2-syllable Animals that end with K

List of 2-syllable Animals that end with K

1

Aardvark

Orycteropus afer

A secretive nocturnal African mammal with a pig-like snout and long sticky tongue — the only living species in its entire order, an evolutionary singleton that has changed little in tens of millions of years.

2

Dik-dik

Madoqua kirkii (and related species)

The tiny antelope of African thornbush — one of the world's smallest antelopes, barely 35–45 cm at the shoulder, with enormous dark eyes, an elongated flexible snout, and a habit of zigzagging away in a characteristic stop-start dash when alarmed; dik-diks form lifelong monogamous pairs that maintain small territories together, marking boundaries with secretions from preorbital glands beside their eyes.

3

Springbok

Antidorcas marsupialis

South Africa's national animal and emblem — a graceful medium-sized antelope of the Karoo and Kalahari known for its spectacular "pronking" display, in which it springs repeatedly into the air with arched back and stiff legs; once migrated in herds of millions across southern Africa.