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Zoologist

Zoologist

You studied every animal across all states in Story Mode.

How to unlock the Zoologist achievement in Red Dead Redemption 2 - Definitive Guide

Welcome one and all to Zoologist - one of the easiest but most time-consuming achievements in Red Dead Redemption 2. I'll get right to the point - if you're here for a straight-up video guide, I suggest using the video linked below, else, continue reading for a full list and tips.

The Video

This video is an invaluable asset when going for this achievement - the video guide has locations for every animal in the game. In nearly all cases you will find the animal in the exact same place as the video, or if not, in the general vicinity. You can also perform the reload trick to respawn all the wildlife in the area (Save Game > Exit Game > Reload).


How to Study

To study an animal, you need to hold cn_RB whilst looking at an animal you have not previously studied. There are two ways to do this:

- Aim your weapon at the animal at close range (whilst it isn't attacking).
- Study it from a distance with the binoculars.

Generally speaking, I would always opt for the second option if possible.

I would suggest finishing the story first and studying as many animals as you can naturally through playing. Nothing on this list is missable. You can also buy the Legend of the East Satchel, which will give you 99 storage on everything, including Predator Bait, Herbivore Bait and Cover Scent Lotion. You will either need to craft this during the story, or buy it from a Fence once the Epilogue is complete.

NOTE: the unique animals in chapter 5 (Guarma Island) are not needed, neither is the Carolina Parakeet or a certain special dog which I won't name because spoilers. This is the reason for there being missing numbers in the list.

I would suggest combining this achievement with the following as they go hand in hand:

Red Dead Redemption 2Skin DeepThe Skin Deep achievement in Red Dead Redemption 2 worth 239 pointsSkin every species of animal in Story Mode.


The Animals

A list of animals that are needed for this achievement (including their number in the compendium):

001. American Alligator
002. American Alligator (small)
003. Nine-Banded Armadillo
004. American Badger
005. Little Brown Bat
006. American Black Bear
007. Grizzly Bear
008. North American Beaver
009. Blue Jay
010. Wild Boar
011. Whitetail Buck
012. Whitetail Deer
013. American Bison
014. Angus Bull
015. Devon Bull
016. Hereford Bull
017. American Bullfrog
018. Northern Cardinal
019. American Domestic Cat
020. Cedar Waxwing
021. Dominique Chicken
022. Dominique Rooster
023. Java Chicken
024. Java Rooster
025. Leghorn Chicken
026. Leghorn Rooster
027. Greater Prairie Chicken
028. Western Chipmunk
029. California Condor
030. Cougar
031. Double-crested Cormorant
032. Neotropic Cormorant
033. Florida Cracker Cow
034. California Valley Coyote
035. Cuban Land Crab
036. Red Swamp Crayfish
037. Whooping Crane
038. Sandhill Crane
039. American Crow
040. American Foxhound
041. Australian Shepard
042. Bloodhound
043. Bluetick Coonhound
044. Border Collie
045. Catahoula Cur
046. Chesapeake Bay Retriever
047. Siberian Husky
048. Laborador Retriever
049. Poodle
050. Mutt
052. Standard Donkey
053. Mallard Duck
054. Pekin Duck
055. Bald Eagle
056. Golden Eagle
057. Reddish Egret
058. Little Egret
059. Snowy Egret
060. Rocky Mountain Bull Elk
061. Rocky Mountain Cow Elk
062. American Red Fox
063. American Gray Fox
064. Silver Fox
065. Banded Gila Monster
066. Alpine Goat
067. Canada Goose
068. Ferruginous Hawk
069. Red-tailed Hawk
070. Rough-legged Hawk
071. Great Blue Heron
072. Tricolored Heron
073. Desert Iguana
074. Green Iguana
075. Collared Peccary
076. Common Loon
077. Pacific Loon
078. Yellow-billed Loon
079. Western Bull Moose
080. Western Moose
081. Mule
082. American Muskrat
083. Baltimore Oriole
084. Hooded Oriole
085. Californian Horned Owl
086. Coastal Horned Owl
087. Great Horned Owl
088. Angus Ox
089. Devon Ox
090. Panther
091. Florida Panther
096. American White Pelican
097. Brown Pelican
098. Ring-necked Pheasant
099. Chinese ring-necked Pheasant
100. Berkshire Pig
101. Big China Pig
102. Old Spot Pig
103. Band-tailed Pigeon
104. Rock Pigeon
105. Virginia Possum
106. American Pronghorn Buck
107. American Pronghorn Doe
108. Sonoran Pronghorn Buck
109. Sonoran Pronghorn Doe
110. Baja California Pronghorn Buck
111. Baja California Pronghorn Doe
112. California Quail
113. Sierra Nevada Bighorn Ram
114. Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep
115. Desert Bighorn Ram
116. Desert Bighorn Sheep
117. Rocky Mountain Bighorn Ram
118. Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
119. Black-tailed Jackrabbit
120. North American Raccoon
121. Black Rat
122. Brown Rat
123. Western Raven
125. American Robin
126. Roseate Spoonbill
127. Herring Gull
128. Laughing Gull
129. Ring-billed Gull
130. Merino Sheep
131. Striped Skunk
135. Diamondback Rattlesnake
137. Black-tailed Rattlesnake
138. Timber Rattlesnake
139. Northern Copperhead Snake
140. Southern Copperhead Snake
141. Midland Water Snake
142. Cottonmouth Snake
143. Northern Water Snake
144. Scarlet Tanager Songbird
145. Western Tanager Songbird
146. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
147. American Tree Sparrow
148. Golden Crowned Sparrow
149. American Red Squirrel
150. Western Gray Squirrel
151. Black Squirrel
152. Western Toad
153. Sonoran Desert Toad
154. Eastern Wild Turkey
155. Rio Grande Wild Turkey
156. Alligator Snapping Turtle
157. Eastern Turkey Vulture
158. Western Turkey Vulture
159. Gray Wolf
160. Timber Wolf
161. Red-bellied Woodpecker
162. Pileated Woodpecker

