Since I have two pet dogs in my house along with my husband and 7 years old daughter, she has grown up loving animals. So, now when she has started going to school, she connects every letter with her favorite animals.
As a parent, you want to discover the most interesting way to teach your child about the animal kingdom. Otherwise, they’ll write it off as just another dull biology lesson and tune out.
To aid you in this endeavor, we have decided to go for the alphabetical order and compiled a list of animals that start with E. What, you ask, could possibly be so fascinating about such mundane creatures?
Nothing much, just a few interesting facts and knowledge that you can tell stories about to your kids at the dinner table.
Here you’ll find various groups of animals that begin with the letter E: birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, mammals, and invertebrates. I have also tried to cover the scientific categorization, food, behavior, and intriguing details of several common animals.
List of Animals that Start with E by Types
Want to know what happened when my kid asked to name a few cute animals that start with E? I blanked out completely, and all I could remember was rabbit which is cute, however, doesn’t start with e.
So, do you think you can name a few animals if your kid asks you to name a few fishes and amphibians? It will be hard for you to remember one when you tried to go through all the names from a list without a categorization.
Therefore, before moving to the facts about animal names with the letter e, let me give you the detailed list of animals divided by their classification. This way, it will be easier for you to inform your kid which animals is a bird and which one is a fish.
Mammals That Start With Letter E
Elk
Ermine
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Eurasian Lynx
Eastern Fox Squirrel
European Badger
European Polecat
European Hare
European Rabbit
Eurasian Wolf
Ethiopian Wolf
Eurasian Brown Bear
Eastern Gorilla
Eastern Wolf
Eastern Cottontail
Edible Dormouse
European Hedgehog
European Otter
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Eurasian Beaver
Elephant Seal
European Mink
Eastern Chipmunk
Etruscan Shrew
European Water Vole
Eastern Lowland Gorilla
Emperor Tamarin
Eurasian Harvest Mouse
European Mole
Eastern Barred Bandicoot
Eastern Elk
European Hamster
Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey
Egyptian Fruit Bat
Egyptian Mongoose
Eastern Mole
Eastern Quoll
Eld’s Deer
East African Oryx
Eastern Spotted Skunk
Eastern Red Bat
European Mouflon
Eastern Moose
East Siberian Brown Bear
Eastern Black Rhinoceros
Eurasian Water Shrew
European Jackal
Eastern Chimpanzee
Egyptian Wolf
European Ground Squirrel
East Caucasian Tur
Egyptian Weasel
Eastern Long-beaked Echidna
European Wildcat
Evening Bat
Ezo Red Fox
European Ass
Eastern Bettong
East African Wild Dog
Eastern Falanouc
Eastern Black Crested Gibbon
Eastern Pygmy Possum
Eastern Hoolock Gibbon
Elephas Celebensis
Eastern Lowland Olingo
European Snow Vole
Eastern Tube-nosed Bat
Equus Capensis
Eastern Small-footed Myotis
Escalera’s Bat
Eastern Woolly Lemur
Equus Stenonis
Euryoryzomys Russatus
Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur
Ethiopian Dwarf Mongoose
Eupleres Major
Elliot’s Short-tailed Shrew
Emin’s Pouched Rat
European Free-tailed Bat
Ethiopian Highland Hare
East African Springhare
Elvira Rat
Euryoryzomys Emmonsae
Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Ethiopian Hare
Eremoryzomys
Egyptian Tomb Bat
Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat
Ecuadorian Capuchin
Ethiopian Amphibious Rat
