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Animals with Incorrect Names

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Written by Paul Strauss | October 27, 2023

Guinea pigs are neither from Guinea nor are they pigs. But that didn’t stop scientists from naming them that. Language expert Name Explain talks us through some other improperly-named animals, like the mountain chicken and the bearcat, and explains the origins of their monikers.


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