After roughly half a year, and following the requests made by numerous forum users, I'm setting up this thread in order to start another 'Essential animals meta-wishlist' where I record users' animals wishlists and put them all together on a meta-wishlist. Given that we've gotten 3 DLCs since I started the previous thread; this time around I ask you all to please post a list of just 25 habitat animals.
The more people participating, the bigger the sample size will be so better conclusions can be drawn. I’m writting down every user who posts their list in order to avoid having repetitions. I intend to keep this updated as much as I can. Last update: 26th July, 2023
Since December 2021: #Important note 1: Everyone who has submitted an initial list with 20 animals is allowed to vote for 5 additional animals now!#
The spirit and basic rules of the thread will be similar to those of the first one. Which means:
For the sake of keeping the same wishlist structure, I ask you to post your 25 essential habitat animals that you’d like to see in the game. Lists with anything above 25 animals will be discarded.
Exhibit animals will be omitted from the main meta-wishlist. Exhibit animals include arthropods, amphibians, snakes, other small reptiles (< iguanas), small fish and mouse-size mammals.
Flying birds and bats usually housed in aviaries will be omitted from the main meta-wishlist. Flying aviary birds include birds of prey, parrots, Columbiformes (pigeons), Passeriformes (small birds), Charadriiformes (gulls) and so on. Mainly ground-dwelling or semi-aquatic birds (mainly Waterfowl, Galliformes, Ratites, Pelecaniformes, Cranes, Penguins, etc.) will be added to the list.
Extinct species will not be considered.
As a general rule of thumb, animal species is the preferred category for animal submissions. Subspecies from already in-game animals are also accepted. Subspecies from animals that are not in-game will automatically be allocated to the superior species category. Specific domestic animals breeds are also accepted.
To simplify data collection, those answers that include several species in one slot (eg.: 1. Sloth) will be automatically treated as a single animal and added to the most requested species inside that generic animal group (eg. in this case: Brown-Throated Three-Toed Sloth). This obviously leads to an underestimation of the total key requested animals.
WHY? Explained here Since April 2022: #Important note 2: After every announced DLC, everyone who has submitted X votes to animals that have been added in said DLC can now re-submit an equal number (X) of additional votes ONLY if they quote their original post*1. This 'rule' has a retroactive effect*2; meaning that you can re-submit votes if your animals made it to the NA Animal Pack, Europe Pack, Wetlands Animal Pack or Conservation Pack*3. *1 For people that submitted a list before 25 animals were allowed (so only 20) but then made an additional 5, both posts or a combination of both should be included in the quote. Same applies for those re-submitted votes after each DLC. QUOTING POSTS IS MANDATORY. *2 If I find that any of the quoted posts have been edited recently, I will not allow re-voting animals to this user. *3 Original votes for a 'generic gibbon' and 'generic leopard' are allowed to be re-submitted.
Big African Antelope (not gazelle, gerenuk nor duiker)
211
8
Tree Kangaroo
251
9
Coati
239
10
Tamarin & Marmoset
218
11
Secretary Bird
216
12
Galliformes
203
13
Piggys
201
14
Howler monkey
197
15
Walrus
193
16
Anseriformes
177
17
Crane
176
18
Musk Ox
171
19
(Big) Deer
160
20
Manatee
148
21
Shoebill
146
22
Rhino
137
23
Penguin
134
24
Pelican
126
25
Crocodilian
125
26
Otter
119
27
Spider monkey
106
28
Leopard
96
29
Tamandua
91
30
Ratites
89
31
Porcupine
87
32
Armadillo
79
33
Lynx
70
34
Lagomorphs
64
35
Fox
45
36
Wallaby
41
37
Camelid
36
38
Gibbon
29
As you can see, a total of 704 animals have been considered 'essential' by at least one forum user.
TL;DR: Post your 25 essential habitat animals wishlist here. I will record each wishlist and add it to the Meta-list. Aviary and exhibit animals won’t be taken into consideration.
I love how there is a total of 704 unique animals in the wishlist but only 623 participating users so each user has on average 1.1 unique animals in their list.
Most interesting... the first post of two different newbies posted the exact same list within minutes of each other... what are the odds?
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So... are you guys related or something?
Most interesting... the first post of two different newbies posted the exact same list within minutes of each other... what are the odds?
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So... are you guys related or something?
Most interesting... the first post of two different newbies posted the exact same list within minutes of each other... what are the odds?
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So... are you guys related or something?
It's neat to go back to your first post on these things after a while. 15 of my 20 and 9 of my top 10 (hello Wolverine....) have made it in. Of course, there's been some movement up and downwards (my #2 want isn't even in the initial post but Frontier's done right by me for sure!
Seeing the yellow-throated marten breaking into the top 80 animals on the wishlist is a bit surreal, to be honest. Best possible animal is creeping its way up the rankings.
Wow, these 5 were more difficult than I expected, I had to make difficult choices. Just like last time, I haven't chosen animals which are already in the top 15 or have less than 5 votes:
Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo
Mantled Guereza
Scimitar-Horned Oryx
Great White Pelican
Mallard
(Quick edit before RG reads me to remove the gibbon as I just realized we already have a gibbon in the top 10 )
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