Like the other official games from the series Carnivores: Far North also boasts a rich and diverse roster of animals to warrant its own page. The tropes specific to each animal should be listed here.
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Main Huntable Animals
Macrauchenia
- Artistic License – Paleontology: It's depicted with the outdated long trunk and has white wool covering its body like a sheep or llama. The latter is justified by the animal evolving to live in the cold north.
- The Goomba: Cheapest for purchase and easiest for hunting animal in the roster.
Diprotodon
- Dire Beast: A rhino-sized relative of koalas and wombats.
- Herbivores Are Friendly: Or rather, herbivores are cowardly seeing as it runs away from you.
Chalicotherium
- Dirty Coward: Even though it has huge claws on its front limbs, it doesn't use them for self defense and prefers to run away instead.
- Mix-and-Match Critters: Resembles a hybrid between a horse and ground sloth, the latter being an example of natural convergent evolution.
Hyaenodon
- Canon Immigrant: Inverted, it's an official animal from the canon games that appears here.
- Heinous Hyena: Despite the name it's not related to hyenas at all. However it's just as terrifying.
- Mascot Mook: Appears on the main menu screen.
- Wake-Up Call Boss: It's fast, smart and has decent endurance despite it being the fourth huntable animal. The Hyaenodon is the first animal which is outright aggressive, willing to chase you down and kill you.
Megatherium
- Acrofatic: It's surprisingly fast despite being an elephant-sized sloth.
- Sluggish Sloths: Subverted, it's actually quite fast moving despite its large size.
- Xenophobic Herbivore: Despite being a plant eater, it will chase you and kill you.
- Wolverine Claws: All the better to kill you with, my dear.
Brontornis
- Art Evolution: Was originally a dull pale brown, but now has a bright yellow and blue coloration.
- Expy: It's a Palette Swap and Head Swap of the Gastornis/Diatryma from Carnivores: Ice Age. With
that species being confirmed a herbivore in 2014, Brontornis is a good carnivorous counterpart. - Feathered Fiend: A proper terror bird unlike the above mentioned one.
- Lightning Bruiser: The difficulty ramps up starting with the Hyaenodon, and Brontornis is a very fast enemy.
Daeodon
- Creepy Hairless Animal: The Daeodon here is portrayed as lacking hair, instead it survives the cold by having a reserve of blubber fat under its skin. Coincidentally, it shares this anatomical trait with its closest living relatives- both hippos and cetaceans.
- Full-Boar Action: Daeodon, the so-called "terminator pig from Hell", is a powerful carnivorous animal. That said however, it would be more accurate to call it an example of Angry, Angry Hippos instead, given that entelodonts are close relatives of hippos.
- Red Is Violent: It has red skin and eyes, and it's a dangerous aggresive predator.
- Stock Sound Effects: Makes loud pig-like squeals.
Yutyrannus
- Achilles' Heel: It swims very slowly and it moves in a straight line when underwater. If you somehow manage to get it submerged in a large pool of water, it will become practically a sitting duck (pun intended).
- Art Evolution: Its design and model haven't gone without a change
. - The Dreaded: It's an apex predator and most local fauna is rightfully scared from it.
- Feathered Fiend: It's accurately portrayed covered with protofeathers.
- Final Boss: Averted, it seems like it's this due to being the strongest huntable animal currently but Word of God says it won't be the ultimate huntable animal. The true secret species' identity remains unknown currently, with Yutyrannus being the second biggest danger in the Arctic Sector.
- Lightning Bruiser: The Yutyrannus can quickly run up towards you as soon as it detects you and it runs in a zig-zag pattern, making it harder to accurately shoot. And of course, it has a crapton of health.
- Terrifying Tyrannosaur: Not invulnerable as its bigger cousin, but nonetheless an extremely dangerous theropod.
- Token Minority: Since non-avian dinosaurs are Demoted to Extra here, it's one of only 2 huntable dinosaurs and one of the only 4 Mesozoic species.
DLC
Platybelodon
- Animals Not to Scale: The real animal was as tall as an adult human, but here it's portrayed being as tall as an adult African elephant instead.
