| Animal type | Species already in game | Added species | Explanation |
| Reptiles | | | |
| Turtles | Aldabra giant tortoise | Asian forest tortoise | One of the most primitive tortoises, and adds an Asian species. Also known as the Mountain tortoise. |
| Galapagos giant tortoise | African spurred tortoise | Adds a mainland African species, from the edge of the Sahara desert. |
| | Leopard tortoise | Adds a smaller species, and attractively marked. |
| Crocodilians | Saltwater crocodile | | |
| Gharial | | No further additions, enough crocodilians. |
| Spectacled caiman | | |
| Cuvier's dwarf caiman | | |
| American alligator | | |
| Lizards | Komodo dragon | Perentie | Adds an Australian species. |
| Nile monitor | Blue tailed monitor | A colorful species from New Guinea. |
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| Predators | | | |
| Large cats | Siberian tiger | Arabian leopard | If we get two tigers, we can also get two true leopards. |
| Bengal tiger | Amur leopard | And a leopard from a completely different biome. Both of these leopards are critically endangered. |
| African lion | | |
| Jaguar | | |
| Cougar | | |
| Snow leopard | | |
| Cheetah | | |
| Clouded leopard | | |
| Small cats | Eurasian lynx | Bobcat | NA gets its lynx. |
| | Pallas cat | A small Himalayan mountain cat. |
| | Ocelot | A small spotty jungle cat from SA. |
| | Jaguarundi | SA has many small cats, so here's a solid colored species for variety. |
| | Caracal | A beautiful desert cat found all over Africa and parts of the Middle East. |
| | Sand cat | A cute tiny desert cat found in the Sahara and the Middle East. |
| | Eurasian wildcat | A temperate wildcat that looks a lot like a domestic. |
| | Serval | An elegant African savannah cat. |
| | Asian golden cat | An Asian jungle cat that comes in a lot of coat colors. |
| Foxes | Arctic fox | Red fox | The quintessential fox to round out the foxes. |
| Fennec fox | | |
| Dogs | (common) wolf | Maned wolf | SA gets its canine. |
| Arctic wolf | Bush dog | SA gets another very different canine. |
| Dingo | Raccoon dog | Asian canine. |
| Dhole | | |
| African wild dog | | |
| Bears | Grizzly bear | Spectacled bear | SA gets its bear. |
| Himalayan brown bear | North American black bear | NA gets its black bear. |
| Formosan black bear | Eurasian brown bear | Europe and Asia get its general brown bear. |
| Panda | | |
| Polar bear | | |
| Sun bear | | |
| Hyenas | Spotted hyena | Maned hyena | A second hyena for variety. |
| Mustelids | Asian small clawed otter | Eurasian river otter | Adds a river otter, and I chose the Eurasian one. |
| Giant otter | Sea otter | NA also gets an otter, and it's a large salt water species. |
| Meerkat | White tailed mongoose | Another mongoose species, this one is a solitary animal and looks very different from the meerkat. |
| Binturong | African civet | A larger African civet species. |
| European badger | Wolverine | The largest badger species from Eurasia and NA. |
| Red panda | Honey badger | Another intimidating badger species, from the Middle East. |
| | Yellow throated marten | A colorful Asian mustelid species, dark head, golden yellow front, black hind body. |
| | Marbled polecat | A beautiful spotty Eurasian mustelid species. |
| | European beech marten | A European mustelid species, brown with white chest patch. |
| | American mink | A solid colored semi-aquatic mustelid species from NA. |
| | Tayra | A SA mustelid species, dark colored and leggy. |
| | Coatimundi | Central and South American raccoon relative. |
| | Raccoon | Actual raccoon from North America. |
| | Striped skunk | The classic smelly skunk. |
| | Fossa | Madagascar gets its predator. |
| Pinnipeds | Grey seal | Leopard seal | The large penguin hunter from Antarctica. |
| California sea lion | Northern elephant seal | A big cold water seal. I chose the elephant seal and not the walrus due to welfare issues with the tusks. |
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| Herbivores | | | |
| Deer | Reindeer | Red deer | The quintessential forest deer from Eurasia |
| Fallow deer | Marsh deer | A large SA deer species. |
| Moose | Pudu | The smallest deer species, from SA. |
| | Indian muntjac | A small Indian deer species. |
| | Siberian musk deer | A fanged deer species from northern Asia. |
| | Wapiti | The impressive NA deer. |
| Antelope | Sable antelope | Blackbuck | A colorful Indian antelope species. |
| Springbok | Addax | Sahara desert antelope, critically endangered. |
| Thomson's gazelle | Scimitar horned oryx | Another desert antelope, saved by captive bred populations. |
| Nile lechwe | Dama gazelle | A desert gazelle, critically endangered. |
| Black wildebeest | Hirola | A critically endangered east African antelope. |
