If Support for Planet Zoo was Dropped at the End of this Year, What Would Be Your Must-Have Animals?

So for my most wanted missing animals that i would need to "complete" this game with just 11 (4+7) animals would be:
Australia:
1. Emu (most common not buddgey australian animal and 8. most common animal in the EAZA)
2. Red Necked Wallaby (most common marsupial in captivity, 12. most common in EAZA)
3. Black Swan (Waterfowl, can act both as generic waterfowl and an australian animal which puts it over the mute swan)

North America:
4. Racoon (first aboreal north american animal, super common in the EAZA)
5. Collared Peccary (very flexible suid that lives both in tropical rainforest and dry deserts across the americas)

Africa:
6. De Braza Monkey (common and unique looking african monkey)
7. African Dwarf Goat (most common animal in the EAZA, must have for petting zoos)

Europe:
8. Wild Boar (super common in wild parks and very distinct from the other suids, also only cold climate suid)
9. Red Fox (Mr World Wide)

South America:
10. Patagonian Mara (we need more non tropical animals from south america and they are super common, also rodent)
11. Maned Wolf/Spectable Bear (we need a south american large "main attraction" animal besides the jaguar and both feature a different underexplored biome)


The list was really hard to make tbh with quite a few missing animals.
My main problem is the still massive lack of some less exciting but baseline animals like the greater rhea for example.
Most notable for that is the general lack of birds, non tropical south american and domestic animals, all 3 holes that i could only put a little representation into but could easily fill 11 slots on their iwn.
 
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I would like support to continue for much longer, but I guess these would be my choices:
  • Golden Lion Tamarin: my favorite zoo animal. We need more new world monkeys.
  • American Black Bear: good for representing eastern North America. It would be fun to breed the different colors.
  • Serval: my favorite small cat
  • Northern Plains Grey Langur: I would personally prefer the Red Shanked Douc, but an Indian monkey might be more important
  • Grey Crowned Crane: my favorite bird.
  • Margay: really cool small cat
  • Crested Porcupine: my favorite missing small mammal
  • Black Howler Monkey: another new world monkey with sound effects
  • Muntjac: small Asian vampire deer
  • Pallas's Cat: grumpy small cat
  • De Brazza's Guenon: I was torn between this and the Mantled Colobus. Either would be fine with me for an African monkey.
  • Tree Kangaroo: really cool marsupial
  • Emerald Tree Boa: my favorite snake by far
  • Panther Chameleon: cool and colorful small lizard
 
I don't think we'll get a anniversary animal, so I won't include this one in my list, but I really hope we'll get these ones until the end of the year. I won't put in the specific species in most of the cases.
  • Spider monkey
  • Tamarin (my preferences would be a lion tamarin, as these wouldn't be Amazonian species)
  • Manteled guereza (I also could see a Brazza monkey or a Diana monkey as a alternative)
  • Pelican
  • Emu
  • Swan
  • Duck
  • Pheasant (any of them would be good)
  • Takin
  • Muntjac/tufted deer
  • Crested porcupine
  • Chameleon
  • Gecko
 
I don't think this will be the last year of support by frontier as if it depends I think on the next pack but if it is the last year the must have animals for me:

Habitats:
  • African Crested Porcupine (indian and cape they will also be great for me)
  • Tasmanian devil
  • Linnaeus's two-toed sloth
  • Common wombat
  • Goodfellow's tree kangaroo
  • Black howler monkey
  • Harbor seal - anniversary animal
  • North Island brown kiwi
  • fossa
  • Racoon
  • Spider monkey
  • Maned Wolf
exhibits:
  • Panther Chameleon
  • Burmese python
 
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Going off the luxury of no theme and just what I want:

1. A DUCK - preferably a Mallard, Wood Duck, or Mandarin
2. Pelican (any kind)
3. Kiwi
4. Markhor
5. Walrus
6. Porcupine (any kind)
7. Sloth
8. Tree Kangaroo
9. Turkey
10. Colobus Monkey
11. Red River Hog
12. A habitat water turtle

13. Frilled Lizard
14. King Cobra
 
If PZ got fully aquatics and flying birds, I would be pretty much content with the game’s content. Even if we got no more terrestrial habitat species. But since the odds of this are slim, here’s some basic terrestrial animal types that I feel are real voids in PZ’s roster:
  • Lagomorphs. There’s almost a hundred species in this group yet the game lacks a single one. A rabbit or hare is really needed.
  • Waterfowl. Hundreds of unique species fit in this category, but the odds are we’d be lucky to even get one at this rate. PZ needs a duck/goose/swan etc.
  • Large Semi-Aquatic Turtles. Even if you leave sea turtles out, there are still many large species that are common in zoos. Imo, it was a real missed opportunity that the Wetlands Pack didn’t introduce a large freshwater turtle to the habitat roster.
  • Terrestrial Predatory Birds. Category currently unfulfilled in PZ, yet there are plenty of popular options. Secretary Bird, Roadrunner, Seriema, Burrowing Owl, Southern Ground Hornbill, Kori Bustard, etc.; any of these species would be good inclusions.
  • Small Shorebirds. Another grouping of birds that is incredibly common in zoos, yet completely absent from PZ. And there’s plenty of options that are primarily terrestrial, such as Oystercatchers, Sandpipers, Curlews, Plovers, Snipes, Stilts, etc. A coastal species native to the Northern Hemisphere would be really nice in particular; right now PZ has no birds at all from these regions.
Just one species from each of the groupings listed above could be used by modders to create literally hundreds of species. As it stands, none of the above groupings can be made from the rigs currently available in PZ.

