We’ve compiled the ultimate list of over 130 pet names that start with U!
This list focuses on vertebrates (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, & fish) but includes a few lower end mammals, like the Urchin!
But first, how many animals can you start with?
We did the same thing (well, we have some help as we have a lot of books here but guess how many animals we got on our list?
How many Animals That Start with U are in our list?
31 Mammals36 Birds4 Reptiles6 Amphibians54 Fish6 Invertebrates= 137 Animals That Start With the Letter U!
If you want to know more about one of these animals that started with you, you can specify the name in the list and then click on it in your browser.
Here is a short list of my favorite pets to get you started
Urial (lamb)
Urchin (a spiny marine creature)
Umbrellabird (a bird with a large crest)
Unicornfish (a fish with a long nose)
Uromastyx (a spiny lizard)
Uguisu (a Japanese nightingale)
Urchins are some of my favorite animals that start with U!
Animals that start with U
Mammals: 31 Animals That Start With U
Animals That Start With U: Uinta Chipmunk
Urial
Ucayali spiny mouse
Uganda Cup
Uganda big-toothed shrew
Ugandan leader
Uinta ground squirrel
The last shrew
Umboi tube-nosed fruit bat
Unalaska collared lemming
Underwood’s hat
Underwood’s long-tongued bat
Underwood’s water mouse
Ungava collared lemming
Unicolored arboreal rice mouse
Unicolored old field mouse
Unicolored wood mouse
Unstriped tube-nosed bat
Ural field mouse
Urartsk mouse is like a hamster
Usambara shrew
Ussuri shrew
Ussuri shrew
Ussuri tube-nosed bat
Utah prairie dog
Birds: 36 Animals That Start With U
Animals That Start With U: Upland Goose
Uguisu
Uganda Woodland Warbler
Ultramarine Flycatcher
Ultramarine Grosbeak
Ultramarine Kingfisher
Ultramarine Lory
Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird
Unadorned Flycatcher
Undulated Antpitta
Undulated Antshrike
Undulated Tinamou
Unicolored Jay
Unicolored Antwren
Unicolored Blackbird
Unicolored Tapaculo
Unicolored Thrush
Uniform Antshrike
Uniform Crake
Uniform Finch
Uniform Treehunter
Upland Antshrike
Upland Buzzard
Upland Goose
Upland Pipit
Upland Sandpiper
Ural Owl
Usambara Akalat
Work Weaver
Ussher’s Flycatcher
Reptiles: 4 Animals That Start With U
Amphibians: 6 Animals That Start With U
Uganda clawed frog
Uluguru Blue-bellied frog
Upland Chorus Frog
Usambara Blue-bellied Frog
Usambara torrent frog
Fish: 55 Animals That Start With U
Uaru Cichlid
Uganda school
Ulrey’s tetra
Umbee Cichlid
The umbrella cichlid
The oven
Thank you
Umpqua squawfish
Uncombed blenny
Undulate painted rays
Undulated moray
Unicolor color
Unicorn crestfish
Unicorn icefish
Unicorn leather jacket
A single unicorn
Upland bullies
Top Grijalva livebearer
Upper Zambesi labeo
Upper Zambesi squeaker
Upper Zambezi and
Upper Zambezi yellowfish
Upside-down goby
Upside-down harptail blenny
Uruguay river sprat
Uruguay tetra
Ussuri catfish
Ussuri sharpbelly
The use of cichlids
Usumacinta sea catfish
Utah gold
Utah Lake sculpin
Utah lost
Invertebrates: 6 Animals That Start With U
Animals That Start With U: Urchin
Urchin
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Hal Brindley
Brindley is an American conservation researcher, wildlife photographer, filmmaker, writer, and artist living in Asheville, NC.
He studied the black-footed cat in Namibia for his master’s thesis, traveled to all seven countries, and enjoyed farming.
See more of his work at Travel for Wildlife, Truly Wild, Our Wild Yard, & Naturalist Studio.