Raccoon is another fine word brought to you by Native Americans (Algonquin in this case). As is chipmunk (most likely). (Did I do dat right?)

And, are North American and Northern European elk different? I know the bison are - European bison are smaller than their North American cousins.

And as to those lovely NZ sheep - their fleeces are the most luscious for spinning into yarn on my Ashford spinning wheel!