Animals Shown in GTA 6 Trailers, Screenshots and Art

Which animals has Rockstar depicted?

The animals below appear in the official material reviewed for this page. A cover-art appearance does not by itself establish an animal in gameplay. Screenshot entries follow Rockstar’s image captions.

Inflatable flamingo floats show up in two screenshots too, and the fake alligators on a mini golf course, but those are props.

Are there alligators in GTA 6?

Yes, and they are the animal Rockstar uses most. Its description of the Grassrivers wetlands says: "The gators may be the most famous attraction, but there are far deadlier predators and weirder discoveries among the mangroves." Three of the Grassrivers screenshots include alligators, one of them showing a man aiming a gun at the nearest one from an airboat.

Trailer 1 used gators for laughs in its montage of phone clips, a nod to the Florida Man news genre. We traced those clips to real news stories in our page on Trailer 1's viral Florida videos. The "deadlier predators" Rockstar mentions have not been named.

Can you hunt animals in GTA 6?Unconfirmed

Not confirmed as a system. The evidence so far:

• Rockstar says Mount Kalaga National Park "offers prime hunting, fishing, and off-road trails".
• A Grassrivers screenshot shows three people with guns posing next to a dead alligator and a wildcat.
• Another Mount Kalaga screenshot shows a cougar stalking deer, which suggests wildlife that hunts and moves on its own.

None of this shows the player hunting, skinning or selling anything. Shacknews spotted a "Study" option when Jason approaches a dog in the Extended Look, which Red Dead Redemption 2 used for its animal compendium, but Rockstar has not said whether GTA VI has one.

Can you have a pet in GTA 6?Unconfirmed

Rockstar has not announced pets. What the Extended Look shows is an interaction: early in the opening job, Jason stops to pet a dog. GamesRadar+ noted that the dog had its own button prompts, and Shacknews reports the options as Pet, Scold and Study. Whether either lead can own a dog, as Franklin did with Chop in GTA V, is unknown.

What sea life is in GTA 6?

The Leonida Keys gallery has the best look underwater: two scuba divers "surrounded by aquatic life including coral, fish, an eel, and a sea turtle". Above the surface, an Ultimate Edition image of the Shitzu Squalo shows Jason and Lucia on deck with dolphins swimming nearby. Rockstar also pitches the Squalo for fishing in Gambit Bay, but has not named any fish species.

Which animals are not confirmed?Unconfirmed

Some animals turn up in Rockstar's text without appearing on screen. Brian Heder's profile says he "moves like a great white shark", which is a figure of speech, and Cal Hampton jokes that "there are way too many birds flying around in perfect formation". Macca the Gator and Chunkee the Manatee are cartoon characters from a TV show inside the game, used on merchandise.

Fan lists that include sharks, manatees, panthers, snakes, wild hogs or Key deer come from fans' own frame-by-frame identifications or from leaked material. Until Rockstar shows them, we treat them as unconfirmed. The full list will come from the game on November 19, 2026.

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