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.
- Please alert me anytime a round is over.
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 115: Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer)
- 116: American Mammoth Jackstock Donkey (Equus africanus asinus)
- 117: Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
- 118: Asiatic lion (Panthera leo leo/Panthera leo persica)
- 119: Nannarup hoffmani
- 120: Utahnax vannieri
- 121: Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer)
- 122: Cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)
- 123: Scarabaeus satyrus
- 124: Ankalodous sericus
- 125: Giant squid (Architeuthis dux)
- 126: Cathartesaura anaerobica
- 127: Rehbachiella kinnekullensis
- 128: Aurochs/Cattle (Bos primigenius; B. p. taurus pictured)
- 129: Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
- 130: Gallimimus bullatus
- 131: Mieridduryn bonniae
- 132: Violet snails (Janthina sp.; J. janthina pictured)
- 133: Jaekelocarpus oklahomensis
- 134: Wolverine (Gulo gulo)
- 135: Tristan Thrush (Turdus eremita)
- 136: Thermozodium esakii
- 137: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
- 138: Wingertshellicus backesi
- 139: Pelicans (Pelecanus sp.; Australian pelican P. conspicillatus pictured)
- 140: Eramoscorpius brucensis
- 141: Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
- 142: Groenlandaspis antarctica
- 143: White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
- 144: Blakiston's fish owl (Ketupa blakistoni)
- 145: Jonkeria truculenta
- 146: Hawaiian carnivorous caterpillar (Eupithecia orichloris)
- 147: Alavesia sp.
- 148: Copepods
- 149: Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus)
- 150: Charnia masoni
- 151: Chimpanzees (Pan sp.; common chimpanzee P. troglodytes pictured)
- 152: Entelognathus primordialis
- 153: Mariana hadal snailfish (Pseudoliparis swirei)
- 154: Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
- 155: Bears (Ursidae)
- 156: Peregrine falcon
- 157: Green anaconda
- 158: Macrauchenia
- 159: White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
- 160: Timorebestia koprii
- 161: X-ray fish (Pristella maxillaris)
- 162: Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
- 163: Bees (Anthophila; European honeybee Apis mellifera pictured)
- 164: Stick-bugs (Phasmatodea)
- 165: Suminia getmanovi
- 166: Umbrellabirds (Cephalopterus sp.; long-wattled umbrellabird C. penduliger pictured)
- 167: Koolasuchus cleelandi
- 168: Gray wolf (Canis lupus)
- 169: Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias)
- 170: Thescelosaurus sp.; T. neglectus pictured
- 171: Caihong juji
- 172: Buttonquails (Turnicidae; black-breasted buttonquail Turnix melanogaster pictured)
- 173: Fossiomanus sinensis
- 174: Smilodon fatalis
- 175: Bootlace worm (Lineus longissimus)
- 176: Triceratops
- 177: Electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
- 178: Mastodon (Mammut americanum)
- 179: King of Saxony bird-of-paradise (Pteridophora alberti)
- 180: Pterodactylus
- 181: Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)
- 182: Toucans (Ramphastinae; Toco toucan Ramphastos toco pictured)
- 183: Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus)
- 184: Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
- 185: Spectral Bat (Vampyrum spectrum)
- 186: Cotylorhynchus sp. (Image C. romeri)
- 187: Homotherium
- 188: Asteriornis maastrichtensis
- 189: Torvosaurus sp.; T. tanneri pictured
- 190: Mold pig (Sialomorpha dominicana)
- 191: Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
- 192: Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria)
- 193: Dinofelis
- 194: Megamastax amblyodus
- 195: Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus rouxii pictured)
- 196: Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
- 197: Euoplocephalus (Euoplocephalus tutus pictured)
- 198: Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei)
- 199: Golden Bat (Mimon bennettii)
- 200: Sea Cucumber (Holothuroidea)
- 201: Deathstalker Scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus)
- 202: Purgatorius unio
- 203: Giant Oarfish
- 204: Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
- 205: Baryonyx walkeri
- 206: Regaliceratops peterhewsi
- 207: Cone snails (Conidae)
- 208: Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis)
- 209: Leopard (Panthera pardus)
- 210: Common chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon)
- 211: Mexican Free-Tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)
- 212: Gigantopithecus sp.
- 213: Coconut Crab (Birgus latro)
- 214: Great tit (Parus major)
- 215: Buddenbrockia plumatellae
- 216: Megacerops coloradensis
- 217: Wels catfish (Silurus glanis)
- 218: Narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
- 219: Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo)
- 220: Palaeocastor
- 221: King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
- 222: Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- 223: Roscoff worm (Symsagittifera roscoffensis)
- 224: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- 225: Mountain chicken (Leptodactylus fallax)
- 226: Painted Bat (Kerivoula picta)
- 227: Oxpeckers (Buphagus sp.; yellow-billed oxpecker B. africanus pictured)
- 228: Megantereon (Megantereon cultridens pictured)
- 229: Brachytrachelopan mesai
- 230: Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- 231: Harp seal (Phoca groenlandica)
- 232: King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicuo)
- 233: Skywalker hoolock gibbon (Hoolock tianxing)
- 234: Laysan rail (Zapornia palmeri)
- 235: Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)
- 236: Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- 237: Coyote (Canis latrans)
- 238: Eumillipes persephone
- 239: Beelzebufo ampinga
- 240: Borealopelta markmitchelli
- 241: Snow leopard (Panthera uncia)
- 242: Tropeognathus
- 243: Toxodon (T. platensis pictured)
- 244: Pentecopterus decorahensis
- 245: Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
- 246: Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
- 247: Smilodon populator
- 248: Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
- 249: Pantolambda (Pantolambda bathmodon pictured)
- 250: Sahelanthropus tchadensis
- 251: Spotted Bat (Euderma maculatum)
- 252: New Zealand Kākā (Nestor meridionalis)
- 253: Smilodon gracilis
- 254: Grey-Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum)
- 255: Brown Recluse Spider (Loxosceles reclusa)
- 256: Brown bear (Ursus arctos)
- 257: Camptosaurus
- 258: Schoenesmahl dyspepsia
- 259: Mandrill (Papio sphinx)
- 260: Great Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna mokarran)
- 261: Dryptosaurus aquilunguis
- 262: Sacred Scarab Beetle (Scarabaeus sacer)
- 263: Masiakasaurus knopfleri
- 264: Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis
- 265: Verreaux’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi; Coquerel’s sifaka P. v. coquereli pictured)
- 266: Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
- 267: Common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
- 268: Orange Baboon Tarantula (Pterinochilus murinus)
- 269: Jeholopterus ningchengensis
- 270: Ussuri Tube-Nosed Bat (Murina ussuriensis)
- 271: Gaiasia jennyae
- 272: Desmodus draculae
- 273: Supersaurus vivianae
- 274: African Wolf (Canis lupaster)
- 275: Berthe’s mouse lemur (Microcebus berthae)
- 276: Greater Bulldog Bat (Noctilio leporinus)
- 277: Hyphalosaurus lingyuanensis
- 278: Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris)
- 279: Thylacocephala (Ankitokazocaris pictured)
- 280: Misikella posthernsteini
- 281: Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
- 282: Mosineia macnaughtoni
- 283: Panderodus (Panderodus unicostatus pictured)
- 284: Hovasaurus boulei
- 285: Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
- 286: Pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus)
- 287: Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus)
- 288: Cambropachycope clarksoni
- 289: Icaronycteris index
- 290: Shearwaters (Puffinus sp.; Manx shearwater P. puffinus pictured)
- 291: Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
- 292: Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)
- 293: Euchambersia mirabilis
- 294: Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
- 295: Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus)
- 296: Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
- 297: Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki
- 298: Common glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca)
- 299: Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas)
- 300: Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
- 301. Megalodon (Otodus megalodon)
- 302: Fire Salamander
- 303: Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
- 304: Goblin Shark (Mitsukurina owstoni)
- 305: Palaeoloxodon tiliensis
- 306: Arizona Bark Scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus)
- 307: Pteranodon longiceps
- 308: Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
- 309: Kuehneosaurus latus
- 310: Josephoartigasia monesi
- 311: Sea slugs (Nudibranchia; Spanish dancer Hexabranchus sanguineus pictured)
- 312: Giraffe (Giraffa sp.)
