Animals That Start with V | List & Examples

Animals that start with “V” are not very common in English. This article contains a list of animal names that start or end with “V.”

Example: Animals that start with V in a sentence
The vulture soared high above the vicuña, while a vervet monkey playfully swung from the trees nearby.

Animals that start with V: List

English only has a few animals that start with “V,” such as:

  • Vampire bat
  • Vampire squid
  • Venus flytrap
  • Vermilion flycatcher (small bird)
  • Vervet monkey
  • Vicuña (South American camelid)
  • Vine snake (long-nosed whip snake)
  • Viper (snake)
  • Viper shark (viper dogfish)
  • Vizsla (dog breed)
  • Volcano snail
  • Vulture

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

Animals that start with “V” PDF

Note
Some difficult animal names with “V,” such as “vicuña” and “vizsla,” are easily misspelled. Use QuillBot’s free Grammar Checker to check your spelling for free.

Animals that end with V

English doesn’t have any commonly recognized animals that end with “V.”

Animals with other letters

If you’re looking for animals that start with another letter, you can visit one of our other articles on animal names.

Animals with A Animals with F Animals with K Animals with P Animals with U
Animals with B Animals with G Animals with L Animals with Q Animals with W
Animals with C Animals with H Animals with M Animals with R Animals with X
Animals with D Animals with I Animals with N Animals with S Animals with Y
Animals with E Animals with J Animals with O Animals with T Animals with Z

Frequently asked questions about animals that start with "V"

What are some sea animals that start with “V”?

English has a few animals that start with V. Some sea animals that start with “V” are:

  • Vampire squid
  • Vaquita (small dolphin-like creature)
  • Velella (jellyfish-like creature)
  • Vermilion snapper (fish)
  • Viperfish

Use QuillBot’s Grammar Checker to avoid misspelling animal names.

What are some zoo animals that start with “V”?

English has a few animals that start with V. Some zoo animals that start with “V” are:

  • Vaquita (small dolphin-like creature that’s only seen in conservation exhibits)
  • Vervet monkey
  • Viper (venomous snake)
  • Vulture

Use QuillBot’s Grammar Checker to avoid misspelling animal names.

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Julia Merkus, MA

Julia has a bachelor in Dutch language and culture and two masters in Linguistics and Language and speech pathology. After a few years as an editor, researcher, and teacher, she now writes articles about her specialist topics: grammar, linguistics, methodology, and statistics.