2025 Essential Habitat Animals Meta-Wishlist

Ok, I'm gonna try to do the list by order of preference, though I usually try grouping species by clades instead and it might break my heart a little to have to chose who should go first in some instances...

  1. Muskox
  2. Black howler
  3. Walrus
  4. Chinese giant salamander
  5. Indian giant squirrel
  6. Coconut crab
  7. Aligator snapping turtle
  8. Grey crowned crane
  9. Marine iguana
  10. Secretary bird
  11. Mountain goat
  12. Mantled guereza
  13. Roseate spoonbill
  14. Nile crocodile
  15. Scarlet ibis
  16. American black bear
  17. Sea otter
  18. Short-beaked echidna
  19. Geoffroy's spider monkey
  20. Black backed jackal
  21. Southern elephant seal
  22. Serval
  23. Emperor tamarin
  24. Leopard seal
  25. Northamerican porcupine
  26. Northern plain gray langur/Hanuman gray langur
  27. Northern tamandua
  28. Great white pelican
  29. Goodfellow's tree kangaroo
  30. Giant eland
  31. Rhesus monkey
  32. Arctic hare
  33. Greater kudu
  34. Eurasian otter
  35. Kākāpō
  36. Gaur
  37. Aye-aye
  38. Atlantic puffin
  39. Virginia opossum
  40. European rabbit
  41. Nilgai
  42. Egyptian mongoose
  43. Western rockhopper penguin
  44. Hawaiian monk seal
  45. Grey heron
  46. Lesser auk
  47. Black caiman
  48. African civet
  49. Chinese aligator
  50. Aardwolf
 
  1. Kakapo
  2. Secretary Bird
  3. Eastern Quoll
  4. Greater Bilby
  5. Numbat
  6. Red Wolf
  7. Bush Stone-curlew
  8. Takahe
  9. Short-beaked echidna
  10. Bornean peacock-pheasant
  11. Black Crowned Crane
  12. Grey Crowned Crane
  13. Edward's pheasant
  14. Atlantic Puffin
  15. Brolga
  16. Northern hairy-nosed wombat
  17. Greater Glider
  18. Black-Flanked Rock-Wallaby
  19. Saola (Spindelhorn)
  20. Ethiopian wolf
  21. Black-footed ferret
  22. Galápagos Penguin
  23. Southern Rockhopper Penguin
  24. Tree Kangaroo
  25. Serval
  26. Shoebill
  27. Golden Lion Tamarin
  28. Moustached tamarin
  29. Whooping crane
  30. South American Coati
  31. Iberian Lynx
 
Looks like we got numbers 13, 20, 29 (sorta), 36, 43, and 58 supplied! Pretty good turn of events even after factoring in the fact that Bornean elephants have literally no votes.
  1. Shetland Pony (Equus caballus var. "shetland")
  2. Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus)
  3. Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)
  4. Matschie's Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)
  5. Eastern Long-Beaked Echidna (Zaglossus bartoni)
  6. Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)
  7. White-Striped Dorcopis (Dorcopsis hageni)
  8. Red-Legged Seriema (Cariama cristata)
  9. Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
  10. Asian Forest Tortoise (Manouria emys)
  11. Bolson Tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus)
  12. Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)
  13. Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)
  14. Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer)
  15. West African Crocodile (Crocodylus suchus)
  16. Central Slender-Snouted Crocodile (Mecistops leptorhynchus)
  17. Argentine Black-&-White Tegu (Salvator merianae)
  18. Lace Monitor (Varanus varius)
  19. Crocodile Monitor (Varanus salvadorii)
  20. Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps)
  21. Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
  22. Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
  23. Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina)
  24. Andean Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)
  25. Marine Otter (Lontra felina)
  26. Mantled Howler (Alouatta palliata)
  27. Jentink's Duiker (Cephalophus jentinki)
  28. Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
  29. Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum)
  30. Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)
  31. Northern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus)
  32. Siberian Musk Deer (Moschus moschiferus)
  33. Père David's Deer (Elaphurus davidianus)
  34. Black-Necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
  35. Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
  36. Silver Pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)
  37. Hawk's Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur tymerlachsoni)
  38. Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
  39. Sulawesi Bear Cuscus (Ailurops ursinus)
  40. Giant Coua (Coua gigas)
  41. Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis)
  42. Yucatan Brown Brocket (Odocoileus pandora)
  43. Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
  44. Flemmish Giant Rabbit (Oryctolagus domesticus var. "Flemmish")
  45. White-Nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
  46. Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)
  47. Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
  48. Tiger Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)
  49. Northern Red Muntjac (Muntiacus vaginalis)
  50. Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi)
I'll be replacing my #2 with the Chaco chachalaca (Ortalis canicollis), and my #33 with the white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
 
Looks like we got numbers 13, 20, 29 (sorta), 36, 43, and 58 supplied! Pretty good turn of events even after factoring in the fact that Bornean elephants have literally no votes.

I'll be replacing my #2 with the Chaco chachalaca (Ortalis canicollis), and my #33 with the white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
I don't do replacements here, but I will make a 2026 list around the anniversary assuming support continues.
 
1. Coyote
2. Side-striped Jackal
3. Red Wolf
4. Himalayan Wolf
5. Bush Dog
6. Raccoon Dog or Tanuki
7. Coati (Any species)
8. Kinkajou
9. Ringtail
10. African Civet
11. Large Indian Civet
12. Common Genet
13. Egyptian Mongoose
14. Small Indian Mongoose
15. Dwarf Mongoose
16. Black-footed Ferret
17. European Mink
18. American Mink
19. Stoat aka Eurasian Ermine
20. Least Weasel
21. European Polecat
22. European Pine Marten
23. American Marten
24. Sable
25. Tayra
26 Sea Otter
27. North American River Otter
28. Fur Seal (Any species)
29. Hawaiin Monk Seal
30. Leopard Seal
31. Sulawesi Bear Cuscus
32. Sulawesi Dwarf Cuscus
33. Spotted Cuscus
34. Brush tailed Possum
35. Virginia Opossum
I'd like to replace the Coyote with Golden Jackal, the Bush Dog with African Golden Wolf, and the Tanuki with Black-backed Jackal since we got Coyote, Bush Dog, and Tanuki in the game now.
 
  1. Sumatran Rhinoceros
  2. European Pine Marten
  3. Numbat
  4. Coconut Crab
  5. Lowland Anoa
  6. Red-legged Seriema
  7. Kakapo
  8. Perentie
  9. Lowland Tapir
  10. Marine Iguana
  11. Masai Giraffe
  12. African Dwarf Crocodile
  13. Elegant Crested Tinamou
  14. Eastern Quoll
  15. Giant Pangolin
  16. Hawksbill Sea Turtle
  17. Brown Pelican
  18. Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo
  19. Wild Turkey
  20. Domestic Ferret
  21. Southern Tamandua
  22. Gerenuk
  23. South American Coati
  24. Golden Rumped Sengi
  25. Common Squirrel Monkey
 
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