Special thanks: Harry Potter Lexicon
| Abraxan | Breed of flying horse; bred by Madam Maxine of Beauxbatons. |
| Acromantula | Giant spiders. |
| Armadillo | Bile used in potions, esp. wit-sharpening, |
| Ashwinder | Thin serpent with red eyes; lays firey eggs. When frozen, the eggs are used in potions. |
| Augurey/Irish Phoenix | Its cry fortells rain. Looks like a vulture. |
| Banshee | Looks like a woman; has a green face and its screams kill |
| Basilisks | Giant snakes. A direct look kills; an indirect one causes petrification. |
| Beetle | Scarab beetles used in potions; eyes of others sold in Diagon Alley |
| Billywig | Magical insect whose bite causes giddiness and levitation |
| Blast-ended skrewts | A cross between a manticore and a fire crab. Has suckers, thick gray armor, and stings. |
| Boggarts | Turn into your greatest fear. |
| Boarhound | Look a lot like Great Danes; used in hunting boars. Fang is a boarhound. |
| Boomslang | African snake; very poisonous; skin used in Polyjuice Potion |
| Bowtruckle | Tree dwellers; usually peaceful unless provoked. |
| Bugbear | Little information known; thought by Hagrid to have killed some roosters |
| Bundimun | Fungus with eyes; can destroy houses, but diluted forms are used in cleaning solutions. |
| Cats | Self-explanatory |
| Centaurs | Half-man, half horse. |
| Chameleon Ghoul | Pretend to be suits of armor |
| Chizpurfle | Magical parasite that infects magical creatures and magical items |
| Dementors | Big shadowy things that suck the happiness out of everything; very scary. |
| Clabbert | Cross between a monkey and a frog; lives in trees |
| Cockatrice | Combination of a rooster and a dragon or snake |
| Crup | Looks like a Jack Russell terrier; ferocious towards muggles |
| Demiguise | Looks like an ape; can go invisible. Hair used in Invisibility Cloaks. |
| Diricawl | Aka 'the dodo'. Can vanish in a burst of feathers. |
| Dogs | Self-explanatory |
| Doxy | Fairylike creature w/black hair that infests houses |
| Dragons | Self-explanatory. |
| Dugbog | Looks like a hunk of dead wood, but has finned paws and sharp teeth. Favorite food: mandrakes. |
| Erkling | Elflike creature from Germany; entrances children with its laugh, then eats them |
| Erumpent | From Africa; looks like a rhinocerous. Horn has a fluid that explodes and destroys whatever it hits. |
| Fairy | Looks like a human w/insect wings; limited intelligence. |
| Ferret | Self-explanatory. |
| Fire-crab | Tortoise w/jeweled shell; shoots fire out of rear end. Shells used as cauldrons. |
| Fire-slugs | Live in Brazilian rainforests |
| Fish | Self-explanatory. |
| Flesh-eating Slug | Little info; Hagrid is often trying to get rid of them. |
| Frog | Self-explanatory |
| Fwooper | From Africa; song drives one insane, so they are sold with Silencing Charms on them |
| Ghoul | Likes to throw things around; lives in attics and barns. |
| Giants | Self-explanatory; Hagrid is half-giant. |
| Glumbumble | Furry insect; has fluid that causes melancholy; used as an antidote for hysteria caused by Alihosty leaves; eat Nettles. |
| Gnome | Garden pest that looks like a potato with legs. |
| Goat | Self-explanatory. |
| Goblins | Short w/long fingers. Can be nasty when provoked. |
| Graphorn | Greyish purple; lives in mountains of Europe. Horn is used in potions, and hide repels spells. |
| Griffin | Front body of eagle, hindquarters of lion |
| Grim | Ghostlike image of a doglike creature; portends death |
| Grindylows | Water-demons who try to pull you into water. |
| Gytrash | Spectral hound living in the forest |
| Hag | Female magical beings, known to look wild and eat children. |
| Heliopaths | Spirits of fire that gallop around and burn things |
| Hellhound | 3-headed dog that guards the gate to Hades in myth. Hagrid had one named Fluffy. |
| Hippocampus | A mer-horse. |
| House elves | Small creatures that act as slaves, only to be freed when given clothes. |
| Hippogriff | Have the head of an eagle and body of a horse and are dangerous if not tame. Wizards have to bow when approaching one. |
| Horklump | Pinkish garden pest and a food of gnomes |
| Horned toad | Little info; probably the same as our version of one |
| Horse(winged) | Self-explanatory. |
| Kappas | Water creatures that look like monkeys and like to strangle people who wade in their ponds. |
| House-elf | Funny little creatures that serve other wizards as slaves |
| Imp | Roughly 7 inches tall, eats insects; lives in damp/marshy places. Fond of tripping people. |
| Inferi | Corpses brought back to life by Voldemort. Think zombies. |
