What species are missing for you to complete your local zoo?

Nothing new for Philadelphia as of the arid pack. However, we did have the very last mhorr gazelle (a subspecies of the dama gazelle) in the AZA; I saw her last year a couple months before her death at the age of 14. There are still plenty on private ranches, mostly in Texas. There were also dromedary rides which were phased out a while ago.
All the more reason to visit the place where the stars at night are big and bright
 
Streichelzoo

Animals

-chickens
-Sloth
-Bat
-Dolphin
-Donkey
-moose
-Flughund
-armadillo
-Gundi
-Icelandic horse
-llama
-Mufflon
-Mink
-Prairie dog
-reindeer
-skunk
-alpaca
-porcupine
-jackal
-Squirrel monkey
-Warthog
-goat
-Kodiak bear
-Glassed bear
-Fan-tailed pigeon
-Husare Monkey
-shoebill
-Pelican
-Katta
-Kiwi
-caribou
-mustangs
-Opposum
-Okapi
-Polar wolf
-mallard
-Serval
-Saiga
-manatee
-porcupine
-black and white varis
-Saiga antelope
-trampling animal
-Vikunja
-wombat
-wild cats
-capybara
-Forest Bustard
-raccoon
-coiled bear
-shaggy rabbit kangaroo
-dwarf mongoose



For flying birds it is time that they come into the game that you can build enclosures with nesting places like

White-tailed eagle
Great Grey Owl
Osprey
Vulture
Hoatzin
Crane
Kakapos
Parrot
Golden eagle
Bald eagle

Vivariums:

Fire salamander
Praying mantis
Tarantula
Dice snake
 
Thought it would be fun to compare this to Monarto Safari Park, Adelaide's sister zoo and the one that takes on most of the megafauna (the Adelaide Zoo is a small city zoo while Monarto is one of, if not the largest zoo in the world in regards to area). The roster here is far more complete:

Habitat animals:
  • Tasmanian Devil
  • Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby
  • Cape Porcupine
  • Black Rhinoceros
  • Addax
  • Blackbuck
  • Common Eland
  • Aoudad
  • Red Deer
  • Emu (not deliberately displayed but wild emus are so damn common on the grounds they might as well be)
  • Malleefowl

Animals with reasonable substitutes:
  • African Lion (unspecified) -> West African Lion
  • Rothschild's Giraffe (hybridised I think) -> Reticulated Giraffe
  • Mesopotamian Fallow Deer -> European Fallow Deer

Monarto has a lot more species backstage in breeding programs but I'm only including species on display
Haven't updated for Monarto Safari Park in a while, but it seems the latest DLC has ticked off the black rhinoceros, addax and the Cape porcupine (given the African crested porcupine is a fine substitute), with the red deer and emu also now being in the game. However, they've also opened a new section named Land of the Lemurs which adds the radiated tortoise to the list of missing species. Here's an updated list, including the animals we already have this time:

Animals in the game:
  • Ring-tailed Lemur
  • Western Chimpanzee
  • African Wild Dog
  • Cheetah
  • Meerkat
  • Spotted Hyena
  • Southern White Rhinoceros
  • Black Rhinoceros
  • Przewalski's Horse
  • Plains Zebra
  • Red Deer
  • Addax
  • Scimitar-horned Oryx
  • Nyala
  • American Bison
  • Common Ostrich
  • Emu (not deliberately displayed but wild emus are so damn common on the grounds they might as well be)
  • Aldabra Giant Tortoise

Missing habitat animals:
  • Tasmanian Devil
  • Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby
  • Blackbuck
  • Common Eland
  • Aoudad
  • Malleefowl

Animals with reasonable substitutes:
  • Cape Porcupine -> African Crested Porcupine
  • African Lion (unspecified) -> West African Lion
  • Rothschild's Giraffe (hybridised I think) -> Reticulated Giraffe
  • Mesopotamian Fallow Deer -> European Fallow Deer
Still the only one of my local zoos with a roster that's anywhere near complete, mostly thanks to focusing on large megafauna
 
I figured I would do an update with a difference - as well as the species currently at my local zoo (Colchester Zoo) and ones needed to complete the roster, I would also include every species that I know of that has been kept there since I started visiting in 1992 but are no longer kept there.

