ANIMAL AND PLANT MASCOT NAMES OF AMERICAN-SPORTS TEAMS

                      

                                          Mollusk-Inspired Team Names

Banana Slugs [gastropod] 

Krakens [cephalopod]

Geoducks [bivalve]

Mighty Mussels [bivalve]

             Other Invertebrates-Inspired Team Names

Blue Jackets

Hornets

Jumbo Shrimp

Mad Ants

Stone Crabs

                    Vertebrate-Inspired Team Names

BIRDS

Blue Jays

Black Hawks

Cardinals

Ducks

Eagles

Falcons

Orioles

Penguins

Pelicans

Raptors

Ravens

Red Wings

Seahawks

CAMELS

Fighting Camels

FISH

Marlins

Sharks

Rays

MARSUPIALS

Kangaroo

MAMMALS [CATS]

Bengals (Tigers)

Bobcats

Jaguars

Lions

Panthers

Tigers

MAMMALS [OTHER THAN CATS)

Anteaters:

Bears [includes Grizzles; and cubs]

Bucks

Buffalo Bills

Camels

Colts

Coyotes

Dolphins

Flying Squirrels

Horses (Broncos, Colts)

Goats

Rams

“Rumble” Ponies

Seawolves 

Timberwolves

REPTILES

Diamond backs (rattle snake) 

PLANTS

Fighthing Artichokes

Lumberkings

Nuts

Sycamores

Miscellaneous Names (not necessarily animals)

Albuquerque Isotopes

Hardrockers

Montgomery Biscuits 

Rubberducks 

Mist (team now inactive)

Witichita Wingnuts

                                        Primary Reference

https://stadiumtalk.com/s/most-unique-team-names

The above list is a good start, but undoubtedly there are more names, especially if I were to include names of teams in Canada, Europe, Australia, etc.,  but I shall leave those for someone else to tabulate. 

                                        ACKNOWLEGMENT

My friend Lindsey Groves (who was also one of my former graduate students and who is now the Collections Manager of Mollusks at the Los Angeles Natural History County Museum), kindly helped in compiling some of the names listed above.