Prehistoric Animals

[UmekoSilvershade]

Would be cool if the added prehistoric animals and extinct ones.
Liiike dinosaurs, extinct mammals Tazmanian tiger etc

Smilodon, Dimetridon, Terror bird etc, would be fun! Specially with Jurassic park's 30th anniversary next year

 

[becks474]

I am the opinion that a Zoo game should belong to still existing animals. And there are still more than enough which are currently not in the game. For extinct animals there are other games like JWE2 for dinosaurs or prehistoric kingdom.

 

[Doran]

Prehistoric Kingdom / JWE2 is something for you.

 

[ElectricMonk]

No thanks

 

[Swjosdotschka]

Since we will not have enough and diverse existing animals in game at the end of DLC support, I absolutely don't want any slot for an animal wasted. Extinct animals would be a wasted slot for most of the players here in the forums.
However, as @Doran mentioned, Prehistoric Kingdom would be just what you search for. It's basically PZ with prehistoric animals. I don't play it, but the game looks awesome.

 

[NachoB]

I don't think we'll ever get exctinct animals. The game focus is set on conservation and "realism" (mostly). That said if we ever do get extinct animals i would not want dinos or anything crazy like that, just recently extinct animals such as thylacine, quagga, barbary lion, passenger pigeon, dodo, great auk, etc. The only one i can see maybe getting at some point as a special animal or something like that is the dodo though.

For dinos and such i already have PK which is basically PZ with extinct critters (and really cool designs)

 

[Leaf Productions]

I support you, Silvershade! All these nay-sayers will tremble behind the glory of the Bluebuck!

 

[AlexSea]

That'll never happen, thank goodness. If you want prehistoric animals in your zoo building game, I suggest you give Prehistoric Kingdom a try.

 

[DarthQuell]

I like extinction animals, particularly those that humans caused to become extinct. I mean, I loved Zoo Tycoon Dino Digs and Zoo Tycoon 2 Extinct Animals, but it wouldn't fit this game's theme about conservation, you know?

Prehistoric Kingdom seems to be almost exactly like Planet Zoo, but with a focus on the past. I have it, and it seems fun from what I've played (which isn't much because the graphics are a bit demanding and it lags a bit). Try it out; it's still in early access

 

[Cynogale bennettii II]

Perhaps a little pack of 'Lazarus species' might be a compromise - animals that were either thought to have become extinct or were described from fossils before later being discovered to still be alive. There are a fair number of possible candidates:

- Bush dog: The bush dog was first described in 1842 from Pleistocene-era fossils found in a Brazilian cave. The following year the modern bush dog was discovered and named, although it wasn't until the 20th century that it was realised that the fossils and the living bush dogs were actually the same species. They are a unique-looking and highly sociable small canid from South and parts of Central America. Although they are very rare in American zoos (just 4 zoos keep them), they are among the most commonly-kept wild dogs in European zoos, with 47 places keeping them.

- Chacoan peccary: The genus of animals this South American peccary belongs to was described in 1930 as fossils but was later discovered to still be alive in 1974. They, quite uniquely among Planet Zoo's current South American species, are adapted to very arid conditions and live in cactus forests impenetrable to human explorers. They are quite common in North American zoos. They first arrived in Europe at Berlin Zoo in 2012 and since then they have been dispersed across ten European zoos.

- Takahe: A bit of a complex history to this flightless New Zealand bird. It was well-known and hunted by the Maori but the first specimens identified by Europeans were fossil bones in 1847. A live bird was then discovered in 1850. Four more birds were collected after that, the last in 1898, and the species was considered to be extinct again. It wasn't until 1948 that a small population was rediscovered again. Although they aren't kept anywhere outside of New Zealand, they are kept in a small number of zoos within the country itself.

- Edward's pheasant: For a long time, this colourful pheasant from Vietnam was considered to be extinct - there was a gap where no sightings were recorded between 1928 and 1988. There was then another gap with no sightings between 2000 and 2018. Fortunately, birds were able to be collected and taken into captivity and are now actually quite common in zoos - Zootierliste records 104 zoos across Europe and Singapore that keep them.

- Gray's monitor: This large monitor lizard from the Philippines was first discovered in 1845. It was then not seen again by scientists until the 1970s, some 130 years later. They are quite unlike either of the monitor lizards currently in the game - for starters it is primarily arboreal and rarely comes down to the ground. It is also almost unique in feeding primarily on fruit, unlike other, normally exclusively carnivorous monitor lizards. They are fairly well-represented in zoos in the United States, with much smaller numbers occurring in European zoos.

