This chart showed which of the species and subspecies of Planet Zoo were adoptable in some of these other zoo building games I used to play before.
Animals in Planet Zoo | Zoo Tycoon (2001) (expansions included) | Zoo Tycoon 2 (2004) (expansions included) | Zoo Empire and Marine Park Empire | Zoo Resort 3D | Zoo Guardians (mobile game) |
African Savannah Elephant | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Grizzly Bear | Yes | Yes | Unknown brown bear subspecies | Yes | No |
West African Lion | Yes (without full subspecies name) | Yes (without full subspecies name) | Yes (without full subspecies name) | Yes (without full subspecies name) | Yes (without full subspecies name) |
Plains Zebra | Yes | Yes | Think so. As a subspecies called Burchell's Zebra. | No (But there's Grévy's zebra.) | No (But there's Grévy's zebra.) |
Hippopotamus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Timber Wolf | as grey wolf without full subspecies name | as grey wolf without full subspecies name | No | No (different subspecies of grey wolf) | as grey wolf without full subspecies name |
Ring Tailed Lemur | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Galapagos Giant Tortoise | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Reticulated Giraffe | Unknown. No full species name given. | Yes | Unknown. No full species name given. | Yes | Yes |
Western Chimpanzee | Yes (without full subspecies name) | Yes (without full subspecies name) | No | Yes (without full subspecies name) | No |
Pygmy Hippo | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Komodo Dragon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Thomson's Gazelle | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
African Wild Dog | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Cheetah | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Saltwater Crocodile | Yes | No (But there’s Nile crocodile.) | No | Yes | No (But there’s Cuban crocodile.) |
Springbok | No | No | No | No | No |
Black Wildebeest | No | Unknown. No full species name given. | No | No | No |
Indian Peafowl | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Bengal Tiger | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Spotted Hyena | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Bactrian Camel | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Bornean Orangutan | Yes (without full subspecies name) | Yes (without full subspecies name) | No | Yes | Yes |
Common Ostrich | Yes (without full subspecies name) | Yes (without full subspecies name) | Yes (without full subspecies name) | Yes (without full subspecies name) | No |
Common Warthog | Yes | Yes (without full subspecies name) | No | No | No |
Snow Leopard | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Aldabra Giant Tortoise | No | No | No | No | No |
Indian Rhinoceros | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Okapi | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Indian Elephant | Yes (But Asian elephant subspecies was unknown.) | Yes (But Asian elephant subspecies was unknown.) | Yes (But Asian elephant subspecies was unknown.) | Yes (But Asian elephant subspecies was unknown.) | Yes (But Asian elephant subspecies was unknown.) |
Gharial | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Pronghorn Antelope | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Aardvark | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Mandrill | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Baird's Tapir | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Himalayan Brown Bear | No | No | Unknown brown bear subspecies | No | No |
Gemsbok | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
African Buffalo | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Red Panda | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Western Lowland Gorilla | Unknown. No full species name given. | No (But there’s mountain gorilla.) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Sable Antelope | Yes | Yes (as giant sable antelope subspecies) | No | No | No |
Formosan Black Bear | Yes (Formosan’s the subspecies of that species.) | Yes? (Formosan’s the subspecies of that species.) | Yes (Formosan’s the subspecies of that species.) | Yes (Formosan’s the subspecies of that species.) | No |
Nile Monitor | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Bongo | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Bonobo | No | No | No | No | No |
Chinese Pangolin | No | No | No | No | No |
Siberian Tiger | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Greater Flamingo | Yes | Yes | No | No (But there's American flamingo.)) | No (But there's American flamingo.)) |
Giant Panda | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Nyala | No | No | No | No | No |
Red Ruffed Lemur | No | No | No | No | No |
Japanese Macaque | No | No | No | Yes | No |
American Bison | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Polar Bear | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Reindeer | Yes | Yes (as caribou) | Yes | Yes | Yes (as caribou) |
Arctic Wolf | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Dall Sheep | No | No | No | No | No |
Llama | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Jaguar | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Giant Anteater | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Colombian White-Faced Capuchin Monkey | No | No | No | No | No |
Red Kangaroo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Dingo | No | No | No | No | No |
Southern Cassowary | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Koala | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
King Penguin | No (But there’s emperor penguin.) | No (But there’s emperor penguin.) | No (But there’s emperor penguin.) | Yes | No (But there’s emperor penguin.) |
Giant Otter | No | No | No | No | No |
Grey Seal | No | No | No | No | No (But there's harbor seal.) |
Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman | No | No | No | No | No |
Sun Bear | No | No | No | No | No |
Clouded Leopard | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Proboscis Monkey | No | No | No | No | No |
Malayan Tapir | Yes | No | No | No | No |
North Sulawesi Babirusa | No | No | No | No | No |
Binturong | No | No | No | No | No |
Dhole | No | No | No | No | No |
African Penguin | No | No | No | No | No |
Meerkat | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Fennec Fox | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Southern White Rhinoceros | No | Yes (without full subspecies name) | Yes (without full subspecies name) | No | No |
American Alligator | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
North American Beaver | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Moose | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
California Sea Lion | Yes | Yes | Yes (Marine Park Empire) | Yes | Yes |
Cougar | Yes (as mountain lion) | Yes (as Florida panther subspecies) | Yes (as puma) | Yes | No |
Arctic Fox | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Black-Tailed Prairie Dog | No | No | No | Yes (Full species name wasn’t given.) | Yes |
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur | No | No | No | Yes | No |
European Fallow Deer | No | No | No | No | No |
Eurasian Lynx | No | No | No | No | No (But there's bobcat.) |
Alpine Ibex | Yes (but no full species name) | Yes (but no full species name) | No | No | No |
European Badger | No | No | No | No | No |
Capybara | No | No | No | No | No |
Platypus | No | No | No | No | No |
Wild Water Buffalo | No | No | No | No | No |
Nile Lechwe | No | No | No | No | No |
Asian Small-Clawed Otter | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Red-Crowned Crane | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Spectacled Caiman | No | No | No | No | No |
Przewalski's Horse | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Amur Leopard | No (Spotted one's location was only African savannah, and black one's was Southeast Asian rainforest.) | No (But there's black leopard whose location was only Africa.) | Yes | Yes (without full subspecies name) | No |
Siamang | No | No | No | No | No |
Scimitar-Horned Oryx | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Raccoon | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Red Fox | No | No | No | No | No |
Common Wombat | No | No | No | No | No |
Striped Skunk | No | No | No | No | No |
Red Deer | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Nine-Banded Armadillo | No | No | No | No (But there's another species of armadillo, Brazilian three-banded armadillo.) | No (But there's another species of armadillo, screaming hairy armadillo.) |
Maned Wolf | No | No | No | No | No |
Emu | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Caracal | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Red-Necked Wallaby | No | No | No | No (But there's another species of wallaby, swamp wallaby.) | No |
Striped Hyena | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Blue Wildebeest | Yes (as common wildebeest) | Unknown. No full species name given. | No | No | No |
Fossa | No | No | No | No | No |
Asian Water Monitor | No | No | No | No | No |
Lar Gibbon | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Red River Hog | No | No | No | No | No |
Dromedary Camel | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Addax | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Dama Gazelle | No | No | No | No | No |
Somali Wild Ass | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Black Rhinoceros | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
African Crested Porcupine | No | No | No | No | No |
Sand Cat | No | No | No | No | No |