What is your favorite....?

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PAT

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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
 
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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
 
feel free to add more. I only did these ones because i have definite favorites.
 
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
 
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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
 
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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.
 
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