History Main / SpeciesEqualsGender

* Inverted in an episode of ChipAndDaleRescueRangers has a female gorilla named Kookoo. She's an {{Expy}} of the RealLife female gorilla Koko, who was trained to use human sign language.

* ''Film/MeetTheFeebles'' plays this trope straight for the most part. On the male side, we have a walrus, a bulldog, a rat, a frog, a hedgehog, a worm, a warthog, a gray dog, some crabs, a fly, a [[TokenHuman human]], an elephant, a whale, an aardvark, a hare, a weta, and a duck. On the female side, we have a hippo, 2 cats, 2 rabbits, a sheep, a chicken, a poodle, and a cow. Sebastian, however, subverts this by being a male fox. [[spoiler:There's also a GiantSpider, but it's unknown what gender it is.]]

Usually the more ugly, masculine-looking, or androgynous-looking animals (like rhinos, pigs, gorillas, CreepyCrows, Frogs and toads, dogs, donkeys, turkeys, and walruses) are more commonly male, while the more beautiful, graceful, or feminine-looking ones (like cats, ladybugs, swans, giraffes, gazelles, and ironically peacocks and male-plumaged ostriches) are more commonly female. If butterflies are shown as adult butterflies they're all female, but when an "ugly" catepillar is shown it'll be male, and one of the few male butterflies. Some species can be either/or gender wise (like mice, foxes, rabbits, squirrels, kangaroos, and snakes).

* '''Film/MeetTheFeebles''' plays this trope straight for the most part. On the male side, we have a walrus, a bulldog, a rat, a frog, a hedgehog, a worm, a warthog, a gray dog, some crabs, a fly, a TokenHuman, an elephant, a whale, an aardvark, a hare, a weta, and a duck. On the female side, we have a hippo, 2 cats, 2 rabbits, a sheep, a chicken, a poodle, and a cow. Sebastian, however, subverts this by being a male fox. [[spoiler:There's also a GiantSpider, but it's unknown what gender it is.]]

* '''Cats:''' More likely to be female if the cat in question has all-white fur or is paired with an almost always male dog. The "alley cat" tends to be portrayed as male though, so cartoons depicting cats hanging out by trash cans will likely depict them as male. The CoolCat, FatCat, and orange cat are also more likely to be male. They are equally likely to be male or female otherwise. Any wild species except lions has a similar either male or female gender coding that domestic and feral cats have.

* Subverted with ''FrancisTheBadger'', who is female as badgers are more likely to be male in fiction.

Usually the more ugly, masculine-looking, or androgynous-looking animals (like rhinos, pigs, gorillas, CreepyCrows, FrogsAndToads, dogs, donkeys, turkeys, and walruses) are more commonly male, while the more beautiful, graceful, or feminine-looking ones (like cats, ladybugs, swans, giraffes, gazelles, and ironically peacocks and male-plumaged ostriches) are more commonly female. If butterflies are shown as adult butterflies they're all female, but when an "ugly" catepillar is shown it'll be male, and one of the few male butterflies. Some species can be either/or gender wise (like mice, foxes, rabbits, squirrels, kangaroos, and snakes).

Apex hunters such as wolves, bears, and lions tend to be portrayed as male (while [[TheUnfairSex unfortunately]] also being [[CarnivoreConfusion portrayed as "evil" in an anthropomorphic society]]). Generally, villains, especially in youth-oriented works, are more likely to be male, especially when non-human. However, more mature and realistic works know that in many cases, it is the female who tends to be more dangerous. Mosquitoes are the most notable and obvious example of this as not only are the females dangerous, the males are totally harmless. As an exception to the "predator" category, big cats other than lions (tigers, leopards, pumas, etc) are equally likely to be female, reflecting their grace and agility.

Anytime a large population of a given species is present, there will often be a more realistic balance of males and females to accurately reflect the human population. Thus in films like ''ABugsLife'' (ants), ''BeeMovie'' (bees), ''{{Antz}}'' (ants), ''HappyFeet'' (penguins), and Disney's adaptation of ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'' (gorillas), males and females are seen together. Even then, the male animal characters in the group are usually the ones with the most prominent roles storywise. It's still not totally realistically, especially not in the case with eusocial insects (like ''ABugsLife'', ''BeeMovie'', and ''{{Antz}}''), as the different genders tend to have widely different roles and appearances and all worker ants, bees, and wasps are female.

