Animal Emojis
119 emojis tagged animal in the official Unicode CLDR project. Click any emoji for its meaning, copy-paste, and per-platform rendering.
Animal emojis span the whole bestiary — mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, and mythical creatures — and they're some of the most universally understood symbols in any conversation. The set ranges from household pets like 🐶 and 🐱 to wild predators like 🦊 fox and 🦍 gorilla, plus working animals like 🦮 guide dog and 🐕🦺 service dog. People reach for them to caption pet photos, describe personalities ("she's such a 🦊"), or replace sensitive words on platforms that filter text. Many double as zodiac signs, sports mascots, and country shorthand in international chats.
- 🐵 monkey face
- 🐒 monkey
- 🦍 gorilla
- 🐶 dog face
- 🐕 dog
- 🦮 guide dog
- 🐕🦺 service dog
- 🐺 wolf
- 🦊 fox
- 🦝 raccoon
- 🐱 cat face
- 🐈 cat
- 🦁 lion
- 🐯 tiger face
- 🐅 tiger
- 🐆 leopard
- 🐴 horse face
- 🐎 horse
- 🦓 zebra
- 🦌 deer
- 🐮 cow face
- 🐂 ox
- 🐃 water buffalo
- 🐄 cow
- 🐷 pig face
- 🐖 pig
- 🐗 boar
- 🐽 pig nose
- 🐏 ram
- 🐑 ewe
- 🐐 goat
- 🐪 camel
- 🐫 two-hump camel
- 🦙 llama
- 🦒 giraffe
- 🐘 elephant
- 🦏 rhinoceros
- 🦛 hippopotamus
- 🐭 mouse face
- 🐁 mouse
- 🐀 rat
- 🐹 hamster
- 🐰 rabbit face
- 🦔 hedgehog
- 🦇 bat
- 🐻 bear
- 🐨 koala
- 🐼 panda
- 🦦 otter
- 🦘 kangaroo
- 🦡 badger
- 🐔 chicken
- 🐓 rooster
- 🐣 hatching chick
- 🐤 baby chick
- 🐦 bird
- 🐧 penguin
- 🦅 eagle
- 🦆 duck
- 🦢 swan
- 🦉 owl
- 🦩 flamingo
- 🦚 peacock
- 🦜 parrot
- 🐸 frog
- 🐢 turtle
- 🦎 lizard
- 🐲 dragon face
- 🐉 dragon
- 🐳 spouting whale
- 🐬 dolphin
- 🐟 fish
- 🐠 tropical fish
- 🐡 blowfish
- 🦈 shark
- 🐙 octopus
- 🐚 spiral shell
- 🐛 bug
- 🐝 honeybee
- 🐞 lady beetle
- 🦗 cricket
- 🦞 lobster
- 😺 grinning cat
- 😸 grinning cat with smiling eyes
- 😹 cat with tears of joy
- 😻 smiling cat with heart-eyes
- 😼 cat with wry smile
- 😽 kissing cat
- 😿 crying cat
- 😾 pouting cat
- 🙉 hear-no-evil monkey
- 🦭 seal
- 🦤 dodo
- 🪳 cockroach
- 🦬 bison
- 🦫 beaver
- 🪰 fly
- 🪱 worm
- 🪲 beetle
- 🦣 mammoth
- 🐋 whale
- 🐍 snake
- 🐌 snail
- 🙀 weary cat
- 🦨 skunk
- 🙊 speak-no-evil monkey
- 🐇 rabbit
- 🐩 poodle
- 🦑 squid
- 🦧 orangutan
- 🐥 front-facing baby chick
- 🐊 crocodile
- 🐈⬛ black cat
- 🐜 ant
- 🫎 moose
- 🫏 donkey
- 🐦⬛ black bird
- 🪿 goose
- 🪼 jellyfish
Frequently asked about animal emojis
Which animal emoji is the most popular?
The 🐶 dog face and 🐱 cat face consistently rank in the top 20 most-used emojis on Twitter/X, reflecting how much of the platform revolves around pet content. 🐍 snake has spiked thanks to celebrity feuds, and 🐐 GOAT is now standard shorthand for 'greatest of all time'.
Why are there separate 'face' and full-body animal emojis?
Unicode added the cartoon heads (🐶 🐱 🐰) early on for keyboard variety, then later added more naturalistic full-body versions (🐕 🐈 🐇). Both still exist for backward compatibility. Designers tend to use the face versions for emotive captions and the body versions for literal descriptions.
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