Grassland animals requirements, predictions and thoughts

Spiderhawk

Spiderhawk
Hey everyone. I’m sure you are all excited for the Grasslands.
As I do with every dlc release, here is the predictions for the animals requirements. Those of you who know specific animals please chime in.

Nine-banded armadillo
Least concern
Grassland, desert, tropical
Small habitat
3-5? Gonna guess as they are small animals that probably don’t have territorial issues or harems
Species benefit with prairie dogs

Manned wolf
Endangered
Grassland, tropic
Medium sized habitat
1-2
While I’ve seen pics of manned wolf sand anteaters sharing a habitat I don’t know if that will apply with PZ

Emu
Least concern
Grassland, desert
Medium-large sized habitat
1-10. I hear a group is called a mob and parents stay together for their chicks.
I imagine they could get species bonus with kangaroos wallaby’s and wombats.

Caracal
Least concern
Grassland desert
Medium habitat
1-2

Striped hyena
Near threatened
Grassland, desert
Medium sized habitat
1-2

Bennet wallaby
Least concern
Grassland, desert, tropical
Small-medium sized habitat
1-5. Suggests they are solitary but maybe could tolerate other individuals provided they have their space.
Maybe wombats and kangaroos could tolerate get a bonus?

Blue wildebeest
Least concern
Grassland
Medium-large sized habitat
1-30
I really don’t know much about blue wildebeest or which of the African herbivores they would likely get enrichment with via their range

Butterfly’s
Now I’m gonna imagine there’s gonna be different feeders and some kind of feeding station that they may land on.
I also don’t think we are going to be buying them individually but in groups.
Just like with bats we are totally free to add plants to our hearts content

Anyone got any thoughts to add?
 
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abigenius

abigenius
Aramar said:
I think the armadillo will also have the tropical and temperate biomes. Probably the red necked wallaby should also have the temperate biome.
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Yes, I'm from the tropical jungles of Mexico and there are a lot of Armadillos here, armadillos are native to almost all regions of south America to the north of Mexico and south of USA
 

Captain Callum

Captain Callum
I'm counting at least 7 what I believe is armadillos

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Antimony96

Antimony96
Blue wildebeest will get interspecies compatibility with all the African savanna herbivores. Not sure if they can interbreed with black wildebeest in real life but that's obviously not a concern ingame. E: they can interbreed.

Maned wolves don't hunt large prey at all and can actually safely live together with giant anteaters and capybaras.
 

Spiderhawk

Spiderhawk
I just took a look at the scenario picture, seems there’s 4+ manned wolves in a habitat. Most I’ve ever seen on a habitat in real life is 2.
 

Joyxd23

Joyxd23
Here my predictions, based on the crossing of information from the IUCN and other websites

Nine-banded armadillo
Least Concern
NA, SA
Desert, Grassland, Tropical, Temperate
Small habitat requirements
1+
Species enrichment with all tropical SA herbivores, or most of them. Perhaps also with the Prairie Dog, Pronghorn, Skunk and Racoon in the case of NA (this species shared habitat with all these animals in nature, maybe it can only get enrichment with some of them at the end, but who knows...)

Maned Wolf
Near Threatened
SA
Grassland, Tropical?
Medium habitat requirements
1-2

Blue Wildebeest
Least Concern
Africa
Grassland
Medium habitat requirements
5+
Species enrichment with all the African savannah herbivores, or most of them

Caracal
Least Concern
Africa, Asia
Desert, Grassland
Medium habitat requirements
1-2

Striped Hyena
Near Threatened
Africa, Asia
Desert, Grassland
Medium-Large habitat requirements
2+?

Emu
Least Concern
Oceania
Desert, Grassland
Medium habitat requirements
1+
Species enrichment with the Red Kangoroo, and possibly the Red-necked Wallaby too, at least

Red-necked Wallaby
Least Concern
Oceania
Grassland, Temperate
Small-medium habitat requirements
2+?
Species enrichment with Red Kangoroo, and possibly the Emu too, at least

About the butterflies, I found out a little information, but sometimes this is not very relevant in exhibition animals (it is sure they will have large social groups, as is usual in butterfly gardens)

Cloudless Sulphur
Least Concern
NA, SA
Desert, Grassland, Tropical, Temperate, Taiga?

European Peacock
Least Concern
Europe, Asia
Grassland, Temperate

Menelaus Blue Morpho
??
NA?, SA
Grassland, Tropical, Temperate?

Monarch
Least Concern
NA, SA, Oceania
Grassland, Tropical, Temperate, Taiga?

Old World Swallowtail
Least Concern
NA, Europe, Asia
Grassland, Temperate, Taiga?
 

Chuditch

Chuditch
Spiderhawk said:
Emu
Least concern
Grassland, desert
Medium-large sized habitat
1-10. I hear a group is called a mob and parents stay together for their chicks.
I imagine they could get species bonus with kangaroos wallaby’s and wombats.
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Spiderhawk said:
Bennet wallaby
Least concern
Grassland, desert, tropical
Small-medium sized habitat
1-5. Suggests they are solitary but maybe could tolerate other individuals provided they have their space.
Maybe wombats and kangaroos could tolerate get a bonus?
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Emus should probably also have the temperate tag, while red-necked/bennett's wallabies don't live in deserts or the tropics and should be just grassland and temperate. Mostly agree with the social requirements though, while bennett's wallabies don't form any permanent groups they do often congregate in large numbers so they could have a social group larger than 5. Emu parents also don't stay together, the mother usually leaves right after laying and the dad does all the work incubating and raising the chicks.

EDIT: Red-necked wallabies actually live further north than I remember, well into the subtropics, so maybe they could also have the tropical tag? Not sure how they tackle that kinda thing.
 
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Spiderhawk

Spiderhawk
NZFanatic said:
Emu parents also don't stay together, the mother usually leaves right after laying and the dad does all the work incubating and raising the chicks
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So just like the cassowary, what kind of relationship is that called?
I thought emus had a relationship like penguins where they only stay for a season then pick another mate the next year
 

Chuditch

Chuditch
Spiderhawk said:
So just like the cassowary, what kind of relationship is that called?
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Not sure if there's a specific name for it, it's essentially the same as many other birds except the usual role of the sexes is reversed (it's even the females that do the courting rather than the males).
 

NZFanatic

NZFanatic
Spiderhawk said:
So just like the cassowary, what kind of relationship is that called?
I thought emus had a relationship like penguins where they only stay for a season then pick another mate the next year
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How did my name get in your quote? I got a notification and everything. I was reading it going, "Wait, when did I say that?" :ROFLMAO:
 
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