Here are 20 rhyming riddles for kids about different kinds of animals.
There’s also a free printable riddle worksheet at the bottom of the page – just click on the blue button to get your copy.
The third page of the worksheet contains the answers, so don’t give your kids that page!
Be sure to also check out all our other animal riddles and riddle worksheets.
20 Animal Riddles For Kids
1) Turkey
There’s lots of me at Thanksgiving
But you don’t want me to be wasted
Because my meat’s really juicy
Just so long as I have been basted
2) Reindeer
One of these is Cupid
But it doesn’t have a bow
Instead it pulls a sleigh
Through the air and lands on snow
3) Chicken
You might be called this animal
If someone thinks that you’re afraid
This is something that you might eat
As well as its eggs that it laid
4) Pig
This provides meat that you would eat
When breakfast you are makin’
A chicken is what gives the eggs
And this is what gives bacon
5) Penguin
My wings are used as flippers
So in water I can flow
Sometimes when on land I slide
On my belly in the snow
6) Lion
I am known as a king
The jungle’s where I reign
It is hard to tame me
And I have a large mane
7) Snail
I travel very slowly
When gliding along the ground
Maybe my shell weighs me down
In your garden I am found
8) Giraffe
I like to use my long tongue
To eat leaves from tops of trees
I don’t have to climb up though
With my long neck it’s a breeze
9) Monkey
What are all these animals?
Marmoset and capuchin
Macaque, spider and baboon
A mandrill and tamarin
10) Snake
Some types slither on the ground
And some can live up in the trees
Adders, vipers and cobras
What kind of animals are these?
11) Elephant
I’m an animal you might love
But I’m too big to be your pet
I have an extremely long trunk
And it’s said I never forget
12) Cow
They live in a field
Milk is what they make
They help give us leather
And a juicy steak
13) Shark
Some people are scared of this creature
Because it can have a big bite
So be careful out in the ocean
One of its kind is a Great White
14) Dog
I’m a pet that has four legs
And a tail at the end
You might hear me barking
And I’m known as man’s best friend
15) Zebra
This is something black and white
But it’s not an old TV
It’s a type of animal
That starts with the letter Z
16) Bear
If you see one when you’re camping
It might give you a big fright
They can be black, brown or grizzly
And pandas are black and white
17) Cat
It’s a very common pet
A baby is called a kitten
The number of lives it has
Is said to be one less than ten
18) Squirrel
This is a type of animal
Of which Nutkin was a male
They climb trees and collect nuts
And they have a bushy tail
19) Horse
A stallion’s a male
A female is called a mare
You can ride on one of these
On a carousel at a fair
20) Frog
I like to hop around
I’m a tadpole when I’m young
I am green and I croak
And catch flies with my long tongue
