Common, but not necessarily “Popular” Zoo Animals

[Nicholas LionRider]

This thread comes from a place where I was considering trying to accurately recreate many of the popular zoos from where I’m from. Will the game, either in the base game or dlc, be open to adding “less popular animals” that are quite common in zoos. Examples include the Aoudad, Watusi, Binturong, Red River Hog, Porcupine, etc. At least in New England, USA, these animals have become quite prominent in nearly every Zoo. This can even extend into farm animals. Goats, sheep and chickens aren’t the most interesting animals, but nearly every Zoo has a petting zoo of some kind. Curious to know how other people feel or if there are any other animals from their local zoos that fall into this category.

 

[Pteronura]

Meerkats, wallabies, emus/rheas, small-clawed otters, squirrel monkeys, coatis, llamas/alpacas, capybaras, red pandas etc...

 

[markun]

Smaller zoos especially don't have the big 'ABC' species. I often think it would be nice to start a zoo small and see it really grow - or even just keep it small.

Animals in the small/starter zoo category could include;

Domestics like highland cow, soay sheep, pygmy goats, kune kune pigs, donkeys
Capybara
Asian small-clawed otter
Ring-tailed lemur - already in the game - yay!
Meerkat
Crested porcupine
Skunk
Raccoon
Alpaca
Llama
Squirrel monkey
Emu
Red-necked wallaby
Coati
Brazilian/lowland tapir
Parrots
Pheasants
Mara
Reindeer
Mouflon
Owls
Ducks, geese, swans
White stork
Humboldt penguin

 

[Zakimals]

This thread comes from a place where I was considering trying to accurately recreate many of the popular zoos from where I’m from. Will the game, either in the base game or dlc, be open to adding “less popular animals” that are quite common in zoos. Examples include the Aoudad, Watusi, Binturong, Red River Hog, Porcupine, etc. At least in New England, USA, these animals have become quite prominent in nearly every Zoo. This can even extend into farm animals. Goats, sheep and chickens aren’t the most interesting animals, but nearly every Zoo has a petting zoo of some kind. Curious to know how other people feel or if there are any other animals from their local zoos that fall into this category.

i think emus are the main one