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Way too many bovids. I tried to only include the ones that were interesting or at least had cool names. (credit goes again to Fieari, I checked the bovids against his previous list of sheep to make sure I hadn't missed any)

Cervids

Muntjac http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntjac

Red deer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Deer

Elk (already included)

Spotted deer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chital

Fallow deer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallow_Deer

Water deer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_deer

White-tailed deer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_deer

Mule deer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule_deer

Brocket deer / mazama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brocket_deer

Pudu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Pudu

Roe deer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_Deer

Moose http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose

Caribou http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer

The white-tailed, mule, roe, and brocket deer all look so similar to me that I think they could be merged into a single generic deer, but maybe some deer fanatics would object. Any thoughts? (also, credit to Rainseeker's list of four-hoofed mammals, which I checked against)

Other Ruminants

Giraffe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe

Okapi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okapi

Musk deer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moschidae

Pronghorn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronghorn

Mouse deer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragulidae

==================================================BIRDS================================================

Ostrich Emu Cassowary Kiwi Rhea Tinamou

Emperor Penguin Brush-Tailed Penguin Crested Penguin Banded Penguin Yellow-eyed Penguin Little Penguin

Duck Goose Chicken Turkey Sandpiper \ wading bird Great Blue Heron \ wading bird Sandhill Crane \ wading bird Ibis \ wading bird Geese* \ water fowl Swan* \ water fowl Mallards \ water fowl Coot* \ water fowl Ostrich \ flightless Emu \ flightless Barn Owl\ owl Great Horned Owl\ owl Turkey \ land fowl Chickens \ land fowl

Hooded Pitohui (Pitohui Dichrous): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_Pitohui -Variable Pitohui (Pitohui kirhocephalus): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_Pitohui -White-bellied Pitohui (Pitohui incertus): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-bellied_Pitohui -Rusty Pitohui (Pitohui ferrugineus): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Pitohui -Crested Pitohui (Pitohui cristatus): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_Pitohui -Black Pitohui (Pitohui nigrescens): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Pitohui -Brown Pitohui (LOST)

==============================================Crocodilians============================================

American Alligator* (Can be named "Greater" in game.)

Chinese Alligator* (Can be named "Lesser" in game.)

Dwarf Caiman

Spectacled Caiman

Black Caiman

American crocodile*

Orinoco Crocodile

Freshwater Crocodile

Nile crocodile*

Saltwater Crocodile

Cuban Crocodile*

Needs renaming.

===============================================Turtles=================================================

Terrapin turtle (SCARY!) Gopher tortoise Giant tortoise (stand-in for Galapagos tortoise and other large tortoises) Sea turtle Leatherback turtle Snapping turtle Musk turtle Snakeneck turtle Box turtle Painted turtle Softshell turtle

==================================================Snakes===============================================

Elapids (Cobras)

  Najas
     * Snouted Cobra
     * Spitting Cobra
     * Forest Cobra
  * Water Cobra
  * Coral Snake
  * Tree Cobra
  * Burrowing Cobra (aka Many-Banded Snake, which sounds like an awesome name)
  * King Cobra
  * False Water Cobra
  Mambas
     * Green Mamba (less aggressive)
     * Black Mamba (very aggressive)
  * Copperhead
  * Krait

Vipers

  Pit Vipers
     * Moccasin
     * Jumping Pitviper
     * Palm Pitviper
     * Forest Pitviper
     * Lancehead
     * Hundred-Pace Pitviper (aka Snorkle Viper)
     * Bushmaster
     * Rattlesnake
     * Temple Viper
  * Night Adder 
  True Vipers
     * Bush Viper
     * Puff Adder
     * Horned Viper
     * Desert Viper
     * Asp
     * Rock Viper
     * Meadow Viper

Colubrids (Rear-Fanged)

  * Boomslang
  * Tree Snake
  * Vine Snake / Whip Snake
  * Cat Snake
  * Mangrove Snake

Reticulated python, needs no introduction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_reticulatus Cave python, amalgam of two interesting cave-dwelling pythons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antaresia_childreni http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antaresia_maculosa Black-headed python http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidites_melanocephalus White-lipped python http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiopython Green tree python, striking appearance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morelia_viridis

Boas

Boa constrictor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boa_constrictor Rubber boa, some notable behaviors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charina_bottae Green anaconda, another huge one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunectes_murinus Yellow anaconda, for contrast I guess http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunectes_notaeus Rainbow boa, interesting appearance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicrates_cenchria

Also a couple extra venomous snakes I thought worthy of inclusion:

Sidewinder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_cerastes Cottonmouth a.k.a. water moccasin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agkistrodon_piscivorus

Lizards-----------------------------------------------------

Monitor Lizard \ lizard Arboreal Iguana\ lizard Marine Iguana \ lizard

===============================================Amphibians==============================================

Common Frog Moor Frog Marsh Frog Pool Frog Edible Frog American Bullfrog Leopard Frog Bicoloured Frog Tailed Frog Firebellied Toad Midwife Toad New Zealand Primitive Frog Long-Nosed Horned Frog Garlic Toad Parsley Frog Clawed Frog Starfingered Toad Burrowing Toad Spadefoot Toad Marsupial Frog Hairy Frog Gold Frog Natterjack Toad Cane Toad

=================================================FISH==================================================

Marine Fish: Kingfish Tarpon Wahoo Ballyhoo Mullet Mahi Mahi Pompano* Parrotfish* Humphead Wrasse Grunion Triggerfish*

Freshwater Fish: Silversides* Red tailed Catfish Blue Catfish Walking Catfish Channel Catfish Pacu* Piranha* Crappie* Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass Peacock Bass Bluegill Guppy Minnow

Sharks: Hexanchiformes

Frilled shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frill_shark Sixgill shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexanchus

Sharks: Squaliformes

Gulper shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulper_shark

Kitefin shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitefin_shark (historically used for meat, liver oil, and leather)

Pygmy shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_shark

Cookiecutter shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookiecutter_shark (notable for eating its own teeth and generally acting like an asshole)

Bramble shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramble_shark

Black dogfish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_dogfish

Dwarf lanternshark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_lanternshark

Smooth lanternshark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smooth_lanternshark

Velvet belly lanternshark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_belly_lantern_shark

Green lanternshark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_lanternshark (could that name have been accidental? also hunts in packs)

Rough shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxynotinae

Portuguese dogfish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_dogfish (recommend name "scaly dogfish" or "hollowscale dogfish" based on construction of scientific name. also economically significant)

Sleeper shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_sleeper_shark (big, has antifreeze in its tissues, eats dolphins whole)

Gray shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_shark (even bigger, has role in Inuit legend, and: "More recently, a reputable Canadian wildlife biologist reported observing a Greenland Shark exploding from the water with a tremendous splash, grasping a near-shore Caribou by the (obviously startled) face, dragging it — kicking and bugalling — into the water, and then eating it.")

Spiny dogfish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squalus_acanthias (poisonous spines, food source)

Sharks: Sawsharks

Sawshark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pristiophorus_cirratus

Sharks: Angelsharks

Angelshark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squatina_squatina

Sharks: Bullhead Sharks

Horn shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterodontus_francisci (poisonous spines used for jewelry, bites harder for its size than any other shark) Bullhead shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_bullhead_shark

Sharks: Carpet Sharks

Nurse shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginglymostoma_cirratum

Tawny nurse shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebrius_ferrugineus

Bamboo shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespotted_bamboo_shark

Epaulette shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epaulette_shark

Wobbegong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orectolobidae (great name, used for meat and leather)

Collared carpetshark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parascylliidae

Whale shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhincodon_typus

Zebra shark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegostoma_fasciatum

==============================================ARACHNIDS & ALLIES======================================

Atlantic Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_crab

-Mangrove Horseshoe Crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinoscorpius_rotundicauda

