The following is a list of sapient creatures known to inhabit Middle-earth. Sapient creatures were capable of independent thought and thus the capacity to ally with either Sauron or the Free Peoples; many of them were able to speak in one or more languages of Middle-earth.
Sapient races[]
Humanoids/beings[]
Animals/beasts[]
- Bears
- Crebain
- Dragons
- Great siege beasts
- Hawks
- Horses
- Huorns
- Mûmakil
- Ravens
- Thrushes
- Spiders
- Valar animals
- Wargs
- Werewolves
- Were-worms
- Watcher in the Water
- Foxes