Best candidates for a Nocturnal pack?

yoav_r

yoav_r
I tried to come up with a pack of animals fitting for a nocturnal animal pack with the criteria that they must be:

1. In line with the current game mechanics (no aviaries, aquariums, or exhibit mammals)
2. Not complete reskins
3. Must be fitting for a Nocturnal house
4. Unique from each other within the pack
5. Must be held IRL zoos

And honestly with these criteria I didn't find too many unique candidates, after my top 3 candidates were used in other packs (Binturong, Clouded leopard, Fennec fox).

What would you put in such a pack, assuming it is a 4+1 pack (because nocturnal scenery would be awesome, with lighting and stuff)?
 

Chuditch

Chuditch
I've posted my ideas about nocturnal houses and a potential Nocturnal Animal Pack before, but if I had to condense my choices from a 7+1 to a 4+1 I'd go with this.
  1. Greater Bilby
  2. South African Springhare
  3. Aye Aye
  4. North Island Brown Kiwi
  5. Tokay Gecko [E]
Greater Bilby is the main species for me - while not found in zoos outside Australia, they're the quintessential nocturnal house species down here. Aside from maybe the kiwi (which is just too cool to miss), the others are fairly interchangeable given there's so many options for small mammals to add. I'm actually surprised you had trouble coming up with unique candidates given how much trouble I had squeezing nocturnal species into an animal pack, let alone a standard pack.
 

yoav_r

yoav_r
Chuditch said:
I've posted my ideas about nocturnal houses and a potential Nocturnal Animal Pack before, but if I had to condense my choices from a 7+1 to a 4+1 I'd go with this.
  1. Greater Bilby
  2. South African Springhare
  3. Aye Aye
  4. North Island Brown Kiwi
  5. Tokay Gecko [E]
Greater Bilby is the main species for me - while not found in zoos outside Australia, they're the quintessential nocturnal house species down here. Aside from maybe the kiwi (which is just too cool to miss), the others are fairly interchangeable given there's so many options for small mammals to add. I'm actually surprised you had trouble coming up with unique candidates given how much trouble I had squeezing nocturnal species into an animal pack, let alone a standard pack.
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That's great! I actually think a Nocturnal theme is one of thefew we really need. I could go well without a NA or another european theme, but we really need more variety in lights and indoor decorations, which would be perfect for nocturnal.
 

KönigDerKaffeebohnen

K
Another madagascar animal that would fit is the grey mouse lemure.
These jolly little creatures are quite common in zoos, being held 26 time in the EAZA, far more often then the 6 times of the Aye-aye.
Also they are just disgustingly cute. Being a nocturnal arboreal animal with a high activity, similar to a big eyed thicc squirrel they would be fun to build for and watch.

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Cynogale bennettii II

Cynogale bennettii II
If restricted to just a 4+1 pack, I would choose these species. They have been chosen because they all represent different continents and the majority are threatened in the wild:

1. Nancy Ma's owl monkey - A vulnerable species of South American primate, kept in zoos in the USA, Spain and China at least.
2. North Island brown kiwi - A vulnerable Oceanian flightless bird kept in zoos in New Zealand, the USA, Europe and soon Singapore as well.
3. Owston's civet - An endangered Asian small carnivore kept in a few European zoos, but is strongly recommended for captive breeding.
4. South African springhare - The only least concern species but lives in arid African habitat, is kept in zoos and is well-suited to mixed-species habitats.
Exhibit. Texas blind salamander - A vulnerable North American salamander, kept in at least 3 zoos in the USA; would need a new cave exhibit.
 

Bearcat9948

Bearcat9948
yoav_r said:
Never seen a lynx, porcupine or tree kangaroo in a nocturnal house, but it doesn't sound out of place. It's super cool.
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All 8 of those are either in the Cincinnati or Columbus Zoo's respective nocturnal houses. Actually, I wanted to include aardwolves or tayras, as Cincinnati has both, but I didn't think they were common enough in other places to warrant it.
 
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