Eastern Harvest Mouse
Elephas Hysudrindicus
Emperor Rat
Equus Sivalensis
European Pine Vole
Echigo Mole
Equivalent Teeth Shrew Mole
Elephas Hysudricus
Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew
Ethiopian Striped Mouse
Elephas Beyeri
Emilia’s Marmoset
Ethiopian White-footed Mouse
Emma’s Giant Rat
Endo’s Pipistrelle
Eurasian Least Shrew
Elephas Iolensis
Euphrates Jerboa
Equus Namadicus
Egyptian Slit-faced Bat
Eastern Spiny Mouse
Elephas Ekorensis
Epixerus
Earless Water Rat
Eastern Common Cuscus
Ethiopian Forest Brush-furred Rat
Equatorial Saki
Everglades Short-tailed Shrew
Equus Fraternus
Egyptian Free-tailed Bat
Eastern Short-eared Rock-wallaby
East African Epauletted Fruit Bat
Eastern Heather Vole
Eastern Caenolestid
Ecuadorian Mantled Howler
Eversmann’s Hamster
Emilia’s Short-tailed Opossum
Enggano Rat
Eastern Broad-nosed Bat
Edwards’s Long-tailed Giant Rat
Elegant Water Shrew
Eastern Long-eared Bat
Eastern Broad-toothed Field Mouse
Egyptian Pygmy Shrew
Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat
Eastern Water Bat
Espíritu Santo Antelope Squirrel
Euroscaptor Subanura
Egyptian Mouse-tailed Bat
East Asian Tailless Leaf-nosed Bat
East African Little Collared Fruit Bat
Ear-spot Squirrel
Eptesicus Taddeii
Emilia’s Gracile Opossum
East African Highland Shrew
Eastern False Pipistrelle
Earth-colored Mouse
Eva’s Desert Mouse
Eisentraut’s Shrew
Eptesicus Lobatus
Ethiopian Big-eared Bat
Eumops Ferox
Eisentraut’s Striped Mouse
Eisentraut’s Mouse Shrew
Elongated Shrew
Enders’s Small-eared Shrew
Eastern Chestnut Mouse
Eastern Rat
Eastern Cordillera Small-footed Shrew
Eastern Striped Bandicoot
Eared Hutia
Euryoryzomys Nitidus
Equatorial Dog-faced Bat
Euryoryzomys Lamia
Eastern Bent-wing Bat
Ethiopian Thicket Rat
Evorsk Vole
Elgon Shrew
Eastern Voalavo
Emily’s Tuco-tuco
Elegant Myotis
Ega Long-tongued Bat
Edward’s Swamp Rat
Euryoryzomys Macconnelli
Ecuadorian Small-eared Shrew
Eastern Shrew Mouse
Eastern Cave Bat
Eastern Long-fingered Bat
Epixerus Ebii Wilsoni
Eastern Forest Bat
Ejeta’s House Bat
Emin’s Gerbil
Eastern White-eared Giant Rat
Ethiopian Woolly Bat
Eisentraut’s Pipistrelle
Eumops Nanus
Eastern Puna Mouse
Echimys Vieirai
Eastern Amazon Climbing Mouse
Eloquent Horseshoe Bat
Ethiopian Narrow-headed Rat
Eldorado Broad-nosed Bat
Elegant Margareta Rat
Ethiopian Mylomys
Ellerman’s Tufted-tailed Rat
Euryoryzomys Legatus
Ernst Mayr’s Water Rat
Eger’s Long-fingered Bat
Ethiopian Large-eared Roundleaf Bat
El Carrizo Deer Mouse
Embi African Mole-rat
Ecuadorian Grass Mouse
Eastern Rainforest Grammomys
Eumops Wilsoni
Ecuadoran Spiny Pocket Mouse
Eligmodontia Typus
East Asian Free-tailed Bat
Elias’s Atlantic Spiny Rat
Elery’s Tube-nosed Bat
Eastern Small-toothed Rat
Birds That Start With Letter E
Emu
Emperor Penguin
European Robin
European Goldfinch
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian Eagle-owl
Eurasian Blue Tit
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Eurasian Blackcap
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eastern Bluebird
Eurasian Collared Dove
Eurasian Wren
Egyptian Goose
Eastern Screech Owl
Eastern Phoebe
Eurasian Hoopoe
European Green Woodpecker
European Honey Buzzard
Egyptian Vulture
Eurasian Coot
Eastern Imperial Eagle
Eurasian Nuthatch
Eastern Kingbird
Eurasian Hobby
Eurasian Teal
European Storm Petrel
Eastern Rosella
Elf Owl
Evening Grosbeak
Eurasian Siskin
European Bee-eater
Eurasian Treecreeper
Eurasian Wigeon
Eastern Wood Pewee
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Edible-nest Swiftlet
Egyptian Plover
European Nightjar
Eurasian Bittern
European Serin
European Pied Flycatcher
Eastern Meadowlark
