Animals that start with A

Ais forAppaloosa

An appaloosa is a breed of horse with a distinctive spotty coat. Appaloosas are usually used as a stock horse.

Ais forArabian

Arabian horses are an ancient breed from the desert of the Middle East. They are fairly small horses with a distinctive shape and carriage. Arabians are elegant, gentle and affectionate.

Horses

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Ais forArachnid

Arachids are creatures with an external skeleton and eight legs. Arachnids include spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites and harvestmen.

Invertebrates

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Armadillos are small mammals with a leathery armor shell. They are related to the anteater and sloth. They are native to the Americas. Armadillos are very good at digging. They dig for grubs and insects, and dig themselves dens to live in.

Mammals

Harsimran 'Dino' Singh Aulakh / CC BY-SA

Ais forAsp

Asp is another word for snake, particularly a venomous snake. The historically named asp was probably an Egyptian cobra.

Snakes

Ran Yaniv Hartstein / CC BY-SA

Ais forAss

An ass is another name for a donkey. An ass is also a slang word for your buttocks.

Mammals, Domestic, African animals

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Ais forAxolotl

Scientific name: ambystoma mexicanum

Axolotls, sometimes called Mexican walking fish, are the larval stage of salamanders, in the same way that tadpoles are the larval stage of frogs. Axolotls are a special case where they don't need to grow to the adult stage to breed. Axolotls come from a lake in Mexico, and they can live for about 15 years. They eat small water creatures that they suck into their mouths.

Amphibians