Which in-game species have you seen IRL?

Stygi

Stygi
New DLC so time for an updated list:
  • Americas was relatively successful for me with 4/7 species
  • Only new animal I have seen since zookeepers is the Spectacled Bear
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USzoofan42

USzoofan42
synthetase said:
American Flamingo @ SeaWorld (yes, I know its controversial and I feel bad for the killer whales but it was years ago, maybe even before all that stuff came out, and I really enjoyed my visit!
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tbh this may be a hot take but I don’t mind sea world, a lot of the stuff isn’t true and the ethical argument is just stupid imao, not if the habitats are bad it’s just the orca exhibit but even that is pretty good imao!
 

Pteronura

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Out of the new Americas Animal Pack, I've seen one species in the wild (American flamingo in Mexico) and the other 6 in captivity.

Thus far, the pronghorn remains the only habitat species I have never seen IRL. (not counting some subspecies)
 

biggest_dreamer

biggest_dreamer
Updated with the usual caveat of only caring about the species level. A nearly clean sweep for Americas - coyote in both the wild and zoos, bighorn sheep in neither, everything else in zoos.

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I've once again split up my "never seen" lists based on my planned trips for the next two years. This year will for sure include visits to Metro Richmond Zoo (markhor) and both Maryland and Philadelphia Zoo (Coquerel's sifaka), a perpetual "surely I'll visit it soon now" hovering over Greensboro Science Center (maned wolf), a weekend trip through Alabama including Alabama Safari Park (black wildebeest), and maaaaybe if I'm lucky, Detroit Zoo (wolverine). Next year should feature trips to Japan (dhole, proboscis monkey, reindeer, wild boar, Chinese pangolin, quokka, Tasmanian devil) and around the southwestern US (African buffalo, bighorn sheep, moose, pronghorn, Nile monitor), each with a wide array of species I'd never have any hope of seeing anywhere closer by (as well as the reindeer, which is by far my biggest "how have I still never seen this thing" species left). Let's see how that pans out! And as for the bottommost tier, kiwis are around here and there in the US, but beyond that I'd necessarily have to visit the two San Diego facilities to see the wombat and platypus. The others all seem pretty much infeasible without leaving the country, or spotting a wild one in the case of the Dall sheep, which I somehow don't see happening anytime soon.
 

yoav_r

yoav_r
biggest_dreamer said:
Updated with the usual caveat of only caring about the species level. A nearly clean sweep for Americas - coyote in both the wild and zoos, bighorn sheep in neither, everything else in zoos.

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I've once again split up my "never seen" lists based on my planned trips for the next two years. This year will for sure include visits to Metro Richmond Zoo (markhor) and both Maryland and Philadelphia Zoo (Coquerel's sifaka), a perpetual "surely I'll visit it soon now" hovering over Greensboro Science Center (maned wolf), a weekend trip through Alabama including Alabama Safari Park (black wildebeest), and maaaaybe if I'm lucky, Detroit Zoo (wolverine). Next year should feature trips to Japan (dhole, proboscis monkey, reindeer, wild boar, Chinese pangolin, quokka, Tasmanian devil) and around the southwestern US (African buffalo, bighorn sheep, moose, pronghorn, Nile monitor), each with a wide array of species I'd never have any hope of seeing anywhere closer by (as well as the reindeer, which is by far my biggest "how have I still never seen this thing" species left). Let's see how that pans out! And as for the bottommost tier, kiwis are around here and there in the US, but beyond that I'd necessarily have to visit the two San Diego facilities to see the wombat and platypus. The others all seem pretty much infeasible without leaving the country, or spotting a wild one in the case of the Dall sheep, which I somehow don't see happening anytime soon.
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Great job so far
 

Milurian

Milurian
thought I should finally upload on of these. Unsurprisingly I have barely seen any ingame animal because half the games roster isnt kept on my continent.
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SivatheriumGuy

SivatheriumGuy
Tierlist update time! There is not much else to add outside of the DLC additions, though. I'm very glad to have seen the species I got to see in a recent zoo visit. As per usual, recommended read if you want some context for some of the rankings:
SivatheriumGuy said:
A ton has changed in my list! Both because of the addition of the new DLC as well as my trips to zoos I had the pleasure to do in between DLC’s (A very long in between I must say). As per usual, recommended read if you want some context for some of the rankings:

  • The new Zookeeper’s Animal Pack was a 7/7 for me! And this would have not been possible if not for an amazing trip I took to the Berlin zoos back at the end of September. I’ll give more detail about both Berlin parks later in this post, but I saw the Pallas’ cat, Markhor, Spectacled bear and Coquerel’s sifaka for the first (and only) time in Tierpark Berlin. I have seen the other species coming with this pack in several other zoos, I’ve only seen Hamadryas baboons twice (one of those being at the Berlin zoo), I’ve been lucky enough to work as a zookeeper with Kirk’s dik-dik and have seen them in a bunch of parks (Bioparc Valencia, the Berlin zoo, Faunia Madrid,...) and I’ve seen African spurred tortoises in many other parks, I’d say is one of the tortoise species I’ve seen the most (Cabárceno, Sigean, Santillana,...). The African leopard was my only miss, and different from the Amur leopard that can be found in several European collections I doubt I’ll ever see one unless I go down to Africa to see them in the wild, hence I’ll be using it in the tier-list as the “stand in” for the rest of leopard subspecies I have seen (Sri Lankan, Persian and Javan to be precise), similar to what I do with the lion, Bengal tiger, Himalayan brown bear,... God knows what the “African leopards” that European zoos claim to have are ahahaha.
  • I visited Zoo du Bassin d’Arcachon in June and saw two species I hadn’t seen before, the Malayan tapir and the Sun bear! I was thrilled to see the tapir, I had been to two zoos before that housed them (ZSL London Zoo back in 2018, when they still had them, and ZooParc de Beauval) but they were no-shows in both. I broke my unlucky streak with the lovely male in this French zoo.
  • After I learned that a zoo very close to where I live started housing Amur tigers (Sendaviva), I knew I had to visit and see them for the first time, so I decided to visit them back at the start of July. Three Spanish zoos have received Amur tigers this year, a far cry from what used to be the tendency of this subspecies in the country’s zoos.
  • After many years of dreaming of getting to a zoo I’ve always wanted to visit, this September I finally visited Tierpark Berlin. Easily the best zoo I’ve ever visited, I loved every second of it. The atmosphere, the forested feeling, the statues scattered around the park, the contrast between old exhibits that still hold up and the brand new perfectly designed masterplan projects,... put all that together to an incredible collection full of fascinating birds and ungulates and you have my perfect park! I saw 130ish species I had never seen before, including the some animals coming with this new DLC. Other than them, I saw Polar bears, Sulawesi babirusas and Sichuan takins, joining the rank of species I’ve seen at zoos. In a park full of highlights (my first ever gerenuks, Rocky Mountain goats, reedbucks,...) all three of these species were also very high up. The babirusa and takin are in my top 5 of favorite animals, and finally being able to see them was truly an experience (I had seen Mishmi takins back in 2016, but the Tierpark knows how to display it’s takins!). Polar bears are truly breathtaking animals, it was incredible to finally see one.
  • And right after the Tierpark, the Berlin Zoo followed! Another incredible institution, although I didn’t like it as much as the Tierpark. Some of the exhibits haven’t aged as well and I liked the tierpark's atmosphere more overall, but I don’t want to erase the amazing things the zoo also does very well. My favorite areas were the old Antelope house, the incredibly modern and beautifully designed Rhino Pagoda as well as “Welt der Vögel”, a paradise for any bird lover. The biggest zoological collection in all of the world gave way to a ton of brand new species I had never seen, but the list of the species that are also in PZ consists of the Japanese macaque, Bonobo, Sand cat, Sloth bear, and North Island brown kiwi. The kiwi and sloth bear were especially exciting for me, recently I’ve been obsessed with New Zealand fauna and I had to check in the kiwi exhibit on seven separate occasions to have a chance to look at the animal! The sloth bear was really cool because not only is it my favorite bear species, but it was also the last bear I needed to see to have witnessed all 8 extant bear species! I also saw Gharials for the first time at the Aquarium next door, it can be considered part of the main zoo except for needing to get a separate ticket to access this beautiful building filled to the brim with incredible species of fish, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates.
Sorry for the quality of the image, the site won't let me upload the actual downloaded file because it's too big. Seems like this will be the last DLC update, which is a bit sad. I really liked updating my little tier list after every DLC drop, getting to add what I have seen from my zoo trips as well as whatever new was added to Planet Zoo. I’m 99% sure that this will be the last update PZ will get, but maybe I’ll keep up updating the list if I get to see the many animals I have yet to see in my zoo trips, I really enjoy doing so. A pleasure to have chatted with you people about our lists, I loved doing so <3
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  • The Americas pack was a 5/7 for me! The White-faced saki, Ocelot, Greater rhea and American flamingo have been a common sight in my zoo visits, I'm really glad we got them for that matter as I see them as amazing inclusions for a zoo game, as I do with the Bush dog which I have only seen at two zoos but still find as a wonderful inclusion.
  • I have sadly yet to see a bighorn sheep or a coyote, both incredibly cool animals in my opinion. I really hope to at least get to see a bighorn sheep at some point in the future, mostly because Plzen zoo is a park I expect to visit soon or later.
  • I made a quick little trip to Madrid earlier this year where I was able to see my very first Black wildebeest at ZooAquarium de Madrid and Striped skunk at Faunia! I was specially excited to see the black wildebeest as a huge ungulate lover, they are incredibly unique and iconic animals.
  • Last week I was lucky enough to pay my second visit to ZooParc de Beauval, and I had a lot of fun! I saw many of the target species I had in mind (sadly the yellow-backed duikers the zoo houses didn't show up for me...) and between those animals I was able to see my first ever Tasmanian devils and Lesser Antillean iguanas! I went already knowing I really liked Tasmanian devils, but seeing them (and hearing them!) in person was truly an experience. Sadly, the zoo also has caracals that were a no-show in my visit, which is really sad I was hoping to see them.
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Again, sorry for the poor quality of the picture, the forum won't let me post actual download. Seeing that the DLC's won't stop in quite some time (I do expect at least one more after this one) I'm really happy to continue updating my tierlist, it's genuinely fun and I really enjoy doing so!
 
