Ugh, another game to display my sloppy alphabet skills. (U comes after T, right?)
Why am I awake?
Xylophones are loud.
Yes, they are, my inebriated blue friend.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…I was sleeping until the damn xylophone woke me up!
At last-we have reached the end of this horrid thread!
But wait … there’s more!
Can I play?
D’oh! I keep forgetting about the Thread Games forum. And I wanted African animals for the game. But there we are, I have poor communication skillz and a warped sense of reality.
Elephants! African Elephants! Get yer elephants right here!
Fennec Fox
What’s Gnu?
Harlequins are not just romance novels.
Impala
A Jag-u-ar, is that bizarre?
Kudu, Lesser
[nitpick: Jaguars are from South America]
^ Then the answer is “yes.” 
Lunda Rope Squirrel
Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat