The Speculative Evolution Game

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I have been tagged by QueenSerenity2012 to do the Spec Evo Game, in which I have to write a journal of speculative evolution based off the scenario that I was challenged to speculate on. This was my challenge:

The Urban Jungle
Fast forward 5,000 years. Humanity has gone extinct long ago due to a combination of climate change and lack of resources. Crumbling remnants of enormous cities the size of New York City number in the thousands. These once bustling cultural and social centers now host a massive variety of plants and animals; all opportunists encroaching and now enveloping the forest in their grasp. Such environments of concrete and steel overgrown with thousands of tons of fungi and flora are so common that they can be considered a significant biome. What sort of organisms are developing in this world? Is it wildlife or feral descendants of domesticated species which rule the ruins? What sort of plants thrive in an environment where trees cannot take root? 

I've decided to only do Adelaide, because I know alot of the animals from there and I'm familiar with the environment.

ENVIRONMENT STUFF (including plants and fungi)

Mammals to note: Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Koala, Feral Cat, Possum

Australian Fox Vulpes vulpes  australis
It is roughly the same size as it's ancestor, the European Fox, but it has larger eyes, shorter hair and legs, and it's got a much darker coat. V. v. australis mostly nocturnal, living mainly in the hills, with a smaller population in the city forest.

Bush Dog
 Canis lupus silvai
The C. l. silvai is the largest predator in the Adelaide forest, standing 75cm (2.5') off the ground. It is built similarly to C. l. lupus, although slightly more slender. It's colouration is similar to Lycaon pictus, but much finer.

Goat Capra aegagrus hircus

Bush Cow Bos taurus novaehollandiae

Horse Equus ferus caballus

Sheep
 Ovis aries

Shorthorn Deer Odocoileus virginianus

Birds to note: Peregrine Silver Gull, Falcon, Rock Dove, Crested Pigeon, 

Ostrich

Forest Emu

Peafowl

Red Junglefowl

Dwarf Cockatoo

Brown Galah

Wedge-Tailed Eagle

Wood Duck

Australian Raven

Grey Currawong

Australian Magpie

Brown Snake

Common Skink

Goanna


My Scenario: Not 100% Gone
It's a simple concept, for some reason or another, many (non avian) dinosaurs survived the mass extinction, and survived and thrived well into the Paleogene, alongside similarly sized mammals. Now you decide what happens over the next 23 million years (you only have to describe the animals from this timelines now). And for simplicity's sake the climate and plants stay pretty much the same as in our timeline.

I Tag
(I have already made up my mind, but I'll only add names once I've finished)
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Pyroraptor42's avatar
This "tag game" seems more enjoyable that 80% of this kind of games XD