Essential South American animal wishlist

This wishlist would be of interest to many people in the community, as everyone is waiting for the South American animals in the game.

In Planet Zoo, South America are the least represented continent compared to its biodiversity and would be great a Latin America themed DLC with South American, and even Central American, Caribbean animals. The last two regions have a wishlist thread:

If you want more animals native to South America in the game, let's join!

RULES:
  1. All users may submit maximum 30 species, but could be less, if you want.
  2. Mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and invertebrates are allowed.
  3. Terrestrial, semi-aquatic and fully aquatic animals are allowed.
  4. The species could be habitat or standard exhibit/WE/Aquarium exhibit animals.
  5. All animals must be at least native in South America.
  6. Only living animals, extinct ones are not OK!
1. South American coati
2. Black howler monkey
3. Marine iguana
4. Kinkajou
5. Scarlet macaw
6. Southern screamer
7. Roseate spoonbill
8. Brazilian porcupine
9. Southern tamandua
10. Patagonian mara
11. Red-bellied piranha
12. Bald uakari
13. Scarlet ibis
14. Hummingbird - any species
15. Green anaconda
16. Toco toucan
17. Golden lion tamarin
18. Arapaima
19. South American tapir
20. Guanaco
21. Red-legged seriema
22. Long-tailed chinchilla
23. Harpy eagle
24. Flightless cormorant
25. Red-faced spider monkey
26. Amazon river dolphin
27. Vampire bat
28. Giant armadillo
29. Southern pudu
30. White-faced whistling duck

RankAnimal typeSpecies BreakdownVotes
1MacawScarlet - 13; Blue and yellow - 10; Hyacinth - 9; Spix's - 3; Blue-throated - 2; Glaucous - 1; Great green - 1; Military - 1; Red and green - 1; any species - 344
2ToucanToco - 15; Keel-billed - 4; Red-billed - 2; Channel-billed - 1; any species - 123
3Howler monkeyBlack - 15; Columbian red - 621
4CoatiSouth American - 16; White-nosed - 1; any species - 320
Lion tamarinGolden - 17; Golden-headed - 2; any species - 120
"Simple" TamarinEmperor - 12; Cotton-top - 7; any species - 120
5MaraPatagonian - 16; any species - 218
6TamanduaSouthern - 15; Northern - 1; any species - 117
7Spider monkeyGeoffroy's - 4; Brown-headed - 3; Red-faced - 3; Brown - 1; any species - 516
8IbisScarlet - 14; Black-faced - 115
ArmadilloGiant - 8; Southern three-banded - 3; Pink fairy - 2; Big hairy - 1; Brazilian three-banded - 115
Squirrel monkeyGuianan - 5; Bolivian - 3; Black - 1; any species - 615
9Green anaconda14
10Roseate spoonbill13
11DuckWhite-faced whistling - 5; Torrent - 2; Fulvous - 2; Muscovy - 2; Fuegian streamer - 112
12AgoutiAzara's - 5; Red-rumped - 5; Central American - 111
BoaEmerald tree - 8; Rainbow - 211
Poison/Dart poison frogBlue - 7; Anthony's - 1; Strawberry - 1; Harlequin - 1; Dyeing - 111
Brazilian porcupine11
13Southern pudu10
14Two-toed slothLinnaeus - 7; Hoffmann's - 1; any species - 19
MarmosetPygmy - 3; Common - 2; Silver - 1; Goeldi's - 1; Eastern pygmy - 1; any species - 19
Southern screamer9
15TapirSouth American - 7; any species - 18
PiranhaRed-bellied - 7; Black - 18
Guanaco8
Andean condor8
16PenguinHumboldt - 3; Galapagos - 2; Southern rockhopper - 1; Magellanic - 17
BatVampire - 5; Seba's short-tailed - 1; Mexican free-tailed - 17
ToadCane - 2; Starry night - 2; Suriname 2; Purple harlequin - 17
Vicuna7
Harpy eagle7
17ManateeWest Indian - 4; Amazonian - 1; any species - 16
Kinkajou6
18SwanBlack-necked - 4; Coscobora - 15
DeerMarsh - 4; White-tailed - 15
IguanaMarine - 4; Galapagos pink land - 15
BasiliskHelmeted - 2; Common - 2; Western - 15
Northern caiman lizard5
Arapaima5
Hercules beetle5
19CaimanBlack - 3; Smooth-fronted - 14
Night monkeyAzara's - 2; Peruvian - 1; any species - 14
Red-footed tortoise4
Hoatzin4
20FlamingoChilean - 2; Andean - 13
PeccaryWhite-lipped - 2; Chaco - 13
CurassowNorthern helmeted - 1; Alagoas - 1, Blue-billed - 13
CapuchinTufted - 2; Buff-headed - 13
TealBrazilian - 1; Puna - 1; Ringed - 13
SealSouthern elephant - 2; South American fur - 13
TitiCoppery - 1; White-eared - 1; Caquetá - 13
Pacman/Horned frogArgentine horned - 2; any species - 13
Leafcutter antHairy-headed - 1; any species - 23
DolphinAmazon river - 2; Commerson's - 13
Bald uakari3
Argentine black and white tegu3
21ViscachaNorthern - 1; any species - 12
HummingbirdGiant - 1; any species - 12
TanagerSeven-colored - 1; any species - 12
OwlBurrowing - 1; Striped - 12
Long-tailed chinchilla2
Tayra2
Pacarana2
Brown pelican2
Galapagos cormorant2
Red-legged seriema2
Jabiru stork2
Orinoco crocodile2
Grey fox2
Arrau turtle2
Amazon milk frog2
Tambaqui2
Electric eel2
Red-tailed catfish2
Common plecostomus2
22Guinea pig1
Huemul1
Margay1
Lowland paca1
Coypu1
Silky anteater1
Andean mountain cat1
King vulture1
Sun conure1
Peregrine falcon1
Blue anole1
Mata mata1
Eyelash viper1
Ornate bella moth1
Arowana1
Milk snake1
Yellow-spotted river turtle1
Greater grison1
Grey-winged trumpeter1
Northern helmeted curassow1
Giant wood-rail1
Golden conure1
Andean milksnake1
South American bushmaster1
Suriname grasshopper1
Golden-eyed stick insect1
Coral snake1
Glass frog1
Giant leaf frog1
Golden lancehead1
False water cobra1
Caecilian1
Lake Titicaca frog1
Velvet worm1
Mound-building termite1
Common degu1
Jaguarundi1
Colombian woolly monkey1
Red brocket1
Big-headed Amazon river turtle1
Forest Flame snake1
Glasswing1
Owl butterfly1
Amazon1
Curl-crested aracari1
Green oropendola1
Yellow-rumped cacique1
Venezuelan troupial1
Screaming piha1
Guianan -of-the-rock1
Long-wattled umbrellabird1
Sunbittern1
Grey tinamou1
Inca tern1
Grey gull1
Orinoco goose1
Galapagos sea lion1
Water opossum1
Pavonine quetzal1
Darwin's rhea1

