Let's play: Animal group bingo

[yoav_r]

Here's the template to fill your own animal group bingo, see example in comments:

	Aquatic	Desert	Grassland	Taiga	Temperate	Tropical	Tundra
Africa
Eurasia
Oceania
North America
South America

The point is to pick an animal group, fill in as many squares as possible with both ingame animals snd csndidates, and then we can cross squares off when we get more species

 

[yoav_r]

Felines:

	Desert	Grassland	Taiga	Temperate	Tropical
Africa	Cheetah	West African Lion Caracal Cheetah	-	-
Eurasia	Sand cat Pallas's cat	Bengal tiger Caracal	Snow leopard Siberian tiger	Eurasian Lynx	Clouded leopard
North America			Cougar Canadian lynx	Cougar	Jaguar
South America	-	Pampas cat	Cougar	-	Jaguar

 

[AlexSea]

For the sake of readability, I tried not to repeat any species.
Ungulates:

	Desert	Grassland	Taiga	Temperate	Tropical	Tundra
Africa	Scimitar-Horned Oryx Gemsbok Dromedary Camel	African Buffalo Blue Wildebeest Black Wildebeest Plains Zebra Common Warthog Reticulated Giraffe Hippopotamus Sable Antelope Southern White Rhinoceros Springbok Thomson's Gazelle Klipspringer Gerenuk Giant Eland	N/A		Bongo Okapi Pygmy Hippo Red River Hog	N/A
Europe		Saiga Antelope	Alpine Ibex	Red Deer European Fallow Deer	N/A	Reindeer
Asia	Bactrian Camel	Przewalski's Horse	Takin	Moose	Wild Water Buffalo Malayan Tapir
North America	Collared Peccary	Pronghorn Antelope American Bison	Dall Sheep Mountain Goat	North American Elk		Musk Ox
South America			Llama	Southern Pudu	Baird's Tapir

 

[Chuditch]

I thought rodents would be fun to do for this, as there's still a ton of options left spanning every habitable continent. All of these species are meerkat sized or larger and therefore could work as habitat animals.

	Aquatic	Desert	Grassland	Taiga	Temperate	Tropical
Africa		Cape Ground Squirrel African Crested Porcupine South African Springhare	Cape Ground Squirrel African Crested Porcupine South African Springhare Gambian Pouched Rat Malagasy Giant Rat		African Crested Porcupine	Gambian Pouched Rat Malagasy Giant Rat
Eurasia		Indian Crested Porcupine	Alpine Marmot Indian Crested Porcupine Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat	Alpine Marmot	Indian Crested Porcupine	Prevost's Squirrel Black Giant Squirrel Indian Crested Porcupine Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat
Oceania	Rakali		Black-footed Tree Rat Rakali		Rakali	Black-footed Tree Rat Rakali
North America	North American Beaver	Black-tailed Prairie Dog	North American Beaver Black-tailed Prairie Dog Groundhog North American Porcupine	North American Beaver Groundhog Vancouver Island Marmot North American Porcupine	North American Beaver Groundhog North American Porcupine	Cuban Hutia
South America	Capybara Lowland Paca Coypu	Patagonian Mara Plains Viscacha Long-tailed Chinchilla	Capybara Patagonian Mara Domestic Guinea Pig Brazilian Porcupine Plains Viscacha Coypu	Domestic Guinea Pig	Domestic Guinea Pig Coypu	Capybara Brazilian Porcupine Red-rumped Agouti Lowland Paca Coypu

 

[yoav_r]

For the sake of readability, I tried not to repeat any species.
Ungulates:

	Desert	Grassland	Taiga	Temperate	Tropical	Tundra
Africa	Scimitar-Horned Oryx Gemsbok Dromedary Camel	African Buffalo Blue Wildebeest Black Wildebeest Plains Zebra Common Warthog Reticulated Giraffe Hippopotamus Sable Antelope Southern White Rhinoceros Springbok Thomson's Gazelle Klipspringer Gerenuk Giant Eland	N/A		Bongo Okapi Pygmy Hippo Red River Hog	N/A
Europe		Saiga Antelope	Alpine Ibex	Red Deer European Fallow Deer	N/A	Reindeer
Asia	Bactrian Camel	Przewalski's Horse	Takin	Moose	Wild Water Buffalo Malayan Tapir
North America	Collared Peccary	Pronghorn Antelope American Bison	Dall Sheep Mountain Goat	North American Elk		Musk Ox
South America			Llama	Southern Pudu	Baird's Tapir

I'd split it to: odd-toed ungulate, suids, camelids, bovines and antelopes (with or without caprines) and deer.

As is it's very generalizing and not very readable.

At least deers as a group are big and diverse enough to warrant their own bingo.

