Colormorphs you'd like to see and more?

synthetase

synthetase
I know for the most part, a lot of people don't want more "clones." I get it, too. Birds have hardly scratched the surface, there are TONS of insects, and even reptiles are underrepresented. Although I wouldn't care about any more reptiles haha. However, I am a mammal lover and I think part of a realistic zoo building experience would include having multiple types of zebra or giraffe to choose from. Even I will admit we don't need so many clones, but don't you have to agree playing with the same zebras gets old?
So, finally, to my suggestion:
More intraspecies variety. The colormorphs are amazing and imo expansions on that are always welcome! Others in the forum have talked about horn/antler variation and different fur types. I think those are perfectly plausible. I don't know programming, but maybe even slight proportion differences are possible too? Like a desert version of the Red Fox with thinner fur and longer ears and legs. They could interbreed so offspring could inherit the traits. That would be awesome!
For colormorphs I think could add variety even if they aren't common:
African Wild Dog: there are individuals whom mostly lack yellow (kind of melanistic) or black (no eumelanin?) in their coat. The yellow ones look like dholes whilst the black are sleek.
Arctic Wolf: a grey (timber) form to represent natural inter-subspecies hybrid that occur in the far south of Arctic wolf habitats.
Bactrian Camel: isn't the in-game form domesticated? I'm sure white and black forms are possible.
Bengal Tiger: a darker form with broad stripes to represent interbreeding with P t. sondaica, which are way more unique genetically than the Siberian tiger. I know that interbreeding isn't ethical but it occurred in the past before SSPs and the game can be more fun with the idea of rare genes.
Dall Sheep: a stone sheep form!
Dhole: piebald enough to expand on its white markings
Dingo: a black and tan
Maned Wolf: a melanistic individual was recorded in the literature.
Wild Water Buffalo: they are the ancestor of a variable breed.
 

RedPandaReggie

RedPandaReggie
synthetase said:
I know for the most part, a lot of people don't want more "clones." I get it, too. Birds have hardly scratched the surface, there are TONS of insects, and even reptiles are underrepresented. Although I wouldn't care about any more reptiles haha. However, I am a mammal lover and I think part of a realistic zoo building experience would include having multiple types of zebra or giraffe to choose from. Even I will admit we don't need so many clones, but don't you have to agree playing with the same zebras gets old?
So, finally, to my suggestion:
More intraspecies variety. The colormorphs are amazing and imo expansions on that are always welcome! Others in the forum have talked about horn/antler variation and different fur types. I think those are perfectly plausible. I don't know programming, but maybe even slight proportion differences are possible too? Like a desert version of the Red Fox with thinner fur and longer ears and legs. They could interbreed so offspring could inherit the traits. That would be awesome!
For colormorphs I think could add variety even if they aren't common:
African Wild Dog: there are individuals whom mostly lack yellow (kind of melanistic) or black (no eumelanin?) in their coat. The yellow ones look like dholes whilst the black are sleek.
Arctic Wolf: a grey (timber) form to represent natural inter-subspecies hybrid that occur in the far south of Arctic wolf habitats.
Bactrian Camel: isn't the in-game form domesticated? I'm sure white and black forms are possible.
Bengal Tiger: a darker form with broad stripes to represent interbreeding with P t. sondaica, which are way more unique genetically than the Siberian tiger. I know that interbreeding isn't ethical but it occurred in the past before SSPs and the game can be more fun with the idea of rare genes.
Dall Sheep: a stone sheep form!
Dhole: piebald enough to expand on its white markings
Dingo: a black and tan
Maned Wolf: a melanistic individual was recorded in the literature.
Wild Water Buffalo: they are the ancestor of a variable breed.
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I would like to see a Golden Tabby Tiger, Melanistic Tiger, a more toned down Leucistic Lion (more creamy than snow white), I too would love to see the Dhole with the white underbelly that has a bit denser fur, Leucistic African Wild Dog, more Dingo variations like these below: (Brindle Dingo, Patchy Dingo, Piebald Dingo, Black and Tan Dingo, Sable Dingo, White Socks Dingo, Some Dingoes could be fluffier than others.
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Perhaps some Flores Komodo Dragon Colours
Piebald Indian Peafowl
Melanistic Zebra
Stripeless Tiger
Red Pandas variation between Chinese Red Pandas and Himalayan Red Pandas
Saltwater Crocodiles that look more like this, with perhaps a texture update to match that of the American Alligator
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That's about it for me
 

peafowl

P
I want the many morphs of the indian peafowl but for some reason frontier puts their foot down with them because they're "domestic bred", which makes absolutely no sense. I'd also like abundism for tigers, leopard and zebra. Piebaldism and albinism for a big part of the roster.
 

