+1 for the Eurasian otter. An alternative could be the European mink, since is critically endangered and more zoos are starting to breed them.
Ranking the areas still requiring animals
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For Oceania, i would think the following are necessary to bring it up to parity with other regions:
Red-necked or Bennett’s wallaby
Emu
Common wombat
Tassie devil
An echidna
Black swan
A tree kangaroo
North island brown kiwi
Tuatara
These would put Oceania on par with Europe, NA, Africa and Asia as they are now (South America lags ATM, though not as much as Oceania). However, I wouldn’t consider it ‘complete’ without at least
Eastern or western Grey kangaroo
Yellow-footed rock wallaby or another arid-climate small macropod
lyre bird
Perentie or lace monitor
As well…. There are plenty of additional animals that would be great to have too…
Lots of birds, bats, quolls, quokka, numbat etc. etc.
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New Zealand for me would jump all the way from red to green with just the Kiwi and Tuatara, as with the king penguin it would suffice for most international collections.
However to get to blue (which I doubt will ever happen), we'd need somemore endemic birds, like Takahe, Kea, Kakapo...
And the little blue penguin would also be nice, although I'm fine with the penguins we have.
Id love the kea if we ever get flying birds, but besides kea and kiwi there would be no habitat animals worth including for internstional selections so while i am pro better regional representation, i think new zealand is the opposite of an priority
I'm lacking a crocodilian, a water wading bird (crowned crane or marabou would do well), and a medium cat, like a Caracal or a Serval. But maybe that's too high a standard.
With South east Asia I put blue because I genuinely think we have a representative of every major zoo animal group from that region, and thst somewhat applies to sub-saharan africa as well.
While valid, id still say its blue just because of sheer quantity.
We got like 25+ animals from sub saharan africa and it covers all categorys for habitats with most to all animal kind present.
Sure nile croc is cool, but not needed and honestly id want a dwarf crocodile much more then it anyways for simply being different from the other crocodiles + tropical africa needing more attention.
I agree with with birds, but flamingo, ostritch and penguin cover them decent enough, eventhough secretary bird, helmed guina fowl, great white pelican, marabou and shoebill would all be great.
With the cats, while i agree that more small carnivores would be nice, the african savanah is the one place getting away with not having them because of theabundance of different medium sized carnivores.
So while the cats, honey badger and maybe aardwolf are cool additions, they dont feel needed to me.
And lastly, porcupine would be great, but its niches is kind of filled by the aardvark surprisingly, but i would love them anyways because of how different they are.
How do you count North Africa?
Like this? Or everything from Sahel and above.
If like this then animals that live there are: cheetah, ostrich, nile monitor, african painted dog, fennec fox, scimitar horned oryx, greater flamingo and scarab beetle
Its not impossible, but still could use some animals like crested porcupine or mhorr gazelle.
Like this? Or everything from Sahel and above.
If like this then animals that live there are: cheetah, ostrich, nile monitor, african painted dog, fennec fox, scimitar horned oryx, greater flamingo and scarab beetle
Its not impossible, but still could use some animals like crested porcupine or mhorr gazelle.
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Let's see, to make every area blue... I'll start with the area I'm most familiar with.
Scandinavia
The moose, reindeer, timber wolf, and arctic fox make for a good selection for Scandinavia. I suppose there is only one truly missing species that stands in the way of Scandinavia becoming blue:
1. Eurasian brown bear: Historically the brown bear was everywhere in Europe, but now the only place you can still reliably find them is Scandinavia.
Another additional species is the Wolverine. But if the wolverine was added and not the brown bear, Scandinavia would still not be blue for me.
Western/Central/Eastern Europe
I do not consider this area yellow, as there are simply too many species missing for me.
1. Red deer: This one hardly needs any explanation, as it is the icon of European nature and of course embedded in European culture. The fallow deer is not a replacement.
2. Wisent: The European forest-dwelling bison, brought back from the brink of extinction.
3. Red fox: Another iconic species, and a common figure in folklore.
4. Wild boar: A staple of European forests, but found all over Eurasia.
5. Alpine marmot: A small rodent from the Alps, an area that is currently only represented by the Alpine goat (ibex).
6. Chamois: Helps fill out the Alps some more.
7. Brown hare: The game's first lagomorph, and a common figure in folklore.
8. Mouflon: A European wild sheep species.
9. Mute swan: The greater flamingo is not an iconic European waterfowl species. The mute swan, common in folklore and the bird of love, is.
As you can see, I think the majority of Europe isn't even close to well-represented right now.
Part of this is because I live here of course. If all the above were added, the area would be an excellent blue for me.Southern Europe
Southern Europe is currently hardly represented at all. The chamois, red fox, red deer, mouflon, brown hare, wild boar will help make it green. But to make this area blue:
1. Iberian lynx: a beautiful species that was brought back from the brink of extinction and is a wonderful example of a successful zoo breeding program.
2. Iberian wolf: a beautiful wolf subspecies that is very distinct from the in-game timber wolf. This would also give us an actual European wolf that looks like the wolves we find here. The in-game timber wolf looks like a North American wolf.
Japan
1. Tanuki: The raccoon dog, while it has a wider range, is very much associated with Japan.
2. Japanese serow: Japan needs a Japanese ungulate.
Together with the Japanese macaque and the red-crowned crane, and the wild boar and red fox, Japan has become blue.
Northern Asia
This area is well represented with the already in-game Amur leopard and tiger, wolf, moose, lynx, arctic fox, and polar bear. With the added red deer, red fox, wild boar, and Eurasian brown bear, this area would be very close to blue already.
1. Wolverine: The iconic wolverine is the last missing species from this area, and its largest range is in northern Asia.
East Asia
1. Asian golden cat: a small Asian cat that comes in many color varieties.
2. Tufted deer: The area doesn't have any ungulates yet. This one is small, cute, and has fangs.
3. Pére David's deer: And now there's also a large ungulate. This one is extinct in the wild and is a swamp deer.
Along with both pandas, the pangolin, and the Formosan black bear, this area would now be perfect.
Central Asia
This area is only represented by four animals so far: the snow leopard, Przewalski horse, Himalaya brown bear, and Bactrian camel. There are plenty of animals to fill out this area to make it blue.
1. Saiga antelope: The game's first Asian antelope for the central Asian plains.
2. Kiang: Tibetan high-altitude wild donkey.
3. Yak: Giant bovine from Tibet, that comes in lots of colors.
4. Takin: A big animal from the Himalayas, which sort of looks like a bovine but is actually a giant goat.
5. Markhor: A medium-sized Himalayan goat with large spiral horns.
6. Himalayan monal: I'm not big on birds, but this one is beautiful and I feel like this area needs more small animals.
7. Pallas cat: Speaking of small animals, here is a small cat found in the Himalayas.
India
This area has quite a few animals already, but this colorful and diverse subcontinent still lacks some key species and additional animals to flesh it out.
1. Blackbuck: India lacks its iconic antelope. The first one that comes to mind is the beautiful blackbuck.
2. Nilgai: The second Indian antelope is the giant Nilgai. We lack giant antelope in-game, so this one is very welcome.
3. Chital: India also lacks its deer, so I'm adding two. First is the very recognizable spotted chital. It has a deep rich color and very different horns from the fallow deer. India has lots and lots of deer species, but I wanted one that looked very visually distinct from the fallow, red deer, and pére David's.
4. Muntjac: The second deer is the small muntjac, or 'barking deer'.
5. Lion-tailed macaque: India also lacks its iconic monkeys, such as this one.
6. Grey langur: And another completely different type of monkey, the game's first langur species, and this one is culturally important.
7. Malabar giant squirrel: The game's first squirrel and this one is super colorful.
These animals, along with the elephant, rhino, dhole, tiger, and peacock, will truly elevate India into blue territory.
Middle east
And now we get to the Middle East, which we have nothing for yet. Let's go. In addition to the animals below, there are also the striped hyena and caracal. With these animals, the Middle East goes out of the red into bright blue!
1. Dromedary: The first animal I think of, and the in-game props are already there.
2. Indian porcupine: A very recognizable rodent. Will also help India's representation, but it's mostly found in the Middle East.
3. Sand cat: A small super cute desert cat that is mostly found in this area.
4. Honeybadger: A smaller fierce predator that has a large range in Africa, Middle East, and India.
5. Arabian sand gazelle: A pale gazelle species found exclusively in the Middle East.
6. Arabian oryx: Another oryx, yes, but this one is found exclusively in the Arabian peninsula, with a great conservation effort behind them.