Eurasian Reed Warbler
European Roller
Eurasian Woodcock
Eastern Barn Owl
Eastern Osprey
Eurasian Curlew
Eskimo Curlew
European Stonechat
Eurasian Scops Owl
European Shag
Eurasian Spoonbill
European Golden Plover
Eurasian Wryneck
Eleonora’s Falcon
European Crested Tit
Eurasian Whimbrel
Eastern Whipbird
Erect-crested Penguin
Emperor Goose
Eastern Great Egret
Eurasian Pygmy Owl
Emerald Toucanet
Eurasian Dotterel
Echo Parakeet
European Herring Gull
Eurasian Skylark
European Greenfinch
Eastern Towhee
European Turtle Dove
Eurasian Bullfinch
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Eclectus Parrot
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Crag Martin
Eastern Spinebill
Eared Dove
Eared Quetzal
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Eleonora Cockatoo
Eastern Yellow Robin
Eastern Grass Owl
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Jungle Crow
Eastern Rockhopper Penguin
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
Elegant Trogon
Eurasian Penduline Tit
Eurasian Rock Pipit
Eastern Nicator
Eastern Ground Parrot
Eastern Spot-billed Duck
Eastern Cattle Egret
Eastern Buzzard
Elegant Quail
Eastern Marsh Harrier
Edwards’s Pheasant
Elliot’s Pheasant
Elegant Tern
Egyptian Nightjar
Elegant Crested Tinamou
Emperor Bird-of-paradise
Elegant Parrot
Eudyptes Warhami
Eyebrowed Thrush
Elegant Tit
Eastern Bluebonnet
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Emerald Starling
Eastern Red-tailed Hawk
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
Erckel’s Spurfowl
Elfin Woods Warbler
Eastern Carrion Crow
Eastern Bristlebird
Eaton’s Pintail
Eastern Chanting Goshawk
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Eastern Plantain-eater
Eastern Parotia
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Ecuadorian Hillstar
Eastern Golden Weaver
Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler
Eiao Monarch
Empress Of Germany’s Bird Of Paradise
Enggano Hill Myna
Eastern Crowned Warbler
El Oro Parakeet
Ethiopian Swallow
Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon
Eastern Canary Islands Chiffchaff
Eversmann’s Redstart
Emerald-chinned Hummingbird
Elegant Euphonia
Esmeraldas Woodstar
Empress Brilliant
Ethiopian Siskin
East Brazilian Pygmy Owl
Elliot’s Storm Petrel
Everett’s Scops Owl
Eared Pitta
Epaulet Oriole
Elegant Pitta
Emin’s Shrike
Eastern Rock Nuthatch
Emei Shan Liocichla
Eastern Chat-tanager
Elegant Imperial Pigeon
Eyrean Grasswren
East Brazilian Chachalaca
Ecuadorian Ground Dove
Eungella Honeyeater
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Ethiopian Oriole
Eastern Clapper Lark
Elegant Sunbird
Euler’s Flycatcher
Everett’s White-eye
Enggano Scops Owl
Elegant Crescentchest
Ecuadorian Piculet
Emerald-bellied Puffleg
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Everett’s Thrush
Ecuadorian Piedtail
Eyebrowed Wren-babbler
Ecuadorian Rail
Eastern Alpine Mannikin
Eastern Long-billed Lark
Eyebrowed Jungle Flycatcher
Elliot’s Laughingthrush
Ethiopian Boubou
Ecuadorian Cacique
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet
El Oro Tapaculo
East Coast Akalat
Enggano Cuckoo-dove
Eastern Black-headed Batis
Erlanger’s Lark
Ecuadorian Thrush
Elliot’s Woodpecker
Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Enggano Thrush
Eastern Striolated Puffbird
Evergreen Forest Warbler
Emei Leaf Warbler
Eared Pygmy Tyrant
Eastern Bearded Greenbul
Eastern Wattled Cuckooshrike
Equatorial Akalat
Ethiopian Cisticola
Esmeraldas Antbird
Elegant Woodcreeper
Eastern Woodhaunter
Eye-ringed Tody-tyrant
Elgon Francolin
Elegant Honeyeater
Escudo Hummingbird
Eye-ringed Thistletail
Eiao Marquesan Warbler
