Just for fun: Let's compare personal wishlists

[biggest_dreamer]

New list:

1. Tanuki
2. Matschie’s tree kangaroo
3. Common genet
4. Hamadryas baboon
5. Mantled guereza
6. Golden lion tamarin
7. Common squirrel monkey
8. Black-handed spider monkey
9. Rock hyrax
10. Grey-crowned crane
11. Serval
12. Ocelot
13. Fishing cat
14. Prevost’s squirrel
15. Coatimundi
16. Patagonian mara
17. Greater rhea
18. Spectacled bear
19. Sloth bear
20. American black bear
21. White-tailed deer
22. Père David’s deer
23. Sichuan takin
24. Nigerian dwarf goat
25. Greater kudu
26. Blackbuck
27. Short-beaked echidna
28. Black swan
29. Radiated tortoise
30. African spurred tortoise

My very first “wishlist”, which was on a different website shortly after (or maybe just before?) the game’s launch and wasn’t actually a wishlist, but instead a broad precursory “why isn’t this in the game” list:

• Polar bear
• Penguin
• Seal or sea lion
• Kangaroo
• Fox
• Leopard or jaguar
• African rhinoceros

Thankfully, they’ve all since made it in. My oldest wishlist from these forums, from January 2021:

1. White rhinoceros
2. Meerkat
3. Amur leopard
4. California sea lion
5. Capybara
6. Red fox
7. Hamadryas baboon
8. Emu
9. American alligator
10. Lar gibbon
11. Dromedary
12. Binturong
13. Cape penguin
14. Grey crowned crane
15. Secretary bird
16. Red river hog
17. Ocelot
18. American beaver
19. Malayan tapir
20. Tasmanian devil
21. Moose
22. Fishing cat
23. Golden lion tamarin
24. Three-toed sloth
25. Raccoon dog
26. Bennett’s wallaby
27. Goodfellow's tree kangaroo
28. Alligator snapping turtle
29. Babirusa
30. Crested porcupine

A full 20 out of the 30 have made it in, which seems impressive. Of the remaining 10, 6 carried over directly (tanuki, Hamadryas baboon, grey-crowned crane, ocelot, fishing cat, golden lion tamarin), while I swapped the tree kangaroo for my actual species preference instead of the one that was already leading on the fledgling first meta wishlist. I’ve lost interest in the secretary bird and Tasmanian devil as my preference has shifted hard towards species common in US zoos, and I’ve reconsidered how well the alligator snapping turtle would even work.

Of those that have gotten in, I’m positive that the moose and three-tied sloth wouldn’t have been included on a wishlist today, and the beaver would be up in the air. Honestly I’m not sure why the moose or beaver ever made it on my list in the first place, I guess I probably just wanted more North American species and thought those were among the ones with the popularity to propel them in. And I mean, they were, I guess.

 

[Pinguin]

My oldest list here, i got 13 species. But my current list would be different
1. Kiwi
2. Sloth specie
3. Capybara
4. Howler monkey
5. Spoonbill
6. Red river hog
7. Secretary bird
8. European Badger
9. Moose
10. Sea lion
11. Maned wolf
12. Tiger Quoll
13. Emu
14. Tasmanian devil
15. Wolverine
16. Honey badger
17. Lar gibbon
18. American beaver
19. Crested porcupine
20. Platypus
21. Helmeted guineafowl
22. Andean bear
23. Gold takin
24. Addax
25. Collred peccary

New List:
1. Kiwi
2. Saki Monkey
3. De Brazza Monkey
4. Howler monkey
5. Roseate Spoonbill
6. Pig-Nosed Turtle
7. Secretary bird
8. Reeves's muntjac
9. Great White Pelican
10. Rock Hyrax
11. Klipspringer
12. Tree Kangaroo
13. Short-beak Echidna
14. Tasmanian Devil
15. Wolverine
16. Honey Badger (Ratel)
17. Sulcata Tortoise
18. Scarlet Ibis
19. South American coatimundi
20. Patagonian Mara
21. Helmeted guineafowl
22. Andean Bear
23. Gold Takin
24. Southern tamandua
25. collared peccary

 

[nutrit]

Newest:

1. Père David’s deer
2. Coati
3. Serval
4. Lion tailed macaque
5. Golden takin
6. Sloth bear
7. Mantled guereza
8. Spider monkey
9. Howler monkey
10. Patas monkey
11. Giant eland
12. Bontebok
13. Gerenuk
14. Echidna
15. Tree kangaroo
16. Caribbean Manatee
17. Lowland Anoa
18. African civet
19. Vicuña
20. Spectacled bear
21. Shoebill
22. Saddle billed stork
23. Great white pelican
24. Argus pheasant
25. Gray crowned crane
26. Tufted deer
27. Snub nosed monkey
28. Blackbuck
29. Nilgai
30. African Forest Buffalo

Oldest:

1. Arabian oryx
2. Scimitar horned oryx
3. Pere David’s deer
4. Addax
5. Giant Eland
6. Greater Kudu
7. Blue wildebeest
8. Bontebok
9. Anoa
10. Nile lechwe
11. Somali Wild Ass
12. Grevy's Zebra
13. African Forest Buffalo
14. Blackbuck
15. Gerenuk
16. Dama gazelle
17. Babirusa
18. Visayan warty pig
19. Waterbuck
20. Red river hog
21. Malayan tapir
22. Nilgai
23. Lion tailed macaque
24. African civet
25. Striped Hyena
26. Sloth Bear
27. Amur Leopard
28. Manned Wolf
29. Coati
30. Mantled guereza

I got 12 out of 30 - it’s a very good result

 

[FoxyDee]

My oldest wishlist I could find. I got 20 out of 30. Wow, that is alot.

1. California sea lion
2. Emperor/king penguin
3. Rockhopper penguin
4. Asian small clawed otter
5. North American beaver

6. Platypus
7. Fennec fox
8. Meerkat
9. Tasmanian devil
10. Capybara

11. Crested porcupine
12. Three-toed sloth
13. Lynx
14. Maned wolf
15. Honey badger

16. Wolverine
17. Moose
18. Malayan tapir
19. Gibbon
20: Howler monkey

21. Fossa
22. Takin
23. Echidna
24. Musk ox
25. White rhino

26. Przewalski horse
27. Secretary bird
28. European badger
29. Arctic or red fox
30. Kiwi bird

My current one would probably be less carnivoran focussed:
1. Patagonian Mara
2. Reeves Muntjac
3. SA Coati
4. Southern Tamandua
5. Collared Peccary
6. Africa Spurred Tortoise
7. Rock Hyrax
8. Spectacled Bear
9. Tasmanian Devil
10. Tree Kangaroo
11. American Flamingo
12. Roseate Spoonbill
13. Scarlet Ibis
14. Grey-Crown Crane
15. Honey Badger
16. Wolverine
17. Squirrel Monkey
18. Hamadryas Baboon
19. Lion-Tail Macaque
20. Howler Monkey
21. Serval
22. Golden Takin
23. Short-Beaked Echidna
24. Musk Ox
25. Mandarin Duck
26. Sea Otter
27. Secretary Bird
28. Raccoon Dog
29. Bush Dog
30. North Island Brown Kiwi

 

[yoav_r]

Arabian oryx
2. Scimitar horned oryx
3. Pere David’s deer
4. Addax
5. Giant Eland
6. Greater Kudu
7. Blue wildebeest
8. Bontebok
9. Anoa
10. Nile lechwe
11. Somali Wild Ass
12. Grevy's Zebra
13. African Forest Buffalo
14. Blackbuck
15. Gerenuk
16. Dama gazelle
17. Babirusa
18. Visayan warty pig
19. Waterbuck
20. Red river hog
21. Malayan tapir
22. Nilgai
23. Lion tailed macaque
24. African civet
25. Striped Hyena
26. Sloth Bear
27. Amur Leopard
28. Manned Wolf
29. Coati
30. Mantled guereza

must say, you voted for some really niche stuff yet somehoe still got it. Can't believe the ass, dama gazelle, wildebeest and nile lechwe actually made it in.

