Animals with exactly 6 letters that contain E — full profile for each.
You're looking for 6-letter animals containing E — here are 12 matches, each linked to a full profile.
The most unusual primate on Earth — a nocturnal Madagascan lemur that uses a highly elongated, skeletal middle finger to tap on tree bark, listen for hollow chambers containing grubs, then gnaw through and extract the larvae; it fills the ecological niche of woodpeckers on an island where woodpeckers do not exist.
A massive aquatic rodent — North America's largest rodent — that fundamentally reshapes landscapes through dam-building, creating wetlands that support biodiversity and modern landscape restoration efforts.
A medium-sized wild canid that has thrived as humans have transformed North America — expanding from prairie origins to colonize all 49 mainland US states, suburbs, and major cities.
A patient, sure-footed working equid descended from the African wild ass — the world's primary cargo animal in mountainous and arid regions for over 5,000 years.
A domesticated polecat used for centuries to hunt rabbits — popular as a curious, energetic pet, with strong predatory instincts and a reputation for both companionship and mischief.
Ethiopia's grass-eating monkey — the only primate that feeds primarily on grass, living in the high Simien Mountains in bands of hundreds that graze like sheep; males have a dramatic hourglass-shaped bare red chest patch that flushes brighter during excitement and serves as a substitute for the rump displays used by other primates.
A small, intelligent New World monkey famous for its tool use and dexterity, named after the brown-and-white robes of Capuchin friars and the most studied genus of monkey in cognitive research.
A bivalve mollusk attached to rocks and ropes by tough byssal threads — an ecologically critical filter feeder, a major sustainable seafood, and an emerging water quality indicator.
The wild ass of Asia — a fast, slender-legged equid midway between a horse and a donkey, the onager is built for speed across open desert steppe; in short sprints it can reach 70 km/h, making it one of the fastest land animals; populations have been severely reduced by hunting and habitat loss across most of their historical range; the Indian wild ass subspecies survives mainly in the Little Rann of Kutch.
Africa's most successful small wild cat — a tall, long-legged cat with enormous ears and a spotted coat, capable of leaping 3 metres into the air to bat down birds in flight; it has the highest hunting success rate of any wild cat, catching prey on more than half of all attempts.
An ancient reptile order with a protective bony shell — over 350 species ranging from tiny musk turtles to massive sea turtles, with some species living over 150 years.
A small, slender, and ferociously efficient carnivore — capable of killing prey larger than itself, with seasonal coat color changes from brown to white in cold climates, distributed across most of the Northern Hemisphere.
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