- 313: Bulbasaurus phylloxyron
- 314: Dendrogaster (Dendrogaster antarctica pictured)
- 315: Nagini mazonense
- 316: Great Evening Bat (Ia io)
- 317: Widemouth blindcat (Satan eurystomus)
- 318: Manta Ray (Mobula birostris pictured)
- 319: Majungasaurus crenatissimus
- 320: Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
- 321: Limusaurus inextricabilis
- 322: Beelzebub's Tube-Nosed Bat ('Murina beelzebub'')
- 323: African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana)
- 324: Fairyfly (Mymar pulchellum pictured)
- 325: Rhabdopleura normani
- 326: Little Goblin Bat (Mormopterus minutus)
- 327: Ophthalmothule cryostea
- 328: Maratus volans
- 329: Green-banded Broodsac ('Leucochloridium paradoxum'')
- 330: Halloween Crab/Red Land Crab (Gecarcinus quadratus)
- 331: Binturong (Arctictis binturong)
- 332: Marbled Orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus)
- 333: Caracal (Caracal caracal)
- 334: Lasanius problematicus
- 335: Megarachne servinei
- 336: Black Witch Moth (Ascalapha odorata)
- 337: Wunderpus octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus)
- 338: Stygian Owl (Asio stygius)
- 339: Chimerarachne yingi
- 340: Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
- 341: Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus
- 342: Mongolian wild horse (Equus ferus przewalskii)
- 343: Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
- 344: White Witch/Ghost Moth (Thysania agrippina)
- 345: Metopacanthus granulatus
- 346: Honduran White Bat (Ectophylla alba)
- 347: Yellow tube sponge (Aplysina fistularis)
- 348: Ornithoprion
- 349: Rhea
- 350: Hexing qingyi
- 351: Guiyu oneiros
- 352: Crown of Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci)
- 353: Pawpawsaurus campbelli
- 354: Abyssosaurus nataliae
- 355: Machimosaurus rex
- 356: Bulbasaurus phylloxyron
- 357: Pikaia gracilens
- 358: Cinnamon Red Bat (Lasiurus varius)
- 359: Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- 360: Northern Ghost Bat (Diclidurus albus)
- 361: Texasetes pleurohalio
- 362: American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
- 363: Hammerhead Bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus)
- 364: Yinlong downsi
- 365: Portia
- 366: Bombay duck (Harpadon nehereus)
- Eastern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)
- 367: Acanthostega
- 368: Tarchia (Tarchia tumanovae pictured)
- 369: Dakosaurus andiniensis
- 370: Eastern Copperhead
- 371: Northern Scorpion (Paruroctonus boreus)
- 372: Himalayasaurus tibetensis
- 373: Plains-wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus)
- 374: Andean Mountain Cat (Leopardus jacobita)
- 375: Silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum)
- 376: Eucritta melanolimnetes
- 377: Barracudas (Sphyraena sp.; great barracuda S. barracuda pictured)
- 378: Walleye Pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus)
- 379:
- 380: Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum
- 381: Hatzegopteryx thambena
- 382: Stingrays
- 383: Hirudo medicinalis
- 384: Dogtooth Tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor)
- 385: Megalosaurus bucklandii
- 386: Buffy Tufted Marmoset (Callithrix aurita)
- 387: Trichoplax adhaerens
- 388: Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
- 389: Peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus)
- 390: Triops (Triops longicaudatus pictured)
- 391: European robin (Erithacus rubecula)
- 392: Christmas Island Flying Fox (Pteropus natalis)
- 393: Prehensile-Tailed Skink/Monkey-Tailed Skink (Corucia zebrata)
- 394: Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
- 395: Thalassodromeus sethi
- 396: Pituriaspis doylei
- 397: Marsupial Lion (Thylacoleo carnifex)
- 398: Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
- 399: Myxobolus cerebralis
- 400: Hairy Frog (Trichobatrachus robustus)
- 401: Palmetto Tortoise Beetle (Hemisphaerota cyanea)
- 402: Badger (Meles meles; European Badger pictured)
- 403: Opabinia regalis
- 404: Common genet (Genetta genetta)
- 405: Tomistoma (Tomistoma schlegeli)
- 406: Leaellynasaura amicagraphica
- 407: Piranhas (Serrasalmus sp.; red-bellied piranha S. nattereri pictured)
- 408: Green Shield Bug (Palomena prasina)
- 409: Euparkeria capensis'
- 410: Platypus (Platypus cylindrus)
- 412: Wood snakes (Tropidophis sp.; dusky dwarf boa T. melanurus pictured)
- 413: Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga)
- 414: Sunbeam Snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
- 415: Tridentinosaurus antiquus
- 416: Gobisaurus domoculus
- 417: Mecistotrachelos apeoros
- 418: Yak (Bos mutus)
- 419: Arizonasaurus babbitti
- 420: Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko)
- 421: Pufferfish (Tetraodontidae; grass puffer Takifugu niphobles pictured)
