What if each (existing) DLC had 12 animals

[markun]

Inspired by a post in this thread, if you could add extra animals to the existing DLCs - not, I stress, wish lists for future DLCs, what would they be?

You can decide how many exhibit/habitat species but I think it should be limited to animations and restrictions in the game as it stands. Only ground-dwelling birds. I'll say large marine mammals are out (ie no whales, dolphins or sea cows) but seals, sea lions and otters are in with the assumption that they won't be able to dive and will only swim at the surface.

EDIT: to clarify, you have to include the existing species. So you can add but you can’t take away.

 

[Aramar]

I think that maybe 12 per pack are too many, but here's my try:

Artic pack:
1 polar bear
2 artic wolf
3 reindeer
4 Dall sheep
5 Artic fox
6 Moose
7 Wolverine
8 Musk ox
9 Eurasian lynx

South America:
1 Jaguar
2 Giant anteater
3 Capuchin monkey
4 Llama
5 Red-Eyed Tree Frog (e)
6 Capybara
7 Sloth
8 Spider monkey
9 Ocelot
10 Armadillo
11 Blue Poison Dart Frog (e)
12 a snake (e)

Australia Pack
1 Red kangaroo
2 Koala
3 Dingo
4 Cassowary
5 Eastern blue-tongued lizard (e)
6 Emu
7 Tasmanian devil
8 Wombat
9 Yellow footed wallaby
10 Frilled-neck lizard (e)
11 Thorny devil (e)
12 A spider (e)

 

[markun]

I would say

1. Polar bear
2. Reindeer
3. Arctic wolf
4. Dall sheep
5. Arctic fox
6. Wolverine
7. Musk ox
8. Arctic hare
9. Whooper swan
10. Red-breasted goose
11. Walrus
12. Spotted seal

1. Giant anteater
2. Colombian white-faced capuchin
3. Jaguar
4. Llama
5. Capybara
6. Maned wolf
7. Andean bear
8. Greater rhea
9. Geoffroy’s spider monkey
10. Lowland tapir
11. Red-eyed tree frog (e)
12. Common basilisk (e)

1. Red kangaroo
2. Koala
3. Dingo
4. Southern cassowary
5. Emu
6. Common wombat
7. Tasmanian devil
8. Red-necked wallaby
9. Short-beaked echidna
10. Brolga
11. Eastern blue-tongued lizard (e)
12. Frilled lizard (e)

 

[NZFanatic]

I'll skip over the Arctic Pack because the options are pretty limited. Suffice to say I'd include the fox, muskox, wolverine, and probably the walrus if that's an option, but I'm pretty on board with whatever else others have picked there.

For South America, my choices do align with what others have picked in some ways, but not so in others;

Jaguar/Llama/Capuchin/Anteater/Tree frog - as per the OP these are included. The additional seven;

- Red howler monkey.
- Black-headed spider monkey.
- Capybara.
- Spectacled bear.
- Bush dog.
- Southern pudu.
- Emerald tree boa (E).

Some people might think two additional monkeys is excessive, but really primates and especially monkeys are probably the most thoroughly-widespread zoo animals in the world in a massively broad range of species, so I don't think there's such a thing as "too many". The howler, spider, and capuchin are all very different animals as well. I'd have loved to also include the Bolivian black-capped squirrel monkey but that's pushing it.

Then for Australia; Red kangaroo/Dingo/Cassowary/Koala/Blue-tongued skink. The additional seven;

- Tasmanian devil.
- Northern hairy-nosed wombat.
- Yellow-footed rock wallaby.
- Numbat.
- Little (blue) penguin.
- Emu.
- Goliath stick insect (E).

In Australia's case, I'd ideally replace the cassowary with the emu wholesale rather than include both, and probably the dingo with the Tasmanian devil, thus opening a further two slots for something else, but since that goes against OP's rules I haven't done that. Australia is also tricky because a lot of the animals that spring to mind are exhibit animals primarily. Ideally I'd say the rule should be "one exhibit animal for every four habitat animals", which would bring the total count to fifteen animals, but again, them's the rules.

Ironically, the little blue penguin is probably one of the few penguin species that doesn't require diving mechanics to still be magical. Looking at both Auckland and Wellington Zoo here in NZ, their little blue penguin pools are relatively shallow and neither has an underwater viewing window. The International Antarctic Centre here in Christchurch however has them on display with an underwater viewing window (and so does the National Aquarium in Napier), but it clearly isn't necessary, so it would be a good penguin to start off with.

 

[NL_Mutso]

Artic pack:
1 polar bear
2 artic wolf
3 reindeer
4 Dall sheep
5 Arctic fox
6 Moose
7 Wolverine
8 Musk ox
9 Walrus
10 Random seal species
11 ?
12 ?

