Thank you for doing this, hard for me to keep up with aviary meta list as I have a lot going on these days.
There are a few animals I’d like to scratch off my list but I will nominate my next 5.
Coyote
Walrus
Markhor
Marine iguana
Tree kangaroo
New 8 submissions
3 because they were added in DLC
+the 5 extra
Golden snub nose monkey
Spectacled bear
Rock Wallaby
Saiga Antelope
Foosa
Spoonbill
Marine Iguana
Emu
Now that I'm thinking, I kind of regret my choice of the Japanese serow. I had in mind the very inaccurate Zoo Tycoon version with the spots and no horns and the elongated face. The actual animal just sort of looks like any old goat.
Now that I'm thinking, I kind of regret my choice of the Japanese serow. I had in mind the very inaccurate Zoo Tycoon version with the spots and no horns and the elongated face. The actual animal just sort of looks like any old goat.
1. Crested Procupine
2. European Badger
3. Red Deer
4. Wolverine
5. Dwarf Boar
6. Saiga Antelope
7. Eurasian Lynx
8. Red Fox
9. Asian Small clawed otter
10. pine marten
11. Sika Deer
12. Capybara
13. Fallow Deer
14. Scottish Wildcat (or whatever is the most popular wildcat)
15. Amur Leopard
16. Serval
17. Caracal
18. Asian Golden Cat
19. Ocelot
20. Pallas Cat
Now that I'm thinking, I kind of regret my choice of the Japanese serow. I had in mind the very inaccurate Zoo Tycoon version with the spots and no horns and the elongated face. The actual animal just sort of looks like any old goat.
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 25 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: 5th April, 2022
Since December 2021: #Important note 1: Everyone who has submitted an initial list with 20 animals is allowed to vote for 5 additional animals now!#
Since April 2022: #Important note 2: After every announced DLC, everyone who has submitted X votes to animals that have been added in said DLC can now re-submit an equal number (X) of additional votes ONLY if they quote their original post*1. This 'rule' has a retroactive effect*2; meaning that you can re-submit votes if your animals made it to the NA Animal Pack, Europe Pack or Wetlands Animal Pack. *1 For people that submitted a list before 25 animals were allowed (so only 20) but then made an additional 5, both posts or a combination of both should be included in the quote. *2 If I find that any of the quoted posts have been edited recently, I will not allow re-voting animals to this user.#
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 25 essential habitat animals that you’d like to see in the game. Lists with anything above 25 animals will be discarded.
Exhibit animals will be omitted from the main meta-wishlist. Exhibit animals include arthropods, amphibians, snakes, other 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, Cranes, 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. 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 600 animals have been considered 'essential' by at least one forum user.
TL;DR: Post your 25 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.
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 25 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: 5th April, 2022
Since December 2021: #Important note 1: Everyone who has submitted an initial list with 20 animals is allowed to vote for 5 additional animals now!#
Since April 2022: #Important note 2: After every announced DLC, everyone who has submitted X votes to animals that have been added in said DLC can now re-submit an equal number (X) of additional votes ONLY if they quote their original post*1. This 'rule' has a retroactive effect*2; meaning that you can re-submit votes if your animals made it to the NA Animal Pack, Europe Pack or Wetlands Animal Pack. *1 For people that submitted a list before 25 animals were allowed (so only 20) but then made an additional 5, both posts or a combination of both should be included in the quote. *2 If I find that any of the quoted posts have been edited recently, I will not allow re-voting animals to this user.#
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 25 essential habitat animals that you’d like to see in the game. Lists with anything above 25 animals will be discarded.
Exhibit animals will be omitted from the main meta-wishlist. Exhibit animals include arthropods, amphibians, snakes, other 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, Cranes, 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. 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 600 animals have been considered 'essential' by at least one forum user.
TL;DR: Post your 25 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.
First of all I'd like to thank random goat for the invite. I really do enjoy following this thread to keep track of community wishes, but I hadn't considered submitting a list of my own.