* '''Mantises:''' Most likely to be male.

* ''Disney/Tarzan'' shows gorillas in a troop. Unlike in most works with large groups of animals of a given species, the two most prominent members of the troop storywise, Terk and Kala, are female.

Anytime a large population of a given species is present, there will often be a more realistic balance of males and females to accurately reflect the human population. Thus in films like ''ABugsLife'' (ants), ''BeeMovie'' (bees), ''{{Antz}}'' (ants), ''HappyFeet'' (penguins), and Disney's adaptation of ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'' (gorillas), males and females are seen together. Even then, the male animal characters in the group are usually the ones with the most prominent roles storywise. It's still not totally realistically, especially not in the case with eusocial insects (like ''ABugsLife'', ''BeeMovie'', and ''{{Antz}}''), as the different genders tend to have widely different roles and appearances and all worker ants, bees, and wasps.

Anytime a large population of a given species is present, there will often be a more realistic balance of males and females to accurately reflect the human population. Thus in films like ''ABugsLife'' (ants), ''BeeMovie'' (bees), ''{{Antz}}'' (ants), ''HappyFeet'' (penguins), and Disney's adaptation of ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'' (gorillas), males and females are seen together. Even then, the male animal characters in the group are usually more prominent in the story, movie, or work. It's still not totally realistically, especially not in the case with eusocial insects (like ''ABugsLife'', ''BeeMovie'', and ''{{Antz}}''), as the different genders tend to have widely different roles and appearances and all worker ants, bees, and wasps.

Anytime a large population of a given species is present, there will often be a more realistic balance of males and females to accurately reflect the human population. Thus in films like ''ABugsLife'' (ants), ''BeeMovie'' (bees), ''{{Antz}}'' (ants), and Disney's adaptation of ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'' (gorillas), males and females are seen together. It's still not totally realistically, especially not in the case with eusocial insects (like ''ABugsLife'', ''BeeMovie'', and ''{{Antz}}''), as the different genders tend to have widely different roles and appearances and all worker ants, bees, and wasps.

* '''Monkeys:''' Most likely to be male.

* '''Sheep:''' Can be either male or female.

* '''Foxes:''' Often female in Japanese works, but often male as a protagonist in Western works. Equally likely to be male or female otherwise.

* Played straight with Magic, Eva's two henchdogs, and the dog palace guards being male and Princess Ava, her sister, Eva, and the cat palace guards being female, but subverted with the female crow in ''WesternAnimation/PuppyInMyPocket Adventures In Pocketville''.

Usually the more ugly, masculine-looking, or androgynous-looking animals (like rhinos, pigs, gorillas, RavensAndCrows, FrogsAndToads, dogs, donkeys, turkeys, and walruses) are more commonly male, while the more beautiful, graceful, or feminine-looking ones (like cats, ladybugs, swans, giraffes, gazelles, and ironically peacocks and male-plumaged ostriches) are more commonly female. If butterflies are shown as adult butterflies they're all female, but when an "ugly" catepillar is shown it'll be male, and one of the few male butterflies. Some species can be either/or gender wise (like mice, foxes, rabbits, squirrels, kangaroos, and snakes).

* In MegaManX series, all of the animal Mavericks are male - which means you can find a male peacock (TruthInTelevision, but not in fiction), male kangaroo (without pouch, thankfully), male butterfly (moth, but still) and male ostrich.

Anytime a large population of a given species is present, there will be a more realistic balance of males and females to accurately reflect the human population. Thus in films like ''ABugsLife'' (ants), ''BeeMovie'' (bees), ''{{Antz}}'' (ants), and Disney's adaptation of ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'' (gorillas), males and females are seen together. It's still not realistically in the case with eusocial insects (like ''ABugsLife'', ''BeeMovie'', and ''{{Antz}}''), as the different genders tend to have widely different roles and appearances.

* Subverted with Jenny the female donkey in the DonaldDuck cartoons, "Don Donald" and "The Village Smithy."

* '''Walruses:''' Usually male because it's whiskers resemble a moustache.

* ''{{Disney/Tarzan}}'' subverts this trope with the two female gorillas Kala and Terk because gorillas are usually portrayed as male.

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