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R the names of animals supposed to be capitals

User Jaysen
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Actually, not always. Animal names are not capitalized when referring to their official name such as dog or elephant. But if you are writing about a pet named Joe, then yes the name must be capitalized. 
User Scandinave
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Yes. an animal is a noun, all people, places and things are nouns. All nouns have to be capitalized.
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