172 Animals for Kids – Pictures, Names & Learning Games

Animals picture page · Open on KidsZone

Most animal books for children stop at the usual dozen: lion, tiger, cow, dog, cat, elephant. They're a fine start. But children are far more curious than those books give them credit for.

The Animals page on KidsZone has 172 animals, each with a real photograph rather than a cartoon. Yes, the lion and the cow are there. So are the axolotl, the anteater, the bandicoot rat, the okapi, the quokka and the tuatara, along with animals closer to home like the Indian star tortoise, the gharial and the dhole.

How it works

Tap an animal and its name is read aloud. That's the whole idea, and it's enough. A toddler enjoys tapping and hearing "Zebra!". A seven-year-old starts reading the labels and trying to say "binturong" without laughing.

There's a small "Seen" counter at the top of the page that shows how many of the 172 your child has visited. It's a quiet nudge to explore further than the first row, and children love watching a number go up.

Two buttons sit just above the photos. Play the quiz turns the page into a picture quiz, and Memory game turns it into a card-matching game. So once your child has browsed for a while, they can test what stuck without leaving the page.

Turning screen time into conversation

The best part of this page isn't on the screen at all. It's the questions that come afterwards. Where does a platypus live? Why does an anteater have such a long nose? Is a red panda really a panda?

That's where you come in. You don't need to know the answers. "Let's find out together" is a perfectly good reply, and it shows your child that curiosity is something grown-ups have too.

Here's an easy routine to try this week:

1. Ask your child to find three animals they have never seen before.
2. Say each name together, slowly.
3. At dinner, ask them to describe one of the three to the rest of the family.

It takes ten minutes, and it turns a phone into a starting point for real talk.

For older children too

Because the list is so long, this page doesn't run out of new things quickly. Older children can use it for school projects on habitats or food chains, or simply as a quick visual dictionary when they come across an animal name in a book.

A small suggestion for siblings: let the older child be the "guide" for the younger one on this page. Older children love being the expert, and explaining what a tapir is to a little brother or sister is one of the best ways to remember it themselves. Everyone learns, and nobody fights over the phone, at least for a while.

Open the Animals page on KidsZone and see how many of the 172 your family can name without tapping.