Biome Recommendations for the Entire Roster

[Ursidae]

There is potentially another species that could have a new biome - I have just learned that the Indian peafowl is a common species in the Thar Desert of India; I would support the addition of this biome to the peafowl.

Sources:
"The area encompasses sand dunes, sandy plains, sand hills and together constitute an open scrub forest. And, this semi arid habitat receives about 20 to 35 cm of annual rainfall and 90% of its occurs during monsoon period i.e. July to September. The temperature ranges from 00 C in December-January to as high as 480 C in May-June... Among birds, Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)..."

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.729.1206&rep=rep1&type=pdf

This paper records that the Indian peafowl is the 36th most abundant bird of 272 total birds species in the Thar Desert, with an estimated population of at least 439 birds:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sumit-Dookia/publication/226706581_Structure_of_an_Arid_Tropical_Bird_Community_Rajasthan/links/56fa26f108ae7c1fda31208a/Structure-of-an-Arid-Tropical-Bird-Community-Rajasthan.pdf

Interesting, didn't know that myself. That's indeed a pretty beefy population to be honest. But again makes me think "where do we draw the line"? In this thread, I did exclude several instances that did somehow surpass the "marginal threshold", like taiga for the Bengal tiger, but this example makes me question the whole thing again. Perhaps we should discuss this as a community and decide what should be considered marginal.

 

[MissySanchez]

It's great news that the polar bear has had its biome and continent tag issues addressed, but I think it is a shame that only one animal from this amazing thread received attention. Frontier, please don't forget about this thread, it will create so many opportunities for franchise players to build more realistic habitats.