The much-talked about Europe DLC (Ideas of Animals)

[CeylaMin]

I think the DLC for the European animals has been addressed very, very often with all kinds of requests.
I'm trying to bring in 10 different animals
What comes into play or whether something comes into play is up to the developer.

European wild cat / Felis silvestris silvestris - LC
Head-torso length: 47 - 65.5 cm
Tail length: 26 - 33 cm
Weight: 2.3 - 7.3 kg
Diet: small mammals and birds

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Eurasian beaver, (European beaver) / Castor fiber - LC
Occurrence: W-, Z-, E- and N-Europe as well as N-Asia (Russia, Mongolia, China)
Head-torso length: 80 - 102 cm
Tail length: approx. 35 cm
Weight: 23 - 32 kg
Food: shoots, leaves, grasses, herbs, softwoods

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European pond turtle / Emys orbicularis - NT
Occurrence: Europe, northern Africa, western and central Asia
Habitat: lakes, ponds, ponds, slowly flowing rivers and streams, estuaries
Total length: 12 - 38 cm
Weight: 400 - 1500 g
Food: snails, crustaceans, aquatic insects, insect larvae, tadpoles, small fish, carrion, occasionally aquatic plants

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European horned viper, (European sand otter) (nominate form) / Vipera ammodytes ammodytes
Occurrence: NW Italy, parts of Romania, NW Bulgaria, the Balkans and numerous islands of the Adriatic
Habitat: rocks, open forests, dry stone walls
Total length: 60 - 95 cm
Food: small birds, lizards, small snakes, small mammals

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European badger / Meles meles meles - LC
Occurrence: almost all of Europe eastwards (including Great Britain and Scandinavia) to the Volga and the Urals (except Iberian Peninsula, Crete, Rhodes and SW Norway)
Head-torso length: 56 - 90 cm
Tail length: 11.5 - 20.2 cm
Weight: 10 - 16 kg
Food: worms, insects and their larvae, snails, small mammals (voles, shrews, moles, young wild rabbits), carrion, nestlings, bird eggs, amphibians, reptiles, fruits, berries, roots, tubers

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European tree frog / Hyla arborea

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European quail (Eurasian quail) / Coturnix coturnix coturnix - LC
Occurrence: Europe east to OZ Russia and Mongolia, south to NW Africa and N / Z India, possibly to Bangladesh; as a winter guest mainly in the African Sahel zone as well as in Z- and S-India
Habitat: fields and meadows with few bushes and trees, arable fields
Tail length: 3.4 - 4.3 cm
Total length: 16-20 cm
Wingspan: 32 - 35 cm
Weight: 70 - 155 g

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European mouflon, (Tyrrhenian mouflon), (European wild sheep) / Ovis orientalis musimon; (Syn .: Ovis aries musimon) - VU
Occurrence: originally Corsica, Sardinia, naturalized in Europe
Habitat: dry, stony, steppe-like shrub landscapes
Head-torso length: 110 - 125 cm
Weight: 25 - 50 kg
Food: grasses, herbs, leaves

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European gray crane, (Western crane) / Grus grus grus
Occurrence: Z-, N- and E-Europa eastwards to the Urals; Wintering areas in S-Europe and N-Africa

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Ordinary chameleon, (Common chameleon), (European chameleon) / Chamaeleo chamaeleon - LC
Occurrence: southern Europe, northern Africa, western Asia
Habitat: semi-deserts, steppe, rocky regions, desert oases
Total length: up to 40 cm
Diet: insects, arachnids, small reptiles, birds and small mammals

A few more mentions

Caucasian wild boar, (Eastern European wild boar), (Carpathian wild boar) * / Sus scrofa attila * - LC
Occurrence: Hungary, Ukraine, Z- and S-Belarus, Romania, Moldova, S-Russia along the northern flank of the Caucasus; possibly this premiere in Iraq, W- and SW-Iran,
E-Turkey, Syria, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenis
Habitat: Forests and reeds
Head-torso length: 140 - 180 cm
Weight: 100 - 160 kg
Food: omnivorous

