November 5, 2019 - Taxonomic Distribution to date

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New additions: Amazonian giant centipede (Myriapod), American bison (Wild cattle), bongo (Antelope), bonobo (Ape), Brazilian salmon pink tarantula (Arachnid), Chinese pangolin (Pangolin), common death adder (Snake), Eastern brown snake (Snake), giant burrowing cockroach (Insect), giant desert hairy scorpion (Arachnid), giant panda (Bear), giant tiger land snail (Gastropod), Gila monster (Lizard), goliath beetle (Insect), Japanese macaque (Old world monkey), Mexican red-knee tarantula (Arachnid), nyala (Antelope), puff adder (Snake), red ruffed lemur (Prosimian), Siberian tiger (Felid), spotted hyena (Hyaenid), Western diamondback rattlesnake (Snake)

The divisions of animals below are based in part on the list of Taxon Advisory Groups (TAGs)within the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).

Mammals - 44
Antelope/Giraffe - 10 - black wildebeest, bongo, gemsbok, nyala, okapi, pronghorn antelope, reticulated giraffe, sable antelope, springbok, Thomson's gazelle
Ape - 4 - bonobo, Bornean orangutan, Western chimpanzee, Western lowland gorilla
Bear - 4 - Formosan black bear, giant panda, grizzly bear, Himalayan brown bear
Canid/Hyaenid - 3 - African wild dog, spotted hyena, timber wolf
Elephant - 2 - African elephant, Indian elephant
Equid - 1 - plains zebra
Felid - 5 - Bengal tiger, cheetah, Siberian tiger, snow leopard, West African lion
Old World Monkey - 2 - Japanese macaque, mandrill
Pangolin/Aardvark/Xenarthra - 2 - aardvark, Chinese pangolin
Prosimian - 2 - red ruffed lemur, ring-tailed lemur
Rhinoceros - 1 - Indian rhinoceros
Small Carnivore - 1 - red panda
Tapir - 1 - Baird's tapir
Wild Cattle/Camelid - 3 - African buffalo, American bison, Bactrian camel
Wild Pig/Hippo - 3 - common warthog, hippopotamus, pygmy hippopotamus

Birds - 3
Galliformes - 1 - Indian peafowl
Phoenicopteriformes - 1 - greater flamingo
Struthioniformes - 1 - common ostrich

Herptiles - 18
Amphibian - 3 - golden poison frog, goliath frog, Lehmann's poison frog
Chelonian - 2 - Aldabra giant tortoise, giant Galapagos tortoise
Crocodilian - 2 - gharial, saltwater crocodile
Lizard - 5 - Gila monster, green iguana, Komodo dragon, lesser Antillean iguana, Nile monitor
Snake - 6 - boa constrictor, common death adder, Eastern brown snake, puff adder, Western diamondback rattlesnake, yellow anaconda

Terrestrial invertebrates - 11
Arachnid - 6 - Brazilian salmon pink tarantula, Brazilian wandering spider, giant desert hairy scorpion, giant forest scorpion, goliath birdeater, Mexican red-knee tarantula
Gastropod - 1 - giant tiger land snail
Insect - 3 - giant burrowing cockroach, goliath beetle, titan beetle
Myriapod - 1 - Amazonian giant centipede

Total: 76 (including 23 exhibit animals)

 

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Interestingly there are exactly 50 habitat animals in the standard release but "more than 50 animals" if you count either the deluxe animals or the exhibit animals.

 

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Now that we have the full release animal list, I can with certainty that this game has the widest representation of animal taxa in any zoo game to date. It's the only zoo game that has placed a strong emphasis on herptiles and invertebrates. That said, here are the AZA taxa that are not yet represented in the game.

Mammals
Bats
Caprinae - sheep, goats
Deer (Cervid/Tragulid)
Marine Mammals
Marsupials & Monotremes
New World Primates
Rodents, Insectivores, and Lagomorphs

Birds
Anseriformes - ducks, geese, swans
Charadriiformes - shorebirds
Columbiformes - pigeons, doves
Coraciiformes - kingfishers, rollers
Gruiformes - cranes
PACCT (Passerines) - perching birds
Parrots
Penguins
Piciformes - woodpeckers, toucans
Raptors - hawks, eagles, vultures, owls
Turacos/oos

Freshwater Fishes
Marine Fishes
Aquatic Invertebrates

Obviously birds are the least represented group in the current game. This is hardly surprising. I expect flying and swimming animals to be included in later patches or DLC, if they make it in at all. I'm more surprised that the remaining terrestrial mammal taxa had no representation, particularly after the deer sculpture that was included in the scenery pieces.