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I like a lot of the new Grasslands animals but I hope Frontier is nearly done with carnivores; we currently have more canines in the game than total birds.

The blue wildebeest is basically a replacement for the black wildebeest in my mind--better model and much more common in captivity (not a single AZA institution has black wildebeest).
 
Antimony96 said:
I like a lot of the new Grasslands animals but I hope Frontier is nearly done with carnivores; we currently have more canines in the game than total birds.

The blue wildebeest is basically a replacement for the black wildebeest in my mind--better model and much more common in captivity (not a single AZA institution has black wildebeest).
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You have to remember that they’re based in Europe, and Black Wildebeest are more common there than in the US.
There’s still a few carnivores that I want for the game. Honey badger, Wolverine, sea otter, fossa, the remaining 3 bear species, and of course more small cats.
 
Antimony96 said:
I like a lot of the new Grasslands animals but I hope Frontier is nearly done with carnivores; we currently have more canines in the game than total birds.

The blue wildebeest is basically a replacement for the black wildebeest in my mind--better model and much more common in captivity (not a single AZA institution has black wildebeest).
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At least with these recent canines, they're species that people actually wanted rather than other potential headscratchers like Eurasian wolves or pale foxes.
 
Antimony96 said:
The blue wildebeest is basically a replacement for the black wildebeest in my mind--better model and much more common in captivity (not a single AZA institution has black wildebeest).
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This is not actually true, as the B Bryan Preserve in Point Arena, California does have a small breeding herd of black wildebeest, and they are an AZA-certified facility, same as White Oak or the Audubon Species Survival Center.
 
Corangurilla said:
There’s still a few carnivores that I want for the game. Honey badger, Wolverine, sea otter, fossa, the remaining 3 bear species, and of course more small cats.
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True, I'd at least like to see an ocelot. But I still hope 2023 sees a bit more of a feathered focus, if not an outright aviary pack (which the walkthrough exhibit system still has to be a prelude to, even if it's currently only used for bats and butterflies)
 
Antimony96 said:
I like a lot of the new Grasslands animals but I hope Frontier is nearly done with carnivores; we currently have more canines in the game than total birds.

The blue wildebeest is basically a replacement for the black wildebeest in my mind--better model and much more common in captivity (not a single AZA institution has black wildebeest).
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mini frontier has put in several unnecessary carnivores at the expense of one’s we would actually benefit from/deserve to be in the game. Arctic Wolf and Dingo were wasted slots. Red wolf was a bit meh.

Carnivores we should get before the end of the DLCs imo:

- Serval
- Pallas’ Cat
- Ocelot
- European Wildcat
- Fossa
- Tasmanian Devil
- Raccoon Dog
- Bush Dog
- Bat-Eared Fox (maybe)

Basically we got quite a few random wolf subspecies and average foxes when really we should’ve been getting small cats and the more unique canids.
 
Fresco3 said:
mini frontier has put in several unnecessary carnivores at the expense of one’s we would actually benefit from/deserve to be in the game. Arctic Wolf and Dingo were wasted slots. Red wolf was a bit meh.

Carnivores we should get before the end of the DLCs imo:

- Serval
- Pallas’ Cat
- Ocelot
- European Wildcat
- Fossa
- Tasmanian Devil
- Raccoon Dog
- Bush Dog
- Bat-Eared Fox (maybe)

Basically we got quite a few random wolf subspecies and average foxes when really we should’ve been getting small cats and the more unique canids.
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  1. There isn’t a red wolf in Planet Zoo (unless you mean the Red Fox).
  2. Tasmanian Devils may be carnivores in diet, but they are marsupials by classification.
  3. I actually really like the Dingo. I was “eh” on it when the Australia Pack debuted, but it’s grown on me a lot.
 
Fresco3 said:
Arctic Wolf and Dingo were wasted slots. Red wolf was a bit meh.
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Agree Dingo was a wasted slot, especially with two wolves and the Dhole involved.

Fresco3 said:
Carnivores we should get before the end of the DLCs imo:

- Serval
- Pallas’ Cat
- Ocelot
- European Wildcat
- Fossa
- Tasmanian Devil
- Raccoon Dog
- Bush Dog
- Bat-Eared Fox (maybe)
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The Tassie and Fossa are the only ones likely to make the cut I'd think - maybe one of the spotted cats or Pallas.