Eastern Miombo Sunbird
Ecuadorian Tyrannulet
East Amazonian Fire-eye
Eastern Forest Robin
Reptiles That Start With Letter E
Eastern Brown Snake
Eastern Box Turtle
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Eastern Hognose Snake
Eastern Indigo Snake
Eastern Racer
Eastern Rat Snake
Egyptian Cobra
Eastern Green Mamba
Eastern Milk Snake
Eastern Kingsnake
Eastern Garter Snake
Emerald Green Tree Boa
Eastern Fence Lizard
Eastern Coral Snake
Eyelash Viper
Eastern Long-necked Turtle
Eastern Worm Snake
European Pond Turtle
European Green Lizard
Eastern Foxsnake
Emerald Tree Monitor
European Cat Snake
Eastern Bearded Dragon
Eastern Mud Turtle
Equatorial Spitting Cobra
Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard
Elephant Trunk Snake
Egyptian Tortoise
Earless Monitor Lizard
Eastern River Cooter
Elaphe Carinata
Elongated Tortoise
Echis Pyramidum
European Ratsnake
Elaphe Schrenckii
Eumeces Schneiderii
El Hierro Giant Lizard
Echis Coloratus
Echis Ocellatus
Eutropis Multifasciata
Euphrates Softshell Turtle
Eutropis Macularia
Egernia Kingii
Erythrolamprus Aesculapii
Eutropis Carinata
Eulamprus Quoyii
Eristicophis
European Leaf-toed Gecko
Eunectes Stirtoni
Erythrolamprus Bizona
East Canary Gecko
Echis Leucogaster
Erythrolamprus Ocellatus
Elaphe Davidi
Elseya Albagula
Euprepiophis Conspicillata
Eublepharis Angramainyu
East African Spiny-tailed Lizard
Echiopsis
East African Black Mud Turtle
Elaphe Bimaculata
Elaphe Anomala
Eryx Whitakeri
Eirenis Coronella
Eastern Glass Lizard
Emoia Impar
Echis Carinatus Sochureki
Erhard’s Wall Lizard
Eastern Casquehead Iguana
Escambia Map Turtle
Erythrolamprus Ornatus
Eirenis Levantinus
Elaphe Moellendorffi
Eirenis Decemlineatus
Enyalioides Binzayedi
Elseya Branderhorsti
Eastwood’s Long-tailed Seps
Eirenis Rothii
Eryx Elegans
Excitable Delma
Emydocephalus Ijimae
Eirenis Lineomaculatus
Eastern Three-lined Skink
Eumeces Algeriensis
Elseya Dentata
Eastern Skink
Emoia Atrocostata
Echis Megalocephalus
Eutropis Longicaudata
Echis Hughesi
Echis Jogeri
Echis Carinatus Multisquamatus
East Indian Leopard Gecko
Egernia Hosmeri
Elapotinus
Enyalioides Laticeps
Eirenis Coronelloides
Eurylepis Poonaensis
Emerald Snake
Elseya Schultzei
Eryx Somalicus
Emperor Flat Lizard
Exiliboa
Elegant Racer
Echis Carinatus Astolae
Eutropis Dissimilis
Elseya Uberrima
Elaphe Hodgsoni
Eremias Argus
Echis Pyramidum Leakeyi
Emoia Caeruleocauda
Epictia Tenella
Echis Pyramidum Aliaborri
Eremias Przewalskii
Elaphe Zoigeensis
Eirenis Barani
Erythrolamprus Cobella
Ecpleopus
Eutropis Rudis
Etheridgeum
Ebenavia Maintimainty
Eastern Trinket Snake
Echis Carinatus Sinhaleyus
Eutropis Clivicola
Egernia Saxatilis
Euprepiophis Perlacea
Eumeces Blythianus
Eirenis Punctatolineatus
Eremias Szczerbaki
Eremias Velox
Eutropis Rugifera
Eastern Vine Snake
Eroticoscincus
Elegant Coral Snake
Eastern Dwarf Mulga Snake
Eremias Kokshaaliensis
Eutropis Beddomei
Epictia Albifrons
Eirenis Persicus
Eritrean Blind Snake
Eutropis Bibronii
Eirenis Medus
Eremias Vermiculata
Eremias Nikolskii
Eurylepis Taeniolata
Enyalioides Altotambo
Eremias Grammica
Eutropis Madaraszi
Eutropis Ashwamedhi
Eremias Lineolata
Eremias Multiocellata
Eremias Strauchi
Eremias Kavirensis
Eremias Aria
Eremias Quadrifrons
Eremias Kopetdaghica
Eremias Stummeri
Eremias Andersoni
Eremias Brenchleyi
Eastern Least Gecko
Eutropis Gansi
Eremias Dzungarica
Eutropis Allapallensis
Eutropis Floweri
Eutropis Tytleri
Ebenavia Robusta
Emirati Leaf-toed Gecko
Espírito Santo Blind Snake
Eremias Regeli
Epictia Striatula
Eremias Nigrocellata
Eremias Scripta
Enyalioides Anisolepis
Eremias Fasciata
Eyespot Gecko
Echinosaura Apodema