- 422: Kitti's hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai)
- 423: Green M0nkey
- 424: Gastonia burgei''
- 425: Auroralumina attenboroughii
- 426: Phylum Loricifera (Spinoloricus cinziae pictured)
- 427: Nigersaurus taqueti
- 428: Proterosuchus fergusi
- 429: Giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus)
- 430: Dire Wolf (Aenocyon dirus)
- 431: American Eel
- 432: Harlequin bat (Scotomanes ornatus)
- 433: Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
- 434: Hypsilophodon foxii
- 435: Andrias
- 436: Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)
- 437: Crichtonopelta benxiensis
- 438: Gigarcanum delcourti
- 439: Antlions (Myrmeleontidae: Distoleon tetragrammicus pictured)
- 440: Arthropleura
- 441: Edmontosaurus sp.; E. annectens pictured
- 442: European Mantis (Mantis religiosa)
- 443: Volaticotherium antiquum
- 444: Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
- 445: Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta)
- 446: Lessiniabatis aenigmatica
- 447: Ziapelta sanjuanensis
- 448: Bumblebees (Bombus sp.)
- 449: Cobalt Blue Tarantula (Cyriopagopus lividus)
- 450: Cathedral Termite (Nasutitermes triodiae)
- 451: Homo floresiensis
- 452: Pentaceratops sternbergii
- 453: Drill (Mandrillus leucocephalus)
- 454: Mini scule
- 455: Medusaceratops lokii
- 456: Beelzebufo ampinga
- 457: Western Barbastelle Bat (Barbastella barbastellus)
- 458: Pelagornis sp.; P. miocaenus pictured
- 459: Basilosaurus cetoides
- 460: Xenosmilus hodsonae
- 461: Yellow-headed blackbird (Xantocephalus xantocephalus)
- 462: Shortfin Mako Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)
- 463: Ichneutica eris
- 464: Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus)
- 465: Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)
- 466: Revueltosaurus
- 467: Siberian Bat (Myotis sibiricus)
- 468: Flemish Giant Rabbit
- 469: Aquilops americanus
- 470: Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata)
- 471: Fallow Deer (Cervus dama)
- 472: Blackfly (Simulidae)
- 473: Blue Whale
- 474: Barnacle (Northern Acorn Barnacle [Semibalanus balanoides] pictured)
- 475: Irukandji Jellyfish (Carukia barnesi pictured)
- 476: Sunburst Star Turban (Astraea heliotropium)
- 477: Giant Ground Sloth (Megatherium americanum)
- 478: Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
- 479: Glyptodon
- 480: Han solo
- 481: Canadaga arctica
- 482: Yutyrannus huali
- 483: Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus)
- 484: Liopleurodon ferox
- 485: Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)
- 486: Blue Shark (Prionace glauca)
- 487: Shingleback Skink (Tiliqua rugosa)
- 488: Common toad (Bufo bufo)
- 489: Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)
- 490: Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)
- 491: Polynesian Rat (Rattus exulans)
- 492: Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus)
- 493: Promegantereon ogygia
- 494: Colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni)
- 495: Chalicotherium goldfussi
- 496: Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus)
- 497: Necromantis adichaster
- 498: Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
- 499: Common quail (Coturnix coturnix)
- 500: Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes)
- 501: Wrinkle Faced Bat (Centurio senex)
- 502: Lithoredo abatanica
- 503: Pillar-Tailed Scorpion (Orthochirus negebensis pictured)
- 504: Common/Eurasian Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
- 505: Diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)
- 506: Deinotherium (D. bozasi pictured)
- 507: Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
- 508: Grasshopper Mouse (Onychomys leucogaster pictured)
- 509: Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
- 510: Kaprosuchus saharicus
- 511: Chilean Rose Tarantula (Grammostola rosea)
- 512: Red Wolf (Canis rufus)
- 513: Megalodon (Otodus megalodon)
- 514: Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber)
- 515: Twin-Tailed Salp (Thetys vagina)
- 516: Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis
- 517: Oviballus vidae
- 518: “Saurophaganax maximus”
- 519: Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris)
- 520: Telescopefish (Gigantura inda pictured)
- 521: Pink conch (Strombus gigas)
- 522: Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
- 523: Necrolemur antiquus
- 524: Carbotubulus waloszeki
- 525: Red-Tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus)
- 526: Chapin's Free-Tailed Bat
- 527: Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)
- 528: Sea Lamprey
- 529:Pachycrocuta breverostris
- 530: Herpetogaster collinsi
- 531: Bamboo Bats (Tylonycteris robustula pictured)
- 532: Tarantula Hawk Wasps (Pepsis sp.)
