The Complete List of Farm Animals That Start With W

This list includes 13 Farm Animals that start with W, from “Walking catfish” to “Wild turkey”. These animals range from water and poultry species to mammals kept for meat, milk, fiber, or work.

Farm animals that start with W are domesticated or farmed species whose common names begin with the letter W. An interesting example is the water buffalo, which has supported Asian agriculture for millennia.

Below you’ll find the table with Common name, Scientific name, Order, and Typical habitat/production system.

Common name: The everyday name you will recognize, useful when matching animals to farm records or local labels.

Scientific name: The binomial Latin name lets you confirm species identity and find precise biological information quickly.

Order: The taxonomic order groups related species so you can compare farming traits and management needs.

Typical habitat/production system: Describes where the animal is commonly raised and its usual production role on farms.

Farm Animals that start with W

Common name	Scientific name	Taxonomic order	Typical habitat/production system	Description
Water buffalo	Bubalus bubalis	Artiodactyla	pasture-based mixed farm	Large domesticated bovine kept for milk, meat and draft; central to smallholder and commercial systems in Asia and parts of Europe.
Western honey bee	Apis mellifera	Hymenoptera	apiary	Managed in hives for honey, beeswax, royal jelly and pollination services; a cornerstone of global crop production.
Wapiti	Cervus canadensis	Artiodactyla	pasture-based elk farm	Also called elk, farmed for venison and velvet antler in North America and New Zealand on ranches and pastures.
White-tailed deer	Odocoileus virginianus	Artiodactyla	fenced deer farm/pasture	Raised for venison, breeding stock and antler products, commonly on fenced farms in North America.
Wild boar	Sus scrofa	Artiodactyla	fenced game farm/pasture	Kept in game farms for specialty pork, breeding and hunting stock; wild ancestor of domestic pigs, farmed regionally.
Wild turkey	Meleagris gallopavo	Galliformes	free-range or barn turkey farm	The wild species behind domestic turkeys; farmed for meat and eggs at small and commercial scales.
Whiteleg shrimp	Litopenaeus vannamei	Decapoda	pond aquaculture/recirculating systems	The dominant shrimp species in global aquaculture, grown in ponds and tanks for export-oriented seafood markets.
White sturgeon	Acipenser transmontanus	Acipenseriformes	tank or pond aquaculture	Farmed for caviar and meat in North America; large sturgeon reared in tanks and ponds.
Walking catfish	Clarias batrachus	Siluriformes	pond aquaculture	Air-breathing catfish raised for meat in parts of Southeast Asia, tolerant of low-oxygen ponds and extensive systems.
Wels catfish	Silurus glanis	Siluriformes	pond aquaculture/ranching	Europe’s giant freshwater catfish sometimes farmed or ranch-raised for meat and sport fishing in ponds and reservoirs.
Waxworm	Galleria mellonella	Lepidoptera	insect-rearing facility	Moth larvae farmed as fishing bait, pet feed and animal-feed ingredient; also used in research and waste bioconversion.
Walleye	Sander vitreus	Perciformes	hatchery/pond aquaculture	North American sport fish occasionally farmed for food and stocking; regional hatchery and small-scale culture exist.
White amur	Ctenopharyngodon idella	Cypriniformes	pond aquaculture/vegetation control	Also called grass carp, widely grown for aquatic vegetation control and for meat in ponds across Asia and other regions.