This is just an idea i had of something to do. You just say your favorite type of each animal:- Antelope-Mine is blackbuck closely followed by lesser kudu Monkey-De brazzas monkey Rhinoceros-Thanks to Dora it is indian rhinos Small cat-Serval Big cat-Snow leopard Elephant(not much choice)-Asian elephants because of Bongy and mekky Parrot-eclectus parrot because my grandad breeds them hornbill-I don't actually know any types. i just did this for the hrnbill fans Ape-Silvery gibbons or white handed gibbons Canine-Red Fox Pinniped-Baikal Seal Crocodilian-Freshie Snake-arafura file snake Lizard-blotched blue tongue Marsupial-Black flanked rock wallaby Bear-Sun bear Rodent-Mara Tapir-Mountain or malayan
Antelope - Yellow backed duiker (I love these guys!) Monkey - Hard choice... I don't know.... Rhinoceros - Indian (Thanks Patna) Small cat - Pallas' cat Big cat - Clouded leopard Elephant - Asian, without a doubt Parrot - Red and Blue lory Hornbill- Writhed, Yellow casqued and Rufous... Ape - Sumatran orang-utan Tapir - Mountain tapir Stork - Storm's stork
Antelope - Bongo Monkey - Pied Tamarin Rhinoceros - Black Rhinoceros Small Cat - Asian Golden Cat Big Cat - Snow Leopard Elephant - Asian Elephant Parrot - Hyacinth Macaw Hornbill - Rhinoceros Hornbill Ape - Sumatran Orangutan Tapir - Malayan Tapir Stork - Marabou Stork Lemur - Red Ruffed Lemur
Antelope - Oribi Monkey - Samango Rhinoceros - White Rhinoceros Small Cat - Caracal Big Cat - White Lion Elephant - African Elephant Parrot - Red-sided Eclectus / Kea Hornbill - Ground Hornbill Ape - Orangutan Tapir - Baird's Tapir Stork - Marabou Stork Lemur - Sifaka
Antelope - Bongo Monkey - Mandrill Rhinoceros - Great Indian Rhino Small Cat - Serval Big Cat - Amur Tiger Elephant - Asian Elephant Parrot - Hyacinth Macaw Hornbill - Great Indian Hornbill Ape - Sumatran Orangutan Tapir - Brazilian Tapir Stork - Marabou Stork Lemur - Red Ruffed Lemur Canine - African Hunting Dog Pinniped - Patagonian Sealion Crocodilian - Gharial Snake - Reticulated Python Lizard - Komodo Dragon Marsupial - Parma Wallaby Bear - Spectacled Bear Rodent - Capybara
Lemur - Aloatran gentle lemur Canine - Dhole Pinniped - Northern elephant seal Crocodilian - Gharial Snake - Ethiopian mountain adder Lizard - Prehensile tailed skink (Rob, you've persuaded me!) or lesser Antilles iguana Marsupial - Koala Bear - Sun bear Rodent - Capybara for wild, and GUINEA PIG for domesticated! Flamingo - James' flamingo Pheasant - Bulwer's pheasant Pigeon - Golden heart dove Cracid (Curassows and Guans) - Yellow knobbed curassow Pheasant -
Canine - African Hunting Dog Pinniped - Californian Sealion Crocodilian - Philippine Crocodile Snake - Gabon Viper Lizard - Komodo Dragon Marsupial - Numbat Bear - Spectacled Bear Rodent - Capybara
mine Antelope- Bongo Monkey-Gueneon, followed by ANY sulawesi maqacue Rhinoceros-indian rhinos Small cat- Margay Big cat-luded leopard, closely followed by Jaguar Elephant(not much choice)-Asian elephants Parrot- African Grey hornbill-I don't actually know Ape-Sumatran orangs, closely followed by silvery gibbons.
Feline - snow leopard Bear - grizzly Canine - grey wolf Crocodilian - estaurine crocodile Snake - black mamba Marsupial - numbat Ape - orangutan Monkey - colobus Rodent - capybara Rhinoceros - indian Lizard - komodo dragon Lemur - red ruffed Tapir - malayan
Antelope - Sable, followed very closely by Greater Kudu Monkey - Black-and-white Colobus Rhinoceros - Though I've never seen one at a zoo, Sumatran Small cat - Caracal Big cat - Siberian Tiger Elephant(not much choice) - African Parrot - Hyacinthe Macaw Hornbill - Greater Indian Ape - Lowland Gorilla Canine - Coyote Rodent - Beaver Bear - Sun Bear
I want to play this game, but I'm going alphabetical - and restricting myself to animals I have seen. Antelope - klipspringer Ape - bonobo/Sumatran orang/Gorilla graueri (I can't possibly choose between them) Bird of prey - hobby Canine - dhole Cat - cheetah Elephant - African Fish - Petrochromis trewavasae Hornbill - African white-crested Maruspial - common wombat Monkey - lion-tailed macaque (but it will probably have changed by tomorrow) Parrot - greater vasa Pheasant - copper Pinniped - grey seal Prosimian - Demidoff's galago Reptile - Komodo dragon Rhino - great Indian Rodent - south American porcupine Songbird - grey-headed Picathartes Waterfowl - long-tailed duck/Russian brent goose I also want to add that I love strange unique species: it's silly to say that the kagu is my favourite kagu and so on, but it's true. Alan
Antelope - giant eland amphibian - Japanese giant salamander Ape - bonobo bird of prey - Steller's sea eagle canine - brown hyena (you know what i mean) cat - clouded leopard deer - white lipped fish - Mississippi paddlefish hornbill - Sulawesi (aceros cassidix) marsupial - Goodfellows tree kangaroo monkey - douc langur pinniped - southern elephant seal/Baikal seal (both ends of the spectrum) reptile - Indian gharial rodent - pacarana stork - shoebill tapir - Malayan waterfowl - king eider whale - orca
Waterfowl-Spectacled eider, torrent ducks, Red shoveler, Steamer ducks, hooded mergansers and ruddy ducks (there are so many to choose from!) Whale-Bowhead Dolphin-Commerson's/Hector's (they're both great!) Amphibian-golden frog
Antelope - Bontebok Ape - Javan Gibbon Bird of prey - Bateleur Eagle Canine - Bush Dog Cat - Cougar Elephant - African Fish - Arapaima Hornbill - Red-billed Maruspial - Rock Wallaby Monkey - Proboscis Monkey Parrot - Cuban Amazon Pheasant - Palawan Peacock Pinniped - Elephant Seal Prosimian - Crowned Lemur Reptile - American Alligator/Diamondback Terrapin Rhino - Indian Rodent - Coendou Songbird - Steller's Jay
you know i just think we all enjoy writing this down but not reading others.. anyhow, this is nigh impossibe, ofr example how can i pick a favorite monkey, but anyhow, here goes..... ape - western gorilla monkey - maroon langur prosimian - slow loris cat - jaguar canine - maned wolf bear - asiatic black pinniped - leopard seal rhinoceros - indian elephant - asian marsupial - goodfellow's tree-kangaroo deer - chital cattle - african forest buffalo antelope - bongo (how could it be anything but?) dolphin - amazon river dolphin parrot - hawk-headed pheasant - siamese fireback fish - rainbow fish sp..
