Animals In Local/Favorite Zoos That PZ Is Missing?

[coatifan]

Thought it might be interesting to list animals that are present at either your local or favorite zoo, which are currently absent from Planet Zoo; I'll start. (Note: I'm only including animals that don't require flight/marine add-ons and are exhibited outside, though you can choose whether to include those yourself.

Spoiler: My Data: National Zoo and Audubon Zoo

My Local Zoo: National Zoo

Spoiler: My Data: National Zoo and Audubon Zoo

• Allen's Swamp Monkey
• Andean Bear
• Bennett's Wallaby
• Caracal*
• Chicken
• Collared Brown Lemur
• Cow
• Dama Gazelle*
• Fishing Cat
• Goat
• Goeldi's Monkey
• Grevy's Zebra
• Harbor Seal
• Lesser Kudu
• Mini-Donkey
• North American Porcupine
• Ossabaw Island Hog
• Przewalski's Horse
• Schmidt's Red-tailed Monkey
• Sitatunga
• Sloth Bear
• White-Nosed Coati

My Favorite Zoo: New Orleans Zoo

• Whooping Crane
• Amur Leopard
• Sika Deer
• Mantled Guereza
• Blue Wildebeest
• White Stork
• Mini Zebu
• American Black Bear
• Raccoon
• Nutria*
• Red Fox
• Red-Rumped Agouti
• Ocelot
• Geoffroy's Spider Monkey
• Guanaco
• Screamer

High Priority: Both

• Ground Hornbill (Either Species)
• Alpaca
• American Flamingo*
• Black Howler Monkey
• Bobcat*
• Emu*
• Golden Lion Tamarin
• Rhea*
• Maned Wolf
• North American River Otter
• Pale-Headed Saki
• Patagonian Mara
• Red River Hog
• Siamang

* These animals are not on display in one or both of these facilities, but were until recently
(italics) my personal favorites of these species

Edit: Started work on spreadsheet, accessible here with a google account:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NfT_SJ41Z33ZywqtFiYa7pRjyQ9yT46fpDGrWdi13sw/edit?usp=sharing
For those who can't access, the current top 3 are:

1. Emu (8)
2. Leopard (All subspecies)/American Flamingo (7)
3. Siamang/Tree Kangaroo (Matschie's, Goodfellow's, Unspecified)

 

[biggest_dreamer]

I don't have a local zoo, but it should be easy enough to run through the zoos in my state. I'll also exclude aviary/marine/exhibit candidates, as well as domestic species since I'm not as confident on some of them:

Spoiler: Greenville Zoo

Greater rhea
Alligator snapping turtle
Chilean flamingo
Black swan
Ocelot
Siamang
Amur leopard
Sumatran orangutan
Masai giraffe
Bat-eared fox
Red-tailed guenon
Angolan colobus
some species of spider monkey

Spoiler: Riverbanks Zoo

North American river otter
Harbor seal
Hamadryas baboon
Diana monkey
Siamang
American flamingo
Gentoo penguin
Rockhopper penguin
African spurred tortoise
Bennett's wallaby
Brazilian porcupine
Squirrel monkey
White-faced saki
Golden lion tamarin
Fishing cat
Black-footed cat
Matschie's tree kangaroo
Three-banded armadillo
Linnaeus's two-toed sloth
False gharial is off exhibit for renovations but it'll be back so I guess it counts too

Spoiler: Lowcountry Zoo

North American river otter
Red fox
Gray fox
White-tailed deer
Wild turkey

 

[Aramar]

The animals from my local zoo that I would like to have are:

Spoiler: Korkeasaari Zoo (Helsinki)

• Amur leopard
• Eurasian otter
• Markhor
• Wolverine
• Wild boar
• European bison
• Przewalski's horse
• Yak
• Muskox
• Eurasian brown bear
• Peccary (we have white lipped, but collared would be good too)
• Bennett's wallaby
• Emu
• Barbary macaque
• Alpine marmot
• Raccoon (not anymore in the zoo unfortunately)

