Ranking the areas still requiring animals

As a german with the luxury to live near duisburg, one of europes zoo with the biggest australia sections i can confirm that they are mostly birds, wallabys and kangaroos. In most zoos you can narrow it down to something red or gred kangaroo, emus, benett, swamp or parmas wallaby, budgeys, maybe kookaburras and some exhibits like bearded dragons. Most of the time half the animals can be aquired from a petstore and while duisburg only really deviates from that with adding wombats, koalas and edchidnas that chare one building, tasmanian devils, a mixed aviary and some smaller relativly unknown but very endangerd ratkangaroos. In the future there will also be a walkthrough with birds and yellow footed rock wallabys, but thats it. Biggest australia section in germany btw
Kind’ve underlines my point then,… a cold area (Germany) has species almost entirely from Temperate Australia of which there are 3 habitat species (including platypus and not including a macropod) in-game.


Edit: as a question for both you and @yoav_r
Can you think of a real life Australian section in a zoo that you can create with the species currently in-game?
 
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For Australian animals I think there are only two more species that are really really necessary for the game: the red-necked wallaby and the emu.
I'd love to have more (esp. wombat, tree kangaroo, Tasmanian devil and kiwi) but as others said, at least in zoos outside of Australia and Oceania there are often very few Australian animals. In many cases only the classical mixed habitat with emus and red-necked wallabies or red kangaroos and maybe a kookaburra and budgie aviary and that's it.
But of course Frontier also has to take care of the Australian and Oceanian players and everyone who wants to build realistic Australian zoos and for those players we still lack a lot of species from these regions.
 
Kind’ve underlines my point then,… a cold are (Germany) has species almost entirely from Temperate Australia of which there are 3 habitat species (including platypus and not including a macropod) in-game.


Edit: as a question for both you and @yoav_r
Can you think of a real life Australian section in a zoo that you can create with the species currently in-game?
No because they are all wallaby + emu + birds. A normal australia section is also not really a thing in most zoos. Its just emus and 1-3 wallaby + aviaries and maybe kangaroos in most
 
Duisburg as i mentioned is the absolute exception. Even in really big ones like zoo berlin (most different species in one zoo world wide) there were only kangaroos and wallabys, aswell as a bunch of birds and terrarium animals. But hey they got kiwis that i couldnt see because of corona, so thats something
 
No because they are all wallaby + emu + birds. A normal australia section is also not really a thing in most zoos. Its just emus and 1-3 wallaby + aviaries and maybe kangaroos in most
Therefore, it is currently impossible to create a realistic Australia section. Which was my initial statement. At minimum Australia needs a wallaby and a the emu and, even then only one region of Australia would be viable to recreate.
 
Actually the Jerusalem zoo has only Kangaroos and cassowaries, exhibit animals and birds. So excluding birds, yes.

However it is much more common to find an emu and a wallaby with these species.
Fair (assuming they’re red kangaroos?) although whether two species counts as a ‘section’ is debatable.

edit: as far as I can tell they’re Western Grey Kangaroos
 
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Tbf to the australia pack though, i have seen all 5 animals in zoos, both big and small, its just the 2 most important ones that are not present.

edit: Especally dingos are surprisingly common, featuring in 32 Zoos in Europe, with the cassowary being even more common
 
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Fair (assuming they’re red kangaroos?) although whether two species counts as a ‘section’ is debatable.

edit: as far as I can tell they’re Western Grey Kangaroos
The birds, bats and exhibits (which also have impressive monitors and rare species), do a lot of heavy lifting. Plus, it's a dedicated area, with aboriginal architecture and art, educational plaques, and a lot of info about extinct australian megafauna. It's one of the better australian dedicated areas I got to see, which should give you a measure to the quality of these areas in non-australian zoos.
 
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So, should anything be bumped up? I'm thinking of adding a category for exceptionally represented regions for South East Asia, where I honestly can't think of a major species that is still needed in the game.
 
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So, should anythign be bumped up? I'm thinking of adding a categoryh for exceptionally represented regions for South East Asia, where I honestly can't think of a major species that is still needed in the game.
Major maybe not that much but it would be nice to have second gibbon species, smaller tropical deer, Anoa and anything from the Philippines and New Guinea.
 
Major maybe not that much but it would be nice to have second gibbon species, smaller tropical deer, Anoa and anything from the Philippines and New Guinea.
The phillipines are lacking in megafauna, but I guess they could do the Luzon giant cloud rat. The others I'd love, but it's hard to imagine them making it in any dlc.

Although Frontier does like to reuse rigs, so I could see another Gibbon. Actually, perhaps an entire "climbers" pack could be done?
 
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I would even be happy with the Philippines sailfin lizard but they also could highlight endangered Visayan warty pig or the beautiful Visayan spotted deer.

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Anoa is so unique that I can easily imagine them being added. They are like nothing else in the bovine family and are quite popular in SEA centered zoo collections.
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I don't even care anymore what most zoos really 'have' - they've been giving us unusual and rare animals in several packs, I just want interesting and unique animals for me and Australia that'd be: emu, kiwi, Tasmanian devil, and a wallaby (or a bilby but they're so tiny). We already have a kangaroo and honestly, they really seem to be a speices that is pretty much the same except for size and minor coat variations. I'd love to see a tasmanian devil at least party due to the fact that they are at serious risk of extinction due to their contagious cancer and zoo populations are reserves of healthy animals.
 
