Tokyo Mew Mew

Aizawa Mint
ai - indigo (dye)
zawa - valley
mint - mint herb

Ultramarine Lorikeet (Vini ultramarina): Each heroine is infused with the genes or DNA of an endangered animal. This bird is the most endangered species of lorikeet, with the population limited to the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. Mint has the wings and tail of a lorikeet.

Chimera Anima
A chimera is a fabulous animal of mythology with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a serpent. Sometimes the chimera is three-headed with each head bearing the head of the aforementioned animals. Chimera is also a term used in genetics: "An organism composed of two or more genetically distinct tissues, as an organism that is partly male and partly female, or an artifically produced individual having tissues of several species."*

Anima probably means animal in this case (the term is also used in the BSSM manga, the Anima-Mates, and referred to animal characterstics in the villains).

Fon Purin
purin - pudding (creme caramel treat in Japan)

Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia): These marmoset monkeys are found in the Brazilian rainforest and only about 400 remain in the wild. Purin has the tail and ears of this Tamarin.

Fujiwara Zakuro
fuji - wisteria
wara - field
zakuro - pomegranate

Gray Wolf (Canis lupis): Endangered animal of North America, only around 100,000 are left. Zakuro has the ears and tail of the gray wolf.

Midorikawa Lettuce
midori - green
kawa - river
lettuce - lettuce vegetable

Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides): Found in waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, they are so called because there isn't a dorsal fin. Lettuce carries these genes.

Momomiya Ichigo
momo - peach
miya - shrine
ichigo - strawberry

Iriomote Cat (Mayailurus iriomotensis): Cat of the rainforest found on Iriomote Shima island in Japan. There is thought to be less than 100 of these cats left in the world. Transformed Ichigo bears a cat tail and ears. The Iriomote is exclusive to Japan and Ichigo as the heroine has also the bells associated with the Japanese maneki neko.

*Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, 1989.

Endangered Species info. taken from vol.2 of the manga and the following links:
http://www.lorikeets.com/vini.htm
http://www.cetacea.org/finless.htm
http://www.wildcatconservation.org/cats/factsheets/asia/iriomote/index.shtml