 

[Maccasaurus]

The following are missing from my local zoo. I’ve excluded the aquarium and birds. In no particular order

Spoiler: Nation Zoo and Aquarium Canberra

Serval
Emu
Common Wombat
Red Rumped Agouti
Asian Small-Clawed Otter
Barbary Sheep
Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo
Common Eland
Siamang
Tasmanian Devil
Brush-Tailed Bettong
Sri Lankan Leopard
Squirrel Monkey
Rhinoceros Iguana
Pygmy Marmoset
Long-Nosed Potoroo
Alpaca
Wapiti
Common Marmoset
Swamp Wallaby
Blackbuck
Francois Langur
Black and White Colobus
Cotton-Top Tamarin

 

[nutrit]

Spoiler: San Diego Zoo

Mantled guereza
Red River hog
Bontebok
Leopard
Takin
Maned wolf
Capybara
Andean bear
Tasmanian devil
Hamadryas Baboon

Spoiler: San Diego Safari Park

Somali wild ass
Eland
Père David’s deer
Scimitar oryx
Addax
Gibbon
Platypus
Coati
Gerenuk
Shoebill

Spoiler: Chester Zoo

Black rhino
Tree kangaroo
Banteng
Anoa
Dik dik
Sloth
Congo buffalo
Fossa
Sifaka
Small clawed otter

 

[coatifan]

Interesting insights so far! I may try and condense this data, both as a reference and because I just love spreadsheets.

 

[Antimony96]

As of last month I live in Philadelphia, and oh boy:

• Amur leopard
• Fossa
• Maned wolf
• Red river hog
• Lar gibbon
• Francois langur
• Mantled guereza
• Bolivian gray titi monkey
• White-faced saki monkey
• Golden lion tamarin
• Coquerel's sifaka
• Mongoose lemur
• Emu
• Golden pheasant

A lot of primates, which speaks to something I've both thought about myself and heard from some content creators; primates are actually quite under-represented in PZ compared to other mammals and compared to how many there are in zoos. We have every great ape, but no gibbon and very few monkeys. Interestingly though, some of the more species that Philly has are in Planet Zoo, most notably the giant otter (one of only a few NA zoos to have them).

If I were to condense this into an animal pack I would actually just take the eight primates and call it the primate pack, except swap out either the saki or the mongoose lemur for a hamadryas baboon (which Philly does not have)

 

[Sahara]

From the zoos I've visited in the UAE and other middle eastern countries:

Hamadryas Baboon
Dromedary
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Arabian Oryx
Addax
Chital
Striped Hyena
Caracas
Sand Cat
Arabian Leopard
Nile Crocodile
Syrian Brown Bear
Barbary Sheep

 

[AlexSea]

Spoiler: Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens

Angolan Colobus
Asian Small-Clawed Otter
Blue-Eyed Black Lemur
Capybara
Caribbean Flamingo
Coquerel's Sifaka
Cotton-Top Tamarin
Coyote
Emu
Florida Bobcat
Greater Kudu
Grevy's Zebra
Guereza Colobus
Magellanic Penguin
Malayan Tiger
North American Black Bear
Siamang
Southeastern Wild Turkey
Southern Black Howler
Squirrel Monkey
Sumatran Tiger
Visayan Warty Pig
Yellow-Backed Duiker

If I had to make an animal pack:

Asian Small-Clawed Otter
Capybara
Coquerel's Sifaka
Emu
Greater Kudu
Siamang
Southern Black Howler
Brazilian Rainbow Boa (exhibit)

 

[Aidan635]

My inspiration will be from the NYC zoos (Bronx Zoo, Queens Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, and Central Park Zoo) along with other zoos that I've visited. Here is my list in no particular order or organization, they're just kinda off the top of my head...