7. Arabian leopard: Yes, another leopard, but this one is the antithesis of the Amur leopard. It is the smallest leopard, desert-dwelling, and pale in color.
8. Hamadryas baboon: A desert-dwelling baboon found in the Middle East and the horn of Africa.
Africa
North Africa
Only two animals for North Africa are in the game right now: the scimitar-horned oryx, and the fennec fox. We already have the dromedary, sand cat, and honeybadger that were added for the Middle East. To complete North Africa, here are a couple more following animals.
1. Caracal: The quintessential desert cat. It also helps with Middle East representation, but its largest range is throughout Africa.
2. Striped hyena: A large predator from North Africa and also the Middle East.
3. Addax: A beautiful desert-dwelling and critically endangered Saharan antelope.
4. Barbary macaque: The only non-Asian macaque species, found in the north of Marocco and wondrously also on one tiny location in the south of Spain.
5. Somali wild donkey: A very pretty desert-dwelling wild donkey species.
6. African golden jackal: The game's first jackal, representing a medium-sized canine predator.
Tropical Africa
Tropical Africa is well represented in my opinion. The only thing that would make it even better and therefore a complete area, are a few monkeys and the red river hog.
1. Red river hog: The widely kept colorful tropical pig.
2. Mantled guereza: A black and white colobus monkey.
3. Preuss' guenon: A terrestrial endangered guenon monkey.
Madagascar
1. Fossa: Madagascar's lemur-hunting predator.
Madagascar really only lacks its predator. More lemurs are welcome, but with the arrival of the Fossa Madascar is completed.
Sub-saharan Africa (non tropical)
1. Green vervet monkey: A very common small monkey.
2. Grey-crowned crane: A pretty ground bird to spruce up shared habitats.
3. Black rhino: The last rhino for which we already have props.
4. Grevy zebra: A second zebra species. The Grevy is the largest and has thin stripes.
5. South African giraffe: A second giraffe species. This one has a very different range from the reticulated giraffe and has different spots.
6. Dikdik: A tiny antelope species.
7. Giant eland: A giant antelope species.
Sub Sahara Africa is very full already, but I would make these couple of additions to make it truly complete.
USA
1. Raccoon: The well-known trashpanda.
2. Skunk: This little striped icon needs to be included.
3. Bighorn sheep: Another sheep from North America, but I think this one definitely has a place here.
4. Wapiti: A classic looking deer species.
Just these couple of animals would make the USA complete.
Canada and Alaska
1. Musk ox: This large ungulate is the only extra addition I would make.
Together with the wolverine, there are now plenty of animals to turn this area blue.
Mexico
1. Collared peccary: A drylands-dwelling pig-like creature.
2. Nine-banded armadillo: A common armadillo species.
Together with the ocelot, howler, spider monkey, coati, manatee, kinkajou, and sloth, Mexico will be complete.
Central America
Central America has such a high density of animals, that it is far from complete representation right now.
1. Ocelot: The spotty cat from South and Central America.
2. Howler monkey: Central America needs more monkeys. The first one is the Howler monkey.
3. Spider monkey: The athletic spider monkey.
4. White-nosed coatimundi: The widely requested coati.
5. West Indian manatee: Can't go without a manatee for representing this area!
6. Hoffmann's two-toed sloth: Not sure if this animal could work in-game, but a sloth is very popular.
7. Kinkajou: A cute small arboreal animal.
Tropical South America
This region needs more fleshing out, particularly with more monkeys.
1. Squirrel monkey: South America needs more monkeys, so here you go.
2. Bald uakari: A funny-looking red-faced monkey.
3. White-footed saki: A light-colored saki monkey species.
4. Red titi monkey: A titi monkey species.
5. Scarlet ibis: A dark red-colored ibis, because we don't have a South American ground bird yet.
6. Marsh deer: A slender marsh deer species.
7. Bush dog: A small canine species.
Patagonia and Pampas
1. Maned wolf: The first animal that comes to mind.
2. Patagonian mara: A unique small rodent that kind of looks like a small antelope.
3. Viscacha: A cute fluffy rodent.
4. Darwin's fox: A fluffy dark grey fox species.
5. Vicuña: A wild version of the domesticated alpaca.
6. Rhea: A big bird for shared habitats.
Can't build for this region right now, but together with the pudu and the Andean cat, these animals will complete Patagonia and the Pampas.