RankAnimalVotes
1Golden lion tamarin17
2South American coati16
Patagonian mara16
3Black howler monkey15
Southern tamandua15
Toco toucan15
4Scarlet ibis14
Green anaconda14
5Roseate spoonbill13
Scarlet macaw13
6Emperor tamarin12
7Brazilian porcupine11
8Southern pudu10
Blue and yellow macaw10
9Southern screamer9
Hyacinth macaw9
10Giant armadillo8
Guanaco8
Emerald tree boa8
Andean condor8

Animals already in-gameVotes
Ocelot19
Greater rhea (+any species - 3)19
Spectacled bear18
Bush dog13
White-faced saki9
American flamingo6
Alpaca1
 
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  1. Bush dog
  2. Golden lion tamarin
  3. White-faced saki
  4. Toco toucan
  5. Scarlet macaw
  6. Fuegian steamer duck
  7. South American fur seal
  8. Spectacled bear
  9. Patagonian Mara
  10. Southern caracara
  11. Southern screamer
  12. Humboldt penguin
  13. Cotton-top tamarin
  14. Silvery marmoset
  15. Southern pudú
  16. Greater rhea
  17. Long-tailed viscacha
  18. Coppery titi monkey
  19. Black howler monkey
  20. Brown pelican
  21. Muscovy duck
  22. Roseate spoonbill
  23. Andean flamingo
  24. Hoatzin
  25. Guanaco
  26. Brazilian tapir
  27. Flightless cormorant
  28. Marine iguana
  29. Galapagos penguin
  30. Golden-headed lion tamarin
 
