This is a list of animals that appear or are mentioned in the Gilligan's Island series, both factual and fictitious, including many animals dreamed up by Gilligan or the others.
Animals
- Alien (Bumper in the Gilligan's Planet cartoon)
- Anteater (Mentioned in The Matchmaker)
- Bat (Mentioned in The Matchmaker, common red fruit bat (thought to be a vampire bat) shown in Up At Bat, and The Secret of Gilligan's Island)
- Bear (mentioned in Feed the Kitty - also represented by Mr. Howell's toy teddy bear)
- Boar (Leo the Lion visualizes Mr. Howell as a one in Feed the Kitty. Mentioned in Where There's a Will)
- Bull (Leo visualizes the Skipper as one in Feed the Kitty)
- Cat (in The Friendly Physician)
- Chimpanzee (the chimp in Voodoo Something to Me and Gladys)
- Crocodile (in Gilligan's Mother-in-Law)
- Deer (Leo visualizes Mary Ann and Ginger as ones in Feed the Kitty)
- Dog (in The Friendly Physician)
- Donkey (Mrs. Howell dreams she becomes one in Lovey's Secret Admirer)
- Elephant (only mentioned in Three to Get Ready)
- Fox (mentioned only)
- Frog (the frog in Water Water Everywhere)
- Gopher (mentioned in Three to Get Ready)
- Gorilla (in Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend)
- Horse (in The Sweepstakes and The Little Dictator)
- Kangaroo (only mentioned in Home Sweet Hut)
- Lion (Leo)
- Mink (mentioned only)
- Mole (mentioned in Three to Get Ready)
- Monkey (Igor, Gilligan's monkey and Snubby)
- Mountain goat (Leo visualizes Mrs. Howell as one in Feed the Kitty)
- Mule (in The Sweepstakes)
- Rabbit (in It's Magic, mentioned in and a clay one in Bang! Bang! Bang!)
- Tortoise/Turtle (Rex, Herman and Hilda. Also shown in Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue and Ghost a Go-Go)
- Wolf (mentioned only) (Mr. Howell is called "The Wolf of Wall Street" in several episodes.)
Birds
- Bird (in Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy and one the Professor has in The Invasion)
- Duck (Emily in The Sound of Quacking)
- Eagle (mentioned in The Return of Wrongway Feldman)
- Flamingo (Mentioned in Smile, You're on Mars camera)
- Owl (in The Hunter. Leo also visualized the Professor as one in Feed the Kitty
- Parrot (Sam the macaw and Timothy. Also shown in Angel on the Island)
- Peacock (Mentioned in Smile, You're on Mars Camera)
- Pelican (mentioned in A Nose by Any Other Name)
- Pheasant (mentioned only)
- Pigeon (Walter in The Pigeon)
- Red-Crested Hickenlooper (mentioned in Gilligan's Living Doll)
- Woodpecker (shown in Two on a Raft and Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow)
Sea Creatures
- Bass (mentioned)
- Catfish (mentioned in Feed the Kitty)
- Fish (Gilligan has a pet fish named Irving)
- Flying fish (mentioned in Take A Dare)
- Halibut (mentioned)
- Lobster (a food staple - shown in Little Island, Big Gun, Gilligan uses traps in Quick Before It Sinks)
- Octopus (mentioned only)
- Oyster (mentioned in The Big Gold Strike)
- Sea star (never mentioned, but used as props numerous times)
- Shark (in Two on a Raft and the Rescue from Gilligan's Island movie. Also hammerhead shark mentioned in Physical Fatness)
Bugs
- Ants (Gilligan bitten up by ants in Gilligan Gets Bugged)
- Beach spider, "tarantula" (in How to Be a Hero)
- Bee (Gilligan hides his diary near their hive in Diogenes, Won't You Please Go Home?)
- Black Mourning Spider
- Butterfly (including the Pussycat Swallowtail)
- Fly (Gilligan shoos them away in The Little Dictator )
- Gnats (the men name their band, "The Gnats," in Don't Bug the Mosquitoes)
- Mantis Khani
- Mosquito (The Mosquitoes are named for them)
- Moth (Mr. Howell catches one in his wardrobe)
- Whale (mentioned only)
Imaginary Creatures
- Bat-eater (in The Matchmaker)
- Chicken people (actually the castaways 'tared and feathered' in Smile, You're on Mars Camera)
- Golden goose (in "V" For Vitamins)
- Low flying seagull (mentioned in Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue)
- Monster (the one in St. Gilligan and the Dragon)
- Pink whale (mentioned in Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue)
- Sea serpent (actually the Japanese Sailor's submarine in So Sorry, My Island Now)
- Dinosaur (Allosaurus footage re-used from "Dinosaurus" (1960) (in The Secret of Gilligan's Island)
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