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  1. Luke da Zoo nerd

    Luke da Zoo nerd Well-Known Member

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    Location:
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    Antelope:Bongo
    Monkey:Wolf´s mona monkey
    Rhino:Sumatran
    Small cat: Flat headed
    Big cat: Snow leopard
    Elephant: Asian
    Parrot: Chattering lory
    Hornbill:Sulu
    Ape:Bonobo
    Canine: Fennec fox
    Pinniped:Hooded seal
    Crocodilian: Mugger
    Lizard phillippine sailfin
    Marsupial: Mountain pygmy opossum
    Bear polar
    Rodent: Chinchilla
    Tapir:Malayan
    Lemur: Fat tailed dwarf
     
  2. EsserWarrior

    EsserWarrior Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Location:
    Wisconsin
    Antelope: Lowland Nyala
    Monkey: Eastern Black-and-White Colobus
    Rhino: Indian Rhinoceros
    Small Cat: Pallas' Cat
    Big Cat: Amur Tiger
    Elephant: Asian Elephant
    Parrot: Kea
    Hornbill: Rhinoceros Hornbill
    Ape: Bonobo
    Canine: African Wild Dog
    Pinniped: Grey Seal
    Crocodilian: Saltwater Crocodile
    Lizard: Northern Blue Tongue Skink
    Marsupial: Dusky Pademelon
    Bear: Andean Bear
    Rodent: Malayan Black Giant Squirrel
    Tapir: Baird's Tapir
    Lemur: Mongoose Lemur
     
  3. Luke da Zoo nerd

    Luke da Zoo nerd Well-Known Member

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    Location:
    Minneapolis
    Deer:Marsh
    Squirrel: Cream-colored giant
    Bat: Cuban flower
    Stork: Marabou
    Cetacean: Rissoś dolphin
    Snake: Blood python
    Raptor: Palm nut vulture
    Zebra: Hartmans mountain
    Hippo: Nile
    Giraffe: Masai
    Wild cattle: Tamaraw
    Lesser ape: Pileated gibbon
    New world monkey: Silvery marmoset
    Sea lion: Galapagos
    Bony fish: Megamouth shark
     
  4. Noah Butas

    Noah Butas Well-Known Member

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    Location:
    Cleveland, Ohio
    Pachyderm:Greater One-horned Rhino
    Ratite:Southern Cassowary
    Prosimian-Pygmy Slow Loris
    Antelope:Blackbuck
    Deer:Barashinga
    Cetacean:Bottlenose Dolphin
    Crane:Red-crowned Crane
    Canine:Mexican Grey Wolf
    Stork:Saddlebill Stork
    Crocodilian:Saltwater Crocodile
    Bear:Sloth Bear
    Mustelid:Giant River Otter
    Ape:White-handed Gibbon
    Bovid:Forest Buffalo
    Spider:Red-knee Tarantula
    Monkey:Black-and White Colobus Monkey
    Tortoise:Indian Star Tortoise
    Goose:African Pygmy Goose
    Pinniped:California Sea Lion
    Pheasant:Reeve’s Pheasant
    Marsupial:Tasmanian Devil
    Giraffid:Okapi(Favorite Animal & Mammal)
    Xenarthid:Giant Anteater
    Rodent:American Beaver
    Eagle:Crowned Eagle
    Frog:Red-eyed Tree Frog(Favorite Amphibian)
    Penguin:African Penguin
    Parrot:Thick-bilked Parrot
    Hornbill:Rhinoceros Hornbill
    Salamander:Kaiser’s Newt
    Lemur:Crowned Lemur
    Corvid-Pied Crow
    Hawk:Red-tailed
    Vulture:Lappet-faced Vulture
    Snake:King Cobra
    Lizard:Komodo Dragon(Favorite Reptile)
    Toad:Cane Toad
    Other Bird of Prey:Ornate Hawk-Eagle
    Ibis:Scarlet Ibis
    Shark:Sand Tiger Shark(Favorite Fish)
    Fish:Arapima
    Turtle:Malaysian Giant Turtle
    Cockatoo:Sulpher-crested Cockatoo(Favorite Bird)
    Insect:American Burying Beetle
    Heron:Goliath Heron
    Bat:Giant Flying Fox
    Invertebrate:Coconut Crab(Favorite Invertebrate)
    Swan:Trumpeter Swan
     
