Animals Start with M: 43+ 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 M)

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 M.

Animals Start with M

Sr. No.	Animals	Definitions
1	Macaroni Penguin	The macaroni penguin is a species of penguin found from the Subantarctic to the Antarctic Peninsula.
2	Macaw	Macaws are a group of New World parrots that are long-tailed and often colorful.
3	Magellanic Penguin	The Magellanic penguin is a South American penguin, breeding in coastal Patagonia, including Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands.
4	Magpie	The Oriental magpie-robin is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but now considered an Old World flycatcher.
5	Maine Coon	The Maine Coon is a large domesticated cat breed. It is one of the oldest natural breeds in North America.
6	Malayan Civet	The Malayan civet, also known as the Malay civet and Oriental civet, is a viverrid native to the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, the Riau Archipelago, and the Philippines.
7	Malayan Tiger	The Malayan tiger is a tiger from a specific population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to Peninsular Malaysia.
8	Maltese	The South China tiger is a population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to southern China.
9	Manatee	Manatees are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows.
10	Mandrill	The mandrill is a large Old World monkey native to west-central Africa.
11	Maned Wolf	The maned wolf is a large canine of South America. The maned wolf, known locally as Lobo Guará, is found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay and is almost extinct in Uruguay.
12	Manta Ray	Manta rays are large rays belonging to the genus Mobula.
13	Marine Toad	The cane toad, also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad, is a large, terrestrial true toad native to South and mainland Central America.
14	Markhor	The markhor is a large Capra species native to Central Asia, the Karakoram, and the Himalayas.
15	Marmot	Marmots are large ground squirrels in the genus Marmota, with 15 species living in Asia, Europe, and North America.
16	Marsh Frog	The marsh frog is a species of water frog native to Europe and parts of western Asia.
17	Masked Palm Civet	The masked palm civet, also called the gem-faced civet, is a palm civet species native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
18	Mastiff	The English Mastiff, or simply the Mastiff, is a British dog breed of very large size. Likely descended from the ancient Alaunt and Pugnaces Britanniae, with a significant input from the Alpine Mastiff in the 19th century.
19	Mayfly	Mayflies are aquatic insects belonging to the order Ephemeroptera.
20	Meerkat	The meerkat or suricate is a small mongoose found in southern Africa.
21	Megalodon	Megalodon, meaning “big tooth”, is an extinct species of mackerel shark that lived approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago, from the Early Miocene to the Pliocene epochs.
22	Mexican Free-Tailed Bat	The Mexican free-tailed bat or Brazilian free-tailed bat is a medium-sized bat native to the Americas, regarded as one of the most abundant mammals in North America.
23	Millipede	Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments.
24	Mink	Weasels are mammals of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae.
25	Minke Whale	The common minke whale or northern minke whale is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales.
26	Mole	Moles are small mammals adapted to a subterranean lifestyle.
27	Molly	Poecilia sphenops is a species of fish, of the genus Poecilia, known under the common name molly; to distinguish it from its congeners, it is sometimes called short-finned molly or common molly.
28	Monarch Butterfly	The monarch butterfly or simply monarch is a milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
29	Mongoose	A mongoose is a small terrestrial carnivorous mammal belonging to the family Herpestidae.
30	Mongrel	A mongrel, mutt or mixed-breed dog is a dog that does not belong to one officially recognized breed and including those that are the result of intentional breeding.
31	Monitor Lizard	Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus Varanus, the only extant genus in the family Varanidae.
32	Monkey	Kowakian monkey-lizards, also known as Kowakians, sometimes referred to as monkeys, were a race of non-sentient reptilian creatures often used by members of the underworld as pets.
33	Monkfish	Members of the genus Lophius, also sometimes called monkfish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils, are various species of lophiid anglerfishes found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
34	Monte Iberia Eleuth	The Monte Iberia eleuth, also known as the Monte Iberia dwarf frog, is a species of eleutherodactylid frog.
35	Moorhen	Moorhens—sometimes called marsh hens—are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family.
36	Moose	The moose or elk is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the only species in the genus Alces.
37	Moray Eel	Moray eels, or Muraenidae, are a family of eels whose members are found worldwide.
38	Moth	Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths.
39	Mountain Gorilla	The mountain gorilla is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN as of 2018.
40	Mountain Lion	The cougar is a large cat native to the Americas. Its range spans from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America.
41	Mouse	Chevrotains, or mouse-deer, are small even-toed ungulates that make up the family Tragulidae, the only extant members of the infraorder Tragulina.
42	Mule	The mule deer is a deer indigenous to western North America; it is named for its ears, which are large like those of the mule.
43	Muskrat	The muskrat is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America.

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