30 essential animals meta-wishlist

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Would be interesting to see which animals from this list will make in the game. If you cross out the species, you can still look it up in the rankings.
If you remove them, that's gone.
You could highlight them in a different way, to show that we got them. overtime, since they are already in the game people will not vote on them anymore and they will fall to the bottom of the list. Somehow they pop out of the top 30, but at the same time, you will have to scroll down a lot to find them. The total number of species in the list might be enormous
 
I completely did not realize the Binturong was so high up there on this list. This pack really did a good job of hitting a good number of highly asked for animals (gibbons aside of course)
 
You could highlight them in a different way, to show that we got them. overtime, since they are already in the game people will not vote on them anymore and they will fall to the bottom of the list. Somehow they pop out of the top 30, but at the same time, you will have to scroll down a lot to find them. The total number of species in the list might be enormous

I think a new 20-30 essential meta-wishlist in afer the last DLC of 2021 would be more fun.

At least everyone can participate in this again.
 
I think we should somehow mention the species that we already got but remove them from the list since they don’t longer participate in ranking.
Or maybe someone have a better idea?
 
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My wish list for the game.
1. Meerkats
2. Gibbons ( Lar Gibbon, Siamang , Golden cheeked.)
3. Capybara
4. Porcupine or tree porcupine
5. Marmoset monkey or Tamarin Monkey
6.Sloth
7. Victoria crowned pigeon
8. Macaws
9. Cockatoo
10. Rainbow lorikeets
11. Hornbills
12. Golden Pheasant
13. Humboldt Penguins
14. Colobus Monkey
15. Mara
16. Eurasian otter or sea otter
17. Sealion
18. Aquarium fish.

I would love to see an Aviary pack with smaller bird species and maybe an aquarium pack as a lot of zoos have this type of exhibits.
 
Here's my list and of course, I'd also like to see packs dedicated to aviaries with flighted birds and small aquarium building options!

1. Moose
2. North American Beaver
3. Przewalski's Horse
4. Mountain Lion
5. Wild Turkey (Eastern Subspecies)
6. American Alligator
7. Kiwi
8. Alpine Ibex
9. Cape Penguin
10. Maned Wolf
11. Mountain Goat
12. Markhor
13. Fennec Fox
14. Banteng
15. Roosevelt Elk
16. Red Deer
17. Leopard Seal
18. Arctic Fox
19. Ocellated Turkey
20. Japanese Giant Salamander
21. Striped Hyena
22. Eurasian Lynx
23. Ocelot
24. Shoebill
25. Fallow Deer
26. Bighorn Sheep
27. Red Fox
28. North American Black Bear
29. Sambar Deer
30. Walrus
 
Well this was tough (and probably biased by my experiences with zoos that happen to not have great representation of North America, Europe, and Australia). South East Asia Pack really helped me out, as basically everything coming there would have taken up a space on this list...

Africa
1) White Rhino
2) Black Rhino
3) Crested Porcupine
4) Meerkat
5) Serval
6) Baboon (preferably hamadryas or gelada)
7) Red River Hog
8) Tropical African Monkey (no real preference, but black and white colobus/mangabey seems an obvious choice)
9) Greater Kudu
10) Crowned Crane
11) Aye Aye
12) Fossa

Asia
13) Leopard (preferably Amur)
14) Gibbon (no preference)
15) Mainland Asian Monkey (no real preference, grey langur/lion tailed macaque seems an obvious choice)
16) Przewalski's horse

Europe/North America
17) Lynx (no preference)
18) Wolverine
19) Moose
20) Cougar

South America
21) Capybara
22) Maned Wolf
23) Spider Monkey (no preference)
24) Sloth (preferably one of the two toes)
25) Spectacled Bear

Oceania
26) Wombat (no preference)
27) Emu
28) Tasmanian Devil

Misc
29) Small Penguin (African, Magellanic, or Humboldt)
30) Sealion (no preference)

And even then I've missed out a load of stuff I'd really like to see (like Asian small clawed otters, or various mongooses), and not even thought about aviaries or aquariums! Yikes...
 
