1. Marsh deer
   Reeves's muntjac
2. Thorold's deer
   Moon deer

Deer exist in so many species it's hard to keep track, but we can say for sure there are no deer on the moon!

1. Mountain caracara
   Southern crested caracara
2. Yellow-headed caracara
   Yellow-throated caracara

While the white-throated caracara can be found in the barrens of the Andes, there is no yellow-throated caracara.

1. Southern tamandua
   Eastern tamandua
2. Northern tamandua
   Silky anteater

While northern and southern tamandua species exist in Central and South America, respectively, there is no eastern tamandua.

1. Red-fisted howler
   Black-and-gold howler
2. Ecuadorian mantled howler
   Spix's red-handed howler

While the red-handed howler can be found in the rain forests of Brazil, there is in fact no red-fisted howler, though of course, a red-handed howler should be able to make a fist if they want.

1. Yacare caiman
   Narrow-snouted caiman
2. Spectacled caiman
   Broad-snouted caiman

The broad-snouted caiman can be found in the sweet water marshlands of South America, but interestingly, there is no narrow-snouted caiman to compare it to.

1. Lesser capybara
   Guinea pigs
2. New Hampshire capybara
   Rock cavies

Capybara are the largest extant rodent. They can be found all over the world, but not particularly in New Hampshire.

1. Azawakh
   Xoloitzcuintli
2. Quetzalcoatl
   Treeing Walker Coonhound

The feathered, serpent deity Quetzalcoatl was an important figure in Aztec mythology, but in the end, he was a god, not a dog.

1. South American jaguar
   Melanistic jaguar
2. Arctic jaguar
   None of the above

While jaguars make their homes in many climates, they do not do this in the arctic. Melanistic jaguars are jaguars with a gene that causes a color variation, but they are not actually a distinct species, as believed by various indigenous peoples. Melanistic jaguars are commonly considered black panthers, but the gene that gives them their coloration exists in many types of big cats and has been passed into lion-jaguar hybrids.

1. Hyacinth macaw
   Parrot tiger
2. Fig parrot
   Tiger parrot

The tiger parrot are a species of parrot with several subspecies, native to New Guinea. Parrot tigers, on the other hand, are just made up to sound a bit like them.

1. Lesser yellow-headed vulture
   Black vulture
2. Turkey vulture
   Chicago condor

The vulture is one of the most adaptable species of bird, able to live in many climates, and capable of eating anywhere. One place they aren't known for doing that is Chicago, as there isn't enough big game to sustain them.

1. Chocolate Labrador
   Red Labrador
2. Silver Labrador
   Blue Labrador

While red Labradors are a variation on yellow Labradors, and silver Labradors are a variation on the chocolate variety, there are no blue Labradors.

1. Dwarf gulper shark
   Long-nose pygmy shark
2. Chainsaw shark
   Cookie-cutter shark

Sharks are one of the most adaptable creatures on Earth, and come in hundreds of species, from the tiny dwarf and pygmy varieties, to the massive whale shark. Some are even named for their strange qualities, like the hammerhead shark. There is no chainsaw shark though.

1. Bowhead whale
   Humpback whale
2. Gray whale
   Bride's whale

Bryde's whale is named for a Norwegian who established a whaling station in South Africa, and is a catch-all for several similar subspecies of whale.

1. Long-beaked common dolphin
   Irrawotty dolphin
2. Arabian common dolphin
   Risso's dolphin

No, the Irrawotty dolphin isn't a real thing, but the Irrawaddy dolphin is a real species, found in parts of southeast Asia. They are shy, and prefer to dive rather than confront or explore surface disturbances, but they are cute and weird and occasionally like to come up to wave a fin.

1. Palm rat
   Bulldog rat
2. Black rat
   Finland rat

The Finland rat is fictitious, but the Norway rat, also called a brown rat, is one of the most adaptable species in the world. It has spread on ships, carries diseases, and can fit its whole body through a hole big enough for its head, which it can make with its teeth.

1. Sooty Falcon
   Bat Falcon
2. Urban Falcon
   Grey Falcon

The urban falcon may be a story people tell, particularly in places like New York where birders visit nests to see the falcons snatch up rats from the street, but there is no "Urban Falcon" species.

1. Polar bear
   Sloth bear
2. Black bear
   Yellow bear

There are many kinds of bears, and some interesting hybrids, but none are yellow.

1. Manx
   Russian Blue
2. Computer cat
   Munchkin cat

No, just because your cat walks on your keyboard does not mean they can use a computer. There are no computer cats.

1. American Quarter Horse
   Lipizzan
2. Manhattan Mustang
   Dutch Warmblood

Manhattan was once home to many horses, and indeed its sanitation department was formed, largely, to clean up streets full of horse refuse and discarded horses, but there are no distinct mustangs from Manhattan.

1. Barbary Lion
   Scottish Lion
2. Masai Lion
   Sri Lanka Lion

The Scottish Lion is real in that we didn't totally make it up, but it's just an image from heraldry, not a species of animal.

1. Lanternfish
   Angler Fish
2. Black Swallower
   Luminescent Sand Shark

Many deep sea creatures produce light, but the Luminescent Sand Shark is just an idea of ours.

1. Daggertooth Pike Conger
   Giant Moray
2. Octaphangidipithingiedae
   Conger

Octaphangidipithingiedae is just a made up word. It sure sound "reel" though, doesn't it?

1. Black Cherry
   Jackknife
2. Cockles
   Littlenecks

"Black Cherry Clams" may sound delicious, but we promise they do not exist.

1. Spiny Lobster
   Maine Lobster
2. New Zealand Lobster
   New Jersey Three-Eyed Lobster

No, there are no New Jersey three-eyed lobsters, but if there were lobsters living in the chemical detritus in the Garden State, they might have three eyes.

1. Zombie Crab
   Dungeness crab
2. Grapsus grapsus
   Chinese mitten crab

While ghost crabs are common in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, zombie crabs still haven't proven that there is life after crab death.

1. American Cockroach
   German Cockroach
2. Giant building cockroach
   Florida Woods Cockroach

While giant burrowing cockroaches are giant, horrifying cockroaches from Australia, the giant building variety are just something we came up with on our own.

1. Brown-necked raven
   Forest raven
2. Common raven
   Big raven

The little raven is a species in southeastern Australia, but no, there is no "big" raven.

1. Siberian
   Iberian
2. Canadian
   Mexican

The lynx is a beautiful creature seen in many cold environments, but not the deserts or mountains of Mexico.

1. Sumatran
   Hungarian
2. Indochinese
   Bengal

Hungary is known for its cafes, its landscape, its hot springs and its history, but not its tigers. Sorry, tourists.

1. Little Brown Bat
   Megabat
2. Ultrabat
   Hoary Bat

Megabats, also called fruit bats, or old world fruit bats, are very real. ultrabats may only exist as the name of someone's improv team, if anything.

1. Red Squirrel
   Fox Squirrel
2. Skylark Flying Squirrel
   African Ground Squirrel

The Skylark Flying Squirrel is made up, but there are in fact many kinds of flying squirrel, so don't worry, you will believe a squirrel can fly.

1. Peasant
   Grouse
2. Partridge
   Quail

Pheasant is a common game bird, with beautiful feathers and slightly dull wits. No one in modern times hunts peasants, as they are not game birds, or birds at all for that matter!

1. Blue Jay
   Black catbird
2. Brown Thrasher
   Finch

While the grey catbird can be found in North and Central America, it has no "black" cousin. We just made that one up.

1. Plasticostomus
   Danio
2. Goldfish
   Gourami

Plecostomus is a real kind of fish from South and Central America. They are bottom feeders, and they make good household pets. Plasticostomus on the other hand, is made up.

1. Spiderbaby
   Bumblebee Bat
2. Bushbaby
   Etruscan Shrew

While all these animals are tiny, adorable mammals, the spiderbaby is just one we made up. We like to think of it as an eight-legged puppy.