Determining Inter-species compatibility?

[Wenatchee Willie]

As the title says, will there be a way to determine which animals can co-habit together before you obtain them, some way other than trial and error?

Thanks.

[masteradstriker]

I think there MIGHT be a guide to which animal is compatible to which. Zebras and wildebeest can coexist together, so can springboks and giraffes.

[Kvitravn]

There will be an in-game wiki/guide where you can find information about the animals and I'm assuming that will also tell you which species can live in the same enclosure. Other than that I'm pretty sure you can figure it out by looking at reality. If two species can be found in the same area in the wild or in the same enclosure in a real life zoo it's safe to assume they can live together in-game. Predators (and possibly primates) will be the exception though. I can't imagine those getting along well (even though there have been exceptions)

[Wenatchee Willie]

Originally posted by AeonWolf:

There will be an in-game wiki/guide where you can find information about the animals and I'm assuming that will also tell you which species can live in the same enclosure. Other than that I'm pretty sure you can figure it out by looking at reality. If two species can be found in the same area in the wild or in the same enclosure in a real life zoo it's safe to assume they can live together in-game. Predators (and possibly primates) will be the exception though. I can't imagine those getting along well (even though there have been exceptions)

That's fine, but I'm hoping to avoid visits to real life zoos before I play the game, or visiting the RL biomes of the animals. Some relationships I just don't know but seem logical...eg, chimps and mandrills? Good news about the in-game wiki guide.

Thanks all.

[Kvitravn]

Originally posted by Wenatchee Willie:

Originally posted by AeonWolf:

There will be an in-game wiki/guide where you can find information about the animals and I'm assuming that will also tell you which species can live in the same enclosure. Other than that I'm pretty sure you can figure it out by looking at reality. If two species can be found in the same area in the wild or in the same enclosure in a real life zoo it's safe to assume they can live together in-game. Predators (and possibly primates) will be the exception though. I can't imagine those getting along well (even though there have been exceptions)

That's fine, but I'm hoping to avoid visits to real life zoos before I play the game, or visiting the RL biomes of the animals. Some relationships I just don't know but seem logical...eg, chimps and mandrills? Good news about the in-game wiki guide.

Thanks all.

You don't have to visit RL zoos or travel to Africa :') A quick google search or a video on youtube can give you an answer as well. But yeah, I'm pretty sure the in-game wiki will mention which animals get along nicely.

[Wenatchee Willie]

Did anyone happen to jot down during the beta which species can cohabit together?

[HeatherG]

Originally posted by Wenatchee Willie:

Did anyone happen to jot down during the beta which species can cohabit together?

Below are ones that can have shared habitats. (from the zoopedia)

Indian Elephant, Indian Peafowl and Rhinoceros are compatible

Common Warthog, Giraffe, Sable Antelope, African Buffalo, African Elephant, Common Ostrich, Springbok, Gemsbok are all compatible (edited to add Zebra)

[XrystalBelle]

You can access the zoo pedia before purchasing any animals so you can plan ahead as to which animals you want to put in which habitats. The ones heatherg23 posted were ones I remember from the zoopedia as well. There are also different combinations as well .. Where the beta didn't have all the animals available in the full game there are probably others that will go together that at present we don't know of.

You can start off with smaller habitats with single species as you gather the animals and money/credits and research them .. you can then add the excess to a shared habitat of compatible animals releasing some to the wild, selling some on as needed or desired.

[Wenatchee Willie]

Zebra is ok with the second group you listed also.

Which leads me to ask, if I wanted to have a massive savannah habitat I wonder with 30-40 animals divided among those 9 species, how would I know how many zookeepers would be necessary? And for a very large habitat, would an entrance for the staff at both ends be necessary?

[HeatherG]

Originally posted by Wenatchee Willie:

Zebra is ok with the second group you listed also.

Which leads me to ask, if I wanted to have a massive savannah habitat I wonder with 30-40 animals divided among those 9 species, how would I now how many zookeepers would be necessary? And for a very large habitat, would an entrance for the staff at both ends be necessary?

Thanks for catching that. Added it above

[Zeesha]

Originally posted by Wenatchee Willie:

As the title says, will there be a way to determine which animals can co-habit together before you obtain them, some way other than trial and error?

Thanks.

It's in the game already. We had it in beta. Pops up under the lil zoopedia book thing what can go with what else so you don't have to hunt out of game/trial and error.

[XrystalBelle]

Originally posted by Wenatchee Willie:

Zebra is ok with the second group you listed also.

Which leads me to ask, if I wanted to have a massive savannah habitat I wonder with 30-40 animals divided among those 9 species, how would I know how many zookeepers would be necessary? And for a very large habitat, would an entrance for the staff at both ends be necessary?

I actually tried a huge savannah habitat. It works .. kinda .. but during the beta the keepers had issues entering the habitat via the only zookeeper gate you can place. Hopefully that issue is resolved come release. Once they did get in I had at least 2 zookeepers doing each task at the same time.

You can monitor the habitat food and cleanliness status to make sure enough zookeepers are allocated to the habitats work zone. But zookeepers will work in any habitat needing work so if you see one travelling from outside their work zone to assist you know you need to add another allocated zookeeper.

[St0rmWyvrn]

Right, so I trolled through the wiki and here's a list of compatible sets --

Sub-Saharan Animals:
Aardvark/Meerkat

African Savanah:
African Buffalo/Black Wildebeest/Common Ostrich/Common Warthog/Nyala/Reticulated Giraffe/Plains Zebra/Sable Antelope/Southern White Rhinoceros/Springbok/Thomson's Gazelle

Lemur Family:
Black-And-White Ruffed Lemur/Ring-Tailed Lemur/Red Ruffed Lemur

Eastern Companions:
Binturong/Borenean Orangutan/Indian Elephant/Malayan Tapir/Proboscus Monkey

Binturong/Sunbear -- Sunbear has to remain separate from other Asian animals.

Yankees:
American Bison/Black-Tailed Prairie Dog/Pronghorn Antelope

South Americans:
Baird's Tapir/Giant Anteater/Colombian-White-Faced Capuchin Monkey

Wonders of Oz:
Red Kangaroo/Koala

Other combinations of animals are possible -- as I recall one scenario combines the Baird's Tapir and Okapi -- but the game might give you a warning. I put Formosan Black Bear and Timber Wolf in the same habitat. They didn't like that much, but there wasn't any blood involved. Coming up with which animals can theoretically be combined is a different question.

[PIT_DEFENDER]

By cohabiting you mean like living the same pen ?

[Jaggid Edje]

The in game zoopedia shows animals that get enrichment bonuses for being together. It does not, however, list all compatibilities. A ton of animals are compatible that don't give bonuses, and the in game zoopedia doesn't show any of that.

Generally speaking, all non-predators are compatible with all non-predators which they share a biome with as long as their terrain requirements and foliage cover requirements overlap. It is really that simple.
Continent doesn't even matter, because 1. there's a lot of foliage shared between continents and 2. even having plants from other continents has very negligible impact on their welfare.

For example, Lemurs can all go together and give each other bonuses, but you could also put Mandrills, Bonobos, Chimpanzees and Western Lowland gorillas in with them and everyone would still be happy as clams.

There's a web app that can be used to quickly find animals which have overlapping terrain and cover, it just hasn't been updated for the most recent dlc animals: https://planetzooplanner.azurewebsites.net/