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jabirus Australia zoo
MARK, 14 Jan 2007
    • Brum
      @Chlidonias and don't forget about the possum/opossum coincidence... As a child I could never remember which ones were Australian and which ones were American.
      25 Sep 2020
    • Chlidonias
      @Brum yes, I knew there was another one I should be remembering! Possum (the Australian one) is taken directly from opossum, which is derived from a North American Indian name.

      There are probably other examples too.
      25 Sep 2020
    • AWP
      Bandicoot is named after a genus of Indian rats (okay, that's not South American).

      South African mammals are an other example of confusing names. Species like meerkat, eland and steenbok are whole different mammals in the original (=Dutch) language!
      25 Sep 2020
    • Onychorhynchus coronatus
      @AWP Fascinating ! Never knew this
      25 Sep 2020
    • AWP
      To get it back to the territory of the Australian jabiru: they named a couple of rivers after alligators in the Top End, instead of East Crocodile River etc.
      26 Sep 2020
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