I guess this means you've never seen the wild nilgai and blackbuck that live in Texas? From what I can gather, there are around 37,000 nilgai and 20,000 blackbuck currently living wild in the state.
Which in-game species have you seen IRL?
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But are they east or west? I don't go west much. Furthest I've on a regular basis would be New Braunfels or San Marcos. I'm typically in Houston area, Galveston, and I go north up near Tyler
USA is insane
That explains it - looking at the map of sightings of both species, the nilgai seem to all be clustered in a pretty tiny area just north of the Mexican border, and the blackbuck mainly in the area northwest of San Antonio (although there are single sightings of blackbuck in the outskirts of Houston and Tyler).
It is pretty crazy in some places, in terms of its non-native species - in Texas, there are also 15,000 chital, 25,000 aoudad, 3,000 gemsbok plus smaller numbers of lots of other hoofed mammals, including warthogs. And even Texas is small potatoes compared to Florida.
I'll definitely keep my eyes peeled, then. I haven't been to the border in a couple years now, but now I know what to look for
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I’ve seen the following (many thanks to roadside zoos):
• Nilgai- Wilderness Trails Zoo and Boulder Ridge
• Blackbuck- Wilderness Trails Zoo
• Raccoon Dog- Zoo Atlanta?
• Lion Tailed Macaque- Detroit, DAK, San Diego and Toronto
• Honey Badger- Fort Wayne
• Pere Davids Deer- Lincoln Park, the Wilds
I haven’t seen the elephant, but supposedly Oregon has them and I might visit there soon!
• Nilgai- Wilderness Trails Zoo and Boulder Ridge
• Blackbuck- Wilderness Trails Zoo
• Raccoon Dog- Zoo Atlanta?
• Lion Tailed Macaque- Detroit, DAK, San Diego and Toronto
• Honey Badger- Fort Wayne
• Pere Davids Deer- Lincoln Park, the Wilds
I haven’t seen the elephant, but supposedly Oregon has them and I might visit there soon!
Crazy hit rate on the macaque, that’s about half the places that have them in the US. Why the ? on Atlanta though?
I think I have seen the macaques at a few other facilities lol, the decline is insane. Only 2 of those facilities have them left! I am unsure if I saw them at Atlanta, as it was over 10 years ago.
From the new pack I have seen:
Pere David Deer - Ostrava Zoo
Lion-Tail Macaque - Ostrava Zoo
Blackbuck - Ostrava zoo
Nilgai - Ostrava Zoo
Borneo Elephant - Ostrava Zoo (not specifically this subspecies, but a generic Indian Elephant)
Honey Badger - Olomouc Zoo
Racoon Dog - well, I have seen them in several smaller facilities, but not in AAA zoo, although it was the mainland species, not specifically the Tanuki.
Funny, Ostrava zoo has so many species from this pack.
Pere David Deer - Ostrava Zoo
Lion-Tail Macaque - Ostrava Zoo
Blackbuck - Ostrava zoo
Nilgai - Ostrava Zoo
Borneo Elephant - Ostrava Zoo (not specifically this subspecies, but a generic Indian Elephant)
Honey Badger - Olomouc Zoo
Racoon Dog - well, I have seen them in several smaller facilities, but not in AAA zoo, although it was the mainland species, not specifically the Tanuki.
Funny, Ostrava zoo has so many species from this pack.
From the new pack I have seen in zoos:
Blackbuck - Augsburg, Berlin, Dortmund, Hamburg, Köln, Kronberg, München, Neuwied (all Germany), Vienna (Austria)
Nilgai - Berlin, Dortmund, München (Germany), Vienna
Lion-Tailed Macaque - Berlin, Köln
Père David's Deer - Berlin, Stuttgart
Honey Badger - none (they're only in two small German parks)
Tanuki - none (they're only in one small German park)
Bornean Elephant - take a wild guess how many German zoos have this particular subspecies
Blackbuck - Augsburg, Berlin, Dortmund, Hamburg, Köln, Kronberg, München, Neuwied (all Germany), Vienna (Austria)
Nilgai - Berlin, Dortmund, München (Germany), Vienna
Lion-Tailed Macaque - Berlin, Köln
Père David's Deer - Berlin, Stuttgart
Honey Badger - none (they're only in two small German parks)
Tanuki - none (they're only in one small German park)
Bornean Elephant - take a wild guess how many German zoos have this particular subspecies
I've seen almost all the species this time:
Blackbuck - Seen at a few places, my local zoo of Chester had these until around 10-15 years ago.
Nilgai - Seen in a few zoos notably Berlin Tierpark.
Lion-Tailed Macaque - Seen at Chester, they have been there as long as I can remember. I'm sure I have seen them in other zoos too.
Pere David's Deer - Berlin, Whipsnade, I think somewhere else.
Honey Badger - Nope, been to zoos with them but always been a no show.
Japanese Raccoon Dog - Not seen the Japanese species but I have seen the mainland species at Thrigby Hall.
Bornean Elephant - Nope, seen plenty of other Asian elephants at least.
Blackbuck - Seen at a few places, my local zoo of Chester had these until around 10-15 years ago.
Nilgai - Seen in a few zoos notably Berlin Tierpark.
Lion-Tailed Macaque - Seen at Chester, they have been there as long as I can remember. I'm sure I have seen them in other zoos too.
Pere David's Deer - Berlin, Whipsnade, I think somewhere else.
Honey Badger - Nope, been to zoos with them but always been a no show.
Japanese Raccoon Dog - Not seen the Japanese species but I have seen the mainland species at Thrigby Hall.
Bornean Elephant - Nope, seen plenty of other Asian elephants at least.
This hits too close to home. The time I was ultimately successful in seeing them was because I specifically asked a keeper when they might be out and waited around until it happened.
Frontier is using their up-to-date full species classification, so I will not be counting them as "seen" just yet. I'll also be holding off on updating my tier list (I know the icons aren't even available quite yet) for a few more weeks so that I have a shot at seeing Coquerel's sifaka and markhor before posting it.
However in an amazing twist of fate, just mere hours after I made that last post last week that I'm quoting, I was informed that I will be traveling to Japan for work presumably sometime later this year (in addition to my planned purely recreational trip next year). So maybe that tanuki sighting will be coming sooner than I could have even anticipated at this point last week.
Ooh where
Tierlist update time! Since it hasn't been a long wait in between DLCs I haven't seen any new species that aren't included in the pack, so this time around the only animals I got to add where the ones coming in the Asia Animal Pack. As per usual, recommended read if you want some context for some of the rankings:
Sorry for the poor quality of the picture, the forum won't let me post the actual download.
- As with the Americas Animal Pack, this pack is a 5/7 for me. I have seen Blackbuck and Nilgai relatively frequently in zoos like TerraNatura Benidorm, both Berlin capital zoos, ZooParc de Beauval and others, many times mixed in the same enclosure or at least thematically associated due to their geographical range. Although I do think I see them less and less, it's always a treat to see these wonderful antelopes. Another species I have crossed paths with relatively frequently is the Lion-tailed macaque, I have seen them at four zoos (Zoo de Santillana del Mar, ZooParc de Beauval, Zoo du Bassin d'Arcachon and Zoo Berlin) and will always appreciate their presence, they are beautiful primates. The animal I was the most excited for this DLC was the Pere David's deer, the model is truly great and has been an animal I've wanted in the game since day one. They are pretty common at European collections but I've only been able to spot them at three different institutions; at Zoo de Barcelona (which no longer houses the species), ZooAquarium de Madrid and Tierpark Berlin. The biggest rarity of today and probably my favorite carnivoran is the Ratel, which this DLC seems to represent fantastically. I've been lucky enough to spot this wonderful animal only once at Tierpark Berlin and I hope to see them yet again at some point.
- The animals I have yet to see include the Japanese raccoon dog, which is a rare find at European parks, with a single holder in a German wildpark. I have seen the very similar but yet distinct mainland raccoon dog species (Nyctereutes procyonoides), which was just a distinct bunch of subspecies until very recently, but I won't be counting it as seen. The other animal I have kind of seen but not really is the Bornean elephant. According to current taxonomy, the Borneo population of elephants falls under the Sumatran subspecies (Elephas maximus sumatranus), which I was able to see at ZooAquarium de Madrid. I've decided to not count it as seen just because the elephants that I did see are of Sumatran descent, but depending on how I'm feeling in the next few updates, don't be surprised if it's up with the rest of the seen animals!
- Last but not least, I haven't forgotten the Malabar rose butterfly! I'm by no means an invertebrate expert, and it's very easy for me to get lost with all the wonderful variety butterflies bring at butterfly halls, but as far as I'm aware, I have yet to see this species. I have been told by friends that this species is relatively present in captivity so I guess I'll have to keep an open eye for them the next time I visit a butterfly house!
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As normal just looking at habitat animals and only at the species level.
Managed to knock-off 4 new animals since the last update.
Managed to knock-off 4 new animals since the last update.
- Saltwater Crocodile and Nile Monitor at Johnson's of Old Hurst
- Caracal and Pallas Cat at Port Lympne
- Lion Tailed Macaque I have seen a few times at Disney's Animal kingdom, Colchester and Chester
- Nilgai and Pere David's Deer I have seen twice at Whipsnade and Port Lympne
- Blackbuck I saw for the first time just about a month ago at Port Lympne
Damn so few animals left in last category, that list yearns for completion
They actually did a weird in between its taxonomy matches the separate species model but they include the shared range instead of isolating it to japan