Town names that are animals

[hotdogPi]

Family/genus/species names, not human-like names of pets or famous animals. (No Garfield.)

Caribou, ME
Bear, DE
Buffalo, NY
Penguin, Tasmania, Australia
Chihuahua, Mexico

[NE2]

Buffalony is a type of horse.

[PHLBOS]

How could anyone miss Beaver, PA?

[1995hoo]

How could anyone miss Beaver, PA?

I thought that was named after a female body part.

[empirestate]

Whole animals, or...?

Because otherwise, Horseheads, NY and Moose Jaw, SK.

[golden eagle]

Phoenix.

[allniter89]

& Beaver Falls, PA
Deerland, FL
Elk Mtn, WY
Fishkill, NY
Eagle River, AK
Beaverton, OR

[Scott5114]

Boston Terriers are named after Boston, MA.

Whole animals, or...?

Because otherwise, Horseheads, NY and Moose Jaw, SK.

Also, Antlers, OK.

[DTComposer]

In California, the only one I can think of offhand is Big Bear Lake, which is really named after the lake which is named after the animal.

If non-English names are allowed, though, then Los Gatos.

[golden eagle]

Alligator, MS
Toad Suck, AR
Cooter, MO
Monkeys Eyebrow, KY

[Pete from Boston]

As far as strictly an animal geographical name (and not something built off one, like Foxborough, or Cape Cod) there aren't any used for municipalities in Massachusetts.  "Alewife," after the anadromous herring, is an informal name for the neighborhood around the Alewife Station on the Alewife Brook (and Alewife Brook Parkway) in Cambridge.  "Wellfleet" is often used as shorthand for an oyster of the variety named for that town, but it's a weak answer to this question.

[NE2]

Chevy Chase, MD

[Laura]

Elkton, MD

[cpzilliacus]

Lizard Lick, North Carolina?  :-)

[hm insulators]

In California, the only one I can think of offhand is Big Bear Lake, which is really named after the lake which is named after the animal.

If non-English names are allowed, though, then Los Gatos.

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Another non-English name: Koloa, Hawaii--koloa is Hawaiian for duck.

[Pete from Boston]

Getting away from "town names that have animal[ name]s in them" and back to the original question of "town names that are animal[ name]s"...

Moose, Wyoming.

[golden eagle]

Red Deer, Alberta (or is it Manitoba?)

[The Nature Boy]

Lame Deer, Montana would seem to fit.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

In California, the only one I can think of offhand is Big Bear Lake, which is really named after the lake which is named after the animal.

If non-English names are allowed, though, then Los Gatos.

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Another non-English name: Koloa, Hawaii--koloa is Hawaiian for duck.

In the same vein: Jaca, Spain. 'Jaca' is one of two Spanish words for a female horse, the other being 'yegua'.

[SignGeek101]

Red Deer, Alberta (or is it Manitoba?)

Red Deer, Alberta is correct.

[Alps]

Lame Deer, Montana would seem to fit.

And Deer Lodge. Montana is all about those deer.

[Takumi]

Bass, WV

[GaryV]

Some in Michigan:
Pigeon (and White Pigeon**)
Bovine
Grayling
Wolverine


And then some names that include animals:
Trout Creek
Trout Lake
Eagle River
Eagle Harbor
Carp Lake
Wolf Lake
Fawn River
Otter Lake
Swan Creek

And a number of natural features named after animals, but which are not towns:
Porcupine Mountains
Whitefish Point
Hog Island
N and S Fox Island
Beaver Island
Sturgeon Pt
Sturgeon River

** White Pigeon was actually named after an Indian of that name.

[bassoon1986]

Trout,LA

[Pete from Boston]

How could I have forgotten Duck, N.C.?