It is a shame wild type aurochs are extinct in the wild, after historically being mixed up with wisent in the public consciousness (and, well, in genetic terms as well; wisent originate from auroch x steppe bison crossbreeding, and ironically enough both of the parent species are now gone... evolution IS fascinating).
But, yeah, the auroch was the cooler Eurasian large bovid, and it is a shame historic animals aren't considered for this.
Got my boar and peccary with less than a month in-between, and finally a waterfowl, and an iconic one at that. And oh boy the saiga!
Not 25 or even 20, but thrilled and relieved I'm finally able to knock the last of my original top 10 off with the Wolverine. Major moment for me there!
I Just had a Look. From my Initial Top 25 I got 18 within the meantime. From the further 8 animals I was able to add later on I got only 1. So 19 animals from my "Top 33" are now in the Game. But Not my number 1 unfortunately
Somehow I cannot cross out the integrated species of the wishlist. But 8 out of my list were integrated already:
Alpine Ibex (4), Eurasian Lynx (5), Platypus (7), Moose (9), Puma (10), Capybara (12), California Sea Lion (16), Asian small clawed Otter (22)
So my new 8 species are:
26. Echidna
27. Emu
28. Gerenuk
29. Markhor
30. Jaguarundi
31. Muntjac
32. Aye Aye
33. Pelican (any)
So I also looked up all my lists another time and summarized it here. I have some problems to put quotes into a existing Post. So sorry for again Posting. I think every animal from my remaining animals from all Wishlists plus additions except the Jaguarundi and probably the Aya Aye still has a valid Chance to come in. Some species to a higher, some to a lower extent.
Edit: Interestingly I have Not voted for any Bear species or the Bush Dog that time. All are now very high on my Wishlist. But the Rest more or less is still very valid for me.
It is fun to retrospectively check the wishlists. I got 20 animals out of this, really good! I would vote very differently now, interesting how the needs change over time, I mean, I voted Bald Uakari? Why??
It is fun to retrospectively check the wishlists. I got 19 animals out of this, really good! I would vote very differently now, interesting how the needs change over time, I mean, I voted Bald Uakari? Why??
1. Capybara (leapfrogging over my #2 for a show of solidarity!)
2. Common Wombat
3. Asian Small Clawed Otter
4. Moose
5. Amur Leopard (or any Asian, or feel free to put in with African if that's how we're going to approach the leopards)
6. Wolverine
7. Crested Porcupine
8. California Sea Lion
9. Sloth (of any variety)
10. Red River Hog
11. Black Backed Jackal 12. Cougar/Mountain Lion
13. Coyote 14. Maned Wolf
15 . Alpine Ibex
16. Platypus
17. American Black Bear 18. Lar Gibbon
19. Tayra 20. European Badger
Wow I got 16 out of my original 20. And it definitely is interesting how the lists and wants change over time. Logically these four should be my top 4 mammalian wants but none are even in my top 10 mammal wants - all 10 are animals not on this list . Coyote's not even in the top 20 mammal wants anymore.
1. Tasmanian Devil
2. Roloway monkey
3. Alpine Ibex
4. European fallow deer
5. Skunk
6. African Civet
7. Papua monitor
8. Rhinoceros Iguana (i want it as a habitat animal as the biggest iguana, not much smaller than a nile monitor and could even lay the groundwork for the iguanas to become both exhibit and habitat animals)
9. Chamois
10. Capybara
11. racoon
12. red fox
13. sea lion
14. good fellows tree kangaroo
15. lynx
16. Emperor Tamarin
17. wild Turkey
18. Wild Boar
19. pot bellied pig
20. Lady Amherst's pheasant
I only posted my original list after the Conservation Pack (and honestly if I made it today it would be completely different) but I have since gotten 9/25 which considering the timespan isn't too bad at all. Those 9 were:
So that’s half of my original 20 added to the game since 2021, nice! Also worth taking a look at my 5 additional species, given I added an extra vote to the more popular wombat and wallaby species to increase their ranking and whaddayaknow:
In regards to how well my original 25 holds up, all but the serval and southern hairynose remain on my personal wishlist, so I’d say pretty well! There‘s definitely some species I’ve grown to want a lot more since I made this list, like many New World primates (but particularly Geoffroy’s spider monkey), the aoudad, numerous birds etc, but overall I feel my wants have remained fairly consistent.
Woah, great update to this sad statement! A single DLC gave me as much species from my wishlist as the previous 2 years! And the anniversary gift was in my list too, great end of year for me!
Those 3 + rockhopper or Adelie or chinstrap penguin + Polar base scenery and you would have a pretty good Tundra DLC.
The problem is just like the Arctic pack, it probably wouldn't have exhibit animal... At least I can't think of one good candidate.
The bad new is that we already have the wolverine, so that's a blow for a future tundra pack. The good new is that after the swan, getting an eider or a puffin isn't a crazy idea, and that would make 4 animals again. And if we include alpine tundra, we could get something like the Titicaca frog for the exhibit... A tundra pack is still alive!
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: 28th September, 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)
218
11
Piggys
212
12
Galliformes
206
13
Walrus
203
14
Howler monkey
200
15
Crane
182
16
Anseriformes
178
17
Musk Ox
176
18
(Big) Deer
166
19
Manatee
153
20
Shoebill
150
21
Rhino
140
22
Crocodilian
134
23
Pelican
133
24
Otter
124
25
Spider monkey
109
26
Leopard
102
27
Tamandua
93
28
Penguin
91
29
Ratites
90
30
Porcupine
90
31
Armadillo
79
32
Lynx
72
33
Lagomorphs
68
34
Fox
48
35
Wallaby
44
36
Camelid
37
37
Gibbon
30
As you can see, a total of 716 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.