Mammals
Baboon - After Jamie makes Young Ian whip him after returning to Lallybroch, Claire remarks that Jamie's red backside makes him look like a baboon (V, chapter 33)
Badgers - Badgers are still said to live in the Bois de Boulogne (DIA, chapter 24)
Bat - Master Raymond has a bat's skull in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16)
Bear - Master Raymond has a bear's skull in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16) Master Raymond sends Claire the bone of a bear's digit with the claw attached (DIA, chapter 31) Mr Willoughby describes European women as being "coarse and rank as bears" (V, chapter 45)
Boar - it was a boar that the men were hunting during the tynchal at the Gathering (Outlander, chapter 10)
Cats - kept to control rodents
Cows - often lifted from neighbouring clans
Deer - hunted and eaten
Dogs - used for hunting and farm work
Dolphins - Jamie and Claire see dolphins while onboard the Artemis (V, chapter 42)
Donkey - Master Raymond has a donkey's skull in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16)
Dray horse - Jamie is working with dray horses rolling a field when Geneva blackmails him (V, chapter 14) Dray horses are heavy work horses, also known as draught horses (UK) or draft horses (US)
Elk - Master Raymond has an elk's skull in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16)
Fox - when Claire and Frank return from their trip to Loch Ness they see a fox in the road. Some fans like to see this fox as symbolising Jamie, maybe because of the colour of the fox's fur, and maybe because Geillis calls Jamie the 'fox cub' (Outlander, chapter 2) Foxes are said to live in the Bois de Boulogne (DIA, chapter 24) When Claire asks Jamie why he had a trapdoor in the roof of his printshop, he replies, 'It's a foolish fox has but one exit to his bolthole' (V, chapter 27) Jerry MacKenzie sees a fox after falling through the stones when he is searching for his plane (Leaf)
Garrons - garrons are Highland ponies (Cross Stitch only, chapter 11)
Goats - kept at Lallybroch (V, chapter 37) Mrs Johansen, the gunner's wife on board the Porpoise, keeps six milch goats (V, chapter 46)
Hares - Jamie fancies he can run faster than a hare should he chance across an English patrol when he leaves his cave (V, chapter 5)
Highland Cattle - Claire and Frank are told a story of a Highland cow being mistaken for the Loch Ness monster while on their boat trip on Loch Ness (Outlander, chapter 2) these beasts are regularly stolen by one clan from another, cattle lifting being an honourable Highland tradition
Horses - very common animals used for a variety of purposes; Master Raymond has horses's skulls in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16)
Lions - when Joe Abernathy's son changes his name in an attempt to reclaim his African heritage, Joe asks him if he sees any lions out the window (V, chapter 20)
Merino sheep - Jenny keeps imported, hand-fed Merino sheep which are her prized possessions (V, chapter 38) Merino sheep have very fine, soft wool
Mice - Frank recites a proverb about keeping mice out of the house (Outlander, chapter 1) Master Raymond has a mouse's skull in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16)
Mole - Ian Snr breaks his wooden leg when he steps in a molehole (DIA, chapter 33)
Monkey - Louise de Rohan has a pet monkey (DIA, chapter 11)
Mule - in Outlander Ronald McNab arrives at Lallybroch on Quarter Day on a mule but in Cross Stitch it's a garron (Outlander only, chapter 31)
Orangutan - When Claire asks Jamie what he looks like with a beard, he replies that he looks like the orang-utan that Louis has in the Royal zoo (DIA, chapter 15)
Otters - Roger thinks Claire could be keeping a lookout for otters when they take a boat trip on Loch Ness (V, chapter 17)
Percheron - percherons are a French breed of draft horse and a large one can stand over 5 feet at the shoulder. Master Raymond has a percheron's skull in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16) The Duke of Sandringham purchases four Percheron broodmares from the Royal stud at Argentan (DIA, chapter 22)
Pigs - Claire encounters pigs at Castle Leoch (Outlander only, chapter 4)
