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  1. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Sorry @Okapipako that was my mistake. I meant to quote @Scottish Wildcat post.
     
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  2. Scottish Wildcat

    Scottish Wildcat Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I was referring to Natrix Natrix, yes.
     
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  3. Remuel

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    My Personal Favorites
    Mammals:
    Amur Leopard
    Snow Leopard
    Florida Panther
    Iberian Lynx
    Cougar
    Siberian Tiger
    Sumatran Tiger
    Arabian Oryx
    Scimitar Oryx
    Asiatic Lion
    Arctic Wolf
    Gray Wolf
    Himalayan Wolf
    Dhole
    Dingo
    Okapi
    Red Panda
    Sun Bear
    Spectacled Bear
    Polar Bear
    Squirrel Monkey
    Meerkat
    Mandrill
    Tamaraw
    Jaguar
    Orca
    Risso's dolphin

    Reptiles
    Komodo Dragon
    Crocodile Monitor Lizard
    Gray's Monitor Lizard or Butaan
    Perentie
    Lace Monitor Lizard
    Northern Sierra Madre Monitor Lizard or Bitatawa
    Frilled Lizard
    Philippine Sailfin Lizard
    Rock Agama
    Kuhl's Flying Gecko
    Mexican Beaded Lizard
    Gila Monster
    Blue Iguana
    Green anaconda
    Yellow Anaconda
    Reticulated Python
    Abaco Island Boa
    Rainbow Boa
    Sand Boa
    Cuban Boa
    Rosy Boa
    Boa Constrictor
    Emerald Tree Boa
    Amazon Tree Boa
    Madagascar Ground Boa
    Boelen's Python
    Carpet Python
    Woma Python
    Green Tree Python
    Indian Python
    African rock python
    King Cobra
    Egyptian Cobra
    Cape Cobra
    Forest Cobra
    Black Spitting cobra
    Philippine Cobra
    Zebra spitting cobra
    Black Mamba
    East African Green Mamba
    Jameson's Mamba
    Eastern coral snake
    Arizona Coral snake
    Aquatic Coral snake
    South American coral snake
    Banded Krait
    Red Headed Krait
    Many Banded Krait
    Sri lankan Krait
    Papuan Taipan
    Mulga or King Brown Snake
    Red Bellied Black snake
    Death Adder
    Inland Taipan
    Central Ranges Taipan
    Tiger snake
    Black Desert Cobra
    Gaboon Viper
    Cherlin's Saw Scaled Viper
    Palestine Saw Scaled Viper
    Egyptian Saw Scaled Viper
    Rhinoceros Viper
    Puff Adder
    Russell's Viper
    Usumbara bush viper
    Variable Bush Viper
    Field's Horned Viper
    Saharan Sand Viper
    Eyelash viper
    Bushmaster
    Neotropical Rattlesnake
    Southern Pacific Rattlesnake
    Mexican lancehead Rattlesnake
    Sidewinder
    Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
    Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
    Tamaulipan Rock Rattlesnake
    Midget Faded Rattlesnake
    Grand Canyon Rattlesnake
    Mojave Rattlesnake
    Arizona Black rattlesnake
    Picado's Jumping Viper
    Philippine Pit Viper
    Hundred Pacer Pit viper
    Malayan Pit viper
    Matamata
    Alligator snapping turtle
    Red eared slider

    (To be continued)
     
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  4. Remuel

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    Amphibians:
    Dyeing Poison Dart Frog
    Strawberry Poison Dart Frog
    Golden Poison Dart Frog
    Granular Poison Dart Frog
    Golden Mantella
    Kihansi Spray Toad
    Argentine Horned Frog
    Green Tree Frog
    Suriname Toad
    Axolotl

    Birds:
    Crowned Crane
    Japanese Crane
    Demoiselle Crane
    Whopping Crane
    Resplendent Quetzal
    Black Palm cockatoo
    White Necked Picathartes
    Philippine Cockatoo
    Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
    Luzon Bleeding Heart
    Superb Fruit Dove
    Javan Green Magpie
    Maleo
    SecretaryBird
    Blue crowned motmot
    Araripe Manakin
    Capercaille
    Attwater prairie chicken
    Greater Prairie chicken
    Great Blue Turaco
    Spix's Macaw
    Hyacinth Macaw
    Scarlet Macaw
    Blue throated macaw
    Conure
    Snowy Owl
    Harpy Eagle
    Philippine Eagle
    Stellers sea eagle
    Martial Eagle
    African Crowned Eagle
    Red Kite
    Japanese Mountain Hawk Eagle
    Bateleur
    Steppe Eagle
    Snail Kite
    Red tailed Hawk
    Palm Nut Vulture
    Lammergeier
    California Condor
    (Too many to mention impossible to write it all )
     
  5. Kakapo

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    Remuel, this thread it's supposed to be for your favourite animal of each kind. Not many of the same kind as shown in your list - these are already covered in other threads.
     
  6. Dassie rat

    Dassie rat Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    At the moment the leaders of the following categories are: Amphibians: axolotl; Antelope: bongo; Ape: Sumatran orang-utan; Arachnid: vinegaroon; Bear: sun bear; Big cat: snow leopard; Birds of prey: Steller’s sea eagle; Camels, giraffes etc: okapi; Cattle: wisent; Cracids: horned guan; Cranes & storks: marabou and shoebill; Crocodilian: gharial; Deer: musk deer; Dogs: dhole; Dolphin: southern right whale dolphin; Elephant: Asian elephant; Equid: mountain zebra; Fish: whale shark; Flamingo: James’ flamingo; Flightless birds: southern cassowary; Hornbills & kingfishers: helmeted hornbill; Insectivores: West European hedgehog; Lemur: red ruffed lemur and aye-aye; Lizard; Komodo dragon; Marsupial; numbat: Monkey: mandrill; Monotreme: platypus; Non-elephant afrotherian: aardvark; Other birds: hoatzin; Parrot: hyacinth macaw; Pheasants etc: Bulwer’s wattled pheasant; Pigs & hippos: common hippo; Pigeon: Cloven-feathered and Victoria crowned pigeons; Pinnipeds; Baikal, leopard and ribbon seals, walrus, Californian sea-lion; Procyonids & other carnivores; Red panda; Prosimian: angwantibo; Rhino; Indian rhino; Rodent; capybara; Sheep & goats: Takin; Small cat: cougar; Snake: reticulated python; Song bird: common raven, araripe mannakin and grey-necked rock fowl; Tapir: Malayan tapir; Turtles & tuatara: Alligator snapper; Viverrid: binturong; Waterfowl; Spectacled eider and musk duck; Whale: orca; Xenarthran: giant anteater
     
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  7. Remuel

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    Sorry im newly registered here...
    Maybe i still dont see the other threads you are referring to..
    Should i delete my comment?
    Its very hard to choose only one of each species..
     
  8. Grant Rhino

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    Antelope: Blackbuck
    Monkey: Dusky Leaf Monkey
    Rhino: Indian Rhino
    Small Cat: Serval
    Big Cat: Snow Leopard
    Elephant: Asian Elephant
    Parrot: Galah
    Hornbill: Giant Indian Hornbill
    Ape: Silvery Gibbon
    Canine: Fennec Fox
    Pinniped: Leopard Seal
    Crocodilian: Nile Crocodile
    Snake: Emerald Tree Boa
    Lizard: Thorny Devil
    Marsupial: Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby
    Bear: Himalayan Black Bear
    Rodent: Capybara
    Tapir: Malayan Tapir
    Deer: Chital
    Squirrel: European Red Squirrel
    Bat: Egyptian Fruit Bat
    Lemur: Black and White Ruffed Lemur
    Stock: Painted Stork
    Lagomorph: Domestic Rabbit
    Cetacean: Hourglass Dolphin
     
  9. CloudPardus

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    Antelope: Bongo
    Monkey: Squirrel Monkey
    Rhino: Indian Rhino
    Small Cat: Serval
    Big Cat: Cheetah
    Elephant: Asian Elephant
    Parrot: Spix’s Macaw
    Hornbill: Giant Indian Hornbill
    Ape: Lowland Gorrila
    Canine: Gray Wolf
    Pinniped: California Sea Lion
    Crocodilian: Saltwater Crocodile
    Snake: Reticulated Python
    Lizard: Argentine Black and White Tegu
    Marsupial: Sugar Glider
    Bear: Malayan Sun Bear
    Rodent: Patagonian Mara
    Tapir: Malayan Tapir
    Deer: Sambar Deer
    Squirrel: Prevosts’s Squirrel
    Bat: Malayan Flying Fox
    Lemur:Red Ruffed Lemur
    Bird of Prey: Brahminy Kite
    Zebra: Grevy’s Zebra
    Cetacean: Orca
     
