Press generate and get a random mammal with a real photo and quick facts. The list covers big cats, primates, farm animals, pets and odd ones like the pangolin and the aye-aye.
Mammals are warm-blooded, have hair or fur and feed their young with milk. There are about 6,500 known species, from the bumblebee bat that weighs 2 grams to the 150-tonne blue whale.
All 65 mammals in the generator
- Lion – Male lions' roar can be heard up to 8 km away
- Elephant – Uses its trunk to smell, breathe, drink, and grab things
- Giraffe – Has the same number of neck vertebrae as humans
- Dolphin – Sleep with one half of their brain at a time
- Tiger – Each tiger has unique stripe patterns
- Panda – Spends 10-16 hours a day eating bamboo
- Kangaroo – Cannot walk backward
- Zebra – No two zebras have identical stripes
- Monkey – Some species use tools to get food
- Horse – Sleeps both standing up and lying down
- Rabbit – Can see behind themselves without turning their heads
- Koala – Sleeps up to 22 hours a day
- Bear – Can smell food from miles away
- Cheetah – Fastest land animal, reaching speeds of 112 km/h
- Rhinoceros – Horn is made of keratin, like human fingernails
- Hippopotamus – Sweats pink liquid that acts as sunscreen
- Fox – Can hear rodents underground
- Camel – Can drink 200 liters of water in 3 minutes
- Seal – Can sleep underwater
- Gorilla – Share 98% of their DNA with humans
- Wolf – Can run at speeds of 60 km/h
- Hamster – Can store food in their cheek pouches
- Pig – As smart as dogs and can learn tricks
- Squirrel – Plants thousands of trees by forgetting where they buried nuts
- Hedgehog – Has about 5,000 spines
- Sheep – Has rectangular pupils to spot predators easily
- Platypus – One of the few mammals that lay eggs
- Donkey – Has excellent memory and can recognize other donkeys from 60+ years ago
- Sloth – Takes up to a month to digest one leaf
- Raccoon – Washes its food before eating
- Okapi – The giraffe's closest living relative has a tongue long enough to clean its own ears
- Aye-Aye – It taps on wood with a long, skinny finger and listens for grubs hiding inside
- Pangolin – The only mammals covered in scales, made of keratin like your fingernails
- Capybara – The world's largest rodent can hold its breath underwater for about five minutes
- Quokka – Nicknamed the world's happiest animal for its smile-like expression
- Red Panda – It has a 'false thumb', an extended wrist bone that helps it grip bamboo
- Dog – A dog's nose has up to 300 million scent receptors, versus about 6 million in ours
- Cat – Cats sleep around 12 to 16 hours a day
- Cow – A cow's stomach has four compartments to break down tough grass
- Goat – Goats have rectangular pupils that give them wide, panoramic vision
- Alpaca – A herd of alpacas shares a few communal dung piles, keeping the rest of their pasture clean
- Llama – Farmers use llamas as guard animals to protect sheep from coyotes
- Guinea Pig – Happy guinea pigs jump straight up in the air, a move called 'popcorning'
- Chinchilla – Chinchillas have the densest fur of any land mammal
- Meerkat – Meerkats take turns standing guard, calling out alarms when predators appear
- Snow Leopard – It wraps its long, thick tail around itself like a scarf to keep warm
- Jaguar – Its bite is strong enough to crack turtle shells
- Orangutan – Orangutans build a fresh sleeping nest of branches high in the trees every night
- Chimpanzee – Chimps make tools, like stripped twigs used to fish termites out of mounds
- Bottlenose Dolphin – Each dolphin has its own signature whistle that works like a name
- West Indian Manatee – Manatees' closest living relatives are elephants
- Vampire Bat – Vampire bats share blood meals with roost-mates who failed to feed that night
- Nine-banded Armadillo – It almost always gives birth to identical quadruplets
- Giant Anteater – Its 60 cm tongue can flick in and out up to 150 times a minute
- Tasmanian Devil – The largest living carnivorous marsupial, with one of the strongest bites for its size
- Wombat – Wombats produce cube-shaped poop
- Echidna – Along with the platypus, echidnas are the only mammals that lay eggs
- Naked Mole-rat – It can live over 30 years, far longer than any other rodent its size
- Malayan Tapir – Baby tapirs have watermelon-like stripes and spots for camouflage
- Moose – Moose are strong swimmers and can dive up to 6 meters to eat underwater plants
- American Bison – North America's heaviest land animal can still run about 55 km/h
- Reindeer – Arctic reindeer eyes change color from gold in summer to blue in winter
- Spotted Hyena – Female hyenas are bigger than males and run the clan
- Ring-tailed Lemur – Males hold 'stink fights', wafting smelly scent from their tails at rivals
- Honey Badger – Its thick, loose skin lets it twist around and bite back even when grabbed
Frequently asked questions
- What counts as a mammal?
- An animal that is warm-blooded, has hair or fur at some stage of life and produces milk for its young. Whales, bats and humans are all mammals.
- Can I generate more than one mammal at once?
- Yes. Set the count and press Generate to get several random mammals side by side, each with a photo and facts.
- Is this mammal generator free for classrooms?
- Yes, it is free, needs no account and works on phones, tablets and smartboards.