European fallow deer / Dama dama; (Syn .: Dama dama dama) - LC
Occurrence: Europe to Asia Minor
Head-torso length: 140 - 170 cm
Tail length: 15-25 cm
Weight: 45 - 80 kg
Food: grass, herbs, shoots, moss, lichens, tree fruits

European red fox, (Central European red fox) / Vulpes vulpes crucigera - LC
Occurrence: from Europe up to and including N and Z Russia

Central European red deer / Cervus elaphus hippelaphus - LC
Occurrence: Central Europe
Head-torso length: 200 cm
Weight: 150 - 200 kg
Food: grass, herbs, shoots, mosses, lichens, tree fruits

Central European capercaillie * / Tetrao urogallus crassirostris; (Syn .: Tetrao urogallus major) *
Occurrence: Central Europe, from Germany and the Alps to the southwestern Baltic States, western Belarus, the eastern Carpathians and N-Macedonia

East Atlantic Seal, (European Seal) / Phoca vitulina vitulina - LC
Occurrence: Northern East Atlantic (coastal areas of Western, Z and N Europe)
Head-torso length: 200 cm
Weight: 100 kg
Food: fish, crabs

Eastern European grass snake, (Balkan grass snake), (Caucasus grass snake) * / Natrix natrix persa *
Occurrence: from Bulgaria through Greece, Asia Minor to Syria and northern Iran
Habitat: reed-covered and herbaceous banks of standing or slowly flowing water of all kinds, mountain slopes, forest edges, moors, vineyards, light secondary forests
Total length: 80-150 cm
Food: frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, fish, lizards, small mammals

Southern European domestic water buffalo / Bubalus arnee f. Bubalis
Southwest European purple chicken / Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio
European snake eye lizard, (European snake eye), (snake eye) ** / Ophisops elegans ** - NE

 

[LN]

I think the DLC for the European animals has been addressed very, very often with all kinds of requests.
I'm trying to bring in 10 different animals
What comes into play or whether something comes into play is up to the developer.

European wild cat / Felis silvestris silvestris - LC
Head-torso length: 47 - 65.5 cm
Tail length: 26 - 33 cm
Weight: 2.3 - 7.3 kg
Diet: small mammals and birds
View attachment 211889
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Eurasian beaver, (European beaver) / Castor fiber - LC
Occurrence: W-, Z-, E- and N-Europe as well as N-Asia (Russia, Mongolia, China)
Head-torso length: 80 - 102 cm
Tail length: approx. 35 cm
Weight: 23 - 32 kg
Food: shoots, leaves, grasses, herbs, softwoods
View attachment 211890
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European pond turtle / Emys orbicularis - NT
Occurrence: Europe, northern Africa, western and central Asia
Habitat: lakes, ponds, ponds, slowly flowing rivers and streams, estuaries
Total length: 12 - 38 cm
Weight: 400 - 1500 g
Food: snails, crustaceans, aquatic insects, insect larvae, tadpoles, small fish, carrion, occasionally aquatic plants
View attachment 211891
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European horned viper, (European sand otter) (nominate form) / Vipera ammodytes ammodytes
Occurrence: NW Italy, parts of Romania, NW Bulgaria, the Balkans and numerous islands of the Adriatic
Habitat: rocks, open forests, dry stone walls
Total length: 60 - 95 cm
Food: small birds, lizards, small snakes, small mammals
View attachment 211892
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European badger / Meles meles meles - LC
Occurrence: almost all of Europe eastwards (including Great Britain and Scandinavia) to the Volga and the Urals (except Iberian Peninsula, Crete, Rhodes and SW Norway)
Head-torso length: 56 - 90 cm
Tail length: 11.5 - 20.2 cm
Weight: 10 - 16 kg
Food: worms, insects and their larvae, snails, small mammals (voles, shrews, moles, young wild rabbits), carrion, nestlings, bird eggs, amphibians, reptiles, fruits, berries, roots, tubers
View attachment 211893
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European tree frog / Hyla arborea
View attachment 211894
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European quail (Eurasian quail) / Coturnix coturnix coturnix - LC
Occurrence: Europe east to OZ Russia and Mongolia, south to NW Africa and N / Z India, possibly to Bangladesh; as a winter guest mainly in the African Sahel zone as well as in Z- and S-India
Habitat: fields and meadows with few bushes and trees, arable fields
Tail length: 3.4 - 4.3 cm
Total length: 16-20 cm
Wingspan: 32 - 35 cm
Weight: 70 - 155 g
View attachment 211895
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European mouflon, (Tyrrhenian mouflon), (European wild sheep) / Ovis orientalis musimon; (Syn .: Ovis aries musimon) - VU
Occurrence: originally Corsica, Sardinia, naturalized in Europe
Habitat: dry, stony, steppe-like shrub landscapes
Head-torso length: 110 - 125 cm
Weight: 25 - 50 kg
Food: grasses, herbs, leaves
View attachment 211901
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European gray crane, (Western crane) / Grus grus grus
Occurrence: Z-, N- and E-Europa eastwards to the Urals; Wintering areas in S-Europe and N-Africa
View attachment 211902
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Ordinary chameleon, (Common chameleon), (European chameleon) / Chamaeleo chamaeleon - LC
Occurrence: southern Europe, northern Africa, western Asia
Habitat: semi-deserts, steppe, rocky regions, desert oases
Total length: up to 40 cm
Diet: insects, arachnids, small reptiles, birds and small mammals
View attachment 211903

