Obscure Animals that would improve the game

[KönigDerKaffeebohnen]

Hey there people, today i want to ask you, what rather obscure and/or overlooked animal would you think would be very healthy and good additions to the game?

The general criteria for that would be an animal that offers something unique, enhances the gameplay by having habitat options no other or only very little animals in the game have and optimally is also found in captivity.

My first two contenders would be the black swan and white faced whistling duck, as both of them are waterfowl (a niche only filled by the flamingo), birds which are in generally very underrepresented, the first reps for both of their taxonomic groups and cover underrepresented continents, being australia and to some extend europe for the black swan and south america, madagascar and africa for the duck.
Both also are common in captivity, so whats not to love?

The other two are the domestic donkey and the african dwarf goat, the two most essential petting zoo animals.
We need more domestic animals and this goat breed in particular is the by far most common in captivity, being the second most held animal in the EAZA by far.
They also both come from underrepresented groups and differ a lot to their in game cousins in both looks and needs, as we only have the zebra for the equine and two mountain goats, one brown one white, while the african dwarf goat can go wild in colormorphs.

So yeah, these are my takes but what are yours? I would love to hear them and see which animals you guys will make me appreciate much more

 

[premierfong]

Hey there people, today i want to ask you, what rather obscure and/or overlooked animal would you think would be very healthy and good additions to the game?

The general criteria for that would be an animal that offers something unique, enhances the gameplay by having habitat options no other or only very little animals in the game have and optimally is also found in captivity.

My first two contenders would be the black swan and white faced whistling duck, as both of them are waterfowl (a niche only filled by the flamingo), birds which are in generally very underrepresented, the first reps for both of their taxonomic groups and cover underrepresented continents, being australia and to some extend europe for the black swan and south america, madagascar and africa for the duck.
Both also are common in captivity, so whats not to love?
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The other two are the domestic donkey and the african dwarf goat, the two most essential petting zoo animals.
We need more domestic animals and this goat breed in particular is the by far most common in captivity, being the second most held animal in the EAZA by far.
They also both come from underrepresented groups and differ a lot to their in game cousins in both looks and needs, as we only have the zebra for the equine and two mountain goats, one brown one white, while the african dwarf goat can go wild in colormorphs.

So yeah, these are my takes but what are yours? I would love to hear them and see which animals you guys will make me appreciate much more

Couldn't agree more.

 

[Aramar]

European mink

We don't have any representation of the European river animals since other contintent's beavers and otters were chosen, and we don't have any cold tolerant aquatic mustelid. In addition, they are very small and critically endangered. My local zoo has joined the breeding program for their conservation.

 

[The_Riot22]

Common Loon from North America. They do fly, but wouldn't require an Aviary. The coolest part is that they dive, which would be awesome to add to the game.

Giant Land Crab - also called the Coconut Crab from Oceania.

 

[coatifan]

Not too obscure, but I’d love the fishing cat, Allen’s swamp monkey, and Goeldi’s monkey, all of which are kept at my local zoo.

 

[Fini]

Hares! because we haven't any of the longeared Easteregg bringer

personally I would like to have the snow hare (or mountain/alpine/tundra hare)

 

[VetGirl330]

1) Tree kangaroo - any species. Aboreal marsupial and would represent oceania outside Australia.
2) Mantled guereza - very common in captivity and would be our first arboreal African primate. Non-ape Old World primates are sorely lacking in the game.
3) Golden lion tamarin - endangered species with successful conservation program in captivity. We really need some small New World primate; I would be happy with an tamarin or marmoset.
4) Tasmanian devil - the largest carnivorous marsupial and a marsupial adapted to temperate habitats.
5) Shoebill - we need more birds. it doesn't get more unique than the shoebill
6) Caiman lizard - gorgeous lizard, big enough and colorful enough to make an impact in the exhibits, and unique that it is both semi-aquatic and arboreal.