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Brachylagus idahoensis

The Pygmy Rabbit is the world's smallest living species of rabbit. They are the only rabbit species alive native to North America that makes its own burrows. These live in the Great Basin area of the United States, being restricted to Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, and California. There is an extinct subspecies that is being revived through careful genetic crossbreeding. This type of crossbreeding should eventually result in a modern version of the subspecies where the genetic distinctions of the other subspecies are absent in the final results. This would be the Columbian Basin Pygmy Rabbit. My current source does not list a subspecies name, nor the names of other subspecies. These were previously the world's smallest species & subspecies of rabbit, and technically the hybrids might still be. As their name suggests, they were restricted to the Washington State's Columbian Basin previously. Some rabbits have been reintroduced there. Though the subspecies does not exist in its pure form it is listed as Endangered by the U.S and is at risk due to environmental damage to its shrub-steppe home and disease.

The species was first described by Merriam in 1891, but it was considered to belong to *Lepus*. In 1900 Miller proposed the subgenus of Brachylagus and 4 years later Lyon brought it to genus status. Some people have since tried to place it in Sylvilagus, but since morphological and genetic analysis continues to validate its differentiation from them, it is considered to belong in its own genus. Fossils of it have been found in Nevada in the Irvingtonian era, and its ancestor or relative was found in Colorado. It most likely evolved from them in the Irvingtonian era or just before, in the Miocene era. It may seem strange to some readers, but evolution can occur within the time frame of thousands of years, which they both had in an area that spanned about 2 million years.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great\_Basin&oldid=1146937118
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pygmy\_rabbit&oldid=1142194745
3. ↑ https://fws.gov/species/pygmy-rabbit-brachylagus-idahoensis
4. ↑ https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/32426/pg32426-images.html#Family\_Leporidae
5. ↑ https://www.jstor.org/stable/41713099
Cats

Cats can refer to the animal *Felis catus* and the fictional monsters and cartoonish variants based off of them, or it can refer to Felid-like creatures as a whole. The main definition is the former.

Cats are domesticated creatures. They are common house-pets, and have an uncountable amount of appearances in television, books, video games, and art. They are one of humanities most impactful creatures, with the decline of housecats under religious superstition having encouraged rat-caused plagues in Europe and being an many people have learned of an associated themselves with every day. People may be asked if they are "a cat or a dog person?" meaning which of the two main mammalian pets they prefer. Cat people are judged to have a different, introverted and independent personality compared to dog people.

Cats come in many colors. While most people don't believe that they have different personalities, some do, such as "tortie-tude" and seeing ginger tabbies as more playful, bold, and extroverted. Cat colors are important in society, as superstitions, religious beliefs, and holidays are impacted by it. All-black cats are associated with Halloween, and are often depicted in creative works and decorations associated with it. Black cats are more likely to be bought in October or by people who like Halloween or who religiously define themselves as "witches".
Easterland (2019 movie)

Spoilers*This article is about a specific form of media, such as a movie or a video game. Therefore it may contain heavy spoilers so as to best discuss it. You have been warned!*
This is a cheaper movie production. The lip-synching is so bad that I'm not sure if this was originally an English dub or just a translation. It doesn't help that the character's names seem foreign. The characters talk more instead of making more complicated movements. The dubbers tried. There's a few Scottish accents for some reason, but that's cool. An evil warthog has found a Great Invisible Egg of Moppet Land famed lore and uses it to try to take over Easter for himself. The Easter Bunny here is depicted in Bugs Bunny-like colors rather than white, as is typical for the Easter Bunny. It does reference it though in the beginning, as a white rabbit pushes some large golden eggs in a wheelbarrow. There's more references to birds pooping than I'm comfortable with, but at least they explore it socially. The reindeer is designed after real reindeer, and is more moose or caribou-like than most reindeer depictions, which depict them with a black wet nose. I've also never seen a humanoid character in CGI with realistic frecklage before now.

Animals depicted:

* Domesticated Rabbit
* Female Peacock
* Reindeer
* Unknown mouse or rodent species
* Great Horned Owl (I think)
* Unknown Armadillo
* Warthog
* Unknown medium blue bird

## References

1. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9078564/fullcredits/?ref\_=tt\_ql\_1
2. ↑ https://pluto.tv/en/on-demand/movies/62d5a98175b9dc0013cb5146
Reindeer (Santa's)

Santa's reindeer are deer that pull Santa's sled. Whilst called "reindeer", they are usually portrayed as white-tailed deer or other generic deer forms, like mule deer and roe deer. There have been repeated attempts to correct this image, including by bringing real reindeer to Santa meet-and-greets. Therefore rather than put this under *Rangifer tarandus*' page, I have opted to embrace this mix-up by putting it in its own article, in the hopes of it being seen as its own mythological creature. I mean, they can fly after all. The Reindeer are commonly called Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph. The popularity of the song "Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer" and the movie based off of it ensures reindeer remain an important attribute to Christmas.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa\_Claus%27s\_reindeer&oldid=1124788059
Bubalus trau

This is a new scientific name that I made up for Swamp Buffalos. Wikipedia states that water buffalos were domesticated from the wild water buffalo twice, once 6,300 years ago and the other 3,000-7,000 years ago. It's not clear to me how this split occurred and yet somehow they both share the same species name, Bubalus bubalis. Unless they interbreed this should be two different species lines. Additionally the difference between river buffalos and swamp buffalos is so vast that despite being domesticated animals, they even have a different chromosonal count! Apparently swamp buffalo have 48 chromosomes, while river have 50. This is clearly two different species at this point, and both must be separated and split from Bubalus bubalis, nevermind Bubalus arnee. So I changed this article from being named *Bubalus bubalis* to *domesticus*, and then I realized my mistake, and this is now the swamp buffalo article. It's not going to be called "Swamp Buffalos" because I need you all, when I do eventually get a readership, to understand how stupid these scientists are to keep this name like this. Fuck them. Experts are too swamped to know basic stuff, apparently.