1. Southamerican coati
2. Greater rhea
3. Patagonian mara
4. Black howler monkey
5. Ocelot
6. Scarlet ibis
7. Roseate spoonbill
8. Harpy eagle
9. Andean condor
10. Green anaconda
11. Southamerican tapir
12. Southern Tamandua
13. Squirrel monkey
14. Golden lion tamarin
15. Red rumped agouti
16. Southern screamer
17. Black necked swan
18. Any spider monkey
19. Hoatzin
20. Southern pudu
21. Huemul
22. Marsh deer
23. Argentinian ornated frog
24. Argentinian black and white tegu
25. Giant armadillo
26. Guanaco
27. Scarlet macaw
28. Spectacled bear
29. Hyacinth macaw
30. Toco toucan
 
  1. Hyacinth Macaw.
  2. Spectacled Bear.
  3. Green Anaconda [E].
  4. Glaucous Macaw.
  5. Black Caiman.
  6. Spix's Macaw.
  7. Vicuna.
  8. South American Tapir.
  9. Gray Fox.
  10. West Indian Manatee.
  11. Southern Tamandua.
  12. Emperor Tamarin.
  13. Brown Howler Monkey.
  14. Striped Owl.
  15. Chacoan Peccary.
  16. Chaco Golden Knee Tarantula [E].
  17. Golden Lion Tamarin.
  18. Emerald Tree Boa [E].
  19. Andean Condor.
  20. Galapagos Penguin.
  21. Black Piranha [Aq].
  22. Red Piranha [Aq].
  23. Arapaima [Aq].
  24. Greater Rhea.
  25. Brazilian Blue Tarantula [E].
  26. Blue Poison Frog [E].
  27. Caiman Lizard.
  28. Blue - Throated Macaw.
  29. Bush Dog.
  30. Spider Monkey. (Any)
 
  1. Golden Lion Tamarin
  2. Cotton Top Tamarin
  3. Emperor Tamarin
  4. Scarlet Macaw
  5. Hyacinth Macaw
  6. Blue and Yellow Macaw
  7. Great Green Macaw
  8. Keel Billed Toucan
  9. Toco Toucan
  10. Hoatzin
  11. Andean Condor
  12. Harpy Eagle
  13. Burrowing Owl
  14. Ocelot (or Margay)
  15. Geoffroy's Spider Monkey
  16. Scarlet Ibis
  17. Common Squirrel Monkey
  18. Southern Tamandua
  19. South American Coati
  20. Emerald Tree Boa
  21. Spectacled Bear
  22. Blue Poison Frog
  23. Black [and Gold] Howler Monkey
  24. Patagonian Mara
  25. Marsh Deer
  26. Red Rumped Agouti
  27. Rhea
  28. Bald Uakari
  29. Brazilian Porcupine
  30. Arrau Turtle
 
1. Patagonian mara
2. South American coati
3. Greater rhea
4. Golden lion tamarin
5. Guianan squirrel monkey
6. American flamingo
7. White-faced saki
8. Southern screamer
9. Muscovy duck
10. Red-footed tortoise
11. Southern pudu
12. White-faced whistling duck
13. Emperor tamarin
14. Black-necked swan
15. Brazilian teal
16. Bolivian gray titi
17. Southern tamandua
18. Andean bear
19. Green anaconda
20. Emerald tree boa
21. Toco toucan
22. Blue and gold macaw
23. Scarlet macaw
24. Arrau river turtle
25. Silver arowana
26. Black pacu
27. Red-bellied piranha
28. Red-tailed catfish
29. Common plecostomus
30. Arapaima
 
Oh, this is definitely the one I was looking forward to the most...

1. Hyacinth Macaw
2. Scarlet Macaw
3. Toco Toucan
4. Blue and Yellow Macaw
5. Military Green Macaw
6. Keel Billed Toucan
7. Spectacled Bear
8. Scarlet Ibis
9. Patagonian Mara
10. Brazilian Porcupine
11. South American Coatimundi
12. Guianan Squirrel Monkey
13. Black Howler Monkey
14. Tayra
15. Linnaeu's Two Toed Sloth
16. Emperor Tamarin
17. Golden Lion Tamarin
18. Red And Green Macaw
19. Red Howler Monkey
20. Blue Throated Macaw
21. Red And Green Macaw
22. Ocelot
23. Black Headed Spider Monkey
24. Bush Dog
25. Pacarana
26. Northern Viscacha
27. Channel Billed Toucan
28. Pygmy Marmoset
29. Cotton Top Tamarin
30. Greater Rhea


and I could go on, and on, and on, in fact I already had to cut out two just to get it to this point Now granted, a third of that would be exhibit type birds, but they're allowed. And yeah if it's not obvious, Macaws are the "give me as many as possible and I'll still want more" type of animal for me.
 
