Correct possum for New Zealand.
Zoological inaccuracies & mistakes
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Various books
Obvious oryx in place of Pronghorn
Wallaby of some kind in place of Quokka
Java Sparrow labelled as 'Red-Billed Quelea'
Black Herons labelled as Umbrellabird
Grevy's Zebra labelled as Plains Zebra
One book I have extremely vague memories of, don't remember what its name was or who made it, an animal activity book I think which had an 'insect' word-search, which included the word 'scorpion'.
Obvious oryx in place of Pronghorn
Wallaby of some kind in place of Quokka
Java Sparrow labelled as 'Red-Billed Quelea'
Black Herons labelled as Umbrellabird
Grevy's Zebra labelled as Plains Zebra
One book I have extremely vague memories of, don't remember what its name was or who made it, an animal activity book I think which had an 'insect' word-search, which included the word 'scorpion'.
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I can understand the problem with the umbrellabird. I would think of an umbrellabird being a cotinga. The black heron is also called the umbrellabird, as it places its wings over the front of its body to create shade (Stock Photo - Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca Or Umbrella Bird)
A book in my 4th Grade Classroom made the claim that "Centipedes are the only insects that have fangs".
Saola | Species | WWF says the discovery of the saola proved to be the first large mammal new to science in more than 50 years. This ignores the discovery of various whales.
Elephas Maximus
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Could you please tell which exact books are those?
Endangered Animals Dictionary, Clint Twist
Armadillos to zorillas, Colleen Dolphin
Children's A to Z encyclopedia, Miles Kelly
A to Z of Animals, Peter David Scott. Funny enough, it has been republished several times with different titles, such as A to Z of Animals, a Wildlife Alphabet, but it is very much the same book.
The Animal Book, Dorling Kindersley
As said, I have very little memory of this book outside of the word-search, so if you may have similar memories, let me know, and it may be the same book
In New Zealand, some individuals, including sanctuary staff, are promoting the idea that the Australian brown quail and even the California quail are occupying the niche of the extinct New Zealand quail. The reality is that the New Zealand quail was not very closely related to either species (even if the brown quail is much closer to it than the California quail is), and that its role in New Zealand's ecosystems was not well-understood before it went extinct. So, it is bold to claim that two foreign quail species behave similarly in modern New Zealand ecosystems to how the New Zealand quail behaved in the past just because they are all quails.
Some people say that if mice were to be eradicated from New Zealand, the morepork would become endangered or extinct as a result of having nothing to eat. Mostly anti-conservationists, I think.
It used to be very common to refer to the common brushtail possum as the, "opossum", in New Zealand, but I think that the term started to fall out of use somewhere around the start of the last quarter of the twentieth century. I think that it is mostly just old hunters who still call possums, "opossums", now, but there is also a clothing store/taxidermy museum in Napier that still makes prominent use of that name.
Some people say that if mice were to be eradicated from New Zealand, the morepork would become endangered or extinct as a result of having nothing to eat. Mostly anti-conservationists, I think.
It used to be very common to refer to the common brushtail possum as the, "opossum", in New Zealand, but I think that the term started to fall out of use somewhere around the start of the last quarter of the twentieth century. I think that it is mostly just old hunters who still call possums, "opossums", now, but there is also a clothing store/taxidermy museum in Napier that still makes prominent use of that name.
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Zoology in Wanstead is a hairdresser
Ascari's Cafe is in Hereford. ascari's - Yahoo Local Search Results. Ascaris is an intestinal roundworm: Ascaris - Wikipedia.
Elephas Maximus
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From DK Animal Book. American crocodile is American alligator
And mushrooms are not animals!
And mushrooms are not animals!
On a technicality, tarantulas are wolf spiders and not bird-eating spiders, which rarely eat birds
Elephas Maximus
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Children demonstration for bird protection in Soviet Russia, 1934. The banners say that (great?) tit eats 6500000 caterpillars and kinglet eats 1000000 caterpillars in a year
My youngest son has this map of the world in his room. I'm glad the penguins are in Antarctica; but they have an African elephant on the Indian subcontinent. 
Another version of this map has two identical African elephant pictures - one in Africa; one in India.
Another version of this map has two identical African elephant pictures - one in Africa; one in India.
Jungle Man
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Also, there seems to be a raccoon in Europe. They are an introduced species but not native to Europe. And, as pointed out by @Sheather , there's a vervet-like-monkey in South America. We only have Green Monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus) in the Antilles and in small numbers.My youngest son has this map of the world in his room. I'm glad the penguins are in Antarctica; but they have an African elephant on the Indian subcontinent.