Ranking the areas still requiring animals
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Essential:
- Wolverine: Good rep for Eurasia and NA. Fierce little beast
- American Black Bear: Last main essential for NA
- Wapiti: majestic deer for NA
- Bighorn Sheep: I think the range extends into taiga slightly. This is more of a mountain creature
- Martens: There are several great options for martens. Both the yellow-throated for Asia and the Pine/Beech marten for Europe would be cool. If we get a ton of support (+100 animals), I might be interested in the American fisher.
- Canadian Lynx: I'd prefer a bobcat (which seems to range slightly into taiga) for versatility, but the taiga seems to be more the domain of the Canadian Lynx
- Siberian Musk Deer: I like muntjacs better, but this could also work as small, fanged deer for Asia
- Wisent: conservation story
- White Tailed Deer: possible sub for Wapiti
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Essential:
- Wolverine: one of the most iconic animals from this biome
- American black bear: all bears are essential animals
- Eurasian otter or North American river otter: we need a cold biome solitary otter to counterpart the two tropical otters that live in groups
- Alpine marmot: we need a small animal for cold biomes to counterpart the meerkats and prairie dogs
- Eurasian brown bear: to repair the mistake made when choosing the HBB instead
- Wapiti: a nice partner for the red deer
- Roe deer: it would complete the European deer
- Siberian Musk Deer: cute little deer
- Pine marten: something new
i haven't mentioned muskox becasue I think they are more in the tundra category, and wild boards and European bisons are more into the temperate biome.
Essential animals
- Wolverine. I don’t really care but this animal can be used in multiple areas and continents so it has a versatility. That and people want it.
- A temperate otter. I will repeat Aramar’s point despite leaning to the taxonomic side.
Good additions
- Groundhog. While not the most attractive animal, this rodent is culturally relevant with the holiday named after it. The NA overrepresentation could hamper this animal’s chances. Gimme the Punx man.
- American Black Bear. This animal could cause a discourse, but I always thought of them as a keystone species of North America. Said continent could hamper its chances akin to the groundhog.
- Canada Goose. It’s only in the oddball section because this animal is more of a taxonomic request (waterfowl) so I will list it as an oddball the way I listed the black swan. This animal might cause a heated debate since people who live amongst these birds tend to not like them due to their protective nature. But to that I say a man can dream.
- Bobcat. I love ‘en but I wouldn’t expect them due to them looking indistinguishable from the Eurasian lynx to many people.
- Wisent. Similar reason to bobcat.
Essential:
American Black Bear (almost every American zoo has them)
Wolverine
Yellow throated marten
Siberian musk deer
Good additions:
Alpine Marmot
Wisent
Temperate otter
Oddballs:
Wapiti
Bobcat
American Black Bear (almost every American zoo has them)
Wolverine
Yellow throated marten
Siberian musk deer
Good additions:
Alpine Marmot
Wisent
Temperate otter
Oddballs:
Wapiti
Bobcat
I missed the discussion about temperate Australia. The only thing I'm gonna say about it is the Tasmanian Devil is essential.
About Eurasian Taiga and NA Taiga
Essential: American Black Bear (I think of it more as a temperate animal but since everyone is mentioning it here, I will too)
Good additions: Wolverine
NA Porcupine (if it counts as Taiga, I'm not sure)
Oddballs: Alpine Marmot
About Eurasian Taiga and NA Taiga
Essential: American Black Bear (I think of it more as a temperate animal but since everyone is mentioning it here, I will too)
Good additions: Wolverine
NA Porcupine (if it counts as Taiga, I'm not sure)
Oddballs: Alpine Marmot
Essential animals
In the case of tropical Africa, a lot of the big names are here: chimps, gorillas, okapi, bongos, pygmy hippos, RRH. I honestly can't think of anything else except for maybe a few monkeys:
- Vervet monkeys
- Colobus monkeys
Good additions
There is a few, but not much:
- Drill
- Spotted-neck otter
Unexpected oddballs
Not much:
- African forest elephant
- Giant forest hog
Essential animals
Hey man, check it out:
- Panther chameleon
- Rhinoceros chameleon
- Madagascan day gecko
- Madagascan hissing cockroach
- Radiated tortoise
Good additions
There are quite a few:
- Malagasy leaf-nosed snake
- Spider tortoise
- Coquerel's sifaka
- Tomato frog
- Malagasy mantella
- Aye-aye
Unexpected oddballs
Oh yeah:
- Ring-tail vontsira
- Fanaloka
- Lowland streaked tenrec
Essential animals
Not much:
- Wild boar
- Wisent
Good additions
Not much:
- European green lizard
Unexpected oddballs
Nothing here
Essential animals
I don't have many suggestions here:
- Gaur
- King cobra
- Reticulated python
Good additions
I do have a couple of ideas:
- Slow loris - any species
- Rhesus macaque
- Celebes crested macaque
Unexpected oddballs
Not much:
- Tarsier - any species
- Silver pheasant
- Red junglefowl
Essential animals
A whole group, y'all:
- Geoffrey's spider monkey
- Black howler monkey
- Central American squirrel monkey
- Hoffman's two-toed sloth
- Plumed basilisk
- Green tree boa
Good additions
Yep:
- Northern tamandua
- Agouti - any species
- Porcupine - any species
- Currasow - any species
- Ocellated turkey
- Eyelash viper
- Blue poison frog
Unexpected oddballs
Oh yeah:
- Virginia opossum
- Eastern cottontail
- Allison's anole
- Three-banded armadillo
Essential animals
Just 2:
- Walrus
- Musk ox
Good additions
Not many:
- Arctic hare
- Canada goose
- Puffin - any species
Unexpected oddballs
Just 1:
- Arctic wooly bear moth
Essential animals
Not too many:
- Thorny devil
- Inland taipan
- Frilled lizard
Good additions
Here we go
- Greater bilby
- Gray kangaroo
- Sand goanna
- Perentie(?)
