I actually support this. This way you get all 4 corners of the continent
Desert biome: what we have, what we need
None of those four live in the northeastern part of the continent, whose representations consists of the grey seal and the diamondback terrapin (the puma once did but not in a century). Not a whole lot of habitat animals unique to the northeast due to how urbanized it is but it would be covered by the beaver, moose, or river otter.
The grizzly bear and timber wolf are from the northeast. They are found all over northern US, plus Canada.
It's the South and also western US that need better representation, and I'm gonna add Mexico to this list because it has so few (jaguar, Baird's tapir, Mexican red kneed tarantula)
Grizzly bears haven't lived in the east since prehistoric times. The eastern wolf stretches a bit into the Great Lakes but it's possibly a different species from the gray wolf entirely; the timber wolf in PZ is an amalgamation of multiple subspecies but closest to the Northern Rocky Mountain wolf.
The Southwest has no habitat representation but has every North American exhibit except the diamondback terrapin.
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Maybe I'm thinking of northwest, then
Cougars while not true desert animals are almost guaranteed for the pack and they should have every biome except tundra and aquatic. And even tundra might be there if they stretch alpine tundra to the Andes and Patagonia
regardless I would love a desert animal pack I’ve been thinking about a potential roster to accurately represent all major deserts as best I can (I’m including animals that aren’t true desert animals cause it’s better for versatility):
1. Dromedary
2. Addax or Scimitar Oryx
3. African Spurred tortoise
4. Caracal
5. Emu
6. Collared Peccary
7. A South American Armadillo.
8. Frilled Lizard
Honorable Mentions:
Rock Footed Wallaby - the emu is too iconic to Australia
Striped Hyena - I really wanted to add them as they stretch from North Africa to Asia but instead I went with Caracal for more small cats
Coyote - Another Canid too similar time wolves
Grey Fox - I looked it up and think it’s marginal to deserts. This is a unique canid I would love in the game but the peccary takes precedent
regardless I would love a desert animal pack I’ve been thinking about a potential roster to accurately represent all major deserts as best I can (I’m including animals that aren’t true desert animals cause it’s better for versatility):
1. Dromedary
2. Addax or Scimitar Oryx
3. African Spurred tortoise
4. Caracal
5. Emu
6. Collared Peccary
7. A South American Armadillo.
8. Frilled Lizard
Honorable Mentions:
Rock Footed Wallaby - the emu is too iconic to Australia
Striped Hyena - I really wanted to add them as they stretch from North Africa to Asia but instead I went with Caracal for more small cats
Coyote - Another Canid too similar time wolves
Grey Fox - I looked it up and think it’s marginal to deserts. This is a unique canid I would love in the game but the peccary takes precedent
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I'd switch the SA armadillo for patagonian Mara, and switch the spurred tortoise for a Central/north American armadillo and it'd be perfect for me.
I’d go the rock wallaby for a desert pack - emu would be better in a grasslands or birds pack IMO.
In North Africa I would add the Dama Gazelle
In the Middle East it could be added to Somali wild donkey (It is found in Somalia, Somaliland, the Southern Red Sea region of Eritrea, and the Afar Region of Ethiopia)
In the Middle East it could be added to Somali wild donkey (It is found in Somalia, Somaliland, the Southern Red Sea region of Eritrea, and the Afar Region of Ethiopia)
The african side of the red sea is not part of the middle east, and much to my surprise it doesn;t count as a true desert according to wikipedia
I've posted this before, but here's what I'd do for a Desert Pack:
- Nine-banded Armadillo
- Andean Flamingo
- Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
- Collared Peccary
- Hamadryas Baboon
- Dromedary Camel
- African Spurred Tortoise
- Thorny Devil (Exhibit)
Maybe something like this :
1. Dromedary Camel
2. Emu
3. Collared Peccary
4. Scimitar Horned Oryx
5. Hamadryas Baboon
6. Striped Hyena
7. Crested Porcupine
8. Common Chameleon (E)
I tried to diversify as much as possible, while keeping popular chocies around.
So we have a camelid, a bird, pig, antelope, monkey, hyena, rodent and chameleon. Minimal number of carnivores, and no canids or felines.
We have four animals found in Arabia, just as much from all across Africa, one from Australia and Americas each, and while Hyena covers both Arabia and Africa it reaches out all the way to India. At the end Common Chameleon adds that bit of Europe on top of North Africa and Middle East, being found on number of European islands such as Malta, Crete, Cyprus...
Some pack in-between these lines would satisfy me greatly, of course there's plenty of rooms for shifts and changes, the "spicing" came down to my personal preferences.
1. Dromedary Camel
2. Emu
3. Collared Peccary
4. Scimitar Horned Oryx
5. Hamadryas Baboon
6. Striped Hyena
7. Crested Porcupine
8. Common Chameleon (E)
I tried to diversify as much as possible, while keeping popular chocies around.
So we have a camelid, a bird, pig, antelope, monkey, hyena, rodent and chameleon. Minimal number of carnivores, and no canids or felines.
We have four animals found in Arabia, just as much from all across Africa, one from Australia and Americas each, and while Hyena covers both Arabia and Africa it reaches out all the way to India. At the end Common Chameleon adds that bit of Europe on top of North Africa and Middle East, being found on number of European islands such as Malta, Crete, Cyprus...
Some pack in-between these lines would satisfy me greatly, of course there's plenty of rooms for shifts and changes, the "spicing" came down to my personal preferences.
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This is honestly near perfect. I see no fault in this selection from an objective standpoint. Great job
Muchas gracias, I tried to be objective
I mainly want a dromedary because right now we have a bunch of dromedary building pieces but no actual dromedary itself. Perhaps they could compromise and add it for the game's 3rd anniversary?
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How can you do the Arabian Oryx like that?