6 Letter Animals: Names With Six Letters

Alpacas come from the high mountains of South America. They hum softly to talk to each other.

Beavers chew through trees with their strong orange teeth. They build dams and cozy homes called lodges from sticks and mud.

Badgers are super diggers with long, strong claws. They live in underground homes with lots of tunnels.

Bobcats are wild cats named for their short, stubby tail. They are about twice as big as a pet cat.

Baboons live in big family groups called troops. They spend lots of time on the ground, not just up in trees.

Donkeys are strong and can carry heavy loads. Their loud call is called a bray and sounds like “hee-haw”.

Dugongs are gentle sea mammals that munch on seagrass. They are close cousins of manatees.

In snowy places, the ermine’s brown coat turns white in winter. Only the tip of its tail stays black.

Earwigs have two little pincers at the end of their bodies. They like to hide in dark, damp spots in the garden.

The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal in the world when it swoops down from the sky. It uses that speed to catch other birds.

Ferrets are playful and love to wiggle through tunnels. Long ago, farmers kept them to chase rabbits and rats out of burrows.

Wild gerbils live in dry, sandy places. They thump their back feet on the ground to warn their family about danger.

Green iguanas can grow to about 5 feet long, and much of that is tail. They often live in trees near water and are strong swimmers.

Impalas can leap about 10 feet high to get away from danger. Only the males have long, curvy horns.

Jaguars are the biggest wild cats in North and South America. Unlike most cats, they love to swim.

Jackals are wild dogs that live in Africa and parts of Asia. Mom and dad jackals often raise their pups together as a team.

Jerboas are tiny desert rodents that hop on long back legs like mini kangaroos. They come out at night when the sand is cool.

Jacanas have very long toes that spread out their weight. This lets them walk across floating lily pads.

Lizards lie in the sun to warm up their bodies. Some lizards can drop their tail to get away and grow a new one.

Many monkeys use their long tails to help them balance as they leap through trees. Spider monkeys can even hang by their tails.

Numbats are small striped animals from Australia. They eat thousands of termites every day.

Oysters live inside two rough shells that they can close up tight. Some oysters can make shiny pearls.

Ocelots are wild cats about twice the size of a pet cat. Their fur is covered in pretty spots and stripes.

Baltimore orioles are bright orange and black songbirds. They love sweet treats and will visit feeders with orange slices.

Many parrots can copy sounds, and some can even say words. Their feet have two toes pointing forward and two pointing back.

Atlantic puffins have bright orange beaks in the summer. They can carry lots of small fish in their beaks at once.

Pythons are big snakes that squeeze their food instead of using venom. Mother pythons coil around their eggs to keep them safe.

Quokkas are small marsupials from Western Australia, about the size of a house cat. Their mouths curve up, so they often look like they are smiling.

A quahog is a hard-shelled clam that lives buried in the sand along the Atlantic coast. It sucks in water through a tube and filters out tiny bits of food.

The red-billed quelea is a small African bird that lives in huge flocks. Some flocks have millions of birds that fly together like a cloud.

Rabbits have long ears that help them hear danger coming. Their front teeth never stop growing, so they chew a lot to keep them short.

Spiders have eight legs, so they are not insects. Many spiders spin silky webs to catch their food.

A turtle’s shell is part of its skeleton, so it can never crawl out of it. Many turtles can pull their head inside the shell to hide.

Toucans have huge, colorful beaks that are surprisingly light. They use them to reach fruit at the ends of thin branches.

A male turkey is called a tom, and he puffs up his feathers to show off. Wild turkeys can fly short distances and sleep up in trees.

The bald uakari is a monkey with a bright red face. It lives in flooded forests in the Amazon.

Walruses use their long tusks to help pull themselves up onto the ice. Their stiff whiskers help them find clams on the dark sea floor.

Wombats live in Australia and dig long burrows under the ground. Their poop comes out shaped like little cubes!

Weasels have long, skinny bodies that can squeeze into tiny burrows. Some weasels turn white in winter to hide in the snow.

Xenops are small brown birds that live in the rainforests of Central and South America. They hop along twigs and pick bugs out of the bark.

The zander is a big fish that lives in lakes and rivers in Europe. Its large eyes help it see and hunt in dim, murky water.