Fresco3 said:
Basically we got quite a few random wolf subspecies and average foxes when really we should’ve been getting small cats and the more unique canids.
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Bearing in mind that many of the species we have gotten are well known and appreciated by the majority (except maybe the Arctic Wolf) - unique is less a factor to many.
 
Corangurilla said:
  1. There isn’t a red wolf in Planet Zoo (unless you mean the Red Fox).
  2. Tasmanian Devils may be carnivores in diet, but they are marsupials by classification.
  3. I actually really like the Dingo. I was “eh” on it when the Australia Pack debuted, but it’s grown on me a lot.
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Yes, meant Red fox! Yeah, I know Tasmanian devils aren’t in Carnivora, but they are carnivores in a dietary sense, strong disagree on the dingo…
 
Great Argus said:
Agree Dingo was a wasted slot, especially with two wolves and the Dhole involved.



The Tassie and Fossa are the only ones likely to make the cut I'd think - maybe one of the spotted cats or Pallas.



Bearing in mind that many of the species we have gotten are well known and appreciated by the majority (except maybe the Arctic Wolf) - unique is less a factor to many.
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I’m not so sure. Frontier has a strong bias to include felids and canids in packs and I could see them adding several more species. Of the ones I listed I think Tasmanian Devil is a shoe in as top of the wishlist. But I believe the Raccoon Dog will also likely make it in given how tanukis are popular in pop culture and in Asia (highly marketable). I also think we are likely to get the Fossa simply because it’s unique.

Of the remaining species, while I think serval should be a priority, I think it probably just got pushed out by the Caracal and we are unlikely to now get both, but I could see both the ocelot and wild cat making it. Ocelot as we are likely to get some sort of neotropical animal pack before the game is done and it’s very famous due to Minecraft, and European wild cat because frontier is based in the UK and seems to be enjoying adding European fauna to the game atm (Eurasian Lynx, fallow deer, European badger, red fox, red deer etc.). European wildcat (at least the Scottish subspecies) is a conservation story in itself.

I’m not so optimistic about the Pallas or Bush dog but I’ll never say never and think both deserve a spot personally. I could just see them getting edged out for the more pop-culture picks of ocelot and tanuki alongside the highly requested tassie and Fossa.
 
The dingo was the weakest of the bunch in the Australia pack but I'm still happy it is here, it's one of the most iconic Australian animals.
 
In all honesty I don’t see any of the other bear species bring added to the game. For most normal PZ users, it could get really confusing if there were 4 different bear species which you can get mixed up with quite easily.
 
felis silvestris said:
In all honesty I don’t see any of the other bear species bring added to the game. For most normal PZ users, it could get really confusing if there were 4 different bear species which you can get mixed up with quite easily.
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I don’t either, but I still want it to happen. The only one I’m truly expecting is the Andean; American Black and Sloth are pipe dreams.
 
felis silvestris said:
Honestly I’d prefer sloth over andean because they are quite unique compared to the other black bears.
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As much as I love Sloth Bears, I’d have to go with the Andean Bear. South America needs all the representation it can get, and we already have the Sun and Moon bears for Asia. Also, my home zoo keeps Andean Bears, so I am partially biased.
 
I think people are underestimating how good the American Black Bear could be.
  1. It can be found in places where grizzlies aren’t (chiefly the swamps of the Southeastern US, where you might be able to do a thing with the gator, cougar, raccoon, and armadillo all in one area).
  2. They have great potential for color visitations, like Glacier, Cinnamon, and Kermode.
  3. There isn’t a good stand-in for them. Sloth bear can easily be replaced with Sun or Formosan Black Bear, but the only other North American bear in the game is the Grizzly, and what if you’re recreating a zoo that has both Black Bears and Grizzlies in a North American area (like North Carolina or Oakland)?
 
I personally think Spectacled and American Black are equally as likely. Sloth is the outlier.

Tbh I could see us getting an Eurasian Brown clone in a free update before we get the sloth.

I can definitely see another bear though. The last one we got was 7 DLCs ago (Sun bear in SEA). We’ve since had Africa, North America, Europe, Wetlands, Conservation, Twilight and Grasslands with no bears. Bears aren’t to be ruled out.
 
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