So here is a couple animal packs I think would go a long way and really sell well on the steam store
South Africa-This pack would bring Penguins, Meerkats, and an African Rhino into the game, not sure too much on building stuff and plants, maybe some fynbos plants? African themes is already a thing
Southern White Rhinoceros
African Penguin (would be great if it could dive, but to be honest they usually just float at the surface, and when my local zoo had them, I saw them in the water like twice in like 10 years.)
Meerkat
a large tall ground bird from the region like Grey-crowned crane/blue crane/secretary bird/Kori Bustard
some exhibit animal, I would go with Black mamba/cape cobra
Australia Pack-there are like no Australian exhibit animals, add in an outback theme building set, and a variety of fern trees/eucalyptus with these animals it would be a beloved expansion
Red Kangaroo
Emu
Tasmanian Devil
Koala
Birds- only 3 birds, despite them out numbering mammals in terms of species, and being very common at zoos, I have broken it into 5 major groups that would make sense, still would add an aviary set and perch system, though all these birds could be exhibited outside an aviary, ultimately 5-6 of these suggestions would be all to really get the bird scene going
crane or stork: Japanese Crane/Sarus Crane/Shoebill Stork/Saddle-billed Stork/Crowned Crane
Bird of Prey (often kept flightless and in open enclosures at zoos, usually vultures are exhibited alongside antelope): Lappet-faced Vulture/Bald Eagle/Golden Eagle
Water birds (something to make pond livley and add an option besides flamingos): Black Swan/Dalmatian Pelican
Ratite: Southern Cassowary
Ground Bird (a bird to be like the peacock but add some species diversity): Helmeted Guineafowl/Himalayan Monal
Extinct Animals- I am not a huge fan of putting extinct animals in but these 4 are currently being considered for de-extinction (quagga have already been brought back through back breeding) and extinct animals would sell. Add in some animatronic dinosaur models (probably like a t-rex, triceratops, maybe stegosaurus) and this would be an awesome set
Dodo
Thylacine
Quagga
Woolly Mammoth
Endangered Species Pack- finally a larger expansion with more animals (7-10), missions, and some in game changes (like artificial insemination, breeding loans, in-situ missions you can send zoo personnel to gain special research) then some endangered flora (more as specimen plants)
I would do an endangered hoofstock species (ideally 2): Scimitar Oryx/Przewalski’s Horse/Saiga
an endangered felid: Amur Leopard/Iberian Lynx/Asiatic Cheetah
an endangered primate (again I wish their could be 2 off the list): Aye-aye/Coquerel’s Sifaka/Lion-tailed Macaque/Francois Langur/Siamang
an endangered ground bird (so many choices this would be another wish it could be 2): Helmeted Curassow/Alagoas Curassow/Edward’s Pheasant/Kagu/Kakapo/Takahe
an endangered vulture species (so vultures are often kept in regular exhibits, and having a discussion about vulture conservation specifically is a really important issue that I would love to see represented in the media): Ruppell’s Vulture/California Condor/Indian Vulture
An endangered crocodilian (yes we do already have the gharial, so that is why I focused more on new world species): Cuban Crocodile/Orinoco Crocodile/Chinese Alligator
finally an endangered exhibit animal: Cayman Blue Iguana/Panamanian Golden Frog/Oahu Tree Snail
South Africa-This pack would bring Penguins, Meerkats, and an African Rhino into the game, not sure too much on building stuff and plants, maybe some fynbos plants? African themes is already a thing
Southern White Rhinoceros
African Penguin (would be great if it could dive, but to be honest they usually just float at the surface, and when my local zoo had them, I saw them in the water like twice in like 10 years.)
Meerkat
a large tall ground bird from the region like Grey-crowned crane/blue crane/secretary bird/Kori Bustard
some exhibit animal, I would go with Black mamba/cape cobra
Australia Pack-there are like no Australian exhibit animals, add in an outback theme building set, and a variety of fern trees/eucalyptus with these animals it would be a beloved expansion
Red Kangaroo
Emu
Tasmanian Devil
Koala
Birds- only 3 birds, despite them out numbering mammals in terms of species, and being very common at zoos, I have broken it into 5 major groups that would make sense, still would add an aviary set and perch system, though all these birds could be exhibited outside an aviary, ultimately 5-6 of these suggestions would be all to really get the bird scene going
crane or stork: Japanese Crane/Sarus Crane/Shoebill Stork/Saddle-billed Stork/Crowned Crane
Bird of Prey (often kept flightless and in open enclosures at zoos, usually vultures are exhibited alongside antelope): Lappet-faced Vulture/Bald Eagle/Golden Eagle
Water birds (something to make pond livley and add an option besides flamingos): Black Swan/Dalmatian Pelican
Ratite: Southern Cassowary
Ground Bird (a bird to be like the peacock but add some species diversity): Helmeted Guineafowl/Himalayan Monal
Extinct Animals- I am not a huge fan of putting extinct animals in but these 4 are currently being considered for de-extinction (quagga have already been brought back through back breeding) and extinct animals would sell. Add in some animatronic dinosaur models (probably like a t-rex, triceratops, maybe stegosaurus) and this would be an awesome set
Dodo
Thylacine
Quagga
Woolly Mammoth
Endangered Species Pack- finally a larger expansion with more animals (7-10), missions, and some in game changes (like artificial insemination, breeding loans, in-situ missions you can send zoo personnel to gain special research) then some endangered flora (more as specimen plants)
I would do an endangered hoofstock species (ideally 2): Scimitar Oryx/Przewalski’s Horse/Saiga
an endangered felid: Amur Leopard/Iberian Lynx/Asiatic Cheetah
an endangered primate (again I wish their could be 2 off the list): Aye-aye/Coquerel’s Sifaka/Lion-tailed Macaque/Francois Langur/Siamang
an endangered ground bird (so many choices this would be another wish it could be 2): Helmeted Curassow/Alagoas Curassow/Edward’s Pheasant/Kagu/Kakapo/Takahe
an endangered vulture species (so vultures are often kept in regular exhibits, and having a discussion about vulture conservation specifically is a really important issue that I would love to see represented in the media): Ruppell’s Vulture/California Condor/Indian Vulture
An endangered crocodilian (yes we do already have the gharial, so that is why I focused more on new world species): Cuban Crocodile/Orinoco Crocodile/Chinese Alligator
finally an endangered exhibit animal: Cayman Blue Iguana/Panamanian Golden Frog/Oahu Tree Snail