Animals That Start With G

72 animals Animals and nature Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 72 animals that start with G, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. The best-known ones come first, then the full list in A to Z order.

Seventy-two animals start with G, and big mammals steal the show: gorilla, giraffe, gazelle, gibbon and the giant panda. Goat, goose and goldfish are friendly choices for very young learners.

Reptiles are unusually strong for this letter. The gecko, gharial, gila monster and garter snake all appear, plus the glass snake, which is actually a legless lizard. Many names begin with a size or colour word, such as giant squid, golden eagle and gray wolf. The gnu has a silent G, a fun spelling puzzle.

Animals starting with G: 72
Best known: goat, goose
Longest name: great white shark
Most are: mammals

Best-known animals that start with G

The ones most people will recognise, good for school lists, quizzes and games.

goat
goose
gorilla
giraffe
goldfish
greyhound
grasshopper
gull
gecko
groundhog
gazelle
gibbon
golden eagle
guinea pig
guppy
gnat
gerbil
giant panda
giant squid
grizzly bear
garter snake
gharial
gila monster
great white shark

All animals that start with G

#	Name	What it is	Type
1	gadfly	any of various large flies that annoy livestock	insect
2	gall wasp	small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants	insect
3	gander	mature male goose	bird
4	gannet	large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish	bird
5	gar	primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth	fish
6	garden snail	any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix; often destructive pests	mollusc
7	garden spider	a spider common in European gardens	spider or scorpion
8	garter snake	common harmless striped snake of North America	reptile
9	gaur	wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India	mammal
10	gazelle	small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes	mammal
11	gecko	any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable...	reptile
12	genet	agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail	mammal
13	gerbil	small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping	mammal
14	gharial	long-snouted crocodile relative of Indian rivers	other
15	giant clam	a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds	mollusc
16	giant hornet	European hornet introduced into the United States	insect
17	giant panda	large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet	mammal
18	giant squid	largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long)	mollusc
19	giant tortoise	very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands	reptile
20	gibbon	smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies	mammal
21	gila monster	venomous orange and black lizard of the American desert	reptile
22	giraffe	tallest living quadruped	mammal
23	glass lizard	snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long...	reptile
24	glass snake	snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long...	reptile
25	glass sponge	a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae	other
26	gnat	(British usage) mosquito	insect
27	gnu	large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail	mammal
28	goat	any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns	mammal
29	goby	small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the...	fish
30	golden eagle	large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck	bird
31	golden hamster	small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet	mammal
32	golden mole	mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur	mammal
33	golden pheasant	brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia	bird
34	goldeneye	large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions	bird
35	goldfinch	American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer	bird
36	goldfish	small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes	fish
37	goliath frog	largest living frog; up to a foot and weighing up to 10 lbs; Africa	amphibian
38	goose	web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks	bird
39	gopher	burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America	reptile
40	gorilla	largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa	mammal
41	goshawk	large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry	bird
42	grass frog	a common semiterrestrial European frog	amphibian
43	grass snake	harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England	reptile
44	grasshopper	terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping	insect
45	grasshopper mouse	insectivorous mouse of western North America	mammal
46	gray fox	dark grey American fox; from Central America through southern United States	mammal
47	gray jay	a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest; noted for boldness in thievery	bird
48	gray partridge	common European partridge	bird
49	gray snapper	found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida	fish
50	gray whale	medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific	mammal
51	gray wolf	a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America	mammal
52	great ape	any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae	mammal
53	great white shark	large powerful shark found in coastal ocean waters	fish
54	grebe	small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests	bird
55	green frog	similar to bullfrog; found in or near marshes and ponds; of United States and Canada	amphibian
56	green lizard	a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long	reptile
57	green monkey	common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail	mammal
58	green snake	any of numerous African colubrid snakes	reptile
59	green turtle	large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup	reptile
60	greyhound	a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog	mammal
61	grizzly	powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America	mammal
62	grizzly bear	powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America	mammal
63	ground beetle	predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects	insect
64	ground squirrel	small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches	mammal
65	groundhog	reddish brown North American marmot	mammal
66	grouper	usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas	fish
67	grouse	popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet	bird
68	guan	any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae	bird
69	guinea fowl	a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white	bird
70	guinea pig	stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research	mammal
71	gull	mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs	bird
72	guppy	small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums	fish

Mammals that start with G

goat
gorilla
giraffe
greyhound
groundhog
gazelle
gibbon
guinea pig
gerbil
giant panda
grizzly bear
grizzly
gnu
gray fox
gray wolf
green monkey
gray whale
genet
ground squirrel
golden mole
gaur
great ape
golden hamster
grasshopper mouse

Birds that start with G

goose
gull
golden eagle
grouse
gander
gray jay
guan
goldeneye
goldfinch
gannet
grebe
goshawk
gray partridge
golden pheasant
guinea fowl

Fish that start with G

goldfish
guppy
great white shark
gar
grouper
goby
gray snapper

Reptiles that start with G

gecko
garter snake
gila monster
gopher
glass snake
grass snake
green snake
green turtle
glass lizard
green lizard
giant tortoise

Amphibians that start with G

grass frog
green frog
goliath frog

Insects that start with G

grasshopper
gnat
gadfly
ground beetle
gall wasp
giant hornet

Molluscs that start with G

giant squid
garden snail
giant clam

Other animals that start with G

gharial
glass sponge

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How many animals start with G?

This list has 72 animals starting with G, from well-known ones like goat, goose, gorilla to rarer kinds.

What animals start with G?

Well-known examples are goat, goose, gorilla, giraffe, goldfish, greyhound, grasshopper, gull.

What mammals start with G?

goat, gorilla, giraffe, greyhound, groundhog.

What birds start with G?

goose, gull, golden eagle, grouse, gander.

What fish start with G?

goldfish, guppy, great white shark, gar, grouper.

Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.

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