Animals that end with N

List of Animals That End With N

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

Bison

Bison bison

A massive North American ungulate that once numbered 30-60 million on the Great Plains — nearly hunted to extinction by 1900, now recovered to roughly 500,000 across managed herds, ranches, and tribal lands.

3

Capuchin

Cebus capucinus

A highly intelligent New World monkey from Central and South America — famous for tool use, complex social behaviour, and being one of the most cognitively advanced non-ape primates.

4

Chameleon

Chamaeleo chamaeleon (European chameleon); Furcifer pardalis (panther chameleon) and others

The famous colour-changing lizard — chameleons change colour not primarily for camouflage but to communicate mood, temperature regulation, and social status; they have independently rotating eyes that provide 360-degree vision, a tongue that launches at 13 km/h to catch insects, and feet designed like tongs for gripping branches.

5

Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

A highly intelligent marine mammal found in oceans worldwide, famous for its sophisticated social behavior, problem-solving ability, and signature whistle communication.

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

Komodo Dragon

Varanus komodoensis

The world's largest living lizard — a monitor lizard of the Indonesian islands that can reach 3 metres and 70 kg, kills large prey including deer and water buffalo with venom-laced saliva and a bacteria-laden bite, and can reproduce by parthenogenesis; its ancient lineage and isolated island habitat make it genuinely prehistoric in character.

8

Lion

Panthera leo

A large social cat and the only big cat that lives in groups, the lioness does most of the hunting while the maned male defends territory and pride.

9

Orangutan

Pongo pygmaeus (Bornean); P. abelii (Sumatran); P. tapanuliensis (Tapanuli)

A large reddish-orange great ape of Southeast Asian rainforests — the only great ape outside Africa, exclusively arboreal, with deep cognitive abilities and a critical conservation crisis.

10

Pangolin

Manis spp. / Phataginus spp. / Smutsia spp.

A scaly nocturnal mammal that looks like an animated artichoke — the world's most heavily trafficked wild mammal, with all eight species under severe poaching pressure for traditional medicine markets.

11

Pine Marten

Martes martes

A cat-sized mustelid of British and European forests — agile enough to chase squirrels through the tree canopy, the pine marten is one of Britain's rarest mammals; reintroduced to Wales and southern England, it is playing an unexpected role in reducing invasive grey squirrel populations, which flee the marten while native red squirrels learn to tolerate it.

12

Raccoon

Procyon lotor

A masked, dexterous-pawed nocturnal mammal of North American forests and cities — exceptionally intelligent, omnivorous, and notorious for cracking open garbage cans and pet food containers.

13

Sea Lion

Zalophus californianus (California); Otariidae family

An eared seal — distinguishable from true seals by external ear flaps and front-flipper-driven swimming — with vocal "barking" colonies on rocky coasts and a long history of training for circuses, naval programs, and aquariums.

14

Takin

Budorcas taxicolor

The ungainly giant of Himalayan forest — the takin looks improbable, like a goat that has been assembled from spare parts; it has the massive body of a musk ox, the Roman nose of a wildebeest, a short tail, and a yellow-gold coat; it is the national animal of Bhutan, where it is closely associated with the Divine Madman's legend; one of the larger bovids of Asia and a herd animal of dense rhododendron and bamboo forest.