4-letter Animals that contain E

List of 4-letter Animals that contain E

1

Bear

Ursus arctos

A massive omnivorous mammal with the broadest range of any bear species, including the grizzly and Kodiak subspecies, capable of hibernating for half the year.

2

Deer

Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed); Cervidae family

Slender, antlered ruminants found across nearly all continents — from the white-tailed deer of North America to the European red deer to tropical muntjacs — among the most successful large mammals in human-altered landscapes.

3

Hare

Lepus (genus)

A larger, faster cousin of the rabbit — distinguished by long legs, larger ears, solitary habits, and the dramatic spring boxing matches between competing males.

4

Ibex

Capra ibex

A wild mountain goat with massive curved horns that lives on near-vertical cliff faces in the European Alps, recovered from near-extinction through 19th-century conservation.

5

Mole

Talpidae (family)

A small underground mammal with paddle-like front feet for digging — found across most of the northern hemisphere, dug-into-the-ground specialists with extraordinarily refined sense of touch and a near-permanent underground existence.

6

Seal

Phoca vitulina (harbor seal); also Phocidae family broadly

A semiaquatic marine mammal with streamlined body and flippers — the harbor seal of temperate coasts, with vocal "songs" of underwater communication, and life cycles split between sea hunting and land breeding.