Animals That Start with the Letter X

Who knew that there were so many animals that start with the letter x? An alphabetical listing for the letter x includes fish, birds, and numerous land-based animals. Among the water-based are: X-Ray fish, Xanthareel or yellow eel, Xenopterygii, also known as clingfishes, Xiphias, a swordfish, Xiphosuran, a horseshoe crab and Xenopus, a toad. Birds include Xantus murrelet, a small seabird, Xeme, an artic fork-tailed gull, Xenops, a rain forest bird and Xenipirostris, genus of birds from Madagascar. Reptiles include Xantusiidae, a family of night lizards and Xenopeltidae, family of reptiles including sunbeam snake. Final members include Xanclomys, a small mammal from the Paleocene of North America, Xoloitzcuintli, a dog and Xenarthra, a mammal in South America.