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What is the difference between an animal and a species, and how are they counted on a tile?

The designer defined a species as one cube, and the rulebook's Key Terms separates animals from species.

  • Chad Jensen · Designer · 2010-10-03
  • Dominant Species rulebook · Rulebook · Key Terms
  • Fwing · Community · 2014-11-23

An animal is one of the six classes a player controls, each with its own colour. A species is a single cube on a tile, and species are counted cube by cube: five mammal cubes, four reptile cubes and one bird cube make ten species from three animals.

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