Clean and Unclean Animals
Clean Animals (Permissible to Eat)
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Animals That Chew the Cud and Part the Hoof
Antelope
Bison (buffalo)
Caribou
Cattle (beef, veal)
Deer (venison)
Elk
Gazelle
Giraffe
Goat
Hart
Ibex
Llama (alpaca, vicuña)
Moose
Ox
Reindeer
Sheep (lamb, mutton) |
Fish With Fins and Scales
Anchovy
Barracuda
Bass
Black pomfret (or monchong)
Bluefish
Bluegill
Carp
Cod
Crappie
Drum
Flounder
Gar (or garfish)
Grouper
Grunt
Haddock
Hake
Halibut
Hardhead
Herring (or alewife)
Kingfish
Mackerel
Mahimahi (or bottlenose dolphinfish or dorado) |
Minnow
Mullet
Perch (or bream)
Pike (or pickerel or jack)
Pollack (or pollock or Boston bluefish)
Rockfish
Salmon
Sardine (or pilchard)
Shad
Silver hake (or whiting)
Smelt (or frost fish or ice fish)
Snapper (or ebu, jobfish, lehi, onaga, opakapaka or uku)
Sole
Steelhead
Sucker
Sunfish
Tarpon
Trout (or weakfish)
Tuna (or ahi, aku, albacore, bonito
or tombo)
Whitefish |
Birds With Clean Characteristics
Chicken
Dove
Duck
Goose
Grouse
Guinea fowl
Partridge
Peafowl
Pheasant
Pigeon
Prairie chicken
Ptarmigan
Quail
Sagehen
Sparrow (and other songbirds)
Swan*
Quail
Teal
Turkey
Insects
Types of locusts that may include crickets and grasshoppers |
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Unclean Animals (Not to be Eaten)
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Animals With Unclean
Characteristics
Swine
Boar
Peccary
Pig (hog, bacon, ham, lard, pork)
Canines
Coyote
Dog
Fox
Hyena
Jackal
Wolf
Felines
Cat
Cheetah
Leopard
Lion
Panther
Tiger
Equines
Ass
Donkey
Horse
Mule
Onager
Zebra (quagga)
Other
Armadillo
Badger
Bear
Beaver
Camel
Elephant
Gorilla |
Groundhog
Hare
Hippopotamus
Kangaroo
Mole
Monkey
Mouse
Muskrat
Opossum
Porcupine
Rabbit
Raccoon
Rat
Rhinoceros
Skunk
Slug
Snail (escargot)
Squirrel
Wallaby
Weasel
Wolverine
Worm
All insects except some in the locust
family
Marine Animals Without Scales and Fins
Fish
Bullhead
Catfish
Eel
Marlin
Paddlefish
Sculpin
Shark
Stickleback
Squid
Sturgeon (includes most caviar)
Swordfish
Turbot |
Shellfish
Abalone
Clam
Crab
Crayfish
Lobster
Mussel
Prawn
Oyster
Scallop
Shrimp
Soft body
Cuttlefish
Jellyfish
Limpet
Octopus
Squid (calamari)
Sea mammals
Dolphin
Otter
Porpoise
Seal
Walrus
Whale
Birds of Prey, Scavengers and Others
Albatross
Bat
Bittern
Buzzard
Condor
Coot
Cormorant
Crane
Crow
Cuckoo
Eagle
Flamingo |
Grebe
Grosbeak
Gull
Hawk
Heron
Kite
Lapwing
Loon
Magpie
Osprey
Ostrich
Owl
Parrot
Pelican
Penguin
Plover
Rail
Raven
Roadrunner
Sandpiper
Seagull
Stork
Swallow
Swift
Vulture
Water hen
Woodpecker
Reptiles
Alligator
Caiman
Crocodile
Lizard
Snake
Turtle
Amphibians
Blindworm
Frog
Newt
Salamander
Toad |
*Some commonly consumed unclean animals highlighted in red.
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