What animals that begins with the letter X?

Question

I received a cute alphabet animal puzzle for Christmas. I could figure out everything else (from alligator to zebra), but not the "X".

Answer 1

Although there aren't many, there are some animals whose common names start with an X, without having to resort to scientific names:

There is the X-ray fish, and the X-ray tetra, as well as the Xeric ambersnail.

There are several critters named after a naturalist named Xantus, so there are the Xantus leaf-toed gecko, Xantus swimming crab, Xantus' murrelet (a type of bird), and Xantus's hummingbird.

There are also critters named after localities that start with an X (mostly in China), such as the Xingu corydoras, Xingu river ray, and the Xinjiang ground-jay.

Answer 2

Depends on what taxonomic level you want-but none in the common tongue

If you want to work with above species divisions in scientific taxonomic language on the other hand then there are plenty starting with x -as detailed by Koral-

Xenarthra are an ORDER - (armadillos, etc)
Xiphias are a FAMILY (swordfish)
Xenox id a bird GENUS-

eg there are several xenops species for example xenops minutans xenops rutilans etc etc etc

Answer 3

Xantus Hummingbirds

Answer 4

Xenarthra
Xenops
Xiphias

Answer 5

Xysticus elegans, the elegant crab spider......

Thats the only one that comes to mind
Here is an image:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/59356

Hope this helps!

Answer 6

there aren't any
sorry