- 533: Kirk's Dik-Dik {Madoqua kirkii)
- 534: Diabolical Ironclad Beetle (Phloeodes diabolicus)
- 535: Nathusius's Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii)
- 536: Devil reef crab (Zosimus aeneus)
- 537: Straw-Colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)
- 538: Manipulator (image of M. modificaputis)
- 539: 539: American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)
- 540: Seven-Spotted Ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
- 541: Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
- 542: Gum-Leaf Skeletonizer (Ubra lugens)
- 543: Strudiella devonica
- 544: Greater Noctule Bat (Nyctalus lasiopterus)
- 545: Skiphosoura bavarica
- 546: Water-holding frog (Cyclorana platycephala)
- 547: Scaly-foot Gastropod (Chrysomallon squamiferum)
- 548: Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis)
- 549: Inland Free-Tail Bat (Ozimops petersi)
- 550: Round 550: Pork tapeworm (Taenia solium)
- 551: Yawunik kootenayi
- 552: Stoat (Mustela erminea)
- 553: Tome's Sword-Nosed Bat (Lonchorhina aurita)
- 554: Alectrosaurus olseni
- 555: Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
- 556: Stenopelix valdensis
- 557: Palaeocampa anthrax
- 558: Royal Antelope (Neotragus pygmaeus)
- 559: Chirostenotes pergracilis
- Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
- 560: Rockhopper Penguin (E. moseleyi pictured)
- 561: Gray parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
- 564: Flower-Faced Bat (Anthops ornatus)
- 565: Grape Phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae)
- 566: Tripedalia cystophora
- 567: Obrina olivewing (Nessaea obrinus)
- 568: Seahorse (Hippocampus)
- Proboscis Monkey.
- 570: Giant tube worm (Riftia pachyptila)
- 571: Pallas's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina)
- 572: Leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques)
- 573:
- 574: Amphimachairodus (A. hezhengensis pictured)
- 575: Round 575: Nanotyrannus sp.; N. lancensis pictured
- 576:
- 577: Immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)
- 578: Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus)
- 579: Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)
- 580: Ribbon-tailed astrapia (Astrapia mayeri)
- 581: Egyptian Mouse-Tailed Bat (Rhinopoma cystops)
- 582: Trilobite beetle (Platerodrilus)
- 583: Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)
- 71 and 181: Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)
- 11 and 236: Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris): 184 and 245
- Bulbasaurus
- Beelzebufo ampinga
- megalodon
- Fairyfly
- Giant salamander
- Komodo
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 Nov 7th 2025 at 5:43:27 AM
IC1101 got it correct!
The correct answer was Tripedalia cystophora!
Tripedalia cystophora is a species of box jellyfish that can be found in the Carribean Sea and the Indo-Pacific. Like other box jellyfish, it has more sophisticated eyes than what you'd expect from a cnidarian, such as having lenses and the ability to use visual knowledge to avoid obstacles. Tripedalia cystophora, in particular, uses its vision to sense daylight and map its position in space to hunt for prey (mainly copepods) and navigate through the mangrove forests it usually inhabits.
IC1101, you're up next!
I sadly doubt he would like Popeyes, though...Round 567:
- I’m one of the only animals that has a specific feature, although it doesn’t look like it at first.
- Not Paleozoic.
- Not aquatic.
- A neopteran.
Edited by IC1101 on Aug 20th 2025 at 11:42:30 AM
Local chaetognath fan We still have problem with this
Edited by LucasdaKool on Aug 17th 2025 at 8:56:13 PM
https://enigmatics.org/puzzles/

No, Yes.
recap!
Round 566!
Your first clue is: "I'm more perceptive than I seem."Added clues:
Incorrect guesses:
Edited by DeadlyEspresso on Aug 17th 2025 at 1:35:33 AM
I sadly doubt he would like Popeyes, though...