Eremias Intermedia
Enyalioides Sophiarothschildae
Ebenavia Boettgeri
Eremias Papenfussi
Eutropis Andamanensis
Eastern Deserts Fat-tailed Gecko
Elegant Worm Snake
Eight-lined Keelback
Eutropis Innotata
Ebenavia Safari
Eutropis Quadricarinata
Eremias Buechneri
Eutropis Trivittata
Ebenavia Tuelinae
El Yunque Least Gecko
Epictia Ater
Eremias Cholistanica
Eremias Isfahanica
Earthworm Blind Snake
Eutropis Tammanna
Eremias Roborowskii
Echinosaura Brachycephala
Estados Sucre Gecko
Echinosaura Palmeri
Echinosaura Horrida
Erg Agama
Eremias Yarkandensis
Echinosaura Panamensis
Estado Falcon Gecko
Euspondylus Acutirostris
East Iberian Sand Racer
Euspondylus Guentheri
Euspondylus Josyi
Euspondylus Simonsii
Euspondylus Maculatus
Española Leaf-toed Gecko
Echinosaura Orcesi
Estado Falcón Worm Snake
Euspondylus Paxcorpus
Estado Aragua Gecko
Euspondylus Nellycarrillae
Euspondylus Auyanensis
Euspondylus Caideni
Euspondylus Monsfumus
Euspondylus Excelsum
Amphibians That Start With Letter E
Eastern Newt
Edible Frog
European Tree Frog
European Green Toad
European Fire-bellied Toad
Ensatina
Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog
Euphlyctis Cyanophlyctis
Eleutherodactylus Cystignathoides
Euphlyctis Hexadactylus
Eurycea Neotenes
Espadarana Prosoblepon
Eleutherodactylus Marnockii
Emerald-eyed Tree Frog
Eungella Torrent Frog
Ezo Salamander
Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet
Eleutherodactylus Juanariveroi
Eleutherodactylus Amadeus
Eastern Golden Frog
Eleutherodactylus Guttilatus
Eastern Leopard Toad
Epipedobates Machalilla
Eleutherodactylus Martinicensis
Eneida’s Coquí
Elegant Stubfoot Toad
Ecnomiohyla Valancifer
Elachistocleis Bicolor
Euphlyctis Ghoshi
Elachistocleis Ovalis
Eleutherodactylus Sisyphodemus
Engystomops Petersi
Elegant Frog
Ecnomiohyla Echinata
Eastern Mindanao Frog
Ecnomiohyla Phantasmagoria
Eleutherodactylus Cuneatus
Epipedobates Espinosai
Eleutherodactylus Abbotti
Ecnomiohyla Fimbrimembra
Eleutherodactylus Apostates
Ethiopian Banana Frog
Euparkerella Robusta
Ecnomiohyla Salvaje
Ecuador Slender-legged Tree Frog
Eleutherodactylus Alticola
Exerodonta Catracha
Eleutherodactylus Inoptatus
Ecnomiohyla Thysanota
Eleutherodactylus Klinikowskii
Ecnomiohyla Minera
Eupsophus Emiliopugini
Eleutherodactylus Bartonsmithi
Eleutherodactylus Bresslerae
Eleutherodactylus Ricordii
Ectopoglossus Atopoglossus
Ectopoglossus Lacrimosus
Eleutherodactylus Patriciae
Everett’s Tree Frog
Eleutherodactylus Cavernicola
Eupsophus Insularis
Eleutherodactylus Longipes
Eleutherodactylus Fuscus
Eleutherodactylus Parapelates
Espadarana Audax
Eleutherodactylus Intermedius
Eleutherodactylus Paulsoni
Exerodonta Perkinsi
Eleutherodactylus Pipilans
Eleutherodactylus Schmidti
Engystomops Pustulatus
Eleutherodactylus Ruthae
Eleutherodactylus Caribe
Elachistocleis Pearsei
Eleutherodactylus Adelus
Eleutherodactylus Rufifemoralis
Eleutherodactylus Lucioi
Exerodonta Sumichrasti
Eleutherodactylus Auriculatus
Eleutherodactylus Dimidiatus
Efogi Tree Frog
Eleutherodactylus Pallidus
Eleutherodactylus Pinarensis
Exerodonta Melanomma
Eleutherodactylus Darlingtoni
Fish That Start with E
Eel
Eel catfish
Eelpout
European Eel
European Sea Bass
European Perch
European Sprat
European Sardine
European Anchovy
English Sole
Insects and Invertebrates Beginning with E
Eastern Oyster
European Squid
East Pacific Red Octopus
European Flying Squid
Euprymna Scolopes
Eledone Moschata
Enteroctopus Megalocyathus
Euspira Heros
Enteroctopus Magnificus
Euvola Ziczac
Epioblasma Triquetra
Euprymna Tasmanica
Ensis Minor
Euprotomus Aurisdianae
Exomilus Dyscritos
Epioblasma Torulosa
Egea Inermis
Extra Extra
