Is there any type of animal where you have seen every species?

Mammals, only full families with at least 2 species, IUCN taxonomy:
Beavers, pacas, springhare, bulldog bats, giraffes, peccaries, camels, hippos, red panda(s), hyenas, bears, horses, large anteaters, two-toed sloths, hyraxes, elephants.

Birds at least these:
Ostriches, rheas, cassowaries, loons, pelicans, storks, flamingos, mesites, cranes, jacanas, skimmers, ground rollers, hoopoes, cockatoos and oxpeckers.
 
Nothing particularly rare, but I guess bears, oryxes, and swans are the most notable ones for me. Less exciting smaller groups: pantherine cats, red pandas, two-toed sloths, hippos, zebras, turkeys, crowned cranes, alligators.
 
Enzo said:
Hello.

All Panthera;
All three "gatos-do-mato" (Geoffroy's cat, oncilla, southern tigrina);
Both crowned cranes;
Both hyacinth and Lear's macaws;
Both species of hippo;
Both Pavo peafowls;
Silky anteater!

I'm close with giraffes, but I have yet to see a reticulate :oops::(. I am not very far from seeing every species of robust capuchin either, but I'll have to find a way to see Azara's, black-striped and red. I'm currently at three species of lion tamarin, three of Callithrix marmoset and one of woolly spider monkey.
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Add all living blue macaw species and every taxa of Callithrix currently in captivity to that.
 
Aardwolf said:
I suppose they were referring to the four "great" kangaroos - red, eastern grey, western grey, and antilopine. I used to hear those referred to as the four "real" kangaroos, as opposed to wallabies, tree 'roos, wallaroos, etc. I've often found macropod taxonomy to be a bit arbitrary.
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Yeah, that's what I meant, as only those four are usually reffered to as 'Kangaroos' here in Australia - the rest are called 'Wallaroos' or 'Wallabies' - though the antilopine is sometimes called a 'Wallaroo'. But you're right, taxinomically there's not really a distinction.
 
Aardwolf said:
I suppose they were referring to the four "great" kangaroos - red, eastern grey, western grey, and antilopine. I used to hear those referred to as the four "real" kangaroos, as opposed to wallabies, tree 'roos, wallaroos, etc. I've often found macropod taxonomy to be a bit arbitrary.
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TeaLovingDave said:
Seems very arbitrary given the fact that the two wallaroos are classified within the same genus as the Red and Antilopine you mention, and if the lack of the word "kangaroo" in the common name warrants their exclusion @decat probably should have cited a rather smaller number of camel species :p
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decat said:
Yeah, that's what I meant, as only those four are usually reffered to as 'Kangaroos' here in Australia - the rest are called 'Wallaroos' or 'Wallabies' - though the antilopine is sometimes called a 'Wallaroo'. But you're right, taxinomically there's not really a distinction.
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Of course, common names have nothing to do with taxonomic science.

As it happens the taxonomy of kangaroos has changed. The greys are in their own genus, as is the red, and the wallaroos. The wallaroos include the antilopine which the AMTC Species List recommends should be called the antilopine wallaroo.

Which brings us back to the first question raised on this thread, what constitutes a "type". As this was never answered I guess everybody is entitled to decide what constitutes a type for their own lists.

By the way, "type" is used by some creationists as a classification in their own special taxonomiy.
 
