Yes. Remus Lupin was a werewolf, so his three friends - Sirius, James Potter and Peter Pettigrew - learned how to transform themselves into animals also.
Sirius Black transforms into a large black hound; Peter Pettigrew was Ron Weasley's pet rat, and James Potter could become a stag.
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An Animagus is a person in Harry Potter who can transform themselves into an animal.
For example:
Sirius Black can turn himself into a black dog.
Peter Pettigrew can turn himself into a rat.
Minerva McGonagall can turn herself into a cat.
Between the Registered Animagus there's
Minerva McGonagall (tabby grey cat) and between the Unregistered's there are James Potter (tall red stag), Sirius Black (shaggy black dog), Peter Pettigrew (fat grey rat) and Rita Skeeter (large blue beetle).
The ones we know of are:
Professor McGonagall - Cat
James Potter - Stag
Sirius Black - Large dog
Peter Pettigrew - Rat
Rita Skeeter - Beetle
No- Lupin is a werewolf. Werewolves can't control turning into a werewolf under the moonlight, where as regular Animaguses can change themselves into their animal form whenever they want to.
James Potter's (Harry's father) nickname is Prongs because of his Animagus, the stag.
Sirius Black from Harry Potter real name is Gary Oldman.
Becoming an Animagus is a very difficult process and not many people achieve it. Below are those who weren known to be Animagus:Minevra McGongall - A tabby catSirus Black - A large black dog (unregistered)James Potter - A stag (unregistered)Peter Pettigrew - A rat (unregistered)Rita Skeeter - A beetle (unregistered)There were a total of seven registered Animagus in the 20th century - one of whom was McGongall. The other six were not mentioned.
Harry Potter's patronus takes the shape of a stag, the animagus and patronus form of his father. The Patronus spell is used against Dementors but can also be used as a method of communication.
He could turn into a stag.