What animal is Yoshi based off of?

Yoshi is a fictional dinosaur who appears in video games published by Nintendo. Yoshi debuted in Super Mario World (1990) on the SNES as Mario and Luigi's sidekick. Throughout the mainline Super Mario series, Yoshi typically serves as Mario's trusted steed.
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What kind of turtle is Yoshi?

“Yoshi the loggerhead turtle arrived in Cape Town in July 1997 on a Japanese fishing vessel as a small 2-kilogram juvenile with a very distinctive injury on the side of her shell.
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Is Yoshi an amphibian or a reptile?

Again making the assumption these are related and conveniently ignoring Bowser's tufts of hair, spiked shell and fire-breathing, Yoshis are probably some kind of turtly archosaurian reptile.
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Is Yoshi a velociraptor?

Yoshi is the velociraptor-type dinosaur, and was the "royal pet" of President Koopa until the latter's demise. Unlike most other inhabitants of Dinohattan, he retained his original reptilian form. He also possesses a strong and long tongue that he can manipulate objects with.
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Is Yoshi an iguana?

There are species described as 'lizard-like' but not directly lizards, yoshi is of a species called the yoshi, and are described as 'dinosaur-like' but have never been directly refered to as lizards by the creators. Yoshi is the species of dinosaur, not one particular one.
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What animal is Yoshi supposed to be?

Yoshi is a fictional dinosaur who appears in video games published by Nintendo.
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What dinosaur is Yoshi based off of?

The inspiration for Yoshi can be traced back further, to the green dragon Tamagon in the 1984 video game Devil World.
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What kind of lizard is Yoshi?

Yoshis, a.k.a. Yoshisaurs are a species of bipedal dinosaur-like reptiles from the Super Mario Bros.
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What animal is Bowser?

Bowser is the King of the Koopas, anthropomorphic turtles that inhabit the world of the Mushroom Kingdom. Bowser differs greatly from the rest of the Koopa clan, which consists mainly of bipedal tortoises.
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Is Yoshi a girl or boy?

Yoshi is typically referred to as Male, but appears to be asexual. All Yoshis can lay eggs and they don't need a partner to do so, as seen in Game & Watch Gallery's “Chef” where Yoshi is fed and lays an egg. A baby Yoshi then hatched from the egg, is fed until it grows into an adult Yoshi and the cycle continues.
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Is Yoshi a Luigi's pet?

Yoshi is Mario and Luigi's pet dinosaur and the best friend of the late Donkey Kong. When Mario and Luigi first went to the Real World, they left him behind in the Mushroom Kingdom. However, as revealed in the film, Yoshi eventually found his way back to them and was angry at them for leaving him.
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Is Yoshi a sea turtle?

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Once Yoshi reached Australia her remarkable journey caught the attention of local sea turtle researchers and scientists. They tried to find her so they could replace her tag, and during the search, they found a formerly unknown foraging area for loggerhead turtles.
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What is the rarest Yoshi color?

According to the official Yoshi's Story website, White Yoshis and Black Yoshis are rarer than any other Yoshi color. However, Brown Yoshi is in less games than either.
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What is Yoshis full name?

Yoshi's full name is T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas, and other recently revealed Nintendo facts | Vox.
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What gender is Yellow Yoshi?

Yoshi is a male. He can lay eggs however because all of Yoshi's race can lay eggs.
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Is Yoshi a hermaphrodite?

Yoshi is in fact a hermaphrodite, meaning he is also classified as a female. Simple. He looks like he's pooping out eggs, which means his anal region happens to be a cloaca as well, hence the egg laying.
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Is Yoshi part frog?

Nope, absolutely not. He's a famous dinosaur from Dinosaur Land. He even has he own island named Yoshi's Island.
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What is Pink Yoshi's name?

Birdo is a Pink, Yoshi-like animal who first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 2. Birdo is always seen wearing a pink bow and a diamond ring on her left hand.
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Does Mario hit Yoshis head?

Was Mario punching Yoshi in the head or pointing in the direction he wanted to go? These are the questions that destroy friendships and melt internet forums, but finally, we have an answer for the latter. Mario was straight-up smacking Yoshi in the face -- Nintendo's developers say so.
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Can Yoshi eat peach?

There are seven types of fruit Yoshi can eat: melons, bananas, apples, watermelons, grapes, peppers and a special Heart Fruit.
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Who is taller Mario or Yoshi?

If we take Mario's canon height of 155cm and compare his character model to Yoshi's character model in Mario Kart Wii, Yoshi turns out to be at a height of approximately 5'9”, which is the same height as Both Luigi & Wario.
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What gender is purple Yoshi?

Purple Yoshi is the one of the only 3 female Yoshis in Vesterland alongside Claudi & Yoshette. She used to be Blue Yoshi's girlfriend, until PY took a trip by taking BY's money without permission or telling him she was leaving.
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Are Yoshis female?

Melee states that Yoshis reproduce asexually, meaning that they reproduce without a mate and are neither male nor female.
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