- Cruel Elephant: It averts both Herbivores Are Friendly and Gentle Giant, being extremely hostile.
Sivatherium
- Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: Has the coloration and body plan of the Okapi, which is its closest living relative.
- Horn Attack: Averted, its large antler-like horns are used for mating season display instead.
- Shown Their Work: Based on giraffes and okapis, instead of the outdated moose reconstruciton.
- Trampled Underfoot: It prefers to use its long legs for killing humans instead of running away from them.
Andrewsarchus
- Canon Immigrant: Inverted, it's an official animal from the canon games that appears here.
- Shown Their Work: The Andrewsarchus DLC looks more like a carnivorous entelodont or hippo with a long tail instead of the outdated wolf/civet design based on mesonychids. While the only remains we have of this mammal is the upper half of a singular skull (therefore any reconstruction is based on speculation), isotope analysis reveals that it's closest relatives are the hippos, cetaceans and entelodonts.
Dinocrocuta
- Art Evolution: Has changed its model design at least 3 times.
- Heinous Hyena: A true one, unlike the Hyaenodon.
Castoroides
- Ascended to Carnivorism: Castoroides is a DLC species which is depicted here as an omnivore that will eat any players which anger it. Because of this species consuming meat, its teeth are colored reddish-orange.
- Lethal Joke Character: Getting killed by a large rodent must be quite a humiliating way for you to die.
- Rodents of Unusual Size: As mentioned above, it's basically a giant beaver.
- Super-Persistent Predator: Many animals here qualify but Castoroides deserves a special mention. It will chase after you relentlessly (even capable of very fast swimming), therefore you are not safe in the water.
Cryolophosaurus
- Artistic License – Paleontology: It has a bulky body plan while the real animal was more lean. Also, it's depicted with a short fat tail where it stores energy reserves from its food like a leopard gecko lizard. It's worth mentioning there are more scientifically accurate versions created of this animal◊, however they are used for other mods instead.
- Raptor Attack: This dinosaur behaves like a dromaeosaurid, even though it's actually contemporary and related to the Early Jurassic theropod Dilophosaurus instead.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of the Velociraptor and Allosaurus from Carnivores 2.
- Token Minority: Since non-avian dinosaurs are Demoted to Extra here, it's one of only 2 huntable dinosaurs and one of the only 4 Mesozoic species.
Dodo
- Doofy Dodo: Made as DLC addon by Poharex himself, it's about as threating as the regular dodos in ARK: Survival Evolved.
- Joke Character: It behaves like a funny chicken or turkey despite being a relative of doves and pigeons.
Sarkastodon
- Mix-and-Match Critters: Resembles a mixture of wolverine, fossa, bear and cat. Despite that it's not related to any of those, instead its closest living relatives are instead pangolins. Coincidentally pangolins themselves are related to true carnivorans, but are separate and outside their family group.
- Red Is Violent: It's colored red and is a highly aggressive hypercarnivore.
Glyptodon
- Mighty Glacier: Because of its movement speed being supbar, it's an example of this trope. Granted, because the player is a One-Hit-Point Wonder, they will instantly die from touching anything (the only nonlethal thing is falling from high places).
- Stone Wall: The DLC Glyptodon is very slow and has a short range of attack, but has alot of health. Really helps that it lacks the spiky mace-like tail of its more famous relative Doedicurus.
Toxodon
- Gentle Giant: One of the few animals in this game which play the trope straight.
- Herbivores Are Friendly: Or cowardly as the case may be, considering it runs away from you.
Bat
- Ambiguous Situation: It's never stated what species this bat represents- Desmodus, Icaronycteris, Onychonycteris or something else.
- Bat Out of Hell: Averted, as it's a harmless flying ambient.
- Flying Mook: Also averted. Because it's an ambient, the bat will never attack you and shooting it wields no points.
- Shout-Out: Its name internally is "bat dude" or "batman", obviously referencing a certain comic book character.
