Animals Quiz

[birdie73]

Please can you help me with my last one.
8 Ship of the desert with nothing joins US associate (9)
Thanks in advance.

[kettledrum]

Camel o pard

[birdie73]

Thanks kettledrum for your help but the answer has to be an animal 9 letters, perhaps I am missing something with your reply.

[Sam1960]

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/camelopard

[Sam1960]

^
and I can't count :((

[birdie73]

Thanks Sam1960 it's a good answer so maybe it's a setters error ?
The nearest I could get to answer was chameleon, only because it has camel in the word but no other logic to it.

[Sam1960]

You're welcome birdie, think it might be a setters error.. !!
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pard

[Georgiesmum]

chameleon?

[birdie73]

Thamks Georgiesmum that was my first thought but couldn't get the US connection.

[Georgiesmum]

Ok, no worries.x