{"dataset":"RDR1 Animals and Where to Hunt Them","game":"rdr1","section":"animals","source":"https://outlawdb.com/en/rdr1/animals","license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"},"attribution":"Data from outlawdb (https://outlawdb.com/en/rdr1/animals), derived from Red Dead Wiki, CC BY-SA 3.0.","generated":"2026-09-26T14:09:16.540Z","count":41,"rows":[{"slug":"american-buffalo","name":"American Buffalo","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/American_Buffalo","trivia":["Sometimes after killing a buffalo, tragic music will play, reflecting the tragic story of their hunting to near-extinction.","The buffalo mount in Multiplayer, when summoned, will run away from the player, frightened, to the nearest field and graze there (this is their generic, scripted behavior in the game), which can be a real pain in a dangerous hit and run situation. The only way to prevent this is to stand still and allow the buffalo to approach the player, thus making it one of the most disliked mounts in Multiplayer.","The buffalo mount has no sound effects for moving along train tracks or the ground outside of the Great Plains region. This is because in Single Player, the animal can only be found in the Great Plains and the Wreck of the Serendipity, thus not needing sound effects for any other area.","When replaying missions, it is possible that the buffalo can appear; however, killing them does not add to the Single Player total.","Even if the player has already got the \"Manifest Destiny\" achievement, putting bait in a certain area on Nekoti Rock can cause a herd of buffalo to appear. However, it may take a few attempts for them to appear as bears, wolves, foxes, coyotes, deer, and bobcats seem to be attracted to the bait up there as well. Also, placing a bait at the end (as seen on the world map) of the road leading to Cochinay fort will often spawn small herd of buffalo.","A glitch may occur where, if the player shoots and kills a buffalo, it will fall to the ground, raise itself, and then fall back down.","Another similar glitch can occur when the player kills a buffalo: it will lay dead, then come back to life as if never killed.","Buffaloes are the rarest non-legendary animal in Red Dead Redemption, due to the fact that they can become extinct, and can only be \"respawned\" using the tricks mentioned above."],"scientificName":"Bison bison"},{"slug":"armadillo-animal","name":"Armadillo (Animal)","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Armadillo_(Animal)","trivia":["\"Armadillo\" is Spanish for \"little armored one\"."],"scientificName":"Dasypus novemcinctus","loot":["Armadillo Carapace","Armadillo Meat"],"locations":["Gaptooth Ridge","Various locations in Nuevo Paraiso and New Austin"]},{"slug":"bat","name":"Bat","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Bat","trivia":["According to Marshal Johnson, one of the main ingredients for Nigel West Dickens' Elixir is bat urine."],"scientificName":"Chiroptera","loot":["Bat Wings","Undead Bat Wings (Undead Nightmare)"],"locations":["Tumbleweed Thieves' Landing"]},{"slug":"beaver","name":"Beaver","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Beaver","trivia":["In real-life beavers are nocturnal animals, only seen rarely during the day. This is different from beavers in-game which appear more frequently during the day."],"scientificName":"Castor canadensis","loot":["Beaver Meat","Beaver Fur"],"locations":["Various locations in West Elizabeth"]},{"slug":"bighorn-sheep","name":"Bighorn Sheep","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Bighorn_Sheep","trivia":["They are mostly spotted in the middle of the day, and roam in groups of two to six.","All bighorn sheep in the game appear to resemble rams (male sheep) as they all have horns curved up like snail shells. Horns on a female bighorn sheep (ewe) are straight.","Look for a group of animals that have white fur and 2 curved horns on their head. From a distance they may resemble buck.","They are fairly small. Many players look for large animals, resulting in them giving up their search.","The player can lasso them and drag them around with very little resistance, similarly how the player can lasso a tamed horse and drag it around.","Two dead bighorns can be found on the mountain in \"At Home with Dutch\", the first killed by a bear and the second by a cougar.","Bighorn Sheep do not appear in Undead Nightmare."],"scientificName":"Ovis canadensis","loot":["Bighorn