How many animals names begin with the letter A?

Answer 1

Aardvark (Scientific Name: Orycteropus afer)

Aardwolf (Scientific Name: Proteles cristatus)

Aba Roundleaf Bat (Scientific Name: Hipposideros abae)

Abbott's Duiker (Scientific Name: Cephalophus spadix)

Aberdare Shrew (Scientific Name: Surdisorex norae)

Abert's Squirrel (Scientific Name: Sciurus aberti)

Abo Bat (Scientific Name: Chalinolobus poensis)

Abyssinian Genet (Scientific Name: Genetta abyssinica)

Abyssinian Grass Rat (Scientific Name: Arvicanthis abyssinicus)

Acacia Rat (Scientific Name: Thallomys paedulcus)

Aceramarca Gracile Mouse Opossum (Scientific Name: Gracilinanus aceramarcae)

Acuchis. (Scientific Name: Myoprocta)

Acuminate Horseshoe Bat (Scientific Name: Rhinolophus acuminatus)

Adam's Horseshoe Bat (Scientific Name: Rhinolophus adami)

Addax (Scientific Name: Addax nasomaculatus)

Aders's Duiker (Scientific Name: Cephalophus adersi)

Admiralty Flying Fox (Scientific Name: Pteropus admiralitatum)

Aellen's Pipistrelle (Scientific Name: Pipistrellus inexspectatus)

Aellen's Roundleaf Bat (Scientific Name: Hipposideros marisae)

Afghan Flying Squirrel (Scientific Name: Hylopetes baberi)

Afghan Mouse-like Hamster (Scientific Name: Calomyscus mystax)

Afghan Pika (Scientific Name: Ochotona rufescens)

Afghan Vole (Scientific Name: Blanfordimys afghanus)

African Brush-tailed Porcupine (Scientific Name: Atherurus africanus)

African Buffalo (Scientific Name: Syncerus caffer)

African Bush Squirrels (Scientific Name: Paraxerus)

African Civet (Scientific Name: Civettictis civetta)

African Clawless Otter (Scientific Name: Aonyx capensis)

African elephant (Scientific Name: Loxodonta africana)

African Foggy Shrew (Scientific Name: Crocidura caliginea)

African Giant Free-tailed Bat (Scientific Name: Tadarida ventralis)

African Giant Squirrels. (Scientific Name: Protoxerus)

African Golden Cat (Scientific Name: Profelis aurata)

African Grass Rat (Scientific Name: Arvicanthis niloticus)

African Groove-toothed Rat (Scientific Name: Mylomys dybowskii)

African Ground Squirrels (Scientific Name: Xerus)

African Linsang (Scientific Name: Poiana richardsonii)

African Manatee (Scientific Name: Trichechus senegalensis)

African Marsh Rat (Scientific Name: Dasymys incomtus)

African Mole Rat (Scientific Name: Cryptomys hottentotus)

African Palm Civet (Scientific Name: Nandinia binotata)

African Pygmy Squirrel (Scientific Name: Myosciurus pumilio)

African Savanna Hare (Scientific Name: Lepus victoriae)

African Sheath-tailed Bat (Scientific Name: Coleura afra)

African Smoky Mouse (Scientific Name: Heimyscus fumosus)

African Striped Weasel (Scientific Name: Poecilogale albinucha)

African Water Rat (Scientific Name: Colomys goslingi)

African Wild Dog (Scientific Name: Lycaon pictus)

African Yellow Bat (Scientific Name: Scotophilus dinganii)

African elephants. (Scientific Name: Loxodonta)

African harsh-furred hares. (Scientific Name: Poelagus)

Agag Gerbil (Scientific Name: Gerbillus agag)

Agile Gibbon (Scientific Name: Hylobates agilis)

Agile Gracile Mouse Opossum (Scientific Name: Gracilinanus agilis)

Agile Kangaroo Rat (Scientific Name: Dipodomys agilis)

Agile Mangabey (Scientific Name: Cercocebus agilis)

Agile Wallaby (Scientific Name: Macropus agilis)

Agoutis and Acuchis. (Scientific Name: Family Dasyproctidae)

Agoutis. (Scientific Name: Dasyprocta)

Alai Mole Vole (Scientific Name: Ellobius alaicus)

Alashan Ground Squirrel (Scientific Name: Spermophilus alashanicus)

