Black and White Ruffed Lemur Profile

[RedPandaReggie]

Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur

Black-and-white Ruffed Lemurs are excellent communicators, with most of the group joining in one chorus to amplify calls.

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Black-and-white ruffed lemur - Wikipedia

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Black and White Ruffed Lemur - Duke Lemur Center

Varecia variegata variegata This visually striking species hails from the tropical forests of eastern Madagascar, where its thick fur is well suited to the wet, sometimes chilly environment of the rainforest canopy. Weighing up to nine pounds (4.1 kg), black and white ruffed lemurs are among the...

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[DragonNTiger]

Meh... the b/w ruffed looks like a red ruffed recolor... I'd prefer the Coquerel's Sifaka or maybe the Diademed Sifaka...

 

[RedPandaReggie]

Its just the species I am more familiar with and prefer over the latter

 

[Aramar]

I also would, like to have them in the game.

 

[random goat]

Meh... the b/w ruffed looks like a red ruffed recolor... I'd prefer the Coquerel's Sifaka or maybe the Diademed Sifaka...

Ideally, we should get both a Sifaka type of lemur and the b&w ruffed lemur. The latter are absurdly common in zoos, while sifakas are not. I get that the overall look and anatomy of the b&w ruffed lemurs are similar to the red ruffed ones, but the coloration is very distinct. It would also require very little time to make them, which would allow saving time for making more unique animals (qualitatively and quantitatively).

 

[DarthQuell]

Ironically, my zoo doesn't have b/w, but the sifakas

 

[markun]

This would be very easy to do and brings me back to my ever recurring argument in favour of monthly animal releases raising interest and enthusiasm on a regular basis!

 

[Tobs]

Always the same story with PZ. PZ needs MORE diversity of this kind: same with, e.g. sumatran tiger, Serengeti giraffe,... to name a couple more. IF Frontier provides them - whatever the format is (monthly animal, or a low-key "only-animal" DLC in between "traditional DLCs") fantastic: it would keep the community engaged, motivated and happy(er). And of course, promote DIVERSITY - it's a Zoo sim after all.

I do not think delivering a w/b ruffed lemur would require a lot of work - rig is pretty much there, animations are there already. Sounds - I have no clue how similar/distinct the noises are (would probably depend on each pairing). Zoopedia would require a new entry.

Reality is - Frontier won't provide them: it's not in their road-map or business plan. I'd be more than happy to be proven wrong however.

 

[paul78]

Definitely a cool species probably should have been chosen over the red ruffed lemur but at the same time it wouldn’t necessarily break my heart if it didn’t make the roster. I prefer some diversity as zoo tycoon 2013 was out of control with multiple species in game. Just too many other animals needed to justify these guys.

 

[NL_Mutso]

I prefer some diversity as zoo tycoon 2013 was out of control with multiple species in game

There's an audience for "clone" animals but ZT2013 showed that those species weren't received that good.
Tough job to get this right for your customers. There will always be people unhappy.

 

[paul78]

I guess I am a little hypocritical on this subject. I can back a Sumatran tigers asiatic lion a blue wildebeest or Masai giraffe but can’t really get the same excitement over another lemur. Not that I’d prefer one over a wombat or puma or something currently missing from the game but I could back some species.

 

[random goat]

Well...yeah, it all comes down to personal taste, definetely. I also think getting more distinct animals is a priority, there are still so many animal groups completely omitted in the game.
That being said, we really need to differentiate between what is a genus, a species and a subspecies. The thing with ZT2013 is that, in many cases (lions, jaguars, tigers, rhinos, Asian elephants, giraffe, etc.) those "clone" animals belonged to the same species (aka they were subspecies), with the aggravating circumstance that in some cases the physical differences were almost negligible. In the case of b&w ruffed lemurs, we're talking about a different species within the same genus and with a significantly different coloration than the red ruffed counterparts.
If we broaden the scope to "lemurs", it's important to remark that it is an infraorder where there are about 15 different genera of lemurs. To put this in context: a sifaka lemur is more different to a ruffed lemur than a puma is to a lion. A b&w ruffed lemur is as similar to a red ruffed lemur than a leopard is to a lion or a jaguar.

So, in short, requesting a b&w ruffed lemur makes as much sense as requesting a leopard and more sense than requesting an Asiatic lion (for instance), from a zoological point of view.

 

[RedPandaReggie]

There are also only two remaining ruffed lemur species

 

[Aramar]

I think this is one of the best examples of what I would classify as a "interesting clone animal". Yes, it's another lemur, but its look is so different that I wouldn't be annoyed.

 

[DarthQuell]

I noticed that the 2 lemurs in the game are "true lemurs". It's possible that Frontier will be adding these types into the game. Maybe the Black Lemur?

 

[nutrit]

Would love to see it in the game but I wouldn’t decide to loose a place in dlc for it. If it would come as a single clone animal download I would buy it on the first day.

 

[RedPandaReggie]

What about if there is a purpose for Challenge Mode and Career Mode, getting Rewards for Stars and Difficulty, that could be something they do because they did something like that with Jurassic World Evolution, there was a purpose for Challenge Mode and Career Mode, you unlocked things to use later. This could be a place they could put in some missing 'clone' animals that each of us are particularly fond of.

 

[markun]

Personally I am really opposed to anything as important to the game as animals being a reward unless they were available in sandbox.

 

[paul78]

@markun I agree. I only play sandbox I’m not knocking people who play franchise by no means but a game with this much ability to create just about whatever you want to build sandbox offers me the best of both worlds. I do believe franchise players should be rewarded in challenges but not with animals or objects.

 

[NL_Mutso]

@markun I agree. I only play sandbox I’m not knocking people who play franchise by no means but a game with this much ability to create just about whatever you want to build sandbox offers me the best of both worlds. I do believe franchise players should be rewarded in challenges but not with animals or objects.

I really agree with the animals part. Putting such an important aspect of the game in a reward system, really a bad idea. Objects not so much imo, but I can see people have some issues with that one as well.
Really depends on the object. Actual building pieces, no. A trophy reward or plaque not a big deal imo.

Don't think object/animals rewards will ever happen. Basically will annoy/anger a lot of sandbox/challenge players (and rightfully so)

Meh... the b/w ruffed looks like a red ruffed recolor... I'd prefer the Coquerel's Sifaka or maybe the Diademed Sifaka...

Same here, but seen this animal on a lot of lists (like the Malayan Tapir). Some animals just have a loyal fanbase
Not sure if I would buy the B/W ruffled one if they offered this one in a single purchase.

I guess I am a little hypocritical on this subject. I can back a Sumatran tigers asiatic lion a blue wildebeest or Masai giraffe but can’t really get the same excitement over another lemur. Not that I’d prefer one over a wombat or puma or something currently missing from the game but I could back some species.

I think everyone has their favorite "clone" animal for PZ. My preference would be distinct species but when you are focused on some regions/areas/species in your zoo - "clone" species really work.