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Animals that start with C
84 animals start with C, from “Caddisfly” to “Cuviers beaked whale”. Every one of them counts as an answer in Icillion.
Animals that begin with C
- Caddisfly
- Caecilian
- Caimanalso Cayman
- Caiman lizard
- California sea lion
- Camel
- Camel spider
- Canary
- Cane toad
- Capercaillie
- Capybara
- Caracal
- Cardinal
- Carp
- Carpet python
- Cassowary
- Cat
- Caterpillar
- Catfish
- Cave cricketalso Camel cricket
- Chameleon
- Cheetah
- Chevrotainalso Mouse deer
- Chicken
- Chimpanzee
- Chinchilla
- Chinese alligator
- Chinese crocodile lizard
- Chiton
- Christmas tree worm
- Chub
- Chuckwalla
- Cicada
- Civet
- Clam
- Cleaner shrimp
- Click beetle
- Clownfish
- Coachwhip
- Coastal taipan
- Coati
- Cobra
- Cock-of-the-rock
- Cockatoo
- Cockchaferalso Maybug
- Cockle
- Cockroachalso Roach
- Coconut octopusalso Veined octopus
- Cod
- Coelacanth
- Collared lizard
- Colossal squid
- Comb jellyalso Ctenophore, Sea gooseberry
- Commersons dolphin
- Common dolphin
- Common lizardalso Viviparous lizard
- Conch
- Condor
- Cone snail
- Coot
- Copepod
- Copperhead
- Coral
- Coral snake
- Cormorant
- Corn snake
- Cottonmouthalso Water moccasin
- Cow
- Cowfish
- Cowrie
- Crab
- Crabeater seal
- Crane
- Crested gecko
- Cricket
- Crocodilealso Croc
- Crocodile monitor
- Crow
- Crown-of-thorns starfish
- Cuban crocodile
- Cuckoo
- Curlew
- Cuttlefish
- Cuviers beaked whale
About this list
- C is the 2nd most common first letter in this list: 84 of the 898 animals (9%).
- Shortest: “Cat”. Longest: “Crown-of-thorns starfish”.
- 28 names have more than one word.
- 10 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many animals start with C?
- 84 of the 898 animals in Icillion start with C, for example Cat, Cod and Crocodile.
- What is the longest name among animals that start with C?
- The longest is “Crown-of-thorns starfish” and the shortest is “Cat”.
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