The swamp buffalo is widely used in southeastern Asia. In Vietnam, it is not only the national animal, but it is also the symbol of the farmer. It is portrayed as a loyal, kind, affectionate, hardworking, subservient animal. Like our pigeon, no matter how far it wanders off it always knows where home is. It represents the "ox" of the Vietnamese zodiac. The golden variety was used to represent the 2003 Southeast Asian Games.

The swamp buffalo is used for carrying goods and loads. Unlike European cattle, they are tamer and rideable, and children frequently ride on their necks. They are integral to rice farming in low-tech areas, or areas where the technology cannot be used. They are also eaten. Their manure is used as a fertilizer. Their horn is used to make jewelry.

In Haiphong, Vietnam, on August 9, they hold a bull fighting tournament in dedication to a sea god, as the shape of their horns represents the crescent moon, which is associated with the ocean. The fighting ensures safe voyages for sailors and other sea goers, and the final winner is then sacrificed to the seagod.

The swamp buffalo has several breeds, often listed alongside river buffalo breeds. According to this confused but trying source, some swamp buffalo breeds include the Australian swamp, Assam, Baio, Brazilian carabao, Burmese Shan Kwye, Carabao, and Thai.

## Referencecs

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Water\_buffalo&oldid=1148009311
2. ↑ https://waterbuffaloes.com/Water%20Buffalo%20Types.htm
3. ↑ https://www.how-to-raise-livestock.com/the-various-types-of-water-buffalo/
4. ↑ https://vietnamtrips.com/vietnamese-water-buffalo
5. ↑ https://www.nativebreed.org/water-buffalo-breeds/
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

The Bald Eagle is the United States' National Animal. As such, it is often tied together in depictions of it, especially in a patriotic or stereotypical sense. Most often the eagle is portrayed in a single scene rather than as a character. This may be seen with it flying in front of a flag and giving out a Red tailed Hawk scream. This is thought to be because the H. leucocephalus has a sort of chirp, which is thought to be less cool than the visage it portrays. Bald Eagles look fierce and angry. It's chirp can seem underwhelming to some people, and its misattributed scream helps cause this, but is clearly not the main problem, since people started this because they already thought its chirp wasn't fierce enough.

## National Symbol

It has been noted and told to children in schools that Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey due to its fierce, but family oriented nature. However other members of the government wanted the bald eagle because it looked cooler, even though it stole fish from other birds and animals. This powerful bird is a symbol of the strength of America due to its image (and nowadays, fake cry). The bald eagle isn't actually bald, but its white head is distinctive to Americans. In this way it invoked vultures, who are known to actually have bald heads to Americans. However, the bald eagle shirks some of this association by its perceived nobleness and prideful predatory nature (which is only half true, as it does scavenge).

I first wrote this article because I received a pop up from one of my sources, the Zoo Institute, saying that it was Bald Eagle Day (January 18). However, the only ones I can find from other sources are National Save The Eagle Day (January 10 or a few days before) and American Eagle Day (June 20). Personally I think a Bald Eagle Day should be held on July 13th. July because July 4th, 13 because that's the number of arrows they hold in their talons (and to represent the 13 colonies). But what do I know?

The Bald Eagle is often portrayed in art in front of the American flag. As a symbol of America, veterans are fond of it.

## Science

It has two subspecies: *H. l. leucocephalus* and *H. l. washingtoniensis.* The bald eagle is closely related to white-tailed eagle, which actually plays a huge part in European history alongside the golden eagle. However, American's arn't aware of its existence.

## References

1. ↑ https://nationaltoday.com/national-save-the-eagles-day/
2. ↑ https://www.wqad.com/article/news/community/bald-eagle-days-returns-qcca-expo-center-weekend-january-6-7-8/526-2b84a8ce-1078-4ddc-a555-4a14d92f4acb
3. ↑ https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/american-eagle-day
Crows & Ravens

In Western media crows and ravens are often confused as each other, and serve most of the same roles. Both of these birds in real life are placed in the genus Corvus, and the difference between is mostly in size, deepness of voice, shape of beak, and some behaviors. A depiction in a film or TV show may portray a large, black bird with the sound of a crow call, or a smaller black bird with that of a raven's call. Both are used as portrayals of darker things, such as graveyards, witchcraft, and villainy. Other passerine black birds may be confused with crows and ravens in real life, such as blackbirds and grackles. Crows are more likely to be depicted as social as opposed to single, but not always, especially as the two are most often confused for one another.
Mustela nivalis subpalmata

The Egyptian weasel, like many mustelas, was previously considered a different species (*Mustela subpalmata*). It is closely related to the Mediterranean Least Weasel. It has been suggested that it ventured south into Northern Egypt and developed different communal patterns and skull size from its ancestors.

1. ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/297724254\_Taxonomic\_status\_and\_origin\_of\_the\_Egyptian\_weasel\_Mustela\_subpalmata\_inferred\_from\_mitochondrial\_DNA
Arctic wolves

Arctic wolves are wolves from the arctic. Often its meant to refer to them as a certain subspecies. However, the scientific community recognizes several different types of wolves that live north in cold, snowy climates. The commoner community likes to believe that there is just one across North America, Eurasia, and the arctic circle. However, it's not so. As a result I've decided to make this page to distinguish the two.

There's something special about white wolves to the notion of Western minds. The concept of a snow wolf. A wolf specifically for the element of snow. I believe that this is the reason why people like to hear the word "arctic wolf" and think white wolves of the cold north, spanning across the globe.

The actual subspecies involved, according to the scientific community, includes:

* *C.l. albus*, the wolf of Russia, Estonia, and possibly as far east as Finland
* *C.l. arctos*, is actually a island wolfdog, living on a few islands in east Canada.
* *C.l. crassodon*
* *C.l hudsonicus*
* *C.l. lupus* The Eurasian wolf, which can range far north in areas such as Russia and Scandinavia.
* *C.l. mackenzii*
* *C.l. manningi*
* *Canis lupus occidentalus*
* *C.l. orion* the Greenland wolf
* *C.l. tundarum*

Additionally there are several extinct subspecies of wolves which also could have counted.
The Dodo

The Dodo is a Youtube channel that profits off of people's heartwarming animal stories. In some ways I'd say they've replaced a niche Animal Planet used to own. Thanks to The Dodo people feed off of heartwarming animal stories now as a trend (or a bigger trend then it was before) and people treat animals differently, based off of their stories and what other individuals have done. Do to The Dodo being more open to exotic pet and wild animal interactions (as opposed to Animal Planet), more people interact with wildlife in what they view as positive ways and are more willing to take on an exotic pet. The general public of the English-speaking world is more open to these ideas, and thus The Dodo has taken down quite a bit of Animal Planet's hard work. But people still like animals, and even more so then they did so before. But there's less respect in some ways.
Centipedes

Centipedes are an animal and fictional representations based thereupon. They are famous in Western culture, but not well depicted outside of video game monsters. They are often portrayed animalistically and rarely have a chance to speak in their portrayals. They most famous for their ligmented bodies with tons of legs. In James And The Giant Peach movie, there is a character named Mr. Centipede who is a humanized centipede who talks.
Aggretsuko

This is based off of a Japanese comic and was adapted by Netflix. It stars an anthropomorphic red panda named Retsuko. It follows her life as she struggles with her office job and relationships with others. The catch here is that she likes metal screamo, and regularly visits a karaoke business so that she can rage her heart out.
Alligator sinensis

The Chinese Alligator is less famous than its American sister. Or maybe distant cousin, since, according to the theory of evolution, they split apart 33 million years ago. They are rated as critically endangered by the IUCN. It is currently restricted to living in one province (or only happens to live in one?), which is Anhui. Wikipedia's picture of its range includes the ocean front, but it mentions that it's land-locked, and Anhui indeed borders the ocean-side province, which would be Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alligatoridae&oldid=1121478934
2. ↑ https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/867/3146005
3. ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Anhui,+China/@32.1341856,106.6944873,5z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x3434a48ca17082d7:0x7aa8d6156e75706d!8m2!3d31.8615699!4d117.28565!16zL20vMHFiNjI?entry=ttu
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anhui&oldid=1156635416
Mustela nivalis vulgaris

The Middle European Least Weasel is found in most of continental Europe, its range is blocked off by the Pyrenees and the Alps. Northwards it extends to southwestern Russia, and southwards it can be found between the Black and Red Seas. It is also the ancestor of the weasels in New Zealand. The New Zealand Weasel is still considered that subspecies, as despite evolutionary seclusion, scientific names usually follow animals on their native lands, meaning that variations of the New Zealand weasel won't be remarked upon in its name.

## Sea also

* Mustela nivalis
* Weasels

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Least\_weasel&oldid=1111814028
Numida meleagris papillosus

Not on every Helmeted Guineafowl subspecies list; appears to live in southwestern Africa. This may just be a synonym for the Damaran Helmeted Guineafowl.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.gbif.org/species/6179910
2. ↑ https://eol.org/pages/1298492
3. ↑ https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=1044B438EE7556BB
4. ↑ https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id444552/
Canidae

This is the taxonomic family that covers wolves, jackals, foxes, raccoon-dogs, and other animals. According to the theory of evolution, the first member of this family had evolved 36.6-5 mya, possibly in what is today the Texas area. That canid was *Prohesperocyon wilsoni.* During the Eocene it split into three major groups: *Hesperocyoninae, Borophaginae,* and *Caninae.* Currently Caninae is the only surviving group.

