We all know about Noah’s Ark, but just how many animals DOES the Bible list?
While there’s not an exhaustive list of animals Noah took into the Ark, there are still plenty of places in Scripture that show many of the animals we know of today.
The funnest ones to study out are dinosaurs (behemoth and leviathan) and unicorns!!! Whether or not the Bible was referring to the mythical creature, the unicorn, or a real example within Scripture referring to an actual, real unicorn animal, we are unsure of, but either way, they knew what it was back then or it wouldn’t have been referred to!
Check out all the animals in the Bible from A-Z!
Animals in the Bible That Starts with A – Z
Whether you’re a parent, teacher, doing a study on your own or just curious, you’ll love seeing how God used animals to teach lessons, deliver messages, and show His power ✨. Let’s dive into the wild and wonderful world of biblical creatures! 🌍🐾
Be sure to check out my other A-Z lists too for more fun! 🥳
Full list of animals in the Bible…
• Animals in the Bible that starts with A
- Addax – Deuteronomy 14:5 (NLT)
- Adder – Psalm 91:13 (ESV)
- Ant – Proverbs 6:6 (ESV), Proverbs 30:25 (ESV)
- Antelope – Deuteronomy 14:5 (ESV), Isaiah 51:20 (ESV)
- Ape – 1 Kings 10:22 (ESV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with B
- Baboon – 1 Kings 10:22 (NIV)
- Bald Locust – Leviticus 11:22 (ESV)
- Barn Owl – Leviticus 11:18 (ESV)
- Bat – Leviticus 11:19 (ESV), Isaiah 2:20 (ESV)
- Bear – 1 Samuel 17:34-37 (ESV), 2 Kings 2:24 (ESV), Isaiah 11:7 (ESV), Daniel 7:5 (ESV), Revelation 13:2 (ESV)
- Bearded Vulture – Leviticus 11:13 (ESV)
- Black Vulture – Leviticus 11:13 (ESV)
- Bee – Judges 14:8 (ESV)
- Behemoth – Job 40:15 (ESV)
- Bird – Genesis 1:20 (ESV), Matthew 6:26 (ESV)
- Boar – Psalm 80:13 (ESV)
- Buzzard – Isaiah 34:15 (NLT)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with C
- Calf – Exodus 32:4 (ESV)
- Camel – Genesis 24:10 (ESV), Leviticus 11:4 (ESV), Isaiah 30:6 (ESV), Matthew 3:4 (ESV), Matthew 19:24 (ESV), Matthew 23:24 (ESV)
- Carrion Vulture – Leviticus 11:18 (ESV)
- Caterpillar – Psalm 78:46 (KJV)
- Cattle – Psalm 50:10 (ESV)
- Chameleon – Leviticus 11:30 (ESV)
- Chamois – Deuteronomy 14:5 (KJV)
- Cobra – Isaiah 11:8 (ESV)
- Cormorant – Leviticus 11:17 (ESV)
- Cow – Isaiah 11:7 (ESV), Daniel 4:25 (NLT), Luke 14:5 (NLT)
- Crane – Isaiah 38:14 (ESV)
- Cricket – Leviticus 11:22 (ESV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with D
- Deer – Deuteronomy 12:15 (ESV), Deuteronomy 14:5 (ESV)
- Dog – Judges 7:5 (ESV), 1 Kings 21:23–24 (ESV), Ecclesiastes 9:4 (ESV), Matthew 15:26-27 (ESV), Luke 16:21 (ESV), 2 Peter 2:22 (ESV), Revelation 22:15 (ESV)
- Donkey – Numbers 22:21–41 (ESV), Isaiah 1:3 (ESV), Isaiah 30:6 (ESV), John 12:14 (ESV)
- Dove – Genesis 8:8 (ESV), 2 Kings 6:25 (ESV), Matthew 3:16 (ESV) and 10:16 (ESV), John 2:16 (NASB)
- Dragon – Isaiah 30:7 (NLT)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with E
- Eagle – Exodus 19:4 (ESV), Isaiah 40:31 (ESV), Ezekiel 1:10 (ESV), Daniel 7:4 (ESV), Revelation 4:7 (ESV), Revelation 12:14 (ESV)
- Eagle Owl – Leviticus 11:16 (NLT)