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  5. pendraig_milnerae

    pendraig_milnerae Well-Known Member

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    It is likely that there may be quite a few ties:
    Afrothere - Aardvark
    Perissodactyl - Malayan Tapir
    Bovid - European Bison
    Suid/Peccary - Chacoan Peccary
    Pangolin - All of them
    Deer - Roe Deer
    Antelope - Gemsbok/Bontebok
    Cat - Pallas’s Cat/Eurasian Lynx
    Mongoose - White-Tailed Mongoose
    Civet - Binturong
    Mustelid - Tayra/any Marten
    Otter - European River Otter/Smooth-Coates Otter
    Canid - Dhole
    Bear - Sun Bear
    Rodent - Red Squirrel/Eurasian Beaver
    Xenarthran - Linnaeus’s Two-Toed Sloth
    Prosimian - Blue-Eyed Black Lemur/Red Bellied Lemur
    New-World Monkey - Blond Capuchin/any Lion Tamarin
    Old-World Monkey - Diana Monkey/Javan Langur
    Ape - Silvery Gibbon
    Bat - Long-Eared Bat
    Marsupial - Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat
    Large Bird - White Stork/Afroeurasian Cranes
    Passerine - Bali Starling/Eurasian Hoopoe/Long-Tailed Tit/European Robin
    Non-Passerine Flying Bird - Northern Bald Ibis
    Bird of Prey - White-Tailed Eagle
    Lizard - Blue-Spotted Tree Monitor
    Chelonian - Western Hermann’s Tortoise
    Snake - Black-Headed Python
    Crocodylomorph - Gharial
    Amphibian - Fire-Bellied Toad
     
  6. JigerofLemuria

    JigerofLemuria Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Location:
    Barcelona
    Worm: Firecracker worm
    Echinoderm: Crown of thorns sea star
    Mollusk: Pacific giant octopus
    Insect: Orchid mantis
    Arachnid: Vinegaroon
    Other arthropod: Horseshoe crabs
    Cartilaginous fish: bonnethead shark
    Teleost fish: clown triggerfish
    Other bony fish: bichirs
    Amphibian: Chinese giant salamander
    Lizard: Mexican beaded lizard
    Snake: rhinoceros viper
    Turtle: matamata
    Crocodilian: Indian gharial
    Ratite: Southern cassowary
    Penguin: yellow-eyed penguin
    Stork (and similars): shoebill
    Crane: West African crowned crane
    Waterfowl: Mute swan
    Other waterbirds: Peruvian pelican
    Fowl: Capercaillie
    Raptor: king vulture
    Parrot: eclectus
    Pigeon: crowned pigeons (gen. Goura)
    Piciformes + coraciiformes: Keel-billed toucan
    Passerine: Andean cock-of-the-rock
    Other bird: Hoatzin
    Monotreme: Long-beaked echidna
    Marsupial: Yapok
    Afrothere: Aardvark
    "Edentate" (xenarthra + pholidota. Paraphyletic group, I know): Giant pangolin (followed by six-banded armadillo)
    Insectivore: Pyrenean desman
    Bat: spectral bat
    Feliniform: Binturong
    Caniform: Leopard seal
    Perissodactyl: Indian rhinoceros
    Bovine: East African oryx
    Non-bovine artiodactyl: pronghorn
    Scandente: Colugos
    Rodent: Australian water rat
    Prosimian: Northern greater galago
    Monkey: owl monkeys
    Ape: Sumatran orang-utan
     