Alaska Marmot (Scientific Name: Marmota broweri)

Alaskan Hare (Scientific Name: Lepus othus)

Alcorn's Pocket Gopher (Scientific Name: Pappogeomys alcorni)

Aldabra Flying Fox (Scientific Name: Pteropus aldabrensis)

Alexander's Bush Squirrel (Scientific Name: Paraxerus alexandri)

Alexander's Cusimanse (Scientific Name: Crossarchus alexandri)

Alexandrian Shrew (Scientific Name: Crocidura aleksandrisi)

Alfaro's Rice Rat (Scientific Name: Oryzomys alfaroi)

Alfaro's Rice Water Rat (Scientific Name: Sigmodontomys alfari)

Algerian Gerbil (Scientific Name: Gerbillus garamantis)

Algerian Mouse (Scientific Name: Mus spretus)

Alice Springs Mouse (Scientific Name: Pseudomys fieldi)

Allen's Big-eared Bat (Scientific Name: Idionycteris phyllotis)

Allen's Chipmunk (Scientific Name: Tamias senex)

Allen's Cotton Rat (Scientific Name: Sigmodon alleni)

Allen's Olingo (Scientific Name: Bassaricyon alleni)

Allen's Squirrel (Scientific Name: Sciurus alleni)

Allen's Squirrel Galago (Scientific Name: Galago alleni)

Allen's Striped Bat (Scientific Name: Chalinolobus alboguttatus)

Allen's Swamp Monkey (Scientific Name: Allenopithecus nigroviridis)

Allen's Swamp Monkeys. (Scientific Name: Allenopithecus)

Allen's Wood Mouse (Scientific Name: Hylomyscus alleni)

Allen's Woodrat (Scientific Name: Hodomys alleni)

Allen's Yellow Bat (Scientific Name: Rhogeessa alleni)

Allenby's Gerbil (Scientific Name: Gerbillus allenbyi)

Allied Rock Wallaby (Scientific Name: Petrogale assimilis)

Alpaca (Scientific Name: Lama pacos)

Alpine Chipmunk (Scientific Name: Tamias alpinus)

Alpine Field Mouse (Scientific Name: Apodemus alpicola)

Alpine Marmot (Scientific Name: Marmota marmota)

Alpine Musk Deer (Scientific Name: Moschus chrysogaster)

Alpine Pika (Scientific Name: Ochotona alpina)

Alpine Pine Vole (Scientific Name: Microtus multiplex)

Alpine Shrew (Scientific Name: Sorex alpinus)

Alpine Woolly Rat (Scientific Name: Mallomys gunung)

Alston's Brown Mouse (Scientific Name: Scotinomys teguina)

Alston's Cotton Rat (Scientific Name: Sigmodon alstoni)

Alston's Woolly Mouse Opossum (Scientific Name: Micoureus alstoni)

Altai Birch Mouse (Scientific Name: Sicista napaea)

Altai Vole (Scientific Name: Microtus obscurus)

Altiplano Chinchilla Mouse (Scientific Name: Chinchillula sahamae)

Altiplano Grass Mouse (Scientific Name: Akodon puer)

Amami Rabbit (Scientific Name: Pentalagus furnessi)

Amami Shrew (Scientific Name: Crocidura orii)

Amazon Bamboo Rat (Scientific Name: Dactylomys dactylinus)

Amazon Dwarf Squirrel (Scientific Name: Microsciurus flaviventer)

Amazonian Manatee (Scientific Name: Trichechus inunguis)

Amazonian Sac-winged Bat (Scientific Name: Saccopteryx gymnura)

Ambon Flying Fox (Scientific Name: Pteropus argentatus)

American Badger (Scientific Name: Taxidea taxus)

American Beaver (Scientific Name: Castor canadensis)

American Bison (Scientific Name: Bison bison)

American Black Bear (Scientific Name: Ursus americanus)

American Marten (Scientific Name: Martes americana)

American Mink (Scientific Name: Mustela vison)

American Pika (Scientific Name: Ochotona princeps)

American Shrew Mole (Scientific Name: Neurotrichus gibbsii)

American flying squirrels. (Scientific Name: Glaucomys)

American marsupials. (Scientific Name: ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA)

American opossums. (Scientific Name: Subfamily Didelphinae)

American red squirrels, or chickarees. (Scientific Name: Tamiasciurus)

