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