Funny Animal Names

having the back covered with thick bony plates

nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes

larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing

arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair

a hooded cloak for women

cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes

arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs

fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs

any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless

smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies

any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic

warm-water lobsters without claws

an aquatic snail with a low, cone-shaped shell

a small monkey with claws instead of nails

fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals

spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck

nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America

nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America

any bird of the genus Pitta

alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide

small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail

large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida

slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns

any lizard of the genus Moloch

baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters

wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia

any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous