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Which Chapter should be the First one?

  1. Creepy Crawlies

    1 vote(s)
    2.0%

  2. Masters of the Air

    3 vote(s)
    6.1%

  3. Jungle Dwellers

    5 vote(s)
    10.2%

  4. Reptiles and Amphibians

    3 vote(s)
    6.1%

  5. Marine Life

    5 vote(s)
    10.2%

  6. Artiodactyla

    6 vote(s)
    12.2%

  7. Carnivores

    6 vote(s)
    12.2%

  8. Zoos and Aquariums

    16 vote(s)
    32.7%

  9. Urban Wildlife

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  10. Asia the Mega Continent

    4 vote(s)
    8.2%
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  1. Tim May

    Tim May Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    What South American species was named after a character from European folklore?
     
    Tim May, 18 May 2021
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    I presume that you are not meaning the Basilisk.
     
    Tetzoo Quizzer, 18 May 2021
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  3. Tim May

    Tim May Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    No not basilisk.

    Just to confirm, it's the animal's specific name that is a character in European folklaw.
     
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    Hmm, I presume Midas (Tamarin) is myth rather than folklore...
     
    Tetzoo Quizzer, 20 May 2021
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  5. Tim May

    Tim May Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Some may disagree but, personally, I don't consider characters in Greek mythology, such as King Midas, as folklore.

    Consequently red-handed tamarin Saguinus midas is not the answer I was looking for.
     
    Tim May, 20 May 2021
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    Shock-headed Capuchin, linked to Shock-headed Peter; again I don’t really think this is folklore?
     
    Tetzoo Quizzer, 20 May 2021
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  7. Dassie rat

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    Vampire bat?
     
    Dassie rat, 20 May 2021
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    Tim May Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Sorry, not the answer I was looking for.

    Repeating my earlier comment, the animal's specific name is a character in European folklore.

    Again, sorry, not the answer I was expecting.
     
    Tim May, 20 May 2021
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    Spectral vampire (Vampyrum spectrum)?
     
    Dassie rat, 20 May 2021
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    Dassie rat Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    When I visited Frankfurt in 1985, I went to a museum devoted to Shock-headed Peter. I wonder if anyone can guess another place I visited on the same day.
     
    Dassie rat, 20 May 2021
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    Tim May Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    No not any species of bat.
     
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    Sirens?
     
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  13. Tim May

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    No not sirens.

    It's not a general term like "sirens". It's the name of a particular character in folklore which used as the specific name of a South American creature.
     
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    Are we looking for the specific part of a scientific name, or of a common name (or both)? And, as we seem to be struggling a lot here, any chance of a clue towards taxonomic group? I feel like I’m ready to make a pact with Mephistopheles here!
     
    Tetzoo Quizzer, 21 May 2021
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  15. Tim May

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    As I've said previously; the folklore character is the specific name.

    You are correct with Mephistopheles, the answer is:

    northern pudu Pudu mephistopheles

    Mephistopheles being a demon from German folklore.

    Over to you.
     
    Tim May, 21 May 2021
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  16. Tetzoo Quizzer

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    Which species was discovered on the site of Brasilia Zoo?
     
    Tetzoo Quizzer, 21 May 2021
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    I am looking for a vertebrate whose type locality is the site which is now Brasilia Zoo.
     
    Tetzoo Quizzer, 24 May 2021
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    An ectothermic vertebrate....
     
    Tetzoo Quizzer, 25 May 2021
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    Species named in 1959...
     
    Tetzoo Quizzer, 26 May 2021
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    Not a tetrapod.....
     
    Tetzoo Quizzer, 27 May 2021
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