Other common zoo animals that I feel can’t be created with current rigs I’ve listed below. The difference with these though would be there usefulness. They wouldn’t have high-reusability (so I personally don’t seem them being of the same priority as the above mentioned groupings):
  • Procyonids. We have no official members from this group (though we do have the Red Panda, which is close). A Coati, Raccoon, or Kinkajou would be nice.
  • Semi-arboreal Mustelids. A Weasel, ferret, mink, marten, or polecat in particular.
  • Pelicans. Popular bird family that is common in zoos.
  • Ground Pigeons/Doves. Plenty of well-known and beautiful species, such as the Crowned Pigeons, Nicobar Pigeon, and Bleeding-Heart Dove.
  • Arboreal Rodents. Plenty of popular options, including squirrels, cloud rats, and porcupines.
  • Sloths. Incredibly popular family of animals that is totally unique both visually and functionally from all other modern mammals.
  • Tree Kangaroos. Like sloths, another popular family of animals that moves unlike anything else.
  • Predatory Marsupials. PZ lacks any representation from this grouping, and there’s plenty of iconic options. Quolls, Devils, Possums, etc.
My one species-specific request I have for PZ is the Coconut Crab. It’d probably be PZ’s only shot at a habitat invertebrate and it’s rig could be used for literally hundreds of other species. Crustaceans, insects, even spiders could be possible for modders with it’s rig.
 
1. domatary camel
2. Black rhino
3. Golden Takin
4. Golden Snub Nose Monkey
5. Golden Pheasant
6. Golden Cat
7. Nigial
8. Gaur
9. Père David’s deer
10. Walus
11. Maned wolf
12. Giant Eland
Ex 1. Gold fish
Ex 2. Naked mole.
 
I would go for some animals for a local zoo
1. Alpine marmot
2. Red deer
3. Chamois (pyrenean if possible)
And very important ones
4. Maned wolf
5. Tasmanian Devil
6. Pantagonian mara
7. Goodfellow tree kangaroo
8. Kiwi
9. A langur
10. Pallas cat
11. Sichuan Takin
12. Wolverine

13. Reticulated python
14. Chameleon
 
Habitat:
  1. South American Coati
  2. Maned Wolf
  3. Tibetan Takin
  4. Short-beaked echidna
  5. Matschie's tree kangaroo
  6. Linnaeus's two-toed sloth
  7. Black Howler Monkey
  8. Golden Lion Tamarin
  9. Common Wombat
  10. Emu
  11. Mantled Guereza
  12. Spider Monkey (no specific species)

Exhibit:
  1. Gaboon Viper
  2. Naked Mole Rat
 
Habitat species:
1. Yellow-throated marten
2. Ocellated turkey
3. Owston's civet
4. Bar-headed goose
5. Giant Asian pond turtle
6. Red river hog
7. Indian crested porcupine
8. Eurasian red squirrel
9. Golden-bellied mangabey
10. Red-faced black spider monkey
11. Southern ground hornbill
12. Parson's chameleon

Exhibit species:
1. Red spitting cobra
2. Turquoise dwarf gecko
 
Habitat species:
1. Yellow-throated marten
2. Ocellated turkey
3. Owston's civet
4. Bar-headed goose
5. Giant Asian pond turtle
6. Red river hog
7. Indian crested porcupine
8. Eurasian red squirrel
9. Golden-bellied mangabey
10. Red-faced black spider monkey
11. Southern ground hornbill
12. Parson's chameleon

Exhibit species:
1. Red spitting cobra
2. Turquoise dwarf gecko
I'm surprised to see a chameleon as a habitat aninal
 
Must haves? Quexcelente...

All my choices are not, like, I'm not desperate. Like, as the game is I could be happy (of course I'd like more, but y'all understand what I mean) ...

Anyways, my list:

  1. HABITAT:
    1. North American gray fox
    2. American black bear
    3. Raccoon
    4. White-tailed deer
    5. Wild turkey
    6. Greater rhea
    7. Red fox
    8. Tasmanian devil
    9. Common wombat
    10. Virginia opposum
  2. EXHIBIT:
    1. Copperhead
    2. Panther chameleon
    3. Eyelash viper
    4. Green anaconda
 
Jacob's Sheep, Bennett's Wallaby, Cape Porcupine, Coatimundi, Emu, Reeve's Muntjac, Mandarin Duck, Sulcata Tortoise, Wild Turkey, Vietnamese Pot-Bellied Pig, Leopard Gecko, Frilled Lizard
 
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