- Parma wallaby: Because it is the smallest of the wallabies, solitary and was never especially common, this species was thought to be extinct before the end of the 19th century. In 1965, workers attempting to control a plague of invasive wallabies in New Zealand discovered there were parma wallabies among their number - animals from this population were moved to institutions both in Australia and elsewhere in the world in the hope of breeding them successfully. Then, in 1967, the wallabies were found to have also survived unseen in New South Wales. Here in Europe, they are the second most commonly-kept species of wallaby in zoos.

- Black footed ferret: This North American mustelid was declared extinct in 1979, but a residual surviving population was found in 1981. They have been subject to a very successful captive breeding programme and now over a thousand individuals survive in the wild. In 2020, one of the original 1981 ferrets that never reproduced was successfully cloned. This species is kept in a number of zoos across North America.

As for an exhibit animal, my personal choice would be the Mallorcan midwife toad. They were first described from fossil remains in 1977 but was later discovered alive in 1979. There is a successful captive breeding programme for this species in European zoos, with nine zoos currently keeping them.

 

[Planetwildlife]

Would be cool if the added prehistoric animals and extinct ones.
Liiike dinosaurs, extinct mammals Tazmanian tiger etc

Smilodon, Dimetridon, Terror bird etc, would be fun! Specially with Jurassic park's 30th anniversary next year

Nah, not necessary, but Prehistoric kingdom may have those in the game when it improves.

 

[DarthQuell]

Perhaps a little pack of 'Lazarus species' might be a compromise - animals that were either thought to have become extinct or were described from fossils before later being discovered to still be alive. There are a fair number of possible candidates:

- Bush dog: The bush dog was first described in 1842 from Pleistocene-era fossils found in a Brazilian cave. The following year the modern bush dog was discovered and named, although it wasn't until the 20th century that it was realised that the fossils and the living bush dogs were actually the same species. They are a unique-looking and highly sociable small canid from South and parts of Central America. Although they are very rare in American zoos (just 4 zoos keep them), they are among the most commonly-kept wild dogs in European zoos, with 47 places keeping them.
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- Chacoan peccary: The genus of animals this South American peccary belongs to was described in 1930 as fossils but was later discovered to still be alive in 1974. They, quite uniquely among Planet Zoo's current South American species, are adapted to very arid conditions and live in cactus forests impenetrable to human explorers. They are quite common in North American zoos. They first arrived in Europe at Berlin Zoo in 2012 and since then they have been dispersed across ten European zoos.
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- Takahe: A bit of a complex history to this flightless New Zealand bird. It was well-known and hunted by the Maori but the first specimens identified by Europeans were fossil bones in 1847. A live bird was then discovered in 1850. Four more birds were collected after that, the last in 1898, and the species was considered to be extinct again. It wasn't until 1948 that a small population was rediscovered again. Although they aren't kept anywhere outside of New Zealand, they are kept in a small number of zoos within the country itself.
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- Edward's pheasant: For a long time, this colourful pheasant from Vietnam was considered to be extinct - there was a gap where no sightings were recorded between 1928 and 1988. There was then another gap with no sightings between 2000 and 2018. Fortunately, birds were able to be collected and taken into captivity and are now actually quite common in zoos - Zootierliste records 104 zoos across Europe and Singapore that keep them.
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- Gray's monitor: This large monitor lizard from the Philippines was first discovered in 1845. It was then not seen again by scientists until the 1970s, some 130 years later. They are quite unlike either of the monitor lizards currently in the game - for starters it is primarily arboreal and rarely comes down to the ground. It is also almost unique in feeding primarily on fruit, unlike other, normally exclusively carnivorous monitor lizards. They are fairly well-represented in zoos in the United States, with much smaller numbers occurring in European zoos.
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- Parma wallaby: Because it is the smallest of the wallabies, solitary and was never especially common, this species was thought to be extinct before the end of the 19th century. In 1965, workers attempting to control a plague of invasive wallabies in New Zealand discovered there were parma wallabies among their number - animals from this population were moved to institutions both in Australia and elsewhere in the world in the hope of breeding them successfully. Then, in 1967, the wallabies were found to have also survived unseen in New South Wales. Here in Europe, they are the second most commonly-kept species of wallaby in zoos.
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- Black footed ferret: This North American mustelid was declared extinct in 1979, but a residual surviving population was found in 1981. They have been subject to a very successful captive breeding programme and now over a thousand individuals survive in the wild. In 2020, one of the original 1981 ferrets that never reproduced was successfully cloned. This species is kept in a number of zoos across North America.
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As for an exhibit animal, my personal choice would be the Mallorcan midwife toad. They were first described from fossil remains in 1977 but was later discovered alive in 1979. There is a successful captive breeding programme for this species in European zoos, with nine zoos currently keeping them.
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Actually, this is gold

