Animals Start with D: 38+ Animal List, Definition & Example

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom of Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, can move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an onto genetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development. (Animals start with d)

Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but we have estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total.

In this article, we will list down some animals start with D.

Animals Start with D

Sr. No.	Animals	Definition
1	Dabra Goby	The Dabra goby lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 0 – 24 m environment. Nothing known about the Dabra goby.
2	Dachshund	The dachshund, also known as the wiener dog, badger dog, and sausage dog, is a short-legged, long-bodied, hound-type dog breed.
3	Dalmatian	The Dalmatian is a breed of medium-sized dog, noted for its unique white coat marked with black or brown-colored spots.
4	Damselfish	Damselfish are those within the subfamilies Abudefdufinae, Chrominae, Lepidozyginae, Pomacentrinae, and Stegastenae within the family Pomacentridae.
5	Dark-eyed Junco	The dark-eyed junco is a species of junco, a group of small, grayish New World sparrows.
6	Darwin’s Frog	Darwin’s frog, also called the southern Darwin’s frog, is a species of Chilean/Argentinian frog of the family Rhinodermatidae.
7	Dassie Rat	The dassie rat is an African rodent found among rocky outcroppings.
8	Deer	Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae.
9	Degu	The common degu, or, historically, the degu, is a small hystricomorpha rodent endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion of central Chile.
10	Desert Tortoise	The desert tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae.
11	Deutsche Bracke	The German Hound is a breed of dog originating in Westphalia, a region of Germany.
12	Dhole	The dhole is a canid native to Central, South, East, and Southeast Asia.
13	Dik-Dik	A dik-dik is the name for any of four species of small antelope in the genus Madoqua that live in the bushlands of eastern and southern Africa.
14	Dingo	The dingo is an ancient lineage of dog found in Australia.
15	Dipper	Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, so-called because of their bobbing or dipping movements.
16	Discus	An alternate name for discus is the “pompadour fish.” Named after Madame de Pompadour.
17	Doberman Pinscher	The Dobermann, or Doberman Pinscher in the United States and Canada, is a medium-large breed of domestic dog.
18	Dodo	The dodo is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
19	Dog	The dog is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from an ancient, extinct wolf, and the modern wolf is the dog’s nearest living relative.
20	Dogo Argentino	The Dogo Argentino is a large, white, muscular breed of dog that was developed in Argentina.
21	Dogue De Bordeaux	The Dogue de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Mastiff, French Mastiff or Bordeauxdog is a large French mastiff breed.
22	Dolphin	Bottlenose dolphins are aquatic mammals in the genus Tursiops.
23	Donkey	The domestic donkey is a hoofed mammal in the family Equidae, the same family as the horse.
24	Dormouse	A dormouse is a rodent of the family Gliridae. Dormice are nocturnal animals found in Africa, Asia, and Europe.
25	Dotterel	The New Zealand dotterel is a species of shorebird found only in certain areas of New Zealand.
26	Dove	Columbidae is a bird family consisting of pigeons and doves.
27	Dragonfish	Idiacanthus atlanticus, the black dragonfish, is a barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found circumglobally in southern subtropical.
28	Drever	The Drever is a breed of dog, a short-legged scenthound from Sweden used for hunting deer and other game.
29	Dromedary Camel	The dromedary, also known as the dromedary camel, Arabian camel, or one-humped camel, is a large even-toed ungulate, of the genus Camelus.
30	Drongo	The drongos are a family, Dicruridae, of passerine birds of the Old World tropics.
31	Drum Fish	Sciaenidae are a family of fish in the order Acanthuriformes.
32	Duck	Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae.
33	Dugong	The dugong is a marine mammal. It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees.
34	Dunker	A Dunker, also known as the Norwegian Hound, is a medium-sized breed of dog from Norway.
35	Dung Beetle	Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. Some species of dung beetles can bury dung 250 times their own mass in one night.
36	Dunlin	The dunlin is a small wader, formerly sometimes separated with the other “stints” in the genus Erolia.
37	Dusky Dolphin	The dusky dolphin is a dolphin found in coastal waters in the Southern Hemisphere. Its specific epithet is Latin for “dark” or “dim”.
38	Dwarf Crocodile	The dwarf crocodile, also known as the African dwarf crocodile, broad-snouted crocodile or bony crocodile.

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