How many Arctic and Antarctic animals start with A?

27 of the 178 Arctic and Antarctic animals in Icillion start with A, for example Arctic Fox, Arctic Hare and Arctic Wolf.

What is the longest name among Arctic and Antarctic animals that start with A?

The longest is “Arctic Ground Squirrel” and the shortest is “Amphipod”.

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Looking for Arctic and Antarctic animals that begin with A? Here are 27 of them in alphabetical order, from “Adelie Penguin” to “Atlantic Walrus”.

A is the 2nd most common first letter in this list: 27 of the 178 Arctic and Antarctic animals (15%).
Shortest: “Amphipod”. Longest: “Arctic Ground Squirrel”.
25 names have more than one word.
4 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.

How many Arctic and Antarctic animals start with A?: 27 of the 178 Arctic and Antarctic animals in Icillion start with A, for example Arctic Fox, Arctic Hare and Arctic Wolf.
What is the longest name among Arctic and Antarctic animals that start with A?: The longest is “Arctic Ground Squirrel” and the shortest is “Amphipod”.

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