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Frequently, people will associate an animal with the secondary sexual characteristics only found in one sex ([[Non-Mammal Mammaries|no, not those -- usually]]), and end up applying them to both sexes.
This leads to a lot of [[Viewer Gender Confusion]] when you see male "cows" with udders, [[Peacock Girl|female "peacocks" with trains]], male kangaroos with pouches, red female cardinals, lionesses with manes, blood-drinking male mosquitoes, and so on. Barring the
See [[Insect Gender Bender]] for the colonial insect subtrope. [[Peacock Girl]] is a subtrope. Contrast [[
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* Lampshaded/subverted in ''[[AH Dot Com the Series]]'', in which the crew is initially terrified that a Giant Mosquito created in a teleportation accident (who becomes a recurring character) will suck their blood, only for the mosquito to patiently explain it's male and just wanted to drink all the nectar from their hydroponics lab.
* [http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/magical+trevor/ Magical Trevor], though it may be more a case with [[Pronoun Trouble]]. "the cow is back, back from his (?) magical journey... what did he (?) see..."
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130121124248/http://www.shagrat.net/cows.htm Cows With Guns]'': Male cow with udders, through which he seems to be able to urinate. Alternatively, the narration and the animation aren't telling the quite same story at that point. Also probable [[Lampshade Hanging]] in the lyrics, like they're acknowledging how silly it is: "(A cow well hung.)"
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* Perhaps parodied on ''[[Phineas and Ferb]],'' which occasionally brings up the idea that Perry the Platypus could lay an egg. Nobody ever seems to realize that he's a ''male'' platypus.
** Played straight in the above quote; when Perry and Candace switch bodies, Candace somehow can sweat milk, something that ''female'' platypi do.
* Abused quite a bit in [[Hero: 108]]. For example, in "Peacock Castle" the team face off against a mesmerizing yet vain peacock queen. She and all her brethren are presented with the spectacular plumage of the male, but are all depicted as females (coupled with the fact that there are no plain peafowl present also suggest that they are all hermaphodites). Also in "Sheep Castle" the sheep leader has horns but presented as female.
* Margaret from ''[[Regular Show]]'' is a female cardinal with a male cardinal's colors.
* Mr. Twitches from ''[[Disney Fairies|Tinkerbell and The Great Fairy Rescue]]'' is a male calico cat. Tortoiseshell and calico cats are usually female.
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