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| Animal Tier list - Large Land Animals | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 8 2018, 07:56 AM (500 Views) | |
| Wild Spirit | Mar 8 2018, 07:56 AM Post #1 |
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Hi guys, Just wanted to check if there would be any interest in creating a tier list for animals in terms of fighting ability. The point of the list is to have fun discussions and it would also give an idea of the general opinion of the community on here regarding where they see certain animals on the totem pole. I had a few categories in mind in terms of how to separate the animals as it wouldn’t make sense to have a butterfly in the same tier list as an Orca. So here they are: 1. Large land animals : 40-45kg+++ 2. Small land animals: << 40-45kg 3. Marine animals 4. Bugs and Critters 5. Dinosaurs 6. Prehistoric Mammals/Cenozoic Animals I was thinking that we can start with large land animals as that would probably be the easiest to make. We as a community can discuss it among ourselves and then reach some sort of consensus. Any ideas and suggestions are welcome. Edit:- Ok this is the tier list we have so far for large land animals. Please vote below if you want a certain animal to be added to the list or if want to move some animal up or down the list: S+ African Elephant Asian Elephant S White Rhino Indian Rhino Hippo S- Gaur Polar Bear Kodiak Bear American Bison Cape Buffalo Northern Elephant Seal Southern Elephant Seal Walrus Saltwater Crocodile A+ Tiger Lion Nile Crocodile A Jaguar Eastern Gorilla Zebra A- Leopard Cougar Spotted Hyena B+ Grey Wolf B Cheetah B- Thomson's Gazelle Impala Edited by Wild Spirit, Mar 11 2018, 07:36 AM.
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| ScottishWildcat | Mar 8 2018, 08:26 AM Post #2 |
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I like this idea a lot, but I have a question: are animals ranked in terms of absolute or relative fighting ability? As an example before I joined the forum one of my favourite pastimes was to go through a particular animal's fights and work out a percentage of their wins (and I could post that list as well if anyone was interested). The jaguar so far has the highest percentage (around 80), so in this tier list would it automatically go beneath everything that would beat in a fight (bears, rhinos, larger cats), or would it be around S tier given its relative ability to fight for its size? |
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| Wild Spirit | Mar 8 2018, 08:35 AM Post #3 |
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Absolute fighting ability. So yes, a jaguar would rank below larger animals like Rhinos or Bears. I think for a start, it will be easier to create a list if we do it in absolute terms. |
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| K9 Bite | Mar 8 2018, 12:10 PM Post #4 |
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I take it large canids lile Wolves amd LGDs take a solid spot on B or C tier? |
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| Wild Spirit | Mar 8 2018, 06:13 PM Post #5 |
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Most probably. I have the following rough Skeleton in my mind: S+ Elephant S White Rhino S- Polar Bear A+ Tiger A Gorilla Zebra A- Leopard Spotted Hyena B+ Grey wolf Komodo Dragons B Cheetah B- Impala Might need to reform the above as I’m still not sure about the B- to A- Range. Could go a bit more granular overall, top to bottom. Edited by Wild Spirit, Mar 8 2018, 06:16 PM.
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| K9 Bite | Mar 9 2018, 01:19 AM Post #6 |
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How is a Zebra a higher rank than a Spotted Hyena? Just asking your thoughts on that placement haha. I might add most birds of prey can sit comfortably in either -A or B+ teir. |
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| CanineCanis | Mar 9 2018, 06:05 AM Post #7 |
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I’d put wolf in A- as well I came i with my own little tier list for land predators (no S tier btw only A+ and under) A+ Polar Bear Kodiak Bear A Tiger Lion Grizzly A- Jaguar B+ Cougar Leopard Gray wolf Hyena B Komodo Dragon Snow leopard B- Cheetah C+ AWD Eastern Coyote Clouded Leopard Eurasian Lynx Wolverine C European Badger Caracal Dingo Serval Bobcat Ocelot Jackal Honey Badger Fossa C- Red Fox Fisher Tasmanian Devil |
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| K9 Bite | Mar 9 2018, 06:22 AM Post #8 |
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I agree to that list^ |
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| ScottishWildcat | Mar 11 2018, 06:35 AM Post #9 |
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One on one I think a big stallion zebra would beat a big female hyena, but I suppose that personal opinion. On the tier list for larger animals like this I don't think birds of prey have a very high chance, but on the tier list of smaller animals they'd have a strong argument for S tier. (I take it we're all big fans of Tierzoo?) Here's a rough list I made up the other day looking at this topic, I'm including the highest and lowest in every tier plus a few favourites. I split them on the basis of how well the animal at the bottom of the tier would fair against the animal at the top, if it even had a slight chance then they're included but if not they were moved down a tier, so keep in mind in any tier there's huge overlap. Probably some controversial opinions ahead haha S+ African Bush Elephant Asiatic Elephant S African Forest Elephant White Rhinoceros Hippopotamus S- Black Rhinoceros Cape Buffalo Walrus A+ Nile Crocodile Brown Bear Lion A Muskox Eastern Gorilla Jaguar A- Malayan Tapir Sloth Bear Western Gorilla B+ Komodo Dragon Wild Boar Leopard Reticulated Python B Giant Panda Warthog Spotted Hyena B- Snow Leopard Wildebeest Southern Cassowary C+ Grey Wolf (incoming comments in 3, 2...) Bornean Orangutan Chimpanzee C Cheetah Red Kangaroo Ostrich C- Fallow Deer Thomson's Gazelle |
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| K9 Bite | Mar 11 2018, 06:37 AM Post #10 |
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TeirZoo has definte influence here, yes lol. |
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| Wild Spirit | Mar 11 2018, 07:25 AM Post #11 |
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I agree with Scottish cat above. In one on one head on clash, I think a large prime Zebra would be too big for a female hyena generally speaking. Tell you what, I've edited the op and put a general tier list up vaguely based on what replies we already have. And we can start a sort of voting to decide which animal goes where. We can start with the Grey wolf as there seems to be a disagreement on where it should be placed. So here it is Grey wolf for A-: k9 Bite CanineCanis Grey wolf for B+: Wild spirit(I might change my mind later but for now I'm going with this) ScottishWildCat I know SWC has the grey wolf much lower on his list but his list structure is different to what I have at the moment which is S,A and B class. I might change it as we add more animals or as more people suggest we need another class. |
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| CanineCanis | Mar 11 2018, 01:03 PM Post #12 |
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I think you’re underrating the wolf by way to much, two levels below hyena and below snow leopard? Personally I favor a wolf at parity over both Also you think a gray wolf couldn’t kill a wildebeest? I just don’t understand why you have the wolf so low |
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| ScottishWildcat | Mar 11 2018, 01:30 PM Post #13 |
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Tbh the wolf has a strong argument for B- tier, although I definitely don't favour it over either the hyena or the leopard. And yeah as far as face to face goes, I would solidly back the wildebeest. A wolf could certainly bring one down, and I'm not saying it would have absolutely no chance (probably around 60/40), but a predator/prey fight does not necessarily mean a hunting scenario |
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