Animals that start with R

The rabbit is a small animal found in many parts of the world. In Australia, rabbits are the single worst introduced pest. Rabbits make good pets, if they are properly looked after.

A Ragdoll is a large, fluffy cat with blue eyes and a soft, silky coat, often with darker points on the ears, face, paws, and tail. It is usually an indoor cat for smaller homes. Ragdolls are known for relaxing and going limp when picked up, like a doll.

A ram is a male sheep.

Rats are like large mice. They often live near people, scavenging food scraps in rubbish tips or stored food in houses. Rats are pests and most people try and get rid of rats if they can.
Rats can also kept as pets. Pet rats tend to be white or multicoloured, and wild rats tend to be plain brown or grey.

A raven is a black bird in the same family as crows and magpies. They are one of the largest members of the crow family.

Reindeer, also known as caribou, are a kind of deer that can be used for pulling sleds. Traditionally, Santa Claus' sled is pulled by flying reindeer.

lan A ringtail possum is a small tree-dwelling marsupial, like an animal with a pouch, found in Australia and New Guinea. It has a long, ringed tail that helps it balance.

It lives in forests and woodlands and often looks for leaves, fruit, and insects. At night, it can move along branches and may use its tail to grip.

Roan is a coat colour that is made from a darker base colour mixed with white hairs. Some other animals like dogs and cows can also have roan coats.

Rodents are mammals that have a set of sharp front teeth that grow continuously. Many species of rodent spend their life gnawing on things to keep their front teeth from overgrowing.

Rodents include mice, beavers, chipmunks and the largest rodent is the capybara.

A rosella is a colorful parrot with patterned feathers, with different kinds of rosella being more or less mixes of red, blue, yellow, and green.

Rosellas are common in Australia, anywhere there are large shrubs or trees.