This website says that most canids are of a solid color, which is false. Most canids, while lacking traditional looking spots and stripes, have other sorts of patterns. Tips of feet, ears, tails, and muzzles often have distinctive coloring, especially in red foxes and wolves. Countershading is common, especially famous in wolves as their facial patterns have distinctive eye and snout countershading as well. Most canids' fur is agouti and other mixed colors, like most mammals.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canidae&oldid=1148671360
2. ↑ https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Canidae
Ochotonidae

Pikas are a group of mountainous animals related to rabbits, but look-wise would be more closer to rodents. Pikas are more popular since people realized that Pikachu happens to have the same name as this (sometimes yellow) critter, coincidence or not. Pikas are not well studied and one-third of their population is gone. Unlike most modern rabbits, they like to make little chirping sounds, a trait the Amami rabbit, a living fossil, shares to some extent.

1. ↑ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/lagomorpha
Canis lupus albus

Turukhan wolves, also known as Tundra wolves, are found in northern Eurasia. The adults are typically whitish with light gray and reddish frosting. Both their fur and skin color change over the course of the seasons. It's range extends from Finland to Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. While some sources claim that it is a forest wolf, other sources point out that they live in the Malozemel'skaya and Bolshezemel'skaya tundras, both of which are flatlands. They feed heavily on reindeer

## Impact on humans

**Nenets:** As they live near the Nenet Autonomous Okrug, they may impact those communities. A study on arctic fox predation of Nenet reindeer calves in the nextdoor Yamal Peninsula notes that the local wolves had been hunted to extinction after the introduction of the snowmobile in the 1990s.

**Alutor:** Empty

**Chukchi:** Empty

**Evens:** Empty

**Koryak:** I don't know all of it because Google book previews don't show everything, but it seems that wolves take part in their mythology. They seem to have some association with ravens and foxes, which is common today (though often attributed to Native American stories).

**Russian:** Empty

**Internet:** There is a song called Canis lupus albus.

## Captivity

They can be found in several Russian zoos. However outside of that, it seems that the Indian Creek Zoo of Michigan is the only one to have them.

## References

1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/mammalsofsov211998gept/page/182/mode/2up?view=theater
2. ↑ https://www.coniferousforest.com/tundra-wolf.htm
3. ↑ https://www.getamap.net/maps/russia/nenetskiy\_avtonomnyy\_okrug/\_malozemelskayatundra/
4. ↑ https://clever-geek.imtqy.com/articles/10080/index.html
5. ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351512961\_The\_context\_of\_an\_emerging\_predation\_problem\_Nenets\_reindeer\_herders\_and\_Arctic\_foxes\_in\_Yamal
6. ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/The\_Koryak/8B0PDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=wolf
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n6zPj6RLAw
8. ↑ https://zooinstitutes.com/animals/tundra-wolf-2812/
Platybelodon

Platybelodon was a herbivorous mammal that lived in the Caucasus area during the Miocene. It was a relative of the elephant family, as seen in the animal's trunk and small downward pointing tusks. The most notable feature of Platybelodon is the downward pointing lower jaw forming a shovel like feature. The most popular theory as to why it evolved this kind of jaw is to strip bark from trees, as seen in wear and tear on the teeth.

Platybelodon is an instantly recognizable mammal and attention will instantly be drawn to its lower jaw. Visitors will find the Platybelodon an interesting animal to observe in its feeding habits.
Canis rufus

The red wolf is a kind of wolf. Some people think that it's a coywolf, others a subspecies of wolf, and still others a separate species. Most likely this wolf represents an important phase in evolution: the inbetweens. Species hybridize with other relatives and with other subspecies and with time, create a new species. As its genetic material isn't distinct enough to warrant a species but may be a little farther than most subspecies, and is additionally a hybrid that most often breeds with other hybrids, it is likely in this phase. Had it had thousands of more years to continue, it likely would have become a fully fledged wolf species. However, due to severe mismanagement with its recovery program, there are only 14 left of these wolves. It would take a miracle to save them.

The red wolf is mostly native to the swamplands of the United States. They have been extirpated in the wild. Efforts to reintroduce to the wild have failed, and they had to retry their entire breeding program as so many wolves that they released died. The last wild population, before reintroduction efforts, died in the 1980s around the border of southern Texas and Louisiana.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.outdooralabama.com/carnivores/red-wolf
Eumeryx culminis

This is a what scientists consider to be the first deer. It is small (smaller than the musk deer according to the source) and found in what is today the borders of south-central Mongolia and north-central China. It existed in the Middle Ogliocene (which itself designates 33-28 MYA). It is suspected that an earlier species from the early Ogliocene could be found here. It did not have any antlers or horns.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293512775\_The\_fossil\_records\_of\_deer\_in\_China
The Monkey King (2023 Movie)

This is an American-made movie by Netflix. It features the monkey king, born from a geode, who goes on to defeat demons to earn a place in heaven. Since I'm working on red animals right now, I should mention that this is a very red monkey. When I first watched it I felt that his appearance was strongly based off of a fire deity that's commonly associated with red foxes nowadays.
Binburrum

