Black animals have said coloration due to a higher amount of a group of pigments called melanin. Most of the animals listed here develop an all black coloration either from birth or when they reach adult hood.
List of Black Animals
Mammals
- Agu Pig
- American Black Bear
- Angus Cattle
- Asian Black Bear
- Black Panther
- Bonobo
- Celebes Crested Macaque
- Chilean Dolphin
- Chimpanzee
- Greater Ani
- Mountain Gorilla
- Scottish Terrier
- Short-finned Pilot Whale
- Silver Fox
- Wild Water Buffalo
Birds
- American Crow
- Ancona Chicken
- Ayam Cemani
- Black Swan
- Common Blackbird
- Fork-tailed Drongo
- Great Cormorant
- Lesser Frigatebird
- White-lined Tanager
Amphibians
Reptiles
- Black Adder
- Blue-Tongued Skink
- Indigo Snake
- Western Rat Snake
Insects
- Black Katydid
- Black Saddlebags Skimmer
- Black Witch Moth
- Cactus Longhorn
- Lobster Moth
Invertebrates
- Arabian Fat-tailed Scorpion
- Black Slug
- Southern Black Widow
- Western Black Widow
Fish
- Black Molly
- Black Moor Goldfish
- Lyre-tail Pleco
- Rainbow Shark
- Wrought Iron Butterflyfish
