What exactly specie /subspecie is that by (Major) brands

I have reading interesting sentences in the topic of Megaptera`s collection.

Often are Major brand animal figures wrong or not exactly marked. Megaptera find any right species and i also find out some of the figures are wrong or only marked as simple version.

For example, the large Safari Ltd is marked as Albatros, but with a yellow beak and blue legs it is more a Galapagos Albatros. The same for the Papo Albatros, that is a black-browed Albatros.

Or the old Schleich Kudu have white hairs, so it is more a Cape Kudu.

I think there are any more examples that we can here share and discuss.

Thank you:)
Here is an example. I found out that the Gharial from Schleich is the False one. The Colouration, the shape of its head and also the habitat Schleich has shown in the booklets show you, that this one is a False Gharial:
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Ganges Gharials don't have this colouration. They are only greenish with stripes, but without the spots:
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Because of its colouration, the new Hedgehog from Papo could be a Somali Hedgehog. It has darker toes than the Four-toed one. And the colouration of the snout is also darker:
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I know that Colorata wanted to create a Bottlenose Dolphin. But the colouration is exactly like the one from a Clymene Dolphin. The snout is a bit short, but it is also known, that Clymene Dolphins have a shorter snout than their relatives:
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The colouration is really similar to the Clymene. It has a dark back, the overall colouration is grey white a lighter patch and the belly is nearly white. It also has this darker stripe between the eyes and the pectoral fins.

The goose from Schleich is an Emden Goose. It is an endangered domesticated breed, but this breed is well known from German fairytales and also in German zoos you can find them:

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The older cow from Schleich, which still has horns resembles a very old cattle breed from Germany, the so called German Black Pied Cattle or in Germany known as Deutsches Niederungsrind:

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After a visit in the phylogenetic Museum of my town, I found out that the Spider Monkey from Safari resembles a Brown-headed Spider Monkey:

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Great :)

And also the Schleich Sea Horse is a Slender Sea Horse:

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Megaptera wrote:

After a visit in the phylogenetic Museum of my town, I found out that the Spider Monkey from Safari resembles a Brown-headed Spider Monkey:

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I guess it depends on which factory painted your figure. Several, including mine, have a more pinkinsh face and therefor are more likely a red-faced spider monkey ;-)

bmathison1972 wrote:

Megaptera wrote:

After a visit in the phylogenetic Museum of my town, I found out that the Spider Monkey from Safari resembles a Brown-headed Spider Monkey:

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I guess it depends on which factory painted your figure. Several, including mine, have a more pinkinsh face and therefor are more likely a red-faced spider monkey ;-)

You are right, mine have also one touch more pink

Then, I need the one with the pink face

The Brown Pelican from Schleich is the juvenile form of a Brown Pelican:

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Most of the Humpback Whale models represent the Atlantic subspecies Megaptera novaeangliae kuzira, whereas the Papo Humpback Whale and maybe also the Mini Humpback from Safari could be a Pacific one, the Megaptera novaeangliae australis:

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The older Schleich crocodile is a Mugger/Marsh Crocodile. The colouration and the shape are very similar.

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very interesting!

And now the Orcas. Today, there are many subspecies known, which could be also separate species.
With its beautiful bright saddle and the overall black and white colour, the new Safari Orca could be a Resident one. Maybe it's a Southern Resident, which are really famous for their family structures, special languages and dialects, culture and also the use of medicine. They also can get much older than other Orcas:
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And then we have the Schleich Orca from 2013. It has also a dark black and white colouration. But it has a fainting saddle and the model is also quite massive:
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Wow,

could you please send me a better pic of the poster.

Ok, I can send it to you.

Thank you :)