Ursa major
- Bears Are Bad News: Its made to be stronger and more aggressive than the cowardly bear in Carnivores: Ice Age, whose exact species remains unknown.
- Meaningful Name: Its name basically means "big bear". It also shares its name with the constellation.
Ambient Species
Leptictidium
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: It's like a small kangaroo shrew/mouse.
- Shout-Out: Its coloration is based on the ones appearing in BBC's Walking with… series.
Amphicyon
- Predators Are Mean: Defied, it's harmless because it's a small ambient creature.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: It's basically like a very adorable little puppy.
Arsinoitherium
- Gentle Giant: It prefers to swim and eat grass instead of chasing and killing you.
- Giant Equals Invincible: Because it uses the Brachiosaurus AI, you cannot kill it.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: The eyes are red, however it's not aggressive or dangerous.
- Rhino Rampage: Averted, it's not related to rhinos and it doesn't behave like one either.
Moa (Dinornis)
- Feathered Fiend: Averted, unlike Brontornis it will never chase or attack you.
- Gentle Giant: To the point of being cowardly and running away from you instead.
Ichthyornis
- Palette Swap: Its model is a differently colored Archaeopteryx from Carnivores: Ice Age.
- Toothy Bird: Truth in Television, this genus did have small and sharp teeth. Despite this however, it averts the Feathered Fiend trope as its a harmless ambient.
Aurora
- Giant Flyer: Downplayed, but its wingspan is the same size as an adult human.
- Palette Swap: Its model is a differently colored Tapejara from Carnivores: Cityscape.
- Terror-dactyl: Thankfully averted since this fictional pterosaur species is just a harmless ambient.
- Token Minority: Since reptiles are Demoted to Extra here, it's the only pterosaur and one of the only 4 Mesozoic species.
Crossover Creatures
Animal mods created by other people besides Ophious, they get permission to make these custom species and include them in Carnivores: Far North (without being regarded as canon). It's also worth pointing out many of these are coming from permanently discontinued mods like Carnivores: Outposts and Carnivores: Grazenlands.
Entelodon is the namesake species of the entelodonts family.
Coryphodon is a member of the pantodonts, the first large herbivorous mammals.
Synthetoceras is a member of the protoceratids, extinct artiodactyls with no living relatives.
Aurochs cattle are the ancestors of all domestic bovine breeds.
Paraceratherium is a relative of rhinos and the second largest land mammal (after the Palaeoloxodon namadicus elephant).
Stegotetrabelodon is a four-tusked proboscidean that resembles the Mumakil (aka "Oliphaunt") from The Lord of the Rings.
Mastodon is a hairy proboscidean that lived in the Ice Age. Despite the similar appearance, it's not the same thing as a woolly mammoth.
Deinotherium is a primitive but large member of the proboscidean family.
Machairodus is a relative of Smilodon and Megantereon but with a longer tail.
Cynodictis is a smaller member of the amphicyonids, the so-called "bear dogs".
Thylacoleo is a carnivorous marsupial which is agile, fast and can climb trees.
Arctodus is the famous giant "short-faced bear" which also had longer legs to help it run faster.
Megalania is the largest known species of terrestrial carnivorous lizard.
Obdurodon is a giant relative of the duck-billed platypus.
Phorusrhacos is the type genus of the phorusrhacids family.
Kelenken is another phorusrhacids family member.
Devincenzia is a lesser-known member of the phorusrhacids family.
Doedicurus is the largest glyptodont with a characteristic spiked mace-like tail.
Titanis is a large flightless predatory bird.
Paratriisodon is the old junior synonym name for Andrewsarchus.
Xenosmilus is a genus of saber-toothed cats related closely to Homotherium and Machairodus.
Bramatherium is a relative of giraffes and okapis, named after Brahma the Hindu god of Creation.
Hipparion is an extinct species of three-toed horse.
Embolotherium is a brontothere with an uniquely shaped protrusion on its nose.
Uintatherium is a member of the dinoceratans, early large herbivore mammals.
Entelodon
- Full-Boar Action: Even though it's more closely related to hippos, this Entelodon behaves like a wild pig instead. It makes sense given that it uses a modified Warthog model from Carnivores: Ice Age.
