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Contrast [[Small Taxonomy Pools]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Four of the five main characters of ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew (Manga)|Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' are actually infused with the DNA of [[Panthera Awesome|an Irimote cat]], [[Polly Wants a Microphone|an Ultramarine Lorikeet]], [[Heroic Dolphin|a Finless Porpoise]], and [[
* ''[[Transformers]]: [[Beast Wars Neo (Anime)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' had all of the Cybertrons in unconventional beast forms. The core cast included a tanuki.
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* The background animals from the "Noah's Ark" segment from [[Fantasia (Disney)|''Fantasia 2000''.]]
* ''[[Dinosaur]]'' not only featured obscure dinosaurs (such as Iguanodon for the hero and Carnotaurus for the villain), but also [[Anachronism Stew|modern Sifaka lemurs.]]
* Disney's ''[[Atlantis the Lost Empire (Disney)|Atlantis the Lost Empire]]'' featured [[What Measure Is a Non
* ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' featured clownfish, regal tangs, moorish idols, yellow tangs, royal grammas, four-striped damselfish, cleaner shrimp, [[
* This part of the song "Under the Sea" from ''[[The Little Mermaid (Disney)|The Little Mermaid]]'':
{{quote| Oh, the newt plays the flute, the carp plays the harp<br />
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** [[Prequel|''Ariel's Beginning'']] has a manatee named Benjamin serve as Marina del Ray's [[The Dragon|Dragon.]]
* Although not exactly cute in the ordinary sense (think [[Ugly Cute]]), the animals in [[Rango]] are not the typical animals you find in an animated movie about desert animals. Cases include Priscilla the oddly adorable, big-eyed cactus mouse, Beans the [[Love Interest]] and desert iguana, and the burrowing owl mariachi band.
* The different species of owls from [[Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of ga Hoole]]. You have Gylfie the timid yet intelligent tiny Elf Owl, Twilight the street-smart Great Grey Owl, and Digger the fast talking Burrowing Owl. In fact, the movie's plot is kick-started by the barn owls called the 'Pure Ones' (in a not-so very subtle call to Nazi Aryanism) starting a race war against the other owls.
** An echidna and a Tasmanian devil also show up.
* In [[Happy Feet]], one can count several different types of penguins beyond the generic black and white ones seen in typical media. Mumble and Gloria are emperor penguins, the Latino-accented [[Plucky Comic Relief|Plucky Comic Reliefs]] are Adelie penguins, and the guru voiced by [[Robin Williams]] is a Rockhopper penguin. Chinstrap Penguins and African Jackass Penguins are also seen briefly during Mumble's imprisonment in the marine animal exhibit. In addition to the penguins, there's the [[Nightmare Fuel]]-laden leopard seal, a herd of elephant seals, and a gang of skuas.
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* The titular character of the PBS children's show ''[[Zoboomafoo]]'' is a Sifaka lemur, who for some reason is actually anthropomorphosized by being fed.
* [[Sesame Street|Sesame Street's]] South African co-production, Takalani Sesame has a giant meerkat named Moshe.
* When ''[[Super Sentai]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers]]'' does an animal theme (which is often), usually have [[King of Beasts|some]] [[Big Badass Wolf|stock]] [[Big Badass Bird of Prey|badass]] [[
** ''Kakuranger''/''Mighty Morphin'' Season 3 infamously had the aforementioned frog, as well as a crane.
** ''Gaoranger''/''Wild Force'' included a giraffe, a deer, an armadillo, and a hammerhead shark.
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