Animals that YOU would have put in the Redwall series

[Jetthebinturong]

There was a topic like this a while back, I think it more practical to make a new one rather than revive the old one.

Any particular ideas on characters those animals could be?

Here's my list, I'll post characters later if this gets interest

Short-nosed echidnas
Platypuses
Water opposums (could be some new wave vermin)
Marsupial mice
Ningauis (Could be some helpful desert hermits)
Dibblers
Antechinuses
Quolls
Tasmanian devils
Koalas (Rare)
Wombats (Can't you just imagine one popping it's head out of the ground and saying to the startled passerby "G'day mate!"
possums
cuscuses
ringtails
pygmy gliders
rat-kangaroos
potoroos
bettongs
hare wallabys
swamp wallabys (very rare indeed)
Moonrats
Solenodons
Tenrecs
desmans
elephant-shrews
tree shrews
angwantibo
lorises
galagos (more commonly known as bush babies)
lemurs
one aye-aye (probably a very evil and deranged vermin king)
indris
tarsiers
tamarins
squirrel monkeys
sloths
anteaters and tamanduas
armadillos and pangolins (probably heavy duty fighters)
pichi
pikas
some rabbits who weren't cowards
woodchucks
other marmots
meesa a prairie doooooooog!
gophers
vesper rats
more hamsters
gerbils
lemmings
porcupines
agoutis
hutias
coypu
swift foxes (probably spies)
fennec foxes
arctic foxes
grey foxes
raccoon dogs
maned wolves
jackals
coyotes
ethiopian wolves
red wolves
dingos (main bad guys in desertish areas maybe?)
Dholes
red pandas
raccons
olingos and kinkajous (probably good creatures)
other types of marten (beech, yellow-throat etc.)
grisons
zorillas (yes I did say zorillas, look them up and any others in the list that you've never heard of)
honey badgers
ferret-badgers
skunks
civets, genets, linsangs, binturongs, mongeese meerkats and fossa
aardwolves
some small species of hyenas
jungle cats
sand cats
lynxes
bobcats
caracals
flat-headed cats
andean cats
margays
jaguarundis
tapirs
pig type things (like boars and warthogs and red river hogs)

And now for some mounts (there are none in redwall apart from cluny's horse)

onagers
chevrotains
musk deer
muntjac
chitals
pudus
bongos
anoas
duikers
lechwe
kob
pukus
oribi
steenbok
dik-dik
saigas
tahrs
ibexes (Could be used as battering rams)

Reptiles and amphibians

some turtles and tortoises (could be like wise old sages)
sunbeam snakes
carpet pythons
asps (snake assassins ftw!)
boomslangs
racers (they're a type of snake)
mambas (more snake assassins)
kraits
cobras
rainbow lizards
flying lizards
thorny devils
water dragons
chameleons (expert spies)
anolis
basilisks (they're lizards that can walk on water)
day geckos
armadillo lizards
flat lizards
wall lizards
skinks
gila monsters
monitor lizards
caimans
a gharial
salamanders
fire-bellied toads
clawed toads
burrowing frogs
horned frogs
paradoxical frogs
treefrogs
glass frogs (expert spies)
poison dart frogs (expert assassins, if you touch them you die)
leopard frogs
mantellas
flying frogs
rain frogs
rubber frogs

birds

penguins (ftw!)
albatrosses (can't you imagine an albatross as an awesome pirate captain? I can)
gannets
darters
hamerkops
shoebills
ibises
spoonbills
mandarins (the bird)
goosanders
lammergeiers
egyptian vultures
bald eagles
buzzards
golden eagles
secretary birds
falcons
turkeys
capercaillies
trapogans
peafowl
cranes
swamphens
kagus
sunbitterns
curlews
skuas
terns
puffins
fruit pigeons
victoria pigeons
parrots
cockatoos
conures
macaws
turacos
hoatzin
roadrunnershummingbirds
hillstars
quetzals and trogons
kingfishers
motmots
bee-eaters
todys
rollers
hoopoes
jacamars
barbets
toucans and toucanets
cotingas
cocks-of-the-rock (real birds, check them out)
pihas
manakins
flycatchers
bulbuls
waxwings
sunbirds
spiderhunters
honeyeaters and friarbirds
cardinals
buntings
dickcissels
tanagers
honeycreepers
orioles
whydahs
drongos
birds of paradise

fish

more sharks
makos
smooth-hounds
rays
sawfish
coelacanth
sturgeon
paddlefish
gars
knifefish
moray eels
halosaurs
hatchet herring
piranhas
spookfish
dragonfish
slackjaws
lancetfish
ventfish
black devils
anglers
needlefish
flyingfish
pupfish
opahs
oarfish
fangtooth
trumpetfish
poachers
black swallowers
jawfish
men-of-war
dolphinfish
parrotfish
swordfish and marlins
and finally sunfish

[Norham Waterpaw]

Hyenas could make for an awesome/creepy villain. 

[Gonff the Mousethief]

those would all be awesome

[Tam and Martin]

WOAH!  That is a long list!

[JangoCoolguy]

^ Maybe a little TOO long... 

Some of those are too obscure and specific to really work. Ya see, this is why Jacques focused on animals native to the UK.

I'd keep it simple myself.

And TC, we ALREADY had a tortoise (Rakkety Tam) and Kangaroo rats (Loamhedge)

[Vilu Daskar]

I'd put some big cats like Lions and Tigers.

[Tam and Martin]

I'd put some big cats like Lions and Tigers.

What about Bears.....

[Cornflower MM]

Bears
Wolves
Raccoons
White-tailed Deer
More cats in general....
Chipmunks

But I recently did a project on Brian and his life, and you know what? He mainly focused on animals native to the UK, as someone already said.

[Jetthebinturong]

I'm pretty sure that it's common knowledge that Brian focused on the UK but did you notice that when the characters travel to distant lands they meet different creatures? Monitor lizards are not native to the UK, nor are they native to Mossflower. They are, however, native to Sampetra which is probably based on the places where Monitors live in real life (can't be bothered to look it up). There were also times when the foreigners came to the Redwallers, Plugg Firetail was a grey fox, they are NOT native to the British Isles. Then there's Gulo, Askor and the arctic foxes, none of those are native to Britain either.

My point is those animals in my list could have migrated from distant lands or live in lands the Redwallers travel to

@JangoCoolguy: Meh, I'm kind of an animal nerd and really don't care if they're obscure. Also what does TC mean? Those things in Loamhedge were Jerboa, not Kangaroo rats

[JangoCoolguy]

@JangoCoolguy: Meh, I'm kind of an animal nerd and really don't care if they're obscure. Also what does TC mean?

"TC" means "topic creator".

Those things in Loamhedge were Jerboa, not Kangaroo rats

*looks it up*

Eh, sounds close enough to me!

[Dannflower Reguba]

To be honest, I would've liked to see skunks more than anything else. Chipmunks would've fit well in my opinion.

[MeadowR]

I can't help wondering, would Redwall still be Redwall if it kept introducing yet more animals that have come from any old country? I quite respect that Brian kept some limit.

I think as long as the animal doesn't get too large, like larger than a wolf, then any could fit in to the world. That's a big list there... so I'll just nod and say a lot of them would be good.

[HeadInAnotherGalaxy]

'ere'z an intereztin' Animal: A Marsupial Mole!

[Norham Waterpaw]

That's the fuzziest... Most adorable... Yeah it's kind of cute.

[Gonff the Mousethief]

what about the rare Horse-bird?