Spanish at the Zoo Names of Animals in Spanish

How well do you know the names of animals in Spanish? Here are the Spanish names for the animals you will find at many zoos as well as notes about the grammar related to animals. In Spanish, a zoo is typically known as un jardà ­n zoolà ³gico, un zoolà ³gico or simply un zoo. Note that because of regional variations, names in actual use may be different than those here. Anfibios Amphibians la rana — frogla salamandra — salamanderel sapo — toadel trità ³n — newt Aves Birds el à ¡guila (feminine noun) — eagle​el albatros — albatrossel avestruz — ostrichel buitre — vultureel bà ºho — owlla cigà ¼eà ±a — storkla cacatà ºa — cockatooel colimbo — loon, diverla cotorra, el loro — parrotel emà º — emueel flamenco — flamingoBelowel ganso — goosela garza — heronla gaviota — seagullla grulla — craneel halcà ³n — falcon, hawkla ibis — ibisla lechuza, el bà ºho — owlel à ±andà º — rheala oca — goosela paloma — doveel pato — duckel pavo — turkeyeel pavo real — peacockel pelà ­cano — pelicanel pingà ¼ino — penguinel somormujo — grebeel tucà ¡n — toucan Mamferos Mammals el alce — elk, mooseel caballo — horseel camello — camelel canguro — kangaroola cebra — zebrael cerdo — pigel chimpancà © — chimpanzeeel ciervo — deerel elefante — elephantla foca — sealel gà ¡lago — galagoel gibà ³n — gibbonel gorila — gorillael guepardo — cheetahla jirafa — giraffeel hipopà ³tamo — hippopotamusel oso hormiguero — anteaterel koala — koalael leà ³n — lionel leà ³n marino — sea lionel leopardo — leopardel manatà ­ — manateeel mono — monkeyla nutria — otterel oso — bearel panda — pandael pecarà ­ — peccaryel rinoceronte — rhinocerosel tapir — tapirel tigre — tigerel alce, el uapità ­ — elkel visà ³n — minkel zorro — fox Reptiles Reptiles el lagarto, el aligà ¡tor — alligatorla culebra — snakeel cocodrilo — crocodileel caimà ¡n — caimanel serpiente — snakela tortuga — turtle, tortoise Animales de Granja Farm Animals la abeja — beeel cerdo — pigel caballo  Ã¢â‚¬â€ horseel gallo  Ã¢â‚¬â€ roosterla oveja  Ã¢â‚¬â€ sheepel pavo  Ã¢â‚¬â€ turkeyel pollo, la gallina — chickenel toro  Ã¢â‚¬â€ bullla vaca  Ã¢â‚¬â€ cow Gender of Animals In most cases, the same word is used to refer the male animals of a species as is used for the females. However, as in English, there are some distinctive forms, such as vaca (cow) for the female of the bovine species and toro (bull) for the male. Animals with differentiated forms are listed below. The one that is listed first is the one you can use as the species name. For example, a group of cattle can be referred to as vacas even if bulls are included, just as in English we can  refer to a group of mixed-sex cattle as cows. Similarly, if you saw a single bovine in the distance and didnt know whether its a cow or bull, you could simply call it a vaca. el burro, la burra — donkey; type of female donkey or jennyel caballo, la yegua — stallion or male horse, mare or female horseel conejo, la coneja — male rabbit, female rabbitel elefante, la elefanta — male elephant, female elephantel gato, la gata — male cat, female catla gallina, el gallo — hen or chicken, roosterel lagarto, la lagarta — male lizard, female lizardel leà ³n, la leona — male lion, female lion or lionessel oso, la osa — male/female bearla oveja, el carnero — ewe or male sheep, ram or female sheepel perro, la perra — male dog, female dog or bitchel ratà ³en, la ratona — male mouse, female mouseel tigre, la tigresa — male tiger, female tiger or tigressla vaca, el toro — cow, bull If you need to distinguish between the female and male of a species and there arent separate names, you can use the invariable adjective hembra or macho, respectively. Thus you could refer to a female koala as un koala hembra and a male koala as un koala macho. Using the Personal A With Animals Although the personal a is normally used with people, it can be used with animals such as pets that the speaker has an emotional attachment to. Note the difference in these two sentences: Vi un perro con un solo ojo. (I saw a dog with just one eye. The speaker is referring to an otherwise unknown dog.)El veterinario sacrificà ³ a mi perra de nueve aà ±os. (The veterinarian euthanized my 9-year-old dog. The speaker is referring to a pet that she thinks of as a personality.)