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Misleading Animal Names - Picture Quiz

Complete the commonly used, but misleading, names of these animals.
Some are closer than others to their namesake, but still distinct.
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Star____
Koala ____
Killer _____
Red _____
Prairie ___
Sea_____
Flying ___
Guinea ___
Mountain ____
American _______
Honey ______
Bear___
Horny ____
Dragon___
Electric ___
Peacock Mantis _____
Maned ____
Flying _____
King _____
Mountain _______
LizzyMay
+3
Level 30
Aug 18, 2020
love this quiz! Didn't get Flying Lemur or Mountain Chicken.
overtired
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Level 84
Sep 6, 2020
Glad you enjoyed it :)
HinesBrothers
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Level 75
Mar 4, 2021
Mountain chicken? That name is really puzzling
overtired
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Level 84
Mar 4, 2021
Yeah, tastes like chicken apparently!
Kalleanon
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Level 66
Jun 29, 2021
I had a chance to try it (years ago, before it was endangered) and chickened out.
gORGEous
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Level 50
Apr 4, 2021
The original panda is actually the red panda, so the name isn't misleading after all...
overtired
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Level 84
Jan 26, 2024
Sure, it wouldn't be misleading in 1850.
PantsLobbyist
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Level 95
Jun 7, 2021
Fun quiz, thank you! Nominated (along with 5 others of your quizzes today, on a nomination frenzy!!)
Gumbledalf
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Level 71
Oct 23, 2022
Killer whales are whales, are they not?
overtired
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Level 84
Oct 23, 2022
In that dolphins are whales sure. Some of these are pretty loose, hence the caveat. The colloquial term "whale" tends to mean something other than dolphins, including orcas.
QuizzerBros
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Level 66
Jun 12, 2023
Nice quiz, but they're not actually called koala bears, just koalas. Mountain chicken had me in stitches!
overtired
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Level 84
Jun 12, 2023
"Koala bear" is commonly used, as per the instructions.
Eonnor
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Level 20
Jan 19, 2024
Since when were mountain goats not goats? That one actually caught me by surprise.
overtired
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Level 84
Jan 19, 2024
From the intro to the mountain goat wiki page:

Despite its vernacular name and both genera being in the same subfamily (Caprinae), the mountain goat is not a member of Capra, the genus that includes all true goats (such as the wild goat (Capra aegagrus), from which the domestic goat is derived); rather, it is more closely allied with the other bovids known as “goat-antelopes”, including the European chamois (Rupicapra), the gorals (Naemorhedus), the takins (Budorcas) and the serows (Capricornis), of Japan and eastern South Asia.

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