Andes
The Vicuña and Viscacha count for the Andes as well and will complete this region along with the following animals.
1. Southern pudu: The tiniest deer species in the world.
2. Spectacled bear: South America's bear species that lives in the cloud forests.
3. Andean cat: A small pretty wild cat species. It kind of looks like a miniature snow leopard.
Australia
Australia needs quite a few more species.
1. Red-necked wallaby: Australia needs wallabies. This one is very common.
2. Yellow-footed rock wallaby: And another wallaby species, smaller, more colorful, and with a smaller range.
3. Wombat: Australia's not complete without a wombat.
4. Eastern grey kangaroo: Kangaroo variety, and greys are more commonly found in zoos outside of Australia I think.
5. Emu: Australia's not complete without the emu.
6. Tasmanian devil: The icon from Tasmania.
Non-Australia
1. Matschie's / Goodfellow's tree kangaroo: Either one is great.
2. Kiwi: The bird from New Zealand.
3. Coconut crab: A giant land crab.
4. Eastern long-beaked echidna: An echidna species from New Guinea.
5. Little blue penguin: a pretty little penguin species.
Along with the cassowary, these species I feel represent non-Australia completely.
Antarctica
Looking for more penguins here, and for a penguin predator.
1. Leopard seal: The penguin hunter. A large and fearsome seal species.
2. Macaroni penguin: The well-known crested penguin.
3. Adelie penguin: A smaller classic black & white penguin.
As usual, doing this took way and way too long.
Hope you enjoy.
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No tuatara and no kagu? That means no complete non-Aussie Oceania for me.
I would also add serow to Japan (ZT1 memories!). Wonderful list overall!!
Amazing job! Also, no Walrus for the polar regions?Let's see, to make every area blue... I'll start with the area I'm most familiar with.
Scandinavia
The moose, reindeer, timber wolf, and arctic fox make for a good selection for Scandinavia. I suppose there is only one truly missing species that stands in the way of Scandinavia becoming blue:
1. Eurasian brown bear: Historically the brown bear was everywhere in Europe, but now the only place you can still reliably find them is Scandinavia.
Another additional species is the Wolverine. But if the wolverine was added and not the brown bear, Scandinavia would still not be blue for me.
Western/Central/Eastern Europe
I do not consider this area yellow, as there are simply too many species missing for me.
1. Red deer: This one hardly needs any explanation, as it is the icon of European nature and of course embedded in European culture. The fallow deer is not a replacement.
2. Wisent: The European forest-dwelling bison, brought back from the brink of extinction.
3. Red fox: Another iconic species, and a common figure in folklore.
4. Wild boar: A staple of European forests, but found all over Eurasia.
5. Alpine marmot: A small rodent from the Alps, an area that is currently only represented by the Alpine goat (ibex).
6. Chamois: Helps fill out the Alps some more.
7. Brown hare: The game's first lagomorph, and a common figure in folklore.
8. Mouflon: A European wild sheep species.
9. Mute swan: The greater flamingo is not an iconic European waterfowl species. The mute swan, common in folklore and the bird of love, is.
As you can see, I think the majority of Europe isn't even close to well-represented right now.
Southern Europe
Southern Europe is currently hardly represented at all. The chamois, red fox, red deer, mouflon, brown hare, wild boar will help make it green. But to make this area blue:
1. Iberian lynx: a beautiful species that was brought back from the brink of extinction and is a wonderful example of a successful zoo breeding program.
2. Iberian wolf: a beautiful wolf subspecies that is very distinct from the in-game timber wolf. This would also give us an actual European wolf that looks like the wolves we find here. The in-game timber wolf looks like a North American wolf.
Japan
1. Tanuki: The raccoon dog, while it has a wider range, is very much associated with Japan.
Together with the Japanese macaque and the red-crowned crane, and the wild boar and red fox, Japan has become blue.
Northern Asia
This area is well represented with the already in-game Amur leopard and tiger, wolf, moose, lynx, arctic fox, and polar bear. With the added red deer, red fox, wild boar, and Eurasian brown bear, this area would be very close to blue already.
1. Wolverine: The iconic wolverine is the last missing species from this area, and its largest range is in northern Asia.
East Asia
1. Asian golden cat: a small Asian cat that comes in many color varieties.
2. Tufted deer: The area doesn't have any ungulates yet. This one is small, cute, and has fangs.
3. Pére David's deer: And now there's also a large ungulate. This one is extinct in the wild and is a swamp deer.
Along with both pandas, the pangolin, and the Formosan black bear, this area would now be perfect.
Central Asia
This area is only represented by four animals so far: the snow leopard, Przewalski horse, Himalaya brown bear, and Bactrian camel. There are plenty of animals to fill out this area to make it blue.
1. Saiga antelope: The game's first Asian antelope for the central Asian plains.
2. Kiang: Tibetan high-altitude wild donkey.
3. Yak: Giant bovine from Tibet, that comes in lots of colors.
4. Takin: A big animal from the Himalayas, which sort of looks like a bovine but is actually a giant goat.
5. Markhor: A medium-sized Himalayan goat with large spiral horns.
6. Himalayan monal: I'm not big on birds, but this one is beautiful and I feel like this area needs more small animals.
7. Pallas cat: Speaking of small animals, here is a small cat found in the Himalayas.
India
This area has quite a few animals already, but this colorful and diverse subcontinent still lacks some key species and additional animals to flesh it out.
1. Blackbuck: India lacks its iconic antelope. The first one that comes to mind is the beautiful blackbuck.
2. Nilgai: The second Indian antelope is the giant Nilgai. We lack giant antelope in-game, so this one is very welcome.
3. Chital: India also lacks its deer, so I'm adding two. First is the very recognizable spotted chital. It has a deep rich color and very different horns from the fallow deer. India has lots and lots of deer species, but I wanted one that looked very visually distinct from the fallow, red deer, and pére David's.
4. Muntjac: The second deer is the small muntjac, or 'barking deer'.
5. Lion-tailed macaque: India also lacks its iconic monkeys, such as this one.
6. Grey langur: And another completely different type of monkey, the game's first langur species, and this one is culturally important.
7. Malabar giant squirrel: The game's first squirrel and this one is super colorful.
These animals, along with the elephant, rhino, dhole, tiger, and peacock, will truly elevate India into blue territory.
Middle east
And now we get to the Middle East, which we have nothing for yet. Let's go. In addition to the animals below, there are also the striped hyena and caracal. With these animals, the Middle East goes out of the red into bright blue!
1. Dromedary: The first animal I think of, and the in-game props are already there.
2. Indian porcupine: A very recognizable rodent. Will also help India's representation, but it's mostly found in the Middle East.
3. Sand cat: A small super cute desert cat that is mostly found in this area.
4. Honeybadger: A smaller fierce predator that has a large range in Africa, Middle East, and India.
5. Arabian sand gazelle: A pale gazelle species found exclusively in the Middle East.
6. Arabian oryx: Another oryx, yes, but this one is found exclusively in the Arabian peninsula, with a great conservation effort behind them.
7. Arabian leopard: Yes, another leopard, but this one is the antithesis of the Amur leopard. It is the smallest leopard, desert-dwelling, and pale in color.
8. Hamadryas baboon: A desert-dwelling baboon found in the Middle East and the horn of Africa.
Africa
North Africa
Only two animals for North Africa are in the game right now: the scimitar-horned oryx, and the fennec fox. We already have the dromedary, sand cat, and honeybadger that were added for the Middle East. To complete North Africa, here are a couple more following animals.
1. Caracal: The quintessential desert cat. It also helps with Middle East representation, but its largest range is throughout Africa.
2. Striped hyena: A large predator from North Africa and also the Middle East.
3. Addax: A beautiful desert-dwelling and critically endangered Saharan antelope.
4. Barbary macaque: The only non-Asian macaque species, found in the north of Marocco and wondrously also on one tiny location in the south of Spain.
5. Somali wild donkey: A very pretty desert-dwelling wild donkey species.
6. African golden jackal: The game's first jackal, representing a medium-sized canine predator.
Tropical Africa
Tropical Africa is well represented in my opinion. The only thing that would make it even better and therefore a complete area, are a few monkeys and the red river hog.
1. Red river hog: The widely kept colorful tropical pig.
2. Mantled guereza: A black and white colobus monkey.
3. Preuss' guenon: A terrestrial endangered guenon monkey.
Madagascar
1. Fossa: Madagascar's lemur-hunting predator.
Madagascar really only lacks its predator. More lemurs are welcome, but with the arrival of the Fossa Madascar is completed.