synthetase

synthetase
RedPandaReggie said:
I would like to see a Golden Tabby Tiger, Melanistic Tiger, a more toned down Leucistic Lion (more creamy than snow white), I too would love to see the Dhole with the white underbelly that has a bit denser fur, Leucistic African Wild Dog, more Dingo variations like these below: (Brindle Dingo, Patchy Dingo, Piebald Dingo, Black and Tan Dingo, Sable Dingo, White Socks Dingo, Some Dingoes could be fluffier than others.
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Perhaps some Flores Komodo Dragon Colours
Piebald Indian Peafowl
Melanistic Zebra
Stripeless Tiger
Red Pandas variation between Chinese Red Pandas and Himalayan Red Pandas
Saltwater Crocodiles that look more like this, with perhaps a texture update to match that of the American Alligator
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That's about it for me
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❤️ Love those dingo pictures! ❤️ Its good they're on the internet because all I see is pups to try to pet :D Melanistic zebra sounds awesome!
Look at this little guy!
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Here's a majestic adult
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Here are Wild Dogs with less black (and the picture I originally saw was even more extreme)
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and here's one with very little yellow
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fluffier dhole

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and lastly a white Camel
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RedPandaReggie

RedPandaReggie
synthetase said:
❤️ Love those dingo pictures! ❤️ Its good they're on the internet because all I see is pups to try to pet :D Melanistic zebra sounds awesome!
Look at this little guy!
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Here's a majestic adult
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Here are Wild Dogs with less black (and the picture I originally saw was even more extreme)
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and here's one with very little yellow
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fluffier dhole

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and lastly a white Camel
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I would love to see those wild dogs and the fluffier dhole
 

NZFanatic

NZFanatic
peafowl said:
Yep and white tigers are result of inbreeding yet both our species got it. Idk, it's just a bad excuse.
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Made worse by the fact that probably all captive Indian peafowl are from domestic stock anyway. A zoo isn't going to source a genetically pure peafowl from India when they can go down to the local poultry auction and pick one up for fifty bucks.
 

NZFanatic

NZFanatic
To actually answer the thread, I'm pretty much fine with rare colour morphs now that the king cheetah is in the game. I want more 'regular' morphs. Different shades, different patterns, and so on to individualise regular animals without the implication that they were deliberately bred to look flashy. White tigers are nice and all but most zoos aren't going out of their way to acquire them because of the inbreeding involved in their propogation. However, a tiger with a slightly different shade of orange? Sign me right up.
 

PnGLINNyo

PnGLINNyo
I am somewhat positive for the Devs adding more colormoprhs in the future, I mean see the reindeer and moon bears for example. Sure it took a heck load of time to actually get some, it still means they do care, right? It's all about the waiting time at the end of the day, but I can agree some of us can't be too patient. No offense 🙏🙏🙏
 

peafowl

P
NZFanatic said:
Made worse by the fact that probably all captive Indian peafowl are from domestic stock anyway. A zoo isn't going to source a genetically pure peafowl from India when they can go down to the local poultry auction and pick one up for fifty bucks.
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Yep. It is nonsense all the way. I don't understand it.
 

Kiru

Kiru
I really want those dingoes, penguins and the "polkadot" or Pseudo-melanistic zebra.
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Id like to add my wishes for Melanistic Maned Wolf.
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Piebald Moose
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Piebald fallow and red deer. (i couldnt find pictures that whernt hunting pics)

and ofcourse more variations of the indian peafowl (inclueding piebald)
 

Cynogale bennettii II

Cynogale bennettii II
Even though it is an exhibit species, one animal colour morph I would love to see is the white 'quadrimaculatus' morph of the goliath beetle. It's the same species as the in-game goliath beetle (Goliathus goliatus), but is now a much rarer form, as they have been over-collected for the pet trade. Having a few of these among the more standard brown beetles would help make the species slightly more interesting.

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