 

[nutrit]

must say, you voted for some really niche stuff yet somehoe still got it. Can't believe the ass, dama gazelle, wildebeest and nile lechwe actually made it in.

And it makes me so happy you have no idea

 

[Old Country]

Bold - Still on the list
Crossed Out - Now in the game
Green - New to the list
Red - No Longer a priority or on the new list

Old List December 2021

1. Capybara
2. Maned Wolf
3. Black Howler Monkey
4. Coati
5. Greater Rhea
6. Brown-throated Three Toed Sloth
7. Tasmanian Devil
8. Emu
9. Platypus
10. Tree Kangaroo
11. Wombat
12. Red Necked Wallaby
13. Francois Langur
14. Amur Leopard
15. Golden Takin
16. Siamang
17. Asian Small Clawed Otter
18. African Crested Porcupine
19. Red River Hog
20. Red Wolf
21. Colobus Monkey
22. Red Crowned Crane
23. Fishing Cat
24. Hamadryas Baboon
25. Golden Lion Tamarin

New List June 2023

1. American Black Bear
2. White-nosed Coati
3. Roosevelt Elk
4. Wolverine
5. Musk Ox
6. Coyote
7. North American River Otter
8. American Flamingo
9. Red Wolf
10. North American Porcupine
11. Ringtail
12. Greater Roadrunner
13. Burrowing Owl
14. Roseate Spoonbill
15. Ocelot
16. Black Howler Monkey
17. Spectacled Bear
18. Golden Lion Tamarin
19. Southern Pudu
20. Southern Tamandua
21. Greater Rhea
22. Eastern Black and White Colobus
23. Hamadryas Baboon
24. Secretary Bird
25. Shoebill
26. Greater Kudu
27. Sichuan Takin
28. Tasmanian Devil
29. Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
30. Little Blue Penguin

13 Animals from my OG Wishlist are in the game
3 Animals from my OG Wishlist I no longer see as a priority
21 New Animals were added into my current Wishlist

 

[Calleo]

I think this is a rather intriguing idea!

My current list:
1. Mantled Guereza
2. White-Faced Saki
3. Common Eland
4. Aye-Aye
5. Serval
6. Pallas Cat
7. Azara’s Agouti
8. Greater Rhea
9. Ocelot
10. Ring-Tailed Coati
11. Spectacled Bear
12. South American Tapir
13. Patagonian Mara
14. Common Dwarf Mongoose
15. Sulawesi Black Crested Macaque
16. European Wild Boar
17. European Wild Cat
18. Pallas Cat
19. Humboldt Penguin
20. Scarlet Ibis
21. American Black Bear
22. Bat-Eared Fox
23. Linneaus’ Two-Toed Sloth
24. Gelada
25. Nile Crocodile
26. African Spurred Tortoise
27. Red-Footed Tortoise
28. Bush Dog
29. Common Squirrel Monkey
30. Southern Tamandua

Old List:
1. Emu
2. Przewalski’s Wild Horse
3. Pallas Cat
4. Red River Hog
5. Amur Leopard
6. Serval
7. Sloth Bear
8. Aardwolf
9. Black-and-White Colobus
10. Fossa
11. Greater Kudu
12. Scimitar-Horned Oryx
13. African Spurred-Tortoise
14. Spectacled Bear
15. Wolverine
16. Greater Rhea
17. Ring-Tailed Coati
18. Ocelot
19. White-Faced Saki
20. Maned Wolf
21. Capybara
22. Patagonian Mara
23. Red-Necked Wallaby
24. Raccoon
25. American Black Bear


So I’ve got 10 of my original 25 (bold), there’s four here that I’ve missed off my new list (italics) but tbh I could quite easily add 2 (kudu and wolverine) to my new list. The sloth bear I think is at least behind 2 other bears (American black and spectacled) now and the aardwolf seems less necessary with the striped hyena coming recently now. The rest still stand!

