List of animals

This list is for all non-unique Animals of Arda.

Deers


Deer were four-legged beasts that inhabited Middle-earth. They are mentioned in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

Deer were hunted for food by the peoples of Middle-earth save for the Beorning who did not eat meat. References to deer hunting in Middle-earth include Aragorn hunting deer for food and the Dwarves in The Hobbit hunting deer.

Rabbits




Rabbits were small, fat animals living everywhere in Middle-earth, called Conies by the Hobbits. Rabbits were hunted for food by the peoples of Middle-earth usually it seemed will traveling and not as butchers cuts, save for the Beornings who did not eat meat.

Alternate Names
Bunnies, Conies, Hares, "Stew"

Films
In Peter Jackson's movie The Two Towers, a brace of rabbits were caught by Gollum just before a force of Haradrim walked through the land with an Oliphaunt, but then are then cooked by Sam in a stew, which angered Gollum.

In the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Radagast's sled is pulled by a strange, large breed of rabbits from Rhosgobel, called by him the "Rhosgobel Rabbits", which were fast enough to outrun Wolves from Gundabad and also Wargs.