 

[XT]

I'd like to see an age of mammals pack. Prehistoric Kingdom is generally dinosaur focused and modern zoo games are existing animals focused but the between time - the era just before us is full of so many really facinating animals and they don't see much love in simulation games.

Someday I'd love to see a simulaiton game like PZ or PK that is ... a base game with both DLCs (or small-ish/medium packs) but also has large expansion options. Like - same engine or style but players can expand in various directions depending on what they like: Marine Life? Expansion Pack. Dino era? Expansion Pack. Age of Mammals? Expansion Pack, etc.

 

[premierfong]

Prehistoric Kingdom / JWE2 is something for you.

Exactly.

 

[NachoB]

Perhaps a little pack of 'Lazarus species' might be a compromise - animals that were either thought to have become extinct or were described from fossils before later being discovered to still be alive. There are a fair number of possible candidates:

- Bush dog: The bush dog was first described in 1842 from Pleistocene-era fossils found in a Brazilian cave. The following year the modern bush dog was discovered and named, although it wasn't until the 20th century that it was realised that the fossils and the living bush dogs were actually the same species. They are a unique-looking and highly sociable small canid from South and parts of Central America. Although they are very rare in American zoos (just 4 zoos keep them), they are among the most commonly-kept wild dogs in European zoos, with 47 places keeping them.
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- Chacoan peccary: The genus of animals this South American peccary belongs to was described in 1930 as fossils but was later discovered to still be alive in 1974. They, quite uniquely among Planet Zoo's current South American species, are adapted to very arid conditions and live in cactus forests impenetrable to human explorers. They are quite common in North American zoos. They first arrived in Europe at Berlin Zoo in 2012 and since then they have been dispersed across ten European zoos.
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- Takahe: A bit of a complex history to this flightless New Zealand bird. It was well-known and hunted by the Maori but the first specimens identified by Europeans were fossil bones in 1847. A live bird was then discovered in 1850. Four more birds were collected after that, the last in 1898, and the species was considered to be extinct again. It wasn't until 1948 that a small population was rediscovered again. Although they aren't kept anywhere outside of New Zealand, they are kept in a small number of zoos within the country itself.
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- Edward's pheasant: For a long time, this colourful pheasant from Vietnam was considered to be extinct - there was a gap where no sightings were recorded between 1928 and 1988. There was then another gap with no sightings between 2000 and 2018. Fortunately, birds were able to be collected and taken into captivity and are now actually quite common in zoos - Zootierliste records 104 zoos across Europe and Singapore that keep them.
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- Gray's monitor: This large monitor lizard from the Philippines was first discovered in 1845. It was then not seen again by scientists until the 1970s, some 130 years later. They are quite unlike either of the monitor lizards currently in the game - for starters it is primarily arboreal and rarely comes down to the ground. It is also almost unique in feeding primarily on fruit, unlike other, normally exclusively carnivorous monitor lizards. They are fairly well-represented in zoos in the United States, with much smaller numbers occurring in European zoos.
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- Parma wallaby: Because it is the smallest of the wallabies, solitary and was never especially common, this species was thought to be extinct before the end of the 19th century. In 1965, workers attempting to control a plague of invasive wallabies in New Zealand discovered there were parma wallabies among their number - animals from this population were moved to institutions both in Australia and elsewhere in the world in the hope of breeding them successfully. Then, in 1967, the wallabies were found to have also survived unseen in New South Wales. Here in Europe, they are the second most commonly-kept species of wallaby in zoos.
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- Black footed ferret: This North American mustelid was declared extinct in 1979, but a residual surviving population was found in 1981. They have been subject to a very successful captive breeding programme and now over a thousand individuals survive in the wild. In 2020, one of the original 1981 ferrets that never reproduced was successfully cloned. This species is kept in a number of zoos across North America.
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As for an exhibit animal, my personal choice would be the Mallorcan midwife toad. They were first described from fossil remains in 1977 but was later discovered alive in 1979. There is a successful captive breeding programme for this species in European zoos, with nine zoos currently keeping them.
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I love the idea for a pack like this All your inclusions are awesome and would be great to have, unfortunally i don't see it happening. Many species from this list feel too niche or rare and not popular enough for sells.