Hints & Tips

EAGLE EYE
Click cn_LS and cn_RS together to activate Eagle Eye, allowing you to see animals and their tracks. You are taught how to use this as part of one the first missions in the game and you will need it. A lot.

COVER YOUR STINK
When hunting, ALWAYS use Cover Scent Lotion - it will allow you get closer to animals without them running away. Your character gets very stinky very quickly, so unless you fancy taking a bath every 10-15 minutes this is your best option.

PREDATORS
Panthers, Cougars and Wolves will attack on site, stopping you from studying them. There are 2 ways to solve this:

- Use Cover Scent Lotion and Predator Bait (for Panthers you need Potent Predator Bait) to lure them to a specific spot. This only works sporadically in my experience, and on most occasions they will still attack you, ignoring the bait.
- Use a poison arrow to wound the animal. This is your safest bet - you will need to craft a few poison arrows and then hit the animal with a body shot whilst it is attacking. Once you've hit it, it will run off and collapse, this is when you can study it.

SMALL BIRDS
Nearly all of the small birds can be found in the Raonoke Valley, lining the river. To find them, use your binoculars and scan the rocks at the side of the river. Up north of the river there is a waterfall where a lot of the rarer birds spawn (Robin, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Sparrow).

THE ELUSIVE HUSKY
There is a farm at Manzanita Post just south-west of Blackwater where the Husky is a guaranteed spawn. As far as I'm aware this is the single spawn of this dog in the whole game.

SUPER RARE MOOSE
The Western Bull Moose is probably the rarest spawn in the game. In the video they are hunting in the Grizzlies, but an alternate location is Owanjila Lake. Create a save whilst standing on the bridge and keep reloading from there. After a time you should see the Moose swimming across the lake.

SNAKES!
The easiest method of finding a snake is to ride around the area on your horse until a red dot appears on the map - this means that a snake has tried to attack you. Loop back quickly and you should be able to find it in the area where the dot appeared. You can use eagle eye to track it.

IF AT FIRST...
For everything on this list, you can use the 'reload' trick (Save Game > Exit Game > Reload), this will respawn all the wildlife in the area. This is also how you can get 3-star pelts easier, as you can reload the same animal until it is a 3-star. This is particularly useful for domestic animals. On most farms you can find chickens/roosters, pigs, cows and bulls. When you find one particular breed, you can save and reload and the breed has a chance to respawn as one of the others required.

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Alternate locations for Owls (thanks to LuckyConquerer2):

If you think anything needs adding, please let me know in the comments - and if you're having trouble getting a specific animal, please post in the comments and myself and others can try to point you in the right direction :)
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53 Comments
Best written guide I have ever seen.
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By AbsoIuteZero x on 21 Nov 2018 19:12
Do I keep reloading for moose or wait, or make new saves and reload at bridge everytime..also when i reload save Im kneeling next to water
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By on 22 Nov 2018 04:11
Look up the shin deep achievement the owls are near Lemoyne
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By on 22 Nov 2018 17:06
Already spent a long time looking around Lemoyne and 4 other places where they can spawn. Spawns are not guaranteed. Finally found one East of Lagras in the wetlands if anyone else has issues with this owl, try there at night.
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By crewdy#4923 on 24 Nov 2018 11:41
Still having problems with moss
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By on 24 Nov 2018 23:51
Pretty sure the Rio grande wild turkeys were hunted to extinction in my copy. Can’t find those little guys anywhere
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By InfiniteBoyd on 25 Nov 2018 12:53
Something I noticed for farm animals (chicken/rooster cow/bull etc.) is that if I found one and it wasn't the right breed or gender, just simply running away for about a minute or so in any direction was enough for them to be different as soon as I came back.