South America:
1 Jaguar
2 Giant anteater
3 Capuchin monkey
4 Llama
5 Red-Eyed Tree Frog (E)
6 Capybara
7 Sloth
8 Coatimundi
9 Black or Spectacled Caiman
10 Howler Monkey
11 Emperor Tamarin
12 Green Bottle Blue Tarantula (E)

Australia Pack
1 Red kangaroo
2 Koala
3 Dingo
4 Cassowary
5 Eastern blue-tongued lizard (E)
6 Echidna
7 Quokka
8 Bennett's wallaby
10 Wombat
11 Emu
12 Thorny Lizard/Devil (E)

It's actually more difficult to think of species for all 3 packs. (can't think of any more species for the Arctic one)
At least not interesting enough.

 

[nutrit]

Great idea for the thread

here are my ideas:

1. Polar bear
2. Reindeer
3. Arctic wolf
4. Dall sheep
5. Arctic fox
6. Wolverine
7. Musk ox
8. Mountain goat
9. Whooper swan
10. Sandhill crane
11. Moor frog (e)
12. Common lizard (e)

1. Giant anteater
2. Colombian white-faced capuchin
3. Jaguar
4. Llama
5. Capybara
6. Maned wolf
7. Chacoan peccary
8. Andean bear
9. Greater rhea
10. Jabiru stork
11. Red-eyed tree frog (e)
12. Common basilisk (e)

1. Red kangaroo
2. Koala
3. Dingo
4. Southern cassowary
5. Emu
6. Common wombat
7. Tasmanian devil
8. Agile wallaby
9. Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo or Dingisio
10. Tiger quoll
11. Eastern blue-tongued lizard (e)
12. Frilled lizard (e)

 

[AndyZoos]

Arctic Pack:

1. Polar bear
2. Arctic wolf
3. Reindeer
4. Dall sheep
5. Arctic fox
6. Wolverine
7. Moose
8. Walrus
9. Harp seal
10. Puffins
11. Bald eagle
12. Snowy owl

Yeah, yeah. I know. Flying birds aren't really a thing. Well, neither are 12-item DLC packs. A boy can dream, right?

South America Pack:

1. Giant anteater
2. Jaguar
3. Llama
4. Capuchin monkey
5. Red-eyed tree frog
6. Capybara
7. Coatimundi
8. Emperor tamarin
9. Golden lion tamarin
10. Howler monkey
11. Ocelot
12. Jabiru stork

Would say coatimundi, peccary, or armadillo too, but I feel like those could be included in a Central American pack!

Australia Pack:

1. Red kangaroo
2. Koala
3. Dingo
4. Cassowary
5. Eastern blue-tongued lizard
6. Bennett's wallaby
7. Wombat
8. Emu
9. Tasmanian devil
10. Frilled-neck lizard
11. Matschie's tree kangaroo
12. Numbat or echidna

 

[Orque41]

Here is my essay:

Artic Pack:
1 Snowy Owl
2 Wolverine
3 Seals and Sea Lion
4 Arctic fox
5 Moose
6 Musk ox
7 Eurasian Lynx

South America:
1 Mara
2 Capybara
3 sloths
4 Ocelot
5 Armadillo
6 Capybara
7 All the snakes that excite
8 Margay
9. Parrots and Macaws
10 toco toucan

Australia Pack
1 gray kangaroo
2 Emu
3 Bennett's Wallaby
4 Tasmanian devil
5 Wombat
6 Platypus
7 Echidna

 

[NZFanatic]

Voici mon essai:

Pack Arctique:
1 renard polaire
2 boeuf musqué
3 orignaux
4 carcajou
5. Phoques et lions de mer


Amérique du Sud:
1 Tatout
2 paresseux
3 Ocelot
4 perroquets
5 aras
6 Capybara
7 Paresseux
8 tous les serpents qui excitent



Pack Australie
1 kangourou gris
2 Wallaby de Bennett
3 émeu
4 Diable de Tasmanie
5 Echidné
6 python vert
7 Oiseau de paradis
8 Wombat
9 Bilby
10 Kiwi
11 Diable épineux
12. Ornithorynque

You need to translate into English there friend. Also, there are no kiwi in Australia.

 

[Cynogale bennettii II]

This is what I would choose if there had to be twelve species in each pack:

Arctic Pack
1. Arctic wolf
2. Dall sheep
3. Polar bear
4. Reindeer
5. Arctic ground squirrel
6. Canada lynx
7. Musk oxen
8. Red breasted goose
9. Siberian crane
10. Wolverine

I would have used this as an opportunity to add a 'wooded' terrarium for temperate/boreal reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates:
11. European common adder
12. Wood frog

South America Pack
1. Colombian white faced capuchin
2. Giant anteater
3. Jaguar
4. Llama
5. Capybara
6. Grey winged trumpeter
7. Maned wolf
8. Peruvian pelican
9. Red faced spider monkey
10. Southern pudu

11. Red eyed tree frog
12. Brazilian rainbow boa

Australia Pack
1. Dingo
2. Koala
3. Red kangaroo
4. Southern cassowary
5. Black swan
6. Common brushtail possum
7. Emu
8. Quokka
9. Southern hairy nosed wombat
10. Tasmanian devil

11. Eastern blue tongued skink
12. Woma python

 

[jcp011c]

Arctic - Arctic Fox, Wolverine, Musk Ox, Arctic Ringed Seal, Harp Seal, Walrus, Moose (some sources say they are arctic), Arctic Hare (8 added in) This one was actually hard for me but I got there.