Epioblasma Lenior
Epioblasma Obliquata
Epioblasma Haysiana
Euvola Raveneli
Elliptio Nigella
Elktoe
Euprymna Albatrossae
Eucyclotoma Cymatodes
Epioblasma Biemarginata
Euprymna Hoylei
Eulimella Ventricosa
Eleutherocaulis Haroldi
Epioblasma Arcaeformis
Epioblasma Brevidens
Eumitra Apheles
Eledone Schultzei
Elliptio Ahenea
Epioblasma Flexuosa
Epioblasma Penita
Epioblasma Personata
Eulima Elodia
Eulima Hyalina
Eulithidium Phasianella
Ethaliella Capillata
Epioblasma Turgidula
Eucithara Bicolor
Echinoteuthis Atlantica
Ellipsaria Lineolata
Elliptio Spinosa
Enoploteuthis Leptura
Epioblasma Propinqua
Epioblasma Sampsonii
Euprymna Hyllebergi
Euprymna Penares
Euprymna Phenax
Eurytellina Simulans
Echinoteuthis Danae
Elaphriella Dikhonikhe
Emarginula Dilecta
Epioblasma Walkeri
Eulima Koeneni
Eucyclotoma Fusiformis
Echinolittorina Cecillei
Emarginula Devota
Eulima Unilineata
Eulimella Perturbata
Eumitra Imbricata
Euryentmema Australiana
Euchelus Eucastus
Eucithara Hirasei
Ethminolia Vitiliginea
Eulima Bilineata
Elliptio Hopetonensis
Elliptio Producta
Epioblasma Othcaloogensis
Epioblasma Stewardsonii
Euprymna Stenodactyla
Eutudora Jimenoi
Ethalia Bysma
Eucithara Nana
Epidirella Xanthophaes
Elliptio Congaraea
Elliptio Downiei
Egilina Mariella
Elliptio Mcmichaeli
Eulithidium Perforatum
Eucithara Striatella
Eucyclotoma Albomacula
Ethminolia Durbanensis
Eucithara Marginelloides
Echinolittorina Granosa
Epiherpia
Eulima Augustoi
Eulima Eburnea
Eulima Oblonga
Eulima Translucida
Evalea Propria
Eubela Aequatorialis
Elaphriella Cantharos
Eucithara Fusiformis
Eucithara Alacris
Eucithara Typica
Euchelus Decora
Elaphriella Leia
Emarginula Choristes
Emarginula Connelli
Emarginula Curvamen
Emarginula Longifissa
Emarginula Patula
Emarginula Thorektes
Eucithara Nevilliana
Eucithara Grata
Eucithara Subterranea
Eucithara Villaumeae
Eulima Adamsii
Eulima Alaskensis
Eulima Almo
Eulima Angustior
Eulima Balteata
Ethminolia Hemprichii
Eulima Bizona
Eulima Campyla
Eulima Ephamilla
Eulima Fischeri
Eulima Flexuosa
Eulima Lapazana
Ethaliella Pulchella
Eulima Lodderae
Eulima Recurva
Eulima Riss
Eulima Undulosa
Elaphriella Wareni
Eulima Varians
Eucithara Milia
Eucithara Pulchra
Eucithara Rufolineata
Eucithara Ringens
Eucithara Angiostoma
Elliptio Angustata
Elliptio Dariensis
Elliptio Folliculata
Elliptio Shepardiana
Escalima Regularis
Eucyclotoma Hindsii
Eubranchus Mandapamensis
Eucithara Celebensis
Exomilus Cylindricus
Earwig
Emerald Ash Borer
European Corn Borer
List of Animals That Start With E: Classification, Behavior, and Facts
While I was looking for animal list that starts with the letter E, I found different species of animals that belong to any of the classification mentioned above. Since many of them were unknown to me, I decided to collect their scientific name, their diet, where they live and behavioral pattern.
To make the learning part interesting, I have included any fun facts about these animals that came across me. Continue reading to know more about them.
1. Eagle
Scientific name: Aquila chrysaetos
Type of animal: Bird
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: You may find Eagles in large open spaces where water is available for example, lakes, rivers, or coastal regions.
Average lifespan: Healthy Eagles can live from 15 and up to 30 years.
Diet: This is a carnivore animal that eats after catching its prey.
Fun Fact: Eagles have eyesight that is 4 to 8 times stronger compared to an average human.
Usually, you will find eagles flying alone to pray from a very high altitude. They don’t like to eat dead animals. However, if you want you can train which can be a really difficult job.