  1. Black Howler Monkey
  2. South American Coati
  3. Spectacled Bear
  4. Scarlet Ibis
  5. Patagonian Mara
  6. Greater Rhea
  7. Geoffroy's Spider Monkey
  8. Bush Dog
  9. Central American Agouti
  10. Ocelot
  11. White-Tailed Deer
  12. Southern Tamandua
  13. Gray Fox
  14. Kinkajou
  15. Southern Elephant Seal
  16. Southern Rockhopper Penguin
  17. Eyelash Viper
  18. Hercules Beetle
  19. Cane Toad
  20. Blue Poison Dart Frog
  21. Hoffman's Two-Toed Sloth
  22. Common Vampire Bat
  23. Blue-and-Yellow Macaw
  24. Toco Toucan
  25. Peregrine Falcon
  26. Scarlet Macaw
  27. Keel-Billed Toucan
  28. Andean Condor
  29. Giant Hummingbird
  30. Ornate Bella Moth
 
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1. Bush dog
2. South American coati
3. South American tapir
4. Giant armadillo
5. Emperor tamarin
6. Black-capped squriel monkey
7. Keel-billed toucan
8. Big hairy armadillo
10. Ocelot
11. Vicuña
12. Arapaima
13. Antillean manatee
14. Linnaeus's two-toed sloth
15. Green anaconda
17. Scarlet ibis
18. Toco toucan
19. Azara's night monkey
20. White-faced saki
21. Common marmoset
22. Golden lion tamarin
23. Golden-headed lion tamarin
24. Southern three-banded armadillo
25. Hyacinth macaw
26. Red-bellied piranha
27. Elecrtic eel
28. Scarlet macaw
29. Blue-and-yellow macaw
30. Kinkajo
 
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1. Black Howler Monkey
2. Bolivian Squirrel Monkey
3. White-Faced Saki
4. Golden Lion Tamarin
5. Cotton-Top Tamarin
6. Emperor Tamarin
7. Ocelot
8. Bush Dog
9. Spectacled Bear
10. South American Coati
11. Brazilian Porcupine
12. Patagonian Mara
13. Southern Tamandua
14. Common Vampire Bat
15. Greater Rhea
16. Scarlet Ibis
17. Roseate Spoonbill
18. Scarlet Macaw
19. Blue-and-Yellow Macaw
20. Toco Toucan
21. Andean Condor
22. Harpy Eagle
23. Green Anaconda
24. Red-Bellied Piranha
25. Tambaqui
26. Electric Eel
27. Redtail Catfish
28. Giant Arapaima
29. Leafcutter Ant
30. Hercules Beetle
 
I will try to go only with what I would really consider essential animals to build a bit of a realistic zoo, plus ignoring fully aquatic animals and birds that can only be kept in aviaries.
  1. Squirrel Monkey
  2. South American Coati
  3. Patagonian Mara
  4. Greater Rhea
  5. Ocelot
  6. Spectacled Bear
  7. Any Tamarin/Marmoset
  8. Geoffroy's Spider Monkey
  9. White-Faced Saki
  10. Southern Screamer
  11. American Flamingo
  12. Fulvous Whistling Duck
  13. Red-Rumped Agouti
  14. Nutria
  15. Guinea Pig
  16. Red-Footed Tortoise
  17. Black-and-White Argentine Tegu
  18. Helmeted Basilisk
  19. Green Anaconda
  20. Pacman Frog
  21. Amazon Milk Frog
 
Not a lot

Coati
Spectacled Bear
Ocelot
Rhea
Black or Red Howler Monkey
Mara
Tamandua
Giant Armadillo
Scarlet Ibis
Roserate spoonbill
Marine Iguana
Black-Necked Swan
Manatee
Torrent Duck aka the only Duck that matters

I saw somebody say Gray Fox? Aren’t they from NA only?


