Babirusa and Malayan tapir should enrich each other.

[Erior]

Most of the tropical Asian animals enrich each other as of the latest update, but, for some reason, those 2 don't, and, while it may be explained by the specific babirusa species we have not overlapping in range with the Malayan tapir, the latter does overlap with babirusas, and, in any case, they have historically mingled together in zoos with optimal results.

Madrid zoo housed a male of each species together and they were inseparable; even when a female tapir was introduced, the babirusa was just a lovely gentlepig.

I mean:

 

[coatifan]

Also the babirusa and otter! It’s a not infrequent pairing in captivity.

 

[Kiru]

would love to see Babirusa get more interspecies enrichment., great examples showing they really do enjoy each others company.

 

[markun]

And hopefully fix the Malayan tapir so it’s consistent with Planet Zoo’s generally very high standards too.

 

[FoxyDee]

Oh my, those pictures are golden, love these two amazing friends. <3

 

[sockeyejo]

Most of the tropical Asian animals enrich each other as of the latest update, but, for some reason, those 2 don't, and, while it may be explained by the specific babirusa species we have not overlapping in range with the Malayan tapir, the latter does overlap with babirusas, and, in any case, they have historically mingled together in zoos with optimal results.

Madrid zoo housed a male of each species together and they were inseparable; even when a female tapir was introduced, the babirusa was just a lovely gentlepig.

I mean:

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That just makes me love the babirusa (which I hadn't heard of before the pack was announced) even more.

 

[Veah]

Madrid zoo housed a male of each species together and they were inseparable; even when a female tapir was introduced, the babirusa was just a lovely gentlepig.

I miss them every visit

 

[Karen F]

Those two are way too cute

 

[coatifan]

A full list* of species kept with Babirusa, according to the AZA and Zoolex (with animals not in-game italicized) is:

• Asian Small-Clawed Otter (3 facilities -- These are said to have few problems, and the babirusa at Audubon have bred multiple times despite the presence of otters. However, at Chester examples exist of the animals eating/attacking each other's young -- though the in-game juveniles may be large enough that they'd be safe in real life)
• Malayan Tapir (2 facilities -- babirusa bit tapirs but incidents do not seem severe; at Madrid, some apparently believed the babirusas to be the tapir's calves)
• Domestic Water Buffalo** (1 facility)
• Lowland Anoa (2 facilities -- separated after anoa grew aggressive)
• Siamang Gibbon (1 facility)
• Tonkean Macaque (1 facility -- had to be separated after fight)
• White-Handed Gibbon (1 facility -- separated after gibbons took swipes at babirusa from elevation)
• Milky Stork, Great Argus Pheasant (1 facility -- though this mix no longer exists)
• Sarus Crane (1 facility -- separated as babirusas caused severe physical harm to birds)

* I removed species which don't share a native continent (Asia) from the list as it seems unlikely to me that such an interspecies bonus would be added.
** This species is not italicized since we have the wild version, but it is possible that the wild version is more aggressive (a cause for concern) and therefore should not be counted.

 

[Mjmannella]

...it may be explained by the specific babirusa species we have not overlapping in range with the Malayan tapir...

This would normally be the main idea, as up until recently the whole point of species enrichment was to show animals have overlapping ranges in the wild. But now with the capybara overextending, I don't even know anymore...