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Other than monospecific families, I don't believe I've completed any family-level taxa, but there are a handful of non-monospecific genera I have completed, such as:
Strepera (currawongs) - 3 species, all wild
Phylidonyris (a genus of honeyeaters) - 3 species, all wild
Monotaxis (a genus of emperor breams) - 2 species, both wild
 
DaLilFishie said:
Other than monospecific families, I don't believe I've completed any family-level taxa, but there are a handful of non-monospecific genera I have completed, such as:
Strepera (currawongs) - 3 species, all wild
Phylidonyris (a genus of honeyeaters) - 3 species, all wild
Monotaxis (a genus of emperor breams) - 2 species, both wild
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Realised I'd forgotten some taxa here - I've also completed:
Cheloniinae (2 species, one wild one captive)
Paradisichthyinae (2 species, one wild one captive)
Schuettea (2 species, one wild one captive - this genus likely will be given it's own monotypic family in future)
Achoerodus (2 species, both captive)
Microcanthus (2 species, one wild one captive)
All 3 currently accepted species in the Pseudanthias squamipinnis complex (3 species, 1 wild 2 captive - although some recognise a 4th species in this complex which I have not seen)
Trachinops (4 species, 2 wild 2 captive)
Chrysolophus (2 species, both captive)
Spilopelia (2 species, both wild)
Both subspecies of the Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes (2 ssp, both wild)
All subspecies of the Galah Eolophus roseicapilla (3 ssp, all wild)
Both subspecies of the Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles (2 ssp, both wild)
Both subspecies of the Pacific Gull Larus pacificus (2 ssp, both wild)
Both subspecies of the Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax (2 ssp, both wild)
Zanda (3 species, 1 wild 2 captive)
Calyptorhynchus (2 species, 1 wild 1 captive)
Polytelis (3 species, 1 wild 2 captive)
Both subspecies of the Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus (2 ssp, both wild)
Both subspecies of the Western Rosella Platycercus icterotus (2 ssp, 1 wild 1 captive)
All subspecies of the Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala (3 or 4 ssp depending on which taxonomic source you use, all wild regardless of how many ssp are recognised)
Both subspecies of Eastern Whipbird Psephodes olivaceus (2 ssp, 1 wild 1 captive)
Both subspecies of Australian Raven Corvus coronoides (2 ssp, both wild)
Both subspecies of Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena (2 ssp, both wild)
 
hippos, gators, chimpanzee (Pan), swans (suspect many have seen them, no one has mentioned yet),
Cryptobranchus, Rhynochetos (Kagu for the win!)

I suspect there are others like the Kagu where they are the only members of their genus
(platypus being another one as I type ).
Possibly large cat. seen many clouded leopard but mostly before they were
split into two species so uncertain which or both I have seen.
There are quite a few where I am only missing one or two)
 
elefante said:
Let me guess, the three bears you've seen in the wild are black, brown, and polar? I've only seen black and brown (grizzly) bears in the wild.
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Yep. Just the North American Bears…except maybe the Spectacled Bear (does it range into Panama)?
 
Daktari JG said:
I suspect there are others like the Kagu where they are the only members of their genus
(platypus being another one as I type ).
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Yes, there are a great many species that are the only living members of their genus/family/order, but I decided against adding them to my post as I've seen quite a few species like this. If we are including them, I can add:

