hexafu

ailuridae

• red panda – red cat-bear

aves

• bearded vulture – ossifrage

• egyptian vulture – pharaoh’s chicken

• shoebill – whale-headed stork

bovidae (cattle, sheep, and goats)

• alpine ibex – bouquetin

• common tsessebe – sassaby

• cretan-goat – kri-kri

• east african oryx – beisa

• indian antelope – blackbuck

• indian bison – gaur

• mindoro dwarf buffalo – tamaraw (Bubalus)

screw horn goat – markhor

• wildebeest – gnu

camelidae

arabian camel – dromedary

canidae

• asian wild dog – dhole

• coyote – prairie wolf

caviidae (rodentia- includes capybaras and maras)

• capybara – carpincho

• guinea pig – cavy

cervidae

• barking deer – muntjac

• moose – elk- wapiti

• reindeer – caribou

• spotted deer – chital

delphinidae

• amazon river dolphin – boto

felidae

• cougar – mountain lion – catamount

• snow leopard – ounce

giraffidae

zebra giraffe – okapi (the only other living member of that family besides the giraffe)

herpestidae

meerkat – suricate

leporidae

black-tailed jackrabbit – american desert hare

mustelidae (carnivorous mammals that also includes weasels, badgers, otters, and mink)

• american pole cat – black-footed ferret

• honey badger – ratel

• long-tailed weasel – big stoat

• short-tailed weasel – stoat

• wolverine – skunk bear

myrmecophagidae (means ‘ant-eating’)

• lesser ant eater – southern tamandua

• spiny anteater – echidna

primates

• bush baby – galago (night-monkey)

• snow monkey – japanese macaque

procyonidae (raccoons, ringtails, and other related species)

ring-tailed cat – bassarisk

tayassuidae

• javelina – peccary (Peccaries are distant relatives of pigs and hippos)

ursidae

alaskan brown bear – kodiak bear

• andean bear – spectacled bear

asian black bear – white-chested bear

viverridae

bearcat – binturong