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¿Puedes distinguir a estos animales que se suelen confundir?

Can You Tell These Commonly Confused Animals Apart?

Fun fact: [Alpacas](http://modernfarmer.com/2015/09/difference-between-llama-and-alpaca/) are much smaller than llamas! Their average weight is around 150 pounds while some llamas can weight up to 400 pounds!

Alpaca

Is this an alpaca or a llama?

Fun fact: [Opossums](https://www.grammarly.com/blog/opossum-vs-possum/) are found in North America while possums are most commonly found in Australia.

Which one of these is an opossum?

Fun fact: The best way to tell the two apart is by looking at their [spots](http://mentalfloss.com/article/19830/cheetah-vs-leopard-whats-difference). Cheetah spots are solid black while leopard spots are more complex clusters of black and brown.

Leopard

Is this a cheetah or a leopard?

Fun fact: A quick way to tell seals from sea lions is to look for [ears](http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/seal-sealion.html)! Sea lions have small flaps for outer ears while seals have tiny holes that are only visible close up!

Which of these is a sea lion?

Fun fact: The easiest way to tell an alligator from a crocodile is by looking at the shape of its [nose](http://crocodilian.com/cnhc/cbd-faq-q1.htm)! Alligators have wide, U-shaped snouts while crocodiles have pointier, V-shaped ones.

Alligator

Is this an alligator or a crocodile?

Fun fact: Both aardvarks and anteaters like to eat ants, but aside from that, they're actually really [different](http://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/anteater-vs-aardvark1.htm). For one thing, anteaters are native to Central and South America whereas aardvarks are native to Africa.

Which one of these is an anteater?

Fun fact: You can tell a porpoise from a dolphin by looking at its beak. Dolphins tend to have much longer [noses](http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/dolphin_porpoise.html)!

Porpoise!

Is this a dolphin or a porpoise?

Fun fact: Tortoises can't swim! Turtles, on the other hand, spend most of their lives in [water](http://www.livescience.com/52361-turtle-facts.html).

Which one is a tortoise?

Fun fact: You can tell a butterfly from a moth by looking at its [antennae](http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/butterflymoth.html). A butterfly's antennae are club-shaped with bulbs at the ends while a moth's tend to be feathery or saw-edged.

Butterfly

Is this a butterfly or a moth?

Fun fact: Because Asian elephants live in cool jungle areas, their [ears](http://www.livescience.com/32893-elephant-species-differences.html) are much smaller than those of African elephants.

And finally, which one is an Asian elephant?

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