This is a list of animals seen in The Lion King, 1 1/2, Simba’s Pride, Lion Guard, and the 2019 Live Action. You can put down any animal on the list that I have missed or you would like to put down. Main Character Animals African Lions -the main protagonists and villains Common Warthog -a supporting character and friend of the protagonist Meerkat -a supporting character and friend of the protagonist, and Timon’s mob. Mandrill -a supporting character, a shaman, and portrayed like a real Mandrill in the live action Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill -a supporting character, the king’s advisors Spotted Hyenas -supporting villains and later allies in the Lion Guard.
Is't there a pangolin and a grass mouse in the 2019 version (I refuse to call it live action because there is absolutely zero real footage there). And the first movie has vultures and crocodiles, right?
For the first movie : OK for the vultures, but I don't remember any crocs. There are also all the main species of savanna ungulates, plus a lot of birds (including Marabou Storks, Flamingos, Ostriches...), a Chamaeleon, and even Giant Anteaters (the only non-African species). The crocs are in the second movie, where there are also Okapis, Babboons, Mousebirds, and a flock of very annoying small birds (Barbets?). In the 2019 movie, a lot of strange mammals gather in Timon's and Pumbaa's forest. I remember Elephant Shrew, Bat-eared Fox, Dik-dik and Aardvark. I don't know the recent (2010's) animated series at all, but I remember toys representing a Panther and a Honey Badger.
Original movie has a black rhinoceros, several Damaliscus lunatus, a cheetah, elephants, some sort of gazelle, giraffes, zebras, vulturine guineafowl, gnus, several fictional birds (at least one reminiscent of an egret and one a hornbill), hartebeest, kudu, African buffalo, oryxes and vervet monkeys, in addition to those species you mentioned, all in the first five, no four minutes. Later movies sought to be more diverse, especially the 2019 remake, making listing all species increasingly difficult. TV series like ‘The Lion Guard’ even have their characters travel overseas, introducing polar bears and penguins and such. Not to mention that there were other spin off series you seem to be unaware of, such as one where I believe Timon and Pumbaa go to South America... All I can say is good luck. You’ll need it.
Black Rhinoceros Topi Gemsbok Cheetah Marabou Stork Greater Flamingo Lesser Flamingo Thomson’s Gazelle Reticulated Giraffe Leafcutter Ant -(native to South America) Vulturine Guineafowl African Bush Elephant Intermediate Egret Cattle Egret African Grey Parrot Red-billed Oxpecker Yellow-billed Oxpecker Masked Weaverbird European Roller Greater Kudu Grey-crowned Crane Vervet Monkey Blue Wildebeest Aardvark Banded Mongoose Northern White Rhinoceros Cape Buffalo Common Hippopotamus White-backed Vulture Gunther’s Dik Dik Black and Rufous Elephant Shrew Bat-eared Fox
Others are based on quetzal (South American), elegant trogon and cardinal (both North American). Others may be similar to a flame bowerbird, a lory, a bee-eater/paradise flycatcher cross and a kingfisher/momot cross but are probably just random birds drawn to have contrasting colors. And I agree, the original film is better. And actually, the best part of the franchise is the real African wildlife - if you can, travel to see it without the Disney intermediaries.
