What animals are named after multiple other animals?

Enjoy these compounded animals where some pairs are valid animals when reversed (see animals with *). Bat ray · Butterflyfish · Camel Spider · Kangaroo rat *. Rat-kangaroo *. Leopard shark · Lionfish · Mole-rat · Parrotfish · Tiger shark · Raccoon dog · Spider crab *. Crab spider *. Spider monkey · Turkey vulture · Zebrafish. read more

Enjoy these compounded animals where some pairs are valid animals when reversed (see animals with *). 1. Bat ray 2. Butterflyfish 3. Camel Spider 4. Kangaroo rat * 5. read more

12 animals named after entirely different animals It's not for a lack of creativity on the part of the namer. It's just that, well, sometimes the names of other species just fit best. read more

lots of animals with “fish” in their names One of the only creatures whose name is even more zoologically inaccurate than the koala bear’s is the jellyfish, which isn’t even in the same phylum (and that’s as far back as you can go without leaving the animal kingdom) as the fish. read more