Planet Zoo: 18 Best Animals For Multispecies Enclosures - GameRant

Highlights

• Planet Zoo is a highly detailed and immersive game where players build and manage a zoo.
• Choosing animals that are compatible for multispecies enclosures can be more profitable and enjoyable for new players.
• Different DLC packs offer new animals that can live together, adding variety and unique experiences for players.

The highly immersive and realistic simulation game Planet Zoo puts players in the shoes of a zoo owner tasked with building, maintaining, and expanding a profitable zoo. The size, design, and type of zoo players can build is entirely up to them, but with this freedom comes some difficulty. There are a lot of animals to choose from and each has individual needs that must be maintained to ensure their happiness.

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While Planet Zoo features an expansive building system and challenging scenarios, its main draw will always be the animals themselves.

As a result, animals favorable for multispecies enclosures are often the most profitable and best for new players. They can share the same space, often have the same needs, and receive and provide bonuses to those they share space with. If players are interested in creating multispecies enclosures, here are the best Planet Zoo animals that can live together.

Updated December 24, 2023 by Joe Grantham: Planet Zoo is easily the best zoo management game of all time, with incredible attention to detail and immersive features that help players forget they are playing a game.

With over 180 species available to players with all the content, and new animals always being added, it is only natural that many of these animals can live together in peace, and provide each other with enrichment. The best animals for multispecies enclosures in Planet Zoo can work with various other species, allowing for some truly unique viewing experiences for guests.

1 Koala

Compatible With 1 Species

Compatible Animals	Red Kangaroo
Group Size	1-4 (up to 1 male, up to 3 females)
Reproduction	Easy
Game Edition	Australia Pack

Koalas were added as part of the Australia Pack which is available for an additional price and adds a total of five new animals, as well as new scenery, challenges, and more. Koalas pair nicely with Red Kangaroos, though technically they don't share a suitable biome.

Both Koalas and Kangaroos require 180.0 m² in their enclosure but require no water. Koalas need a climbing area of 20 m² and also need the temperature to be 8‒42 ℃, while kangaroos need a temperature of 12‒40 ℃, which can easily be accommodated for both.

2 Pronghorn Antelope

Compatible With 1 Species

Compatible Animals	American Bison
Group Size	1-11 (up to 1 male, up to 10 females)
Reproduction	Very Easy
Game Edition	Standard

The Pronghorn Antelope is a North American animal that receives and gives a bonus when sharing a space with the American Bison. It ranks low because it only gets this bonus with one other animal. That being said, if players are going for a North American-themed zoo, the Pronghorn Antelope are great animals to have with American Bison.

They only require 370 square meters of land, have a quick maturation period of 1.5 years, and a short gestation of 8 months. These are great if players want to start breeding and selling rather quickly.

3 Red Ruffed Lemur

Compatible With 2 Species

Compatible Animals	Ring Tailed Lemur, Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur
Group Size	3‒30 (up to 1 male, up to 29 females)
Reproduction	Easy
Game Edition	Standard

Red Ruffed Lemurs are native to the island of Madagascar off the South East Coast of Africa and their perfect partners for a shared enclosure are their relatives, the Ring Tailed and Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs, which like any Lemurs are also only found on the remote island. All three species have very similar requirements, as they prefer a tropical biome, need 210 m² of space, and 20.0 m² of climbing area.

However, the Red Ruffed Lemurs are arguably the best out of the three, as they mature slightly quicker at 2.5 years and have a slightly lower gestation period of only 3 months. They also don't become sterile until they are 20 years of age.

4 American Bison

Compatible With 3 Species

Compatible Animals	Black-Tailed Prairie Dog, Collared Peccary Pronghorn Antelope
Group Size	3-15 (up to 1 male, up to 14 females)
Reproduction	Very Easy
Game Edition	Standard

The American Bison gets an interspecies enrichment bonus by sharing an enclosure with the Pronghorn Antelope, but regrettably, not any of the other antelope species. They can also live with Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs if players have the North America Animal Pack. Thanks to an anniversary update they also get on with the Collared Peccary which was added for free. American Bison require an enclosure that is 420.0 m² large, with an additional 90 m² required for each individual added.

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They mature rather quickly at 3 years of age and have a fairly low gestation period of 10 months. They prefer a grassland environment and temperatures that do not rise above 40 ℃. Controlling the temperature of habitats is one of the many features of Planet Zoo that new players often don't know about.

5 Mute Swan

Compatible With 4 Species

Compatible Animals	European Fallow Deer, Red Deer, Wild Boar, Wisent
Group Size	2‒50 (up to 25 males, up to 25 females)
Reproduction	Very Easy
Game Edition	Eurasia Animal Pack

The graceful Mute Swan is one of the newest faces in Planet Zoo, arriving as part of the Eurasia Animal Pack and has taken the community by storm. In terms of compatibility with other species, the Mute Swan benefits from living alongside the two species of deer, as well as Wild Boar and Wisent from the same DLC.

While all these animals are compatible with each other, in practice the Mute Swan makes the most sense as players can create a habitat that is part land, part water.

6 Colombian White-Faced Capuchin Monkey

Compatible With 4 Species

Compatible Animals	Baird's Tapir, Capybara, Collared Peccary, Giant Anteater
Group Size	8-40 (up to 13 males, up to 39 females)
Reproduction	Easy
Game Edition	South America Pack

Colombian White-Faced Capuchin Monkeys were introduced in one of the best DLCs for Planet Zoo, the South America Pack, alongside four other new animals. They are native to both South America and North America. These adorable little primates are happy to share their enclosure with Giant Anteaters, Baird's Tapirs, Collared Peccary, and Capybara all of which will be happy in a tropical biome.

These monkeys require an enclosure that is 210 m² large, with an additional 8 m² for each Capuchin added. They mature at 7 years of age, but they have a low gestation period of only 6 months.

7 Collared Peccary

Compatible With 5 Species

Compatible Animals	American Bison, Capybara, Columbian White-Faced Capuchin Monkey, Giant Anteater, Llama
Group Size	5‒15 (Up to 14 males, up to 14 females)
Reproduction	Easy
Game Edition	Standard

For the 4th anniversary of Planet Zoo, Frontier added the Collared Peccary for free, and these pig-like creatures happen to be compatible with five other species from the Americas. Amazingly, these adaptable mammals are at home in grassland, temperate, tropical, and even desert biomes, meaning fans can play around with the habitats they create.

Collared Peccary require 300 m² land with ...