This is a genus of Pyrochroidae. These beetles are found exclusively in Australia. Their species are:
* *Binburrum angusticollis* Pollock, 1995
* *Binburrum articuno* Hsiao and Pollock, 2020
* *Binburrum bifoveicollis* (Lea, 1917)
* *Binburrum concavifrons* Pollock, 1995
* *Binburrum ephippiatum* (Wilson, 1926)
* *Binburrum moltres* Hsiao and Pollock, 2020
* *Binburrum ruficollis* (Champion, 1895)
* *Binburrum zapdos* Hsiao and Pollock, 2020

B. articuno, moltres, and zapdos were named after the Legendary Bird Trio of the Pokémon franchise. Like some other newly discovered bugs, they were given popular names in part because the scientists could, because when else are they going to get a chance to name something after a Pokémon? They had three bugs on hand, so they gotta be a trio, right? But also because their rare and bug conservation is poorly done, by allowing them to have more popular names their work gets more famous, and the bugs are more likely to have people help them survive.
## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Binburrum&oldid=1124756957
Phoenix

The phoenix is a bird of modern mythology based on many other creatures from other times and places. The phoenix is the concept of a bird that, when its time comes to die of old age, incinerates and turns to ash, with its body renewed into the form of a hatchling. The phoenix is often portrayed in colors of red, orange, yellow, or gold, and may or may not have other colors. It is usually a fire elemental bird, that may or may not have fire associated with its powers outside of its death. The spelling of phoenix is old and kept this way likely because of its strange beauty. It is often pronounced "fee-nix" rather than "fo-eh-nix".
Hippocampus ingens

The Pacific seahorse or Giant seahorse was identified by Girard in 1858. Though who that is, I don't know yet. The Pacific seahorse lives in southern Middle America, northwestern South America, and the Galapagos Islands. However one source says their population extends north to Mexico and California. It is the only Hippocampus species found in the eastern Pacific. Unlike other seahorses their newborn young might swim out to live in the open ocean, as they have a longer dorsal fin than other seahorses and have not been found anchoring themselves to eelgrass, coral, or other objects that older individuals do. They diverged from the Slender seahorse after the Isthmus Of Panama rose out of the sea between 5-4 million years ago. They are the second longest species of seahorse reaching to a 1 foot (31 cm) long. The big belly seahorse reaches just a bit longer at 1 foot and 1 inch long (34 cm). They are listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. They are at risk from bottom trawling.

## References

1. ↑ https://reeflifesurvey.com/species/hippocampus-ingens
2. ↑ https://projectseahorse.org/gentle-underwater-giant-of-galapagos-the-pacific-seahorse/
3. ↑ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102824-Hippocampus-ingens
4. ↑ https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10072/54905720
5. ↑ https://projectseahorse.org/a-seahorse-as-prey-featured-iseahorse-observation/
Pandas

Pandas are the concept of real and fictional representations of Ailureopoda melanoleucas and, on rare occaisons, their extinct relatives. Pandas have become famous due to their cuteness and endangered status, especially the more common black-and-white subspecies Ailureopoda melanoleuca melanoleuca. Despite their fame for their color and pattern, pandas in media are commonly given fantastical colors instead of the black. They have some portrayals in English speaking media. They always get a bit of a highlight because of their special status as a well-loved, interesting animal. Some media appearences of them as characters includes Kung Fu Panda and We Bare Bears. Do to being one of China's favorite animals, they are a symbol of China to America as well.
Zizeeria maha

This is called the pale grass blue butterfly in English. In Fukushima, two months after the nuclear incident, they found that the caterpillars that had been hibernating had developed mutations as adult butterflies. They brought them to a facility in Okinawa, Japan; too far from the site to sense radiation in the area and bred them. The young carried mutations from their parents, meaning that they might have genetic mutations (though the possibility of nuclear stuff in the adults bodies affecting their gametes and being grown in their young was not discussed in the article). The descendants of the non-captured butterflies in Fukushima are also mutants. Thus in a way Fukushima pale grass blue butterflies are distinct from their predecessors and wider population. Pale grass blue butterflies also have a subset of butterflies that temporarily change wing color in Aomori, Japan. The abnormalities apparent in the laboratory appear to be mostly detrimental, disabling mutations of slightly misshapen body parts and other hassles.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-19245818
2. ↑ https://www.livescience.com/22353-mutant-butterflies-japan-fukushima-disaster.html
The Lion King

Spoilers*This article is about a specific form of media, such as a movie or a video game. Therefore it may contain heavy spoilers so as to best discuss it. You have been warned!*
The Lion King is a movie by Disney. It is a very famous, well received movie that most English-speaking kids watch. It has been translated in over 44 languages, including Zulu. It is one of the only Disney films translated into an African language, likely because translating the others isn't in Africans interest due to differences in values.

The movie has a sequel and a midquel as well as a TV series that came much later. Like many other Disney classics it also has a children's illustrated book series based off of it. These books add more information for the Lion King fandom, like Scar's backstory. It is a relatively big franchise compared to other Disney movies, and that's saying something.

It was conceived of as a result of the popularity of lions in English-speaking cultures. However, the movie is partially inspired by Tezuka's Kimba series from Japan. It may also be inspired by other lion king stories, such as the Panshatantra. Lions have increased in media popularity due to this film, inspiring other films such as Madagascar. However, they were already famous animals before that every child knew. Lions were already associated with royalty, but this helped push the idea forward that they are king of the beasts in our world today, though they were known as that before.

