# putonganimals

龙猫 (lóngmāo) “dragon cat”, refers to chinchilla.

Chinchilla is one of several animals mistaken for feline. I’ve gone the celestial creature route again with this one ✨

25 108
2019-07-27

袋鼠 (dàishǔ) "pocket mouse", refers to the kangaroo.

Here, the pocket mouse hangs out with their friend, the pocket book mouse 😆

30 145
2019-07-15

眼镜蛇 (yǎnjìngshé) "spectacles snake", refers to the cobra.

Please leave your email address here to help me gauge interest in the PutongAnimals project, which I'm hoping to expand into a children's book...or something 🙂 https://t.co/yXgzouDowJ

32 178
2019-07-12

火鸡 (huǒjī) "fire chicken", refers to the turkey.

42 162
2019-07-08

鸭嘴兽 (yāzuǐshòu) "duck mouth beast", refers to the duck-billed platypus.

兽 really makes me think of something that walks on all fours...so this happened.

128 517
2019-07-08