ANIMALS STARTING WITH LETTER l
1680 species
We compiled a list with more than 1400 animals beginning with the letter L.
You probably expect to find a Lynx in this list, but it is not here because we use species names rather than a group or common names. The term “lynx” refers to medium-sized wild cats from the genus Lynx. There are four known species: the Canada lynx, the Iberian lynx, the Eurasian lynx, and the Bobcat which doesn’t have the term “lynx” as a part of its English name. None of these species’ English names start with the letter “L” so they are not included in this list.
The other example is Lemur. The term “lemur” refers to wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea endemic to the island of Madagascar. There are around 100 existing lemur species but this list includes only the Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur because its English name starts with the letter “L”.
It can be tricky sometimes so we made a list of popular animal names starting with the letter “L”. Here it is: Lizard, Little Penguin, Leopard, Leopard Gecko, Ladybird, Locust, Long-Eared Owl, Lynx, Leech, Langur, Lion, Lobster, Lapwing, Lemur, Laughing Kookaburra, Llama, Lemming.
We compiled a list with more than 1400 animals beginning with the letter L.
You probably expect to find a Lynx in this list, but it is not here because we use species names rather than a group or common names. The term “lynx” refers to medium-sized wild cats from the genus Lynx. There are four known species: the Canada lynx, the Iberian lynx, the Eurasian lynx, and the Bobcat which doesn’t have the term “lynx” as a part of its English name. None of these species’ English names start with the letter “L” so they are not included in this list.
The other example is Lemur. The term “lemur” refers to wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea endemic to the island of Madagascar. There are around 100 existing lemur species but this list includes only the Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur because its English name starts with the letter “L”.
It can be tricky sometimes so we made a list of popular animal names starting with the letter “L”. Here it is: Lizard, Little Penguin, Leopard, Leopard Gecko, Ladybird, Locust, Long-Eared Owl, Lynx, Leech, Langur, Lion, Lobster, Lapwing, Lemur, Laughing Kookaburra, Llama, Lemming.