move quickly on land, even over rugged, hilly terrain.

Tang

Tangs, also known as surgeonfish, have scalpel-like spines near their tails which can be used for defense.

Tamarin

Tamarin monkeys often give birth to twins, and the father typically carries the young on his back.

Tahr

Tahrs, native to the Himalayas, have special hooves with a hard, sharp rim and a soft, flexible center that provides grip on steep, rocky terrain.

Toad

Toads do not need to drink water. They can absorb it through their skin.

Toucan

The toucan’s colorful, giant bill, which can be half the size of its body, is surprisingly light because it’s made of keratin in a honeycomb-like structure.

Tawny Owl

The tawny owl, common across Europe, is noted for its distinctive ‘twit twoo’ call.

Tsetse Fly

The tsetse fly is a vector for African sleeping sickness, a disease that can be fatal to humans.

Teal

Teals are small ducks and are excellent divers.

Tree Frog

Tree frogs have sticky pads on their toes, which help them cling to tree trunks and leaves.

Tarsier

Tarsiers are the only entirely carnivorous primates, preying mainly on insects, along with small birds and mammals.

Tench

Tench, a freshwater fish, are known to secrete a slime coating that can help protect wounds and fight off infections.

Tarantula

Despite their fearsome reputation, most species of tarantulas are not dangerous to humans, and some species are kept as pets.

Tick

Ticks are arachnids, not insects, meaning they’re related to spiders and scorpions rather than bugs or beetles.

Tiger Shark

Tiger sharks are known for eating a wide range of items, and their stomach contents have often revealed surprising objects like license plates, tin cans, and tires.

Terrier

The word “terrier” comes from the Latin word “terra,” meaning earth, as these dogs were bred to hunt by digging for their prey.

Thorny Devil

The thorny devil, an Australian lizard, can absorb water through its skin, taking it up from the moist sand it walks on.

Triceratops

Triceratops, a herbivorous dinosaur, had a beak and could have eaten up to 200 pounds of vegetation a day.

Tuatara

Tuataras, found only in New Zealand, are living fossils and have remained almost unchanged for over 200 million years.

Turtledove

Turtledoves have been symbols of love and fidelity owing to their strong pair bonds and the fact that they mate for life.

Trapdoor Spider

Trapdoor spiders are ambush predators. They create burrows with a “trapdoor” made of silk, soil, and vegetation, from which they leap out to capture their prey.

Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred horses are bred for racing and can reach speeds over 40 miles per hour.

Tragopan

The male tragopan, a type of pheasant, has a brightly colored inflatable throat sac which it displays during courtship.

Tree Kangaroo

Tree kangaroos, unlike their ground-dwelling counterparts, are adapted for life in the trees with strong limbs and a long tail for balance.

Tiger Moth

Tiger moths are known for their bright coloration, which serves as a warning to predators that they are poisonous or distasteful.

Tope

Tope sharks, found worldwide, are known to undertake long migrations and are capable of giving birth to live young rather than laying eggs.

Tripletail

The tripletail fish earns its name from the elongated shape of its dorsal and anal fins, which can appear like three tails.

Trumpeter Swan

The trumpeter swan is the heaviest bird native to North America and is known for its loud, trumpet-like honking.

Tamandua

Tamanduas, or lesser anteaters, have a long, sticky tongue that can be up to 16 inches long to help them catch ants and termites.

Termite

Termites are social insects, and some termite queens can live for decades, making them among the longest-lived insects in the world.

Takahe

The takahe, a flightless bird from New Zealand, was thought to be extinct for 50 years until it was rediscovered in 1948.

Thornback Ray

The thornback ray, a type of skate, is named for the coarse, thorny skin on its upper body.

Treecreeper

Treecreepers climb up tree trunks in a spiral around the tree, looking for insects to eat in the bark.

Tickbird

Tickbirds, also known as oxpeckers, are known for their habit of riding on large mammals to feed on ticks and other parasites.

Timber Wolf

The timber wolf, also known as the gray wolf, has the largest range of any land mammal except for humans.

Tawny Frogmouth

The tawny frogmouth, native to Australia, has a broad beak that opens wide to show its yellow mouth in a threat display.

Texas Rat Snake

Texas rat snakes are excellent climbers and swimmers, often found in trees or water.

Tufted Puffin

The tufted puffin is nicknamed “sea parrot” or “clown of the sea” due to its colorful beak and striking appearance.

Thorny Skate

Thorny skates have rough skin covered with thorn-like spines, hence their name.

Tadpole

Tadpoles, or pollywogs, are baby frogs and toads that live in water until they metamorphose into adults.

Tomb Bat

Tomb bats, native to Africa and Asia, are named for their habit of roosting in old buildings, including tombs.

Tasmanian Tiger

The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was a carnivorous marsupial native to Tasmania, Australia, and New Guinea. It’s considered extinct, with the last known individual dying in captivity in 1936.

Three-toed Sloth

Three-toed sloths are the slowest mammals on Earth, so slow that algae can grow on their fur.

Tree Shrew

Despite their name, tree shrews are not true shrews and are more closely related to primates.

Animals That Start With T – Worksheet

Here’s a free worksheet for teaching the names of animals that start with T. To complete this worksheet, students must match the animal name to the correct animal picture.

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