Using the same method I've used
here, I took
Zootierliste's Top Holdings chart and filtered out the following:
- Animals that are already in the game
- Different subspecies of animals already in the game
- Aviary and exhibit animals (including sliders/terrapins), as per the rules of this thread
- Domesticated animals, as the list would have been dominated by domestic breeds
- Borderline exhibit/habitat animals like smaller tortoises, despite being allowed on this thread - I'd rather see what Frontier does with these first
- Fully aquatic animals, despite being allowed on this thread - again I'd like to see how these animals will be addressed
After this procedure, of the remaining animals, I took the first 50 to conjure up a list:
- Golden pheasant - 565 EAZA holdings
- Mandarin duck - 491 EAZA holdings
- (European) white stork* - 458 EAZA holdings
- (European) mouflon** - 457 EAZA holdings
- Greater rhea (no subspecific status) - 448 EAZA holdings
- South American coati (no subspecific status)*** - 435 EAZA holdings
- Black swan - 400 EAZA holdings
- African spurred tortoise - 399 EAZA holdings
- (Central European) wild boar - 361 EAZA holdings
- Silver pheasant (no subspecific status) - 360 EAZA holdings
- Wood duck - 359 EAZA holdings
- Patagonian mara - 328 EAZA holdings
- Common marmoset - 318 EAZA holdings
- Common pheasant (no subspecific status) - 294 EAZA holdings
- Lady Amherst's pheasant - 290 EAZA holdings
- (Common) mallard - 289 EAZA holdings
- Indian crested porcupine - 283 EAZA holdings
- Cotton-top tamarin - 278 EAZA holdings
- Mute swan - 267 EAZA holdings
- Bar-headed goose - 254 EAZA holdings
- Red-footed tortoise - 250 EAZA holdings
- European roe deer - 249 EAZA holdings
- Barnacle goose - 246 EAZA holdings
- Scarlet ibis - 232 EAZA holdings
- Great white pelican - 225 EAZA holdings
- Reeves's pheasant - 220 EAZA holdings
- Ruddy shelduck - 217 EAZA holdings
- Common shelduck - 213 EAZA holdings
- Red-crested pochard - 211 EAZA holdings
- Ringed teal - 206 EAZA holdings
- Demoiselle crane - 201 EAZA holdings
- African sacred ibis - 193 EAZA holdings
- Leopard tortoise (no subspecific status) - 190 EAZA holdings
- Reeves's muntjac (no subspecific status) - 189 EAZA holdings
- Serval (no subspecific status) - 188 EAZA holdings
- Helmeted guineafowl (no subspecific status) - 185 EAZA holdings
- Red-breasted goose - 183 EAZA holdings
- Tufted capuchin (no subspecific status) - 179 EAZA holdings
- Crested partridge - 176 EAZA holdings
- (East African) gray crowned crane - 173 EAZA holdings
- King quail - 172 EAZA holdings
- South American tapir (no subspecific status) - 171 EAZA holdings
- Common squirrel monkey - 170 EAZA holdings
- Canada goose (no subspecific status) - 167 EAZA holdings
- White-faced whistling duck - 167 EAZA holdings
- Chilean flamingo - 165 EAZA holdings
- Egyptian goose - 160 EAZA holdings
- Northern pintail - 158 EAZA holdings
- Raccoon dog (no subspecific status) - 154 EAZA holdings
- Barbary macaque - 152 EAZA holdings
*Since Zootierliste takes note of the subspecific status of animals in their top holdings chart and this thread prefers full species ranks, I've put common names for subspecies in parentheses. I couldn't ignore them entirely, since the figures are only for the aforementioned subspecies. When combined with other subspecies, the holdings increase quite a bit (e.g. in the case of the gray crowned crane this figure surpasses 300, when it is only 173 for the eastern gray crowned crane).
**Had to include common names for invalid and disputed (sub)species, due to limitations concerning the website's holdings stats as explained above (i.e. European mouflon, common squirrel monkey and raccoon dog).
***When an entry has a "no subspecific status" note in parentheses, this means there are other subspecies defined on Zootierliste's system with separate holdings, so the total may actually be considerably higher (e.g. common pheasant) than the figures specified on the list. Doesn't apply to entries without this note.
Sadly there is no English version of this particular page, so you'd have to translate it using your browser or a third-party application if you don't speak German.