It is impossible to say what was the first animal discovered in any area. Such things happened before recorded history
Some people say humans are not animals but we are.So humans were the first animal discovered!
The first Animal alive was a Bird or a shark and they were both discovered 544 million years ago.
Hamsters were first discovered in 1839 in the Syrian desert in the Middle East. They were thought to be extinct, but in 1930 a scientist in Syria found a nest with a female and 11 babies. Four hamsters lived and the first hamsters were brought to England in 1931 and to the United States in 1938. It was discovered that they made good pets and by 1950 there were 100,000 golden hamsters in the United States. Hamsters were living in relative obscurity until just 70 years ago, when a zoologist discovered a family of these rodents in the Syrian desert. Today, hamsters' friendly nature and adaptability have placed them among America's most popular small pets.
a crocodile was the first to evolve
chromosomes were first discovered in a monkey.
It is not known who actually discovered the Great Sandy Desert, but the first European explorer to cross it was Colonel Peter Warburton, who did so in 1873.
Syrian (golden) hamsters came from Syria, in the Middle East, where it lives in burrows in the desert. Syrian hamsters were first bred and studied by zoologists in the 1930s, and since then, these little furry rodents have become one of the worlds most popular pets.MJC
Rhesus monkeys
Mankind has known about (and hunted) animals since the dawn of Human time.
In the early 1940's, a scientist named Earl McPheeter discovered the animal "lion" ROARRR!
Cells were first discovered by Robert Hooke in 1663.
It is not known who was the first person to discover the seahorse. This species of marine animal is found in oceans throughout the world.