American shrew-moles. (Scientific Name: Neurotrichus)

Ammodile (Scientific Name: Ammodillus imbellis)

Amur Hedgehog (Scientific Name: Erinaceus amurensis)

Amur Lemming (Scientific Name: Lemmus amurensis)

Anchieta's Pipistrelle (Scientific Name: Pipistrellus anchietai)

Andaman Horseshoe Bat (Scientific Name: Rhinolophus cognatus)

Andaman Rat (Scientific Name: Rattus stoicus)

Andaman Shrew (Scientific Name: Crocidura andamanensis)

Andaman Spiny Shrew (Scientific Name: Crocidura hispida)

Andean Altiplano Mouse (Scientific Name: Chroeomys andinus)

Andean Big-eared Mouse (Scientific Name: Auliscomys sublimis)

Andean Cat (Scientific Name: Oreailurus jacobita)

Andean Gerbil Mouse (Scientific Name: Eligmodontia puerulus)

Andean Hairy Armadillo (Scientific Name: Chaetophractus nationi)

Andean Leaf-eared Mouse (Scientific Name: Phyllotis andium)

Andean Long-clawed Mouse (Scientific Name: Chelemys macronyx)

Andean Mountain Cavy (Scientific Name: Microcavia niata)

Andean Mouse (Scientific Name: Andinomys edax)

Andean Night Monkey (Scientific Name: Aotus miconax)

Andean Pygmy Rice Rat (Scientific Name: Oligoryzomys andinus)

Andean Rat (Scientific Name: Lenoxus apicalis)

Andean Slender Mouse Opossum (Scientific Name: Marmosops impavidus)

Andean Small-eared Shrew (Scientific Name: Cryptotis avia)

Andean Soft-furred Spiny Rats. (Scientific Name: Olallamys)

Andean Squirrel (Scientific Name: Sciurus pucheranii)

Andean Swamp Rat (Scientific Name: Neotomys ebriosus)

Andean Titi (Scientific Name: Callicebus oenanthe)

Andean Vesper Mouse (Scientific Name: Calomys lepidus)

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat (Scientific Name: Artibeus anderseni)

Andersen's Horseshoe Bat (Scientific Name: Rhinolophus anderseni)

Anderson's Gerbil (Scientific Name: Gerbillus andersoni)

Anderson's Mouse Opossum (Scientific Name: Marmosa andersoni)

Anderson's Shrew (Scientific Name: Suncus stoliczkanus)

Anderson's Shrew Mole (Scientific Name: Uropsilus andersoni)

Anderson's Squirrel (Scientific Name: Callosciurus quinquestriatus)

Anderson's White-bellied Rat (Scientific Name: Niviventer andersoni)

Andrew's Beaked Whale (Scientific Name: Mesoplodon bowdoini)

Andrew's Hill Rat (Scientific Name: Bunomys andrewsi)

Andrews's Three-toed Jerboa (Scientific Name: Stylodipus andrewsi)

Angel Island Mouse (Scientific Name: Peromyscus guardia)

Angolan Colobus (Scientific Name: Colobus angolensis)

Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat (Scientific Name: Epomophorus angolensis)

Angolan Free-tailed Bat (Scientific Name: Mops condylurus)

Angolan Genet (Scientific Name: Genetta angolensis)

Angolan Hairy Bat (Scientific Name: Myotis seabrai)

Angolan Long-eared Bat (Scientific Name: Laephotis angolensis)

Angolan Marsh Rat (Scientific Name: Dasymys nudipes)

Angolan Multimammate Mouse (Scientific Name: Mastomys angolensis)

Angolan Rousette (Scientific Name: Rousettus angolensis)

Angolan Vlei Rat (Scientific Name: Otomys anchietae)

Angolan Wood Mouse (Scientific Name: Hylomyscus carillus)

Angoni Vlei Rat (Scientific Name: Otomys angoniensis)

Angular Hocicudo (Scientific Name: Oxymycterus angularis)

Angwantibos or Golden Pottos. (Scientific Name: Arctocebus)

Ankole Mole Rat (Scientific Name: Tachyoryctes ankoliae)

Annandale's Rat (Scientific Name: Rattus annandalei)

Anoa (Scientific Name: Bubalus depressicornis)

Ansell's Shrew (Scientific Name: Crocidura ansellorum)

Ansorge's Cusimanse (Scientific Name: Crossarchus ansorgei)

Ansorge's Free-tailed Bat (Scientific Name: Chaerephon ansorgei)

Ant-eating squirrels. (Scientific Name: Rhinosciurus)

Antarctic Fur Seal (Scientific Name: Arctocephalus gazella)

Anteaters. (Scientific Name: Family Myrmecophagidae)

Antechinuses, "Pouched Mice" (part). (Scientific Name: Antechinus)

Antelope Jackrabbit (Scientific Name: Lepus alleni)

Antelope-squirrels. (Scientific Name: Ammospermophilus)

Anthony's Pipistrelle (Scientific Name: Pipistrellus anthonyi)

Anthony's Woodrat (Scientific Name: Neotoma anthonyi)

Antillean Cave Rat (Scientific Name: Heteropsomys antillensis)

Antillean Fruit-eating Bat (Scientific Name: Brachyphylla cavernarum)

Antillean Ghost-faced Bat (Scientific Name: Mormoops blainvillii)

Antillean Giant Rice Rat (Scientific Name: Megalomys desmarestii)

Antilopine Wallaroo (Scientific Name: Macropus antilopinus)

Aoudad (Scientific Name: Ammotragus lervia)

Apennine Shrew (Scientific Name: Sorex samniticus)

Aquatic Genet (Scientific Name: Osbornictis piscivora)

Aquatic Tenrec (Scientific Name: Limnogale mergulus)

Aquatic tenrec. (Scientific Name: Limnogale)

Arabian Gazelle (Scientific Name: Gazella arabica)

Arabian Jird (Scientific Name: Meriones arimalius)

Arabian Oryx (Scientific Name: Oryx leucoryx)

Arabian Pipistrelle (Scientific Name: Pipistrellus arabicus)

Arabian Shrew (Scientific Name: Crocidura arabica)

Arabian Tahr (Scientific Name: Hemitragus jayakari)

Aratathomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat (Scientific Name: Sturnira aratathomasi)

Arboreal Rice Rat (Scientific Name: Oecomys speciosus)

Arboreal Soft-furred Spiny Rat (Scientific Name: Diplomys caniceps)

Arboreal Soft-furred Spiny Rats. (Scientific Name: Diplomys)

Arboreal Spiny Rats, Ratas Espinosas. (Scientific Name: Echimys)

Arctic fox (Scientific Name: Alopex lagopus)

Arctic Ground Squirrel (Scientific Name: Spermophilus parryii)

Arctic Hare (Scientific Name: Lepus arcticus)

Arctic Lemming (Scientific Name: Dicrostonyx torquatus)

Arctic Shrew (Scientific Name: Sorex arcticus)

Arcuate Horseshoe Bat (Scientific Name: Rhinolophus arcuatus)

Arend's Golden Mole (Scientific Name: Chlorotalpa arendsi)

Arfak Ringtail (Scientific Name: Pseudocheirus schlegeli)

Argali (Scientific Name: Ovis ammon)

Argentine Brown Bat (Scientific Name: Eptesicus furinalis)

Argentine Gray Fox (Scientific Name: Pseudalopex griseus)

Argentine Hocicudo (Scientific Name: Oxymycterus akodontius)

Argentine Tuco-tuco (Scientific Name: Ctenomys argentinus)

Arid Thicket Rat (Scientific Name: Grammomys aridulus)

Arizona Cotton Rat (Scientific Name: Sigmodon arizonae)

Arizona Gray Squirrel (Scientific Name: Sciurus arizonensis)

Arizona Pocket Mouse (Scientific Name: Perognathus amplus)

Arizona Shrew (Scientific Name: Sorex arizonae)

Arizona Woodrat (Scientific Name: Neotoma devia)

Armadillos. (Scientific Name: Family Dasypodidae)

Armadillos. (Scientific Name: Subfamily Dasypodinae)

Armenian Birch Mouse (Scientific Name: Sicista armenica)

Armenian Shrew (Scientific Name: Crocidura armenica)

Armored Rat (Scientific Name: Hoplomys gymnurus)

Armored Shrew (Scientific Name: Scutisorex somereni)

Armored Spiny Rat (Scientific Name: Makalata armata)

Armored shrews. (Scientific Name: Scutisorex)

Arnhem Land Rock Rat (Scientific Name: Zyzomys maini)

