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

generation81 Since: Aug, 2021

#3051: Apr 25th 2024 at 11:30:29 AM

North Africa?

Idunnowhattoputhere badly drawn in MS Paint from everywhere Since: Mar, 2023

badly drawn in MS Paint

#3052: Apr 25th 2024 at 11:34:19 AM

Blue winged goose?

Spinosegnosaurus77 Mweheheh from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend

Mweheheh

#3053: Apr 25th 2024 at 11:48:13 AM

None of the above.

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.
My neck’s fairly long.
I’m from sub-Saharan Africa.

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

#3054: Apr 25th 2024 at 6:14:43 PM

Spur-winged goose?

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Spinosegnosaurus77 Mweheheh from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend

Mweheheh

#3055: Apr 25th 2024 at 6:30:17 PM

Round 109: Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis)

Despite its relatively inconspicuous appearance, some spur-winged goose populations have poisonous flesh from eating blister beetles.

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

#3056: Apr 25th 2024 at 10:18:22 PM

Let me think of an animal…

Round 109

I’m named after another group of animals, but I looked somewhat different from them.

I’m a vertebrate, and so is my namesake group.
I’m named after a bird.
- I’m not named after a raptor.
- I’m not named after an extinct bird.
I’m a traditional reptile.
- I’m not a squamate (lizard or snake).
- I’m a dinosaur.
- I’m not a carnivore.
- I’m not aquatic.
- I do not have a long neck.
- I am an ornithischian.

Edited by Lymantria on Apr 28th 2024 at 9:39:03 AM

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Snicka Since: Jun, 2011

#3057: Apr 25th 2024 at 10:30:44 PM

Are you a vertebrate?

Lymantria Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph from Toronto Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.

Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph

#3058: Apr 25th 2024 at 10:33:05 PM

Yes, and so is my namesake.

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Snicka Since: Jun, 2011

#3059: Apr 25th 2024 at 10:39:28 PM