Oceania Animal Pack

Aramar

Aramar
I prefer animal packs over standard packs, but if we have to keep alternating both kinds of DLCs, I think an Oceania pack could be possible for next summer with Polynesian and Maori architecture or modern Australian pieces.

1) Tree kangaroo
2) Tasmanian devil
3) Kiwi
4) Wombat
5) New Caledonia giant gecko (e)

If it's an animal pack, then add:
6) Bennett's wallaby
7) Emu
8) Australian pelican / perentie
 

Markiz

Markiz
My list is coming from EU bias perspective. Here in Europe the go to species for an Australian section are almost always
-a kangaroo ( more often grey )
-emu
-a wallaby ( usually Bennett's )
-and black Swan

So I'll use three of those to form my OAP

Emu
Bennett's Wallaby
Black Swan
Common Wombat
Tasmanian Devil
Kiwi
Tree Kangaroo
Frill Necked Lizard (E)
 

Cynogale bennettii II

Cynogale bennettii II
Spartan_Squat said:
One question guys: Which european zoos got Tasmanian Devils? I dont know if usa got in somepoint.
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There are six zoos in Europe with Tasmanian devils: Pairi Daiza and Planckendael (Belgium), Prague (Czech Republic), Copenhagen (Denmark), Beauval (France) and Duisburg (Germany). Currently only Copenhagen is breeding them, as they got their animals as a gift from the Tasmanian government - the other zoos all hold older 'retired' animals. I believe that the plan is for more zoos to be allowed to breed them - then I imagine they could become much more common.
 

Kephear

K
darthquell said:
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they move up a couple slots, eventually becoming 1st; of course, this is assuming we get the p-horse and/or a true leopard
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I won't be either- the Capybara was sitting at first but with that now in game, the TD will at least be third on the meta list.
From memory TD was sitting about 10 votes behind the P/horse & about 50 behind (any) leopard. The gap between P/horse & TD is close enough that I wouldn't be shocked if they switched tbh.
 

Cynogale bennettii II

Cynogale bennettii II
I have just realised that I haven't done an Oceania pack myself. These are my animal choices:
  1. Personally, the Australian animal I think is most important is a wallaby. While the yellow footed rock wallaby is probably one of the nicest-looking species, it is one of the scarcer species in zoos and represents the same desert-grassland habitat as the red kangaroo. To represent the wooded environments of eastern Australia, I would probably choose either the Bennett's wallaby (by far the most commonly kept species), the parma wallaby (one of the smallest and cutest wallabies, widely-kept in Europe) or the swamp wallaby (the species with the broadest biome range, living in temperate, grassland and tropical environments). Ultimately, I would accept any species though.
  2. The emu - probably the single species most obviously missing from the Australia Pack, which is among the most common of zoo animals and should be able to be mixed with the red kangaroo and whatever wallaby species comes. They also have the benefit of being one of the species most often kept by newly opening zoos, or by farm parks diversifying into more exotic animals.
  3. While I have some concerns about integrating the species in the game (their lifespan is, on average, shorter than that of the giant burrowing cockroach), I cannot deny that the Tasmanian devil is an endangered, distinctive-looking animal that is high on the meta wishlist. If their fast lifespan could be altered - I wouldn't be too upset if they just gave it a longer-than-actual lifespan, they would be an ideal candidate.
  4. My fourth Australian species would be either the common wombat or short beaked echidna. Both would add a new burrowing mammal to the game, and both have their own advantages. Both are surprisingly climate-tolerant (certainly I have seen photos or film of both above the snowline in the Australian Alps); the wombat is the more-desired species on the meta wishlist but the echidna, which occurs in both Australia and New Guinea, is actually by far the more common especially in European zoos. I would be happy with either.
  5. The main species for New Guinea would be a tree kangaroo - although I would personally prefer the Goodfellow's, that is purely because it is the species widely kept in Europe; ultimately the Matschie's would be very similar and I would not complain if that one came instead.
  6. Because Papua New Guinea has such high biodiversity (it is the 17th most biodiverse country on Earth, despite its relatively small size), I figure it needs another species. My two choices are either the Victoria crowned pigeon, which is an ideal large bird to represent the amazing diversity of birds of New Guinea, or the crocodile monitor - one of the world's longest lizards, which would need new arboreal behaviours and a species that should, in zoos, be kept in large outdoor enclosures wherever possible. I would love either species, although my personal preference is for the pigeon.
  7. The only species from New Zealand I would really like to see (without aviaries, otherwise add the kea to that list) is the North Island brown kiwi. Probably the island's most charismatic animal that has a fairly small but growing number of zoos holding it worldwide.
As for the exhibit species, I think this would be a good chance to add an animal from somewhere that doesn't really have many/any appropriate habitat species. For example, New Caledonia could be represented by the crested gecko, the prehensile tailed skink could represent the Solomon Islands or Fiji could have the Fiji banded iguana. All three of these species are pretty well-established in zoos - certainly in Europe the gecko is kept in 75 zoos, the skink in 64 and the iguana in 56. I would happily take any of those.
 
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Cotolorynchuseggs

Cotolorynchuseggs
here's my dream Oceania pack
  1. tasmainian devil
  2. emu
  3. victoria's crowned pigeon
  4. coconut crab
  5. tree kangaroo
  6. kiwi
  7. common wombat, bennets wallaby, little blue penguin, short beaked echidna, lyrebird, royal spoonbill, takahe, kunekune, perentie, lace monitor, freshwater crocodile, numbat, bilby, tiger quoll, quokka, brushtail possum
  8. (e) lord howe's island stick insect
    prehensile tailed skink, tuatara, thorny devil, frilled lizard, bearded dragon, new Caledonia giant gecko, fly river turtle, fiji banded iguana
 
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Humble Bumble

Humble Bumble
Looking at the proposed lists, a question first. Are their no animals (habitat or exhibit) from any of the other island countries outside Australia, NZ and PNG? Such as Fiji or Samoa. Surely an 'Oceania' pack should be as broad range as possible. Or are they simply not possible yet (fully marine, birds & bats)?

Wombat or the Emu would be my choice of flagship animal

Anyway my selection would be assuming it's an animal pack....

1 Wombat
2. Emu
3. Wallaby (Parma was thought extinct in the 60's and are regulars now in zoo's i have visited, but any would work)
4. Tree Kangaroo (any)
5. Kiwi
6. Perentie or Tasmanian Devil

7. Fijian Iguana
8. Thorny Devil
9. Tuatara
10. Taipan

I've sacrificed one habitat to account for more exhibit animals as there are so many candidates for here also.

Honorable mentions to, Frilled Lizard, Freshwater Crocodile, Quokka, Potaroo, Quoll, Grey Kangaroos, cockatoo's, the birds of paradise,

also
11. Something to show the importance of conserving the great barrier reef and the oceans of Oceania.
 

Mikmuscle

M
1. Short-beaked echidna
2. Quoll sp.
3. Eastern gray kangaroo
4. Black swan
5. Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo
6. Rock wallaby sp.
7. Australian fur seal
8. Tuatara
 
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