Sub-saharan Africa (non tropical)
1. Green vervet monkey: A very common small monkey.
2. Grey-crowned crane: A pretty ground bird to spruce up shared habitats.
3. Black rhino: The last rhino for which we already have props.
4. Grevy zebra: A second zebra species. The Grevy is the largest and has thin stripes.
5. South African giraffe: A second giraffe species. This one has a very different range from the reticulated giraffe and has different spots.
6. Dikdik: A tiny antelope species.
7. Giant eland: A giant antelope species.
Sub Sahara Africa is very full already, but I would make these couple of additions to make it truly complete.
USA
1. Raccoon: The well-known trashpanda.
2. Skunk: This little striped icon needs to be included.
3. Bighorn sheep: Another sheep from North America, but I think this one definitely has a place here.
Just these couple of animals would make the USA complete.
Canada and Alaska
1. Musk ox: This large ungulate is the only extra addition I would make.
Together with the wolverine, there are now plenty of animals to turn this area blue.
Mexico
1. Collared peccary: A drylands-dwelling pig-like creature.
2. Nine-banded armadillo: A common armadillo species.
Together with the ocelot, howler, spider monkey, coati, manatee, kinkajou, and sloth, Mexico will be complete.
Central America
Central America has such a high density of animals, that it is far from complete representation right now.
1. Ocelot: The spotty cat from South and Central America.
2. Howler monkey: Central America needs more monkeys. The first one is the Howler monkey.
3. Spider monkey: The athletic spider monkey.
4. White-nosed coatimundi: The widely requested coati.
5. West Indian manatee: Can't go without a manatee for representing this area!
6. Hoffmann's two-toed sloth: Not sure if this animal could work in-game, but a sloth is very popular.
7. Kinkajou: A cute small arboreal animal.
Tropical South America
This region needs more fleshing out, particularly with more monkeys.
1. Squirrel monkey: South America needs more monkeys, so here you go.
2. Bald uakari: A funny-looking red-faced monkey.
3. White-footed saki: A light-colored saki monkey species.
4. Red titi monkey: A titi monkey species.
5. Scarlet ibis: A dark red-colored ibis, because we don't have a South American ground bird yet.
6. Marsh deer: A slender marsh deer species.
7. Bush dog: A small canine species.
Patagonia and Pampas
1. Maned wolf: The first animal that comes to mind.
2. Patagonian mara: A unique small rodent that kind of looks like a small antelope.
3. Viscacha: A cute fluffy rodent.
4. Darwin's fox: A fluffy dark grey fox species.
5. Vicuña: A wild version of the domesticated alpaca.
Can't build for this region right now, but together with the pudu and the Andean cat, these animals will complete Patagonia and the Pampas.
Andes
The Vicuña and Viscacha count for the Andes as well and will complete this region along with the following animals.
1. Southern pudu: The tiniest deer species in the world.
2. Spectacled bear: South America's bear species that lives in the cloud forests.
3. Andean cat: A small pretty wild cat species. It kind of looks like a miniature snow leopard.
Australia
Australia needs quite a few more species.
1. Red-necked wallaby: Australia needs wallabies. This one is very common.
2. Yellow-footed rock wallaby: And another wallaby species, smaller, more colorful, and with a smaller range.
3. Wombat: Australia's not complete without a wombat.
4. Eastern grey kangaroo: Kangaroo variety, and greys are more commonly found in zoos outside of Australia I think.
5. Emu: Australia's not complete without the emu.
6. Tasmanian devil: The icon from Tasmania.
Non-Australia
1. Matschie's / Goodfellow's tree kangaroo: Either one is great.
2. Kiwi: The bird from New Zealand.
3. Coconut crab: A giant land crab.
4. Eastern long-beaked echidna: An echidna species from New Guinea.
5. Little blue penguin: a pretty little penguin species.
Along with the cassowary, these species I feel represent non-Australia completely.
Antarctica
Looking for more penguins here, and for a penguin predator.
1. Leopard seal: The penguin hunter. A large and fearsome seal species.
2. Macaroni penguin: The well-known crested penguin.
3. Adelie penguin: A smaller classic black & white penguin.
As usual, doing this took way and way too long.
Here's my ranking by continent from best to worst representation.
7: Antarctica. Really only needs another penguin or two, and even that is negotiable.
