Animals that live in towns
Animals that live where people do: the ones that moved into cities by themselves (pigeons, rats, red foxes, raccoons, magpies, seagulls) and the pets that came with us.
If an animal in a game "lives near people", this is the list to check.
48 animals, A to Z.
- AntSocial insects living in colonies of a queen, workers and males, with more than 13,800 species described of an estimated 22,000.
- BandicootMore than 20 species of small, mostly nocturnal marsupials from Australia and New Guinea, with long pointed snouts, large ears and strong hind legs.
- BatThe only mammals capable of true, sustained flight, on wings of skin stretched over long fingers.
- BeeFlying insects that feed on nectar and pollen, with over 20,000 species.
- BlackbirdThe common blackbird, a thrush of woods and gardens.
- ChipmunkSmall, striped burrowing squirrels of North America, plus the Siberian chipmunk of Asia.
- CockroachAbout 4,600 species of flat-bodied insects, only about 30 of which live around people.
- CoyoteA North American wild dog, smaller than its close relative the grey wolf.
- CrowBlack birds of the genus Corvus, which includes the ravens.
- DogThe first animal people domesticated, bred from wolves by hunter-gatherers more than 14,000 years ago, before farming began.
- Domestic catThe only domesticated member of the cat family.
- FalconAbout 40 species of fast birds of prey with thin, tapered wings, found on every continent except Antarctica.
- FerretA small domesticated member of the weasel family, most likely bred from the European polecat about 2,500 years ago.
- FlyInsects with a single pair of wings; the hind pair became small balancing organs.
- GeckoNearly 2,000 species of small, mostly nocturnal lizards, the most species-rich lizard group.
- GoldfishA small freshwater carp native to China, first bred for colour there over 1,000 years ago and now one of the most popular aquarium fish.
- GopherAbout 41 species of pocket gophers, burrowing rodents of North and Central America named for their fur-lined cheek pouches.
- Guinea pigA domesticated rodent first bred for meat in the Andes as early as 5000 BC, and now a popular pet.
- HedgehogSmall, spiny insect-eaters of Europe, Asia and Africa that roll into a tight ball when threatened.
- HumanThe most abundant and widespread primate: an upright-walking ape with little body hair and a large, complex brain that allows technology, culture and language.
- HummingbirdThe smallest birds, about 375 species native to the Americas.
- JackdawThe western jackdaw, a small, gregarious member of the crow family, black with a grey nape and striking pale eyes.
- KestrelThe common kestrel is a small falcon of open country across Europe, Asia and Africa, famous for hovering in one spot while it scans the ground.
- KookaburraFive species of large tree kingfishers from Australia and New Guinea that rarely eat fish.
- LadybirdOver 6,000 species of small, domed beetles, often red with black spots that warn predators they taste bad.
- MagpieThe Eurasian magpie is a black-and-white member of the crow family found across northern Europe and Asia, and one of the most intelligent birds.
- MockingbirdAbout 17 species of New World songbirds, known for loudly copying other birds, insects and frogs.
- MosquitoAbout 3,600 species of small flies.
- MothThe vast majority of the insect order that also includes butterflies, with about 160,000 species.
- MouseSmall rodents best known through the house mouse, which lives alongside people almost everywhere.
- OpossumThe largest group of marsupials in the Americas, 126 species.
- PigeonThe familiar city pigeon is the domestic form of the wild rock dove, native to southern Europe, North Africa and western Asia.
- RaccoonA North American omnivore with dexterous front paws, a black face mask and a ringed tail.
- RatMedium-sized rodents, the best known being the brown and black rats that live alongside people.
- Red foxThe familiar orange fox of the northern hemisphere and the most widespread wild carnivore on Earth.
- RobinThe European robin is a small insect-eating songbird with an orange-red breast and face, found across Europe to Western Siberia and North Africa.
- SeagullSeabirds, usually grey and white, with strong bills and webbed feet.
- SkunkBlack-and-white New World mammals famous for spraying a foul-smelling liquid from glands under the tail.
- Slow wormA legless lizard native to Europe: neither a worm nor a snake.
- SlugLand gastropods with no shell, or only a tiny internal one.
- SparrowThe house sparrow is a small, stocky bird that lives alongside people in towns and farms.
- SpiderEight-legged arachnids with fangs that inject venom and spinnerets that make silk.
- SquirrelRodents with slender bodies, long bushy tails and large eyes.
- StarlingA family of 128 species of glossy, often iridescent birds, famous for mimicry and for murmurations: huge flocks that twist and turn together.
- WaspNarrow-waisted insects that are neither bees nor ants, with tens of thousands of species.
- WoodlouseLand-living crustaceans with flat, segmented bodies and seven pairs of legs.
- WoodpeckerBirds that drill into trees for insects and drum on them to communicate.
- WormEarthworms are soil-dwelling annelids, among nature’s most important recyclers of dead plant matter.
How each answer is decided: How we answer. Every animal, in one list: All animals.