Additionally more types of African animals were noticed by children and adults. This is especially true for the minor characters, as opposed to background animals. This would be warthogs, meerkats, and hyenas. African hornbills..didn't pick up. Hyenas especially became known as dirty scavengers and their conservation became more at risk due to the bad publicity. The presence of characters from the Lion King is so great that some zoos intentionally place similar animals together. For example, putting the hyenas next to the lions or baboons next to pigs.

The Lion King developed a fandom during the 2000s or 90s, with many fans posting lion fursonas and OCs on Deviantart and other art websites. They were one of the first fandoms, I think, to push the movie's art style onto their characters insistently.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.languagetrainers.ca/blog/the-languages-of-the-lion-king/
2. ↑ https://tlkdubs.weebly.com/language-dubs.html
3. ↑ https://www.non-disneyinternationaldubbingcredits.com/inkosi-ubhubesi--the-lion-king-zulu-voice-cast.html
Pentalagus furnessi

The Amami rabbit or Ryukyu rabbit is a rabbit indigenous to Japan. It is only found on two islands, Amami and Toku (-no-shima). It is an ancient sort of rabbit, with its biology resembling those of rabbits' ancestors. In other words, it did not evolve other traits that most modern rabbit species have. It is black-chocolate with a white ring around its eye. Its snout is noticeably longer and taller than other rabbits, but it does kinda look like a jackrabbit's. They eat vegetation like other rabbits, but they also include a lot of nuts in their diet. Their calls resemble that of a pikas, perhaps because they are more closely related to them being an older form of rabbit. It is a "monument" of Japan. It is endangered.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amami\_rabbit&oldid=1136144242
Neogale frenata primulina

This mustelid seems to share a name with a genus of African violets. Primulina may mean something like "the first cloth" or "the first rope" in Latin. It was identified by some asshole named Jackson who has no first name or references that I can find in 1913 likely as Mustela frenata primulina. In 2021 it, along with some other American mustelids, was moved from Mustela to Neogale. It lives in the United States, including Missouri, Texas , and Kansas.

1. ↑ https://mdc12.mdc.mo.gov/applications/mofwis/Mofwis\_Summary.aspx?id=0500074
2. ↑ https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals-of-texas-online-edition/Accounts\_Carnivora/Mustela\_frenata.php
3. ↑ https://webapps.fhsu.edu/ksmammal/account.aspx?o=31&t=159
Neogale frenata

An important North American species of weasel that some media portraying "weasels" base their characteristics off of. In 2021 its genus was changed from *Mustela* to *Neogale*. It certainly changes my thoughts on it, as I thought it was closely related to the short-tailed weasel and the least weasel. It ruins my trio. It is usually called the long-tailed weasel today.

## Subspecies and variations

* *Neogale frenata affinis*
* *Neogale frenata agilis*
* *Neogale frenata alleni*
* *Neogale frenata altifrontalis*
* *Neogale frenata arizonensis*
* *Neogale frenata arthuri*
* *Neogale frenata aureoventris*
* *Neogale frenata boliviensis*
* *Neogale frenata celenda*
* *Neogale frenata costaricensis*
* *Neogale frenata effera*
* *Neogale frenata frenata*
* *Neogale frenata goldmani*
* *Neogale frenata gracilis*
* *Neogale frenata helleri*
* *Neogale frenata inyoensis*
* *Neogale frenata latirostra*
* *Neogale frenata leucoparia*
* *Neogale frenata longicauda*
* *Neogale frenata macrophonius*
* *Neogale frenata munda*
* *Neogale frenata neomexicanus*
* *Neogale frenata nevadensis*
* *Neogale frenata nicaraguae*
* *Neogale frenata nigriauris*
* *Neogale frenata notius*
* *Neogale frenata noveboracensis*
* *Neogale frenata occisor*
* *Neogale frenata oregonesis*
* *Neogale frenata oribasus*
* *Neogale frenata panamensis*
* *Neogale frenata peninsulae*
* *Neogale frenata perda*
* *Neogale frenata perotae*
* *Neogale frenata primulina*
* *Neogale frenata pulchra*
* *Neogale frenata saturata*
* *Neogale frenata spadix*
* *Neogale frenata texensis*
* *Neogale frenata tropicalis*
* *Neogale frenata washingtoni*
* *Neogale frenata xanthogenys*
Odontorchilus

This genus contains two wren species, *Odontorchilus branickii and Odontorchilus cinereus.* They are restricted to South America. They have longer tails than other wrens and one lives in the eastern Andes and the other in the Amazon.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Odontorchilus&oldid=1008855240
Numida meleagris coronatus

Called the Natal {Helmeted} Guineafowl. It is found in eastern South Africa. It's identity is attributed to a Gurney in 1868. It appears that they may be in some zoos or parks in Germany. However the pictures of South African originating Natal Guineafowl look different then the German ones, which have a distinct curve on their headcrest. Going by their scientific name it would make sense that this is what they were named for, but I can't be sure without more proof of what they look like and in consideration to other subspecies that possible occur in eastern South Africa as well, such as *mitratus.*

## References

1. ↑ https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id444547/
2. ↑ https://www.gbif.org/species/6179908
3. ↑ https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=1044B438EE7556BB
Psittacoidea

Wikipedia likes to call these the "True Parrots", as if they were better than the other parrots. They are a superfamily of the order Psittaciformes. Before parrots were all in Psittacidae and had two subfamilies, Psittacinae and Loriinae. Psittacinae and Loriinae are now subfamilies of Psittacidae and Psittaculidae, unrespectfully, because I can't keep up with all of these looking/sounding the same except for their suffixes.

