Animals Word Search

Can you find the 16 animals hidden inside the wordsearch grid? As with typical Wordsearches, words may be forwards or backwards in any single row, column or diagonal!

The columns tell you the range of letters each animal's first letter lies within and the length of each animals name as well.
The animals are in alphabetical order.
Note: "Animals" refers to more than just mammals, some of which may be extinct.
Quiz by Stewart
Rate:
Last updated: November 19, 2018
You have not attempted this quiz yet.
First submittedFebruary 13, 2016
Times taken8,441
Average score75.0%
Rating4.31
Report this quizReport
3:30
Enter animal here:
0
 / 16 guessed
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
 
First Letter
#
Animal
A - C
(3)
Ape
(3)
Bat
(3)
Cat
(3)
Cow
D - G
(4)
Deer
(7)
Gazelle
H - M
(6)
Iguana
(6)
Lizard
(5)
Llama
N - Q
(3)
Owl
(2)
Ox
(7)
Peacock
(7)
Penguin
R - Z
(3)
Rat
(3)
Yak
(5)
Zebra
 
 
 
 
 
 
+1
Level 76
Feb 14, 2016
very nice!
+1
Level 68
Feb 14, 2016
Thank you! I found animals tended to have shorter names than countries, so I can have more words in these :D
+2
Level 68
Sep 14, 2017
First animals wordsearch updated with SVG!
+5
Level 22
Sep 20, 2017
There is the word "Ram" in the column third from the right on the bottom. Just wanted to point it out. Great Quiz!!
+2
Level 68
Sep 21, 2017
Thank you, but Ram is a gender of animal rather than an animal itself. It is a type of sheep. Glad you enjoyed it :)
+2
Level 77
Feb 6, 2024
Isn’t that also true for cow and ox then? An ox is just a bull that’s been castrated and trained to be a draft animal.
+1
Level 66
Sep 20, 2017
+1
+1
Level 51
Jan 21, 2020
If you change the b on the third row, you'll get another animal, Auk.
+1
Level 59
Jan 25, 2021
But you lose zebra
+1
Level 64
Sep 17, 2021
Good fun! I wondered why Pengu didn't work, until I remembered his name is actually Pingu. Eventually got to penguin - well, it is Friday night ;)
+2
Level 53
Mar 21, 2022
Great quiz! I see poo and pee in there...
+1
Level 66
Jul 31, 2022
im going to cry i really put "iguyana" cause of how much geography quizzes ive been doing lmao