- Shout-Out: Its black and red coloration is a dead ringer for the Entelodon from Walking with Beasts.
Coryphodon
- Artistic License – Paleontology: It lacks the dome-like skull shape and large teeth of the real animal, most likely due to the mod creator not being talented enough to properly add them in its model.
- Palette Swap: Of the Toxodon, as you can see from the images posted here.
Synthetoceras
- Fragile Speedster: Befitting a mammal resembling a gazelle or antelope, they are fast but don't have much health.
- Horn Attack: Besides the two smaller horns on their head, they charge forward with their iconic Y-shaped nose horn as well.
Aurochs
- Brutish Bulls: Even more so than their domesticated descendants.
- Horn Attack: Obviously, being a wild bull.
Paraceratherium
- Canon Immigrant: Inverted, it's an official animal from the canon games that appears here.
- Rhino Rampage: It's related to rhinos and although it lacks a horn, it will still charge at you with the intention of trampling you. Also its model is created from the Brontotherium in Carnivores: Ice Age which also qualifies for this trope (brontotheres weren't true rhinos per se, but they are closely related).
- Mix-and-Match Critters: Take a hornless rhino, an elephant and a giraffe; put them in a blender and then you get Paraceratherium.
- Shown Their Work: Called with its proper name, instead of the outdated Indricotherium or Baluchitherium.
Stegotetrabelodon
- Cruel Elephant: It would gladly use its 4 long tusks to impale and kill you.
- Spikes of Villainy: Not evil per se, but it's a very dangerous and aggressive elephant relative with 4 long spear-like tusks.
Mastodon
- Cruel Elephant: Like all proboscideans in the game, it will chase and kill you.
- Mammoths Mean Ice Age: The closest to this being played straight, but still a subversion. It's not a mammoth per se and it doesn't appear in the game, it's a DLC species and it isn't even created by Ophious.
Deinotherium
- Artistic License – Paleontology: While we can only speculate its exact length, the trunk should be longer.
- Cruel Elephant: Even made worse that it's one of the biggest proboscidean species. Only the Asian straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon namadicus) was bigger (and possibly the biggest land mammal of all time).
Machairodus
- Bigger Is Better: To make it apparent that it's more dangerous than the Smilodon from Carnivores: Ice Age, this cat is noticeably larger although in real life most species of Smilodon were bigger than Machairodus.
- Panthera Awesome: This is the closest equivalent to a real and literal "saber-toothed tiger".
Cynodictis
- Beware of Vicious Dog: Subverted, because it's small and weak it isn't much of a danger. That said, it would still kill you given the chance.
- Mix-and-Match Critters: Resembles more a small mustelid, civet or fox rather than a "bear dog".
Thylacoleo
- Cats Hate Water: Absolutely incapable of swimming, which serves as its one weakness. That said, it's not actually a proper cat given that it's a marsupial predator instead.
- Canon Foreigner: Was originally created for the Carnivores: Outposts mod.
- Panthera Awesome: Resembles and behaves like a medium-sized wild cat, but it's actually related to extanct koalas and wombats.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: It's not very big, however it's very deadly.
Arctodus
- Bears Are Bad News: It's more dangerous and stronger than the bear in Carnivores: Ice Age.
- Shout-Out: Its coloration is inspired by the one in Monsters We Met.
Megalania
- Dire Beast: Imagine a Komodo dragon big enough to attack then eat rhinos and elephants, this would be a good summation.
- Malicious Monitor Lizard: While it's not evil per se, it's still a highly dangerous and aggressive predatory lizard.
Obdurodon
- Animals Not to Scale: The real Obdurodon was half the size of an adult human. In this game however it's 4 times bigger, which means it's the size of 2 adult humans.
- Dire Beast: Essentially a platypus on steroids.
- Mix-and-Match Critters: Granted it's to be expected from a platypus. It resembles a beaver or otter with a duck's beak, which lays eggs and has venom spurs on its hind legs due to being a primitive mammal.
