- Saiga Antelope (CR)
- Red Wolf (CR)
- Red-shanked Douc (CR)
- Hirola (CR)
- Chinese Giant Salamander (CR)
- Kakapo (CR)
- Peacock Tarantula (CR) [Exhibit]
- Ethiopian Wolf (EN)
- Banteng (EN)
- Blue-spotted Tree Monitor (EN)
- Black-footed Ferret (EN)
- Andean Mountain Cat (EN)
- Lion-tailed Macaque (EN)
- Golden Lion Tamarin (EN)
- Silvery Gibbon (EN)
- Sea Otter (EN)
- Giant Golden-crowned Flying Fox (EN) [WE]
- Matschie’s Tree-kangaroo (EN)
- Chinese Crocodile Lizard (EN) [Exhibit]
- Mexican Alligator Lizard (EN) [Exhibit]
- San Francisco Garter Snake (EN) [Exhibit]
- Pig-nosed Turtle (EN) [Exhibit]
- Secetarybird (EN)
- Giant Eland (VU)
- Gaur (VU)
- African Leopard (VU)
- Rhinoceros Viper (VU) [Exhibit]
- Giant Girdled Lizard (VU) [Exhibit]
- Shoebill (VU)
- Ocellated Turkey (NT)
- Great Flying Dragon (LC) [WE]
- Southern Elephant Seal (LC)
- Sugar Glider (LC) [WE]
Animals unlikely to appear, but that I would like to see in the game
- Thread starter Baryonix82
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I feel like the Chinese Giant Salamander has a good chance of coming in the next DLC if it is a Highlands Animal Pack or something similar. Every other animal I agree that they’re not likely to come
This thread should now be bumped because this topic is about to get really interesting. Animals that are popular or talked about a lot that are becoming increasingly unlikely to make in the game. Some of these are community wants. Some of these are my wants. But I'm only going to focus on the more popularly talked about ones, not oddballs. This is taken from the Meta Lists, somewhere in the top 30 range of those lists.
Walrus
Tree Kangaroo (any species)
Muskox
Pallas Cat
Markhor
Spectacled Bear
Honey Badger
Hamadryas Baboon
Patagonian Mara
Blackbuck
Secretary Bird
Shoebill
Grey Crowned Crane
Pelican (any species)
Spider Monkey (any species)
Tamarin (any species)
Echidna
Serval
Gelada
Sea Otter
Greater Rhea
Tamandua (any species)
American Black Bear
I think there's a very real potential that many of these will not make it into the game. There's a few South American animals I'm holding out for with the thought that they'll be the more obvious picks for a Latin/South/Central America pack (Howler Monkey, Coatimundi, Ocelot) and I've left the Manatee off because there was never a chance we were going to get it anyways.
While I think that the remaining pack(s) will pull from this sort of list, it's still going to be a limited number of animals chosen. The themes can be contradictory at times as well. Adding in a Latin America pack lessens the chance of a Safari/Savannah or Alpine/Highlands or Tunda theme.
Honestly the three I mentioned in the above paragraph are literally the only ones I think have an "almost for sure" chance of making it in.
Walrus
Tree Kangaroo (any species)
Muskox
Pallas Cat
Markhor
Spectacled Bear
Honey Badger
Hamadryas Baboon
Patagonian Mara
Blackbuck
Secretary Bird
Shoebill
Grey Crowned Crane
Pelican (any species)
Spider Monkey (any species)
Tamarin (any species)
Echidna
Serval
Gelada
Sea Otter
Greater Rhea
Tamandua (any species)
American Black Bear
I think there's a very real potential that many of these will not make it into the game. There's a few South American animals I'm holding out for with the thought that they'll be the more obvious picks for a Latin/South/Central America pack (Howler Monkey, Coatimundi, Ocelot) and I've left the Manatee off because there was never a chance we were going to get it anyways.
While I think that the remaining pack(s) will pull from this sort of list, it's still going to be a limited number of animals chosen. The themes can be contradictory at times as well. Adding in a Latin America pack lessens the chance of a Safari/Savannah or Alpine/Highlands or Tunda theme.
Honestly the three I mentioned in the above paragraph are literally the only ones I think have an "almost for sure" chance of making it in.