Meat","Bighorn Horns","Bighorn Skin"],"locations":["Tall Trees","Rathskeller Fork"]},{"slug":"boar","name":"Boar","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Boar","trivia":["As well as the boars found in primary locations in eastern areas of the map, a random event near El Matadero in Nuevo Paraiso has a boar being chased by a man on horseback, although no other boars are seen in Nuevo Paraiso.","Boars are also very common in the Great Plains, near the Wreck of the Serendipity, along with cougars."],"scientificName":"Sus scrofa","loot":["Boar Meat","Boar Tusks","Boar Skin"],"locations":["Stillwater Creek","Various locations in West Elizabeth"]},{"slug":"bobcat","name":"Bobcat","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Bobcat","trivia":["Bobcats do not appear in Undead Nightmare. They were originally going to be in Redemption 2 but were scrapped. They are also the only animal from the first game not to return in the second.","Despite not returning as an actual animal in Redemption 2, a decorative belt buckle, available to the player via Outlaw Pass No. 4, seemingly depicts an anthropomorphized bobcat in a desert scene, wearing a similar hat and poncho to Javier Escuella's outfit from Story Mode.","Additionally, the presence of unused Compendium and item images suggest that the bobcat was originally present in Redemption 2, but was presumably scrapped late into development.","Bobcats and cougars share the same sound files.","Occasionally, the player may encounter an NPC being attacked by Bobcat."],"scientificName":"Lynx rufus","loot":["Bobcat Fur","Bobcat Claw","Bobcat Meat","Bobcat Fang","Bobcat Heart"],"locations":["Tall Trees","Escalera","Perdido Diez Coronas"]},{"slug":"brumas-the-bear","name":"Brumas the Bear","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Brumas_the_Bear","trivia":["Brumas' body features a scar on his face, which has left him blind in one eye.","Brumas is one of the strongest creatures in the game. He requires two headshots with the Buffalo Rifle to kill him (unless he is shot in the back of the head, which is a one-shot kill), though a shot in the eye can usually kill him.","Brumas' parts sell best in Nuevo Paraiso ($108 for his meat, $144 for his fur, $96 for his claw, $108 for his heart and $132 for his teeth) for a grand total of $882 (With Honor rank Peacemaker) or $1656 with the Expert Hunter Outfit (Brumas' heart is not duplicated). You only get 50% of this in West Elizabeth and Thieves' Landing, and 75% elsewhere.","He appears to live in the cave at the top of Nekoti Rock.","Although rare, it is possible for Brumas and Lobo to spawn in the same general area, and both be seen on the map.","The Gunsmith in Blackwater, Elmer Purdy, will occasionally reference Brumas by saying \"I hear they're still hunting that giant grizzly bear up in Tall Trees.\"","Brumas' size implies he may actually be Kodiak Bear, even though they are from Alaska (specifically Kodiak Island) and would not be found in the American Southwest.","It's possible that a bear using Brumas' model will spawn during the missions \"For Purely Scientific Purposes\" and/or \"Spare the Love, Spoil the Child\". In both cases, the bear that spawns is mechanically an ordinary grizzly, lacking Brumas' health bonus and special item drops.","NPCs in West Elizabeth will sometimes be heard talking about a great or huge Grizzly Bear in the mountains they want to hunt. Or tell each other it's been spotted again with claws like tomahawks.","Brumas is the only legendary animal to be found in the same area in both singleplayer and multiplayer.","Occasionally, a pack of wolves will spawn at the base of the mountain, rush up to the top, and will then proceed to slaughter Brumas."],"loot":["Brumas' Fur","Brumas' Meat","Brumas' Tooth","Brumas' Heart","Brumas' Claw"],"locations":["Nekoti Rock (singleplayer)","Bearclaw Camp (multiplayer)"]},{"slug":"buck","name":"Buck","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Buck","trivia":["The in-game buck is a white-tailed deer.","Shooting a buck in the antlers will kill it instantly, despite the fact that this would not injure a deer in real life.","Bucks can be hunted in both single player and Multiplayer.","Bucks will not attack the player, but are very fast and can be hard to hit, so using Dead-Eye is often useful.","In a large herd, one may encounter 1 or 2 bucks in a herd numbering around 5-7.","Rifles are recommended for taking deer.","Strangely, all buck antlers have 8 points.","Despite it being a type of deer, it is not counted towards the Master Hunter Challenge Rank 2."],"scientificName":"Odocoileus virginianus","loot":["Buck Antlers","Buck Meat","Buck Skin"],"locations":["Various locations in West Elizabeth","New Austin and Nuevo Paraiso."]