A few more mentions

Caucasian wild boar, (Eastern European wild boar), (Carpathian wild boar) * / Sus scrofa attila * - LC
Occurrence: Hungary, Ukraine, Z- and S-Belarus, Romania, Moldova, S-Russia along the northern flank of the Caucasus; possibly this premiere in Iraq, W- and SW-Iran,
E-Turkey, Syria, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenis
Habitat: Forests and reeds
Head-torso length: 140 - 180 cm
Weight: 100 - 160 kg
Food: omnivorous

European fallow deer / Dama dama; (Syn .: Dama dama dama) - LC
Occurrence: Europe to Asia Minor
Head-torso length: 140 - 170 cm
Tail length: 15-25 cm
Weight: 45 - 80 kg
Food: grass, herbs, shoots, moss, lichens, tree fruits

European red fox, (Central European red fox) / Vulpes vulpes crucigera - LC
Occurrence: from Europe up to and including N and Z Russia

Central European red deer / Cervus elaphus hippelaphus - LC
Occurrence: Central Europe
Head-torso length: 200 cm
Weight: 150 - 200 kg
Food: grass, herbs, shoots, mosses, lichens, tree fruits

Central European capercaillie * / Tetrao urogallus crassirostris; (Syn .: Tetrao urogallus major) *
Occurrence: Central Europe, from Germany and the Alps to the southwestern Baltic States, western Belarus, the eastern Carpathians and N-Macedonia

East Atlantic Seal, (European Seal) / Phoca vitulina vitulina - LC
Occurrence: Northern East Atlantic (coastal areas of Western, Z and N Europe)
Head-torso length: 200 cm
Weight: 100 kg
Food: fish, crabs

Eastern European grass snake, (Balkan grass snake), (Caucasus grass snake) * / Natrix natrix persa *
Occurrence: from Bulgaria through Greece, Asia Minor to Syria and northern Iran
Habitat: reed-covered and herbaceous banks of standing or slowly flowing water of all kinds, mountain slopes, forest edges, moors, vineyards, light secondary forests
Total length: 80-150 cm
Food: frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, fish, lizards, small mammals

Southern European domestic water buffalo / Bubalus arnee f. Bubalis
Southwest European purple chicken / Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio
European snake eye lizard, (European snake eye), (snake eye) ** / Ophisops elegans ** - NE

I'd be happy with any of these animals. Some great picks!

 

[CeylaMin]

I'd be happy with any of these animals. Some great picks!

Oh thank you
I had hoped to bring in various animals. Whether they are feasible for the game remains rather a mystery ^^

 

[Aramar]

I can't wait to have more European animals and it's nice to see a post with so many interesting options.