2. Earthworm
Scientific name: Lumbricina
Type of animal: Annelid
Phylum: Annelida
Habitat: You may find earthworms doing their great work in humus-filled, moist soil.
Average lifespan: Although they don’t seem like living a long life in their tiny body, they can live a maximum of 8 years.
Diet: Omnivore or both animal and plant-originated food.
Fun Fact: They are well-known to have both male and female organs.
Earthworms don’t breathe through their lungs, they use their skin for breathing. And since they have both organs, they don’t need another partner to reproduce. They move from one place to another with the help of their segmented body.
3. Earwig
Scientific name: Dermaptera
Type of animal: Insect
Phylum: Arthropoda
Habitat: From their name, you may think they live in animal hair, which isn’t true. They live in woodlands and grass.
Average lifespan: Lives around a year with good food.
Diet: They are omnivorous; eat whatever they find in the way.
Fun Fact: There are nearly 2000 species of this little insect.
An earwig uses their pincers for hunting, defense and courtship and the male pincers are more attractive and curved than the females. Almost all of them can fly and use their hindwings. Their forewings are believed to have evolved to protect from predators.
4. Echidna
Scientific name: Tachyglossus Aculeatus
Type of animal: Mammal
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: In the deep forests where the environment is dry and the temperature is cooler than other areas.
Average lifespan: They can live up to 40 years and minimum of 15 years.
Diet: They are carnivores and their favorite food is ants.
Fun Fact: Their spines are adapted hairs. And have a common name of spiny anteaters.
They have sticky tongues with which they pray earthworms and ants since they lack teeth.
5. Edible Frog
Scientific name: Pelophylax esculentus
Type of animal: Amphibian
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: Prefers to live in moist places for example, ponds and woodland swamps.
Average lifespan: Their duration to live is typically 5 to 15 years.
Diet: Omnivore, eats insects, dragging them with their long tongue.
Fun Fact: Their name’s edible frog cause they guard the banks around where they live. Sadly, french people found them, and now they are part of their fancy cuisine!
You can find different colors of edible frogs. For example, brown, tan, black or green. Their skin type is permeable and becomes sexually mature after 2 years of their birth.
6. Egret
Scientific name: Ardea alba
Type of animal: Bird
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: To find food easily, they fly from one place to another and find streams, ponds and lakes.
Average lifespan: If they find perfect weather, temperature and abundance of food, these birds can live up to 10 years. In other cases 5 years.
Diet: Carnivore, prefers to eat fish, reptiles, insects and small mammals.
Fun Fact: The most interesting fact about them is that they make noise and harsh croaking sounds if they see any threats or need to call their partner.
These animals are beautiful to observe from a distance. Their wings can spread from 2-5 feet and start hunting from the age of 7 weeks.
7. Egyptian Goose
Scientific name: Alopochen aegyptiacus
Type of animal: Bird
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: Prefers to set near water. So, they find places for example, rivers, and lakes.
Average lifespan: Their living duration can be 15 to 25 years.
Diet: Omnivore, eats insects and terrestrial worms. Frogs are their favorite diet.
Fun Fact: Have you ever seen a goose fly? Well, the Egyptian Goose can even though it is a duck species.
You can distinguish them with their striking hunting capabilities and distinct honking call. They used to be native to Africa and thought to live around the Nile River before moving to American subcontinents.
8. Electric Eel
Scientific name: Electrophorus electricus
Type of animal: Fish
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: Prefers to live in murky pools and river basins of Orinoco River in Amazon.
Average lifespan: We still don’t know how long they live in the rivers, however, when captivated in a closed environment they live up to 22 years.
Diet: They are carnivores and hunt small fish, insects and crustaceans.
Fun Fact: As the name suggests, these eels can generate electricity to defend and hunt.
Electric eels can grow up to 8 feet! Scary, right? Their colors may vary from brown, grey, yellow and orange.
9. Elephant
Scientific name: Elephantidae
Type of animal: Mammal
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: You may find elephants in flood plains and rain forests in many places in Asia and Africa.
Average lifespan: Without any disease condition, elephants can live from 55 to 70 years top.
Diet: Herbivore in nature and eats fruits, grass and roots. You may have seen many eating bananas.
Fun Fact: However, they are slow eaters and can spend 22 hours in a day eating.
Although they are massive giants for us, people keep hunting them for many years as their skin type is leather. You can find these animals in many mythologies, however, they are walking towards extinction and we may have to tell stories about them in the future.
10. Elephant Seal
Scientific name: Mirounga angustirostris
Type of animal: Mammal
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: These seals move around the ocean water and spend time in the beaches on the lovely sand.