 

[Davinia_NL]

Current wishlist:

1. Secretary bird
2. Spider monkey
3. Ground hornbill
4. Crowned crane
5. Macaws(any)
6. Lorikeets
7. Owl (pref barn, snowy or eagle)
8. Harpy eagle
9. Honeybadger
10. Golden lion Tamarin
11. Patagonian Mara
12. Vicuna
13. Scarlet ibis
14. Pelican (any)
15. Duck (any)
16. Koi (even just for decoration would be fine)
17. Blackbuck
18. Serval
19. Mongoose (any)
20. Tree kangaroo (any)
21. Swan (any)
22. Coati
23. Kookaburra
24. Duiker
25. Klipspinger

September 2021
1. Crowned crane (great for combination habitats)
2. Ground hornbill
3. Prairie dogs
4. Lady Amherst's pheasant (or Golden or any of the other really colorful ones really)
5. Arctic Fox (or red fox, but really just fox is ok)
6. Maned wolf
7. Wild turkey
8. Any pelican
9. Moose
10. Any European animal (I'm not picky just give me something!!! to represent our continent)
11. Brown bear
12. Fallow deer
13. Eurasian lynx
14. Wolverine
15. Badger
16. Honeybadger
17. Asian small-clawed otter
18. Cougar
19. Fossa
20. Amur leopard

Wish granted
Still wanted
Missed but still wanted

 

[SuzieSky]

Current top 30: Golden Lion Tamarin, American Black Bear, Serval, Grey Crowned Crane, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo, Margay, Muntjac, Geoffroy’s Spider Monkey, Wolverine, Mantled Colobus, Markhor, Common Squirrel Monkey, Pallas’s Cat, Sea Otter, Mute Swan, Black Howler Monkey, Mandarin Duck, Grey Langur, Blackbuck, Ribbon Seal, Red Shanked Douc, Black Backed Jackal, Musk Ox, Spectacled Bear, Kiwi, Brushtail Possum, Marsh Deer, Sea Turtle, Wild Turkey, Tamandua

OG Forum Wishlist (After wetlands): Golden Lion Tamarin, Przewalski's horse, North American Black Bear, Dromedary Camel, Lar Gibbon, Margay, Red-Shanked Douc, Common Wombat, Grey crowned crane, Walrus, Maned Wolf, Caracal, Sloth, Muntjac, Black Howler Monkey, African Porcupine, Red River Hog, Serval, Secretary Bird, Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo, Greater Kudu, Burrowing Owl, Pallas Cat, Wolverine, Ribbon Seal, Squirrel Monkey, Mantled Colobus, Scarlet Ibis, Sea Otter, Kiwi

Approximate OG Wishlist (I started playing after Arctic DLC): Golden Lion Tamarin, Przewalski’s Horse, Red Kangaroo, American Black Bear, Dromedary Camel, Moose, Mountain Lion, Cassowary, Serval, Koala, Giant Anteater, Iberian Lynx, Prairie Dog, Ibex, Ocelot, Spectacled Bear, Markhor, Otter, Emperor Penguin, African Rhino, Secretary Bird, Spoonbill, Squirrel Monkey, Spider Monkey, Green Sea Turtle, Bighorn Sheep, Gibbon, Fennec Fox, Capybara, Spectacled Caiman

Stuff I learned about/remembered on the forums that I really want(ed): Tree Kangaroo, Muntjac, Maned Wolf, Crested Porcupine, Colobus Monkey, Malayan Tapir, Grey Crowned Crane, Tamandua, Rhea

I’ve gotten a lot of what I wanted, but I still really miss the Golden Lion Tamarin, American Black Bear, and Serval. Monkeys, birds, and SA are still the main holes. Goats, marsupials, little cats, and a few other small mammals could use a boost as well. The roster has really come a long way since the base game.

 

[BananaLeech]

I was hessitant to join this thread since while there are some animals that I consistently want, there are some that aren't as consistently requested by me. Which is why I will compare not one but two old wishlists to a new one.

