June 1st Lockdown Puzzle

So close now . . . there is just one name missing from the complete list - and the species is identified correctly but it needs that alternative name to complete the pattern.
 
So just to clarify this is the list as of now...

A Turkey vulture
B Black-tailed prairie dog
C Lookdown fish
D Fire skink
E Luzon bleeding-heart
F Mountain chicken
G Blue eared pheasant
H Archer fish
I Black rhinoceros
J Chestnut-breasted munia
K Giant anteater
L Red colobus or Purple-faced langur?
M Oystercatcher
N Palm-nut vulture
O Midwife toad
P Four-eyed fish
Q Guinea pig
R Tawny frogmouth

Now we just need to find alternative names for them, and Brazilian cavy is not the alternative name.

All I can think of is:
Giant anteater -> Ant bear
Turkey vulture -> Turkey buzzard
Palm-nut vulture -> Vulturine fish eagle
Mountain chicken -> Giant ditch frog
Black rhinoceros -> Hook-lipped rhinoceros

Ideas?

Also, just realised I wrote Lockdown fish instead of Lookdown fish in an earlier post :confused::p
We never emerge unscathed from such a period in whichever form, do we?
 
Right, let's hope this is right:

A Turkey vulture (not a turkey)
B Black-tailed prairie dog (not a dog)
C Lookdown (doesn't really look down)
D Fire skink (doesn't live in fires)
E Luzon bleeding-heart (not really bleeding)
F Mountain chicken (not a chicken)
G Blue eared pheasant (its ears aren't blue)
H Archer fish (doesn't use a bow and arrow)
I Black rhino (not black)
J Chestnut-breasted mannikin (not a manakin)
K Giant anteater (doesn't eat ants)
L Purple-faced langur (face is not purple)
M Oystercatcher (doesn't eat oysters)
N Palm-nut vulture
O Midwife toad (not a midwife)
P Four-eyed fish (has two eyes)
Q Guinea pig (not from Guinea, nor a pig)
R Tawny frogmouth (not a frog)

I deduce that the palm-nut vulture is the odd one out, since it's the only one with a fully accurate name.

@amur leopard Thanks for the tipoff for I and L - if I'm right, let's call this a joint victory ;)
 
amur leopard said:
I believe it is a black rhino but I can't quite pinpoint why. The snout is nowhere near wide enough for a white rhino, and the face comes in towards the end. The lip isn't terribly hooked, but there are black rhino specimens without a very hooked lip. But the main clue is that it has two horns instead of one :)
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Absolutely, the calf is a Black Rhino.
 
Mo Hassan said:
Right, let's hope this is right:

A Turkey vulture (not a turkey)
B Black-tailed prairie dog (not a dog)
C Lookdown (doesn't really look down)
D Fire skink (doesn't live in fires)
E Luzon bleeding-heart (not really bleeding)
F Mountain chicken (not a chicken)
G Blue eared pheasant (its ears aren't blue)
H Archer fish (doesn't use a bow and arrow)
I Black rhino (not black)
J Chestnut-breasted mannikin (not a manakin)
K Giant anteater (doesn't eat ants)
L Purple-faced langur (face is not purple)
M Oystercatcher (doesn't eat oysters)
N Palm-nut vulture
O Midwife toad (not a midwife)
P Four-eyed fish (has two eyes)
Q Guinea pig (not from Guinea, nor a pig)
R Tawny frogmouth (not a frog)

I deduce that the palm-nut vulture is the odd one out, since it's the only one with a fully accurate name.

@amur leopard Thanks for the tipoff for I and L - if I'm right, let's call this a joint victory ;)
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Very neat! Although certainly not a joint victory - you did by far most of the work. After all, the challenge is to get the odd one out, and I was well on my way to giving up. Plus, you ID'd the fish, which I must admit I am hopeless at and are the hardest by far, so...

In a variant, it could also be the case that the odd one out is the munia if we keep the name unchanged and change the vulture to Vulturine fish eagle, which makes it a misnomer because it is not an eagle and doesn't typically eat fish, but either way you are technically right. :)
 
Well done to both of you! The Odd One Out is the palm nut vulture, which, however improbable, is a completely truthful name. The others are all misleading in one way or another. As I was setting the puzzle I checked that pnv and chestnut-breasted mannikin were the English names used in Zootierliste. The OED lists mannikin as an alternative spelling for manikin which is the small jointed model of a human body sometimes used by artists (Man Ray took photos of two of them in various compromising positions :rolleyes:).
The tie-breaker now comes into play: who can suggest the best example of a misleadingly named animal to take the place of our vegetarian vulture?
 
gentle lemur said:
Well done to both of you! The Odd One Out is the palm nut vulture, which, however improbable, is a completely truthful name. The others are all misleading in one way or another. As I was setting the puzzle I checked that pnv and chestnut-breasted mannikin were the English names used in Zootierliste. The OED lists mannikin as an alternative spelling for manikin which is the small jointed model of a human body sometimes used by artists (Man Ray took photos of two of them in various compromising positions :rolleyes:).
The tie-breaker now comes into play: who can suggest the best example of a misleadingly named animal to take the place of our vegetarian vulture?
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Let's go with the slightly vulgar but almost aptly named Penis snake :D (not a snake, actually a caecilian). Although @Mo Hassan has already won - not only did he get the correct answer but he also ID'd the fish, which is a devilish challenge in itself. An altogether deserved winner :)
 
Palm Nut Vulture is a misnomer. The Palm Nut Vulture isn't a palm nut, it just eats palm nuts. A more accurate name would be the Palm Nut-eating Vulture. :p
 
birdsandbats said:
Palm Nut Vulture is a misnomer. The Palm Nut Vulture isn't a palm nut, it just eats palm nuts. A more accurate name would be the Palm Nut-eating Vulture. :p
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:rolleyes: By that reckoning, ground squirrel is a misnomer because they aren't the ground, they live on the ground, so they should be called the Ground-dwelling squirrel...
 
We could have a long debate about the most misleading name. I think that as fish eagles eat fish and bat hawks eat bats, it's not misleading to use the name palm nut vulture (but of course turkey vultures can rarely eat turkeys and don't come from Turkey either). The point is that these names are the one you will usually see on labels in zoos and in assorted publications, whether you like them or not.
I had to look up the penis snake, interestingly like other caecilians but unlike other amphibians, the males do have an erectile sexual organ, but technically it's called a phallodeum rather than a penis (thank you Google & TetZoo). Snakes of course have two hemipenes. So the penis snake narrowly wins this round.
I officially declare that @Mo Hassan reached the solution of the main puzzle :) But @amur leopard deserves a special award for outstanding contributions, particularly the penis snake and the lockdown fish :D
I hope everyone who took part has got something from this little puzzle.
 
gentle lemur said:
the penis snake and the lockdown fish :D
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Aaaand that just about sums up by contributions to Zoochat :D

In all seriousness, thank you so much for making these challenges @gentle lemur, they are really exciting to ponder over and I have learnt a fair amount on the more obscure species thanks to your inventions. I could make one if you wanted, so that you could sit back and enjoy something similar?
 
amur leopard said:
In all seriousness, thank you so much for making these challenges @gentle lemur, they are really exciting to ponder over and I have learnt a fair amount on the more obscure species thanks to your inventions. I could make one if you wanted, so that you could sit back and enjoy something similar?
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Making up these puzzles has kept my old brain active - but I think I have just about run out of ideas now: so I will be very happy to try solving a puzzle instead of setting one - although I'm not sure how well I will do.
 
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