Average lifespan: They live a long life of 18 to 22 years.
Diet: Eats fish, octopus and squid available in the ocean water.
Fun Fact: Elephant Seal can hold their breath under the water for two hours.
The largest seal species can dive deep into the ocean more than 5000 feet. And have a trunk-like nose to get the name elephant seal.
11. Elephant Shrew
Scientific name: Elephantulus
Type of animal: Mammal
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: Woodland, forest and grassland.
Average lifespan: 2 to 6 years.
Diet: Insects, spiders and worms.
Fun Fact: Another name is jumping shrew as they can jump up to 3 feet.
They are native to Africa, which means you cannot find them anywhere else. These animals can grow well in the driest places, for example, the Namib Desert.
12. Elk
Scientific name: Cervus canadensis
Type of animal: Cervid
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: Lives in forests, meadows and forest edges
Average lifespan: They live longer in captivity for 20 years and maximum 15 years while living in the forest.
Diet: they are the second-largest herbivorous.
Fun Fact: Male elks can jump as high as eight feet. The male elks can make sound by simultaneously whistling and roaring both of their lips and nostrils.
13. Emperor Penguin
Scientific name: Aptenodytes forsteri
Type of animal: Seabirds who are unable to fly
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: Places of Antarctica where ice is compacted
Average lifespan: 15 to 50 years
Diet: Eats fish, squid, and krill.
Fun Fact: Animal fossils of Emperor Penguin can be found as old as 40 million years.
You can say they are excellent, loyal lovers as they have only one mating partner all their life.
14. Emperor Tamarin
Scientific name: Saguinus Imperator
Type of animal: Mammal
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: Tropical forests
Average lifespan: 8 to 15 years
Diet: Insects, fruits, or rodents
Fun Fact: Tamarins first began to appear nearly 30 million years ago. They live in troops and have long white mustaches.
15. Emu
Scientific name: Dromaius novaehollandiae
Type of animal: Bird
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: they live in open lands where plenty of grass and water is available.
Average lifespan: 12 to 20 years.
Diet: They like to eat seeds, fruits, insects and flowers.
Fun Fact: Emu’s father changes color as they age.
16. English Shepherd
Scientific name: Canis lupus
Type of animal: Mammal
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: they are found all over north-America
Average lifespan: English Shepherd can live up to 14 years.
Diet: Omnivore
Fun Fact: They are well known for their intelligence and they are shy and devoted in nature
17. Escolar
Scientific name: Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
Type of animal: Fish
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: They live in the tropical oceans of the northern Indian Ocean.
Average lifespan: They may live up to 11 years.
Diet: They prefer to eat squid, crustaceans, and cuttlefish.
Fun Fact: These fish cannot digest wax esters.
Although the fish tastes good, you may suffer from diarrhea if you eat too much of it.
18. Eskimo Dog
Scientific name: Canis lupus
Type of animal: Mammalia
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: They thrive their life in cold areas of North America.
Average lifespan: 14 years
Diet: Omnivore
Fun Fact: These dogs are renowned for their agility.
They are the decedents of German spitz. And you can have them as pets as they are intelligent and good with animals.
19. Ethiopian Wolf
Scientific name: Canis simensis
Type of animal: Mammals
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: They live in six to seven restricted mountain ranges situated at Ethiopia.
Average lifespan: They can live up to 9 years.
Diet: Omnivore, eats small animals.
Fun Fact: Have you heard any stories of the mighty red jackal? In Ethiopia these animals are locally called Ky Kebero or red jackel.
Although they have dens in deep forests, they only live there until their pups are mature enough to hunt.
20. Eurasian Lynx
Scientific name: Lynx lynx
Type of animal: Mammal
Phylum: Chordata
Habitat: They prefer to hunt in forests and mountains after hunting them with long run.
Average lifespan: A few of their species can live for up to 13 years.
Diet: Lynx hunt a lot of animals for example, deer, hare, foxes, elk, birds and rabbits.
Fun Fact: Lynx can run as fast as 30 miles/hour in a single burst.
Places where humans cannot reach, Lynx is responsible to keep a balance of the goat and deer populations as they prefer to hunt when they find food in abundance!
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Final Thoughts
Hopefully, my list of animals that start with e will help you to teach your kid about the scientific features of these animals. Although all of the information are not for kids or toddlers, you can always save the information for later when they will grow older.
However, in my opinion, it is better that you teach your kid about animals from the very beginning of their study as it will form their brain against any animal abuse. They will realize more about animal freedom, the threats and how the new generation can help protect animals!