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Animals APIs

Discover APIs for animal pictures, facts, pet adoption services, and wildlife information.

Available APIs

APIDescriptionAuthHTTPSCORS
AdoptAPetResource to help get pets adoptedapiKeyYesYes
AxolotlCollection of axolotl pictures and factsNoYesNo
Cat FactsDaily cat factsNoYesNo
CataasCat as a service (cats pictures and gifs)NoYesNo
CatsPictures of cats from TumblrapiKeyYesNo
Dog FactsRandom dog factsNoYesYes
Dog FactsRandom facts of DogsNoYesYes
DogsBased on the Stanford Dogs DatasetNoYesYes
eBirdRetrieve recent or notable birding observations within a regionapiKeyYesNo
FishWatchInformation and pictures about individual fish speciesNoYesYes
HTTP CatCat for every HTTP StatusNoYesYes
HTTP DogDogs for every HTTP response status codeNoYesYes
IUCNIUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesapiKeyNoNo
MeowFactsGet random cat factsNoYesNo
MovebankMovement and Migration data of animalsNoYesYes
PetfinderPetfinder is dedicated to helping pets find homes, another resource to get pets adoptedapiKeyYesYes
PlaceBearPlaceholder bear picturesNoYesYes
PlaceDogPlaceholder Dog picturesNoYesYes
PlaceKittenPlaceholder Kitten picturesNoYesYes
RandomDogRandom pictures of dogsNoYesYes
RandomDuckRandom pictures of ducksNoYesNo
RandomFoxRandom pictures of foxesNoYesNo
RescueGroupsAdoptionNoYesUnknown
Shibe.OnlineRandom pictures of Shiba Inu, cats or birdsNoYesYes
The DogA public service all about Dogs, free to use when making your fancy new App, Website or ServiceapiKeyYesNo
xeno-cantoBird recordingsNoYesUnknown
Zoo AnimalsFacts and pictures of zoo animalsNoYesYes

Use Cases

  • Build pet adoption platforms
  • Create animal fact applications
  • Develop wildlife tracking tools
  • Generate placeholder images for development
  • Build educational apps about animals
  • Create HTTP status code visualizers with animals

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