},{"slug":"bull","name":"Bull","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Bull","trivia":["One of the MacFarlane Brothers was killed trying to milk a bull.","Sometimes, bulls will attack NPCs located in MacFarlane's Ranch. Ranch hands that enter the pen may be run over by the bull. Also, if the bull becomes agitated and escapes from the pen, he will charge at anyone, whether it is the player or an NPC, that comes near him."],"scientificName":"Bos taurus"},{"slug":"chicken","name":"Chicken","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Chicken","trivia":["Dead chickens can be found in stores hanging or standing flat, and some meats appear in plates which are possibly chicken meat. Sometimes butchers will go their bench and cut dead chickens' heads off, before throwing the separated body and head into different barrels.","The breed of chicken used as the gameplay model is an amalgamation of a Rhode Island Red and a New Hampshire Red. This is an unlikely breed to be found in the American West at the time.","It's possible to kick chickens in both games by pressing the fire button with no weapon drawn.","If kicked too many times, the chicken can be knocked out, but not killed. The player will then be unable to take its feathers.","Oddly, if the player kicks a chicken into the water it will not drown, unlike other animals.","Chickens can be trampled if run over by a cart or other vehicle.","Unlike other farm animals, the player does not incur a bounty for killing livestock when killing a chicken.","Oddly, in rare cases, shooting the chicken will not harm it, even with the strongest weapons. The chicken will become invincible, able to withstand even an explosion.","Due to being a domestic animal, killing a chicken is not required for the Unnatural Selection trophy/achievement.","In Rathskeller Fork, the dogs will often growl at and then attack the chickens, killing them. This is useful to get feathers which can be dropped at up to 5 per chicken."],"scientificName":"Gallus gallus domesticus","loot":["Chicken Feathers"],"locations":["Various settlements"]},{"slug":"cougar","name":"Cougar","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Cougar","trivia":["The Undead Cougar is the Cougar equivalent encountered in the Undead Nightmare DLC pack.","Cougars and bobcats share the same sound file.","Rufus Byrd, Warren Dillard, Baxter Deaton and Eddie Savoy often talk about a giant cougar or a mountain lion in Hennigan's Stead, claiming it killed three lawmen and that it stole and ate a baby. Rufus will also claim that, according to Jesse Bryars, another has been spotted in Río Bravo. Baxter will claim that the cougar is protected by the \"local inbreds\".","Despite their relatively small size, cougars have been seen attacking bears, but this is quite rare.","The sounds that the cougars make were reused for the cougars in Grand Theft Auto V.","Despite being there in promotional screenshots, Cougars do not spawn in Nuevo Paraíso."],"scientificName":"Puma concolor","loot":["Cougar Fang","Cougar Claw","Cougar Meat","Cougar Pelt"],"locations":["Various Locations in New Austin and West Elizabeth"]},{"slug":"cow","name":"Cow","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Cow","trivia":["There are four different colors of cows: Bald Face Piebald, Piebald, Bald Face Skewbald, and Splashed Skewbald. There are also bulls, which serve as the male equivalent. Some cows have bells around their necks.","If a cow is lassoed, it will not retaliate and will follow Marston wherever he goes. This is surprisingly good for hunting animals such as wolves or other carnivores, as cows can be brought out into the hunting ground and used as a kind of makeshift bait.","In multiplayer, if the player has very low health and a cow runs them over to kill them, it will display the message \"[Player name] was somehow killed by a cow.