• Prezwalski's Wild Horse
• Peré David's Deer
• Tree Kangaroo
• Dromedary Camel
• Gaur
• Gibbon (idc what species)
• Porcupine (idc what species)
• Fossa
• Sifaka
• Indri (Give me all the Madagascar animals!)

 

[Mjmannella]

Now would be a good opportunity to post the aggregated list of most commonly-held species in Europe. There's a lot of domesticated species and habitat birds listed here, groupings that are largely neglected by Frontier sadly.

As for myself, I'm from Southern Ontario so my closest zoo is the Toronto Zoo. There's a lot of species there not in PZ, so I'll be making a spoiled list to save space.

Spoiler: Toronto Zoo animals list

• Grey-necked Crane
• Red River Hog
• African Sacred Ibis
• Spotted-necked Otter
• West African Dwarf Crocodile
• Marabou Stork
• Grèvy's Zebra
• Greater Kudu
• Masai Giraffe
• Olive Baboon
• Southern Ground Hornbill
• Common Eland (not listed on the website but I saw then when I went there in 2018)
• Ankole-watusi (not listed on the website but I saw then when I went there in 2018)
• Smooth-fronted Caiman
• North American River Otter
• Brazilian Porcupine (not entirely sure if this is the right species)
• Scarlet Ibis
• White-faced Saki
• American Flamingo
• Black-handed Spider Monkey
• Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
• Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
• Bennett's Wallaby
• Western Grey Kangaroo
• Common Raccoon
• Trumpeter Swan
• Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
• Miniature Donkey
• Alpaca
• Crested Seriema
• Secretary Bird
• Striped Skunk
• Woodchuck
• Barbary Sheep
• West Caucasian Tahr
• Domestic Yak
• European Mouflon (likely a feral population of domestic sheep)
• Northern Chamois
• Przewalski's Horse
• Crested Wood Partridge
• Mandarin Duck
• Malayan Crested Fireback
• Sumatran Orangutan
• Sumatran Tiger
• White-handed Gibbon
• Himalayan Tahr
• Lesser Snow Goose

Obviously not everything listed here is something I actually want to see added in the game. But a lot of the ungulates and birds listed here would be fantastic additions!

 

[coatifan]

Now would be a good opportunity to post the aggregated list of most commonly-held species in Europe. There's a lot of domesticated species and habitat birds listed here, groupings that are largely neglected by Frontier sadly.

As for myself, I'm from Southern Ontario so my closest zoo is the Toronto Zoo. There's a lot of species there not in PZ, so I'll be making a spoiled list to save space.

Spoiler: Toronto Zoo animals list

• Grey-necked Crane
• Red River Hog
• African Sacred Ibis
• Spotted-necked Otter
• West African Dwarf Crocodile
• Marabou Stork
• Grèvy's Kudu
• Masai Giraffe
• Olive Baboon
• Southern Ground Hornbill
• Common Eland (not listed on the website but I saw then when I went there in 2018)
• Ankole-watusi (not listed on the website but I saw then when I went there in 2018)
• Smooth-fronted Caiman
• North American River Otter
• Brazilian Porcupine (not entirely sure if this is the right species)
• Scarlet Ibis
• White-faced Saki
• American Flamingo
• Black-handed Spider Monkey
• Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
• Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
• Bennett's Wallaby
• Western Grey Kangaroo
• Common Raccoon
• Trumpeter Swan
• Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
• Miniature Donkey
• Alpaca
• Crested Seriema
• Secretary Bird
• Striped Skunk
• Woodchuck
• Barbary Sheep
• West Caucasian Tahr
• Domestic Yak
• European Mouflon (likely a feral population of domestic sheep)
• Northern Chamois
• Przewalski's Horse
• Crested Wood Partridge
• Mandarin Duck
• Malayan Crested Fireback
• Sumatran Orangutan
• Sumatran Tiger
• White-handed Gibbon
• Himalayan Tahr
• Lesser Snow Goose

Obviously not everything listed here is something I actually want to see added in the game. But a lot of the ungulates and birds listed here would be fantastic additions!