I love Harpy and other flying birds from SA, but not in PZ1, only want green anaconda if its in the big runaround cages which they can’t animate well
 
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Not a lot

Coati
Spectacled Bear
Ocelot
Rhea
Black or Red Howler Monkey
Mara
Tamandua
Giant Armadillo
Scarlet Ibis
Roserate spoonbill
Marine Iguana
Black-Necked Swan
Manatee
Torrent Duck aka the only Duck that matters

I saw somebody say Gray Fox? Aren’t they from NA only?


I love Harpy and other flying birds from SA, but not in PZ1, only want green anaconda if its in the big runaround cages which they can’t animate well
Good list. Down to the trully essential.

There is a southamerican grey fox.
 
  • andean bear
  • agouti (azara's)
  • pudu (southern)
  • coati
  • marmoset (common)
  • lowland paca
  • bush dog
  • spider monkey
  • kinkajou
  • pelican (brown)
  • lion tamarin (any)
  • emperor tamarin
  • cottontop tamarin
  • tamandua (southern)
  • scarlet ibis
  • jabiru stork
  • three banded armadillo (southern)
  • rhea (any)
  • vicuna
  • mara
  • white lipped peccary
  • macaws
  • toucan (toco)
  • harpy eagle
  • howler monkey (black)
  • silky anteater
  • roseate spoonbill
  • brazilian porcupine
  • two toed sloth
  • night monkey
 
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  1. Spectacled Bear (VU)
  2. Andean Mountain Cat (EN)
  3. Toco Toucan (LC)
  4. King Vulture (LC)
  5. Torrent Duck (LC)
  6. Giant Armadillo (VU)
  7. Patagonian Mara (NT)
  8. Emerald Tree Boa (LC) [Exhibit]
  9. Blue Anole (NT) [Exhibit]
  10. Southern Elephant Seal (LC)
  11. Harpy Eagle (VU)
  12. Andean Condor (VU)
  13. Hyacinth Macaw (VU)
  14. Golden Lion Tamarin (EN)
  15. Spix’s Macaw (EW)
  16. Galapagos Pink Land Iguana (CR) [Exhibit]
  17. Blue Poison Dart Frog (Not evaluated) [Exhibit]
  18. Starry Night Toad (CR) [Exhibit]
  19. Amazon Milk Frog (LC) [Exhibit]
  20. Western Pygmy Marmoset (VU) [Exhibit]
  21. Seven-colored Tanager (VU)
  22. Blue and Yellow Macaw (LC)
  23. Sun Conure (EN)
  24. Brazilian Porcupine (LC)
  25. Northern Caiman Lizard (LC) [Exhibit]
  26. Pacarana (LC)
  27. Roseate Spoonbill (LC)
  28. Mata Mata (LC) [Exhibit]
  29. Marsh Deer (VU)
  30. Commerson's Dolphin (LC)
 
I think there's a problem with the list when we group different species. Now macaws are by far on top (which makes sense), but it's a bit misleading since a lot of people vote for multiple macaws in their list. I'd recommend making the list by species and adding unspecified species to the most popular species.
Some lists have done that, and it's ultimately up to the person maintaining the list if they want to invest the time into doing that. Breaking down one list by species that is, and then making a separate smaller list for general types. Doesn't have to be done here, whatever @Matyej167 would like to do.

I will agree that it shows the Macaws having a much greater presence on the list than they would from a species breakdown, but it also doesn't bother me much since I'm one of those who put numerous Macaws on my list. Although, ultimately I'd be happy with any, to show a more general consensus of voting presence.

ETA - I know the list is fairly new and only a few votes in, but interesting to see that as a specific species, the Spectacled Bear has more votes than any other mammal. Again, not a problem, it's my most specific species mammal want to. But certainly unexpected even this early.

Sorry, I like to dissect and analyze lists...my OCD
 
I think there's a problem with the list when we group different species. Now macaws are by far on top (which makes sense), but it's a bit misleading since a lot of people vote for multiple macaws in their list. I'd recommend making the list by species and adding unspecified species to the most popular species.
every listing style has its advantages and disadvantages
matyej has always used this style with his lists but dont worry the top 5 species ranking will help with what you said
actually top 10 could be better, like he did with older continental lists
 
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