I had a leghorn rooster at a little farm in a small enclosure (with some chickens) in Rhodes, but I wanted a Domonique rooster. I ran away and came back and it had magically changed to a Dominique rooster. Same thing happened with the Hereford, Angus and Devon bulls. Ran away came back and they'd conveniently changed breed 3 times in a row!
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By Elliot Pierson on 25 Nov 2018 13:56
Great tip on the western moose! Spent hours searching and eventually tried your method. Worked after about 20 minutes.
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By British Legends on 25 Nov 2018 17:19
Both of the moose spawn to the west of Blackwater. If you look on the map go to the second L in Tall Trees. A hair to the south east from it between midnight and 7am they can spawn there.
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By Fooga on 26 Nov 2018 21:57
Danged Orioles!
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By Bastiaen on 29 Nov 2018 20:16
Also another busy spot for at least 10 bird species is the mini islands on the dokato River, specifically the one by the railway bridge that leads to the ocean. Found pigeons (both types), orioles blue Jay etc there
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By Elliot Pierson on 30 Nov 2018 02:22
@Fooga thanks that spot for the Moose worked for me. Had to reload 7 or 8 times to get the one I needed to show up. The spot is pretty much exactly where the lady slipper orchid is so if you don't know there area look up this map for the orchid go there and find it and you'll have a better idea of where to find a moose.
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By Calex dEUS on 20 Dec 2018 09:38
Thanks for the video. Owls were definitely the hardest for me to get as well, and I went through about 10+ locations and 4+ hours before I found them. Biggest problem i had was that I just couldn’t focus on them. Even if they were close to me it still wouldn’t allow me to study.
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By crewdy#4923 on 24 Dec 2018 11:07
Same, even with a rifle when it was 25m away, picking up a rat.
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By LuckyKant on 24 Dec 2018 11:13
You're missing 10 from your list, based on numbers - 51, 92-95, 124, 132-134, and 136.
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By JKSullivan on 25 Dec 2018 14:37
NOTE: the unique animals in chapter 5 are not needed, neither is the Carolina Parakeet or a certain special dog which I won't name because spoilers.
Number 51 is
, the dog. All the others are not needed.
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By LuckyKant on 25 Dec 2018 14:52
Thanks for the owl video, got one of them on my very first try.
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By t0xz on 15 Jan 2019 21:38
Best method for Western Moose: https://youtu.be/R5BtKWSY3JY
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By LOST Thanu on 19 Jan 2019 11:40
The robin gave me nightmares but I finally found one just round the bend of the Dakota River coming north out of Flat Iron Lake
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By Pmalone6 on 25 Jan 2019 00:43
^ a good spot for small birds is just north of the tracker west of Van Horn. There is a little bridge near the bent trees. A bird always spawns. If it’s not the one you want, run back to the tracker and then return. It will be different.
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By LuckyKant on 25 Jan 2019 08:36
From the beginning, study, kill and skin any animal that cross your way. A hard time consuming achievement.
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By netstryker on 18 Mar 2019 01:08
For the aggressive predators, don't worry about bait. For cougars and panthers, you can climb up on a rock. They'll stare at you for a minute, lose interest, and walk away... now you can study. For wolves, if you kill a few in the pack the last couple will usually lose aggro to run.
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By Peaches 518 on 22 Mar 2019 19:00
I need to track every animal too? Or just study?
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By Schnicken on 29 Mar 2019 22:37
Study.
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By LuckyKant on 29 Mar 2019 23:41
Since it doesn't outright say horses are needed, I thought I'd ask. Are all animals needed (not just the Animal Compendium)? If so, does anyone know of or remember of a place where I can nab my LAST study for the Suffolk Punch horse?
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By trigs138 on 04 Apr 2019 22:19
Horses are not needed, just the animal compendium entries.
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By LuckyKant on 04 Apr 2019 22:35
Really?! I guess I'll have to double check my compendium. Appreciate it!
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By trigs138 on 04 Apr 2019 23:39
the animals that are missing for me seem to have disappeared from the map.
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By Gushkx on 05 Apr 2019 12:09
Update: I assumed the Cuban Land Crab was missable my bad. Achievement popped after I found them off the island near Rhodes. Finally done with this one thx for the help!
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By trigs138 on 06 Apr 2019 17:28
If you're having trouble studying the panthers, you can hit them with a poison arrow. Just make sure not to headshot them. They'll run away and collapse. You can walk up to them and study them that way.
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By Seitzz on 10 May 2019 20:33
So I put the game down a bit ago and I’m at work now, but I want to ask before I forget: Will the animals that I’ve not gotten show up as “unknown” or similar in the compendium so I do not have to guess where I’m missing? I’m referring to Zoologist and not skin deep, Skin deep I’ll need to start fresh keeping track.
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By alladaskill17 on 15 May 2019 13:30
Animals are added to the compendium once they are studied OR killed, so if you have killed something before studying it, it may still be in the compendium. It'll be a blank space if its not been seen at all, and their scent trail will also say unknown.

It will say on their entry in the compendium whether they have been studied and/or skinned though, so you could go through that way and tick things off.
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By crewdy#4923 on 15 May 2019 13:51
It's useful to use this as I found it easier to mark off what I still needed side by side on a notepad doc. You can see your progress in the compendium a lot easier I think.
https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/rdr2/overview
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By Seitzz on 15 May 2019 14:56
Just got the Western Bull Moose after way too many hours spent at all different locations. Colter method from that popular YT vid finally worked for me. Slept in Valentine, rode up to Colter intersection, camped until night, walked up at 5:00am, got it at 6:00am time with 2 attempts at a spawn trigger by walking back to the rock. I recorded 5 minutes of footage as soon as it popped
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By Sina117 on 28 May 2020 05:56
No need to travel all over the map for chickens. You can find every chicken and rooster at McFarlan's Ranch in New Austin.
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By WeisGuy9 on 29 May 2020 08:22
Its needed study all fishes and all horses ??
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By Concetto18 on 01 Jun 2020 16:22
Is this doable post-story? Some ppl are saying there are missable animals on Guarma.
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By VfV Savior on 09 Jun 2020 15:02
Sorry I missed this. Thanks for your reply.
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By VfV Savior on 09 Jun 2020 17:05
I just finished the game, 100% completion including 562 of 562 compendium, didn't get zoologist. I'm at 98 of 100 and I have studied all the animals including the ones in Guarma. -_-
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By PretorianCohort on 07 Jul 2020 08:02
I didn't see the band-tailed pigeon in the video.
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By bl4ck blooc on 29 Jan 2021 04:03
Can I get some help finding the Rio Grande Wild Turkey? I've been hanging around the spots it spawns in, and I've yet to see one, even after countless sleeps, saves and game restarts.
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By BossZeus164906 on 25 Apr 2021 11:50
At the moment I have 106 animals scanned but some animals are not counting in the achievement tracker, for example the red swamp crayfish, is it normal?
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By GuiOcRazZy on 07 Jul 2021 00:37
Was collecting bones and found a Coastal Horned Owl chillin on top of the Oil Derrick in the Heartlands (below the "ar"). Had a lot of time to study, didn't see that location mentioned anywhere so hope maybe it helps someone!
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By YodaXIII on 08 Mar 2023 01:06
The great green macaw is not in the video
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By CurtScorpion325 on 26 Mar 2023 21:56
That's because it is not required for the achievement.
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By crewdy#4923 on 28 Mar 2023 13:50
Finally unlocked this achievement. The Java Rooster was my last one. This list was a great help. Reddit was also fantastic because they showed the best locations for some of the most elusive birds. The birds were the worst. The island above Bard's Crossing was excellent when it came to finding a lot of the tiny birds that could only be picked up.
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By LoneBomberman on 23 Jun 2023 15:49
Thanks for the guide. I was struggling to find Rio Grande Wild Turley. This one was insane. Spend around 4 hours to finally find it. For those who had no luck to find, the best spawn location is on the Rio del Lobo rock around 6 a.m 12.p.m

