Monster Manual (2025)

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Animals

This appendix provides stat blocks for animals of the Beast type—along with many of their gigantic or mythologized kin—in alphabetical order. Most represent versions of animals that exist (or existed) in the real world. You can find descriptions of these creatures in dictionaries or other educational sources, or you might create new roles for them in your D&D worlds.

Use these stat blocks to represent the creatures they're named for or other similar creatures. For example, the Panther stat block can also represent a mountain lion, while the Giant Goat stat block might represent a buffalo. Any of these stat blocks might also serve as fantastical animals with distinctive names and cosmetic details unique to your D&D adventures.

[stat block: Allosaurus]

[image: Ankylosaurus]

[stat block: Ankylosaurus]

[stat block: Ape]

[stat block: Archelon]

[image: Archelon]

[stat block: Baboon]

[stat block: Badger]

[stat block: Bat]

[stat block: Black Bear]

[stat block: Blood Hawk]

[stat block: Boar]

[image: A druid calls on animals of the hills and mountains to aid her cause]

[stat block: Brown Bear]

[stat block: Camel]

[image: Camel]

[stat block: Cat]

[stat block: Constrictor Snake]

[image: Constrictor Snake]

[stat block: Crab]

[stat block: Crocodile]

[stat block: Deer]

[image: Dire Wolf]

[stat block: Dire Wolf]

[stat block: Draft Horse]

[image: Elephant]

[stat block: Elephant]

[stat block: Eagle]

[stat block: Elk]

[stat block: Flying Snake]

[stat block: Frog]

[image: A giant ape defends its territory from giant bats]

[stat block: Giant Ape]

[stat block: Giant Badger]

[stat block: Giant Bat]

[image: Giant Boar]

[stat block: Giant Boar]

[stat block: Giant Centipede]

[stat block: Giant Constrictor Snake]

[stat block: Giant Crab]

[image: Giant Crab]

[stat block: Giant Crocodile]

[stat block: Giant Eagle]

[stat block: Giant Elk]

[stat block: Giant Fire Beetle]

[stat block: Giant Frog]

[image: Giant Goat]

[stat block: Giant Goat]

[stat block: Giant Hyena]

[stat block: Giant Lizard]

[image: Giant Lizard]

[stat block: Giant Octopus]

[stat block: Giant Owl]

[stat block: Giant Rat]

[stat block: Giant Seahorse]

[stat block: Giant Scorpion]

[stat block: Giant Shark]

[stat block: Giant Spider]

[stat block: Giant Squid]

[image: Giant Squid]

[stat block: Giant Toad]

[stat block: Giant Venomous Snake]

[stat block: Giant Vulture]

[image: A gnome rogue distracts a hive of giant wasps while Sheila the thief sneaks by]

[stat block: Giant Wasp]

[stat block: Giant Weasel]

[image: Giant Weasel]

[stat block: Giant Wolf Spider]

[image: Giant Wolf Spider]

[stat block: Goat]

[image: Hawk]

[stat block: Hawk]

[stat block: Hippopotamus]

[stat block: Hunter Shark]

[image: Aquatic animals swim alongside a druid exploring the sea]

[stat block: Hyena]

[stat block: Jackal]

[stat block: Killer Whale]

[image: Lion]

[stat block: Lion]

[stat block: Lizard]

[stat block: Mammoth]

[stat block: Mastiff]

[stat block: Mule]

[image: Octopus]

[stat block: Octopus]

[image: Owl]

[stat block: Owl]

[stat block: Panther]

[stat block: Piranha]

[stat block: Plesiosaurus]

[stat block: Polar Bear]

[stat block: Pony]

[stat block: Pteranodon]

[stat block: Rat]

[image: An adventurer underestimates the extent of a tavern's giant rat infestation]

[stat block: Raven]

[stat block: Reef Shark]

[stat block: Rhinoceros]

[image: Rhinoceros]

[stat block: Riding Horse]

[stat block: Saber-Toothed Tiger]

[stat block: Scorpion]

[image: Scorpion]

[stat block: Seahorse]

[stat block: Spider]

[stat block: Swarm of Bats]

[stat block: Swarm of Insects]

[stat block: Swarm of Piranhas]

[stat block: Swarm of Rats]

[image: Swarm of Ravens]

[stat block: Swarm of Ravens]

[stat block: Swarm of Venomous Snakes]

[stat block: Tiger]

[stat block: Triceratops]

[image: Tyrannosaurus Rex]

[stat block: Tyrannosaurus Rex]

[stat block: Venomous Snake]

[stat block: Vulture]

[stat block: Warhorse]

[stat block: Weasel]

[stat block: Wolf]

[image: Inhabitants of the rain forest answer a druid's summons]