ape - orang utan monkey - lion-tailed macaque prosimian - tarsier big cat - jaguar small cat - black-footed cat canine - dhole bear - spectacled pinniped - walrus rhinoceros - indian elephant - Asian marsupial - numbat deer - moose cattle - gaur antelope - bongo dolphin - white-sided parrot - Pesquet's pheasant - bulwer's wattled fish - firemouth cichlid hornbill - writhed crocodile - gharial snake - Russell's viper lizard - thorny devil rodent - paca tapir - Malayan stork - painted lemur - aye-aye flamingo - Caribbean pigeon- Victoria crowned cracid - horned guan waterfowl - Baikal teal songbird - red bird of paradise amphibian - Colombian giant toad bird of prey - Steller's sea eagle sheep/goat - markhor
Ops, I have been for days thinking about make a thread like this, and now casually, searching for a different thing, I find that is already done! So I will choose now my favourite of each kind of already mentioned animal groups (there are much more non-mentioned ones... your favourite species of comb jelly anyone?). I hope that after rescuing this interesting forgotten thread, other zoochatters that didn't participated here put their lists too! Antelope- Saola Monkey- Golden snub-nosed Rhinoceros- Sumatran Small cat- Marbled cat Big cat- None, but if I'm forced to choose... maybe snow leopard Elephant- African Forest elephant Parrot- Spix's macaw hornbill- Helmeted Ape- Hoolock gibbon Canine- Tibetan fox Pinniped- Ribbon seal Crocodilian- Cuban crocodile Snake- Mandarin ratsnake Lizard- Difficult to choose.. I'm between Indian fan-throated lizard and Pinocchio anole Marsupial- Numbat Bear- Sloth bear Rodent- Pacarana Tapir- Mountain Stork- Black-necked Lemur- Fork-marked (but any sifaka also could be the most favourite) Flamingo- James's Pheasant- Either Bulwer's or one of the two "non-Himalayan" monals Pigeon- Cloven-feathered Cracid- Horned guan Prosimian (lemurs excluded) - Angwantibo Reptile (from other categories than already mentioned crocodilian, snake or lizard) - maybe painted terrapin Songbird- Difficult to choosemaybe grandala Bird of prey- Black and white hawk-eagle Fish (I dislike this category, it would be as saying "Mammal", but....) Slender sunfish Waterfowl- Musk duck Amphibian- Corroboree frog Whale- Pygmy sperm whale Dolphin- Southern right whale dolphin Deer- Musk deer Cattle (listed above in a different category than "antelope", so I guess that it refers to any big. robust and relatively short-legged species like bison, Bos, buffalos? Are anoas included? Then, I choose Mountain anoa) Sheep/Goat (again listed as different category than other two bovids...) Nubian ibex
deer: Père David's penguin: fairy fish: queensland lungfish aracnid: vinegaroon bird of prey: Verreaux's eagle turtle: red belied short neck tortoise: spider lizard: new caledonian giant gecko
Big cat - Leopard (Javan) Small cat - Pallas cat Mustelid - Yellow-throated marten Bear - Asiatic black Canine - Dhole Vivverid - Owston's civet Mongoose - Yellow Euplerid - Narrow-striped mongoose Hyaena - Aardwolf (Southern) Pinniped - S.American fur seal Procynid - Northern Raccoon Marsupial - Goodfellow's tree kangaroo Monotreme - Short-beaked echidna Antelope - Addax Cattle - Gaur Caprid - Takin (Mishmi) Deer - Philippine spotted Camel - Vicuna Rhino - Black Equid - Hartmann's mountain zebra Tapir - Malayan Pig - Babirusa Mouse-like rodent - Cloud rat (Panay) Squirrel - Swinhoe's striped Cavy-like rodent - African brush-tailed porcupine Bat - Livingstone's Old World monkey - Proboscis monkey Ape - Silvery gibbon Prosimian - Aye-aye New World monkey - Red howler Callithrid - Golden-headed lion tamarin I'll come back to birds and herp's later.