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* A mongoose also appears in the [[Sherlock Holmes]] story, "The Adventure of the Crooked Man."
* [[Andre Norton]]'s Beast Master novels included meerkats: Hing in ''The Beast Master'' and ''Lord of Thunder'', and Ho in ''The Beast Master''.
* The [https://web.archive.org/web/20110305143809/http://www.suite101.com/content/the-lammergeier-rarest-raptor-in-europe-a271073 lammergeier] in [[Iain M Banks]]'s ''Feersum Endjinn''.
* Bears are common enough in fiction, but how many times have you seen a ''sloth'' bear? Probably just in Rudyard Kipling's ''Jungle Book,'' and the Disney cartoons it inspired.
* ''Velociraptors'' (along with a few other genre) were obscure back when ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' was written. But then the book and movie popularized them so that they are inescapable in dinosaur media these days. ''Dilophosaurus'' is an example that never caught on quite as much.
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* ''[[Mega Man X|Mega Man X6]]'' has [http://megaman.neoseeker.com/w/i/megaman/9/98/Infinity_Mijinion.jpg Infinity Mijinon]. In case you're wondering, he's a [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Daphnia_pulex.png water flea]!
** ''[[Mega Man X Corrupted]]'', a fan-made ''[[Mega Man X]]'' game. Compared to the original X series, there's a Milodon (aka Megatherium), [[wikipedia:Hoatzin|Hoatzin]] and Rafflesia!
* The ''[[Darius]]'' series has a whole slew of them, in the form of [[Humongous Mecha]] sea creatures. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110811184919/http://images.wikia.com/darius/images/f/ff/ADefenderKbio.gif Absolute Defender]- [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Monocentris_japonica.jpg pinecone fish], [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091231071149/darius/images/c/cd/GDTripodSardinebio.png Tripod Sardine]- [http://starofthelost.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/deepsea-tripod_fish_j02-illustration_closeup.jpg tripod fish], [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091228015509/darius/images/7/70/FFan0.gif Folding Fan]- [http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Images/11416/DSCF0121edited_big.jpg fanfish], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120617091128/http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091231180230/darius/images/b/b7/GDThe_Embryonvz01bio.png The Embryon]- [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Sea_angel.jpg sea angel],[http://darius.jp/dbac/game/images/bs_16.png Brightly Stare]-[https://web.archive.org/web/20140523154926/http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/210/cache/fish-transparent-head-2_21052_600x450.jpg Barrel Eye fish], and more.
* [[Zoo Tycoon]] contains too many examples to list.
* [[Chimera Beast]] features two giant monsters inspired by lamprey, and related species, as it's first boss.
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