September 3, 2019 - Taxonomic Distribution to date

Cl4ssMammalia

Cl4ssMammalia
The divisions of animals below are based in part on the list of Taxon Advisory Groups (TAGs) within the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).

Mammals - 29
Antelope/Giraffe - 6 - black wildebeest, okapi, pronghorn antelope, reticulated giraffe, springbok, Thomson's gazelle
Ape - 2 - Bornean orangutan, Western chimpanzee
Bear - 2 - grizzly bear, Himalayan brown bear
Canid/Hyaenid - 3 - African wild dog, spotted hyena, timber wolf
Elephant - 2 - African elephant, Indian elephant
Equid - 1 - plains zebra
Felid - 4 - Bengal tiger, cheetah, snow leopard, West African lion
Old World Monkey - 1 - mandrill
Pangolin/Aardvark/Xenarthra - 1 - aardvark
Prosimian - 1 - ring-tailed lemur
Rhinoceros - 1 - Indian rhinoceros
Tapir - 1 - Baird's tapir
Wild Cattle/Camelid - 1 - Bactrian camel
Wild Pig/Hippo - 3 - common warthog, hippopotamus, pygmy hippopotamus

Birds - 2
Galliformes - 1 - Indian peafowl
Struthioniformes - 1 - common ostrich

Herptiles - 11
Amphibian - 2 - goliath frog, Lehmann's poison frog
Chelonian - 2 - Aldabra giant tortoise, giant Galapagos tortoise
Crocodilian - 2 - gharial, saltwater crocodile
Lizard - 3 - green iguana, Komodo dragon, lesser Antillean iguana
Snake - 2 - boa constrictor, yellow anaconda

Terrestrial invertebrates - 4
Arachnid - 3 - Brazilian wandering spider, giant forest scorpion, goliath birdeater
Insect - 1 - titan beetle

Total: 46 (including 10 exhibit animals)
 

Seahorse Helicopter

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This is awesome! :) I do think maybe, though, that bears should be counted as 1 instead of 2 since Himalayan and Grizzly bears are both subspecies of the brown bear, so technically that is one species? Just a thought! I love this.
 

Cl4ssMammalia

Cl4ssMammalia
Seahorse Helicopter said:
This is awesome! :) I do think maybe, though, that bears should be counted as 1 instead of 2 since Himalayan and Grizzly bears are both subspecies of the brown bear, so technically that is one species? Just a thought! I love this.
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I agree that ultimately we're dealing with a single species of bear, but if Frontier is going to split hairs among subspecies, then so must I.
 

Voids Light

Voids Light
The way I see it, is that the subspecies of the animals aren't really taking slots away in the 50+, as they are pretty easy to make I'm sure. Some of the subspecies in this game are almost the same as the original version of the animal, for example the grizzly bears and the Himalayan bears.
 

Nicholas LionRider

Nicholas LionRider
Voids Light said:
The way I see it, is that the subspecies of the animals aren't really taking slots away in the 50+, as they are pretty easy to make I'm sure. Some of the subspecies in this game are almost the same as the original version of the animal, for example the grizzly bears and the Himalayan bears.
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My issue isn’t that they included another bear or even it being just a reskin, just would have preferred a valid reskin to be a black bear, moon bear, spectacled bear, etc. that is more common in zoos. Pandas and Polar Bears will likely come regardless but I do think choosing another brown bear over a black bear was a missed opportunity.
 

Joozik2

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I believe Himalayan bear was chosen based on its highly endangered status and its association with the yeti. Perhaps we will find that there will be even a reasoning because campaign story. I am sure we will get black bears as well, if not base game then dlc for sure.
 

[VR] Deggial

[VR] Deggial
Even if the models of both brown bears are identical (but are they? I haven't made a 1:1 comparison), I like the idea of region-themed animal choices. A Grizzly simply doesn't fit into an Himalaya themed zoo (sector) with Snow Leopard and Yak (or whatever goat/bovine of this region we might get).
Additionally, both subspecies prefer different biomes, hence the habitats will look quite different, even if the inhabitants look similar.

This is, by the way, the reason why I asked for a Wisent as well.
While visually they might be quite similar (but not identical) to Buffaloes, their habitats would differ significantly and thematically, they would fit into an European themed zoo.

At the end, this mimics the Elite Dangerous discussion about ship variants, I guess.
Some players wanted them in order to have different flight dynamics and interior layouts, even if the ship designs were based upon already existing models. When FDev finally implemented them, (other) players complained about “lazy” development and cheap re-skinning.
Personally, I was in favor of those variants and I wouldn’t mind some “low effort” variants of animals in Planet Zoo as well. Even those variants would have to have variations in fur color and anatomical adaptations of course (if required) and quite a different habitat need. The later is way easier to implement, I guess, as it should only require some number-tweaking.

If such a development decision would raise the animal count from “50+some” to “way over 50”, I am happy with it. :)
 
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Whats0There

Whats0There
Deggial said:
Even if the models of both brown bears are identical (but are they? I haven't made a 1:1 comparison), I like the idea of region-themed animal choices. A Grizzly simply doesn't fit into an Himalaya themed zoo (sector) with Snow Leopard and Yak (or whatever goat/bovine of this region we might get).
Additionally, both subspecies prefer different biomes, hence the habitats will look quite different, even if the inhabitants look similar.

This is, by the way, the reason why I asked for a Wisent as well.
Visually they might be quite similar (but not identical) to Buffaloes, their habitats would differ significantly and thematically, they would fit into an European themed zoo.

At the end, this mimics the Elite Dangerous discussion about ship variants, I guess.
Some players wanted them in order to have different flight dynamics and interior outlays, even if the ship designs were based upon already existing models. When FDev finally implemented them, (other) players complained about “lazy” development and cheap re-skinning.
Personally, I was in favor of those variants and I wouldn’t mind some “low effort” variants of animals in Planet Zoo as well. Even those variants would have to have variations in fur color and anatomical adoptions of course (if required) and quite a different habitat need. The later is way easier to implement, I guess, as it should only require some number-tweaking.

If such a development decision would raise the animal count from “50+some” to “way over 50”, I am happy with it. :)
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This is a good take and you are now my spokesperson.
 
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