Animals that start with R

What these animals are

RAT

any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse

RABBIT

any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails

RAM

uncastrated adult male sheep

ROBIN

small Old World songbird with a reddish breast

RAVEN

large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail

ROOSTER

adult male chicken

REINDEER

Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes

RHINO

massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very…

RACCOON

an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America

REPTILE

any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes…

RODENT

relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor…

RATTLESNAKE

pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken

RHINOCEROS

massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very…

RETRIEVER

a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game

RATTLER

pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken

RACEHORSE

a horse bred for racing

Short definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).