Little Wishes of Animals

As always, these are just some Animals who would be great but not as a MUST for the Game
even though i would love them to see :)

Africa Woolly-necked Stork
(African wool-necked stork)**
Ciconia microscelis
(syn.: Ciconia episcopus microscelis)**
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Occurrence: tropical Africa (from Senegambia east to Eritrea, south to N-Botswana and O-Rep. South Africa)
Total length: 86 - 95 cm
Endangerment Status: LC (Least Concern)
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Euro mountain kangaroo
(deer kangaroo)
(Southern mountain kangaroo)**
Osphranter robustus erubescens
(Syn.: Macropus robustus erubescens)
(Syn.: M. robustus cervinus)**
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Occurrence: southwestern Australia (Murchison District)
Habitat: grassland, dry forest
Head torso length: 80 - 140 cm
Tail length: 70 - 90 cm
Weight: 15 - 47 kg
Food: grasses
Endangerment Status: LC (Least Concern)
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Emin giant hamster rat
(hamster rat)**
Cricetomys emini
(syn.: Cricetomys gambianus emini)**
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Occurrence: western and central Africa (from Sierra Leone eastward to Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, southward to Gabon Rep.Congo, D.R.Congo and Angola; Bioko Island)
Habitat: Primary and secondary forests
Head torso length: 30 - 35.5 cm
Tail Length: 32 - 42.9 cm
Weight: 0.5-1.3kg
Food: mainly roots, fruits, seeds and other parts of plants
Endangerment Status: LC (Least Concern)
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Dune Gazelle*
Gazella leptoceros
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Occurrence: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia Habitat: deserts
Head-torso length: 100 - 110 cm
Tail length: 15 - 20 cm
Weight: 14-20kg
Food: Grasses, herbs, leaves, young shoots, flowers
Endangerment Status: EN (Endangered)
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field hamster
Cricetus cricetus
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Occurrence: Western (from Belgium), Central and Eastern Europe to Kazakhstan, Russian Altai region and NW China
Habitat: fields, steppes, grasslands
Head torso length: 16.5 - 32 cm
Tail length: 2.7 - 6.8 cm
Weight: 146 - 860g
Food: fruits, seeds, green parts of plants, invertebrates, occasionally small vertebrates (frogs, lizards, mice)
Endangerment Status: CR (Critically Endangered)

Note: Unfortunately, the little rascals were so decimated within Germany that you can hardly find them anymore. Since they often nested in the fields, as the name suggests, they were often caught by the various implements of the farmers. Or even hunted because they caused damage on the Fields. Attempts have been made to settle them elsewhere, but they always come back. As far as I understand. :/
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Arabian Horned Viper
(Arabian Desert Horned Viper)*
Cerastes gasperetti
(syn.: Cerastes cerastes gasperetti)*
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Occurrence: Negev desert and in Arabia, western Iran
Habitat: sandy, rocky and clay deserts
Total length: 50 - 80 cm
Food: lizards, birds, small rodents
Endangerment Status: LC (Least Concern)
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Mountain Coati**
Nasuella olivacea**
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Occurrence: northwestern South America Habitat: Mountain forests at 2000 to 3200 m above sea level
Head torso length: 36 - 39 cm
Tail length: 20 - 24 cm
Weight: 1-1.5kg
Food: Insects, arachnids, small vertebrates, possibly fruits
Endangerment Status: NT (Least Concern)
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Flat Head Cat** (don't ask, in German is she known under Flachkopfkatze)
Prionailurus planiceps
(syn.: Ictailurus planiceps)**
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Occurrence: Southeast Asia (Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo)
Habitat: tropical rainforest, swamps, near water bodies
Head torso length: 44.5 - 52 cm
Tail length: 12.5 - 17 cm
Weight: 1.5-2.5kg
Food: Fish, frogs, crustaceans (crabs), small mammals, birds, possibly also fruits
Endangerment Status: EN (Endangered)
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Chinese three-keeled turtle
(Chinese Bighead Turtle)
Mauremys reevesii
(syn.: Chinemys reevesii)
(syn.: Mauremys megalocephala)
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Occurrence: Eastern Asia
Endangerment Status: EN (Endangered)
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Three-striped salamander**
Eurycea guttolineata
(syn.: Eurycea longicauda guttolineata)**
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Occurrence: North America (SE-USA)
Total length: approx. 16 cm
Endangerment Status: LC (Least Concern)
 
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