Just save the game on the rock with a camp and if it did not spawn reload your save.
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By Edmadd1ct on 01 Oct 2023 11:02
Can i still get this achievement and the others with john?
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By Houcem 2KF40 on 05 Nov 2023 16:27
Cedar Wax Wing flock flies over the crossroads between Valentine and Emerald ranch every morning at 10am. About 6-8 birds (spent the area here trying to find robins).

The western moose and bull moose spawn just a bit south of the Veteran's hut near Annesberg. If you do the save/reload trick, you'll find a moose or bull moose on the rock outcropping next to the lake, just south of the hut itself.
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By count023 on 27 Nov 2018 06:12
None of the owl locations in that video worked me, except the on the mast but it was not that one in the video, and it was the only one I had. The mast one is a bad idea as you have to get a boat and it takes ages. You cannot reload from the island or camp to speed up time. I also tried Tall Trees and Aurora Basin. Nothing at Radley's House. I struggled for ages, took about 5 hours. Found the two I needed immediately at the spots in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xWAmZpHju0

1. Great Horned Owl spawned time and time again, I just couldn't get close enough.
2. Didn't try.
3. Again, first time and the Californian Horned Owl spawned the first time.

Both within 30 seconds.
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By LuckyKant on 24 Dec 2018 01:07
@Concetto18 Nope, just the ones in the list.

@VfV Savior There are no missable animals - as noted in the solution it is best to do this after the story. The ones in Guarma are not needed.
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By crewdy#4923 on 09 Jun 2020 15:23
@bl4ck blooc should be at 39:22 in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=issbslLNbnY&t=2362s
Took me ages to get it at this location though.
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By crewdy#4923 on 29 Jan 2021 13:28
The way I did it for all animals was to wait for a few minutes, scout the whole visible area with the binoculars and then reload if I didn't see what I was looking for. Most animals seem to appear in your field of vision straight away if they are going to appear, but they could technically appear anywhere in the area. Occasionally I would sleep at a fire until morning and make another manual save just to refresh it.

I think with the Moose I did move around a few times after reloading (bridge, rocks and lakeside). It seems to switch up whether you are leaning against something, kneeling or at a campfire. As long as you're still on or near the edge of the lake though you should be fine. You can also try switching it up between Morning, Afternoon and Evening to see if that helps. It was early morning when I found it.

It's all still a bit trial and error in the end unfortunately. I think it took me an hour of searching Grizzlies and then 45 minutes at Owanjila before the Moose finally spawned. I've been hunting a Coastal Horned Owl for 3-4 hours now with no luck, last one I need!!
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By crewdy#4923 on 22 Nov 2018 07:28
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Red Dead Redemption 2 - Zoologist & Skin Deep Achievement Guide / All Animal Locations Guide


(0:10) - AMERICAN ALLIGATOR
(0:55) - AMERICAN ALLIGATOR (SMALL)
(1:36) - NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO
(2:12) - AMERICAN BADGER
(2:49) - LITTLE BROWN BAT
(3:23) - AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
(4:07) - GRIZZLY BEAR
(4:54) - NORTH AMERICAN BEAVER
(5:38) - BLUE JAY
(6:12) - WILD BOAR
(6:48) - WHITETAIL BUCK
(7:31) - WHITETAIL DEER
(8:15) - AMERICAN BISON
(9:06) - ANGUS BULL
(9:25) - DEVON BULL
(9:45) - HEREFORD BULL
(10:05) - AMERICAN BULLFROG
(10:35) - NORTHERN CARDINAL
(11:03) - AMERICAN DOMESTIC CAT
(11:25) - CEDAR WAXWING
(11:52) - DOMINIQUE CHICKEN
(12:14) - DOMINIQUE ROOSTER
(12:33) - JAVA CHICKEN
(12:55) - JAVA ROOSTER
(13:17) - LEGHORN CHICKEN
(13:42) - LEGHORN ROOSTER
(14:05) - GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN
(14:43) - WESTERN CHIPMUNK
(15:14) - CALIFORNIAN CONDOR
(15:50) - COUGAR
(16:37) - DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANT
(17:11) - NEOTROPIC CORMORANT
(17:48) - FLORIDA CRACKER COW
(18:10) - CALIFORNIA VALLEY COYOTE
(18:54) - CUBAN LAND CRAB
(19:26) - RED SWAMP CRAYFISH
(19:45) - WHOOPING CRANE
(20:23) - SANDHILL CRANE
(21:02) - AMERICAN CROW
(21:32) - AMERICAN FOXHOUND
(21:49) - AUSTRALIAN SHEPHARD
(22:12) - BLOODHOUND
(22:35) - BLUETICK COONHOUND
(22:57) - BORDER COLLIE
(23:17) - CATAHOULA CUR
(23:37) - CHESAPEAKE BAY RETRIEVER
(23:57) - SIBERIAN HUSKY
(24:17) - LABRADOR RETRIEVER
(24:37) - POODLE
(24:57) - MUTT
(25:17) - RUFUS
(25:37) - STANDARD DONKEY
(25:58) - MALLARD DUCK
(26:35) - PEKIN DUCK
(27:15) - BALD EAGLE
(27:47) - GOLDEN EAGLE
(28:27) - REDDISH EGRET
(29:02) - LITTLE EGRET
(29:43) - SNOWY EGRET
(30:18) - ROCKY MOUNTAIN BULL ELK
(31:11) - ROCKY MOUNTAIN COW ELK
(31:57) - AMERICAN RED FOX
(32:41) - AMERICAN GRAY FOX
(33:21) - SILVER FOX
(34:01) - BANDED GILA MONSTER
(34:40) - ALPINE GOAT
(35:03) - CANADA GOOSE
(35:39) - FERRUGINOUS HAWK
(36:15) - RED-TAILED HAWK
(36:55) - ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
(37:34) - GREAT BLUE HERON
(38:20) - TRICOLORED HERON
(38:57) - DESERT IGUANA
(39:38) - GREEN IGUANA
(40:23) - COLLARED PECCARY
(41:02) - COMMON LOON
(41:34) - PACIFIC LOON
(42:08) - YELLOW-BILLED LOON
(42:43) - WESTERN BULL MOOSE
(43:34) - WESTERN MOOSE
(44:17) - MULE
(44:40) - AMERICAN MUSKRAT
(45:16) - BALTIMORE ORIOLE
(45:48) - HOODED ORIOLE
(46:14) - CALIFORNIAN HORNED OWL
(46:46) - COASTAL HORNED OWL
(47:19) - GREAT HORNED OWL
(47:50) - ANGUS OX
(48:13) - DEVON OX
(48:30) - PANTHER
(49:08) - FLORIDA PANTHER
(49:48) - CAROLINA PARAKEET
(50:17) - AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
(50:51) - BROWN PELICAN
(51:22) - RING-NECKED PHEASANT
(51:56) - CHINESE RING-NECKED PHEASANT
(52:31) - BERKSHIRE PIG
(52:54) - BIG CHINA PIG
(53:18) - OLD SPOT PIG
(53:33) - BAND-TAILED PIGEON
(54:03) - ROCK PIGEON
(54:28) - VIRGINIA OPPOSUM
(55:00) - AMERICAN PRONGHORN BUCK
(55:38) - AMERICAN PRONGHORN DOE
(56:18) - SONORAN PRONGHORN BUCK
(57:02) - SONORAN PRONGHORN DOE
(57:41) - BAJA CALIFORNIA PRONGHORN BUCK
(58:18) - BAJA CALIFORNIA PRONGHORN DOE
(58:58) - CALIFORNIA QUAIL
(59:23) - SIERRA NEVADA BIGHORN RAM
(59:55) - SIERRA NEVADA BIGHORN SHEEP
(01:00:30) - DESERT BIGHORN RAM
(01:01:07) - DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP
(01:01:46) - ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN RAM
(01:02:24) - ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN SHEEP
(01:03:03) - BLACK-TAILED JACKRABBIT
(01:03:36) - NORTH AMERICAN RACCOON
(01:04:13) - BLACK RAT
(01:04:44) - BROWN RAT
(01:05:08) - WESTERN RAVEN
(01:05:39) - AMERICAN ROBIN
(01:06:04) - ROSEATE SPOONBILL
(01:06:44) - HERRING GULL
(01:07:15) - LAUGHING GULL
(01:07:46) - RING-BILLED GULL
(01:08:18) - MERINO SHEEP
(01:08:41) - STRIPED SKUNK
(01:09:12) - DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE
(01:09:44) - BLACK-TAILED RATTLESNAKE
(01:10:15) - TIMBER RATTLESNAKE
(01:10:46) - NORTHERN COPPERHEAD SNAKE
(01:11:20) - SOUTHERN COPPERHEAD SNAKE
(01:11:58) - MIDLAND WATER SNAKE
(01:12:35) - COTTONMOUTH SNAKE
(01:13:08) - NORTHERN WATER SNAKE
(01:13:40) - SCARLET TANAGER SONGBIRD
(01:14:12) - WESTERN TANAGER SONGBIRD
(01:14:35) - EURASIAN TREE SPARROW
(01:15:00) - AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
(01:15:26) - GOLDEN CROWNED SPARROW
(01:15:52) - AMERICAN RED SQUIRREL
(01:16:23) - WESTERN GRAY SQUIRREL
(01:16:47) - BLACK SQUIRREL
(01:17:18) - WESTERN TOAD
(01:17:45) - SONORAN DESERT TOAD
(01:18:11) - EASTERN WILD TURKEY
(01:18:51) - RIO GRANDE WILD TURKEY
(01:19:28) - ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE
(01:20:06) - EASTERN TURKEY VULTURE
(01:20:43) - WESTERN TURKEY VULTURE
(01:21:20) - GRAY WOLF
(01:21:59) - TIMBER WOLF
(01:22:31) - RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
(01:22:54) - PILEATED WOODPECKER
(01:23:17) - COMPENDIUM
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EDIT: It has been confirmed that these animals do not count towards the achievement
this is a confirmed full list of the animals in Guarma
Parrots:
1. Blue & Yellow Macaw
2. Scarlet Macaw
3. Great Green Macaw

