new asian bear not formosan name change
european brown bear would have different gameplay since its found on a different continent so if you actually care about foliage the habitats would look different from the Himalayan or the grizzly.
The notifications only pan me if I am actively pretending one animal is another otherwise I dont care and use both bears as intended.
The thing is pretending looks different for everyone for me I just cant pretend one as animal is another going down taxonomically ie species to subspecies I can occasionally but if the go to the effort to specify the subspecies I just cant knowingly pretend its not that animal.
yeah they clearly use the iucn as their main source of info for ranges and likely taxonomy but the monarch is not native to oceania and this should at least be noted in the zoopedia especially since continents it has shown up in small numbers naturally such as africa dont have it as part of its native range.Monarchs aren't established in Africa to my knowledge, though occasional vagrants show up.
I had a look at what the IUCN Red List map for the monarch looked like, given Frontier usually bases their Zoopedia map on that to my knowledge, and this might be the reason:
Basically, the IUCN considers the monarch "native" to its exotic range for the sake of its assessment given it spread there naturally rather than being deliberately introduced, even though it only manages to survive in these regions because its food plants are invasive weeds introduced by humans. Still, as it says, the monarch is only really native to the Americas and isn't much better of a representative for Oceania or tropical Asia than any other exotic species is.
Just out of interest, here's a cool map of the spread of monarchs into the Asia-Pacific region:
The subspecies debate especially around more commonly known animals will go on forever.
For me if I want to build a habitat for a mainland asian black bear I just cant, it hurts me to pretend one animal is another I just cant do it even if they are as visually similar as the formosan and mainland asian black bear because in my mind all I can think about is how this is not what its was frontier intended.
To be clear I dont hate the formosan bear or want it replaced its good as its own animal but in my mind it can never be a mainland asian black bear maybe if it was the other way round I would be fine since in general pretending a general species is a subspecies is easier for me but I know for some people even that is impossible.
I also agree that adding they asian black bear is a wasted slot since very few people would get anything from its inclusion and even then it will be minimal so unless we are getting another 5+ years of support it can stay out of the game
you clearly missed the superior optionHabitat birds have gotten a lot more talk after the swan, but no matter the votes, nothing comes close to this guy. Who wouldn't want such an amazing icon.
Excuse me what?
Ducks are ubiquitous zoo animals, there are like 5 species of duck in the top 50 most common zoo animals alone on zootierliste.
I mean sure mallards will often chill out at zoos, but there are PLENTY of species intentionally kept there aswell
Where im from purposeful duck habitats just arent a thing they are in almost every zoo but as wild residents of another animals enclosure so the dont feel like zoo animals to me but they are definitely important to the atmosphere of a zoo.
I’m very good at doing that
