[Bears Armed]

These suggestions look good!

I’m glad that you liked them!
Those non-RL families have been on my lists for several years, so it was nice to get a chance to see them “in place”.
I only found out about the Kalligrammatidae a few months ago, but they seemed like a nice idea too.

I have just added suggestions for four more species of small Carnivorans, three of them in the family Mustelidae and the other in the Notovenatoridae, with the label (SUGGESTED) above each of those.
If the ‘Austral Badger’ is acceptable then its presence would bring the number of [non-Cetacean] Mammal genera that your lands here share with RL Earth up to an “amazing” total of five! The others are Panthera (the Lion and Tiger here, which are the only two species of non-Cetacean Mammal that your lands share — although, even so, with separation at the subspecies level — with RL Earth; three more species also exist in RL, and at least two of those have reached some parts of the IDU as well, but none of those have reached your lands), Cuon (the Red Dog, or Dhole), Ursus (the Bears, two species here one in each of the subgenera ‘(Ursus)’ and ‘(Melursus)’; both of those groups also have other [different] members elsewhere, although certain species that belong to the genus overall are sometimes not assigned to either of them), and Sus (the “main” genus of Pigs).

Some other possible points to consider, at least in the medium term:
Given your people’s arrival in spaceships, is it reasonably safe to presume that they didn’t accidentally bring house mice, black rats, or brown rats, along with them? Are they bringing any domesticated cats or dogs, and if so then are they taking any precautions against the possible establishment of feral populations from either or both those of species? Are they introducing domestic livestock? Have they brought along pets of any other species? What crops or other plants are they going to try growing? Etc…

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