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man / manx
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and then just being silly:
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horse / seahorse
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[QUOTE=xilman;116086]A couple of fully justifiable ones:

[spoiler]tit / titi
nag / naga (Mally would have like that one). [/spoiler]

Two which strictly meet the conditions, but are just alternative spellings for the same animals in each case: zo / dzo and id / ide.

Finally, one which demonstrates some creative cheating: rat / ratel (well, "el" is a letter!)

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By 2nd animal, I meant a different animal

One that works: hag, shag.

One that doesn't qualify but is included here for completeness: ewt, newt.

[quote=Mini-Geek;116049][spoiler]possom/opossum (yes, they're two different animals)[/spoiler][/quote]How do you support your claim that they are different animals? Webster's Third New International Dictionary defines [spoiler]possum as "[by shortening] : opossum"[/spoiler], so they're just synonyms.

[quote=cheesehead;116097]How do you support your claim that they are different animals? Webster's Third New International Dictionary defines [spoiler]possum as "[by shortening] : opossum"[/spoiler], so they're just synonyms.[/quote]
[spoiler][URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possum[/URL] and [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didelphimorphia[/URL] (yes, Wikipedia...not very reliable, I know, but still...)[/spoiler] is where I got the idea. Its sources are mine, since it is my source. [spoiler][URL]http://www.americazoo.com/kids/opossum.htm[/URL][/spoiler] says they're two words for the same thing. Who knows.

Too bad spoilers don't work right for links, but they still obscure it, at least.

[spoiler]Ass / Bass[/Spoiler]