How many Australian animals start with R?

26 of the 360 Australian animals in Icillion start with R, for example Red Kangaroo, Rainbow Lorikeet and Red-bellied Black Snake.

What is the longest name among Australian animals that start with R?

The longest is “Red-tailed Black Cockatoo” and the shortest is “Rabbit”.

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26 Australian animals start with R, from “Rabbit” to “Rufous Whistler”. Every one of them counts as an answer in Icillion.

R is the 4th most common first letter in this list: 26 of the 360 Australian animals (7%).
Shortest: “Rabbit”. Longest: “Red-tailed Black Cockatoo”.
23 names have more than one word.
3 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.

How many Australian animals start with R?: 26 of the 360 Australian animals in Icillion start with R, for example Red Kangaroo, Rainbow Lorikeet and Red-bellied Black Snake.
What is the longest name among Australian animals that start with R?: The longest is “Red-tailed Black Cockatoo” and the shortest is “Rabbit”.

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