Question

how is a/an used before the names of animals to show their nature​

Answer 1

Answer:

Article “an” is used before a consonant, with sounds like a vowel as, an M.A, an S.P. And the word animal has a vowel sound so the article “an” is used before it. When a singular noun is meant to represent the whole class in animals we used the article “the” before the animal kind.

Answer 2

Answer:

A and AN are Articles.

if an Animal's name starts with vowels (a,e,i,o,u) then you need to use AN.

Example: An Elephant, An Ant, An Eagle

If the name of any animal starts from other than any Alphabet except vowels, then you need to use A.

Examples: A Dog

A Cat

A Kangaroo

NOTE: A and An are used when the objects are in singular.