Indeed, it's the biggest of the iguanas, right? Even the iguanas we have in-game can be displayed in open enclosures (I've seen them like this at least once irl). As long as it's possible, I'm accepting these animals that are somewhat in between both systems. Small tortoises, giant salamanders, alligator snapping turtles, etc. are also examples of these animals.
On the other hand, I'm not accepting snakes, even the biggest ones like pythons, because they're always kept in terrariums to control environment conditions and to prevent them from escaping. But I'm happy to change this 'rule' if proven wrong.
Indeed, it's the biggest of the iguanas, right? Even the iguanas we have in-game can be displayed in open enclosures (I've seen them like this at least once irl). As long as it's possible, I'm accepting these animals that are somewhat in between both systems. Small tortoises, giant salamanders, alligator snapping turtles, etc. are also examples of these animals.
On the other hand, I'm not accepting snakes, even the biggest ones like pythons, because they're always kept in terrariums to control environment conditions and to prevent them form escaping. But I'm happy to change this 'rule' if proven wrong.
I must admit I thought so too, but the green iguana is longer and the Cayman blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi) is heavier apparently.
But the rhinoceros iguana is mainly terrestrial, so it shouldn't be more complicated than a Nile monitor or so.
I assume the aboreal behavior of the green iguana is part of the reason it became an exhibit animal.
I'm in love with the Kordofan giraffe, but I just wrote "giraffe" to vote for a giraffe, so Frontier sees that we want another species and not just one. I don't really care about which species, but I just want another one.
I got the reticulated and masai giraffes very burned out thanks to zt2 lol. I still like them though.
The 20 habitat animals I want/need for this game the most would be these:
Capybara
Tasmanian Devil
Wombat (Common/Southern Hairy-Nosed)
Emu
South American Coati
Francois Langur
Gelada
Short-Beaked Echidna
Asian Small-Clawed Otter
Fishing Cat
Siamang
Northern White-Cheeked Gibbon
False Gharial
Amur Leopard
Cotton-Top Tamarin
Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo
Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby
Hamadryas Baboon
Little Penguin
Serval
Additions: Sumatran Tiger, Common Eland, Dromedary Camel, Aoudad/Barbary Sheep, Red-Rumped Agouti, European Fallow Deer, Kudu (Greater/Lesser), Tammar Wallaby, Western Grey Kangaroo, Nubian Ibex
After roughly half a year, and following the requests made by numerous forum users, I'm setting up this thread in order to start another 'Essential animals meta-wishlist' where I record users' animals wishlists and put them all together on a meta-wishlist. Given that we've gotten 3 DLCs since I started the previous thread; this time around I ask you all to please post a list of just 20 habitat animals.
The more people participating, the bigger the sample size will be so better conclusions can be drawn. I’m writting down every user who posts their list in order to avoid having repetitions. I intend to keep this updated as much as I can. Last update: 8th November, 2021
The spirit and basic rules of the thread will be similar to those of the first one. Which means:
For the sake of keeping the same wishlist structure, I ask you to post your 20 essential habitat animals that you’d like to see in the game. Lists with anything above 20 animals will be discarded.
Exhibit animals will be omitted from the main meta-wishlist. Exhibit animals include arthropods, amphibians, small reptiles (< iguanas), small fish and mouse-size mammals.
Flying birds and bats usually housed in aviaries will be omitted from the main meta-wishlist. Flying aviary birds include birds of prey, parrots, Columbiformes (pigeons), Passeriformes (small birds), Charadriiformes (gulls) and so on. Mainly ground-dwelling or semi-aquatic birds (mainly Waterfowl, Galliformes, Ratites, Pelecaniformes, Penguins, etc.) will be added to the list.
Extinct species will not be considered.
As a general rule of thumb, animal species is the preferred category for animal submissions. Subspecies from already in-game animals are also accepted. Subspecies from animals that are not in-game will automatically be allocated to the superior species category. Specific domestic animals breeds are also accepted.
To simplify data collection, those answers that include several species in one slot (eg.: 1. Any species of sloth) will be automatically treated as a single animal and added to the most requested species inside that generic animal group (eg. in this case: Brown-Throated Three-Toed Sloth). This obviously leads to an underestimation of the total key requested animals.
As you can see, a total of 455 animals have been considered 'essential' by at least one forum user.
TL;DR: Post your 20 essential habitat animals wishlist here. I will record each wishlist and add it to the Meta-list. Aviary and exhibit animals won’t be taken into consideration.
Please! I need all of these creatures I miss having musk ox, markhor, and ibex in my zoos from zt2 and I really want the takin as well it’s such a unique animal!
When will you start a new meta wishlist? After the next DLC drops this winter (hopefully)? This list was started in June, approximately half a year after the first list was created. This list is now almost half a year old as well.
