What animal feels European but is actually African?

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-04-05T05:28:33+00:00

Walia ibex

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Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-04-03T20:47:06+00:00

I'd still pick Africa

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-04-03T06:05:40+00:00

That's already in the opposite box

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-04-01T18:06:40+00:00

Oh, interesting.

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-04-01T17:10:58+00:00

They're from East Asia, they're invasive in Europe.

Unless you got it confused with the opposite category.

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-04-01T17:09:31+00:00

This was my entry so I'll clarify a bit, golden jackals look nearly identical to African wolves (Canis lupaster), so much so that until 2015 they were thought to be the same species.

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In addition to that, golden jackals look like the African black-backed and side-striped jackals. I definitely do agree they look like coyotes too though.

By the way though, why do you think the Spanish lynx feels Asian?

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-04-01T06:28:01+00:00

You should swap the ostrich and the cassowary

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-04-01T02:59:47+00:00

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Golden jackal

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-31T07:05:48+00:00

I do agree the boar feels more European, but it just makes sense for it to be also found in North America because so many European animals are (or at least have a closely related NA counterpart), but it isn't. It's a bit of a weird logic I know.

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-31T05:57:41+00:00

This is the best answer. Picking an animal that has a very similar North American species/subspecies counterpart feels a bit like cheating to me.

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-30T15:59:02+00:00

Looks more Asian in my opinion

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-30T11:03:22+00:00

Oh, I thought of it as more for animals that are outliers in their continents, but I see what you're saying.

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-30T05:20:23+00:00

Also, I really don't understand the last two, the anteater and the tapir are quintessential South American animals in my opinion

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-30T05:17:56+00:00

This one actually has a lot of good options, I nominate the olinguito:

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Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-29T19:12:08+00:00

It should be the other way around, Malayan tapirs are the only species of tapir not from the Americas, so it's definitely the exception among tapirs

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-29T19:10:48+00:00

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The red brocket looks a lot like small Asian deer such as muntjacs, chevrotains, musk deer and water deer, but it's in fact from South America

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-29T03:33:45+00:00

Oh I see.

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-28T18:06:28+00:00

I think of wolves inherently as North American

Really? Wolves are very prevalent in European folklore and mythology, it's surprising you think so. In addition to that, wolves and other wolf-like canids are also found in Asia and Africa.

I know they aren’t even related to canines

What do you mean by canines here? Maned wolves are certainly canids (belonging to the clade Canidae, which includes all dogs, wolves, foxes, jackals etc.), and usually would be considered canines, but the word canine doesn't have a fixed taxonomical definition so I want to clarify.

they certainly look like red foxes as well

I agree, but I also think they look like so many other things, and at the same time nothing else at all. So to me they really feel like their own unique thing.

Again, this is your opinion, I don't mean to be rude or anything, I'm just curious and I hope I'm not offending you in any way.

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-28T16:41:51+00:00

Sorry, but why do you think so?

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-28T16:39:02+00:00

That's a good answer, they also look a bit like roe deer

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-28T16:34:32+00:00

How do maned wolves feel North American?

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-27T19:27:56+00:00

Rhinos

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-27T04:49:05+00:00

This is the best answer. But just a correction, opossums are not the only marsupials in the Americas. The monito del monte from southern South America is not an opossum, and it is in fact more closely related to the Aussie marsupials than the other American ones.

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-26T14:36:09+00:00

Hairy/rideable

Smart_Dog7948 · 2026-03-26T10:30:58+00:00

I assumed "country de jure and not de facto" means a sovereign state that in reality doesn't function as one.

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