Species currently kept (habitat animals):
Red-necked wallaby
Giant anteater
Aardvark
African savannah elephant
Black-and-white ruffed lemur
Ring-tailed lemur
Mandrill
Bornean orangutan
Western chimpanzee
Southern white rhinoceros
Llama
Plains zebra
Common warthog
Red river hog
Pygmy hippopotamus
Reticulated giraffe
Reindeer (only kept seasonally, around Christmastime – otherwise off-show)
African lion
Amur leopard
Siberian tiger
Cheetah
Binturong
Meerkat
Spotted hyena
Timber wolf
Fennec fox
Sun bear
Red panda
Asian small-clawed otter
Common ostrich
Komodo dragon
Aldabra giant tortoise

Species currently kept (standard exhibit animals):
Green iguana
Eastern blue-tongued lizard

Species kept historically since 1992 (both habitat and exhibit animals):
African crested porcupine
Red ruffed lemur
Lar gibbon
Bactrian camel
North Sulawesi babirusa
Bengal tiger (specifically the white tiger)
Jaguar
Snow leopard
Sand cat
Fossa
Striped hyena
African wild dog
Dhole
Maned wolf
Asiatic black bear
Striped skunk (as a show animal)
American alligator
Asian water monitor
Nile monitor
Yellow anaconda
Red-eyed tree frog
Golden poison frog
Sacred scarab beetle
Blue morpho butterfly
Brazilian salmon pink tarantula
Mexican redknee tarantula
Giant tiger land snail

Species needed (habitat animals):
Southern tamandua
Rock hyrax
Crowned lemur
Red-bellied lemur
Buffy-headed capuchin monkey
Common squirrel monkey
Coppery titi monkey
Guianan bearded saki monkey
Colombian black spider monkey
L'Hoest's guenon
Red-capped mangabey
Barbary macaque
Lion-tailed macaque
Gelada
Pileated gibbon
Alpaca
Domestic pig (Oxford sandy-and-black breed)
Visayan warty pig
Philippine spotted deer
Blue duiker
Kirk's dik-dik
Greater kudu
Domestic sheep (Cameroon and Somali fat-tailed breeds)
Domestic goat (African pygmy and Boer breeds)
Bush dog
Patagonian sea lion
Smooth-coated otter
Humboldt penguin
Blue crane
Grey crowned crane
Victoria crowned pigeon
African slender-snouted crocodile
Rhinoceros iguana
Giant Asian pond turtle
African spurred tortoise
Leopard tortoise
Yellow-footed tortoise
Radiated tortoise

Species needed (walkthrough and standard exhibit animals):
Linne's two-toed sloth
Village weaverbird
Fiji banded iguana
Gariau forest dragon
Giant plated lizard
Fire skink
Solomon Island skink
Green tree monitor
African rock python
Green anaconda
Madagascar tree boa
Spiny hill turtle
West African mud turtle
African pancake tortoise
False tomato frog
Bony-headed toad
Yellow-banded poison frog
Green-and-black poison frog
Trinidadian poison frog
Madagascar hissing cockroach
Macleay's spectre stick insect

Species needed (display type unknown):
Domestic guinea pig
Geoffroy's marmoset
Golden-headed lion tamarin
Pied tamarin
Golden lion tamarin
Crested wood partridge
Ruppell's griffon vulture
African white-backed vulture
Andean condor
King vulture
Great grey owl
Rainbow lorikeet
Wreathed hornbill
Rufous hornbill
Ocellate river stingray
Ripsaw catfish
Black pacu
Japanese koi carp
Probably around 20 + species of smaller fish
 
My local zoo keeps them in an area with the tigers, lions and leopards, so when people see them they say: "oh, this is just a cat" :ROFLMAO:

I confess I thought the same in my first visit :p
Haha, they are kinda like domestic cats, but that's also why I like them. I see them acting like my own cat at home and I'm like "oh so cute" but also know they'd take my hand off if I was silly enough to try to pet them :p
 
The big ones are NA black bear, colobus monkey, European wild boar, grey crown crane, African dwarf croc, and pallas cat. Plus several dozen birds. Not actually in the zoo atm are dwarf goats, squirrel monkeys, and saiga, but they are all on the masterplan (but given everything that's happened since that plan was released... idk how likely it is. I'm still working on a what-if reconstruction)
 
Although we are still far from completing my local zoo collection (and without aviaries and aquaria content we will never be near that point), I think it's pretty amazing that the only DLC that didn't include at least one current species from the zoo was the Wetlands Animal Pack (well, and the Deluxe version).
 
Mine:
Common Eland
Indian Crested Porcupine
Jaguarundi
Fishing Cat
Diana Monkey
Northern greater galago
Lion-Tail Macaque
Serval
Mandarin Duck
Grey-Crown Crane
American Flamingo
Roseate spoonbill
Greater Rhea
Ground Hornbill
Northern Bald Ibis
Sulcata Tortoise
Pig-Nosed Turtle

Not very lucky, only got Porcupine so far (similar to Indian crested). Maybe because there is too many birds, hahaha.
 
Smithsonian National Zoo, excluding the aquariums, aviary, exhibit animals, and domestic. Arid pack got us the sand cat and addax.

Asia trail:
Fishing cat
Sloth bear
Birdhouse (ground birds only)
American Flamingo
Greater Rhea
Kori bustard
Various ducks
Whopping crane
Wild turkey
Sandhill crane
American Trail
Andean Bear
Guinea pig
North American River Otter
Patagonian mara
red wolf
Claws and Paws
Bobcat
North American Porcupine
Pallas cat
Africa Trail
Lesser kudu
Ruppelll's griffon vulture
Sitatunga
Small Mammal House
Black-footed ferret
Dwarf mongoose
Golden Lion Tamarin
Golden-headed lion tamarin
Three-banded armadillo
Long-tailed chinchilla
naked mole rat
tree shrew
pale faced saki monkey
prehensile tailed porcupine
pygmy slow loris
agouti
rock hyrax
screaming hairy armadillo
Southern tamandua
Two-toed sloth
Great Apes
Allen's Swamp monkey
Reptile Discovery Center
Chinese Alligator
Cuban crocodile
Philippine crocodile
Tosistoma

Biggest gap in PZ's roster so far imo is its small mammals. Lots of good options for Frontier to include later.
 
I knew some from Zoo Negara, Malaysia (my home country) that weren't in Planet Zoo. I only noted down just some of those I would accept Planet Zoo to feature in the future.
  1. False gharial
  2. Ankole cattle (Their horn radius compare to their head made them kinda risky.)
  3. Either banteng or gaur
  4. Axis deer
  5. Toads (exhibit) (Sorry but hopefully except Surinam toad. I thought some people would like that species or not but too traumatizing to me.)
  6. Cobras (exhibit)
 
I have many local zoos, but my favorite is definitely Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, RI. I am not actively recreating it in Planet Zoo, and Nicholas Lionrider has already done such. (I’m still waiting on the steam workshop link, please release it!!) but there many animals that are not in planet zoo. Here is a list, some of them may not be on there but these are the ones that come to mind.

. Bennet’s Wallaby
. Tree Kangaroo
. Birds, Soooooo many birds. e.g. hornbill, macaw, bald eagle, barn owl
. Some fish, not really sure what kind
. River otters
. Takin
. Audad (now removed for a construction project)
. Red Wolf
. Reeve’s Muntjac
. Farm animals, e.g. mini donkeys, mini horses, goats, alpacas, pigs
. Ankole/Watusi cattle
. Golden lion tamarin
. Radiated Tortoise
. Southern tamandua

There are others but those are the ones I can think of right now
 
I have several zoos, some finished, some not;

Italic=Fun addition but not really needed

Reptile Zoo(finished)(Reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates only)
-Nile crocodile
-Perentie
-Sea turtle
-Chameleons
-Geckos
-Agame


Monkey Zoo(Finished)(A zoo with only monkeys and apes)
-Howler monkey
-Spider monkey
-Olive baboon
-Hamadryas baboon
-Gelada
-Lion-tailed macaque
-Golden lion tamarin
-Emperor tamarin


Outback zoo(Finished)(A zoo with only Australian animals)
-Tree kangaroo
-Yellow-footed rock wallaby
-Echidna
-Little blue penguin
-Perentie
-Black swan
-Freshwater crocodile
-Australian sea lion
-Australian pelican


Aqua zoo(In progress)(Zoo with only aquatic animals)
-Little blue penguin
-Sea turtle
-Nile crocodile
-Rockhopper penguin
-Elephant seal
-Walrus
-Leopard seal
-Pelicans
-Swans
-Sea otter
-Australian sea lion

Tamah Indah(In progress)(Only Tropical Asian and Indonesian animals)
-Sumatran rhino
-Nilgai
-Banteng
-Lowland anoa

Kenya zoo(In progress)(Savannah/desert African animals only)
-Olive baboon
-Hamadryas baboon
-Marabou stork
-Grey crowned crane
-Secretary bird

Svalbard zoo(In progress)(Arctic, Antarctic, mountains and cold areas animals only)
-Markhor
-Takin
-Rockhopper penguin
-Elephant seal
-Walrus
-Leopard seal
-Musk Ox
-Rhea
-Saiga
-Wild boar
-North American porcupine

Belize zoo(In progress)(Central and South American animals only)
-Jabiru
-Hoffman two-toed sloth
-Peccary
-Rhea
-Coati
-Brown pelican
-Black necked swan
-Brazilian tapir
-Mountain tapir


Tropicana Zoo(In progress)(Tropical rainforest animals only)
-Red forest buffalo
-Sumatran rhino
-Nilgai
-Banteng
-Lowland anoa
-Tree kangaroo
 
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Got the dromedary for like every zoo near me alongside the new pack. Besides that the zoos near me dont have much African rep.
 
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