We’ve compiled the definitive list of over 130 animals that start with the letter U!
This list focuses on vertebrates (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish), but there are a few invertebrates at the end, such as the hedgehog!
But first, how many animals that start with u can you think of?
We did the same (well, we had help because we have a bunch of books here, but guess how many animals we have on the list?
How many animals that start with you are on our list?
31 mammals 36 birds 4 reptiles 6 amphibians 54 fish 6 invertebrates = 137 animals that start with the letter U!
If you want more information about an animal starting with u, you can highlight the name in the list and then right-click on it in your browser.
Here’s a short list of my pet peeves starting with u to get you started
Urial (wild sheep)
Urchin (spiny sea animal)
Umbrellabird (Great Crested Bird)
Unicorn (long-nosed fish)
Uromastyx (spiny lizard)
Uguisu (Japanese Nightingale)
Hedgehogs are one of my pet peeves that start with the letter U!
ANIMALS THAT START WITH YOU
Mammals: 31 animals that start with the letter U
Animals that start with U: Uinta Chipmunk
Urial (sheep)
Ucayali spiny mouse
Uganda Kob
Ugandan large-toothed weasel
Wild Uganda
Uinta ground squirrel
Super awesome
Umboi tube-nosed fruit bat
Unalaska Collared Lemming
Underwood’s Bone Bat
Underwood’s Long Tongue Bat
Underwood’s Water Mouse
A lemming with a crooked neck
Monochrome arboreal rice rat
Monochrome vintage mouse
Monochrome wood rat
The unstriped pipe-nosed bat
Ural field mouse
Urartsk mouse-like hamster
Usambara snot
Ussuri’s kiisek
Ussuri’s kiisek
Ussuri’s pipe-nosed bat
Utah prairie dog
Birds: 36 animals that start with the letter U
Animals that start with U: Mountain Geese
Uguisu
Forest bird of Uganda
Ultramarine fly tip
Ultramarine Grosbeak
Ultramarine kingfisher
Ultramarine Lory
Uluguru Violet-backed sunbird
Unadorned fly pin
Wavy Antpitta
Wavy ant tree
Wavy Tinamou
Monochrome Jay
Monochrome Antwren
Monochrome blackbird
Monochrome Tapaculo
Monochrome Thrush
Uniform
Even Crake
Even Finch
Unified Treehunter
Upland Ant Tree
High mountain
mountain goose
Highland Pipit
Altitude
Ural owl
Usambara Akalat
Usambara Weaver
Ussher’s fly tip
Reptiles: 4 animals that start with the letter U
Amphibians: 6 animals that start with the letter U
Ugandan clawed frog
Uluguru Blue Zone
Konn
Usambara blue environment
Usambara torrent frog
Pisces: 55 animals that start with the letter U
Uaru Cichlids
Uganda non-branch
Ulrey tetra
Umbee Cichlids
Umbrella cichlids
Umpqua chub
Umpqua dace
Umpqua squawfish
Uncombed blenny
A wavy painted beam
Wavy moray eel
Monochrome moray eel
Unicorn faucet
Unicorn icefish
Unicorn leather jacket
Unicorn sole
Bully of the Highlands
The life carrier of Upper Grijalva
Upper Zambesi Labeo
Upper Zambesi Squeaker
Nembwe of the Upper Zambezi
Upper Zambezi yellow fish
Reverse bastard
Reverse harptail blenny
Uruguay river shard
Uruguayan Tetra
Ussuri catfish
Ussuri’s sharp belly
Usumacinta cichlids
Usumacinta sea catfish
Utah bastard
Utah Lake sculpture
Utah infant
Invertebrates: 6 animals that start with the letter U
Animals that start with U: Urchin
Urchin
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Hal Brindley
Brindley is an American conservation biologist, wildlife photographer, filmmaker, writer and illustrator based in Asheville, USA.
She studied black-footed cats in Namibia for her master’s thesis, has traveled to all seven continents, and loves native plant gardening.
See more of his work at Travel for Wildlife, Truly Wild, Our Wild Yard, and Naturalist Studio.