Snakes
1. Sunglow Boa
2. Rainbow Boa
3. Red-tailed Boa
4. Fer-De-Lance Snake
(All the snakes are found just North-West of the camp in a small clearing)

Booby
1. Red Footed Booby.

Credit for this list goes to EphemeralEcho from psnprofiles.com

EDIT: The CAROLINA PARAKEET DOES NOT COUNT TWORDS ACHIEVEMENT ETHER

legendary animals also do not count.

King fiShiz and others from the community have put together a list of all the animals we know so far and some of their locations
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pH3jc_CagGZwxpHrZDAl...
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30 Oct 2018 16:20

I've made a simple Excel spreadsheet using crewdy4923's confirmed list of animals that are required. Hopefully this can help you guys keep track of the animals easier, rather than going into the compendium every time.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VgG8fRRESEdAylPjWR8H-trhhsz...

Download the file off Google Drive, and make changes as you go along. Simply change the "N" to a "Y" once you've skinned/studied the animal. Some animals (mainly birds) only need to be studied, and this is indicated by a "-" in the "Skinned" column.

The % completion at the bottom should correspond with the achievement tracker, save for a few rounding errors, so you'll know you're on the right track.

This will also help with:
Red Dead Redemption 2Skin DeepThe Skin Deep achievement in Red Dead Redemption 2 worth 239 pointsSkin every species of animal in Story Mode.


EDIT: Fellas, download the file and access it using your own native spreadsheet app on your computer (or reupload to your own Google Drive if you don't have one and use it from there). I will not respond to any requests to share access to the file because I don't want to risk it getting messed up for everyone else.
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Thank you, I downloaded the file and it's very useful!!
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By Sagalinie on 25 Apr 2019 08:38
Just wanted to give you kudos for a helpful spreadsheet. This made the process so much easier over the last couple of days, and only takes a couple of minutes to get setup with your current progress. Thanks!
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By terrett101 on 17 Dec 2019 15:38
Glad I was able to help!
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By Delta748 on 17 Dec 2019 18:26
The excel sheet was great. I was able to use it to to target more animals in a given region after figuring out what I had left to do. I really like the progress marker at the bottom. Made the whole thing more enjoyable. Thanks for your hard work!
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By BobWings on 04 Jan 2020 03:21
Thankyou very much :D
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By SaP RaZzor on 02 Jul 2020 21:47
Thanks a lot!
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By wherememe on 16 Dec 2021 04:59
Great spreadsheet that everyone should use
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By wildwest08 on 02 Feb 2022 20:33
Thank you so much! 🖤🖤🖤
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By Space#3189 on 04 Mar 2024 14:17
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The Animals

A list of animals that are needed for this achievement (including their number in the compendium):