- Puzzling Platypus: The reason why this mod was created, as a giant platypus is a weird but fun animal to hunt.
Phorusrhacos
- Feathered Fiend: The most famous terror bird species and the genus that named their family.
- Real Is Brown: Has a dull coloration despite it being such a famous and iconic animal.
Kelenken
- Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: As the image shows, it's very brightly colored.
- Feathered Fiend: The second most famous terror bird species.
Devincenzia
- Feathered Fiend: Another species of terror bird.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of the Titanis and Kelenken because it reuses their model, justified since they are related.
Dry Nodus Lake Wendigo
Click to see spoilers.Very much like the Ancient Aliens, Yeti, Gojirasaurus, Inutilis, and other such cryptic oddities, another bizzarre supernatural mystery is rumored to exist in FMM UV-32's Arcitc Sector. Haunting the frigid forests of the Dry Nodus Lake area of the Ice Age tour in Borealia is rumored to be a supernatural predator. This creature would come to be known as the Dry Nodus Lake Wendigo.
- Ambiguous Situation: Is it one of the Ancients? Is it a human? Is it a regular animal? Is it just a prank? Is the Wendigo mutated or actually undead? Is it connected with the other FMM UV-32 legends mentioned above?
- Canon Foreigner: Created originally as replacement for the Yeti of Carnivores: Ice Age.
- Dark Is Evil: The wendigo's body is dark-gray in color, only its head is white due to being a skull.
- Evil Smells Bad: Covered in mangy, unkept fur, the smells of death and decay irradiate from its body.
- Final Boss: Assuming you don't wanna hunt Yutyrannus, then a Wendigo is an even bigger threat worthy of being the ultimate hunt.
- Horned Humanoid: As with modern depictions of the Wendigo, it has deer antlers on its exposed skull for a head. Specifically, it has the horns of a Megaloceros (aka Irish Elk).
- Lean and Mean: Justified since it's a skeleton. It's literally nothing but skin and bones.
- Mix-and-Match Critters: Similar to the Yeti, it appears to be somewhere halfway between a dinosaur and a mammal. Quite an odd combination.
- Skull for a Head: It has a deer-like skull with antlers and sharp teeth.
- Wendigo: Yup, it's Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
Doedicurus
- Canon Immigrant: Inverted, it's an official animal from the canon games that appears here.
- Epic Flail: Its long tail is like a medieval mace, with spikes growing out of it.
Titanis
- Canon Immigrant: Inverted, it's an official animal from the canon games that appears here.
- Feathered Fiend: The aptly-named "Terror Bird".
Paratriisodon
- Artistic License – Paleontology: It's an invalid name and genus, for starters.
- Mythology Gag: Paratriisodon is the now invalid name for Andrewsarchus, just like how Paraceratherium was formerly called Indricotherium and Baluchitherium.
Xenosmilus
- Panthera Awesome: Comes with the territory of being a Smilodon relative.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of the Smilodon in Carnivores: Ice Age. Justified since they are related. However the Xenosmilus is made visually different and has better stats than the Smilodon, making it more dangerous and overall superior.
Bramatherium
- Genial Giraffe: Subverted, it prefers to fight back when given the chance.
- Gentle Giant: See above, it's far from being harmless.
Hipparion
- Art Evolution: As you can see above, its' model changed over time.
- Extra Digits: Modern horses have only a single finger/toe evolved into a hoof, but Hipparion still has vestigial remnants of its ancestors three fingers/toes.
Embolotherium
- Foil: To the Brontotherium from Carnivores: Ice Age. It lacks fur, its horn is flat instead of pointy, also it's a very aggressive powerful and late game huntable animal while its relative is the opposite of all these.
- Rhino Rampage: It resembles a rhino with a differently shaped horn, but it's not one per se (although brontotheres and rhinos are close relatives).
Uintatherium
- Gentle Giant: And since it's a plant eater, it also doubles as an example of Herbivores Are Friendly.
- Mix-and-Match Critters: Resembles a hippo/rhino with saber teeth and six giraffe-like horns on its head.