- Egyptian Vulture – Leviticus 11:18 (NLT)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with F
- Falcon – Leviticus 11:14 (ESV)
- Fallow Deer – Deuteronomy 14:5 (KJV)
- Fish – Exodus 7:18 (ESV), Jonah 1:17 (ESV), Matthew 14:17 (ESV), Matthew 17:27 (ESV), Luke 24:42 (ESV), John 21:9 (ESV)
- Flea – 1 Samuel 24:14 (ESV), 1 Samuel 26:20 (ESV)
- Fly – Ecclesiastes 10:1 (ESV)
- Fox – Judges 15:4 (ESV), Nehemiah 4:3 (ESV), Matthew 8:20 (ESV), Luke 13:32 (ESV)
- Frog – Exodus 8:2 (ESV), Revelation 16:13 (ESV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with G
- Gazelle – Deuteronomy 12:15 (ESV), Deuteronomy 14:5 (ESV)
- Gecko – Leviticus 11:30 (ESV)
- Gnat – Exodus 8:16 (ESV), Matthew 23:24 (ESV)
- Goat – 1 Samuel 17:34 (NLT), Genesis 15:9 (ESV), Geneis 37:31 (ESV), Daniel 8:5 (ESV), Leviticus 16:7 (ESV), Matthew 25:33 (ESV)
- Grasshopper – Leviticus 11:22 (ESV)
- Great Fish – Jonah 1:17 (ESV)
- Great Owl – Leviticus 11:17 (NASB)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with H
- Hare – Leviticus 11:6 (ESV)
- Hart – Deuteronomy 14:5 (KJV)
- Hawk – Leviticus 11:16 (ESV), Job 39:26 (ESV)
- Heron – Leviticus 11:19 (ESV)
- Hoopoe – Leviticus 11:19 (ESV)
- Hornet – Joshua 24:12 (ESV)
- Horse – 1 Kings 4:26 (ESV), 2 Kings 2:11 (ESV), Revelation 6:2-8 (ESV), Revelation 19:14 (ESV)
- Hyena – Isaiah 34:14 (ESV)
- Hyrax – Leviticus 11:5 (NASB)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with I
- Ibex – Deuteronomy 14:5 (ESV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with J
- Jackal – Isaiah 34:13 (ESV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with K
- Kid – Genesis 27:9 (NASB)
- Kite – Leviticus 11:14 (ESV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with L
- Lamb – 1 Samuel 17:34 (ESV)
- Leech – Proverbs 30:15 (ESV)
- Leopard – Isaiah 11:6 (ESV), Jeremiah 13:23 (ESV), Daniel 7:6 (ESV), Revelation 13:2 (ESV)
- Leviathan – Isaiah 27:1 (ESV), Psalm 74:14 (ESV), Job 41:1 (ESV)
- Little Owl – Leviticus 11:17 (ESV)
- Lion – Judges 14:8 (ESV), 1 Kings 13:24 (ESV), Isaiah 30:6 (ESV), Isaiah 65:25 (ESV), Daniel 6:7 (ESV), Ezekiel 1:10 (ESV), 1 Peter 5:8 (ESV), Revelation 4:7 (ESV), Revelation 13:2 (ESV)
- Lioness – Genesis 49:9 (ESV)
- Lizard – Leviticus 11:30 (ESV)
- Locust – Exodus 10:4 (ESV), Leviticus 11:22 (ESV), Joel 1:4 (ESV), Matthew 3:4 (ESV), Revelation 9:3 (ESV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with M
- Maggot – Isaiah 14:11 (ESV), Mark 9:48 (NLT), Job 7:5 (NASB), Job 17:14 (NASB), Job 21:26 (NASB)
- Mole Rat – Leviticus 11:29 (ESV)
- Monitor Lizard – Leviticus 11:30 (ESV)
- Moth – Matthew 6:19 (ESV), Isaiah 50:9 (ESV), Isaiah 51:8 (ESV)
- Mountain Sheep – Deuteronomy 14:5 (ESV)
- Mourning Dove – Isaiah 38:14 (NIV)
- Mouse – Leviticus 11:29 (ESV)
- Mule – 2 Samuel 18:9 (ESV), 1 Kings 1:38 (ESV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with N
- Nighthawk – Leviticus 11:16 (ESV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with O
- Osprey – Leviticus 11:18 (NIV)
- Ostrich – Lamentations 4:3 (ESV), Leviticus 11:16 (ESV)
- Owl – Isaiah 34:15 (ESV), Psalms 102:6 (ESV)
- Ox/Oxen – 1 Samuel 11:7 (ESV), 2 Samuel 6:6 (ESV), 1 Kings 19:20–21 (ESV), Job 40:15 (ESV), Isaiah 1:3 (ESV), Ezekiel 1:10 (ESV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with P