  10. Sarus Crane

    Sarus Crane Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Elephant - Asian Elephant
    Rhinoceros - Javan Rhinoceros
    Tapir - Brazilian Tapir
    Hippo - Pygmy Hippopotamus
    Giraffe - West African Giraffe
    Wild Cattle - Gaur
    Antelope - Eland (either Common or Giant) because they're big enough to ride!
    Deer - Eld's Deer
    Canine - Maned Wolf
    Small Cat - Pallas' Cat
    Big Cat - Bengal Tiger
    Bear - Any big subspecies of Brown Bear
    Great Ape - Bornean Orangutan
    Lesser Ape - Siamang
    Big Monkey - Yellow Baboon
    Small Monkey - Squirrel Monkey
    Seal - Southern Elephant Seal
    Sea Lion - Steller's Sea Lion
    Marsupial - Southern Koala
    Xenarthran - Giant anteater
    Rodent - Indian Giant Squirrel
    Flightless Bird - Northern Cassowary
    Pond Bird - Red Crested Pochard
    Wading Bird - Greater Adjutant Stork
    Cranes & Allies - Grey Crowned Crane
    Shorebird - Long Billed Curlew
    Game Bird - Ocellated Turkey
    Bird of Prey - Slender Billed Vulture
    Parrot - Hawk Headed Parrot
    Hornbill - Rufous Necked Hornbill
    Pigeon - Victoria Crowned Pigeon
    Passerine Bird - White Necked Picathartes
    Crocodilian - False Gharial
    Non Venomous Snake - Amazon Tree Boa
    VenomousSnake - Gaboon Viper
    Lizard - Giant Leaf Tailed Gecko
    Large Amphibian - Horned Frog
    Small Amphibian - Blue Poison Dart Frog
    Large Freshwater Fish - Alligator Gar
    Small Freshwater Fish - Neon Tetra
    Brackish Fish - the Pufferfish from the show River Monsters
    Marine Boneless Fish - Clown Triggerfish
    Bony Fish - Basking Shark
    Insect - Orchid Mantis
     
  11. Kakapo

    Kakapo Well-Known Member

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    You have somewhat confusing concept of the naming of fish groups... What you call "boneless fishes" are meant to be bony fishes, and "bony fishes" are meant to be cartilaginous fishes.

    This category alone is bigger than all the remaining categories together :confused: tough of course not wrong :)
     
  12. Dassie rat

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    At the moment the leaders of the following categories are: Amphibians: axolotl; Antelope: bongo; Ape: Sumatran orang-utan; Arachnid: vinegaroon; Bear: sun and spectacled bears; Big cat: snow leopard; Birds of prey: Steller’s sea eagle and secretary bird; Camels, giraffes etc: Okapi; Cattle: gaur; Cracids: horned guan; Cranes & storks: marabou and shoebill; Crocodilian: gharial; Deer: musk deer and chital; Dogs: dhole; Dolphin: southern right whale dolphin; Elephant: Asian elephant; Equid: mountain zebra; Fish: whale shark; Flamingo: James’ flamingo; Flightless birds: southern cassowary; Hornbills & kingfishers: Great Indian hornbill; Insectivores: West European hedgehog; Insects: orchid mantis; Lemur: red ruffed lemur; Lizard; Komodo dragon; Marsupial; numbat: Monkey: mandrill and squirrel monkey; Monotreme: platypus; Non-elephant afrotherian: aardvark; Other birds: hoatzin; Parrot: hyacinth macaw; Pheasants etc: Bulwer’s wattled pheasant; Pigs & hippos: common hippo and pygmy hippo; Pigeon: Victoria crowned pigeon; Pinnipeds; leopard seal and Californian sea-lion; Procyonids & other carnivores; Red panda; Prosimian: angwantibo; Rhino; Indian rhino; Rodent; capybara; Sheep & goats: Takin; Small cat: cougar and serval; Snake: reticulated python; Song bird: common raven, araripe mannakin and grey-necked and white-necked rock fowls; Tapir: Malayan tapir; Turtles & tuatara: Alligator snapper; Viverrid: binturong; Waterfowl; Spectacled eider and musk duck; Whale: orca; Xenarthran: giant anteater
     