\"","If the player lassos wild cows, which is rare and uncommon, it will drag them until the player falls off, lets go, or dies."],"scientificName":"Bos taurus","loot":["Cow Meat","Cow Hide"],"locations":["New Austin","MacFarlane's Ranch","Twin Rocks (wild)","Ridgewood Farm","Pike's Basin (without starting the Gang hideout) Nuevo Paraiso","Agave Viejo","Chuparosa West Elizabeth","Beecher's Hope (\"The Outlaw's Return\" - By Sweat and Toil)","Blackwater"]},{"slug":"coyote","name":"Coyote","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Coyote","trivia":["Coyotes and Foxes share the same sound file.","In Grand Theft Auto V, the sounds from the coyotes were apparently re-used from Red Dead Redemption."],"scientificName":"Canis latrans","loot":["Coyote Pelt","Coyote Meat"],"locations":["Various"]},{"slug":"crow","name":"Crow","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Crow","scientificName":"Corvus brachyrhynchos","loot":["Crow Feathers"],"locations":["Various locations"]},{"slug":"deer","name":"Deer","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Deer","trivia":["Dead deer can be found at some hunters camps.","A corpse of a deer can be seen during the mission \"Exodus in America\".","It can be noted that while it is a deer, based on the fact that there is also a Buck that can hunted, it should be called a Doe, as \"deer\" is just the species, and the Buck is also a deer.","In real life this species is the white-tailed deer.","Deer do not appear in Undead Nightmare.","If you shoot a deer while it is in mid-prance, it will sometimes do a flip before hitting the ground (depending on timing and weapon.)","Sometimes after firing a weapon deer may freeze up rather than flee."],"scientificName":"Odocoileus virginianus","loot":["Deer Skin","Deer Meat"],"locations":["Various locations"]},{"slug":"dog","name":"Dog","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Dog","scientificName":"Canis familiaris","loot":["Dog Meat","Dog Fur"],"locations":["Various locations"]},{"slug":"duck","name":"Duck","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Duck","scientificName":"Anas platyrhynchos","loot":["Duck Feathers"],"locations":["Lake Don Julio","Most of bodies of water"]},{"slug":"eagle","name":"Eagle","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Eagle","trivia":["Eagles found in Nuevo Paraíso are actually birds called crested caracaras, which have orange bills and aren't actually classified as eagles, while the birds around Tall Trees are the famous bald eagles. Interestingly, the golden eagle, which does live in the American Southwest, is not included in the game; however, it eventually would make an appearance in Red Dead Redemption 2.","Like hawks, eagles will make a loud screech while flying.","John Marston appears to have an eagle feather attached to his hat."],"scientificName":"Haliaeetus leucocephalus Caracara plancus","loot":["Eagle Feathers"],"locations":["Tall Trees","Hendidura Grande","Laguna Borrego","Rancho Polvo"]},{"slug":"elk","name":"Elk","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Elk","trivia":["The game states that elk are the largest species of deer in the world. This is only true in-game; in real life, the largest extant species of deer in the world is the moose (Alces alces), which is not present in Redemption. Early after the game's release, many players believed that the elk was, in fact, a moose at first sight. Moose would eventually make an appearance in Red Dead Redemption 2.","Strangely, areas such as Manzanita Post and Thieves' Landing are decorated with elk and moose antlers. However, there are no moose present in-game.","The type of elk in the game is likely the Rocky Mountain subspecies (C. c. nelsoni) of elk. They are closely related to red deer (C. elaphus), a European and Asian species.","Historically, there were six different subspecies of elk in North America. Two subspecies - the eastern elk (C. c. canadensis) and Merriam's elk (C. c. merriami)- are now extinct. The four remaining subspecies are the tule elk (C. c. nannodes), Rocky Mountain elk, Roosevelt elk (C. c. roosevelti), and Manitoban elk (C. c. manitobensis).","While the deer featured in the game are present in both sexes (with the 'buck' being male, and the 'doe' being female), the elk appear to all be male. This is because only elk bulls (males) sport the antlers for which they are recognized; elk cows (females) do not have antlers. This distinction was eventually added in Redemption 2.","Elk, like many other animals, can not be found in Undead Nightmare.","There are two varieties of elk present in-game: a pale elk, and a yellowish one. The pale type seems to have larger antlers."],"scientificName":"Cervus