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Mammals with 5 letters
Stuck on a crossword or a word game? 33 mammals have exactly 5 letters, from “Bilby” to “Zebra”.
All 33 five-letter mammals
- Bilby
- Bison
- Camel
- Civet
- Coati
- Fossa
- Genet
- Hippo
- Horse
- Human
- Hyena
- Hyrax
- Koala
- Lemur
- Llama
- Loris
- Moose
- Mouse
- Okapi
- Otter
- Panda
- Quoll
- Rhino
- Saiga
- Sheep
- Shrew
- Skunk
- Sloth
- Takin
- Tapir
- Tiger
- Whale
- Zebra
About this list
- 33 of the 124 mammals have exactly 5 letters (27%).
- Most start with H (5), S (5) and C (3).
- Only names of one word are counted, and only their letters: spaces, hyphens and apostrophes are not.
Quick answers
- What are some five-letter mammals?
- 33 of the 124 mammals in Icillion have exactly 5 letters, for example Human, Tiger and Horse.
- Which five-letter mammals start with H?
- H is the most common first letter here, with 5 names, such as Hippo, Horse, Human, Hyena and Hyrax.
Mammals by first letter
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