| Jarvey | An overgrown ferret that can speak vulgar phrases and chases gnomes. |
| Jobberknoll | Blue bird that is silent until death, when it utters every sound it has heard. |
| Kappa | Lives in water; looks like a scaly monkey w/ webbed hands. Fond of strangling waders in their ponds |
| Kelpie | Little info, but the Loch Ness monster is said to be one. |
| Knarl | Looks like a hedgehog, but is angered easily and will destroy gardens. |
| Lacewing fly | Used in potions; have transparent wings and eat aphids. |
| Leech | Used in potions. Self-explanatory. |
| Leprechaun | Look like little green humans; can produce a goldish substance that disappears after an hour or so. Also can speak. |
| Lethifold | Looks like a black cloak and found in the tropics. Hunts humans in their sleep and digests them; Patronus is the only defense. |
| Liondragon | Aka the Chinese Fireball Dragon. |
| Lobalug | Merpeople weapon; has a poisonous sac and a spout. |
| Mackled Malacaw | Looks like a lobster; bite gives victim bad luck for up to a week |
| Manticore | Has the body of a lion and the head of a man, w/a scorpion's tail. |
| Merpeople | Very ugly. Can speak English, but can only make wailing sounds above water. |
| Merrow | Merperson from lakes/seas of Ireland |
| Mooncalf | Lives in a burrow and comes out on the full moon to dance and leave patterns in wheat fields; dung used as fertilizer. |
| Mummy | Self-explanatory |
| Murtlap | Rodent that lives on the seashore; has a sea-anenome type growth on back that can promote resistance to curses if eaten. Eats crustaceans, but attacks anyone who steps on it. |
| Nifflers | Cute, furry and black. They love shiny things and are used in finding treasure. |
| Nogtail | Demon that looks like a piglet; curses farms. Will never return if chased by a pure white dog. |
| Nundu | Giant leopard whose breath carries disease and death |
| Occamy | Looks like a winged snake w/feathers; has silver eggs. |
| Owl | Self-explanatory |
| Phoenix | Mythical bird w/red and gold feathers. Its tears have the power to heal, and every so often it burns itself in a fire and is reborn. |
| Pixie | Little blue creature; very rude |
| Plimpy | Fish w/rubbery legs and webbed feet. If its legs are in a knot, Merpeople are around. |
| Pogrebin | From Russia; like to follow people around, making them feel hopeless. Looks like a rock with a hairy body and waits for humans to collapse before devouring them. |
| Porlock | Horse guardian from England/Ireland; short and shaggy w/two cloven-hooved feet; distrusts humans. |
| Puffskein | Puffballs w/tongues; make purring noises and are popular pets. |
| Pygmy Puff | Round, pink and purple balls of fluff; they make a high-pitched squeak. |
| Quintaped | From Island of Drear off Scotland's coast; little info, but said to be dangerous |
| Rabbit | Self-explanatory |
| Ramora | Silverish fish from Indian Ocean; can anchor ships and is protected from poaching |
| Rat | Self-explanatory. |
| Raven | Self-explanatory |
| Red caps | Goblin-like creatures that hang out wherever blood has been spilled. |
| Runespoor | 3-headed, 6 ft snake from Burkina Faso; right head plans, middle head dreams, left head critic. Known for biting off the left head and used to be a favorite pet of dark wizards. |
| Salamander | Fire-dwelling lizard; self-explanatory. |
| Snail | Self-explanatory |
| Snidget | Small, spherical bird w/golden feathers and red eyes. Now protected, once used in Quidditch. |
| Sphinx | Has the body of a lion, a tail, and a woman's head. Best known for riddles. |
| Spider | Self-explanatory |
| Squid | Self-explanatory. A giant one lives in the lake near Hogwarts. |
| Streeler | Giant snail that changes color each hour; venom kills Horklumps and vegetation. |
| Tadfoal | Young of a hippocampus |
| Tarantula | Self-explanatory |
| Thestrals | Horselike creatures that can only be seen if you've seen someone die. |
| Toad | Self-explanatory |
| Tortoise | Self-explanatory |
| Trolls | Big and ugly things; usually really stupid. Self-explanatory. |
| Unicorns | Born gold, but turn silver at age 2. They don't trust males except when young. They look like horses except for the horns on their heads. |
| Vampires | Self-explanatory |
| Veela | Humanlike creature who can enchant men |
| Werewolves | Humans who turn into super-strong wolves at the full moon. There is a potion to control the dementia that accompanies the transformation. |
| Wood nymph | Little info. |
| Yeti | Aka 'The Abominable Snowman' and 'Bigfoot'. Up to 15 ft, attacks anyone who comes close. |