| Bongo | Greater kudu | Iconic savanna antelope. |
| Gemsbok | Dikdik | Small south African antelope. |
| Nyala | Impala | Classic African antelope. |
| Pronghorn | Saiga antelope | Central Asian antelope. |
| | Giant eland | The largest antelope species in the world. |
| Bovines | African buffalo | Nilgai | A huge Indian bovine that looks more like an antelope than a cow. |
| Wild water buffalo | Wisent | Europe gets its bison. |
| American bison | Tauros | A semi-wild cattle breed bred to resemble the Aurochs, used for grazing in nature reserves. |
| | Blaarkop cattle | A domestic Dutch cattle breed, locally called 'lowland pandas'. Hardy, easy keepers, good tempered. |
| | Watusi cattle | A domestic African cattle breed. Very different from western cattle breeds, docile temperament. |
| Caprines | Alpine ibex | Musk ox | The huge arctic goat. |
| Dall sheep | Golden takin | Huge beautiful Himalayan goat. |
| | Markhor | Another Himalayan goat, but smaller and with giant spiral horns. |
| | Mouflon | A temperate European sheep. |
| | Bighorn sheep | Desert sheep from NA. |
| | Chamois | An Alpine goat antelope, for variety with the ibex. |
| | Japanese serow | A goat antelope from Japan. |
| | Anglo-Nubian goat | A colorful domestic goat breed. Widely kept at zoos in petting areas. |
| | Ouessant sheep | A colorful domestic sheep breed. Small sized, hardy, confident. |
| Camelids | Bactrian camel | Dromedary | We already have all the signage in game, but not the animal? |
| Llama | Vicuña | A wild SA llama species. |
| Elephants | African savanna elephant | No further additions. | |
| Indian elephant | | |
| Giraffes | Reticulated giraffe | Southern giraffe | For giraffe variety, this one is from the other side of Africa and has different spots. |
| Okapi | | |
| Hippos | Hippo | | No further additions. |
| Dwarf hippo | | |
| Rhinos | White rhino | Black rhino | The other iconic African rhino. |
| Indian rhino | Sumatran rhino | The last rhino to complete the rhino roster. Now all 4 rhino genera are represented. |
| Equines | Plains zebra | Przewalski horse | The last remaining wild horse species, from central Asia. |
| | Konik horse | A semi-wild grey coated horse from Europe, used for grazing in nature reserves. |
| | Mustang | A semi-wild and very colorful horse from NA. |
| | Somali wild donkey | A very pretty donkey species. |
| | Kiang | A rustic looking donkey species from Tibet. |
| | Grevy zebra | A second, larger, zebra option with small thin stripes. |
| | Donkey | The domestic donkey, widely kept in zoos in petting areas. |
| Suids | Warthog | Collared peccary | A desert dwelling pig like creature from the Americas. |
| Babirusa | Wild hog | The quintessential wild pig. |
| | Red river hog | A colorful wild African pig. |
| | Tamworth pig | A domestic pig breed. Easy keepers and good tempered. |
| Tapirs | Baird's tapir | | No further additions. |
| Malayan tapir | | |
| Rodents | Capybara | Alpine marmot | Another addition to the Alps. |
| Prairiedog | Red squirrel | The classic squirrel. |
| North American beaver | Malabar giant squirrel | A very colorful pretty squirrel from India. |
| | Patagonian mara | An antelope like rodent from SA. |
| | Viscacha | Cute SA chinchilla like rodent. |
| | North American porcupine | NA porcupine species. |
| | African crested porcupine | African porcupine species. |
| | Indian porcupine | Asian porcupine species. |
| Rabbits | Nothing in game yet | Arctic hare | The cold weather hare. |
| | European hare | The classic hare. |
| | Tapeti | SA wild rabbit. |
| Xenarthrans | Giant anteater | Two toed sloth | A sloth species. |
| | Nine banded armadillo | An armadillo species. |
| | Northern tamandua | Central American tamandua species. |
| Pangolins | Chinese pangolin | | No further additions. |
| Aardvarks | Aardvark | | No further additions. |
| Monotremes | Platypus | Echidna | Small spiky haired New Zealand animal. |
| Sirenia | Nothing in game yet | West Indian manatee | A majestic manatee species from the Caribbean. |
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| Marsupials | | | |
| Predator | | Tasmanian devil | The only predatory marsupial alive. |
| Herbivores | Red kangaroo | Eastern grey kangaroo | For kangaroo variety. |
| Koala | Tasmanian pademelon | So you can make a Tasmania area with at least two animals. |
| | Yellow footed rock wallaby | A smaller and colorful walaby species. |
| | Red necked wallaby | Also known as Bennett's wallaby, one of the most common wallaby species. |
| | White striped dorcopsis | A very unique wallaby like animal from Papua New Guinea. Also known as the Greater forest wallaby. |
| | Tree kangaroo | Either Goodfellow's or Matschie's tree kangaroo, found in New Guinea. |