European wild cat / Felis silvestris silvestris - LC
Head-torso length: 47 - 65.5 cm
Tail length: 26 - 33 cm
Weight: 2.3 - 7.3 kg
Diet: small mammals and birds

In Helsinki zoo they have this animal and I always have trouble to see them in their enclosure. They are very similar to a domestic cat, quite small and spend most of the time hidding. I wouldn't trade any of the two lynx species for this cat. Even more, I would love to see both lynx species if we got more than 4 animals, the same way that a lot of people want to have the Asiatic and African lion or the Siberian, Bengal and Sumatran tiger. I know that chances for both being added are very small though.

 

[FoxyDee]

European badger would be great. One of the most unusual animals we have in Europe that could be habitat species, although not really found in many facilities. Would probably like to see lynx instead of the wild cat though.

And I would take any kind of beaver, be it europan or american.

 

[CeylaMin]

I can't wait to have more European animals and it's nice to see a post with so many interesting options.


In Helsinki zoo they have this animal and I always have trouble to see them in their enclosure. They are very similar to a domestic cat, quite small and spend most of the time hidding. I wouldn't trade any of the two lynx species for this cat. Even more, I would love to see both lynx species if we got more than 4 animals, the same way that a lot of people want to have the Asiatic and African lion or the Siberian, Bengal and Sumatran tiger. I know that chances for both being added are very small though.

I see your point in the face of the wildcat, but don't all types of cats do that? Either we have to plant the enclosures so densely that they feel comfortable, or they want it so barren that there is good shelter everywhere True both of the Lynx Species would be Beautiful as well
Or what occurred to me :
European golden jackal, (Caucasian golden jackal) / Canis aureus moreotica - LC

 

[Markiz]

I think the DLC for the European animals has been addressed very, very often with all kinds of requests.
I'm trying to bring in 10 different animals
What comes into play or whether something comes into play is up to the developer.

European wild cat / Felis silvestris silvestris - LC
Head-torso length: 47 - 65.5 cm
Tail length: 26 - 33 cm
Weight: 2.3 - 7.3 kg
Diet: small mammals and birds
View attachment 211889
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Eurasian beaver, (European beaver) / Castor fiber - LC
Occurrence: W-, Z-, E- and N-Europe as well as N-Asia (Russia, Mongolia, China)
Head-torso length: 80 - 102 cm
Tail length: approx. 35 cm
Weight: 23 - 32 kg
Food: shoots, leaves, grasses, herbs, softwoods
View attachment 211890
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European pond turtle / Emys orbicularis - NT
Occurrence: Europe, northern Africa, western and central Asia
Habitat: lakes, ponds, ponds, slowly flowing rivers and streams, estuaries
Total length: 12 - 38 cm
Weight: 400 - 1500 g
Food: snails, crustaceans, aquatic insects, insect larvae, tadpoles, small fish, carrion, occasionally aquatic plants
View attachment 211891
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European horned viper, (European sand otter) (nominate form) / Vipera ammodytes ammodytes
Occurrence: NW Italy, parts of Romania, NW Bulgaria, the Balkans and numerous islands of the Adriatic
Habitat: rocks, open forests, dry stone walls
Total length: 60 - 95 cm
Food: small birds, lizards, small snakes, small mammals
View attachment 211892
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European badger / Meles meles meles - LC
Occurrence: almost all of Europe eastwards (including Great Britain and Scandinavia) to the Volga and the Urals (except Iberian Peninsula, Crete, Rhodes and SW Norway)
Head-torso length: 56 - 90 cm
Tail length: 11.5 - 20.2 cm
Weight: 10 - 16 kg
Food: worms, insects and their larvae, snails, small mammals (voles, shrews, moles, young wild rabbits), carrion, nestlings, bird eggs, amphibians, reptiles, fruits, berries, roots, tubers
View attachment 211893
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European tree frog / Hyla arborea
View attachment 211894
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European quail (Eurasian quail) / Coturnix coturnix coturnix - LC
Occurrence: Europe east to OZ Russia and Mongolia, south to NW Africa and N / Z India, possibly to Bangladesh; as a winter guest mainly in the African Sahel zone as well as in Z- and S-India
Habitat: fields and meadows with few bushes and trees, arable fields
Tail length: 3.4 - 4.3 cm
Total length: 16-20 cm
Wingspan: 32 - 35 cm
Weight: 70 - 155 g
View attachment 211895
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European mouflon, (Tyrrhenian mouflon), (European wild sheep) / Ovis orientalis musimon; (Syn .: Ovis aries musimon) - VU
Occurrence: originally Corsica, Sardinia, naturalized in Europe
Habitat: dry, stony, steppe-like shrub landscapes
Head-torso length: 110 - 125 cm
Weight: 25 - 50 kg
Food: grasses, herbs, leaves
View attachment 211901
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European gray crane, (Western crane) / Grus grus grus
Occurrence: Z-, N- and E-Europa eastwards to the Urals; Wintering areas in S-Europe and N-Africa
View attachment 211902
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Ordinary chameleon, (Common chameleon), (European chameleon) / Chamaeleo chamaeleon - LC
Occurrence: southern Europe, northern Africa, western Asia
Habitat: semi-deserts, steppe, rocky regions, desert oases
Total length: up to 40 cm
Diet: insects, arachnids, small reptiles, birds and small mammals
View attachment 211903

A few more mentions

Caucasian wild boar, (Eastern European wild boar), (Carpathian wild boar) * / Sus scrofa attila * - LC
Occurrence: Hungary, Ukraine, Z- and S-Belarus, Romania, Moldova, S-Russia along the northern flank of the Caucasus; possibly this premiere in Iraq, W- and SW-Iran,
E-Turkey, Syria, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenis
Habitat: Forests and reeds
Head-torso length: 140 - 180 cm
Weight: 100 - 160 kg
Food: omnivorous

European fallow deer / Dama dama; (Syn .: Dama dama dama) - LC
Occurrence: Europe to Asia Minor
Head-torso length: 140 - 170 cm
Tail length: 15-25 cm
Weight: 45 - 80 kg
Food: grass, herbs, shoots, moss, lichens, tree fruits

European red fox, (Central European red fox) / Vulpes vulpes crucigera - LC
Occurrence: from Europe up to and including N and Z Russia

Central European red deer / Cervus elaphus hippelaphus - LC
Occurrence: Central Europe
Head-torso length: 200 cm
Weight: 150 - 200 kg
Food: grass, herbs, shoots, mosses, lichens, tree fruits

Central European capercaillie * / Tetrao urogallus crassirostris; (Syn .: Tetrao urogallus major) *
Occurrence: Central Europe, from Germany and the Alps to the southwestern Baltic States, western Belarus, the eastern Carpathians and N-Macedonia

East Atlantic Seal, (European Seal) / Phoca vitulina vitulina - LC
Occurrence: Northern East Atlantic (coastal areas of Western, Z and N Europe)
Head-torso length: 200 cm
Weight: 100 kg
Food: fish, crabs

Eastern European grass snake, (Balkan grass snake), (Caucasus grass snake) * / Natrix natrix persa *
Occurrence: from Bulgaria through Greece, Asia Minor to Syria and northern Iran
Habitat: reed-covered and herbaceous banks of standing or slowly flowing water of all kinds, mountain slopes, forest edges, moors, vineyards, light secondary forests
Total length: 80-150 cm
Food: frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, fish, lizards, small mammals

Southern European domestic water buffalo / Bubalus arnee f. Bubalis
Southwest European purple chicken / Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio
European snake eye lizard, (European snake eye), (snake eye) ** / Ophisops elegans ** - NE

Damn I never thought I'd see Poskok on this forum ( E.H. Viper ).

There's plenty of them where I live. Poskok translates to "Jumper" as in jumping snake where the popular traditional myth says it jumps from trees and high places on their prey, they're also said to be able to launch themselves from ground up.
Now scientists recognize these as no more than myths.

I've snapped pic of one last summer :

However, even tho I would love to see my local friend in game I would rather push for some amphibian inclusion in form of known Fire Salamander or more niche but endemic to Europe, Newt of Alpine region, or even Olm found only in Postojinska jama in Slovenia.

