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Animal Randomizer

Random animal generator that never repeats

One animal for every child, and nothing repeats until you have seen all 448.

One animal for every child

Your batch of random animalsExample. Select Generate to draw your own.

  1. African elephant standing side-on in front of green scrub, its curved tusks and wide ear clearly visible

    African elephant

    Mammals

  2. Bald eagle

    Birds

  3. Saltwater crocodile

    Reptiles
  4. Red-eyed tree frog on a broad green leaf, one red eye wide open above blue flanks and orange feet

    Red-eyed tree frog

    Amphibians

  5. Great white shark

    Fish

  6. Giant Pacific octopus

    Invertebrates

  7. Tiger

    Mammals
  8. Barn owl perched on a wooden post against a black background, its pale heart-shaped face turned forward

    Barn owl

    Birds
  9. Green sea turtle swimming in shallow turquoise water, seen from above with all four flippers out

    Green sea turtle

    Reptiles

  10. American bullfrog

    Amphibians
  11. Two clownfish among the tentacles of a sea anemone, orange bodies crossed by white bands

    Clownfish

    Fish
  12. Monarch butterfly resting on a clover flower with wings spread flat, orange panels veined in black and edged with white spots

    Monarch butterfly

    Invertebrates

Your album

0 of 448 filled in. A slot never fills twice.

How teachers use it

All classroom guides

An animal randomizer built for a whole class

A batch of random animals, no duplicates
Ask for 25 animals for 25 children and no two get the same one. Later batches skip everything already shown. When the group runs out the draw stops and waits, rather than quietly starting the list again.
Copy or download the random animal list
Copy the names, download a plain .txt file, or print the batch as a worksheet. Everything keeps the order shown on screen.
See all 448 animals it picks from
448 animals, a stated version and a written scope. Nothing here claims to cover every animal on Earth. Read all 448 animals.

Random animals by group

Narrow the draw to one group for random birds, fish or mammals only. Between 46 and 90 in each, kept within twice the smallest so no group crowds out another. 12 of the 448 have a photograph so far; the rest show their group's drawing.

  • Mammals

    African elephant, tiger, gray wolf, red fox

    90

  • Birds

    bald eagle, barn owl, emperor penguin, greater flamingo

    89

  • Reptiles

    saltwater crocodile, green sea turtle, Komodo dragon, king cobra

    62

  • Amphibians

    red-eyed tree frog, American bullfrog, axolotl, fire salamander

    46

  • Fish

    great white shark, clownfish, bluefin tuna, manta ray

    71

  • Invertebrates

    giant Pacific octopus, monarch butterfly, honey bee, emperor scorpion

    90

How to use the random animal generator

  1. Enter how many animals you want, from 1 to 50, then select Generate. The spacebar does the same thing.

  2. Narrow it to one group if you want, such as Birds or Fish. Each group keeps its own colour everywhere on the page.

  3. Switch to With photos to draw only from the 12 animals that have one.

  4. Select Copy, Download or Print worksheet.

Worked example: a teacher needs one animal per child for a drawing task in a class of 18. Enter 18, leave the group on All groups, keep no-repeats on, then select Generate and Print worksheet.

For one animal at a time with the class watching, the random animal generator wheel does the same draw one spin at a time, on its own page.

Limitations

  • Selection is uniform across the catalog, which is not the same as sampling real biodiversity. A blue whale and a garden snail are equally likely here.
  • Names are everyday English common names, not species identifications. The six group labels are the categories used to sort animals in school, not six formal groups in biology, and they were checked over the catalog as a whole against Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  • The six drawings are one per group, not one per animal. They say which group a record belongs to and nothing more about it.
  • No-repeats lasts while the page stays open. Reloading starts it again, because nothing is stored on your device.
  • Only 12 of the 448 animals have a photograph, and every one of those carries its creator and licence.

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