surnames

kapil sibal,
when you're hungry,
what do you nibbal?
and when you're bored
what do you scribbal?

corgi

What kind of a do(r)ggie
Is a corgi?

gngngngn

i neva gnu
what they call a gnu-born gnu

Bulgogi

I don't think I can ever eat bulgogi
'Cos it makes me think it's made from a bull froggy
Or worse still, from a bull doggie

If U were A

Behold the Great Indian Bustard,
who wants his story to be heard:
So miserable he felt
That because his name could be unfittingly misspelt,

Proud peacock became India's national bird

NB: this is apparently true! Please see http://www.archive.org/stream/NLBW1#page/n24/mode/1up

if wishes were beamers

My spoilt, lazy pet lemur

Scratches his tibia, scratches his femur,

Yawns and rolls about

Glares at me and rubs his snout

And yells "Take me for a ride in your beamer"

Say I, "You impatient li'l lemur,

Stop being such a screamer

Its time for my tea

I'll let you have my BMW key

If you be a dear and pass me the creamer"

not a lullabee

The wallaby
Is a kangaroo wannabe

no mere cat

Meerkat, meerkat
What do you peer at?

its closer to the rhino than you think

What a name, “Tapir”

It can rhyme with pear

या फिर

it can rhyme with Amir

scaly

I met a pangolin in a zoo in New Jersey
He complained how humans were cruel and had no mercy
Pangolin’s pretty scales
From snout to tail
Are used to make clothes and many a purse-y

murine cervines and cervine murines

Well, there are mouse deer, and there are deer mice

But there ain’t no douse meer, there ain’t no mere dice
Deer mice are mice with deer-like fur, while mouse deer aren’t true deer at all
Which is mousier and  which is deerier? I can't say. That’s your call

slow loris

I once met a  tiny slow loris
His name, interestingly, was Morris
He'd grip with all his might, and he had a poisonous bite
Sadly, his kind are dwindling in the forris(t)

ungulate and cucurbit

Anteloup

Don't eat cantaloup