6: Europe. Not a very biodiverse continent to begin with, and the only European animals I want can be found in Asia and North America too, like the Musk Ox and Wolverine.
5: Asia. Takin, Saiga Antelope, Tanuki, Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey. I wouldn't even say we needed any of these to be honest.
4: North America. Elk, Wolverine, Walrus, Musk Ox. That's all I want.
3: Africa. Secretary Bird, Colobus Monkey, Red River Hog, Gerenuk, African Crested Porcupine, Fossa, Caracal, Dromedary. I know Africa already has a ton of animals, but it's a very biodiverse continent.
2: South America. Maned Wolf, Hoffmann's Two-Toed Sloth, White-Nosed Coati, Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, Spectacled Bear, Howler Monkey, Greater Rhea. Still a ton of potential for this continent.
1: Oceania. Tasmanian Devil, Common Wombat, Emu, Bennet's Wallaby, Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo, North Island Brown Kiwi. The Platypus was a good start post-Australia Pack, but we need more. I'd consider the Tasmanian Devil and Emu the bare minimum for acceptable further representation.
7: Antarctica. Really only needs another penguin or two, and even that is negotiable.
6: Europe. Not a very biodiverse continent to begin with, and the only European animals I want can be found in Asia and North America too, like the Musk Ox and Wolverine.
5: Asia. Takin, Saiga Antelope, Tanuki, Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey. I wouldn't even say we needed any of these to be honest.
4: North America. Elk, Wolverine, Walrus, Musk Ox. That's all I want.
3: Africa. Secretary Bird, Colobus Monkey, Red River Hog, Gerenuk, African Crested Porcupine, Fossa, Caracal, Dromedary. I know Africa already has a ton of animals, but it's a very biodiverse continent.
2: South America. Maned Wolf, Hoffmann's Two-Toed Sloth, White-Nosed Coati, Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, Spectacled Bear, Howler Monkey, Greater Rhea. Still a ton of potential for this continent.
1: Oceania. Tasmanian Devil, Common Wombat, Emu, Bennet's Wallaby, Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo, North Island Brown Kiwi. The Platypus was a good start post-Australia Pack, but we need more. I'd consider the Tasmanian Devil and Emu the bare minimum for acceptable further representation.
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No, for me the walrus is not necessary. I've never seen them in zoos and due to their welfare issues with the teeth I don't need to see them in game either. So for me the game is complete without them.
I left out exhibit animals like the tuatara, and I don't know what a kagu is. Looked it up and I see it's a small bird, so that explains. I am not very big on birds and almost never use them in my zoos, so for me the game would be complete without an animal like the kagu.
I like serows! Adding them.
Moved sub-saharan Africa to blue after examining the collections of some real life zoos. We don't have everything, but we have something from every mjro category, and it is the best represented area in the game by sheer quantity.
Since I was going for climate-based ecoregions, north africa here is the Sahara desert. The Sahel shares most of its fauna and climate) with the non-tropical parts of the Afrotropical region to the south, so I couldn't count it.
Thinking about it, I can't think of many zoos with great Oceania or South America representation, which might account for their lack of representation in the game.
Credits: Atiggerx33 on reddit
Maps showing range of all species to check what areas have no animals
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Maps showing range of all species to check what areas have no animals
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South America is often well represented in zoos, it is just not in form of a big amount of medium-large sized mammals.
SA is probably the most used theme for tropical halls, with birds and small monkeys being the go to species. Then you can add some fish and reptiles on top of that.
Which is probably why South America is difficult to tackle in PZ.
Agreed, although I can think of alot of small SA animals that are quite common in zoos and would be amazing to have, including Maras, Coatis, Agoutis, Scarlet Ibis, Spoonbills, Ocelots and small monkeys you already mentioned. Those are small but would still work great as habitats animals and amazingly as “filler” animals.
Great map. Does it (edit: the last one) include exhibit animals? (If it does (I think it does?) it’d be great to see a habitat animal only version. Also, is there a possibility of adding a scale?
Thanks for sharing!
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Inspired by dorans post, i wanted to find some animals to best complete the not present ranges, while also boosting as many underrepresented zones as possible, so here we go with some far ranging animals that would make great additions to as many regions as possible.
But first for the largest hole in the map, we got the chinese muntjak, the smallest of the muntjaks and by far the most common in zoos with 181 EAZA holdings.