 

[YesIndeed]

Just wondering how do you put a cross through a word to like cross it off. I've never worked out how to do that.

 

[ElectricMonk]

I 'm lazy (and busy), so I'm gonna go with....

Spoiler: Monotremes :)

	Aquatic	Desert	Grassland	Taiga	Temperate	Tropical
Africa
Eurasia
Oceania	Platypus	Short-beaked echidna	Platypus Short-beaked echidna	Platypus\ Short-beaked echidna	Platypus Short-beaked echidna Western long-beaked echidna	Platypus Short-beaked echidna Western long-beaked echidna
North America
South America

 

[YesIndeed]

I 'm lazy (and busy), so I'm gonna go with....

Spoiler: Monotremes :)

	Aquatic	Desert	Grassland	Taiga	Temperate	Tropical
Africa
Eurasia
Oceania	Platypus	Short-beaked echidna	Platypus Short-beaked echidna	Platypus\ Short-beaked echidna	Platypus Short-beaked echidna Western long-beaked echidna	Platypus Short-beaked echidna Western long-beaked echidna
North America
South America

You forgot the sir David's long beaked echidna. I 100% would not want a 3rd monotremes but if we got one, that species much more unique then the western long beaked.

 

[ElectricMonk]

You forgot the sir David's long beaked echidna. I 100% would not want a 3rd monotremes but if we got one, that species much more unique then the western long beaked.

AFIK it’s never been kept in a zoo - it’s only known from a few specimens and may be extinct. I don’t think it or the eastern long-nosed echidna are viable candidates for the game.

 

[Chuditch]

I don’t think it or the eastern long-nosed echidna are viable candidates for the game.

The long-beaked echidna at Taronga Zoo is actually the eastern species, so it's as viable as the western longbeak is. Sir David's would be a nonsensical pick.

 

[ElectricMonk]

The long-beaked echidna at Taronga Zoo is actually the eastern species, so it's as viable as the western longbeak is. Sir David's would be a nonsensical pick.

Interesting… I did a quick check and Toronga came up as having a western long-beaked… I’m sure you’re right though - the source wasn’t great.

 

[Chuditch]

Interesting… I did a quick check and Toronga came up as having a western long-beaked… I’m sure you’re right though - the source wasn’t great.

Here's two sources listing them as eastern longbeaks, including Taronga itself:

Vale Sheila the Long-beaked Echidna

Taronga’s Australian Fauna keepers were very saddened by the passing of Sheila, our female Eastern Long-beaked Echidna, last week.

taronga.org.au

ANI047-00027 - Joel Sartore

An eastern long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bartoni) named J.R. at the Taronga Zoo Sydney in Australia. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN. This is one of only two in captivity, and he's 48 years old.

www.joelsartore.com

The western species was more widely (and recently) kept in Europe, but there's none in zoos there at the moment of course.

 

[KönigDerKaffeebohnen]

I thought rodents would be fun to do for this, as there's still a ton of options left spanning every habitable continent. All of these species are meerkat sized or larger and therefore could work as habitat animals.

	Aquatic	Desert	Grassland	Taiga	Temperate	Tropical
Africa		Cape Ground Squirrel African Crested Porcupine South African Springhare	Cape Ground Squirrel African Crested Porcupine South African Springhare Gambian Pouched Rat Malagasy Giant Rat		African Crested Porcupine	Gambian Pouched Rat Malagasy Giant Rat
Eurasia		Indian Crested Porcupine	Alpine Marmot Indian Crested Porcupine Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat	Alpine Marmot	Indian Crested Porcupine	Prevost's Squirrel Black Giant Squirrel Indian Crested Porcupine Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat
Oceania	Rakali		Black-footed Tree Rat Rakali		Rakali	Black-footed Tree Rat Rakali
North America	North American Beaver	Black-tailed Prairie Dog	North American Beaver Black-tailed Prairie Dog Groundhog North American Porcupine	North American Beaver Groundhog Vancouver Island Marmot North American Porcupine	North American Beaver Groundhog North American Porcupine	Cuban Hutia
South America	Capybara Lowland Paca Coypu	Patagonian Mara Plains Viscacha Long-tailed Chinchilla	Capybara Patagonian Mara Domestic Guinea Pig Brazilian Porcupine Plains Viscacha Coypu	Domestic Guinea Pig	Domestic Guinea Pig Coypu	Capybara Brazilian Porcupine Red-rumped Agouti Lowland Paca Coypu

Eurasia but no red squirrel for temperate? Sus

 

[Chuditch]

Eurasia but no red squirrel for temperate? Sus

Red squirrels are just smaller than a meerkat (head-and-body length of 19-23 centimetres vs 24-35 centimetres) so I was wary about including them. However, they are close enough in size that I could see it happening.