  13. Echobeast

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    Elephant - African Elephant
    Rhinoceros - Black Rhinoceros
    Tapir - Mountain Tapir
    Antelope - Bongo
    Deer - Moose
    Cetacean - Pilot whale
    Canine - Maned Wolf
    Feline - Jaguar
    Bear - Andean bear
    Mustelid- Wolverine
    Great Ape - Mountain gorilla
    Lesser Ape - Lar gibbon
    Monkey - Spider Monkey
    Prosimian - Coquerel's sifaka
    Pinniped - California sea lion
    Marsupial - Tasmanian devil
    Xenarthran - Three-banded armadillo
    Rodent - Degu
    Flightless Bird - Emu
    Bird of Prey - Golden eagle
    Parrot - Eclectus parrot
    Hornbill - Rhinoceros hornbill
    Corvid - Common raven
    Crocodilian - Gharial
    Non Venomous Snake - Anaconda
    Venomous Snake - Gaboon Viper
    Lizard - Rhinoceros iguana
    Tortoise - Aldabra tortoise
    Turtle - Fly River turtle
    Amphibian - Giant African bullfrog
    Freshwater Fish - Arapaima
    Shark - Bull shark
    Marine Fish - Mahi Mahi
    Insect - Atlas moth
    Mollusk - Giant Pacific octopus
    Arachnid - Scorpion
     
  14. elefante

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    Antelope-Greater kudu
    Monkey-Lione-tailed macaque
    Rhinoceros-White
    Small cat-Cheetah
    Big cat-Tiger (especially the Bengal)
    Elephant(not much choice)-African
    Parrot-Blue and gold macaw
    hornbill-Abyssinan ground hornbill
    Ape-Mountain gorilla


    Canine-Arctic wolf
    Pinniped-Harp seal
    Crocodilian-Saltwater
    Snake-Forest cobra
    Lizard-Ornate uromastyx
    Marsupial-Koala
    Bear-Polar bear
    Rodent-Black-tailed prairie dog
    Tapir-Malayan
     
  15. Milwaukee Man

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    I may think of more later, but so far:

    Antelope (TIE) - Greater kudu/yellow-backed duiker
    Ape - Gorilla
    Cat - Snow leopard
    Deer - Elk
    Elephant - African elephant
    Equid - Somali wild ass
    Giraffid - Okapi
    Mongoose - Meerkat
    Pinniped - California sea lion
    Rhino - Indian rhino
    Wild Pig - Visayan warty pig
    Etc. - Giant anteater, sloth (any)

    Ratite - Cassowary
    Penguin (TIE) - African penguin/little blue penguin

    Lizard - Komodo dragon

    Shark - Great white shark
    Ray - Sawfish
    Large Freshwater Fish - Arapaima
     
  16. Terry Thomas

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    Bison and Oran-utan.
     
  17. TheGerenuk

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    Orcas are dolphins, not whales. Don't let their other common name (killer whale) fool you.
     
  18. Varanus

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    Dolphins are a kind of toothed whale.
     
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  19. Dassie rat

    Dassie rat Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I accept that killer whales/orcas are often placed in the dolphin family and that dolphins are whales. I also accept that lemurs are prosimians and that musk deer are not deer. I have tried to keep the categories proposed by the first Zoochatters to list their favourite animals. I have thought about changing some. There are only 3 species of elephants, but if I place elephants in afrotheres, it will mean that an elephant will win that category. Similarly, categories like 'insects' could contain hundreds of species, but few Zoochatters have chosen the same species twice.
     
  20. ThatOneZooGuy

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    Antelope-Addax
    Monkey-Golden Lion Tamarin
    Rhinoceros-Southern White
    Small Cat-Fishing Cat
    Big Cat-Jaguar
    Elephant-African
    Great Ape-Sumatran Orangutan
    Canine-Gray Wolf
    Pinniped-Australian Fur Seal
    Tapir-Mountain
    Marsupial-Tasmanian Devil

    Crocodilians- Black Caiman
    Turtle-Leatherback Sea Turtle
    Lizard-Shingleback Skink
    Snake- Copperhead

    Bird- Wreathed Hornbill
    Flightless Bird-Emu

    Fish-Zebra Shark
    Crustacean-Mantis Shrimp