Ponies - In Cross Stitch the horses the Highlanders ride are referred to as ponies (Cross Stitch only, chapter 3)
Rabbits - snared and eaten. Also referred to as coneys (V, chapter 10)
Rats - Roger composes a rat satire for Brianna to scare away any rats that might be in the Reverend Wakefield's garage (DIA, chapter 4) Jamie kills a rat in the inn he and Claire stay in in Le Havre (DIA, chapter 6) Master Raymond has a rat's skull in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16) The prisoners at Ardsmuir used carved rat's skulls to play chess with and sometimes eat rats (V, chapter 8) There are rats on board the Artemis (V, chapter 41)
Red deer - the deer that live in the countryside by Lallybroch (V, chapter 6)
Seals - living by the coast by Ardsmuir (V, chapter 9) Jamie has close encounters with seals when he discovers the treasure on the silkie's isle (V, chapter 33)
Sheep - Claire encounters sheep at Castle Leoch (Cross Stitch only, chapter 4) Father Fogden has a flock of sheep (V, chapter 50)
Shoat - a young pig. Fergus tells Claire that a woman can fake virginity with the use of a shoat's bladder filled with chicken blood to mimic the rupturing of the virginal hymen (DIA, chapter 20)
Shrew - Master Raymond has a shrew's skull in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16)
Squirrels - Jamie says he has seen squirrels mate (Outlander, chapter 15)
Stags - stags are usually hunted at the tynchal (Outlander, chapter 10)
Walrus - John Grey's chess set at Ardsmuir has a pawn made from walrus ivory (V, chapter 10)
Whales - Claire notes that there are enough knives and cleavers on the Artemis to deal with a whale carcass (V, chapter 41)
Wolves - Jamie & Claire see a small pack of wolves on their journey back to Castle Leoch after rescuing Claire from Jack Randall (Outlander, chapter 22) Claire fights off a wolf outside Wentworth Prison and is rescued from the rest of the pack by one of MacRannoch's men (Outlander, chapter 35) Master Raymond has the skulls of extinct wolves and modern day wolves in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16) Wolves are still said to live in the Bois de Boulogne (DIA, chapter 24)
Badgers - Badgers are still said to live in the Bois de Boulogne (DIA, chapter 24)
Bat - Master Raymond has a bat's skull in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16)
Bear - Master Raymond has a bear's skull in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16) Master Raymond sends Claire the bone of a bear's digit with the claw attached (DIA, chapter 31) Mr Willoughby describes European women as being "coarse and rank as bears" (V, chapter 45)
Boar - it was a boar that the men were hunting during the tynchal at the Gathering (Outlander, chapter 10)
Cats - kept to control rodents
Cows - often lifted from neighbouring clans
Deer - hunted and eaten
Dogs - used for hunting and farm work
Dolphins - Jamie and Claire see dolphins while onboard the Artemis (V, chapter 42)
Donkey - Master Raymond has a donkey's skull in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16)
Dray horse - Jamie is working with dray horses rolling a field when Geneva blackmails him (V, chapter 14) Dray horses are heavy work horses, also known as draught horses (UK) or draft horses (US)
Elk - Master Raymond has an elk's skull in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16)
Fox - when Claire and Frank return from their trip to Loch Ness they see a fox in the road. Some fans like to see this fox as symbolising Jamie, maybe because of the colour of the fox's fur, and maybe because Geillis calls Jamie the 'fox cub' (Outlander, chapter 2) Foxes are said to live in the Bois de Boulogne (DIA, chapter 24) When Claire asks Jamie why he had a trapdoor in the roof of his printshop, he replies, 'It's a foolish fox has but one exit to his bolthole' (V, chapter 27) Jerry MacKenzie sees a fox after falling through the stones when he is searching for his plane (Leaf)
Garrons - garrons are Highland ponies (Cross Stitch only, chapter 11)
Goats - kept at Lallybroch (V, chapter 37) Mrs Johansen, the gunner's wife on board the Porpoise, keeps six milch goats (V, chapter 46)