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biggest_dreamer

biggest_dreamer
I was successful in seeing both black wildebeest and maned wolf over the weekend. Rather than updating my chart with a relatively minor bump, I decided to do something a bit different.

This is the number of times I've seen each of these species at around 50 different facilities. A couple of notes: this includes aquariums and specialist/native/safari park facilities, but does not include farms, pets, etc. Everything is considered at the species level, mostly, with a few exceptions. Cattle does not include zebu or Ankole cattle, sheep does not include European mouflon, wild ass and wild boar do not include their domestic counterparts, wolf does not include dingo (I would say "or NGSD", but both places I've seen NGSD also had traditional wolves so it's a moot point), red panda is treated as a single species, and crested porcupine includes cape porcupine (which is what probably all of the ones I've seen are, regardless of how they're signed). This is only for species I have directly personally observed - if a facility keeps the species and I didn't see it during my visit, it isn't counted.

It's sort of satisfying how every number from 1 to 21 is represented.

edit: in reviewing this list I realized that ocelot should actually be at 4.

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Chuditch

Chuditch
biggest_dreamer said:
This is the number of times I've seen each of these species at around 50 different facilities.
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This is a really cool idea! I've been to far fewer facilities (18 in total - 15 zoos/wildlife parks & 3 aquariums) but wanted to try something similar:

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Included an extra slot at the bottom for three species I saw in zoos here before they disappeared from local collections

Used the same system of similar species/subspecies as in my other posts:
African crested porcupine -> Cape porcupine
African leopard -> Sri Lankan leopard
Alpine goat -> other goat breeds
Bengal tiger -> Sumatran & zoomix tiger
Bornean orangutan -> Sumatran orangutan
Hill Radnor sheep -> other sheep breeds
Himalayan brown bear -> Syrian brown bear
Reticulated giraffe -> zoomix giraffe
Sussex chicken -> other chicken breeds
West African lion -> zoomix African lion
Wild water buffalo -> Australian swamp buffalo
 

leehonglocal

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Chuditch said:
This is a really cool idea! I've been to far fewer facilities (18 in total - 15 zoos/wildlife parks & 3 aquariums) but wanted to try something similar:

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Included an extra slot at the bottom for three species I saw in zoos here before they disappeared from local collections

Used the same system of similar species/subspecies as in my other posts:
African crested porcupine -> Cape porcupine
African leopard -> Sri Lankan leopard
Alpine goat -> other goat breeds
Bengal tiger -> Sumatran & zoomix tiger
Bornean orangutan -> Sumatran orangutan
Hill Radnor sheep -> other sheep breeds
Himalayan brown bear -> Syrian brown bear
Reticulated giraffe -> zoomix giraffe
Sussex chicken -> other chicken breeds
West African lion -> zoomix African lion
Wild water buffalo -> Australian swamp buffalo
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What did you mean by zoomix?
 
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