 

[Captain Callum]

	Aquatic	desert	grassland	taiga	temperate	tropical	tundra
Africa
Eurasia	moose Chinese Water Deer		Red Deer Fallow Deer Barasingha Thorolds Deer Chinese Water Deer Chital Indian Hog Deer Roe deer	moose Reindeer Thorolds Deer	Red Deer Fallow Deer Moose Barasingha Sika Deer Thorolds Deer Muntjac Tufted Deer Chital Indian Hog Deer Pere David's deer Roe deer	sambar deer Eld's Deer Sika Deer	Moose Reindeer
Oceania						Sambar Deer
North America	moose	white Tailed deer	White tailed deer Black tailed deer	Moose  Reindeer  Elk White tailed deer Black tailed deer	moose Elk White tailed deer Black tailed deer	White tailed deer Brocket Deer	Moose Reindeer
South America	marsh deer		Pampas deer South Andean Deer	White tailed deer South Andean Deer Pudu	marsh deer Brocket Deer Pudu	White tailed deer Marsh deer Brocket Deer Pudu

For Cervidae (Deer)

Someone tell me if I'm wrong or missing animals , this took way longer than I thought

 

[criswaller]

I worked on Canidae.

	Aquatic	Desert	Grassland	Taiga	Temperate	Tropical	Tundra
Africa		African wild dog Red fox Fennec African wolf (formerly African golden jackal) Black-backed jackal Blanford's fox Pale fox Ruppell's fox	African wild dog Red fox African wolf (formerly African golden jackal) Ethiopian wolf Black-backed jackal Bat-eared fox Cape fox Pale fox
Eurasia		Red fox Corsac fox	Red fox Dhole Golden jackal Raccoon dog Bengal fox Corsac fox	Red fox Arctic fox Raccoon dog Corsac fox Tibetan fox	Red fox Dhole Golden jackal Raccoon dog		Red fox Arctic fox
Oceania		Dingo	Dingo
North America		Red fox Gray wolf Coyote Kit fox Gray fox	Red fox Gray wolf Coyote Kit fox Swift fox Gray fox Island fox	Red fox Arctic fox Gray wolf Coyote	Red fox Gray wolf Coyote Gray fox Island fox		Red fox Arctic fox Gray wolf
South America		Sechuran fox	Maned wolf Crab-eating fox Culpeo Hoary fox Pampas fox South American gray fox Bush dog		Maned wolf Crab-eating fox Culpeo Darwin's fox Pampas fox South American gray fox	Short-eared dog Bush dog

 

[Cynogale bennettii II]

I've done a thing - Old World monkeys. Obviously it's not completely representative (there are many kinds of guenons, langurs and macaques I haven't included, for example), but there are still lots of options to choose from.

	Aquatic	Desert	Grassland	Taiga	Temperate	Tropical
Africa	1. Allen's swamp monkey 2. De Brazza's guenon 3. Northern talapoin	1. Chacma baboon 2. Hamadryas baboon	1. Chacma baboon 2. Gelada 3. Grivet monkey 4. Guinea baboon 5. Hamadryas baboon 6. Olive baboon 7. Patas monkey 8. Vervet monkey	N/A	1. Barbary macaque	1. Mandrill 2. Allen's swamp monkey 3. Cherry-crowned mangabey 4. De Brazza's guenon 5. Diana guenon 6. Drill 7. Golden-bellied mangabey 8. Guereza 9. L'Hoest's guenon 10. Northern talapoin 11. White-naped mangabey 12. Wolf's guenon
Eurasia	1. Proboscis monkey 2. Crab-eating macaque	1. Hamadryas baboon	1. Crab-eating macaque 2. Hamadryas baboon 3. Hanuman langur 4. Rhesus macaque	1. Japanese macaque 2. Golden snub-nosed monkey	1. Barbary macaque 2. Golden snub-nosed monkey 3. Stump-tailed macaque	1. Proboscis monkey 2. Crab-eating macaque 3. Francois langur 4. Javan langur 5. Lion-tailed macaque 6. Red-shanked douc 7. Rhesus macaque 8. Stump-tailed macaque 9. Sulawesi crested macaque 10. Sunda pig-tailed macaque

 

[Chuditch]

Time for my beloved marsupials to get a review. Obviously the roster here is naturally biased towards Oceania given marsupials from other parts of the world are both less diverse overall and are rarer in zoos (both within their native range and internationally).