Hares - Jamie fancies he can run faster than a hare should he chance across an English patrol when he leaves his cave (V, chapter 5)
Highland Cattle - Claire and Frank are told a story of a Highland cow being mistaken for the Loch Ness monster while on their boat trip on Loch Ness (Outlander, chapter 2) these beasts are regularly stolen by one clan from another, cattle lifting being an honourable Highland tradition
Horses - very common animals used for a variety of purposes; Master Raymond has horses's skulls in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16)
Lions - when Joe Abernathy's son changes his name in an attempt to reclaim his African heritage, Joe asks him if he sees any lions out the window (V, chapter 20)
Merino sheep - Jenny keeps imported, hand-fed Merino sheep which are her prized possessions (V, chapter 38) Merino sheep have very fine, soft wool
Mice - Frank recites a proverb about keeping mice out of the house (Outlander, chapter 1) Master Raymond has a mouse's skull in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16)
Mole - Ian Snr breaks his wooden leg when he steps in a molehole (DIA, chapter 33)
Monkey - Louise de Rohan has a pet monkey (DIA, chapter 11)
Mule - in Outlander Ronald McNab arrives at Lallybroch on Quarter Day on a mule but in Cross Stitch it's a garron (Outlander only, chapter 31)
Orangutan - When Claire asks Jamie what he looks like with a beard, he replies that he looks like the orang-utan that Louis has in the Royal zoo (DIA, chapter 15)
Otters - Roger thinks Claire could be keeping a lookout for otters when they take a boat trip on Loch Ness (V, chapter 17)
Percheron - percherons are a French breed of draft horse and a large one can stand over 5 feet at the shoulder. Master Raymond has a percheron's skull in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16) The Duke of Sandringham purchases four Percheron broodmares from the Royal stud at Argentan (DIA, chapter 22)
Pigs - Claire encounters pigs at Castle Leoch (Outlander only, chapter 4)
Ponies - In Cross Stitch the horses the Highlanders ride are referred to as ponies (Cross Stitch only, chapter 3)
Rabbits - snared and eaten. Also referred to as coneys (V, chapter 10)
Rats - Roger composes a rat satire for Brianna to scare away any rats that might be in the Reverend Wakefield's garage (DIA, chapter 4) Jamie kills a rat in the inn he and Claire stay in in Le Havre (DIA, chapter 6) Master Raymond has a rat's skull in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16) The prisoners at Ardsmuir used carved rat's skulls to play chess with and sometimes eat rats (V, chapter 8) There are rats on board the Artemis (V, chapter 41)
Red deer - the deer that live in the countryside by Lallybroch (V, chapter 6)
Seals - living by the coast by Ardsmuir (V, chapter 9) Jamie has close encounters with seals when he discovers the treasure on the silkie's isle (V, chapter 33)
Sheep - Claire encounters sheep at Castle Leoch (Cross Stitch only, chapter 4) Father Fogden has a flock of sheep (V, chapter 50)
Shoat - a young pig. Fergus tells Claire that a woman can fake virginity with the use of a shoat's bladder filled with chicken blood to mimic the rupturing of the virginal hymen (DIA, chapter 20)
Shrew - Master Raymond has a shrew's skull in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16)
Squirrels - Jamie says he has seen squirrels mate (Outlander, chapter 15)
Stags - stags are usually hunted at the tynchal (Outlander, chapter 10)
Walrus - John Grey's chess set at Ardsmuir has a pawn made from walrus ivory (V, chapter 10)
Whales - Claire notes that there are enough knives and cleavers on the Artemis to deal with a whale carcass (V, chapter 41)
Wolves - Jamie & Claire see a small pack of wolves on their journey back to Castle Leoch after rescuing Claire from Jack Randall (Outlander, chapter 22) Claire fights off a wolf outside Wentworth Prison and is rescued from the rest of the pack by one of MacRannoch's men (Outlander, chapter 35) Master Raymond has the skulls of extinct wolves and modern day wolves in his secret room full of skulls (DIA, chapter 16) Wolves are still said to live in the Bois de Boulogne (DIA, chapter 24)