Your most wanted animal (2023, 2024 and 2025 edition)

So...
I kinda forgot what mine was. But the way DLCs have been, with several filler species but also adding some to underrepresented groups (primates. I'm talking primates), I could see just about anything coming at this point.
While all y'all know that I have a soft spot for the gray fox, my most wanted animal has to be the American black bear. In terms of the game, it'll add much more than the fox, its a keystone NA animal, and it's THE American bear. I consider it way more iconic than the grizzly due to its huge range, from Canada to Mexico, its high adaptability to various biomes, and its various colors, from black to cinnamon red to blue-gray to cream and white
 
Following the 2022 thread, we can now discuss what is your most wanted animal. You can only choose 1 animal.

EDIT: Since the thread is more popular than I expected, I've decided to do a better tracking of the votes.

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Great White Pelican7SalamAnders, TheYeti, Hugo98, BananaLeech, arafan, Markun, Topaz Star
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Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo6Swiftie_Midnights_, Murph3103, lunavinceres, Narwhaler, Fabian, jacobgrman
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Secretary Bird5AlexSea, , BiologicalHorror, J-Double U, conorbebe, Fossa
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Mandarin duck (or any or white faced whistling duck)5TheDuckKnight, peafowl, Leaf Productions, RightWhale, KönigDerKaffeebohnen
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Musk ox5Mattmcmadden, Pat the Panther, Antmar97, Captain Callum, Britches
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Spider monkey4DarthQuell, Villanelle, Stygi, PnGLINNyo
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Patagonian mara4Existentialist Knight, FoxyDee, Avietar, NachoB
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Walrus3Fini, Joshinator710, Zoomaster1994
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Southern tamandua3Tamandua, KellyL, Merry
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Yellow-throated marten2Cynogale bennettii, sumcherish82
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Golden lion tamarin2Doran, SuzieSky
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Bat-eared fox2Orque41, synthetase
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Shoebill2MarkedTurf, snoogins
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Orca2Xificayd, Tuky
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Gelada2Mazoku, Ricky800
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Coconut crab2SpookDoc, Gecko0304
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South American coati2Moonfox, Aramar
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Southern Ground Hornbill2Turkeyfox. Appletini
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American black bear2Old Country, leehonglocal
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Linneaus's two-toed sloth1Eletan888
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Père David’s deer1Nutrit
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Sulawesi crested black macaque1Humble Bumble
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Himalayan monal1Colehunter35
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Lace monitor1YesIndeed
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Tanuki1biggest_dreamer
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Ankole-Watusi1Dino1
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Manatee1TheDinoGuy
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Green sea turtle1SanRazo618
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New world porcupine1Jeminyne
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Lion-tailed macaque1Wanderoo
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Black-footed Ferret1Baryonix82
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Honey badger1Mammut
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Goose1Zoosaurus
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Greater Kudu1Sir Z-Bra
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African crocodile1yoav_r
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Kākāpō1FigTree
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Greater bilby1QueenCinna
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Wild yak1Rowlie
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Giant eland1riw210
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Hawksbill Sea turtle1Seedric
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Gray fox1Orkan
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Golden snub-nosed monkey1T1 Targaryen
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Indochinese tiger1The Carcharodontogenius
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Hyrax1Mr-Hyrax
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White stork1Mayki
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Western capercaillie1ScotiaMugdock
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Cape Barren goose1Birb(。・ө・。)
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Sea otter1Markiz
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Perentie1Chuditch
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Blackbuck1The_Riot22
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Grey Crowned Crane1Annie_konik
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Serval1NZFanatic
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Turkey vulture1George Boggs
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Sumatran rhino1Frogstrich
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Nicobar Pigeon1Gulo Man
56Chinese alligator1Scottdu88

1Tasmanian devil4Chuditch, Mayki, Loganispokey, RedPandaReggie
2Wolverine3Aramar, jcp011c, Markiz,
3Crested porcupine2Swiftie_Midnights_, Old Country
4Pallas’s cat (Manul)2Britches, Ooonsha
5Kirks Dik Dik2becks474, TyPan9273
6African leopard2TigerRoar, leehonglocal
7Greater Rhea2Matyej167, NachoB
8Ocelot2SilverOcelot, Moonstitcher
9Red river hog1FoxyDee
10Lar gibbon1Evolution
11Fossa1lars06
12Black rhinoceros1Paul78
13Dromedary1Losing My Lunch
14North Island Brown kiwi1Birb(。・ө・。)
15Takin1OkapiFan
16European bison / wisent1Emcee
17Markhor1Sindy
18Hamadryas baboon1Aramar
19Spectacled bear1jcp011c
20White-faced saki1Pinguin

Participants: 99 users

Updated on 10 May 2025
Since I have finally got my beloved Père David’s deer please change my most wanted animal to Golden snub nosed monkey.
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So...
I kinda forgot what mine was. But the way DLCs have been, with several filler species but also adding some to underrepresented groups (primates. I'm talking primates), I could see just about anything coming at this point.
While all y'all know that I have a soft spot for the gray fox, my most wanted animal has to be the American black bear. In terms of the game, it'll add much more than the fox, its a keystone NA animal, and it's THE American bear. I consider it way more iconic than the grizzly due to its huge range, from Canada to Mexico, its high adaptability to various biomes, and its various colors, from black to cinnamon red to blue-gray to cream and white
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Just imagine all the colors we could get with this 1 animal
 
Just years of waiting for a duck, it’s kind of hard to just hope for a change every DLC and get very little. I mean, I was happy with the Rhea and new flamingo, but I also kind of get how they are nothing revolutionary.

But I just want a duck, any duck at this point. It’s weird what is a common zoo animal might just never come to PZ. I can hold on to hope for a sequel, but they aren’t guaranteed for a sequel.

