Animals that Start with K

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Animals that Start with K

If you think about names of animals that start with K you will probably come with “kangaroo” or “koala”. But there is a wide variety of animal species whose names start with the letter “K”.

Mammals that start with K

Kangaroo: any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large, powerful hind legs and a long thick tail.

– The tail of the kangaroo serves as a balancing tool. The Red Kangaroo is the largest marsupial in the world.

Kanchil: small chevrotain of southeastern Asia.

– The kanchil is also known as lesser mouse deer and lives in Asia.

Karakul: Hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur.

– The Karakul have existed since 1400 B.C. It is the oldest domesticated sheep.

Keeshond: a spitz-like dog having a shaggy greyish coat and tightly curled tail originating in Holland.

– Keeshonds are not good guardian dogs. They are very amicable with people; that’s why they are excellent with kids.

Kelpie: an Australian sheepdog with pointed ears.

– The Kelpie is an Australian breed, and it’s considered one of the best farmer’s dog.

Kinkajou: -a kind of lemur. Arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail.

– A kinkajou was captured in my neighbor’s garage. It looks cute, but it won’t think it twice to bite you.

Kob: an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.

– A couple of kobs run across the plains of a National Park in Uganda.

Reptiles that start with K

Kingsnake: any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals.

– Kingsnakes have the ability to dominate other snakes; even they eat them.

Kinosternidae: mud turtles; musk turtles.

– The family of Kinosternidae includes twenty-five species of turtles.

Birds that start with K

Kakatoe: a genus of Psittacidae.

– Kakatoes are considered a threatened species because of their capture and habitat loss.

Kea: -large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.

– The Kea with its orange color under its wings is one of the most intelligent parrots on earth.

Kestrel: large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.

– The American Kestrel is the smallest falcon. It is the size of a common bird.

Kingbird: large American flycatcher.

– The kingbird is aggressive birds that won’t receive intruders so easily.

Kookaburra: Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry.

– Kookaburra like to sit on the gum tree and eat gum drops.

Insects and critters that start with K

Kalotermes: -Type genus of Kalotermitidae; termites destructive of wood and living trees.

-The kalometers are considered as primitive termites.

Katydid: large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings.

– The katydids are relatives of other insects like grasshoppers and crickets.

Killer bee: a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas.

– Killer bees stinger is poisonous and if they feel threatened will sting a person.