	Aquatic	Desert	Grassland	Temperate	Tropical
Eurasia					Sulawesi Bear Cuscus
Oceania		Red Kangaroo Numbat Greater Bilby Common Brushtail Possum Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat Brush-tailed Bettong Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby	Common Wombat Red Kangaroo Red-necked Wallaby Numbat Tasmanian Devil Eastern Quoll Greater Bilby Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat Common Brushtail Possum Brush-tailed Bettong Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby Quokka Eastern Grey Kangaroo Swamp Wallaby Agile Wallaby	Koala Common Wombat Red-necked Wallaby Numbat Tasmanian Devil Eastern Quoll Spotted-tailed Quoll Common Brushtail Possum Sugar Glider [WE] Long-nosed Potoroo Quokka Eastern Grey Kangaroo Swamp Wallaby	Koala Spotted-tailed Quoll Common Brushtail Possum Ground Cuscus Sugar Glider [WE] Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo Matschie's Tree Kangaroo White-striped Dorcopsis Dusky Pademelon Swamp Wallaby
North America	Yapok		Virginia Opossum Grey Four-eyed Opossum	Virginia Opossum	Virginia Opossum Yapok Grey Four-eyed Opossum
South America	Yapok		Grey Four-eyed Opossum		Yapok Grey Four-eyed Opossum

Out of interest, I also created these alternative versions splitting marsupials into two cateogories - macropod and non-macropod. Macropods are the most common and widespread marsupials in zoos and therefore have the most to offer in regards to species diversity (even if we already have the two most essential zoo species), so it makes sense to categorise them separately so the Oceania list doesn't look as overstuffed.

Spoiler: Alternative versions

Macropods:

	Desert	Grassland	Temperate	Tropical
Oceania	Red Kangaroo Brush-tailed Bettong Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby	Red Kangaroo Red-necked Wallaby Brush-tailed Bettong Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby Quokka Eastern Grey Kangaroo Swamp Wallaby Agile Wallaby	Red-necked Wallaby Long-nosed Potoroo Quokka Eastern Grey Kangaroo Swamp Wallaby	Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo Matschie's Tree Kangaroo White-striped Dorcopsis Dusky Pademelon Swamp Wallaby

Non-macropod marsupials:

	Aquatic	Desert	Grassland	Temperate	Tropical
Eurasia					Sulawesi Bear Cuscus
Oceania		Numbat Greater Bilby Common Brushtail Possum Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat	Common Wombat Numbat Tasmanian Devil Eastern Quoll Greater Bilby Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat Common Brushtail Possum	Koala Common Wombat Numbat Tasmanian Devil Eastern Quoll Spotted-tailed Quoll Common Brushtail Possum Sugar Glider [WE]	Koala Spotted-tailed Quoll Common Brushtail Possum Ground Cuscus Sugar Glider [WE]
North America	Yapok		Virginia Opossum Grey Four-eyed Opossum	Virginia Opossum	Virginia Opossum Yapok Grey Four-eyed Opossum
South America	Yapok		Grey Four-eyed Opossum		Yapok Grey Four-eyed Opossum

 

[Cynogale bennettii II]

Here's a group with far more in the way of geographic and biome spread than the Old World monkeys - the landfowl, or galliformes. Again, not completely representative, but with a lot of potential options:

	Desert	Grassland	Taiga	Temperate	Tropical	Tundra
Africa	N/A	1. Helmeted guineafowl 2. Kenya crested guineafowl 3. Vulturine guineafowl 4. Yellow-necked spurfowl	N/A	N/A	1. Congo peafowl 2. Kenya crested guineafowl	N/A
Eurasia	1. Chukar partridge	1. Indian peafowl 2. Chukar partridge 3. Common pheasant 4. Eurasian black grouse 5. Green peafowl 6. Helmeted guineafowl 7. Red junglefowl	1. Eurasian black grouse 2. Himalayan monal 3. Temminck's tragopan 4. Western capercaillie 5. White eared pheasant	1. Indian peafowl 2. Common pheasant 3. Eurasian black grouse 4. Golden pheasant 5. Himalayan monal 6. Lady Amherst's pheasant 7. Reeve's pheasant 8. Temminck's tragopan	1. Indian peafowl 2. Crested wood partridge 3. Edward's pheasant 4. Great argus 5. Green peafowl 6. Maleo 7. Palawan peacock-pheasant 8. Red junglefowl	1. Chukar partridge 2. Himalayan snowfowl 3. Rock ptarmigan 4. White eared pheasant
Oceania	N/A	1. Malleefowl	N/A	1. Australian brush-turkey	1. Australian brush-turkey	N/A
North America	1. Gambel's quail	1. Greater prairie chicken 2. Greater sage grouse 3. Northern bobwhite 4. Wild turkey	N/A	1. Northern bobwhite 2. Wild turkey	1. Great curassow 2. Horned guan 3. Ocellated turkey	1. Rock ptarmigan
South America	N/A	1. Chaco chachalaca	N/A	N/A	1. Blue-billed curassow 2. Blue-throated piping-guan 3. Chaco chachalaca 4. Great curassow 5. Northern helmeted curassow	N/A