"But that's not the weird part!"

Has anyone else considered this?

Lion	Dzur
Lamb	???
Polar bear	Tsalmoth?
Walrus	???
Salt marsh harvest mouse	Teckla
Wildebeest	???
Ant	???
Worm-eating fernbird	Hawk? Phoenix? Athyra?
Sea otter	Orca?
Giant anaconda	Dragon? Yendi?
Kangaroo	???
Sort of a cross between a frilled lizard and a common house cat	Tiassa
Wild dingo	???
Emu	Issola?
Tapir	???
Frog	Jhegaala
Golden retriever	Lyorn

Here, some context for people too young to remember the first season of Saturday Night Live. (Scroll down to the third comment.) He names seventeen animals!