South America - Capybara (it still baffles me this iconic rodent wasn't chosen), Sloth of any variety, Maned Wolf, Ocelot, Andean Bear, Giant River Otter, Howler Monkey (7 added in)

Australia - Common Wombat, Frilled Lizard (exhibit), Emu, Tasmania Devil, Numbat, Platypus, Grey Kangaroo....I could go on and on with this one. (7 added in)

 

[NZFanatic]

Arctic - Arctic Fox, Wolverine, Musk Ox, Leopard Seal, Harp Seal, Walrus, Moose (some sources say they are arctic), Arctic Hare (8 added in) This one was actually hard for me but I got there.

Leopard seals aren't from the Arctic.

 

[jcp011c]

Leopard seals aren't from the Arctic.

Oh, thanks, for some reason I thought they were. I've changed it to another seal that is from the arctic. Good catch, it's like the "where's the penguins" in the arctic pack misconception.

 

[NZFanatic]

Oh, thanks, for some reason I thought they were. I've changed it to another seal that is from the arctic. Good catch, it's like the "where's the penguins" in the arctic pack misconception.

No worries. The Arctic Pack is always going to be limited no matter which way you look at it. The moose is a good example - they do range into the Arctic in both North America and Eruasia, but they aren't considered an "Arctic" species. It kind of shows how we have to grasp at straws to fulfil a 12 animal pack for the Arctic (three separate pinipeds would be unlikely to make it in in one pack, I would think, but given the constraints I don't blame you for going that way).

 

[avietar]

Arctic:
1. Polar bear
2. Arctic wolf
3. Reindeer (shared habitat species - arctic hare)
4. Dall sheep (shared habitat species - arctic hare)
5. Musk ox (shared habitat species - arctic hare)
6. Arctic fox
7. Wolverine
8. Moose
9. Arctic hare (shared habitat species - musk ox, dall sheep, reindeer)
10. ?
11. ?
12. ?

I feel like 12 is too many slots for the arctic with the game's current limitations. If aquatic animals could be included, you could include the walrus, ringed seal, and harp seal to fill the remaining 3 slots.

South America:
1. Llama (walkthough, shared habitat species - patagonian hare, pudu)
2. Giant anteater (walkthrough, shared habitat species, capuchin monkey, cotton headed tamarin, baird's tapir, capybara, giant armadillo, sloth)
3. Jaguar
4. Capuchin monkey (walkthrough, shared habitat species - cotton headed tamarin, giant anteater, baird's tapir, capybara, giant armadillo, sloth)
5. Ocelot
6. Maned wolf
7. Capybara (walkthrough, shared habitat species - giant anteater, capuchin monkey, cotton headed tamarin, baird's tapir, giant armadillo, sloth)
8. Sloth (any species is fine with me) (shared habitat species - giant armadillo, giant anteater, capuchin monkey, cotton headed tamarin, baird's tapir, capybara)
9. Giant armadillo (walkthrough, shared habitat species - capuchin monkey, giant anteater, baird's tapir, capybara, cotton headed tamarin)
10. Pudu (shared habitat species - llama)
11. Patagonian hare (walkthrough, shared habitat species - llama)
12. Cotton headed tamarin (walkthrough, shared habitat species - capuchin monkey, giant anteater, baird's tapir, capybara, giant armadillo, sloth)

Australia:
1. Red kangaroo (shared habitat species - koala)
2. Koala (walkthrough, shared habitat species - emu, wombat, wallaby, grey kangaroo, red kangaroo)
3. Cassowary
4. Dingo
5. Emu (walkthrough, shared habitat species - wallaby, grey kangaroo, koala, wombat)
6. Tasmanian devil
7. * Platypus (though not sure if this animal can be realistically done without diving animations. If impossible, I choose the Perentie for this slot)
8. Wallaby (any species is fine for me) (walkthrough, shared habitat species - emu, grey kangaroo, wombat, koala)
9. Wombat (walkthrough, shared habitat species - koala, grey kangaroo, emu, wallaby)
10. Grey kangaroo (walkthrough, shared habitat species - emu, wallaby, wombat, koala)
11. Thorny devil (E)
12. Red bellied black snake (E)

 

[markun]

I guess it depends how you define arctic. I just consider any animal found north of the arctic circle which gives many possibilities.

 

[NZFanatic]

I guess it depends how you define arctic. I just consider any animal found north of the arctic circle which gives many possibilities.

It does and it doesn't. Adding in both a swan and a goose, as in your list, is interesting, but is it realistic?

 

[markun]

It does and it doesn't. Adding in both a swan and a goose, as in your list, is interesting, but is it realistic?

They live above the arctic circle so yes.

 

[NZFanatic]

They live above the arctic circle so yes.

I meant in terms of "would they both really be included in the same DLC".

 

[markun]

I meant in terms of "would they both really be included in the same DLC".

I think with a total of 12 animals that would be reasonable.