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I think this is a good place to copy my wishlist to, hopefully all these animals are already in those huge lists?

My wishlist is very powerful as all animals on it are very unique and not like animals already in the game at all! (which for you would be bad as you have to create them all from scratch lol)
I'm not a fan of duplicate animals, such as more zebra, lion, gorilla or giraffe variants, they aren't like Asian and African Rhinoceros, looking completly differently, only their colors are different and other minor differences.

Don't care for Leopards and Nile Crocodiles, sorry, so they only get a negative mention.

Now for my favorite 30 animals to be still included:

1: Markhor, make it happen, this game feels incomplete without it!
2: Maned Wolf, so many canines, while the most awesome one of them is still missing!
3: Saiga, the most bizarre of antelopes with its funny looking dust-mask nose.
4: Platypus, another bizarre animals this game can't be complete without.
5: Kiwi, really lovely ground birds!
6: Tasmanian Devil, a fan-favorite, and rightfully so!
7: Leopard Seal, I don't know if it would be realistic in a zoo, but this is by far the most awesome sea-mammal out there!
8: Capybara, worlds most friendly animal, the zoo feels dark without them!
9: Roadrunner Bird, no they won't fly away more than Flamingo's could, these symbols of speed are really awesome, and another bird is always good!
10: Frilled Lizard, is it big enough to be in a enclosure? I hope so, they are my favorite lizards!
11: Alligator Snapping Turtle, the only turtle I care about, nasty, big and mean.
12: Giant Salamander, the only amphibian big enough to be in a enclosure.
13: Lyrebird, the most beautiful of birds that can copy ANY sound, how awesome! The size of a peacock, so it can be in the zoo with ease.
14: Musk Deer, Deer Dragula, missed oppertunity with this latest asian pack, would have been better than the Dhole in my opinion.
15: Gelada, these mountain baboon-like creatures are awesome, I always put them with the Ibex and Markhor in my zoo tycoon enclosures.
16: Generuk,The most bizarre of the african missing antelopes, so I really want it!
17: Fossa, My username, the biggest predator of Madagaskar could not be absent!
18: Crested Porcupine, never been in a zoo-game before, WHY? these lion-killers are awesome!
19: Honey Badger, The strength of a wolf and the fearsomeness of a bear, aswesome critters!
20: Serval, The cat version of the Maned Wolf!
21: Shoebill, this game need more birds, well this is one of the very best and strange!
22: Secretary Bird, This is really one of my favorite birds after the Lyre and Cassowary! An eagle on stilts
23: Waterbuck, I just love the fact that they live in water and their flesh is very bad tasting so crocodiles won't often grab them.
24: Red River Hog, miss piggy, the vain and beautiful strange family member of the pigs.
25: African Ground Hornbill, cool birds!
26: Caracal. Another awesome smaller cat, and we need an Lynx/bobcat!
27: Ocelot, small but very beautiful!
28: Grey Fox, these beautiful foxes can climb in trees, how bizarre and awesome!
29: Sloth (ANY), preferable the biggest one, they are slow and dull, but still awesome!
30: Aardwolf, both awesome canines that are very different from other canines as they eat mostly insects.


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Others: (you can ignore these animals for this topic, but I still want to mention them!


Giant Armadillo, rather rare, but maybe too much like giant anteater and pangolin...

Tree Kangaroo's, North American Porcupine (tree version) and Small Tamandua Anteaters are also cute!

Other than these the obivious ones that I don't like as much but which I still want in zoo's: White Rhinoceros, Puma, Bighorn Sheep, Meerkat, Fennec Fox, Polar Fox, Fallow Deer, Emu, Nandu, Musk Ox, Wombat, Moose, Beaver, Walrus, Small Penguin, Elephant Seal and Desert Skunk.


Of Course there are some fish, insects and smaller reptiles as well, but they aren't my main priority to get into this awesome game.

FAVORITE FISH: Cookie Cutter Shark, Any Seahorse, Piranha, Electric Eel, Giant Stingray, Thresher Shark, Airapaima, Alligator Gar, Blue Marlin, Sawfish, Moray Eel, Mudskipper, and Goliath Tigerfish.

