Ocelots are desert animals

[aubreykitsune]

One thing I noticed in today's pre-release videos of the Americas Animal Pack is that the ocelot was given Grassland and Tropical biome tags, but not Desert. Their real life range in Arizona and parts of Mexico is very much hot desert. While not a huge deal, it would be nice if we could place them in habitats reflecting that portion of their range. The game has a lot of neat Sonoran Desert foliage which would complement their exhibits well - yet they wouldn't be 100% happy without the tag.

On another note, the coyote would make sense to receive the Tundra tag, since their range goes far north enough.

 

[jcp011c]

Yeah I imagine they'll update the ocelot with the next patch, assuming they don't do so before the DLC releases. I don't expect a lot of animal fix updates, but something like this is a minor change, just making certain tagged flora be compatible.

 

[Markiz]

Yeah, I was quite shocked to see Ocelot missing Desert tag. I am optimistic that they'll fix that sooner rather than later.

However I didn't know that there are coyotes inhabiting tundra

 

[Mjmannella]

I have a feeling they wanted to give coyotes all the land biome tags but the UI would've needed some adjustments, so they axed tundra to make it different from red foxes.

 

[aubreykitsune]

In the in-game Zoopedia text, it's mentioned that ocelots specifically live in non-arid parts of Mexico. This seems like it may largely be the case looking at their range map, and explains why Frontier didn't give them the Desert tag. However, almost the entirety of their United States range is still in the Sonoran Desert proper, and small parts of their South American range are Desert too if you go off of WWF's ecoregion classifications.

 

[DarthQuell]

One thing I noticed in today's pre-release videos of the Americas Animal Pack is that the ocelot was given Grassland and Tropical biome tags, but not Desert. Their real life range in Arizona and parts of Mexico is very much hot desert. While not a huge deal, it would be nice if we could place them in habitats reflecting that portion of their range. The game has a lot of neat Sonoran Desert foliage which would complement their exhibits well - yet they wouldn't be 100% happy without the tag.

On another note, the coyote would make sense to receive the Tundra tag, since their range goes far north enough.

They're also in South Texas, along the border. It's shrubland, so it warrants the desert tag, too

 

[Aramar]

Someone should report it on the issue tracker then. I don't have a computer right now, so I can't do it this time.

 

[Spiderhawk]

Took a little while for them to give Andean bears the taiga tag and the Saiga tolerance to the cold
I’m sure the first update will give the desert tag

 

[Spiderhawk]

Hmm we finally get the post dlc patch that usually corrects or fixes things yet this was not updated

 

[aubreykitsune]

Hmm we finally get the post dlc patch that usually corrects or fixes things yet this was not updated

That's strange. Does Frontier usually need an issue tracker post to become aware of an issue, or are forum posts ever enough?

 

[Mjmannella]

Based on recent updates, the issue tracker seems to be the primary driver when making changes

 

[Aramar]

In the recent updates they are clearly focusing on the issue tracker. Ocelots (and jaguars) not having the desert biome has never been reported on the issue tracker.

 

[Aramar]

I noticed the ocelot has now the desert biome.