With 2024 approaching, here's another guessing game, this time about the natural world and its denizens.
Rules
- Any animal extinct or alive is allowed.
- Bacteria and single celled organisms aren't allowed.
- You are allowed ask up to three questions per post (but please do it sparingly every round).
- Rounds are allowed to go on for two days after the round's start, but if everyone is stumped, the OP can reveal it, and goes to the person who declares stumped first.
- Please put the common name and scientific name when you reveal the answer for extant species.
- Note that I said Extant; extinct species usually have no common name, so put the full scientific name.
- Images are recommened.
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Rounds 1- 50
- 1: Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
- 2: Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
- 3: Spinosaurus aeygypticus
- 4: Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis)
- 5: White Bellbird (Procnias albus)
- 6: Puma/Cougar (Puma concolor)
- 7: Fairyflies (Mymaridae)
- 8: Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
- 9: Sleeper Shark (Somniosidae)
- 10: Myxozoans (Myxozoa; Myxobolus cerebralis pictured in answer)
- 11: Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- 12: Aardvark (Orcycteropus afer)
- 13: Seriemas (Cariamidae; pictured is the Red-Legged Seriema Cariama cristata)
- 14: Giant Salamander (Andrias sp.)
- 15: Perentie (Varanus giganteus)
- 16: Yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti)
- 17: Hero shrew (Scutisorex somereni)
- 18: Horsefly (Tabanus sulcifrons)
- 19: Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
- 20: Segnosaurus galbinensis
- 21: Leaf sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae)
- 22: Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis)
- 23: Longnose sawshark (Pristiophorus cirratus)
- 24: Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator)
- 25: Loons (Gavia sp.; common loon G. immer pictured)
- 26: Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus)
- 27: Mini ature
- 28: Gollumjapyx smeagol
- 29: Nyctosaurus gracilis
- 30: Northern Pike (Esox lucius)
- 31: European stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)
- 32: Killer whale (Orcinus orca)
- 33: Indian Fruit Bat (Pteropus medius)
- 34: Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
- 35: Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
- 36: Barn owl (Tyto alba)
- 37: Ball Python (Python regius)
- 38: Orangutans (Pongo sp.)
- 39: Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis)
- 40: Spoonbills (Platalea sp.; roseate spoonbill P. ajaja pictured)
- 41: Freshwater Crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni)
- 42: Wood duck (Aix sponsa)
- 43: Indri (Indri indri)
- 44: Clownfish (Amphiprioninae; orange clownfish Amphiprion percula pictured)
- 45: Potoo (Nyctibius sp.)
- 46: Elephant seals (Mirounga sp.; northern elephant seal M. angustirostris pictured)
- 47: Nocticola Pheromosa
- 48: Slow worm (Anguis fragilis)
- 49: Lobster (Homarus sp., depicted: Homarus gammarus)
- 50: Domestic Cat (Felis catus)
Rounds 51- 100
- 51: Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus)
- 52: Bustards (Otididae; great bustard Otis tarda pictured)
- 53: Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
- 54: Sacabambaspis janvieri
- 55: Roadrunners (Geococcyx sp.; greater roadrunner G. californianus pictured)
- 56: Dimetrodon
- 57: European monkfish (Lophius piscatorius)
- 58: Sparklemuffin (Maratus jactatus)
- 59: Anamalocaris
- 60: Australian magpie (Cracticus tibicen)
- 61: Kea (Nestor notabilis)
- 62: Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
- 63: Softshell turtle (Trionychidae)
- 64: (West Indian Ocean) Coelacanth (Latimeria, in picture: Latimeria chalumnae)
- 65: Budgett's frog (Lepidobatrachus laevis)
- 66: Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica)
- 67: Tyrannosaurus rex
- 68: Kinkajou (Potos flavus)
- 69: Termites (Isoptera; Formosan termite Coptotermes formosanus pictured)
- 70: Excalibosaurus costini
- 71: Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)
- 72: Madagascar Golden Orb Spider (Nephila)
- 73: Hanuman langur (Presbytis entellus)
- 74: Bagheera kiplingi
- 75: False saber-toothed cats (Nimravidae; Hoplophoneus mentalis pictured)
- 76: Shoebill Stork (Balaeniceps rex)
- 77: Wild boar (Sus scrofa)
- 78: Rosy maple moth (Dryocampa rubicunda)
- 79: Siberian unicorn (Elasmotherium sibiricum)
- 80: Archaeopteryx; A. siemensii pictured
- 81: Woodswallow (Artamus sp.); pictured: white-breasted woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)
- 82: Spool spiders (Seothyra sp.; S. schreineri pictured)
- 83: Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis)
- 84: Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
- 85: Guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
- 86: Mosasaurus; M. hoffmannii pictured
- 87: Hermit bird (Phaethornithinae)
- 88: Deinonychus antirrhopus
- 89: Sabretoothed Salmon (Oncorhynchus rastrosus)
- 90: Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
- 91: Amami Rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi)
- 92: Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
- 93: Rock dove / pigeon (Columba livia)
- 94: Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus)
- 95: Temnodontosaurus trigonodon
- 96: Diplodocus sp.; D. carnegii pictured
- 97: Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
- 98: Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus)
- 99: South African springhare (Pedetes capensis)
- 100: Humanity (Homo sapiens)
Rounds 101- 150
- 101: Iguanodon sp.; I. bernissartensis pictured
- 102: Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
- 103: [Texas] Horned Toad (Phrynosoma cornutus)
- 104: Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)
- 105: Blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus)
- 106: Stegosaurus stenops
- 107: Ibises (Threskiornis sp.)
- 108: Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
- 109: Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis)
- 110: Psittacosaurus
- 111: Jaguar (Panthera onca)
- 112: Fat-Tailed Scorpion (Androctonus sp.)
- 113: Mussaurus patagonicus
- 114: Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa (Rhinecanthus rectangulus)
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Let's go.
Before Canada had a King Charles, there was another Charles who rules over Ontario.
- It is a mammal.
- that can climb trees.
- It's not a symbol of Ontario.
- Not aquatic.
- It is herbivorous.
- Its not a carnivore.
- It has no horns or antlers.
Edited by generation81 on May 4th 2024 at 3:48:03 PM
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#3027: Apr 21st 2024 at 9:39:44 PM
Mammal?
Edited by uncertanSearcher on Apr 21st 2024 at 6:40:17 PM
Spinosegnosaurus77
Mweheheh
from Ontario, Canada
Since: May, 2011
Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Mweheheh
#3028: Apr 21st 2024 at 10:31:35 PM
Inkuiry got it.
Round 109
- I’m not as tasty as my kin.
- I’m an anseriform.
- I have “goose” in my common name.
- I’m not the magpie goose, the goosander, the blue-winged goose or the Egyptian goose.
- I have “goose” in my common name.
- My neck’s fairly long.
- I’m from sub-Saharan Africa.
Edited by Spinosegnosaurus77 on Apr 25th 2024 at 2:48:01 PM
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Lymantria
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
from Toronto
Since: Apr, 2015
Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
Spinosegnosaurus77
Mweheheh
from Ontario, Canada
Since: May, 2011
Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
inkuiry
inkonveniently inkonsistent
from uh
Since: Dec, 2022
Relationship Status: She turned into the moon
inkonveniently inkonsistent
#3031: Apr 21st 2024 at 11:45:54 PM
an emu?
Edited by inkuiry on Apr 21st 2024 at 11:49:22 AM
from here on out, it's all bee puns and 16th century humor without historical context
Spinosegnosaurus77
Mweheheh
from Ontario, Canada
Since: May, 2011
Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
generation81
Since: Aug, 2021
#3033: Apr 22nd 2024 at 9:55:54 AM
1. Duc K?
2. Anseriform?
Spinosegnosaurus77
Mweheheh
from Ontario, Canada
Since: May, 2011
Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
generation81
Since: Aug, 2021
Spinosegnosaurus77
Mweheheh
from Ontario, Canada
Since: May, 2011
Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
badly drawn in MS Paint
#3037: Apr 22nd 2024 at 1:58:38 PM
A kind of duck?
Spinosegnosaurus77
Mweheheh
from Ontario, Canada
Since: May, 2011
Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Mweheheh
#3038: Apr 22nd 2024 at 2:02:08 PM
Cladistically at least, but it doesn’t have “duck” in its common name.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Spinosegnosaurus77
Mweheheh
from Ontario, Canada
Since: May, 2011
Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Just a random 🐈
#3040: Apr 23rd 2024 at 11:09:44 AM
Is its neck notably long?
Meow meow meow (I am just a lil’ hungry cat, I have nothing to do with a certain guy who hired an assassin)
Spinosegnosaurus77
Mweheheh
from Ontario, Canada
Since: May, 2011
Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Mweheheh
generation81
Since: Aug, 2021
Spinosegnosaurus77
Mweheheh
from Ontario, Canada
Since: May, 2011
Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Mweheheh
#3043: Apr 23rd 2024 at 4:03:38 PM
Has “goose” in the common name, at least.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
generation81
Since: Aug, 2021
#3044: Apr 23rd 2024 at 4:23:08 PM
Magpie Goose?
Spinosegnosaurus77
Mweheheh
from Ontario, Canada
Since: May, 2011
Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Snicka
Since: Jun, 2011
#3046: Apr 23rd 2024 at 9:41:35 PM
Goosander?
Spinosegnosaurus77
Mweheheh
from Ontario, Canada
Since: May, 2011
Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Snicka
Since: Jun, 2011
#3048: Apr 24th 2024 at 12:11:56 AM
Egyptian goose?
Spinosegnosaurus77
Mweheheh
from Ontario, Canada
Since: May, 2011
Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Mweheheh
#3049: Apr 24th 2024 at 12:39:04 AM
No, but you’re close geographically.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Spinosegnosaurus77
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from Ontario, Canada
Since: May, 2011
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a bird?
from here on out, it's all bee puns and 16th century humor without historical context