FAVORITE BUGS: Mantis (any), Water Bugs, Pond Skaters, Mantis Shrimp, Emerald Wasp, Assassin Bug. Ogre Spider, Trapdoor Spider, Bombardier Beetles, Antlion (but only the larvae), butterfly garden with all types of butterflies and moths.

FAVORITE CAGE BIRDS: Harpy Eagle, African Jacana, Quetzal, Hoopoe, Kookaburra, Kea, Victoria Crowned Pidgeon, Snowy Owl, Ground Owl, Hoatzin, King Vulture, Bearded Vulture, Hummingbird, Waterfall Duck, and Caracara, Pheasants (Lady Amherst, Golden and Blood), Pitohui (poison bird)

FAVORITE AMPHIBIANS: Axolotl, Caecilian, and Olm, and the Surinam Toad.

FAVORITE SMALL REPTILES: Moloch, Basilisk, Matamata, Vine Snake, Chameleons.

In aquariums I also like decorative animals such as starfish, urchins, anemones, coral and jellyfish. Don't forget about the awesome Crown Of Thorns starfish as well.

After you're done with these awesome animals, it's time to give the guest humans some re-skins and more models, they are a bit ugly compared to the animals.
 
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1. Ocelot
2. Meerkat
3. Prairie dogs
4. Fennec Fox
5. Tasmanian Devil
6. Maned Wolf
7. Sloth (any).
8. Skunk
9. Badger
10. Asian Small-clawed Otter
11. Secretary Bird
12. Red Fox
13. Capybara
14. Raccoon
15. Rockhopper Penguin
16. Aardwolf
17. Sumatran Tiger
18. Fishing Cat
19. Pallas's cat
20. Shoebill
21. Asian Golden Cat
22. Alpaca
23. California Sea Lion
24. North American Beaver
25. Caracal
26. Serval
27. Kiwi
28. Zebra Duiker
29. Banteng
30. Porcupine
 
My wishlist:

1. Meerkats
2. California Sea Lion
3. Capybara
4. Beaver (any kind)
5. Bighorn Sheep
6. Sloth (any kind)
7. Tamarin monkey
8. Bats/Bat cave (any kind)
9. Deer (any kind)
10. Racoon
11. Fox (any kind)
12. Przewalskis Horse
13. Rockhopper Penguin
14. Baboons (Olive or Gelada)
15. Dik Dik
16. Porcupine
17. Spotted Hyena
18. Moose
19. Lynx
20. Alpine Ibex
21. Armadillo
22. Opposum
23. Tarsier
24. Aye Aye
25. Asian Short Clawed Otter
26. Rock Hyrax
27. Hedgehog (any kind) (Exhibit Animal)
28. Platypus
29. Naked Mole Rat (Exhibit Animal)
30. Gerenuk
 
A small question, would Frilled Lizard, Giant Salamander and Lyrebirds be able to have their own enclosure? They are big enough for it, but I don't know if people know that...
Also very sad to see more people vote for Red Fox than Grey fox :-(
No love for lyrebird?
 
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Here’s my 30:

Moose
Elk
Beaver
Bobcat
Mountain lion
Porcupine
Platypus
Yak
Great horned owl
Pzewalski horse
Beluga
Stingray (touch pool)
Octopus
Bottle nose dolphin
Manatee
Walrus
Rockhopper penguin
Leatherback sea turtle
Puffin
Capybara
Sloth
Armadillo
Meerkat
Fennec fox
Jackson Chameleon
Axolotl
Fish (aquariums)
Parrots (interactive)
Bats (nocturnal caves)
Butterflies (interactive)
 
Wow, a lot of new lists! Thanks for contributing! Busy hours ahead :D

Regarding animals from the brand new South East Asian pack, I think I'll just keep them crossed out in the list with their respective votes. They don't have any effect on the rest of the list and we already know how popular each of them is/was when the new pack was announced anyway.

