Wildlife and Other Creatures

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One of the bigger features of Redemption was the animals you could interact with. Whether you shot at birds while traveling between towns or gripped your gun with fear after hearing a cougar growl in the distance, animals are a beloved feature of the game.

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There are 178 animals in Red Dead Redemption 2. Many are variations of the same species.

So far we have seen or heard about:
  • Alligators
  • Badgers
  • Bats
  • Bears
  • Beavers
  • Buffalo
  • Cardinals
  • Cats
  • Cattle
  • Chickens
  • Cormorants
  • Cougars
  • Coyotes
  • Crabs
  • Cranes
  • Crows
  • Deer
  • Dogs
  • Ducks
  • Eagles
  • Egrets
  • Elk
  • Fish (30 species including sturgeons and salmon)
  • Foxes
  • Frogs
  • Geese
  • Gila Monsters
  • Goat
  • Gulls
  • Heron
  • Horses (19 breeds)
  • Iguana
  • Loons
  • Macaw - Guarma
  • Moose
  • Opossums
  • Owls
  • Ox
  • Pelicans
  • Pheasants
  • Pigs
  • Pigeons
  • Pronghorn
  • Quail
  • Rabbits
  • Raccoons
  • Rats
  • Rattle Snakes
  • Ravens
  • Robins
  • Sheep
  • Skunks
  • Spoonbills
  • Snapping Turtles
  • Squirrels
  • Sturgeons
  • Turkeys
  • Vultures
  • Wild boar (hog)
  • Wolves


Legendary animals return from Redemption. You'll need to hunt them down but be warned: they put up one hell of a fight!
  • Alligator - Lagras (not on Legendary Animal Map)
  • Bear - North of O'Creagh's Run
  • Beaver - Heron Glen
  • Big Horn - Cattail Pond
  • Bison - Hennigan's Stead
  • Boar - Bluewater Marsh
  • Buck - Western Big Valley
  • Cougar - Gaptooth Ridge
  • Coyote - Northwest Scarlett Meadows
  • Elk - East of Fort Wallace
  • Fish (Bluegill) - West of Rhodes
  • Fish (Bullhead Catfish) - Sisika Penitentiary
  • Fish (Chain Pickerel) - Southeast of Painted Sky
  • Fish (Largemouth Bass) - River southeast of Lake Don Julio
  • Fish (Large Sturgeon) - Southwest St. Denis
  • Fish (Longnose Gar) - Lagras
  • Fish (Muskie) - Van Horn
  • Fish (Perch) - Elysian Pool
  • Fish (Rock Bass) - Aurora Basin
  • Fish (Smallmouth Bass) - Owanjila
  • Fish (Sockeye Salmon) - Lake Isabella
  • Fish (Steelhead Trout) - North of Brandywine Drop
  • Fox - Mattock Pond
  • Moose - North of Brandywine Drop
  • Panther - Bolder Glade (not on Legendary Animal Map)
  • Pronghorn - Eastern Rio Bravo
  • White Bison - Lake Isabella
  • Wolf - Cotorra Springs

Animals are much more interactive among themselves. The first trailer showed a fox hunting a squirrel and vultures tearing into a coyote carcass. The second trailer showed a wild boar attacked by an alligator. Screenshots show a few creatures with freshly caught meals.

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Also in the first trailer in this scene with the buffalo you can see younger ones among the group (bottom-right):

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Rockstar Games has certainly raised the bar with the creatures in Red Dead Redemption 2 and we can be sure there are plenty of other new species yet to be shown.