canadensis","loot":["Elk Meat","Elk Skin","Elk Antlers"],"locations":["Tall Trees"]},{"slug":"fox","name":"Fox","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Fox","trivia":["Foxes will rarely attack the player; only when no horse is in sight, and the player is standing still. This trait is also shared with coyotes.","Foxes also share the same audio files with coyotes.","Foxes will commonly attack and swiftly kill raccoons, despite being nearly the same size."],"scientificName":"Vulpes vulpes Urocyon cinereoargenteus","loot":["Fox Meat","Fox Fur"],"locations":["The Hanging Rock","Wreck of the Serendipity","Tall Trees","Warthington Ranch","Riley's Charge","Great Plains","Rio del Toro","Odd Fellow's Rest"]},{"slug":"goat","name":"Goat","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Goat","trivia":["None of the official trailers feature goats. However, goats were shown in the Weazel News trailer for Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony as part of \"archive footage\". Rockstar Games later confirmed the footage with the goats was from (possibly a beta version at the time) Red Dead Redemption.","Due to being a domestic animal, killing a goat is not required for the Unnatural Selection trophy/achievement.","Goats are not undead like other animals in the Undead Nightmare DLC pack. This may be as goats are often associated with Satanic rituals, and as such are unaffected by the plague. In Undead Nightmare, they have a darker color, red eyes, and their horns are much longer. They are known as \"Horned\" goats. Also, if they are killed they will get thrown into a ragdoll state and disappear.","Rarely, the goat's body will stay, and if the player tries to search the corpse, they will ragdoll and die."],"scientificName":"Capra hircus","loot":["Goat Meat"],"locations":["Critchley's Ranch"]},{"slug":"gordo-the-boar","name":"Gordo the Boar","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Gordo_the_Boar","trivia":["\"Gordo\" in both Spanish and Portuguese means \"fat\"","In Multiplayer, if the player kills Gordo, they will receive the \"Lord of the Flies\" title. The title is based on the book Lord of the Flies."],"loot":["Gordo's Skin","Gordo's Meat","Gordo's Tusks","Gordo's Heart"],"locations":["Stillwater Creek (singleplayer)","Greenhollow (multiplayer)"]},{"slug":"grizzly-bear","name":"Grizzly bear","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Grizzly_bear","trivia":["Bears will roar in front of the player if they enter a spot where they cannot attack them - for example, standing on a rock or a structure.","In Single Player, if an NPC runs into a bear in a settlement (usually Manzanita Post or Beecher's Hope), the bears will not attack, as they are scripted to be peaceful in these locations.","In Multiplayer, if the player rams a bear with a Super Bull around 20 times, it will kill the bear.","Sometimes, when going through Tall Trees in Single Player, the player will see wolves chasing and attacking a bear.","When chasing the player, bears are scripted to stop and turn around upon reaching the border of Tall Trees. However, in some instances, bears may spawn on the wrong side of the border, i.e. in the Great Plains, and Hennigan's Stead on rare occasions. This allows for the bear to chase the player anywhere within the confines of that region, including Blackwater, due to a lack of programmed borders to prevent the bear from doing such a thing.","Strangely, neither black bears nor Mexican grizzly bears, which were prevalent during the time and location the game takes place, appear in any form. Black bears would eventually make an appearance in Red Dead Redemption 2."],"scientificName":"Ursus arctos horribilis","loot":["Grizzly Furs","Grizzly Claw","Grizzly Meat","Grizzly Tooth","Grizzly Heart"],"locations":["West Elizabeth","Great Plains (rarely)","Tall Trees"]},{"slug":"hawk","name":"Hawk","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Hawk","scientificName":"Buteo jamaicensis","loot":["Hawk Feathers"],"locations":["Various locations"]},{"slug":"horse","name":"Horse","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Horse","scientificName":"Equus caballus"},{"slug":"jackalope","name":"Jackalope","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Jackalope","trivia":["The Jackalope is the only mythical creature that appears in Red Dead Redemption. It does not make an appearance in Undead Nightmare.","Tales of Jackalopes were probably inspired by