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Animals that Start with G

From mammals to reptiles, from birds to insects, the following list includes names of animals that start with G. I can tell you that some of them are not so common like “goat” or “goose”.

Mammals that start with G

Galloway: breed of hardy black chiefly beef cattle native to Scotland.

– The belted Galloway looked so cute with its white belt around the body that I wanted to hug it.

Gerenuk: slender East African antelope with a slim neck and backward-curving horns.

– Generuks are very funny looking animals. They look like a mix of a kangaroo with a deer!

Glaucomys: New World flying squirrels.

– No, it’s not a bat; it is a Glaucomys flying to the tree!

Gnu: large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail.

– Gnu herds often follow zebra herds that leave short grass for them.

Grivet: white and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face.

– The grivet family cuddles in the branches.

Reptiles that start with G

Gambelia: leopard lizards.

– The gambelia is an aggressive predator. It’s diet includes beetles, caterpillars, and snakes.

Gecko: any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless.

– Geckos are the best climbers of the vertebrate world with their toes covered with tiny projections.

Gopherus: gopher tortoises.

– A beautiful Gopherus rest on the road under the sunlight. A car almost hit it.

Birds that start with G

Galliformes: pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins.

– The family of Galliformes includes chickens, quails, turkeys and more.

Geococcyx: pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins.

– The Geococcyx inspired a famous cartoon in the 50’s.

Gobbler: male turkey.

– President John F. Kennedy was the first president to pardon a gobbler.

Godwit: large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill.

– The godwit spends a lot of time traveling from Alaska to New Zealand and China.

Gooney: a variety of albatross with black feet.

– The Gooney Bird has a clumsy, goofy appearance. The oldest Gooney known lived over sixty years.

Insects and critters that start with G

Gallfly: any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed.
– I don’t like flies at all, but I have to admit that gallflies wings are pretty and unique.

Glossina: bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc..

– Glossinas are best known as tsetse flies, and they feed on the blood of animals.

Grasshopper: terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping.

– The little girl was looking with amazement at the grasshopper jumping on the leaves.

Greenbottle: blowfly with brilliant coppery green body.

– The greenbottle fly receives its name due to its metallic blue-green coloration.