001. American Alligator
002. American Alligator (small)
003. Nine-Banded Armadillo
004. American Badger
005. Little Brown Bat
006. American Black Bear
007. Grizzly Bear
008. North American Beaver
009. Blue Jay
010. Wild Boar
011. Whitetail Buck
012. Whitetail Deer
013. American Bison
014. Angus Bull
015. Devon Bull
016. Hereford Bull
017. American Bullfrog
018. Northern Cardinal
019. American Domestic Cat
020. Cedar Waxwing
021. Dominique Chicken
022. Dominique Rooster
023. Java Chicken
024. Java Rooster
025. Leghorn Chicken
026. Leghorn Rooster
027. Greater Prairie Chicken
028. Western Chipmunk
029. California Condor
030. Cougar
031. Double-crested Cormorant
032. Neotropic Cormorant
033. Florida Cracker Cow
034. California Valley Coyote
035. Cuban Land Crab
036. Red Swamp Crayfish
037. Whooping Crane
038. Sandhill Crane
039. American Crow
040. American Foxhound
041. Australian Shepard
042. Bloodhound
043. Bluetick Coonhound
044. Border Collie
045. Catahoula Cur
046. Chesapeake Bay Retriever
047. Siberian Husky
048. Laborador Retriever
049. Poodle
050. Mutt
052. Standard Donkey
053. Mallard Duck
054. Pekin Duck
055. Bald Eagle
056. Golden Eagle
057. Reddish Egret
058. Little Egret
059. Snowy Egret
060. Rocky Mountain Bull Elk
061. Rocky Mountain Cow Elk
062. American Red Fox
063. American Gray Fox
064. Silver Fox
065. Banded Gila Monster
066. Alpine Goat
067. Canada Goose
068. Ferruginous Hawk
069. Red-tailed Hawk
070. Rough-legged Hawk
071. Great Blue Heron
072. Tricolored Heron
073. Desert Iguana
074. Green Iguana
075. Collared Peccary
076. Common Loon
077. Pacific Loon
078. Yellow-billed Loon
079. Western Bull Moose
080. Western Moose
081. Mule
082. American Muskrat
083. Baltimore Oriole
084. Hooded Oriole
085. Californian Horned Owl
086. Coastal Horned Owl
087. Great Horned Owl
088. Angus Ox
089. Devon Ox
090. Panther
091. Florida Panther
096. American White Pelican
097. Brown Pelican
098. Ring-necked Pheasant
099. Chinese ring-necked Pheasant
100. Berkshire Pig
101. Big China Pig
102. Old Spot Pig
103. Band-tailed Pigeon
104. Rock Pigeon
105. Virginia Possum
106. American Pronghorn Buck
107. American Pronghorn Doe
108. Sonoran Pronghorn Buck
109. Sonoran Pronghorn Doe
110. Baja California Pronghorn Buck
111. Baja California Pronghorn Doe
112. California Quail
113. Sierra Nevada Bighorn Ram
114. Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep
115. Desert Bighorn Ram
116. Desert Bighorn Sheep
117. Rocky Mountain Bighorn Ram
118. Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
119. Black-tailed Jackrabbit
120. North American Raccoon
121. Black Rat
122. Brown Rat
123. Western Raven
125. American Robin
126. Roseate Spoonbill
127. Herring Gull
128. Laughing Gull
129. Ring-billed Gull
130. Merino Sheep
131. Striped Skunk
135. Diamondback Rattlesnake
137. Black-tailed Rattlesnake
138. Timber Rattlesnake
139. Northern Copperhead Snake
140. Southern Copperhead Snake
141. Midland Water Snake
142. Cottonmouth Snake
143. Northern Water Snake
144. Scarlet Tanager Songbird
145. Western Tanager Songbird
146. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
147. American Tree Sparrow
148. Golden Crowned Sparrow
149. American Red Squirrel
150. Western Gray Squirrel
151. Black Squirrel
152. Western Toad
153. Sonoran Desert Toad
154. Eastern Wild Turkey
155. Rio Grande Wild Turkey
156. Alligator Snapping Turtle
157. Eastern Turkey Vulture
158. Western Turkey Vulture
159. Gray Wolf
160. Timber Wolf
161. Red-bellied Woodpecker
162. Pileated Woodpecker

Hints & Tips

EAGLE EYE
Click L3 and R3 together to activate Eagle Eye, allowing you to see animals and their tracks. You are taught how to use this as part of one the first missions in the game and you will need it. A lot.

COVER YOUR STINK
When hunting, ALWAYS use Cover Scent Lotion - it will allow you get closer to animals without them running away. Your character gets very stinky very quickly, so unless you fancy taking a bath every 10-15 minutes this is your best option.

PREDATORS
Panthers, Cougars and Wolves will attack on site, stopping you from studying them. There are 2 ways to solve this:

- Use Cover Scent Lotion and Predator Bait (for Panthers you need Potent Predator Bait) to lure them to a specific spot. This only works sporadically in my experience, and on most occasions they will still attack you, ignoring the bait.
- Use a poison arrow to wound the animal. This is your safest bet - you will need to craft a few poison arrows and then hit the animal with a body shot whilst it is attacking. Once you've hit it, it will run off and collapse, this is when you can study it.

SMALL BIRDS
Nearly all of the small birds can be found in the Raonoke Valley, lining the river. To find them, use your binoculars and scan the rocks at the side of the river. Up north of the river there is a waterfall where a lot of the rarer birds spawn (Robin, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Sparrow).

THE ELUSIVE HUSKY
There is a farm at Manzanita Post just south-west of Blackwater where the Husky is a guaranteed spawn. As far as I'm aware this is the single spawn of this dog in the whole game.

SUPER RARE MOOSE
The Western Bull Moose is probably the rarest spawn in the game. In the video they are hunting in the Grizzlies, but an alternate location is Owanjila Lake. Create a save whilst standing on the bridge and keep reloading from there. After a time you should see the Moose swimming across the lake.

SNAKES!
The easiest method of finding a snake is to ride around the area on your horse until a red dot appears on the map - this means that a snake has tried to attack you. Loop back quickly and you should be able to find it in the area where the dot appeared. You can use eagle eye to track it.

IF AT FIRST...
For everything on this list, you can use the 'reload' trick (Save Game > Exit Game > Reload), this will respawn all the wildlife in the area. This is also how you can get 3-star pelts easier, as you can reload the same animal until it is a 3-star. This is particularly useful for domestic animals. On most farms you can find chickens/roosters, pigs, cows and bulls. When you find one particular breed, you can save and reload and the breed has a chance to respawn as one of the others required.

A FEW OF THE VERY RARE ONES
There are a few animals that are very rare spawns. Below are some alternate locations from the video which may help.

020. Cedar Waxwing (and other small birds) - These spawn in groups at Manteca Falls, south of Thieves Landing.
047. Siberian Husky - Manzanita Post
079. Western Bull Moose - Owanjila Lake (save and reload, he should spawn crossing the lake)
080. Western Moose - Far North-East by Willard's Rest, by the Waterfall
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In your inventory is a pair of binoculars and equipping them will allow you to study animals (as long as they're mostly visible) by holding down . You can actually study many animals if you're close enough to them when you're aiming at them; the binoculars just make it easier. You can check your progress on this via Progress => Compendium => Animals. If the picture of the animal has a full white bar under it, you've done everything you can with that animal – i.e. studied it, tracked it, killed it and skinned it. If there's not a full white bar, select the pictured animal and see if "studied" says "yes" under it. Although you will ultimately want to have a full white bar under the animal, due to Skin Deep.

NOTE: Any animal that is unique to Guarma Island, visited in Chapter 5, doesn't count towards this trophy – this includes the Carolina Parakeet, the Blue and Yellow Macaw, the Green Macaw, the Scarlet Macaw, the Red-footed Booby, the Red Boa, the Rainbow Boa, the Sunglow Boa and the Fer-de-Lance Rattlesnake. Also not required are Rufus the dog (found in the Epilogue) and all Legendary animals.

[Credit to themindisacity]
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A video guide with absolutely all the animals, and there is a timecode in the description, which makes the search even easier. The list of animals in the video is in the same order as in the game, and I just found the animals I was missing and went for them.
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Be careful!
American Robin - Wandering Thrush
In front of him is an empty cage!
There is a place reserved for the Red-footed bobby (a bird from the island)
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By iAccordionist95 on 10 Aug 2019 11:37
About all predators and the Florida panther in particular.
She will find you faster than you will find her, so shoot the body with a poisoned arrow. After this, you will have the opportunity to calmly study the animal.
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By BronskiBeat on 13 Jul 2019 16:23
Don't be lazy: study the animals during the game, not forgetting to shoot and skin them afterwards. Thus, after the epilogue you will have collected almost the entire reference book on the fauna of the Wild West and only some rare species of animals and small birds will remain.
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By Drygoi_Igrok on 28 Oct 2019 08:52
If you need a translation of the name of the animal to make it clearer, here is the Link . Here, too, everything is in order, as in the directory, and you yourself can roughly find the animal you need.
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By Matrix_4555 on 04 Apr 2020 05:05
For the trophy, animals from the island are not needed, and neither is the Carolingian parrot (an endangered species under the rank of Denis), the rest is needed, including dogs!
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By SkyLover on 07 May 2020 14:31
Video guide to finding moose.
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By D_K_LION77 on 18 May 2020 22:46
Video guide to finding the plains wolf.
Don't forget to shoot one and kill the other(s). Location Barrow Lagoon.
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By Kwiz on 25 Apr 2020 23:21
For those who suffered with the panther like me. I was driving to Saint-Denis at night (if, of course, the time of day plays an important role in this), and this bastard was simultaneously chasing a wild boar. Then she saw me and ran after me. Luckily I had time to study it. All that remained was to track it down and skin it. I am attaching a photo, maybe it will help someone. And yes, after I killed her, her icon immediately appeared on the map.
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By Warrior_13 on 05 Feb 2020 01:57
If you have a problem with the fact that the Florida cougar spawns, but the panther does not spawn. Then I recommend once again leaning away from the cougar. Then there is a greater chance that a big cat will spawn again.
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By Kingnet64 on 12 Aug 2023 19:48
Birds, as I understand it, you don’t have to pluck everything, just study it, I got a trophy with several ordinary birds that were killed and not killed, but were studied, the rest of the animals must be studied and skinned
Got a trophy with 172/178, several animals were from the island
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By EXLIMEA on 21 Mar 2024 15:31
List of animals for which they gave a trophy + to the bone.
Parrots and legendary ones don't count.
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By Shpiks88 on 20 Aug 2022 00:37
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The trophy must be combined with Skin Deep / To the Bone. (maybe these trophies are skippable!!!) UPD: animals from the island are not needed
In the fifth chapter, you go to an island that you will never return to! This island has animals (eg parrots, crabs) found only there. Whether these animals count towards the trophy is still unknown. Therefore, it is better to play it safe and catch them. If you don’t want to look for them yourself, you can make a separate save in this chapter and come back later when you know the list of all the animals needed for the trophy.
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Animals from Chapter 5 (Island) are not needed for the trophy.
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By cyrax on 06 Nov 2018 19:54
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By cyrax on 31 Oct 2018 17:25
For the Zoologist achievement, Carolina parrots, which no one can find, are NOT NEEDED above Saint-Denis! Don't waste your time on them!
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By Resonator84 on 24 Nov 2018 01:07
Playlist with all animals. Where and how to find it.
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By I-Van on 15 Nov 2018 02:59
Video guide for those who can't find western elk.
I searched for him for 5 days until I came across this video. Basically, you just spawn it yourself.
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By Tait_Grim on 23 Nov 2018 00:58
I ran into a problem when I was hunting a legendary wolf and a bug arose. The killed wolf instantly disappeared; as a result, the skin was not removed and there is no entry in the directory. Hands dropped. But after playing for another 10 minutes, a notification about an entry in the directory suddenly appeared and it indicated that the animal had been skinned.
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By Modernhate on 08 Dec 2018 11:25
If you run to the place where an animal spawns (which you looked at in some guide), but it is not there, then save - the story - exit the game and enter again. I couldn’t find a few snakes on guarma (I know that they are not needed for the trophy, but I wanted to study all the animals in the game) and they immediately began to appear. This scheme should work everywhere
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By trampozavr on 13 Jan 2019 20:28
List of animals that are not needed for trophies Zoologist and To Kostya .

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