Other names, sure: Gilman has Giselle; the unpublished Mirodoly calls it a Sagittarius; and Aurelian's Grand Apothecaries have closely‐related (albeit Duke‐Falcon‐style lame and augmented) Vultures. Use in other games, not so much: only the Apothecary Vultures, and those are the most tenuous. But in any case I imagine none of those (nor Gilman's Lookout or Hovercraft for your Aurochs and Impala — names which he ofc uses elsewhere for hex‐specific (and in the latter case also 3D) pieces) are much to your taste ;)
The Giselle for Antelope + Giraffe is great, actually! Especially since my design of the Baboon piece is rather silly-looking, and not in a good way. I'll probably spell it Gazelle, though (since Gilman's Gazelle is my Okapi).
(The Lemur piece also looks silly, but in a good way after all -- no worse than the animal itself.)
Looking at that same paragraph, I also like his take on the Muezzin, as Camel + Giraffe; that may find its way into my Desert Dust game. I can't find his Camel + Antelope, though; if nothing else happens, it'll become a Cantaloupe. (Well, why not? We already have Rhubarb and Rutabaga, as well as the Pancake and Waffle. Throw in the Mushroom and Falafel, and we have the makings of a Food Fight game!)
The Giselle for Antelope + Giraffe is great, actually! Especially since my design of the Baboon piece is rather silly-looking, and not in a good way. I'll probably spell it Gazelle, though (since Gilman's Gazelle is my Okapi).
(The Lemur piece also looks silly, but in a good way after all -- no worse than the animal itself.)
Looking at that same paragraph, I also like his take on the Muezzin, as Camel + Giraffe; that may find its way into my Desert Dust game. I can't find his Camel + Antelope, though; if nothing else happens, it'll become a Cantaloupe. (Well, why not? We already have Rhubarb and Rutabaga, as well as the Pancake and Waffle. Throw in the Mushroom and Falafel, and we have the makings of a Food Fight game!)
You are definitely the Master Piecefinder. ;)