It was a really interesting post though. I enjoyed learning all that.

 

[whale_bite]

Yeah would love an extinction pack based solely on Lazarus Taxa and Extinct in the wild species like Takahe, Pierre David's Deer, Black-footed ferrets, and Kihansi Spray Toads, though as a reference to the selective breeding if zebra to make a quagga looking one, would love an extremely rare quagga skin for the zebra. Also a mechanical dinosaur or two would be neat.

 

[biggest_dreamer]

Perhaps a little pack of 'Lazarus species' might be a compromise - animals that were either thought to have become extinct or were described from fossils before later being discovered to still be alive. There are a fair number of possible candidates:

- Bush dog: The bush dog was first described in 1842 from Pleistocene-era fossils found in a Brazilian cave. The following year the modern bush dog was discovered and named, although it wasn't until the 20th century that it was realised that the fossils and the living bush dogs were actually the same species. They are a unique-looking and highly sociable small canid from South and parts of Central America. Although they are very rare in American zoos (just 4 zoos keep them), they are among the most commonly-kept wild dogs in European zoos, with 47 places keeping them.
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- Chacoan peccary: The genus of animals this South American peccary belongs to was described in 1930 as fossils but was later discovered to still be alive in 1974. They, quite uniquely among Planet Zoo's current South American species, are adapted to very arid conditions and live in cactus forests impenetrable to human explorers. They are quite common in North American zoos. They first arrived in Europe at Berlin Zoo in 2012 and since then they have been dispersed across ten European zoos.
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- Takahe: A bit of a complex history to this flightless New Zealand bird. It was well-known and hunted by the Maori but the first specimens identified by Europeans were fossil bones in 1847. A live bird was then discovered in 1850. Four more birds were collected after that, the last in 1898, and the species was considered to be extinct again. It wasn't until 1948 that a small population was rediscovered again. Although they aren't kept anywhere outside of New Zealand, they are kept in a small number of zoos within the country itself.
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- Edward's pheasant: For a long time, this colourful pheasant from Vietnam was considered to be extinct - there was a gap where no sightings were recorded between 1928 and 1988. There was then another gap with no sightings between 2000 and 2018. Fortunately, birds were able to be collected and taken into captivity and are now actually quite common in zoos - Zootierliste records 104 zoos across Europe and Singapore that keep them.
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- Gray's monitor: This large monitor lizard from the Philippines was first discovered in 1845. It was then not seen again by scientists until the 1970s, some 130 years later. They are quite unlike either of the monitor lizards currently in the game - for starters it is primarily arboreal and rarely comes down to the ground. It is also almost unique in feeding primarily on fruit, unlike other, normally exclusively carnivorous monitor lizards. They are fairly well-represented in zoos in the United States, with much smaller numbers occurring in European zoos.
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- Parma wallaby: Because it is the smallest of the wallabies, solitary and was never especially common, this species was thought to be extinct before the end of the 19th century. In 1965, workers attempting to control a plague of invasive wallabies in New Zealand discovered there were parma wallabies among their number - animals from this population were moved to institutions both in Australia and elsewhere in the world in the hope of breeding them successfully. Then, in 1967, the wallabies were found to have also survived unseen in New South Wales. Here in Europe, they are the second most commonly-kept species of wallaby in zoos.
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- Black footed ferret: This North American mustelid was declared extinct in 1979, but a residual surviving population was found in 1981. They have been subject to a very successful captive breeding programme and now over a thousand individuals survive in the wild. In 2020, one of the original 1981 ferrets that never reproduced was successfully cloned. This species is kept in a number of zoos across North America.
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As for an exhibit animal, my personal choice would be the Mallorcan midwife toad. They were first described from fossil remains in 1977 but was later discovered alive in 1979. There is a successful captive breeding programme for this species in European zoos, with nine zoos currently keeping them.
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This is one of the coolest atypical pack ideas I’ve ever seen, and I’m usually not a fan of suggestions that rely on too many super niche choices. Awesome job.