  7. Birdsage

    Birdsage Well-Known Member

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    Location:
    Houston, Texas
    CARTILAGINOUS FISH: Salmon Shark
    CYPRINIFORM: Colorado Pikeminnow
    SALMONID: Cutthroat Trout
    PERCOMORPH: Redspotted Sunfish
    OTHER FISH: Alligator Gar
    AMPHIBIAN: Chinese Giant Salamander
    CHAMELEON: Veiled Chameleon
    AGAMID: Chinese Water Dragon
    GECKO: Bauer's Chameleon Gecko
    IGUANA: Marine Iguana
    MONITOR: Green Tree Monitor
    SNAKE: Blue Malayan Coral Snake
    OTHER LEPIDOSAUR: Tuatara
    TURTLE: Alligator Snapping Turtle
    CROCODILIAN: Chinese Alligator
    PALEOGNATH: Southern Cassowary
    WATERFOWL: Hawaiian Goose
    LANDFOWL: Himalayan Monal
    CHARADRIIFORM: Snowy Plover
    GRUIFORM: Whooping Crane
    PENGUIN: Yellow-eyed Penguin
    SULIFORM: Brandt's Cormorant
    PELICANIFORM: Great Blue Heron
    ACCIPITRIFORM: Philippine Eagle
    OWL: Red Owl
    CORACIIFORM: European Bee-eater
    PICIFORM: Lewis's Woodpecker
    FALCON: Crested Caracara
    PARROT: Salmon-crested Cockatoo
    PASSERINE: Golden-winged Warbler
    OTHER BIRD:White-breasted Mesite
    MARSUPIAL: Greater Bilby
    XENARTHRAN: Screaming Hairy Armadillo
    AFROTHERE: Black-and-rufous Sengi
    LAGOMORPH: American Pika
    PORCUPINE: Brazilian Prehensile-tailed Porcupine
    SQUIRREL: Yellow-bellied Marmot
    OTHER RODENT: Mountain Beaver
    PROSIMIAN: Aye-aye
    NEW WORLD MONKEY:
    OLD WORLD MONKEY: Proboscis Monkey
    APE: Sumatran Orangutan
    BAT: Honduran White Bat
    CANID: Red Wolf
    BEAR: Asian Black Bear
    PINNIPED: Ribbon Seal
    PROCYONID: Ringtail
    OTTER: Sea Otter
    OTHER MUSTELID: Marbled Polecat
    CAT, BIG: Amur Leopard
    CAT, SMALL: Canada Lynx
    OTHER CARNIVORAN: Ring-tailed Vontsira
    RHINO: Sumatran Rhinoceros
    TAPIR: Mountain Tapir
    EQUID: Przewalski's Horse
    DEER: Pere David's Deer
    CATTLE: Kouprey
    ANTELOPE: Scimitar-horned Oryx
    CAPRINE: Bighorn Sheep
    OTHER UNGULATE: Pronghorn
    BALEEN WHALE: North Atlantic Right Whale
    TOOTHED WHALE: Baiji
    OTHER MAMMAL: Chinese Pangolin
     
  8. Davdhole

    Davdhole Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Location:
    North America
    Antelope- Sable antelope
    Monkey- Vervet monkey
    Rhinoceros- Southern white rhino
    Small cat- Cheetah
    Big cat- Tiger
    Parrot- Scarlet macaw
    Hornbill- Rhinoceros hornbill
    Ape- Orangutan

    Canid- Gray wolf
    Lizard- Gila monster
    Pinniped- Leopard seal
    Crocodilian- Nile crocodile
    Marsupial- Koala
    Bear- Polar bear
    Rodent- Beaver

    Some additions

    Lemur- Coquerel's sifaka
    Fish- Garibaldi
    Bird of prey- Great horned owl
    Deer- Axis deer and moose
     
  9. Birdsage

    Birdsage Well-Known Member

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    Brown Spider Monkey.
     
  10. Jambi

    Jambi Well-Known Member

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    Using Jiger's post as a template, with some alterations and others removed if I don't particularly have a favourite of that type:

    Mollusc: Mimic Octopus
    Insect: Leafcutter Ant
    Arachnid: Mexican Red-kneed Tarantula
    Crustacean: Caribbean Hermit Crab
    Cartilaginous Fish: Great Hammerhead Shark
    Marine Bony Fish: Emperor Snapper
    Freshwater Bony Fish: Koi Carp
    Amphibian: Blue Poison Dart Frog
    Lizard: Veiled Chameleon
    Snake: Burmese Python
    Turtle: Galapagos Giant Tortoise
    Crocodilian: American Alligator
    Ratite: Emu
    Penguin: Humboldt Penguin
    Waterfowl: Embden Goose
    Galliforme: Indian Peafowl
    Raptor: Peregrine Falcon
    Parrot: Green-winged Macaw
    Pigeon: Common Wood Pigeon
    Passerine: Eurasian Bullfinch
    Other bird: Rook
    Monotreme: Platypus
    Marsupial: Koala
    Xenarthra: Giant Anteater
    Bat: Pipistrelle Bat
    Feline: Sumatran Tiger
    Bear: Polar Bear
    Canine: Dingo
    Perissodactyl: Indian Rhinoceros
    Bovine: European Bison
    Non-bovine Artiodactyl: Reindeer
    Rodent: Eurasian Red Squirrel
    Prosimian: Ring-tailed Lemur
    Monkey: Common Squirrel Monkey
    Ape: Bornean Orangutan
     
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  11. Birdsage

    Birdsage Well-Known Member

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    Rooks and other corvids are passerines.
     
  12. JigerofLemuria

    JigerofLemuria Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Also, forgot to mention
    Cetacean: False killer whale