Calling a generic method with a dynamic type [duplicate]

Answer 1

Try this:

public List CreateAnimals(int numAnimals) where T : Animal
{
    Type type = typeof(T);
    List returnList = new List();
    //Use reflection to populate list and return
}

It should make sure that the allowed types for CreateAnimals inherit from Animal. Then hopefully, it won't have a problem with List animals = creator.CreateAnimals(5);