Tachyglossus - wild and captive
Ornithorhynchidae - wild and captive
Sarcophilus - captive
Thylacomyidae - captive
Vombatus - wild and captive
Phascolarctidae - wild and captive
Setonyx - wild and captive
Wallabia - wild and captive
Aepyprymnus - captive
Elephas - captive
Dugongidae - captive
Oryctolagus - wild and captive
Lemur - captive
Symphalangus - captive
Choeropsis - captive
Megaptera - wild
Physeter - wild
Ceratotherium - captive
Suricata - captive
Ailuropodus - captive
Helarctos - captive
Enhydra - captive
Dromaius - captive
Anseranatidae - wild
Cereopsis - wild
Stictonetta - captive
Alopochen - captive
Radjah - wild and captive
Malacorhynchus - wild
Cairina - wild and captive
Chenonetta - wild and captive
Biziura - wild
Alectura - captive
Numida - wild
Ocyphaps - wild
Leucosarcia - captive
Caloenas - wild and captive
Lopholaimus - wild and captive
Scythrops - wild
Cladorhynchus - wild
Irediparra - wild
Xenus - wild
Stiltia - wild
Hydroprogne - wild
Lophoictinia - wild
Nymphicus - captive
Callocephalon - captive
Eolophus - wild and captive
Neopsephotus - captive
Banardius - wild and captive
Psephotus - captive
Melanopsitta - captive
Glossopsitta - wild and captive
Diopsittaca - captive
Scenopooetes - wild
Ptilonorhynchus - captive
Entomyza - wild
Plectorhyncha - captive
Neosericornis - wild
Acanthornis - wild
Gymnorhina - wild
Struthidea - wild
Stizoptera - wild
Chloebia - captive
Phonipara - captive
Rhynchocephalia - captive
Chlamydosaurus - captive
Intellagama - wild and captive
Notechis - wild and captive
Elusor - captive
Pseudemydurinae - captive
Chelonia - wild and captive
Natator - captive
Caretta - wild and captive
Eretmochelys - wild and captive
Carettochelys - captive
Notorhynchus - captive
Rhincodontidae - captive
Stegostomatidae - captive
Nebrius - captive
Galeorhinus - captive
Triaenodon - wild and captive
Galeocerdonidae - captive
Rhina - captive
Anoxypristis - captive
Pantodontidae - captive
Gymnomuraena - captive
Rhinomuraena - captive
Chanidae - wild
Chromobotia - captive
Sawbwa - captive
Oliotus - captive
Tincidae - captive
Latropiscis - captive
Boreogadus - captive
Anomalops - captive
Cleidopus - captive
Pterapogon - captive
Yarica - wild and captive
Tateurndina - captive
Pomatomidae - captive
Dactylopterus - captive
Phycodurus - captive
Haliichthys - captive
Iriatherina - captive
Marosatherina - captive
Acarichthys - captive
Cyrtocara - captive
Aristochromis - captive
Ellochelon - wild and captive
Aldrichetta - wild and captive
Lepidozygus - wild and captive
Acanthochromis - wild and captive
Exallias - wild and captive
Gnathanodon - wild and captive
Elagatis - wild
Rhachycentridae - wild and captive
Helostomatidae - captive
Anyperodon - wild and captive
Cromileptes - wild and captive
Taenianotus - captive
Notesthes - captive
Gnathanacanthinae - captive
Cyclopterinae - captive
Aulorhynchidae - captive
Caesioscorpididae - captive
Neatypus - captive
Tilodon - wild and captive
Enoplosidae - wild and captive
Pseudodax - wild
Haletta - captive
Heteroscarus - wild and captive
Olisthops - wild
Bolbometopon - wild
Cheilio - wild
Novaculichthys - captive
Austrolabrus - wild
Oxyjulis - captive
Labrichthys - wild
Cheimarrichthyidae - captive
Symphorichthys - captive
Symphorus - wild and captive
Pygoplites - wild
Zanclidae - wild and captive
Paracanthurus - captive
Gnathodentex - captive
Sarpa - captive
Selenotoca - wild and captive
Allomycterus - captive
Odonus - captive
Chaetodermis - captive
Anacanthus - captive
Neoceratodontidae - captive
Catalaphyllia - captive
Acanthophyllia - captive
Physalidae - beachcombed
Porpita - beachcombed
Phacellophoridae - captive
Spirulida - beachcombed
 
Probably a lot, but I won't mention all the small families and orders (for example having seen all species of sunbittern..)

My biggest 'complete' group might be cranes, I've seen all 15 species since last november, when I saw the whooping crane for the first time.
 
From memory and not considering subspecies:
- All big cats
- All bears
- Both Hippos
- Both species of two-toed sloth
- All Penguins of the genus Pygoscelis
- Both Anodorhynchus genera
- Both Bisons
- Both Kites in the Milvus genus
- Both species of Alligator
- Both members of Gavialidae
- All three members of the genus Caiman

I'm also one away from seeing all species of Zebra and oryx
 
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