5 animals starting with the letter E — each with origin, classification, and notes.
If you've been searching for animals that start with E, you'll find 5 detailed animals below. We're not interested in giving you only a list of names — every entry on this page links to a full profile with the kind of detail you'd actually want to know.
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| Eagle | Echidna | Elephant | Elephant Seal |
| Elk |
A general name for the largest birds of prey in the family Accipitridae — including the bald, golden, harpy, and Philippine eagles — apex predators with extraordinary vision and as many cultural symbolic meanings as cultures themselves.
A spiny egg-laying mammal of Australia and New Guinea — one of only five surviving monotremes — that uses an electroreceptive snout to locate buried ants, termites, and earthworms without using sight or smell.
The largest living land animal, recognizable by its long trunk and tusks, and remarkable for its complex social structures and matriarchal herds.
A massive marine mammal with males weighing 4 tons and sporting an inflatable trunk-like proboscis — one of the deepest-diving mammals on Earth, capable of submerging to 1,500 m for two-hour dives.
A large deer of North America and East Asia — second only to moose among living deer in size, with massive antlers grown anew every year by males.
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