So, should anything be bumped up? I'm thinking of adding a category for exceptionally represented regions for South East Asia, where I honestly can't think of a major species that is still needed in the game.
Yeah only bump i would do is South East Asia into an excellent category.
While more indonesian animals would be nice, i only see the fishing cat and another langur as important enough to be of any priority and even those im totally fine to miss out one.
Its the only region to have everything represented in a decent manner, besides birds, but even reptiles have more diversity here then anywhere else.
I hope every region could one day be like south east asia, which in itself was an unexpected surprise in the first place.
Reginal animal packs for the win
 
I think Middle East and Central America packs would be great, because these could tackle few underrepresented regions at the same time.
For example ME pack could give:
  • dromadery: middle east, north africa and even central asia
  • indian crested porcupine: middle east, south asia including sri lanka, central asia, himalayas and even small part of european caucas.
  • sand cat: middle east, north africa and central asia
  • hamadryas baboon: middle east, horns of africa (also north africa depending on how you count)
  • common chameleon: middle east, north africa, europe
 
Also, what would it take for you to get your favorite region to the bkue category (practically complete for all intents and purposes).
 
For Completion, id say the Easiest is western/central Europe.
Red deer, Wild Boar, Red Fox, an aboreal Animal (red squirrel and marten would be good options, but even the racoon would cut it, even if nots from europe originally but still feature in many european focused collections as one of the few very common non native animals in our wildparks) and honestly, the european river otter would still be fun and a great pick for an eurasian fresh water animal.
America got the beaver so its just fair to get the otter for us.

The otter in general is very flexible, actually.
Just look at this bonkers Range spanning every single biome in the game.
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For northern Europe/Skandinavia, only the River Otter, Wolverine and maybe Walrus feel like they are missing. Northern Asia in generall would also profit from a smaller deer, both roe deer and tufted deer fill that slot nicly, one having a greater range and the other being more special.

Japan is a funny one, as they only need the wild boar, red fox, sika deer and tanuki to feel complete, with the former 2 beimg very likly to be implemented just because of their massive ranges, but even so the tanuki still has a decent shot and if we muss out on one of them its allright if its the sika.

India is also very straight forward. Blackbuck and nilgai for ungulate representation, one or two monkeys, grey hulman and lion tailed Macaque being prefered but literally any monkey is welcome in my book, aswell as atleast one more bird and reptile.
The barheaded goose is a great candidate, but i would also be fine woth just a pelican with both obviously being prefered.
For the reptile i dont care which one, i just want more reptiles and im sure theres something in the ganges that would fit nicly into the game, for example a giant softshell turtle.

East Asia needs muntjaks and a bunch mire pheasents, nuff said.

Usa and Canada are fine imo, only standout requests would be my beloved trashpanda and a bird, where turkeys and maybe something like the brown pelican and sandhill crane come to mind.
An animal that i wouldnt say is needed,but would fill an open niche and be a nice sidegrade is the bobcat. Having a north american small cat that lives in deserts and woodlands, aswell as destinguishing itself with a reddish taint sounds fun and distinct enough to claim a spot in a clone pack.

I believe that Sub Rainforest africa actually is blue.
Think about it, most requested animals for africa are from the congo basin and above, but everything below has great representation.
While stuff like the honey badger, secretary bird and other big bird like the shorbill or marabu would be great, they arnt needed, making the area a nice perfect one allready.

Meanwhile i would down rank tropical cental africa into needs key animals to be complete, these being the red river hog and literally any monkey, but lezs take the de braza monkey and mantled guereza as our examples.
I would still appreciate a duiker in general, but thats mostly subjective and the game would totally be fine without a dwarf antelope.

Central Asia is quite the quick fix.
Domestic Yak, Takin and either Himalayan Thar and/or Markhor and we would be good.
But for fun, himalayan monal, bar headed goose, pallas cat and corsac fox all bring something unique to the table, the former being birds, the later being small carnivores, something the region is lacking and all 4 of them would need enclosures very distinct from every himalayan/central asian animal.
Saiga would also be dope.

Tropical South America needs a Coati and atleast 3 more monkeys. I also really like the agouti, coullared peccary and Brazillian tapir, because all three are grounded animals in a very aboreal and aquatic heavy region. But in all honesty, Tropical South America is the one region were the lack of aviary birds makes a noticeable difference, as they make up a big bulk of that area in most zoos.

Madagascar is cool, just Fossa and radiated tortoise are needed to make it feel complete imo, but more lemures never hurt.
Two non lemure animal i would really like to see are the malagasy giant rat and the white faced whistling duck.
The former is greatly endangerd with an expsnsive breeding program and looks like a kangaroo lite with rat features, while the other is a duck that ranges 2 continents and madagascar.
Its hard to be more objectivly a good addition then that.


Australia and Oceania as a whole need the most work imo, with the Emu and Bennets Wallaby being essentials.
Afterwards i want atleast 4 for more animals, so that we reach 12, where i dont really care what they are, but my favourites propaply would be the victoria crowned pidgeon, black swan, tassie devil and an aboreal monitor, but they could easily crank that up even more with more wallabys, a wombat, echidna, kiwi and honestly allmost anything that lives down there, i dont discriminate.
But baseline is, 6 more animals with emu and bennetts wallaby being a must.

New Zealand shouldnt be its own region imo. To small, only the kiwi, little blue penguin and fur seal come to mind and just in general its not a place present in international collections.
Would like a kuneku pig though.

Central America needs a coati, peccary, ocelot or margay and a monkey. Pipe dream also says manatee.

The other 3 regions just need animals in the furst place, each one of them could easily make alot out of even a scenery pack, but before theres a roster its hard to say whats needed to complete it without just mentioning most possibilitys.
 
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