Arnhem Tomb Bat (Scientific Name: Taphozous kapalgensis)

Arnoux's Beaked Whale (Scientific Name: Berardius arnuxii)

Arrogant Shrew (Scientific Name: Sylvisorex morio)

Arrow Flying Squirrel (Scientific Name: Petinomys sagitta)

Ash-colored Oldfield Mouse (Scientific Name: Thomasomys cinereus)

Ash-gray Mouse (Scientific Name: Pseudomys albocinereus)

Ashy Chinchilla Rat (Scientific Name: Abrocoma cinerea)

Ashy Roundleaf Bat (Scientific Name: Hipposideros cineraceus)

Ashy Titi (Scientific Name: Callicebus cinerascens)

Ashy-bellied Oldfield Mouse (Scientific Name: Thomasomys cinereiventer)

Asia Minor Ground Squirrel (Scientific Name: Spermophilus xanthoprymnus)

Asia Minor Spiny Mouse (Scientific Name: Acomys cilicicus)

Asian Garden Dormouse (Scientific Name: Eliomys melanurus)

Asian House Shrew (Scientific Name: Suncus murinus)

Asian Palm Civet (Scientific Name: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)

Asian Particolored Bat (Scientific Name: Vespertilio superans)

Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel (Scientific Name: Dremomys rufigenis)

Asian elephants. (Scientific Name: Elephas)

Asian giant squirrels. (Scientific Name: Ratufa)

Asian montane ground squirrels. (Scientific Name: Dremomys)

Asian pygmy squirrels. (Scientific Name: Exilisciurus)

Asian striped ground squirrels. (Scientific Name: Lariscus)

Asian striped squirrels. (Scientific Name: Tamiops)

Asiatic Black Bear (Scientific Name: Ursus thibetanus)

Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine (Scientific Name: Atherurus macrourus)

Asiatic Elephant (Scientific Name: Elephas maximus)

Asiatic Golden Cat (Scientific Name: Catopuma temminckii)

Asiatic Long-tailed Climbing Mouse (Scientific Name: Vandeleuria oleracea)

Asiatic moles. (Scientific Name: Euroscaptor)

Asiatic moles. (Scientific Name: Mogera)

Asiatic short-tailed shrews. (Scientific Name: Blarinella)

Asiatic water shrews; Himalayan water shrews; Japanese water shrews. (Scientific Name: Chimarrogale)

*** (Scientific Name: Equus asinus)

Assam Macaque (Scientific Name: Macaca assamensis)

Atacama Myotis (Scientific Name: Myotis atacamensis)

Atalaye Nesophontes (Scientific Name: Nesophontes hypomicrus)

Atherton Antechinus (Scientific Name: Antechinus godmani)

Atlantic Bamboo Rat (Scientific Name: Kannabateomys amblyonyx)

Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin (Scientific Name: Sousa teuszii)

Atlantic Spiny Rat (Scientific Name: Proechimys dimidiatus)

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Scientific Name: Stenella frontalis)

Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (Scientific Name: Lagenorhynchus acutus)

Audacious Mole Rat (Scientific Name: Tachyoryctes audax)

Aurochs (Scientific Name: Bos taurus)

Australian Bandicoots. (Scientific Name: Family Peramelidae)

Australian False Vampire Bat (Scientific Name: Macroderma gigas)

Australian Myotis (Scientific Name: Myotis australis)

Australian Sea Lion (Scientific Name: Neophoca cinerea)

Australian Swamp Rat (Scientific Name: Rattus lutreolus)

Aye-aye (Scientific Name: Daubentonia madagascariensis)

Aye-ayes. (Scientific Name: Family Daubentoniidae)

Aye-ayes. (Scientific Name: Daubentonia)

Azara's Agouti (Scientific Name: Dasyprocta azarae)

Azara's Grass Mouse (Scientific Name: Akodon azarae)

Azara's Night Monkey (Scientific Name: Aotus azarai)

Azara's Tuco-tuco (Scientific Name: Ctenomys azarae)

Azores Noctule (Scientific Name: Nyctalus azoreum)

Aztec Fruit-eating Bat (Scientific Name: Artibeus aztecus)

Aztec Mouse (Scientific Name: Peromyscus aztecus)

Azumi Shrew (Scientific Name: Sorex hosonoi)

Answer 2

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