The families contained in this superfamily are:

* Psittacidae
* Psittaculidae
* Psittrichasiidae

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True\_parrot&oldid=1163168272
2. ↑ https://fundacionjcangelcraftacparalaeducacion.wordpress.com/fauna-loros-psittacoidea/
Serpents

Serpent is a more gentlemanly, deeper, lethal word for snake. It usually isn't used as a suffix to describe species, but rather to be a snake or snake-like. Not all serpents are snakes either, with dragons and other mythological monsters being counted as serpents. To be serpentine is to be lithe and scaly, and sometimes legless.

## See also

* Snakes
* Dragons
The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids

This is a fairytale reported by the Grimm Brothers. It tells of an anthropomorphic mother goat who tells her seven kids to not open the door for the disguised wolf, and tells them how to recognize when it is her and when they can open the door. The wolf of course tries to get the kids to open the door but fails. He goes into town and gets some citizens to fix his tricks. Eventually the wolf manages to trick the kids into opening the door, and eats almost all of them all up, swallowing them whole. One of them remains, and he tells his mother what happened. They then attack the wolf in his sleep, opening up his belly and filling it with rocks, then sewing him back shut. Afterwards when he wakes he goes to drink from the river and falls in and drowns.

## Adaptions

There are a couple of Youtube videos telling this story. Many use sheep instead of goats.

One in particular changes the story. It is titled "My Little Goat" and is Japanese. The mother brings home a human child in a wool coat to fool her children into thinking that all of her children survived, when in fact one of them was fully digested (or otherwise missing for some other reason). In this way it uses the "wolf in sheep's clothing" reference. It also changes things up so that it becomes a story about sexual assault. The wolf becomes a man, and thus they add in a werewolf one as well. The mother and children in this one all resemble sheep, but she has horns like a goat and the title mentions that they're goats.

Undertale might be based off of this story. Toriel is a goat who watched a total of seven humans who were to get killed by Asgore. Noticeably in the original tale they mention that the goat had paws, which allowed to wolf to trick the kids, by making them appear white. She is also a white goat monster with paws instead of hooves or normal hands. Asgore also had to "get his hands dirty" by killing the children to allow freedom for monster kind. But that may be irrelevant.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm\_fairy-tales/the\_wolf\_and\_the\_seven\_little\_goats
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ggr0FITapE
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3zySRBcYOE
Ursidae

This is a taxonomic family that categorizes the real life creatures that English-speakers generally agree upon as being bears. The root word "bear" may be applied as a suffix to other unrelated animals to denote that they resemble these creatures, such as water bears and koala bears. There are 8 living species of bears. These are:

* *Ailuropoda melanoleuca*
* *Tremarctos ornatus*
* *Ursus americanus*
* *Ursus arctos*
* *Ursus malayanus*
* *Ursus maritimus*
* *Ursus thibetanus*
* *Ursus ursinus*
Pigs

Pig is the term for domesticated swine, however it can include all other members of the family Suide. In media pigs tend to portrayed as gluttonous and loving mud. Additionally they may be paired with "hog" or "boar" stereotypes, in which they become much more aggressive. However pigs are usually considered more docile. They are often portrayed as pink, even though they have other colors. While pigs are usually farm animals, in real life they may also be kept as pets, especially pot-bellied pigs. Hogs are pigs, but they can be more masculine and tougher, fatter with tusks. The same is true for boar, though boar can be used as a definite male term or as a way of phrasing a wild swine, a "wild boar" whether male or female.

Pigs have had important roles in human culture. They are mostly domesticated as food. They have been popular to eat in the United States for centuries. In Jewish culture, pigs are not kosher because they do not chew cud. Wild pigs have been a problem in the United States for awhile now. Some crossbreeds create what's called a "Hogzilla", ginormous pigs over 6 feet long. The government has tried hard to eradicate feral hogs, but despite mass killings they continue to thrive. They can be found hanging around streets and neighborhoods in Arizona. They are also found in every county in Oklahoma. They are also pests in Australia that damage the ecosystem by eating eggs of low-lying birds.