As you can see, it fill most of the chinese hole and also spread to taiwan and southern china, being a good first step to give some more representation to this general only lightly represented region.
Next on the list is the eurasian or old world otter. I totally understand if you dont want another otter, but the fact that they have an enormous range spanning 3 continents and all biomes is what seals the deal for me.
Aquatic representation for north africa, all of europe, the northern parts of the middle east and literally every asian region besides central asia and japan is just amazing and much needed to me. The 144 EAZA holdings also help sweetening the deal.
Next up is another small carnivore, this time the caracal.
Its found prettymuch everywhere in non tropical south saharan africa, but also has populations in north africa, the middle east, south east europe, aswell as india and western asia.
All of these regions are lacking in a small cat and/or animals in general, making the caracal a great fit as its also quite common in zoos.
This is also the reason that i choose it over the honey badger, as 86 holdings in EAZA zoos vs 14 of the honey badger. Quite the clear choice, eventhough id still like to see it in the game at some point.
Next up we got Mr Worldwide, its in his name, its the red fox and...
Yeah, i think that and the 180 holdings of the european subspecies alone make it quite obvious why hes here.
In the same breath, the wild boar can boast even more with just its central european subspecies having mind boggeling 358 holdings. I think i dont need to say more.
Lastly to get away from the old world, 2 species with far ranges that include south america (sorry australia, but allmost everything from outside that ranges into you is invasive, while your species also didnt manage to hop from your island).
First would be the white faced whistling duck, spanning all over south saharan africa as much needed waterfowl, but also most of south america and all of madagascar, closing the holes on both. Its also simply a duck, a common one with 162 EAZA holdings, which we need. #FrontierDuckWhen?
Last but not least we got the collared peccary, spanning from the deserts of mexico to the grasslands of south america. They would give us some much needed central american representation, aswell as deserts and non aboreal and non aquatic tropical south american representation, which also is only present with the anteater.
And thats it, 7 animals with 6 of them having giant ranges to fill usefull animals over as much area as possible.
I really hope that frontier will prioritize giving us atleast some more animals with huge ranges and imo any of these animals would be great for that.
But first for the largest hole in the map, we got the chinese muntjak, the smallest of the muntjaks and by far the most common in zoos with 181 EAZA holdings.
As you can see, it fill most of the chinese hole and also spread to taiwan and southern china, being a good first step to give some more representation to this general only lightly represented region.
Next on the list is the eurasian or old world otter. I totally understand if you dont want another otter, but the fact that they have an enormous range spanning 3 continents and all biomes is what seals the deal for me.
Aquatic representation for north africa, all of europe, the northern parts of the middle east and literally every asian region besides central asia and japan is just amazing and much needed to me. The 144 EAZA holdings also help sweetening the deal.
Next up is another small carnivore, this time the caracal.
Its found prettymuch everywhere in non tropical south saharan africa, but also has populations in north africa, the middle east, south east europe, aswell as india and western asia.
All of these regions are lacking in a small cat and/or animals in general, making the caracal a great fit as its also quite common in zoos.
This is also the reason that i choose it over the honey badger, as 86 holdings in EAZA zoos vs 14 of the honey badger. Quite the clear choice, eventhough id still like to see it in the game at some point.
Next up we got Mr Worldwide, its in his name, its the red fox and...
Yeah, i think that and the 180 holdings of the european subspecies alone make it quite obvious why hes here.
In the same breath, the wild boar can boast even more with just its central european subspecies having mind boggeling 358 holdings. I think i dont need to say more.
Lastly to get away from the old world, 2 species with far ranges that include south america (sorry australia, but allmost everything from outside that ranges into you is invasive, while your species also didnt manage to hop from your island).
First would be the white faced whistling duck, spanning all over south saharan africa as much needed waterfowl, but also most of south america and all of madagascar, closing the holes on both. Its also simply a duck, a common one with 162 EAZA holdings, which we need. #FrontierDuckWhen?
Last but not least we got the collared peccary, spanning from the deserts of mexico to the grasslands of south america. They would give us some much needed central american representation, aswell as deserts and non aboreal and non aquatic tropical south american representation, which also is only present with the anteater.
And thats it, 7 animals with 6 of them having giant ranges to fill usefull animals over as much area as possible.
I really hope that frontier will prioritize giving us atleast some more animals with huge ranges and imo any of these animals would be great for that.