Also as a passionate mountaineer I can't help but notice absence of Ibex and Marmot on the list. I would definitely add them to the mix of potentials.

In the end 10/10 for the list. I especially love the inclusion of Capercaillie. I really hope for it to be the "surprise animal" of pack if we ever get European one, like Dall sheep and Caiman were.

 

[CeylaMin]

Damn I never thought I'd see Poskok on this forum ( E.H. Viper ).

There's plenty of them where I live. Poskok translates to "Jumper" as in jumping snake where the popular traditional myth says it jumps from trees and high places on their pray, they're also said to be able to launch themselves from ground up.
Now scientists recognize these as no more than myths.

I've snapped pic of one last summer :

However, even tho I would love to see my local friend in game I would rather push for some amphibian inclusion in form of known Fire Salamander or more niche but endemic to Europe, Newt of Alpine region, or even Olm found only in Postojinska jama in Slovenia.

Also as a passionate mountaineer I can't help but notice absence of Ibex and Marmot on the list. I would definitely add them to the mix of ptlotentials.

In the end 10/10 for the list. I especially love the inclusion of Capercaillie. I really hope for it to be the "surprise animal" of pack if we ever get European one, like Dall sheep and Caiman were.

Wow this is a Amazing Picture O-O
thank you, I'am happy that you like my List of Animals so far

What i think about also was the European blind snake / Xero Typhlops vermicularis; (Syn .: Typhlops vermicularis) ** - LC
I know they are not that attractive. They live in a forest very close to me, well ... i saw about a few Days ago one

 

[Markiz]

Wow this is a Amazing Picture O-O
thank you, I'am happy that you like my List of Animals so far

What i think about also was the European blind snake / Xero Typhlops vermicularis; (Syn .: Typhlops vermicularis) ** - LC
I know they are not that attractive. They live in a forest very close to me, well ... i saw about a few Days ago one

Lol we call those Slepić, translates to "blind one" but in diminutive.

That one would be a cool addition as well. Perhaps could make for come cool new terrariums like the ones they have for naked mole rats and termites in real life zoos. You know with complex undergound systems and all

 

[CeylaMin]

Lol we call those Slepić, translates to "blind one" but in diminutive.

That one would be a cool addition as well. Perhaps could make for come cool new terrariums like the ones they have for naked mole rats and termites in real life zoos. You know with complex undergound systems and all

oh yes please <3 That would be so cool when the Visitors and Us see in which level they lay or hide.
I would love to include more Birds but i think they are mostly not coming to us in the Game ... Aviaries included.
Unless, of course, they find a solution ^^

I've been dealing with animals since I was 5 years old and I'm always happy to learn something new. For example as they are called elsewhere

 

[Markiz]

oh yes please <3 That would be so cool when the Visitors and Us see in which level they lay or hide.
I would love to include more Birds but i think they are mostly not coming to us in the Game ... Aviaries included.
Unless, of course, they find a solution ^^

I've been dealing with animals since I was 5 years old and I'm always happy to learn something new. For example as they are called elsewhere

I think we're getting birds in one form or the other for sure. I think they're keeping them as the next big think like aquatic pack was.

Now that you mentioned naming I have another interesting facts. As it's seen in last two examples of Poskok and Slepić, Slavic people have interesting habit when it comes to the animals they don't want to stumble on in wilderness.

That's why an undesirable animal would have a "real" name and one given to describe it. Perfect example Poskok, as I mentioned already it translates to "Jumping snake".

Now old Slavic people were really superstitious and they believe you can summon animals, spirits and demons by calling upon their real name. That's why they wouldn't call a viper by it's name but rather describe it.

Many scholars now believe that a lot of "real" animal names were forever lost in Slavic languages due to people fear of invoking them. One more great example is that all Slavs call bear Medved today which translates to "honey eater" and we may never know how the old Slavs really called it.

 

[CeylaMin]

I think we're getting birds in one form or the other for sure. I think they're keeping them as the next big think like aquatic pack was.

