50 Animal Riddles for Kids

1. I have long ears and an upright mane. My loud hee-haw is called a bray. What am I?

2. I grow a woolly fleece that people can shear. My feet have split hooves. What am I?

3. I turn over soil with my strong, flat snout. On hot days, I can cool myself in a muddy wallow. What am I?

4. I can make a neighing call. My mane falls along my neck, and my tail has long flowing hair. What am I?

5. I have long, curved ears shaped a little like bananas. People in the Andes use me to carry packs. What am I?

6. I am a smaller, fluffy cousin of the llama, with straight, pointed ears. People raise me for my soft fleece. What am I?

7. I am a long, slim pet with short legs. I belong to the weasel family and can explore narrow tunnels. What am I?

8. I am a small pet rodent with no visible tail. My ancestors came from South America, and I can make a wheeking squeak. What am I?

9. I am a soft-furred rodent from the Andes. I roll in dust to help clean my thick coat. What am I?

10. I have a pointed snout and a back covered in short spines. I can curl up so those spines face out. What am I?

11. I have a white face with bold black stripes running along it. In Britain, my underground home is called a sett. What am I?

12. I have tiny eyes and broad front feet shaped for digging. I push up little piles of soil above my tunnels. What am I?

13. I am a large swimming rodent. My broad, flat tail has a scaly-looking surface, and I slap it on the water to sound an alarm. What am I?

14. I have reddish fur, black lower legs and a bushy tail with a white tip. What am I?

15. I have rusty fur and a long, bushy tail with rings. I climb trees in mountain forests in Asia. What am I?

16. I am an ape with shaggy reddish hair. My arms are much longer than my legs, helping me move through trees. What am I?

17. I move slowly through tropical treetops. My long, curved claws hook over branches while I hang beneath them. What am I?

18. I come from Madagascar and carry my long black-and-white striped tail upright as I walk on the ground. What am I?

19. I pick leaves with a short, flexible snout. As a baby, I wear pale stripes and spots that fade as I grow. What am I?

20. I graze on North American grasslands. I have a big shoulder hump and a shaggy beard beneath my chin. What am I?

21. I am mostly black with two white stripes running down my back. I have a bushy tail and usually look for food at night. What am I?

22. I wear hard armor in bands across my back. My strong claws dig burrows in the ground. What am I?

23. I am a small African mammal with dark patches around my eyes. I can stand on my back legs to keep lookout for my group. What am I?

24. I am an African wild pig with curved tusks. I often bend down on my front legs while feeding on short grass. What am I?

25. I have a wide, square upper lip for grazing and two horns on my nose. What am I?

26. I have a barrel-shaped body and very short legs. My eyes, ears and nostrils sit high on my head so they can stay above water. What am I?

27. I have long, upright ears and a pig-like snout. At night I dig into termite mounds with strong claws. What am I?

28. I have a long, tube-shaped snout and no teeth. My huge bushy tail can cover me like a blanket when I rest. What am I?

29. I live in forests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. My body is brown, but my upper legs wear black-and-white stripes. What am I?

30. I have a coat of spines and a narrow snout. In Australia, I use my sticky tongue to gather ants and termites. What am I?

31. I have a very large, curved beak with a raised helmet-like part on top. My eyelashes are made from special feathers. What am I?

32. I am the male bird whose female is called a peahen. I have a bright blue neck and a little crest on my head. What am I?

33. I can nest in a burrow on a North Atlantic island. I fly home with several little fish lined up across my bill. What am I?

34. I have white feathers, black wing feathers and long red legs. I clatter my long red bill to communicate at my nest. What am I?

35. I tap into tree trunks with my strong bill. My stiff tail feathers brace me while I cling upright to bark. What am I?

36. I am a large white waterbird with a long, curved neck. My orange bill has a black knob at its base. What am I?

37. I am a small bird with a blue back and an orange front. I dive from a perch to catch fish in rivers. What am I?

38. I wade in shallow water and sweep my bill from side to side. Its tip is broad and flat like a spoon. What am I?

39. I walk across African grasslands on very long legs. Black crest feathers stick out behind my head like a row of pens. What am I?

40. I stand in African swamps on long legs. My huge gray bill looks like a wooden shoe. What am I?

41. I am a whiskered Arctic swimmer with long tusks. I can use those tusks to help haul my heavy body onto ice. What am I?

42. I am a gentle plant-eating water mammal. My round, paddle-shaped tail moves me along while my front flippers help me steer. What am I?

43. I live inside a coiled shell divided into chambers. I move through seawater by pushing water out through a tube near my head. What am I?

44. I swim upright with a horse-shaped head. My curling tail holds on to seagrass so I do not drift away. What am I?

45. I have a flat body with wide fins like wings and a long, whip-like tail. My gill openings are underneath as I glide along the seabed. What am I?

46. I wear a dome-shaped shell with an outline like a horseshoe. A long, straight tail stretches out behind me as I walk on the seafloor. What am I?

47. I have huge eyes and two pairs of clear wings. When I land, I usually hold those wings out to the sides. What am I?

48. I look like a narrow twig with legs. I munch leaves and can sway as if a breeze is moving my branch. What am I?

49. I have a triangular head that can turn from side to side. I often hold my folded front legs up in front of me. What am I?

50. I am an insect with a broad, flat body shaped like a leaf. My body even has vein-like markings that help me disappear among real leaves. What am I?