I often hear about that we need more southamerican animals, while i myself mostly was at peace with the number ingame, until i actually started building my southamerica area and really scrape the bottom of the barrel to fill it.
The thing is that other with other regions, i dont have any animals come instantly to mind that i would want or need in the game, besides the capybara and maybe the maned wolf, so i thought about why not make a thread to collect some idears for nice and reasonable south american animals to flesh out the raster.
I think the capybara is a no brainer, but some less obvious choices i would really like to see are maras.
Another big rodent that lives in the southern grasslands, they have a similar niche to rabbits, but larger and are a cornerstone species of their ecosystem.
They also are quite common in zoos, often held in mixed southamerican habitats.
In the same vein i would nominate the greater rhea. They arnt as important to me, as they look like grey emus, but they would bring something unique for southamerica, eventhough its more flashy cousins are allready in the game or heavily requested. Its another creature from the pampa (and some parts of northern germany lol) and would complete with the mara and the maned wolf the most important/iconic pampa animals.
Another more obvious pick would be the coati, a small aboreal predator from the tropical north of south and zentralamerica.
Quite common in zoos, they are included in most southamerican sections or as standalone exhibits (in my old crappy childhood zoo they are inhabiting the old, even more crappy bear enclosure) and do well in all kinds of exhibit, aswell as in indoor exhibits.
But thats from my side for now, what southamerican animals would you want/expect to come to the game?
The thing is that other with other regions, i dont have any animals come instantly to mind that i would want or need in the game, besides the capybara and maybe the maned wolf, so i thought about why not make a thread to collect some idears for nice and reasonable south american animals to flesh out the raster.
I think the capybara is a no brainer, but some less obvious choices i would really like to see are maras.
Another big rodent that lives in the southern grasslands, they have a similar niche to rabbits, but larger and are a cornerstone species of their ecosystem.
They also are quite common in zoos, often held in mixed southamerican habitats.
In the same vein i would nominate the greater rhea. They arnt as important to me, as they look like grey emus, but they would bring something unique for southamerica, eventhough its more flashy cousins are allready in the game or heavily requested. Its another creature from the pampa (and some parts of northern germany lol) and would complete with the mara and the maned wolf the most important/iconic pampa animals.
Another more obvious pick would be the coati, a small aboreal predator from the tropical north of south and zentralamerica.
Quite common in zoos, they are included in most southamerican sections or as standalone exhibits (in my old crappy childhood zoo they are inhabiting the old, even more crappy bear enclosure) and do well in all kinds of exhibit, aswell as in indoor exhibits.
But thats from my side for now, what southamerican animals would you want/expect to come to the game?
