Spanish Phrases: Names of animals in Spanish: mammals
This page looks at the Spanish words for various common animals. You may
also be interested in the separate section on pets in Spanish,
which also includes various phrases for describing animals and pets. On this page,
we focus specifically on mammals; following pages
will look at other types of animal:
fish and reptiles in Spanish
birds and poultry in Spanish
insects and rodents in Spanish
Mammals
The general term for mammals in Spanish is mamíferos.
Here are the Spanish words for some common mammals:
una ballena | - | a whale | un bisonte | - | a bison | un buey | - | an ox | un búfalo | - | a buffalo | un caballo | - | a horse | una cabra | - | a goat | un camello | - | a (two-humped) camel* | un carnero | - | a ram | una cebra | - | a zebra | un cerdo | - | a pig | un delfín | - | a dolphin | un dromedario | - | a (one-humped) camel, dromedary* | un elefante | - | an elephant | una foca | - | a seal | un gato | - | a cat | una gata | - | a (female) cat | un hipopótamo | - | a hippopotamus | una jirafa | - | a giraffe | un jaguar | - | a jaguar | un león | - | a lion | un leopardo | - | a leopard | un lince | - | a lynx | un lobo | - | a wolf | una mangosta | - | a mongoose | una mofeta | - | a skunk | un oso | - | a bear | un oso blanco/polar | - | a polar bear | una oveja | - | a sheep | un ovejo | - | a ram | un perro | - | a dog | una perra | - | a (female) dog | un puma | - | a puma | un rinoceronte | - | a rhino(ceros) | un tejón | - | a badger | un tigre | - | a tiger | una vaca | - | a cow | un visón | - | a mink | un zorrillo | - | a skunk |
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* In English, there are two species of animal commonly
referred to as a camel. Strictly speaking, zoologists use the term dromedary
to refer to the one-humped variety. This distinction appears to be a bit clearer in everyday usage
in Spanish: many non-specialists will use dromedario in everyday usage.
Primates
Here are some common primates (also referred to in Spanish as primates):
See also
fish and reptiles in Spanish
birds in Spanish
insects and rodents in Spanish
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