New wishlist:

1. Collared Peccary
2. Common Squirrel Monkey
3. Crested Macaque
4. Bush Dog
5. Bat-eared Fox
6. Raccoon Dog
7. Greater Rhea
8. Sulcata Tortoise
9. Radiated Tortoise
10. Short-beaked Echidna
11. Guareza Colobus
12. Prehensile-tialed Porcupine
13. North American Porcupine
14. Nutria
15. Debrazza Guenon
16. Grey Crowned Crane
17. Markhor
18. Yak
19. White-nosed Coatimundi
20. Fishing Cat
21. Jaguarundi
22. Eurasian Wild Boar
23. Eastern Grey Kangaroo
24. Swamp Wallaby
25. Mute Swan
26. Canada Goose
27. Gaur
28. Lowland Anoa
29. American Mountain Goat
30. Finishing with what I consider as my favorite to the last: Common Brush-tailed Possum

Here is my list from RandomGoat's thread

1. African Crested Porcupine
2. Lar Gibbon
3. Emu
4. Hamadryas Baboon
5. Raccoon
6. Striped Skunk
7. Greater Rhea
8. Collared Peccary
9. Red River Hog
10. Addax
11. Helmeted Guineafowl
12. Fishing Cat
13. Caracal
14. Pere David’s Deer
15. Mantled Guereza
16. Bush Dog
17. Bat-Eared Fox
18. Raccoon Dog
19. Short-Beaked Echidna
20. Eastern Grey Kangaroo
21. Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby
22. African Civet
23. Brushtail Possum
24. Vicuña
25. Brow-antlered/Eld’s Deer (AKA: Thamin)

Here is my list fromSuzieSky's list:

1. Sulcatta Tortoise
2. Radiated Tortoise
3. Red-footed Tortoise
4. Lace Monitor
5. Nile Crocodile
6. Arican Dwarf Crocodile
7. African Crested Porcupine
8. North American Porcupine
9. Brazilian Porcupine
10. Patagonian Mara
11. Nutria
12. Short-beaked Echidna
13. Southern Tamandua
14. Matschies Tree Kangaroo
15. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (I just thought people would get bored of using the same species kangaroo over and over again)
16. Swamp Wallaby (same statement as above but for wallabies)
17. Hamadryas Baboon
18. Gelada
19. DeBrazza Guenon
20. Grivet Monkey (A distinct listing from the guenons due to being found in dryer climates instead of jungles interchangable with the Patas)
21. Guereza Colobus
22. Barbary Macaque
23. Francois Langur
24. Black and Gold Howler Monkey
25. Woolly Monkey
26. Common Squirrel Monkey
27. Coquerel's Sifaka
28. Pere Davids Deer
29. Sika Deer (we need some Asian deer)
30. Reeve's Muntjac (sorry duiker and dik-dik fans, but this is the small ungulate I would go for)
31. Markhor
32. Takin (we need an Asian caprid but the Markhor and Takin are too distinct from another to have only one of them on the list)
33. American Mountain Goat
34. Red River Hog
35. Collared Peccary
36. Great White Pelican
37. Grey Crowned Crane
38. Demosielle Crane
39. Marabou
40. Carribean Flamingo (if we are going to have all species of big cat we may as well get a second flamingo)
41. Canada Goose (the best goose)
42. Mute Swan
43. Madarin Duck (of all the ducks I know this would be the most "grounded"/"basic" without being a mallard)
44. Southern Ground Hornbill
45. Greater Rhea
46. Yellow-Throated Marten
47. Tayra
48. Banded Mongoose
49. African Civet
50. Common Brushtail Possum

So far the peccary, rhea, colobus, echidna, grey kangaroo, and possum (not an opossum) are the species that I have wanted consistently along with the crested porcupine and red river hog which are out now. Some species such as the Canada goose, and Hamadryas baboononly appear on two of the three lists. I can't put a finger on why I switch the animals I want over time. I guess it is because there are so many animals to choose from yet so little space on lists. Whenever I see myself picking animals I want for any zoo or the idea of an animal game I just find myself saying picrel: