This list of animal (and a few cartoon or other) code names for Prime hardware is drawn from a variety of sources. A partial list can be found at the end of this page. This list was collated by Dennis Boone, 1986-2025.
Abel 8 MB memory
Adder 2301 (Cipher streamer drive or controller)
Alvin P2850
Ape P850
Aphrodite 4x50 power supply, 130A +5, 7A +12, 7A -12
Bass Model 4714 disk 84 MB (prev 4713)
Beaver Remote EAGLE, connected via Hawk
Beluga Model 4855 770 MB SMD disk drive (prev 4845)
Bobcat, horizontal P5340
Bobcat, horizontal slow P5320
Bobcat, vertical P5330
Bobcat, vertical slow P5310
Cain 16, 32 MB memory
Camel P9950 (cf Fox, name changed during dev)
Chinook Model 4732 disk, HP 1.5 GB
Chipmunk May be a "Fat 2450" cabinet for 2850/2950
Chum Model 4729 disk HP 760
Coho Model 4730 disk 200 MB
Cougar (Uni-) P6450
Cougar (Dual-) P6650
Curley P2950 (CPU type 33)
Daphne Internal BBU for 4x50
Dolphin P9750
Eagle ICS2
Elf Adapter to a general purpose secondary I/O bus
Falcon Remote Hawk with 8 async lines (remote ICS1?)
Fox P9950 (cf Camel, name changed during dev)
Ferret VCP II
Garfield P55xx ('Toons series, abandoned at close)
Gorilla P750
Hawk (proposed serial "packet-plexor")
Iguana Intelligent controller (LHC)
Jackrabbit? P2550; may be a BORIS localism
Jaguar P6150
Koala TLA10019 IDC3 disk controller
Larry P2455 (CPU type 32)
Leopard P6350
Lizard Ring 3 test program
Lynx ICS1
Marlin 2023 BMTC (tape)
Mink VCP 4 (4x50)
Minnow 2382 (SCSI ctrl for skinny 2x5x machines)
Mole P550
Moe P2755 (CPU type 31)
Panther P6550
Penguin P9955-II
Perch disk
Pickeral 500 MB SMD disk drive
Pip P4450 (Penguin-in-Possum, 9955-II cpu in a 4050 cab)
Possum P4150
Puffer Kennedy? tape drive
Rabbit P2250
Remora P2455
Roadrunner (multiport serial?)
Sculpin Model 4721 disk, 328 MB
Sculpin-II Model 4731 disk, HP 412MB
Seahorse Model 4719 disk 258 MB
Shamrock Telex tri-density 9track drive?
Shark P2755
Simon P2950
Sloth P4050
Stallion P5370
Swordfish SDTC (TLA10406)
Terrapin P2450 (CPU types 20, 35, 36, 37) (Tortoise?)
Thor LHC
Tigger P9955-T (9955 with 32MB memory support, special)
Toons P55x0 (x=# of cpus)
Turtle P2350
Vole P9650
Weasel VCP 3 (9755)
Wombat P9955
Wren PST100
Note: "CPU types" numbers above do not seem to correspond to the values returned by the cpuid$() call.