Current List of Potential Animals to Mutate

One of the things that always bugged me about the Palladium game "TMNT and Other Strangeness" was the fact that most of the animals available were mammals, with a lesser number of birds and reptiles... I think there might have been a couple of amphibians in the mix, but certainly no fish, and the only insects or invertebrates in the game appeared much later in the "Mutants in Orbit" supplement as monstrous NPCs.

One of the things about the TMNT comic is that it had anything and everything among the characters in its pages.

So, with that in mind, I've been deliberately creating a list of character options that cover all those other non-mammalian critters, and have aimed to focus on drawing a lot of those mutants to explore potential options that many players might not consider as immediately fun.

Here's the current listing, which isn't comprehensive at all, but tries to cover a wide variety of different animal types. I'll probably narrow down the listing to two dozen common starting character types (the types of animals most likely to be studied in genetic research), and then if there's enough interest in the game I'll start writing up a few of the other animals in themed groupings.

Mammals

Eutheria (Placental)

Aardvark

Dugong

Rabbit

Mouse

Squirrel

Beaver

Gorilla

Chimpanzee

Orang-Utan

Lemur

Mole

Whale

Dolphin

Bat

Dog

Cat

Bear

Sloth

Horse

Seal

Cow

Deer

Camel

Pig

Rhinoceros

Armadillo

Fox

Metatheria (Marsupial)

Opossum

Thylacine

Numbat

Quoll

Tasmanian Devil

Bilby

Bandicoot

Koala

Wombat

Possum

Cuscus

Sugar Glider

Tree Kangaroo

Kangaroo

Wallaby

Quokka

Prototheria (Monotreme)

Echidna

Platypus

Birds

Palaeognathae

Ostrich

Emu

Cassowary

Kiwi-

Galloanserae

Chicken

Duck

Lyrebird

Peafowl

Neoaves

Hummingbird

Pigeon

Crane

Flamingo

Albatross

Penguin

Pelican

Vulture

Hawk

Owl

Kingfisher

Falcon

Parrot

Reptiles and Amphibians

Lizard

Snake

Sea Snake

Boa

Viper

Python

Cobra

Turtle

Crocodile

Frogs and Toads

Axolotls

Fish

              Sharks and Rays

             

Crustaceans and Arthropods

Crab

Lobster

Woodlouse

Prawn

Spider

Scorpion

Centipede/Millipede

Insects

Fly

Beetle

Ant

Grasshopper

Dragonfly

Wasp

Cockroach

Butterfly

Mantis

Moth

Cephalopods

Octopus

Squid

Cuttlefish

Nautilus

Other Invertebrates

Slug

Snail

Jellyfish

Tardigrade

Leech

Velvet Worm

Worm