## Mythology

In the Prose Edda, Freyr owns a pig called Gold Bristle. It is said in some sources to be his fylgja, the Norse equivalent of a spirit animal. Boars were sacrificed to him. His chariot was also pulled by them.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.poncacitynews.com/news/wild-hogs-live-nearly-every-oklahoma-county-despite-state-killing-more
2. ↑ https://sacred-texts.com/neu/pre/pre05.htm
3. ↑ https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-vanir-gods-and-goddesses/freyr/
Sonic The Hedgehog (franchise)

Sonic the Hedgehog is a large, famous video game, TV, and comic book franchise by SEGA. They work together in their Japanese and American teams, so they produce games that are a little different in feeling than other Japanese and American games IMO (and the games developed on their respective sides are different, too). It features a blue hedgehog-based character called Sonic The Hedgehog who speeds thru levels and attacks the villain Robotnik/Eggman's robots by bouncing on them. The games feature a high running speed as a trademark part of the gameplay. This creates a uniqueness to the games. It's interesting because while hedgehogs can be kinda fast for having squat features, they're not really creatures characterized by their speed like cheetahs, antelopes, panthers, or fish. The games also tend to feature multiple playing characters with their own stories and levels (though not always). Some of the more common playable characters are an echidna, fox, bat, rabbit, cats, chameleon, crocodile, and a bee. The franchise has spurned some long-running comics, and while not all Sonic fans are fans of the comics, it is a respectable part of the fandom from what I can tell. They're sort of a sub-category of fans from what I can see. The same can be said for fans of the American cartoons. The series has also produced one anime, Sonic X, and two movies.
New Ageism

New Ageism is a large religion with many different types. While New Ageism may have some denominations, and sects thereof, it is known for its highly individualistic nature. Nevertheless, its followers have choices of which parts of New Ageism to select based on numerous books, teachers, and self-research. New Ageism is heavily based on health, which is seen as belonging to the physical, personality, spiritual, and mental self.
Ostara

Ostara is a Pagan holiday, celebrated especially by Wiccans. It is based off of the hypothetical European Goddess Eoster, also called Ostara. It has links with Easter. She was first attessted to by Bede, and some people think that she was made up by him. In ancient England and medieval Germany there were months named after her (basically April). Ostara is held in Late March during the spring equinox.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%C4%92ostre&oldid=1147971088
Slugs

Slugs are considered to be the other sibling of snails in a sense. They do not have a shell home like snails, but this is rarely faulted on their part. They actually share a lot of the same personalities and features that snails do, unlike other "sibling" animals, like moths and butterflies, or dogs and wolves.
Numida meleagris

The helmeted guineafowl is a bird from Africa. It has a domesticated variant which, like many other domestic variants, does not have an official domesticated sub/species scientific name. For the purposes of this wiki it has been dubbed with *domesticus*, like many other domesticated "subspecies". It's listed by the IUCN as Least Concern due to the population and its range being too large. But I dunno, they show images of what appears to be domesticated variants with white heads instead of blue. But what do I know?

While its subspecies are given various parts of the countries they are listed in, they are not visually described in most of their pages (like many unpopular species). Therefore when I get a source like this, I can't necessarily attribute it to a specific subspecies because another shares its range, or at least lives in the same country and the visual, attitude, and habitual differences are not listed. With this it might be *meleagris* or *somaliensis*, or possibly another one.

Here is a list of its subspecies:

* *N. m. coronatus*
* *N. m. damarensis*
* *N. m domesticus*
* *N. m. galeatus*
* *N. m. marungensis*
* *N. m. meleagris*
* *N. m. mitratus*
* *N. m. pa**pillosus*
* *N. m. reichenowi*
* *N. m. sa**byi*
* *N. m. somaliensis*

They may have multiple kinds of alarm calls for different predators, like prairie dogs.

## See also

* Turkeys
* Guineafowls

## References

1. ↑ https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22679555/132052202#assessment-information
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helmeted\_guineafowl&oldid=1116971827
3. ↑ https://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Numida\_meleagris&oldid=147212406
4. ↑ https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=8B39258E0BAD3D84
5. ↑ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Numida\_meleagris\_mitratus/classification/
6. ↑ https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id444551/
7. ↑ https://www.gbif.org/species/6179913
8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C85R5wjYuqY
White rabbits

Albino rabbits are very popular, both as pets and in the media. Many depictions of rabbits feature them with white coats, with or without the red eyes. This is perhaps one reason for the fame of the Snowshoe hare, as it turns white in the winter. Popular depictions of white rabbits include:

* The Easter bunny
* Haru from Beastars
* Cybunnies from Neopets
* Scorbunnies' evolutionary line in Pokémon
* Terriermon, though beige instead of white, reflects its brown shadow counterpart with Lopunny and, suggesting a white/brown, yang/yin, white chocolate/milk chocolate mirror. Additionally their evolution Andiramon is both white and beige but has red eyes like an albino.
* The First Easter Bunny movie
Spoonbills

Spoonbills would be the concept of birds based on animals from Platalea genus...if anyone actually cared about these birds. They are not often portrayed in media. They are known amongst Floridians for being an important, endangered bird that represents Florida...but aside from being taught about it in schools and conservationist centers, they're not really important to most of Western society. Their beaks resemble an elongated version of a fictional ducks, but I'm not sure how much other people notice that either.
Numida meleagris meleagris

The Saharan (Helmeted) Guineafowl, credited to Linnaeus himself in 1758. Seems to mostly be in northeastern Africa. Helmeted Guineafowls are occaisonally kept in captivity to wander around, as peacocks do.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helmeted\_guineafowl&oldid=1116971827
2. ↑ https://animal-library.fandom.com/wiki/Numida\_meleagris
3. ↑ https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=1044B438EE7556BB
4. ↑ https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id444550/
5. ↑ https://www.gbif.org/species/7191089