sightings of rabbits infected with the Shope papilloma virus, which causes the growth of horn- and antler-like tumors in various places on the rabbit's head and body.","The word Jackalope is a portmanteau of \"jackrabbit\" and \"antalope\", an archaic spelling of antelope.","The Jackalope generates Buck Antlers and Rabbit Meat when skinned. While this might seem like laziness in not renaming the former, a male rabbit is actually formally called a buck.","The Jackalope is the only animal which does not reward the player with its own items, giving instead Rabbit and Buck products.","The Jackalope is the only Legendary which can appear more than once in a single playthrough (excluding glitches involving Brumas the Bear's model appearing as a standard bear).","Sometimes on very rare occasions a Jackalope may run into the Armadillo Saloon. This sometimes happens because an NPC dog is chasing it or simply by accident."],"scientificName":"None (cryptid)","loot":["Rabbit Meat","Buck Antlers"],"locations":["Anywhere rabbits are found"]},{"slug":"khan-the-jaguar","name":"Khan the Jaguar","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Khan_the_Jaguar","trivia":["Khan's name could be a reference to \"Shere Khan\", the man-eating tiger antagonist of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.","The game files lists Khan as a cougar, as it shares many characteristics with an actual cougar.","He is the only legendary animal that is not part of any animal species in the game.","Jaguars' range in real life reached into the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico; by 1911, many of them were exterminated, primarily by human activity. Some individuals still live there in the modern era.","Khan is the only jaguar in the entire Red Dead series that can be encountered. The Legendary Giaguaro Panther from Redemption 2 has a similar name and spots, but is of indeterminate species, since it simply resembles a cougar with rosettes.","Despite being called a jaguar his appearance is more of a leopard, you can tell it because jaguars have bigger rosettes with inner spots while leopards have smaller rosettes without inner spots"],"scientificName":"Panthera onca","loot":["Khan's Pelt","Khan's Meat","Khan's Fang","Khan's Heart"],"locations":["Ojo del Diablo (Single Player)","Tanner's Reach (Multiplayer)"]},{"slug":"lobo-the-wolf","name":"Lobo the Wolf","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Lobo_the_Wolf","trivia":["To design Lobo, developers probably took inspiration from the book Lobo the King of Currumpaw, in which author Ernest Thompson Seton describes (and actually hunted down) a black Wolf named Lobo, who lived in the Currumpaw Valley, New Mexico.","Lobo in both Spanish and Portuguese means wolf, making his name Wolf the Wolf.","Lobo has been known not to attack the player unless they attack him first, this may be due to the player fast traveling right where he spawns, or it may just be a glitch. This may also occur if he spawns at near the same time as Brumas the bear.","Sometimes, after he has been killed, his eyes may glow. They also may look slightly bloated.","In the Spanish version, his name is \"Colmillo\", which means \"Fang\".","Keifer the Wolf has the same model as Lobo.","Lobo's model may appear uncommonly during the \"Bad Hunter\" world event if the animal being hunted is a wolf; killing and skinning his model in this situation will only reward the player with the pelt, meat, and heart from a regular wolf."],"loot":["Lobo's Fur","Lobo's Meat","Lobo's Heart"],"locations":["Tall Trees (singleplayer)","Barranca (multiplayer)"]},{"slug":"mule","name":"Mule","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Mule","trivia":["A mule is the offspring of a horse and a donkey.","During the Stranger side-mission \"I Know You\", both the Strange Man and Mother Superior have mules, but Marston is unable to ride them, as they lack a lead.","Although labeled \"mules\" in-game, the animals found in Red Dead Redemption are actually donkeys, as they show every physical characteristic of a donkey. In real life, mules can be the same size or larger than horses, and their ears, while longer than those of a horse, are generally shorter than a donkey's.","This difference is rectified in Redemption 2.","Furthermore, Nuevo Paraíso residents call them \"burros\", which means \"donkey\". The Spanish for \"mule\" would be \"mula\" or \"mulo\".","Additionally, the Zebra Donkey is considered