Getting the mute swan kind of felt like teasing at this point, Frontier can make amazing waterfowl but they won’t for some metric we will never know.
 
Just years of waiting for a duck, it’s kind of hard to just hope for a change every DLC and get very little. I mean, I was happy with the Rhea and new flamingo, but I also kind of get how they are nothing revolutionary.

But I just want a duck, any duck at this point. It’s weird what is a common zoo animal might just never come to PZ. I can hold on to hope for a sequel, but they aren’t guaranteed for a sequel.

Getting the mute swan kind of felt like teasing at this point, Frontier can make amazing waterfowl but they won’t for some metric we will never know.
I’m so sorry buddy 🙁

Which duck would make you happy?

I’m not a huge fan of waterfowl but I’m crazy about Nene and their conservation story and of course all pelicans.
 
I’m so sorry buddy 🙁

Which duck would make you happy?

I’m not a huge fan of waterfowl but I’m crazy about Nene and their conservation story and of course all pelicans.
The White Faced Whistling Duck
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I really want a tropical duck, especially as the mute swan already kind of covers a temperate climate. Either way I love seeing waterfowl in zoos, so having only the mute swan is kind of crazy. Which is part of the reason why I get a little bitter over animal choices, I don’t want to direct the energy towards anyone, but when Frontier can add multiple antelope, dogs, bears, elephants, etc. and we are still waiting for our second waterfowl species. It’s kind of hard not to be a bit bitter. Especially when it’s not guaranteed I will get a duck in the sequel. Which means I would have to wait all over again potentially.
 
The White Faced Whistling Duck
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I really want a tropical duck, especially as the mute swan already kind of covers a temperate climate. Either way I love seeing waterfowl in zoos, so having only the mute swan is kind of crazy. Which is part of the reason why I get a little bitter over animal choices, I don’t want to direct the energy towards anyone, but when Frontier can add multiple antelope, dogs, bears, elephants, etc. and we are still waiting for our second waterfowl species. It’s kind of hard not to be a bit bitter. Especially when it’s not guaranteed I will get a duck in the sequel. Which means I would have to wait all over again potentially.
This one is great because it cover both SA and Africa if I can remember correctly.

I still feel them keep most of the birds for the sequel.
 
This one is great because it cover both SA and Africa if I can remember correctly.

I still feel them keep most of the birds for the sequel.
That’s my theory too, but it really sucks when the animals you want are the ones decided to be “popular enough” to be sequel material
 
That’s my theory too, but it really sucks when the animals you want are the ones decided to be “popular enough” to be sequel material
I think birds would be the main selling point of PZ2 that’s why they are so careful with adding them now. But one duck wouldn’t hurt nobody right?
Ok one duck and one pelican for me 😉

We still potentially have at least 2 packs this year. Let’s hope for ducks!
 
For exhibit species:

I want the chameleon. Any chameleon at this point. Literally the most recognizable and well known lizard out there, even people who don't know or like reptiles have heard of them. And theres so many different species out there. Some of which are so critically endangered that theyre almost extinct and most of which arent even in conservation programs despite that.

And frilled lizards as a walkthrough, because they're practically the closest to a dinosaur we have currently alive. And have way different behaviour then most species of lizards and with unique physical traits.

Fiji-banded Iguana. The green iguana i understand as its iconic of the species, but they seriously gave us the lesser antillean iguana instead? And while its not critically endangered its still endangered and the numbers are falling. They also look like an iguana and a chameleon had a one night stand. And they're rare to see in zoos because of their population decline

For habitats:

Aardwolf (LC)
Bearded Emperor Tamarin (LC)
Himalayan Tahr (NT)
Satyr Tragopan (NT) yes its a bird but its a terrestrial one so....
Blue Crane (Vu)
Malagasy Civet (Vu)
Spotted Pond Turtle (En)
Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Fox(En) Who doesn't want a bat bigger then some people (Av Human height male: 175cm (5.9ft), female 162cm (5.4ft). Average bat? wingspan of 150-170cm (5-5.5ft)
Blue-Eyed Black Lemur (Cr) Like have you seen these guys? absolutely stunning. The ONE lemur I actually want in the game of course they dont include.
Mongoose Lemur (Cr)

Some birds, though i understand that at this point thats just wishful thinking, like:

Anhinga (just check out their unique swimming that gave them the nickname snakebird)
Bearded Vulture (only known animal that primarily eats bones, 90-95% of its diet. And it wears makeup to be more appealing to females lol. Plus vultures in general are awesome)
Nicobar Pigeon (if someone drew a bird on hallucinogenics this would be what they ended up with)
Crowned Eagle
Harpy Eagle
African Sacred Ibis
Spectacled Owl

I still cant believe that we got butterflies for the walkthrough exhibits instead of birds. I like the butterflies, but for a zoo theyre pretty neh.
 
List update don the first page!

Congratulations to @nutrit @biggest_dreamer @wanderoo @The_Riot22 and @ChicoGenialoso1 for getting your nmost wanted animals. You can vote for a new animals (some of you have already done!)

For walkthrough exhibits I absolutely want SUGAR GLIDERS. They look like plushies and they're so charming
For habitat animals I want some monkeys, such as Black howler monkey or Geoffroy's spider monkey

For exhibit species:

For habitats:
@KizaTon and @1989Kitsune if you want you votes counted, you cna only vote for 1 specific animal (it can be either exhbit or habitat, but not one of each)
 
Congratulations to @nutrit @biggest_dreamer @wanderoo @The_Riot22 and @ChicoGenialoso1 for getting your nmost wanted animals. You can vote for a new animals (some of you have already done!)
Very thank you.
AND my Next animal?
based on what the next DLC could be about, i'm going with.....

Gelada
 
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