My wishlist:

1. Meerkats
2. California Sea Lion
3. Capybara
4. Beaver (any kind)
5. Bighorn Sheep
6. Sloth (any kind)
7. Tamarin monkey
8. Bats/Bat cave (any kind)
9. Deer (any kind)
10. Racoon
11. Fox (any kind)
12. Przewalskis Horse
13. Rockhopper Penguin
14. Baboons (Olive or Gelada)
15. Dik Dik
16. Porcupine
17. Spotted Hyena
18. Moose
19. Lynx
20. Alpine Ibex
21. Armadillo
22. Opposum
23. Tarsier
24. Aye Aye
25. Asian Short Clawed Otter
26. Rock Hyrax
27. Hedgehog (any kind) (Exhibit Animal)
28. Platypus
29. Naked Mole Rat (Exhibit Animal)
30. Gerenuk
The spotted hyena is already in the game. You might want to swap the spotted hyena with something else? If I don't get a response in a few hours I'll count it as striped hyena.
 
Wow, a lot of new lists! Thanks for contributing! Busy hours ahead :D

Regarding animals from the brand new South East Asian pack, I think I'll just keep them crossed out in the list with their respective votes. They don't have any effect on the rest of the list and we already know how popular each of them is/was when the new pack was announced anyway.


The spotted hyena is already in the game. You might want to swap the spotted hyena with something else? If I don't get a response in a few hours I'll count it as striped hyena.
You didn’t like my post, does that mean something is wrong with it and you don’t add the animals? did you add my 30 animals to the big list?
 
Wow, a lot of new lists! Thanks for contributing! Busy hours ahead :D

Regarding animals from the brand new South East Asian pack, I think I'll just keep them crossed out in the list with their respective votes. They don't have any effect on the rest of the list and we already know how popular each of them is/was when the new pack was announced anyway.


The spotted hyena is already in the game. You might want to swap the spotted hyena with something else? If I don't get a response in a few hours I'll count it as striped hyena.
Sorry i meant Striped Hyena!
 
1. Red river hog
2. Pallas Cat
3. Wolverine
4. Moose
5. Markhor
6. Asian short clawed otter
7. European badger
8. Przewalski’s wild horse
9. Meerkat
10. Prairie dog
11. Red deer
12. Maned wolf
13. California sea lion
14. Sloth
15. Wallaby
16. Wombat
17. Siamang
18. Porcupine
19. Raccoon
20. Rockhopper penguin
21. Armadillo
22. Donkey
23. Capybara
24. Howler monkey
25. Serval
26. Tasmanian devil
27. Mountain lion
28. Beaver
29. Fennec fox
30. Caracal
 
I divided almost every animal from the first 60 on the list for the so called packs or regional groups.

I think that almost anything can happen and we can expect animals that we thought was never even an option before.

The most wanted animals now are from Europe, NA, and Africa - I have no idea how they will handle Africa though, because in the first 60 species on the list there are more than 20 species from Africa alone.

So that is what I think we can still expect in the future.

It’s debatable but I think that there are not so much that we still lack from the top of the meta list.

If I forgot about any important species let me know.

Europe
Moose
Lynx
Ibex
Red deer

North America
Puma
California sea lion
Beaver
Alligator

Africa
White rhino
Meerkat
Fennec fox
Red River hog
Crested Porcupine
Scimitar oryx
Secretary bird
Addax
Gray crowned crane
Fossa
Black rhino
Cape penguin
Dromedary
Hamadryas baboon
African leopard
Shoebill
Serval
Caracal
Somali wild ass
Honey badger

S.A.
Capybara
Manned wolf
Sloth
Howler monkey
Coati
Spectacled bear
Peccary
Ocelot
Spider monkey
Armadillo

Australia
Tasmanian devil
Emu
Wombat
Platypus
Wallaby
Tree kangaroo

Arctic
Wolverine
Musk ox
Walrus
Arctic fox

China
Przewalski horse
Amur leopard
Takin
Markhor

India
Gibbon
Small clawed otter
Blackbuck
Stripped hyena
 
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