a Mule.","Contrary to their inability to jump in the game, real-life mules are excellent jumpers. Mules and donkeys are popular for contests in which they jump increasingly high poles from a standstill, a feat of which few horses are capable."],"scientificName":"Equus asinus","loot":["Mule Hide","Mule Meat"],"locations":["Nuevo Paraíso"]},{"slug":"owl","name":"Owl","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Owl","trivia":["Taxidermied owls can be found in many buildings, such as the study in Dutch's hideout, and in the living room of Beecher's Hope."],"scientificName":"Bubo virginianus","loot":["Owl Feathers"],"locations":["All three states (nighttime)"]},{"slug":"pig","name":"Pig","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Pig","trivia":["Butchered pigs are found hanging in markets and slaughterhouses in Escalera, Blackwater, Chuparosa, El Matadero, and Thieves' Landing. These are simply part of the atmosphere of the game.","There are two colors of pig, pink and gray.","In the game, the pigs will exhibit natural behaviors, including rolling around in mud.","Killing a pig at Cochinay may cause a glitch to occur, during which soldiers of the Mexican Army proceed to attack the player despite the fact that the player is in the United States.","In the pig pen at Cochinay, there is a moderately useful glitch for infinitely respawning pigs. Killing the pigs with a knife and skinning them will often cause more to spawn. If they cease spawning, the player should move to the corner of the pen and rotate their camera a few times. They should begin to respawn once more. This can prove very profitable if Marston plans on selling the meat.","Due to being a domestic animal, the player is not required to kill a pig in order to achieve the \"Unnatural Selection\" achievement.","There is a quirk Warthington Ranch where if Marston fires a gun near the pigs or attacks, they will run through the gates out of the pens out of fear and escape into the wild. If the player stops chasing after them, they will disappear from the game and may reappear back at Warthington's. The pigs at Rathskeller Fork may exhibit the same behavior.","The house with the fence in which the pigs are kept in in Blackwater is in fact Dr. Cyril Purvis' house."],"scientificName":"Sus domesticus","loot":["Pig Meat"],"locations":["Thieves' Landing","Rathskeller Fork","Warthington Ranch","Cochinay","Blackwater","Beecher's Hope"]},{"slug":"rabbit","name":"Rabbit","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Rabbit","trivia":["Confusingly, the HUD icon for the jackrabbit in Redemption 2 is of a cottontail rabbit.","The Jackalope in Redemption is the same as a rabbit, except it has Buck antlers, and its running animation's speed is increased.","Rabbits do not appear in Undead Nightmare."],"scientificName":"Lepus californicus","loot":["Rabbit Meat (RDR1)","Game Meat (RDR2)","Rabbit Pelt"],"locations":["Various"]},{"slug":"raccoon","name":"Raccoon","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Raccoon","trivia":["Raccoons are the easiest animal to hunt since they can be found virtually anywhere, can be skinned quickly, are slow runners, are big and easy targets, and make distinctive shrieks when spotting Marston."],"scientificName":"Procyon lotor","loot":["Raccoon Fur","Raccoon Meat"],"locations":["Various locations"]},{"slug":"rattlesnake","name":"Rattlesnake","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Rattlesnake","trivia":["The game's soundtrack includes an atmospheric rattlesnake sound, which does not indicate the presence of a rattlesnake. It is important to learn the difference between this and the actual rattlesnake sound while travelling; a real snake's sound will increase and decrease in volume as the player moves around relative to the snake's location, while the atmospheric sound simply happens at a fixed volume and then stops.","Due to their small size compared to the rest of the animals and world, as well as their ability to blend in, rattlesnakes don't need detailed animations and modeling. Therefore, rattlesnakes in the game appear slightly boxy when zoomed in on, and their animations are very simple.","Though the game states the snakes are venomous, there is no mechanic to simulate poison or continuing damage; snakes simply deal normal damage. Rattlesnakes deal poison damage over time in Red Dead Redemption 2, however.","While rattlesnakes are more common during the day, they will