Popular beast alternate modes

There's more of these than you'd think.

Earth is a planet literally teeming with organic life forms. Millions of genera, of all shapes and sizes, inhabit the planet, and a Cybertronian might scan any of them for a potential alternate mode. Some genera, however, are extremely popular with Cybertronians.

MediaWiki has certain requirements for an animal to be listed here. There must be at least three unique toy molds (or in-fiction appearances, in the case of non-toy bodies/characters) that share the beast mode. There must also be at least one unique character per mold—a single character getting numerous revamps in similar bodies over the years would not count as a "popular mode."

Each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/retools on the same line. The list is (more or less) organized in chronological order of toy release or fictional appearance.

See also: Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes, Popular Cybertronian vehicle alternate modes, Non-vehicle non-beast alternate modes, General Motors

Arthropods

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Arachnids

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Spiders

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Not an Avengers member.

Black Widow Spiders (Latrodectus mactans)

Scorpions

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Willing to trade his bee for a city mode.

Crustaceans

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Crabs

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When all the world is metrosexual, the Crab People will finally reign supreme!

Insects

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Stag beetles (family Lucanidae)

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Not Pinsir.

Scarabs and male rhinoceros beetles (family Scarabaeidae)

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Not Heracross.

Grasshoppers and locusts (order Orthoptera)

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Wasps and ants (order Hymenoptera)

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A rare shot of Waspinator not getting blown up.

Mantises (order Mantodea)

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Dragonflies (order Odonata)

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Fishes

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Chondrichthyes

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Rays

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Manta Ray (Manta birostris)

Starring in the next Shark Attack movie.


Sharks

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Hammerhead shark (genus Sphyrna and others)

Great White shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

Reptiles

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Crocodylians

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Don't flush him down the toilet.

Lizards

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Snakes

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Cobras (genus Naja and others)

Turtles

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Snapping turtles (genera Chelydra and Macroclemmys)

Dinosaurs

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Ankylosaurus

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Brontosaurus<ref>Due to the changing classification status of various fossils, these molds may have been described as either Brontosaurus or Apatosaurus at the time of release.</ref>

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Pachycephalosaurus

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Spinosaurus

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Stegosaurus

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"Slag stole my name." :'(

Styracosaurus

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Triceratops

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Tyrannosaurus

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"Down, Dino. Down, boy! Down, boy! Down!!"

Velociraptor

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Pterosaurs

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Pteranodon

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Brimstone
Paulie (yes, that's really his name)


Birds

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Condors (genera Vultur and Gymnogyps)

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Eagles (order Accipitriformes)

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Hawks and falcons (order Falconiformes)

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's both!

Owls (order Strigiformes)

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Beast Wars Prowl.


Synapsids

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Dimetrodon

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Dinobots Sludge


Mammals

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Bats

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He tried to get a recurring role in Batman Beyond.

Bovids

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Not a Terror dog, we swear.

Canines

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Wolves / Dogs (Canis lupus)

Timber from G.I. Joe Crossovers...if such a toyline existed.

Equines

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Felines

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Jaguars (Panthera onca)

Tigers (Panthera tigris)

Tigertron after visiting a tanning salon.

Lions (Panthera leo)

Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)

Primates

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Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla)

Could 100 humans take him on?

Humans (Homo sapiens)

"I'm not an animal! I'm a human being Pretender shell!"

Proboscideans

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Suidae

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Boars

Rhinos

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Just when you thought a rhino's skin couldn't get any tougher...

Rabbits

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Rodents

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Rats

Ursines

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Bears (genus Ursus)

Rise and Shine, Ursine!


Mythical creatures

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Dragons

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Moonlights as a Yu-Gi-Oh! card.

References

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