Animals that start with G

G holds one of the most medically important animals in the library. A compound in Gila monster saliva became exenatide, approved in 2005, which opened the GLP-1 class of diabetes drugs now used by millions of people. The letter also covers the giraffe, the gorilla and the giant panda, along with the gharial, a fish-eating crocodilian down to a few hundred breeding adults.

9 animals in the library start with G, from the gharial to the guppy. Most of them live in Asia and Africa.