still be found in some areas at night, especially inside Pike's Basin.","The player can push a snake into a town, and it will kill NPCs as they walk by; however, the snakes can be killed by lawmen.","While rattlesnakes die in a single hit from most any weapon, they are treated as large animals for purposes of being obliterated; nothing short of the Explosive Rifle will destroy a snake (even the Rolling Block Rifle, Carcano Rifle and Buffalo Rifle will leave a skinnable carcass).","Wolves will attack any snakes in the area.","Rattlesnakes still attack the player when they have the beastmaster cheat active.","If the player are riding their horse and hear a crunch with no squeak or chirp, they have most likely killed a rattlesnake."],"scientificName":"Crotalus atrox","loot":["Snake Skin"],"locations":["All regions"]},{"slug":"seagull","name":"Seagull","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Seagull","scientificName":"Larus smithsonianus","loot":["Seagull Feathers"],"locations":["Blackwater"]},{"slug":"sheep","name":"Sheep","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Sheep","trivia":["Sometimes the player will have to go into the pen itself and wait awhile before sheep will spawn. It is advisable to wander around the pen and move the camera around when waiting for one, as they usually spawn off-screen.","Sheep have 3 variations: black, grey, and white. The black variation is extremely rare while the white variation is extremely common.","They are essentially identical to the goat in terms of their behavior, and use the exact same sound effects."],"scientificName":"Ovis aries","loot":["Sheep Skin","Sheep Meat"],"locations":["Armadillo"]},{"slug":"skunk","name":"Skunk","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Skunk","scientificName":"Mephitis mephitis","loot":["Skunk Fur","Skunk Meat"],"locations":["Various locations"]},{"slug":"songbird","name":"Songbird","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Songbird","trivia":["The rare red variation resembles the real world common whitethroat, which is not found in North America, but in Eurasia."],"scientificName":"Passerina cyanea Geothlypis trichas Curruca communis","loot":["Songbird Feathers"],"locations":["Nuevo Paraiso","New Austin","West Elizabeth"]},{"slug":"vulture","name":"Vulture","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Vulture","trivia":["Despite their promotional artwork labelling vultures the \"world's largest bird of prey\", this is only true in-game; in real life, the largest bird of prey is the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)."],"scientificName":"Cathartes aura"},{"slug":"wolf","name":"Wolf","status":"verified","wikiUrl":"https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Wolf","trivia":["Most of the wolves in game are black in color. Some believe that this means that they have dog ancestry, however, this coat variation is very common in warmer climates such as in the game.","Their small size seems to indicate that the wolves in the game are Mexican wolves; however, Mexican wolves are very rarely black in color.","In-game, wolves can be heard barking, while in reality, wolves rarely bark; when they do, it is usually when a wolf is startled or otherwise surprised.","Sometimes in wolf packs, animals or humans may be seen acting like a wolf, and making the same sounds.","Wolves are one of the few animals 'the hunter', who is randomly encountered during the game, wants the player to hunt and kill using the bait given to the player before the challenge begins.","When a wolf attacks the player, it will sometimes hang on to Marston's arm before being thrown a short distance; the same thing will sometimes happen when the player attacks a domesticated dog in any town or settlement in the game.","If you have the hunting knife while a wolf grabs your arm, Marston will kill the wolf with a quick slice instead of throwing it.","If John gets attacked by a wolf while wielding the Hunting Knife, he will say, \"How do you think I got these scars?!\", suggesting he got his scars from fighting wolves sometime in the past. This was later confirmed in Red Dead Redemption 2, in the mission Enter, Pursued by a Memory.","It also serves as a reference to a line uttered by Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker in the 2008 film The Dark Knight."],"scientificName":"Canis lupus","loot":["Wolf Pelt","Wolf Meat","Wolf Heart"],"locations":["Various locations"]}]}