2 - Welcome to the Zoo

[Kate]

There is no number we are trying to reach on this particular task. Let's just see how big of a zoo we can create. Every animal counts so some "exhibits" might be a bit larger than others. But every animal counts. Let's try to get some exotic animals. Also, for the sake of simplicity, we are just going to go for the animal in general. So all dogs count under the dog category. We aren't going to create seperate "exhibits" for golden retrievers as opposed to labradors. You can just say there was a dog in your book. Hope that makes sense.

Animal Exhibits:
Ant - 1
Ape - 1
Badger - 1
Bat - 1
Bear - 2
Birds - 8
Buffalo - 1
Cat - 4
Chicken - 1
Chimpanzee - 1
Cow - 2
Deer - 1
Dinosaur - 1
Dog - 6
Donkey - 1
Elephant - 1
Ermine - 1
Fish - 1
Fly - 1
Fox - 1
Gazelle - 1
Goose - 1
Gorilla - 1
Grasshopper - 1
Hedgehog - 1
Hippo - 1
Horse - 3
Leopard-1
Lion - 1
Monkey - 2
Moth - 1
Moose - 1
Mosquito - 1
Mouse - 1
Mule - 1
Penguin - 1
Pigs - 1
Polar Bears - 1
Rabbits - 3
Rat - 1
Rhino - 2
Tigers - 2
Turtle - 1
Snakes - 1
Snow Leopard - 1
Spiders - 1
Squirrel - 1
Stinkbugs - 1
Wolves - 1
Yak - 1
Zebra - 1

[S]

Thylacines from William Gibson’s “The Peripheral” - One of the characters has two thylacines (Tasmanian tigers) names Gordon and Tyenna.

[Biblio_philia]

Monkeys, a dog, a donkey, a fly Nirgendwo in Afrika

[Kate]

Updated Through Here

[Debbie]

A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo includes several animals:

Rabbits: 2
Stink bug: 1
Badger: 1
Turtle: 1
Hedgehog: 1
Dog: 1

[Jennifer]

Cat: The Cat of the Baskervilles

[Amber]

Rhett & Link's Book of Mythicality: A Field Guide to Curiosity, Creativity, and Tomfoolery
rhino
yak
tiger

[Susy]

The Golden Compass:

bear
cat
moth
mouse
dog
raven
monkey
snow leopard
owl
ermine
crow
hawk
goose
hare
bat
rat
sparrow

and many more that I now don't recall

[T.]

Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky features:
horses & mules

[Biblio_philia]

2 more dogs, lion, mosquito, ant, buffalo, cow, fish, chicken, leopard, bird, zebra, horse, elephant, grasshopper, gazelle
all found in Nirgendwo in Afrika

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Lying cat, and dog Saga, Vol. 7

[Sarah]

How large of a role does the animal need to play in the book? Miine wasn't about animals, but there is a dinosaur on the cover. Does that count?

[Jennifer]

Pigs, horses, cows, and snakes in Lonesome Dove so far.

[Samantha]

So far there's a cat in The Diviners

[Dannii]

The Enchanted Wood has a rabbit, a squirrel, brown bears, and polar bears.

[Gnoe]

Julia wrote: "Monkeys, a dog, a donkey, a fly Nirgendwo in Afrika"

Donkey??? NOW I NEED TO READ THIS! lol

[Gnoe]

There's a chimpanzee in The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel; an ape, which differs from monkeys!

Oh and an Iberian rhinoceros!
Also: a bear cub, horses and dogs.

[Erika]

The Astounding Broccoli Boy
Gorilla
Hippo

[Erika]

The Astounding Broccoli Boy
Wolves

[Erika]

Omgoodness, now they’ve picked up a penguin
the Astounding Broccoli Boy

[Gnoe]

Erika wrote: "Omgoodness, now they’ve picked up a penguin
the Astounding Broccoli Boy"

Roflol definitely checking out The Astounding Broccoli Boy now!

[Kate]

Sarah wrote: "How large of a role does the animal need to play in the book? Miine wasn't about animals, but there is a dinosaur on the cover. Does that count?

[bookcover:What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to ..."

We'll take it.

[Kate]

Updated through message 23

[Lamilla]

cat in

[Dannii]

02: The Magic Faraway Tree had a hummingbird, a barn owl, and a squirrel.

[Kris]

Tuatara in Turtles All the Way Down

[Dannii]

The Folk of the Faraway Tree had rabbits, a squirrel, and a spider

[Sam]

The Bell Jar has rabbit, ram, dog, pigeon, swan, pig, chicken, cat and gull.

[Elishia]

Night of Cake & Puppets a black cat

[Cora]

Arf: dog and a snake

[Dee]

Ostrich and the 'Roo - ostrich and a kangaroo

[Amy]

Snake and dog

[Cora]

Norse Mythology: horse, goat, cattle, wolf, eagle, cat, squirrel, hawk, falcon, salmon, ravens

[Sicily]

The Fledgling
Deer: 2

[Amanda]

Falcons - so many falcons. The Sixth Day

[Amy]

Cat - A Man Called Ove

[Jamie]

Bat
Macaw
Both inRed: The Heroic Rescue

[Johanna]

Horse, Rabbit and Goat from Buried Giant

[Luiza]

Birds and dogs in Divergent
Horse in Sense and Sensibility

[Cora]

If Not for the Cat

Cat, mouse, hummingbird, jellyfish, sloth, elephant, moth, crow, otter, rattlesnake, parrot, ant, anteater, kangaroo, beaver, bald eagle, skunk, butterfly

[Angie ☯]

Puma (Mountain Lion)

[Méliane]

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Mouse
Cat
Dog
Bird
Rat

[Karsyn]

My Completed Books with animals so far


The Chapel Perilous
Horse (1)

Carniepunk: The Demon Barker of Wheat Street
Dog (1)

Mission Atomic
Bees (Billions)

The Arctic Code
Woolly Mammoth (1)
Wolves (10)

[Cora]

The Refrigerator Monologues

Capybara

[Sicily]

Bluebird, Bluebird: Dogs (two)

[Méliane]

Pride of Baghdad by Brian K Vaughan and Niko Henrichon

Bird
Lion
Antelope
Donkey
Giraffe
Zebra
Gnu
Camel
Rhino
Lizard
Elephant
Buffalo
Ibex
Oryx
Zebu
Monkey
Turtle
Horse
Bear

The zoo setting helped.

[Susan]

Cat, birds, turtle in Fair Play by Tove Jansson

[Samantha]

fish - Obsidio

[Kate]

A Mountain Lion - Shapes

[Gnoe]

Gotta list the animals I've come across so far in Donkey Work or I will lose track ;)

birds (swallows)
dogs
donkey
hinny
horses
pig
squirrel
tortoise

cats (though one could make an argument Siamese are a species of their own LOL)