| | Common wombat | A wombat species. |
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| Apes and monkeys | | | |
| Apes | Bonobo | | No further additions. |
| Western chimpanzee | | |
| Bornean orangutan | | |
| Western lowland gorilla | | |
| Old world monkeys | Japanese macaque | Hamadryas baboon | A desert dwelling baboon. |
| Mandrill | Olive baboon | A savanna baboon species. |
| Proboscis monkey | De Brazzas monkey | A funny looking guenon species. |
| | Lion tailed macaque | The iconic Indian macaque. |
| | Celebes crested macaque | A critically endangered Indonesian macaque. |
| | Mantled guereza | A colobus species. |
| | Black footed grey langur | A langur species. |
| | Red shanked douc | A critically endangered douc species. |
| | Golden snub nosed monkey | A snub nosed monkey species. |
| New world monkeys | Colombian white faced capuchin | Grey woolly monkey | A vulnurable woolly monkey species. |
| | White bellied spider monkey | An endangered spider monkey species. |
| | Mexican howler monkey | A critically endangered black coated howler monkey from Central America. |
| | Brown howler monkey | A vulnerable brown coated howler monkey from southeast SA. |
| | Bald uakari | A funny looking uakari species. |
| | White faced saki | A saki species from north SA. |
| | Red bellied titi | A titi monkey species. |
| | Common squirrel monkey | A squirrel monkey species. |
| | Common marmoset | A marmoset species. |
| | Cotton top tamarin | Three tamarins, because they are so small they can all share a habitat. This is a black and white tamarin species. |
| | Emperor tamarin | Black tamarin with white moustache. |
| | Golden lion tamarin | Golden colored tamarin. |
| Lemurs | Ring tailed lemur | Blue eyed black lemur | This critically endangered lemur has striking blue eyes and a red or black coat. |
| Red ruffed lemur | Indri | One of the largest living lemurs, critically endangered. |
| Black and white ruffed lemur | Crowned sifaka | A critically endangered, mostly white sifaka with a black head and red chest and shoulders. |
| | Aye aye | An odd looking long fingered lemur. |
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| Birds | | | |
| Ratites | Ostrich | Emu | The Australian ratite. |
| Southern cassowary | Rhea | The SA ratite. |
| | Kiwi | Small New Zealand ground bird. |
| Penguins | King penguin | Northern rockhopper penguin | A different looking penguin species. |
| African penguin | Little blue penguin | And the final penguin species to round out the penguin roster. |
| Flamingo | Greater flamingo | | No further additions. |
| Fowl | Indian peafowl | Australian brushturkey | Australian fowl species. |
| | Golden pheasant | Asian fowl species. |
| | Silver pheasant | Another Asian pheasant for variety. |
| | Grey winged trumpeter | SA fowl species. |
| | Wild turkey | NA fowl species. |
| | Western capercaillie | European fowl species. |
| | Helmeted guineafowl | African fowl species. |
| | Silkie chicken | A domestic chicken breed, easy keepers, friendly tempered, and soft feathered. |
| Cranes | Red crowned crane | Grey crowned crane | African crane species. |
| | Sandhill crane | NA crane species. |
| | Blue crane | National bird of South Africa. |
| Waterfowl | Nothing in game yet | Mallard duck | The quintessential duck. |
| | Brazilian duck | A beautiful Amazonian duck. |
| | Mandarin duck | A very pretty Asian duck. |
| | Mute swan | The classic European swan, white with red beak. |
| | Trumpeter swan | The NA swan, white with black beak. |
| | Black swan | The Australian swan, black with red beak. |
| Wading birds | Nothing in game yet | Shoebill | A very scary looking African wading bird. |
| | Red naped ibis | Indian ibis species. |
| | Red ibis | SA ibis species. |
| | Agami heron | Four heron species. This is a drop dead gorgeous SA heron species, shiny colors. |
| | Great egret | Worldwide heron species (except Australia), completely white. |
| | Grey heron | European, African, Asian heron species, grey feathers. |
| | Great billed heron | Southeast Asian and Australian heron species, completely black. |
| | Brown pelican | Two pelicans: this one is for North and Central America. |
| | Great white pelican | And a pelican for Africa and Asia. |
| | White stork | The classic baby-carrying stork species that mostly lives in Europe and Africa. |
| | Marabou stork | The white stork's creepy cousin. |
| | Roseatte spoonbill | A SA spoonbill species. |
| | Eurasian spoonbill | A Eurasian spoonbill species. |
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| Arthropod | Nothing in game yet | Coconut crab | A giant land crab! |
It's too saggy for me. I'm partial to western 'classic' pigs.
I know they are somewhat "basic" animals but that is exactly why I want them so much!
