This is the second time in a week that someone in this forum called a afrotheria a ungulate, interesting.Honestly all this talk about ungulates just makes me want to highlight ones I would be a big fan of. I just have ungulate fatigue, and that’s mostly to getting similar sized animals/ animals that fill the same role over and over again!
So let’s get this party started!
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- Hyrax and Klipspringer. Both of these will fill a cool niche of being a small and “climbing” ungulate unique to a specific African habitat. They are both visually distinct from what we have in game, and as I stated represent a type of habitat that we don’t really have representation for.
- Peere David’s deer, and muntjac. Both are great deers, with the muntjac being a great small deer. I prefer the Peere David, the Bronx Zoo has an awesome habitat for them. With a large water area at the center, the deer were just chilling in the water and I caught video of one rolling in the mud! Not to mention it being an endangered species and having an amazing conservation story ties into the themes of the game very well.
- Chevrotain. Like the hyrax, this small deer species will be in a class of its own being so unique from other animals in its family. I also love tropical houses, and guess where you can find this guy at the Bronx Zoo?
- Guar. PZ does have a good amount of bovids, but I think it should be noted this is the biggest bovid in the world. Very cool Indian animal representation.
- Musk ok. We have a lot of mountain style caprines, how about one that’s a remnant from the ice age? Very cool animal, and if you make a northern zoo placing them on the opposite side of a wolf habitat would be super cool.