Friday 29 January 2016

What "Earth-Origin" animals exist in the canon Star Wars universe?

I looked through my Kindle editions of all the canonical books I own, and found the following words; I have taken the liberty of providing links for the few entries on the list that might be unfamiliar to some people:




Star Wars: A New Hope novelization:



Dogs
Cats
Moths
Rodents; mice
Insects
Bees
Vultures
Crows
Lizards (although they are "enormous" and have eight legs and huge tusks)
Elephants




Tarkin:



Birds; vultures
Fish
Rodents
Insects; ants; stinging ants
Felines
Crustaceans
Canines
Reptiles; serpents (which "rattle... in forewarning" - i.e., rattlesnakes); vipers




Aftermath:



Dogs
Cats
Rats
Pigs
Birds; hawks; chickens; peacocks
Fish
Snakes; vine snakes; venomous snakes; adders; vipers
Moths
Butterflies
Monkeys
Ants
Wasps
Spiders; Assassin spiders
Bulls
Lizards (in reference to monkey-lizards)
Amphibians




So You Want to Be a Jedi?:



Snakes
Dogs
Cats
Lizards (although this refers to Tauntauns)
Birds; chickens
Fish; silver-fish; sharks
Frogs (mentioned several times, all but once referring to Yoda :) )
Mice
Tigers
Rabbits
Cows
Toads
Flies
Sheep
Bats (Mynocks have "batlike" faces)
Spiders
Gorillas (The Wampa is compared to one)
Polar Bears (The Wampa is compared to one)




A New Dawn:



Rodents
Fish
Insects; bugs
Monkeys
Slugs (albeit space slugs)




Heir to the Jedi:



Dogs
Cats
Birds; carrion birds
Amphibians
Insects
Fish
Slugs
Snakes
Scorpions
Spiders
Mammals
Eels




Smugglers Run



Birds; birds of prey; shrikes
Insects
Fish




The Weapon of a Jedi:



Birds
Insects; bugs

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