Animal Names Starts With Letter: E

Animals that start with E span icy coasts, open skies, and dense forests. Meet the towering elephant, a keystone herbivore that shapes savannas; the soaring eagle, a sharp-eyed raptor; and the antlered elk moving through mountain meadows. Southern shores host elephant seals, while Antarctica crowns the regal emperor penguin. Australia adds the sprinting emu and spiny echidna, one of the few egg-laying mammals. Rivers and reefs feature eels and eagle rays; marshlands glow with white egrets and sturdy eiders. Look closer and you’ll find the agile Ethiopian wolf, insect-eating ermine in winter white, hardworking earthworms, and quick earwigs in leaf litter. This “E” collection includes carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores across deserts, grasslands, forests, mountains, wetlands, rivers, and oceans. Browse the list below for species profiles—scientific names, habitats, diets, and conservation status—and explore how expansive the letter E truly is.