Now that you mentioned naming I have another interesting facts. As it's seen in last two examples of Poskok and Slepić, Slavic people have interesting habit when it comes to the animals they don't want to stumble on in wilderness.

That's why an undesirable animal would have a "real" name and one given to describe it. Perfect example Poskok, as I mentioned already it translates to "Jumping snake".

Now old Slavic people were really superstitious and they believe you can summon animals, spirits and demons by calling upon their real name. That's why they wouldn't call a viper by it's name but rather describe it.

Many scholars now believe that a lot of "real" animal names were forever lost in Slavic languages due to people fear of invoking them. One more great example is that all Slavs call bear Medved today which translates to "honey eater" and we may never know how the old Slavs really called it.

It's really very interesting. Thank you for bringing this up I really didn't know that yet

 

[12344321]

I love it!!! This game really needs a European DLC and a North American DLC! The problem is the overlap between europe, northern asia and north america and making each pack interesting but unique. I'm a big proponent of Moose, and Red Deer in a europe dlc, but Elk in the North American dlc. Just because moose live in north am and europe, but elk/wapiti live only in North America.

Other than the moose and red deer, I would really really like the lynx as previously mentioned, wild boar, ibex, and red fox. My favorite european animal, barbary macaques (the only monkey species found in europe likely will never make this game).

 

[CeylaMin]

I love it!!! This game really needs a European DLC and a North American DLC! The problem is the overlap between europe, northern asia and north america and making each pack interesting but unique. I'm a big proponent of Moose, and Red Deer in a europe dlc, but Elk in the North American dlc. Just because moose live in north am and europe, but elk/wapiti live only in North America.

Other than the moose and red deer, I would really really like the lynx as previously mentioned, wild boar, ibex, and red fox. My favorite european animal, barbary macaques (the only monkey species found in europe likely will never make this game).

I think we as a Community have soooo many good Ideas ^.^ and, above all, ideas about which animals should go in

 

[12344321]

People thought Europe dlc wouldn't sell as well as other continents...but I think there's a lot of people who want this dlc! I was shocked how high european lynx and iberian lynx were on the animal wishlist, if you combined the lynx's I believe they are the most popular animals or close to it (the ibex was also surprisingly popular). Man I would love an alpine europe dlc

 

[CeylaMin]

People thought Europe dlc wouldn't sell as well as other continents...but I think there's a lot of people who want this dlc! I was shocked how high european lynx and iberian lynx were on the animal wishlist, if you combined the lynx's I believe they are the most popular animals or close to it (the ibex was also surprisingly popular). Man I would love an alpine europe dlc

I know what you mean, with the list that I have published here, I have tried to include animals from Europe as different as those that are mentioned very, very often. Of course, the European DLC will sell well, why shouldn't it? Just because there are no spectacular animals like elephants or valve snakes? O_O

 

[Aramar]

I was shocked how high european lynx and iberian lynx were on the animal wishlist, if you combined the lynx's I believe they are the most popular animals or close to it (the ibex was also surprisingly popular).

True, the lynx combined is the most wanted cat in the game according to that thread. Moose and wolverines are also highly requested and they are found in Europe too, so they could be also part of a European Dlc.

 

[CeylaMin]

True, the lynx combined is the most wanted cat in the game according to that thread. Moose and wolverines are also highly requested and they are found in Europe too, so they could be also part of a European Dlc.

Thats maybe why i did not include the Lynx, i mean, i would love to see him don't get me wrong but since they are soooo requested and we have more than them in our Wilderness, I thought I'd leave them out

 

[DarthQuell]

I know what you mean, with the list that I have published here, I have tried to include animals from Europe as different as those that are mentioned very, very often. Of course, the European DLC will sell well, why shouldn't it? Just because there are no spectacular animals like elephants or valve snakes? O_O

I feel exactly the same with a potential North American DLC. Nothing "spectacular", but both continents have some species I'd love, namely Foxes

 

[CeylaMin]

I feel exactly the same with a potential North American DLC. Nothing "spectacular", but both continents have some species I'd love, namely Foxes

Yeah i have to agree , both of the Continents have a pretty fantastic Animal World in itself