Animals That Start with Q | List & Examples

Animals that start with “Q” are very uncommon. This article contains a list of animal names that start or end with “Q.”

Example: Animals that start with Q in a sentence
While hiking in Australia, we spotted a quokka hopping around, a quail darting through the bushes, and a quoll climbing a tree in the distance.

Animals that start with Q: List

English has very few animals that start with “Q”:

  • Quahog (hard clam)
  • Quail (bird)
  • Queen angelfish (blue angelfish)
  • Queen snake
  • Quelea (bird)
  • Quokka
  • Quoll (nocturnal marsupial)

You can also download this list of animals that start with “Q” as a PDF.

Animals that start with “Q” PDF

Note
Some uncommon animal names with “Q,” such as “quokka” and “quelea,” are easily misspelled. Use QuillBot’s free Grammar Checker to check your spelling for free.

Animals that end with Q

There are no commonly recognized animals that end with “Q” in English.

    Animals with other letters

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