Omnivores DLC

Aramar

Aramar
I was thinking what packs could have a sun bear other than an "Asia Pack" or "Tropical Pack" and I thought that an "Omnivores Pack" could be interesting, because it could include animals quite different among them and from many places. Once again, choosing ony 5 animals is so hard that I decided to put 6 habitat animals and 2 exhibits, hoping that eventually Frontier will add more animals per pack even if they have to reduce the amount of building pieces. In addition, none of this animals alone would be a big star on its own, so making a pack a little bigger would compensate for that issue.

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  • Sun bear: bears are one of the first animals that come to my mind when thinking of omnivores, and we know this animal is (or was) in Frontier's plans for the game.
  • Emu: we need more birds and a lot of people were disappointed when it didn't make it to the Australia Pack. Besides, it has a large size, something Frontier really likes. An alternative would be the kiwi.
  • Red fox: foxes are another good example of ommnivores and also one kind of animal that is clearly lacking in the game. Any of the 3 foxes could work (I want the 3 of them), but I choose the red fox because it's more widespread than the Artic and also because the desert fox is a great candidate for a "desert pack".
  • Wolverine: a high demanded animal in the forum that is big enough to be added to the game. Also, I think they are not so well known in regions when they don't naturally live, so it could be the less known animal in the pack for the general public.
  • Nine banded armadillo: another famous animal which is lacking from South America.
  • Raccoon: my personal choice. I know it's not so popular, but I love them, and for Europeans, it's a common animal in zoos. Also we need small critters and this one fits perfect.
Exhibits:
  • Philippine sailfin lizard
  • Jackson's chameleon
I know there are many more options that could be in such a pack. I think a "pig" would be needed, like the wildboar or babyrousa, but I already excedeed the 4 habitat animals tradition.
 

jcp011c

jcp011c
Neat idea! It's an interesting take on animal theme that's not a regional or biome take. Are Emus omnivores? I know they eat insects but does it go beyond that?
 

nutrit

nutrit
One of the most obvious omnivores for me are Suids or Peccaries. I would go with Red River hog obviously 🙄😆
Interesting idea 👏🏽
 

Cynogale bennettii II

Cynogale bennettii II
Nearly two years has passed since this pack idea was posted, and I figured I would have a go at making one myself. I have only included one carnivore, aimed on making a diverse roster of animals and focused more on tropical species for my personal choices:

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Giant Asian pond turtle - Around two-thirds of the diet of these large freshwater turtles is made up of aquatic plants and fruit, with the remainder comprising a mixture of invertebrates and carrion.
Golden-bellied mangabey - Although they mostly feed on a diet of fruit, these are opportunistic primates that also eat seeds and insects. The only habituated troop was also recorded to kill and eat a duiker antelope, on average, every eleven days - nearly the same predation rate as a rainforest leopard.
Greater bilby - Probably the most omnivorous of Australia's marsupials, these animals feed on a mixture of seeds, fruit, bulbs, insects, fungi and small reptiles. They are widespread in Australian zoos, with there still being plans to export some to European zoos as well.
Ocellated turkey - Like all galliforms, these birds feed on whatever they uncover when scratching through leaf litter - they mainly eat a mixture of seeds and insects, as well as fruit, leaves and sometimes frogs and small rodents.
Red river hog - Like all pigs, they are opportunists (this is my favoured pig species); they mainly eat roots and tubers but supplement this with fruit, grasses, herbs, worms, turtle eggs, lizards and carrion.
Six-banded armadillo - The largest armadillo species routinely kept in captivity, they are also true omnivores that will eat fruit, palm nuts and tubers as well as invertebrates, carrion and they can kill vertebrates as large as newborn calves.
Yellow-throated marten - This species errs more towards being predatory, eating a mix of small rodents, birds and larger prey such as deer, monkeys and small cats, but they are also important seed dispersers and will feed on nectar.
Rhinoceros katydid - The exhibit species is this large Central American insect, with a long horn on its head to protect against attacking bats. They feed on a mixture of fruits, seeds, other insects and small lizards. They are becoming increasingly common in American zoos, including large places such as San Diego and Cincinnati.

It's interesting how many of my favoured species would actually fit into a pack like this.
 
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