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Global Animal Guide

Animals that start with G

There are 49 animals that start with the letter G, including the Gaboon Viper, Galápagos Tortoise, Garden Snail, and more. See photos, facts, and full guides for each.

Gaboon viper with intricate leaf-litter pattern and horned nose tip coiled on forest floor

Reptile

Gaboon Viper

Heavy rainforest viper with huge fangs

Giant Galápagos tortoise with a domed shell grazing on grass in a highland meadow

Reptile

Galápagos Tortoise

The giant tortoise that can live over a century

Brown-shelled garden snail gliding across a green leaf

Invertebrate

Garden Snail

The slow, shell-carrying garden mollusk

Garter snake with yellow stripes along a dark body resting in green grass

Reptile

Garter Snake

One of North America's most common and widespread snakes

Geoffroy's spider monkey hanging by its prehensile tail from a rainforest branch

Mammal

Geoffroy's Spider Monkey

The long-limbed acrobat of Central American forests

Gharial with a long thin snout resting on a sandy river bank

Critically Endangered

Reptile

Gharial

The fish-eating crocodilian with a long, narrow snout

Giant anteater with bushy tail walking on knuckles in grassland

Mammal

Giant Anteater

South America's two-metre tongue specialist

Giant clam on a coral reef with brightly colored, wavy mantle tissue

Invertebrate

Giant Clam

The reef-dwelling giant of the mollusks

Giant house spider with long brown legs resting on a pale surface showing its large size

Invertebrate

Giant House Spider

Britain's large but harmless funnel-weaving house spider

Giant Pacific octopus with reddish skin and suckered arms flowing from rocky den

Invertebrate

Giant Pacific Octopus

Largest octopus of the North Pacific

Giant panda sitting and eating a stalk of bamboo in a green forest

Mammal

Giant Panda

The bamboo-eating bear of China's mountains

Giant squid with long tentacles and huge eye in deep dark ocean water

Invertebrate

Giant Squid

The elusive deep-sea giant with enormous eyes

Gila monster with black and orange beaded skin walking across desert sand

Near Threatened

Reptile

Gila Monster

One of the few venomous lizards

Giraffe standing among acacia trees on the African savanna at golden hour

Mammal

Giraffe

The tallest animal on Earth

Tiny translucent glass frog on a leaf with internal organs visible through its skin

Amphibian

Glass Frog

The frog with see-through skin

Goblin shark with pinkish body and protruded jaws beneath an elongated snout in deep water

Fish

Goblin Shark

Deep-sea shark with a protrusible jaw

Golden eagle perched on a rocky crag showing golden-brown nape feathers and powerful talons

Bird

Golden Eagle

One of the largest and fastest birds of prey

Golden jackal standing alert in dry savanna grass

Mammal

Golden Jackal

The adaptable wild dog of three continents

Golden mantella frog on moss with vivid orange skin and black eyes

Critically Endangered

Amphibian

Golden Mantella

Critically Endangered orange gem of Madagascar

Bright orange goldfish swimming in clear aquarium water

Fish

Goldfish

The world's most popular pet fish

Enormous Goliath frog resting on a wet rock beside a fast-flowing rainforest river

Amphibian

Goliath Frog

The largest frog on Earth

Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo with golden back stripes sitting on a mossy rainforest branch

Mammal

Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo

The golden-striped kangaroo that lives in trees

Adult silverback gorilla sitting in a green rainforest clearing in dappled sunlight

Critically Endangered

Mammal

Gorilla

The largest living primate

Green grasshopper with long hind legs perched on a blade of grass

Insect

Grasshopper

The jumping insect of fields and meadows

Mottled gray tree frog with large toe pads clinging to a tree branch

Amphibian

Gray Tree Frog

The color-changing tree frog of eastern forests

Gray wolf standing alert in a snowy forest, looking into the distance

Mammal

Gray Wolf

The ancestor of the domestic dog

Great barracuda with silver body and underbite hovering over a coral reef ledge

Fish

Great Barracuda

Torpedo-shaped reef ambush predator

Great horned owl with prominent ear tufts and yellow eyes perched in a forest at dusk

Bird

Great Horned Owl

The powerful nocturnal hunter with feathered tufts

Great spotted woodpecker on tree trunk

Bird

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Europe's drumming carpenter

Great tit with black head, white cheeks, and yellow belly striped with a black ventral line

Bird

Great Tit

Bold black-capped tit of Eurasian gardens

Great white shark swimming in clear blue ocean water, showing its grey back, white underside, and powerful body

Fish

Great White Shark

The ocean's most famous apex predator

Greater bilby with long pinkish ears and pointed snout emerging from red desert sand

Mammal

Greater Bilby

Long-eared desert bandicoot

Green anaconda with dark blotches coiled at the edge of a murky Amazon swamp

Reptile

Green Anaconda

The heaviest snake in the world

Green anole male with extended pink dewlap clinging to a garden fence post

Reptile

Green Anole

Colour-changing lizard of southern US gardens

Green basilisk with sail-like head and dorsal crests running bipedally across a stream

Reptile

Green Basilisk

Jesus Christ lizard that runs on water

Green iguana with spiny crest and dewlap perched on a tree branch in the rainforest

Reptile

Green Iguana

The large tree-dwelling lizard of the tropics

Green sea turtle gliding through clear blue water over a coral reef

Reptile

Green Sea Turtle

The gentle, long-lived grazer of tropical seas

Green tree python looped on branch with blue juvenile tones fading to adult green

Reptile

Green Tree Python

Lime-green python of Papuan rainforests

Grey heron standing still at water edge

Bird

Grey Heron

The patient wetland hunter

Grey partridge pair walking through stubble field with chestnut face patches and barred flanks

Bird

Grey Partridge

Stubble-dwelling partridge of old farmlands

Grey seal pup with white lanugo coat

Mammal

Grey Seal

The horse-faced seal of the Atlantic

Grizzly bear standing in a shallow river with pine forest behind

Mammal

Grizzly Bear

North America's iconic brown bear

Groundhog standing near burrow entrance

Mammal

Groundhog

North America's weather-watching marmot

Guanaco with tawny coat and white underparts standing on windy Patagonian steppe

Mammal

Guanaco

Wild South American camelid ancestor of the llama

Guereza colobus perched on branch with black fur, white mantle, and long white tail tuft

Mammal

Guereza Colobus

Black-and-white leaf monkey of African canopy

Guinea pig with smooth coat eating fresh vegetables in a hay-filled enclosure

Mammal

Guinea Pig

The gentle social rodent from the Andes

Gulper eel with enormous dark mouth and thread-like glowing tail tip in black water

Fish

Gulper Eel

Pelican-jawed phantom of the abyss

Gumboot chiton on rocky tidepool with brick-red leathery mantle covering eight shell plates

Invertebrate

Gumboot Chiton

Leathery giant of Pacific tidepools

Brightly colored male guppy with a flowing fan-shaped tail in a planted aquarium

Fish

Guppy

The colorful beginner's aquarium fish

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Animals that start with G: FAQs

What animals start with the letter G?

Animals beginning with G include Gaboon Viper, Galápagos Tortoise, Garden Snail, Garter Snake, Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, and 44 more.

How many animals begin with G?

Our guide currently covers 49 animals whose names start with G.