-Costal Horseshoe Crab (Tachypleus gigas): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachypleus_gigas

-Japanese Horseshoe Crab (Tachypleus tridentatus): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachypleus_tridentatus

==================================================CRUSTACEANS===========================================

Dromiidae

Sponge Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromiidae Belliidae Family

Hand Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belliidae Calappidae

Box Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calappa_%28crab%29 Atelecyclidae

Face Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atelecyclidae Cancridae

"Edible" Crab (maybe Pie Crab) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_pagurus Master Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness_crab Fan Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romaleon_antennarium Cheriagonidae

Horsehair Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsehair_crab Goneplacidae

Square Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goneplax_rhomboides Majidae

Spiny Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_squinado Snow Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chionoecetes Spider Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_spider_crab Queen Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_giant_crab Arrow Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenorhynchus_seticornis Portunidae

Blue Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callinectes Green Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinus_maenas Swimming Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liocarcinus Witch Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_crab Flower Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portunus_pelagicus Potamidae

Coin Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potamon_fluviatile Xanthidae

Boxer Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lybia_%28crab%29 Varunidae

Mitten Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_mitten_crab Ocypodoidea - my favorites

Ghost Crabs - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocypode Fiddler Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddler_crab Soldier Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mictyridae

Gecarcinidae Land Crabs

Hermit Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenobita - needs a way to handle shells "Coconut" Crab (or Robber Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_crab - damn huge Moon Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_crab

Hexipodidae Outliers

Red King Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralithodes_camtschaticus Another King Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithodes_antarcticus - needs a good name Another King Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralomis_hystrix - ditto Porcelain Crab - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcelain_crab - will also need anemones

===============================================Cnidarians==============================================

* Man Of War
 * Box Jellyfish
 * Lion's Mane Jellyfish
 * Crown Jellyfish (technically a classification, but a small one)

==========================Unorganized Australian Animals - (help with this)=============================

Long-nosed Potoroo (Wallaby Rat) Quokka Dingo White-footed Rabbit-rat (Ex) Short-tailed Hopping Mouse (Ex) River Dolphin - Friendly river animals, something not likely to maul fishermen Giant Elk - Nonlocational name for the Irish Elk, one of the largest deer with the largest set of antlers Thylacine - already mentioned, the Tasmanian Tiger Kakapo - Not extinct, but it's the largest parrot, flightless and has unique mating rituals

Cephalopod Greater Blue Ringed Octopus Mimic Octopus (perhaps different castes for it's different mimics?) North Pacific Giant Octopus (but I guess the North Pacific part can be left out)

========================Unorganized Extinct Animals - (help with this)=================================

Flores Cave Rat (Ex) - this would be fun for caves Steller's Sea Cow - Weird! Perfect for DF. Wouldn't it be hilarious to be attacked by skeletal sea cows? Emperor Rat (Ex)

Birds Dodo (Ex) Elephant Bird (Ex) Passenger Pigeon (Ex) Kakapo

=====================================Just Plain Unorganized==============================================

various nudibranch (seaslugs), and nudibranchmen

Mantis shrimp (giant mantis shrimp should be *deadly*)
tardigrades (water bears) (even the vermin kind might be "huge tardigrade")
coconut crab
star nosed mole
naked mole rat
bombardier beetle (material breath very hot liquid!)
Onychophor (Velvet worm) (These are awesome! Also, they spit glue as a weapon! if toady made the name (just name, not behavior) of the GCS web attack customizabe it'd work perfectly)
whip scorpion/vinegarroon
sunfish
nemertea (ribbon worms)
crinoid (sea lilies)
Amblypygi (whip spiders)

Liopleurodon (ex) (these are freking hardcore)
Glyptodont (lately ex) (DF will NOT be complete until it has these, think stegosaurus, but 10 times the awesome and probably lived alongside humans.)
carnivorous kangaroo (ex) (cant remember the real name, lived in australia long ago, ferocious)

Stone fish Sea snake Coral Crown of thorns starfish Grouper Sea sponge