Since then, I have been thinking what could be done to make this list of mine unique and came up with an idea. Instead of personal picks, I decided to take Zootierliste's Top 100 Holdings chart and filter out the following:
Existing animals that are already in the game
Aviary and exhibit animals (including sliders/terrapins), as per the rules of this thread
Domesticated animals, as the list would have been dominated by domestic breeds
Borderline exhibit/habitat animals like smaller tortoises, despite being allowed on this thread - I'd rather see what Frontier does with these first
Fully aquatic animals, despite being allowed on this thread - again I'd like to see how these animals would be addressed
After this procedure, of the remaining animals, I took the first 25 to conjure up a list:
Emu - 600 EAZA holdings
Red-necked wallaby (no subspecific status) - 550 EAZA holdings
Raccoon - 546 EAZA holdings
Golden pheasant - 545 EAZA holdings
Mandarin duck - 476 EAZA holdings
(European) white stork* - 457 EAZA holdings
(European) mouflon** - 453 EAZA holdings
South American coati (no subspecific status)*** - 441 EAZA holdings
Greater rhea (no subspecific status) - 426 EAZA holdings
Black swan - 399 EAZA holdings
African spurred tortoise - 368 EAZA holdings
(Central European) wild boar - 357 EAZA holdings
Silver pheasant (no subspecific status) - 352 EAZA holdings
Wood duck - 347 EAZA holdings
Patagonian mara - 322 EAZA holdings
(Central European) red deer - 317 EAZA holdings
Common marmoset - 314 EAZA holdings
Common pheasant (no subspecific status) - 295 EAZA holdings
(Common) mallard - 289 EAZA holdings
Lady Amherst's pheasant - 281 EAZA holdings
Cotton-top tamarin - 280 EAZA holdings
Indian crested porcupine - 273 EAZA holdings
Mute swan - 256 EAZA holdings
European roe deer - 247 EAZA holdings
Bar-headed goose - 243 EAZA holdings
*Since Zootierliste takes note of the subspecific status of animals in their Top 100 holdings chart and this thread prefers full species ranks, I've put common names for subspecies in parentheses. I couldn't ignore them entirely, since the figures are only for the aforementioned subspecies. When combined with other subspecies, the holdings increase quite a bit (e.g. in the case of the red deer this figure surpasses 500, when it is only 317 for the Central European red deer).
**Had to include common names for invalid and disputed subspecies, due to limitations concerning the website's holdings as explained above.
***When an entry has a "no subspecific status" note in parentheses, this means there are other subspecies defined on Zootierliste's system with separate holdings, so the total may actually be considerably higher (e.g. red-necked wallaby) than the figures specified on the list. Doesn't apply to entries without this note.
Sadly there is no English version of this particular page, so you'd have to translate it using your browser or a third party application if you don't speak German.
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 25 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: 5th April, 2022
Since December 2021: #Important note 1: Everyone who has submitted an initial list with 20 animals is allowed to vote for 5 additional animals now!#
Since April 2022: #Important note 2: After every announced DLC, everyone who has submitted X votes to animals that have been added in said DLC can now re-submit an equal number (X) of additional votes ONLY if they quote their original post*1. This 'rule' has a retroactive effect*2; meaning that you can re-submit votes if your animals made it to the NA Animal Pack, Europe Pack or Wetlands Animal Pack. *1 For people that submitted a list before 25 animals were allowed (so only 20) but then made an additional 5, both posts or a combination of both should be included in the quote. *2 If I find that any of the quoted posts have been edited recently, I will not allow re-voting animals to this user.#
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 25 essential habitat animals that you’d like to see in the game. Lists with anything above 25 animals will be discarded.
Exhibit animals will be omitted from the main meta-wishlist. Exhibit animals include arthropods, amphibians, snakes, other 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, Cranes, 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. 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 600 animals have been considered 'essential' by at least one forum user.
TL;DR: Post your 25 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.
I have to update the list and add 9 animals to reach 25, since I have 4 animals, which I have crossed out, that cannot be here according to the established rules
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 25 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: 5th April, 2022
Since December 2021: #Important note 1: Everyone who has submitted an initial list with 20 animals is allowed to vote for 5 additional animals now!#
Since April 2022: #Important note 2: After every announced DLC, everyone who has submitted X votes to animals that have been added in said DLC can now re-submit an equal number (X) of additional votes ONLY if they quote their original post*1. This 'rule' has a retroactive effect*2; meaning that you can re-submit votes if your animals made it to the NA Animal Pack, Europe Pack or Wetlands Animal Pack. *1 For people that submitted a list before 25 animals were allowed (so only 20) but then made an additional 5, both posts or a combination of both should be included in the quote. *2 If I find that any of the quoted posts have been edited recently, I will not allow re-voting animals to this user.#
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 25 essential habitat animals that you’d like to see in the game. Lists with anything above 25 animals will be discarded.
Exhibit animals will be omitted from the main meta-wishlist. Exhibit animals include arthropods, amphibians, snakes, other 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, Cranes, 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. 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 600 animals have been considered 'essential' by at least one forum user.
TL;DR: Post your 25 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.
. And aviary birds are not in the list at the moment because they are (still) not part of the game.