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Animal Randomizer

One animal each. No two the same.

Draw a whole batch at once for a whole class, then copy, download or print the list. Nothing repeats until you have seen all 449.

Your batchExample. Select Generate to draw your own.

  1. Photograph of a African elephant

    African elephant

    Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0

  2. Bald eagle

    Birds

  3. Saltwater crocodile

    Reptiles

  4. Photograph of a red-eyed tree frog

    Red-eyed tree frog

    Careyjamesbalboa (Carey James Balboa), Public domain

  5. Great white shark

    Fish

  6. Giant Pacific octopus

    Invertebrates

  7. Tiger

    Mammals

  8. Photograph of a barn owl

    Barn owl

    Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0

  9. Photograph of a green sea turtle

    Green sea turtle

    Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0

  10. American bullfrog

    Amphibians

  11. Photograph of a clownfish

    Clownfish

    Nick Hobgood, CC BY-SA 3.0

  12. Photograph of a monarch butterfly

    Monarch butterfly

    Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, CC BY-SA 3.0

Photographs: African elephant by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE (CC BY-SA 2.0); red-eyed tree frog by Careyjamesbalboa (Carey James Balboa) (Public domain); barn owl by Charles J. Sharp (CC BY-SA 4.0); green sea turtle by Charles J. Sharp (CC BY-SA 4.0); clownfish by Nick Hobgood (CC BY-SA 3.0); monarch butterfly by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson (CC BY-SA 3.0). All photo credits and sources.

Built for handing out one animal each

A whole batch, never repeating

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.

The list comes with you

Copy the names, download a plain .txt file, or print the batch as a worksheet. Everything keeps the order shown on screen.

You can see what it samples

449 animals, a stated version and a written scope. Nothing here claims to cover every animal on Earth.

Browse by group

Between 46 and 90 in each, kept within twice the smallest so no group crowds out another. 12 of the 449 have a photograph so far; the rest show a coloured tile for their group.

  • MammalsAfrican elephant, tiger, gray wolf, red fox
  • Birdsbald eagle, barn owl, emperor penguin, greater flamingo
  • Reptilessaltwater crocodile, green sea turtle, Komodo dragon, king cobra
  • Amphibiansred-eyed tree frog, American bullfrog, axolotl, fire salamander
  • Fishgreat white shark, clownfish, bluefin tuna, manta ray
  • Invertebratesgiant Pacific octopus, monarch butterfly, honey bee, emperor scorpion

How to use it

  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.
  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.

Classroom guides

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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).
  • No-repeats lasts while the page stays open. Reloading starts it again, because nothing is stored on your device.
  • Only 12 of the 449 animals have a photograph, and every one of those carries its creator and licence.