animal names

[gwen01]

is there an animal beginning with an u?

[eddiebun]

The Uakari

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uakari

[eddiebun]

The Umbrella Bird

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_bird

[B00]

the Uliphant...

Ok- perhaps not.

[Cetti]

Urial - type of sheep

Urutu - snake native to Central and South America

Ulysses butterfly - from Australia

Urchin - found in sea

[Cypruslover]

Unicorn...........?

[Clanad]

This site says there are 282 such animals...

http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/CNU.asp

[wildwood]

Unimal.

[hammerman]

A south American tropical fish called an Uaru. There's also an Upside down catfish

[Quizmonster]

That's one heck of a list, C! However, for example, just because it inhabits the uplands, I don't think a buzzard qualifies as "an animal beginning with 'u'" just because ornithologists call it "an uplands buzzard".

So, as an alternative list, all of the following - except the upupa - are listed in Chambers Dictionary...
uakari (monkey), umbrette (stork), unau (sloth), upupa (or hoopoe bird), urchin (sea-), urial (sheep), urson (porcupine), urubu (vulture), urva (mongoose). Ukulele is the name of a musical instrument in English, but the word comes from the Hawaiian for �flea'...and there is always the wonderful, mythical unicorn as has already been suggested.

[Clanad]

I understand your point, Q, however, a couple of points:
1. It's not my list. The original question, not to be argumentative nor pedantic, simply asked about animals beginning with "U". The list differentiates one buzzard, in your objection, from another by the adjective "upland" (self-evident). But, especially in scientific classifications, that's the entire point... it's not considered to be the same as, for example, a "lowland" buzzard (if there is one).
2. Many, if not most of the examples given here differentiate one type of animal (example sheep) from another, such as the Urial given by both you and Cetti. Additionally, Urson displays an entymology that is closely related to Ursine, or bear-like, which the porcupine (at least in North America) resembles, rendering that term a scientific classification, no?
Lastly, it appears that you might have had misgivings about definitive answers to the same question asked previously... here: http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Animals-and-Nat ure/Preview/Question149504.html
Much to do about little, I'm sure, but, Hey! it's a slow day...
Good to see you again!

[Quizmonster]

Of course, C, The Oxford English Dictionary is the 'bible' of English words and one day - if I ever have the time - I might wend my way through the hundreds of pages devoted therein to the letter 'U', looking for animal names. Meantime, I'm happy just to have done that ages ago with the 35 U-pages that Chambers contains!

Sorry, but I still think any buzzard is an animal/creature beginning with 'b'!

As you say, though...what the hey! The key point is that the questioner has loads of potential answers and - here - it's up to her, not us, to decide which is acceptable. Good to see you once more, too. Cheers