- Partridge – 1 Samuel 26:20 (ESV)
- Peacock – 1 Kings 10:22 (ESV)
- Pig – Leviticus 11:7 (ESV), Deuteronomy 14:8 (ESV), Proverbs 11:22 (ESV), Isaiah 65:4 (ESV), Isaiah 66:3 (ESV), Matthew 7:6 (ESV), Matthew 8:31 (ESV), 2 Peter 2:22 (NLT)
- Pigeon – Genesis 15:9 (ESV), Luke 2:24 (ESV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with Q
- Quail – Exodus 16:13 (ESV), Numbers 11:31 (ESV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with R
- Rabbit – Deuteronomy 14:7 (NASB)
- Ram – Genesis 15:9 (ESV), Exodus 25:5 (ESV)
- Rat – Leviticus 11:29 (ESV)
- Raven – Genesis 8:7 (ESV), Leviticus 11:15 (ESV), 1 Kings 17:4 (ESV)
- Rock Badger – Leviticus 11:5 (ESV)
- Rodent – Isaiah 2:20 (NLT)
- Roebuck – Deuteronomy 14:5 (KJV)
- Roe Deer – Deuteronomy 14:5 (NKJV)
- Rooster – Matthew 26:34 (ESV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with S
- Sand Lizard – Leviticus 11:30 (ESV)
- Scorpion – 1 Kings 12:11 (ESV), 1 Kings 12:14 (ESV), Luke 10:19 (ESV), Revelation 9:3 (ESV), Revelation 9:5 (ESV), Revelation 9:10 (ESV)
- Seagull – Leviticus 11:16 (ESV)
- Serpent – Genesis 3:1 (ESV), Revelation 12:9 (ESV)
- Sheep – Exodus 12:5 (ESV), 1 Samuel 17:34 (ESV), Matthew 25:33 (ESV), Luke 15:4 (ESV), John 10:7 (ESV)
- Short-eared Owl – Leviticus 11:17 (ESV)
- Skink – Leviticus 11:30 (NIV)
- Slug – Psalm 58:8 (NIV)
- Snail – Psalms 58:8 (ESV)
- Snake – Exodus 4:3 (NIV), Numbers 21:9 (NIV), Proverbs 23:32 (NASB), Isaiah 11:8 (NLT), Isaiah 30:6 (NIV), Isaiah 59:5 (NASB)
- Sparrow – Matthew 10:31 (ESV)
- Spider – Isaiah 59:5 (ESV)
- Stork – Leviticus 11:19 (ESV)
- Swallow – Isaiah 38:14 (ESV)
- Swan – Leviticus 11:18 (KJV), Deuteronomy 14:16 (KJV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with T
- Tawny Owl – Leviticus 11:18 (ESV)
- Turtle – Song of Solomon 2:12 (KJV)
- Turtledove – Genesis 15:9 (ESV), Luke 2:24 (ESV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with U
- Unicorn – Numbers 23:22 (KJV), Numbers 24:8 (KJV), Deuteronomy 33:17 (KJV), Job 39:9-10 (KJV), Psalm 22:21 (KJV), Psalm 29:6 (KJV), Isaiah 34:7 (KJV)
Sidenote: the Hebrew word used here for unicorn is “re’em” which translates to: “beast with a horn”. Some say it could be a wild ox or oryx, but those two animals have TWO horns, not one. Others say it could be a rhinoceros. Some species of rhinoceros have one horn, so that could be it, but according to Wikipedia, under the term “re’em”, it shows a picture found in mosaic tile from 1213, which looks nothing like a rhino, but rather a horse with one horn like a unicorn as we know it.
• Animals in the Bible that starts with V
- Viper – Isaiah 30:6 (NASB), Proverbs 23:32 (NASB)
- Vulture – Leviticus 11:13 (ESV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with W
- Wild Goat – Deuteronomy 14:5 (ESV)
- Wild Ox – Numbers 23:22 (ESV)
- Wolf – Isaiah 11:6 (ESV), Matthew 7:15 (ESV)
- Worm – Isaiah 66:24 (ESV), Jonah 4:7 (ESV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with X
• Animals in the Bible that starts with Y
- Young Lion – Isaiah 11:6 (KJV)
• Animals in the Bible that starts with Z