Unexpected oddballs
Nothing I can think of
Essential animals
Not much:
- Yak
Good additions
Not much:
- Himalayan thar
- Mongolian wild donkey
Unexpected oddballs
Not much:
- Musk deer
- Marbled polecat
Essential animals
Just a few:
- Secretary bird
- Gerenuk
- Black rhinoceros
- Black mamba
Good additions
A few:
- Ratel
- Eland
- Green mamba
Unexpected oddballs
Not much:
- Red spitting cobra
- Egg-eating snake
Essential animals
I have some:
- Dromedary came
- Veiled chameleon
- Hamadryas baboon
Good additions
A few:
- Arabian oryx
- Horned viper
- Mouflon
Unexpected oddballs
Nothing here
Essential animals
A couple:
- Patagonian mara
- Greater rhea
Good additions
Some:
- Southern pudú
- Coypu
Unexpected oddballs
Some:
- Vicuña
- Guanaco
- Mountain viscacha
Essential animals
Oh yeah:
- Collared peccary
- Black-footed ferret
- American black bear
Good additions
Some:
- Greater roadrunner
- Prairie chicken
- Bighorn sheep
Unexpected oddballs
Some:
- Ringtail cat
- Bobcat
Essential animals
Just one:
- Blackbuck
Good additions
A few:
- Nilgai
- Sloth bear
- Muntjac
Unexpected oddballs
Just one:
- Mugger crocodile
Essential animals
Just one:
- Tasmanian devil
Good additions
Just a few:
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat
- Long-beak echidna
- Quokka
Unexpected oddballs
Some:
- Possum - any species
- Sugar gliders
Essential animals
Just a couple:
- American black bear
- Wolverine
Just one:
- Eurasian brown bear
Can't think of anything, honestly
I just wanna say that these are animals I could think of at the top of my head. I can't think of any others, so if my list seems odd and/or short/long, sorry
I hate to sound like a nerd but none of the extant species of long beaked echidna live in Australia nor are they found in temperate hanitats.
Ha ha, oops. I was mistaken from pop culture
To be fair there arent to many animals that are exlusively taiga inhabitants. Most of the animals found in taigas are also found in more temperate regions
Yeah musk deer are cool. I'll also add them to my good additions section.How can a sane human being not care for a freaking vampire deer? Really people?
Musk Deer are taiga animals, my blijdorp zoo has them, so realism lovers have no reason to not want them in the game, I guess they rather see leopard #2
Essential:
• American Black Bear: A must have for North America, a common zoo animals in North America even in Mexico is more common than the Grizzly Bear
Good adittions:
• Elk: another common in zoos here but now that we have the red Deer I see difficult
• Wild boar
• North America or Euroasian river other
• North America porcupine
• Any species of Squirrels
Oddballs:
• American Badger
• Wisent
• Canadiense Lynx
• Coyote
• American Black Bear: A must have for North America, a common zoo animals in North America even in Mexico is more common than the Grizzly Bear
Good adittions:
• Elk: another common in zoos here but now that we have the red Deer I see difficult
• Wild boar
• North America or Euroasian river other
• North America porcupine
• Any species of Squirrels
Oddballs:
• American Badger
• Wisent
• Canadiense Lynx
• Coyote
You know what else is really bizzare? Your attitude towards other people wishes. Most posts I read from you consist of mocking people that like realism, acting like your wishes are superior and cleverly calling people stupid for wishing something that you personally do not like...No-one is calling out your obsession with Saiga and Leopard Seal, so why you do it to others?Obsession with the wisent on these forums is bizar
Yeah, this post will most likely be deleted, but...it had to be said.
Uhm, just a fun notice about an ontopic animal and you are going out of your mind with hostility? Why? No-one is calling out my obsession? You just did.
Edit: funny to see posts against ME (perfect me) always seem to get the most likes around here, so much hate against me, must be special!
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