6-letter Animals that contain O

List of 6-letter Animals that contain O

1

Baboon

Papio spp.

A large, ground-dwelling Old World monkey with a distinctive dog-like muzzle, complex social hierarchies, and remarkable adaptability — found across sub-Saharan Africa and Arabia in five species.

2

Bobcat

Lynx rufus

A medium-sized wild cat native to North America — adaptable, secretive, and surprisingly common in suburbs and rural areas, with a stub tail giving the species its name.

3

Coyote

Canis latrans

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.

4

Donkey

Equus africanus asinus

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.

5

Galago

Galago senegalensis (and related species)

The bush baby of African nights — small, doe-eyed primates with enormous forward-facing eyes for night vision, vast membranous ears that fold flat when resting, and extraordinary leaping ability; galagos can jump up to 2.25 metres in a single spring using powerful back legs; their plaintive cry in the African night sounds disconcertingly like a crying human infant, giving rise to the name bush baby.

6

Gibbon

Hylobatidae (family)

A small, tail-less Asian ape that swings through forest canopies with extraordinary grace — the smallest of the apes, monogamous, and famous for elaborate songs that echo through Southeast Asian rainforests at dawn.

7

Monkey

Cebus capucinus (white-faced) and several related species

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.

8

Musk Ox

Ovibos moschatus

A massive Ice Age survivor of the Arctic tundra — famous for the defensive circle it forms against wolves, its extraordinarily warm qiviut wool, and the musky odour males produce during rut.

9

Onager

Equus hemionus

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.

10

Quokka

Setonix brachyurus

A small, herbivorous Australian marsupial nicknamed the "world's happiest animal" for its perpetually grinning face, found only on Rottnest Island and in small mainland populations.

11

Wombat

Vombatus ursinus

A stocky, burrowing Australian marsupial famous for producing cube-shaped feces — the only animal in the world known to do so — and a backward-facing pouch that keeps soil out while digging.