Thanks for both of these! I might add the Zootierliste info at some time, but people have done that already and I would like to focus on forum users' personal experiences and on non-European zoos in general.

 

[jcp011c]

We have others missing but the main ones are Masai Giraffe, Andean Bear, Gibbons - several types, Red River Hog, Two toed Sloth and Cape Porcupine. And birds..so many birds

 

[abigenius]

Personally i really want to see those animals in PZ

Spoiler: "Zoológico Centenario" Animal list

whitetail deer
collared peccary
Barbary sheep
Emu
American Flamingo
yucatan spider monkey
Dromedary Camel
Mexican Crocodile
Nile Crocodile
Red deer
Guanaco
Coati
Ocelot

Spoiler: "Animaya Zoologico Bicentenario" Animals list

scimitar horned oryx
Rhea
Axis Deer
Aguti Mexican
capybara
Gaur
and almost all animals of the "Zoologico Centenario" because both are "brothers"

 

[SallinDaemon]

Off the top of my head, Asian short-clawed otters. They're in nearly every zoo I've been to!

 

[Alexjh]

My nearest Zoo is Hamerton Zoo Park

Looking at their collection, and excluding aviary species, looks like the headliners of what PZ currently lacks:

• Alpaca
• Black Howler Monkey
• Caracal
• Common Wombat
• Cotton Top Tamarin
• Greater Rhea
• Grey-necked Crowned Crane
• Lar Gibbon
• Maned Wolf
• Marabou Stork
• Red-necked Wallaby
• Sarus Crane
• Scarlet Ibis
• Serval
• Short-beaked Echidna
• Tiger Quolls
• Two-toed Sloth
• White Stork

Theyre got a bunch of other small carnivorans and marsupials too, plus reptiles, Syrian Brown Bear and a bunch of birds, but these seemed the most applicable to PZ anyway, and wouldn't have complaints about any of these joining the game!

 

[Angeł]

There are so many animals at my local London Zoo that I’d love to have in game:
•Two Toed Sloth
•Southern Tamandua
•Coatimundi
•Lar Gibbon
•Black and White Colobus Monkey
•Black Capped Squirrel Monkey
•Golden Lion Tamarin
•Asian Small-Clawed Otter
•Red River Hog
•Emu
•Asiatic Lion
•Humboldt Penguin
•Dwarf Crocodile
•American Flamingo
•Alpaca

 

[12344321]

My closest zoo is Toronto Zoo

• Wombat
• Wallaby
• Emu
• Echidna
• Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
• Przewalski's Horse
• Gibbon
• Wild Yak
• Baboon
• Crocodile
• Red River Hog
• Muskox
• Black Footed Ferret
• Alligator Snapping Turtle
• Golden Lion Tamarin
• Spider Monkey

 

[Jeeminee]

I have chosen some animals from Artis in Amsterdam.


Muntjac
Wallaby
Capibara
Donkey
Skunk
Gibbon
Kudu
Pheasant ( Himalayan)
Armadillo
Marten (Malaysia)
Ocelot or Margay
Serval
Raccoon
White faced saki
Tragulus javanicus



Exhibit:

Chameleon
Extatosoma tiaratum
heteroconger Hassi
Axolotl
small turtle

 

[Orque41]

The closest is the Servion Zoo in Switzerland
1.Serval
2. Raccoon
3. Emu
4. Alpaca
5. Wild Boar
6. Blue-Eyed Black Lemur
7. Crested Porcupine
8. Common Raccoon Dog
9. Ferret
10. American Pygmy
11. European Mouflon
12. Red Deer
13. Squirrel Monkey
14. Emperor Tamarin
15. Red-Necked Wallaby or Bennett's Wallaby