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Planet Zoo 2 Habitat Requirements

Minimum space, temperature, group size and barrier specifications for all 69 Planet Zoo 2 habitat animals (57 terrestrial and 12 flying), taken from the official Zoopedia. Pick an animal to see what its habitat barrier needs, then check the table to plan a whole area.

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Barrier requirements for every habitat animal

Showing 69 of 69 animals

Animal	Habitat	Barrier grade	Min. height	Climb-proof	Water barrier	Biome	Min. area	Temperature	Group size
Aardvark	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1 m	No	No	Grassland	Land 160 m²	14 to 36 °C	1–2
African Leopard	Habitat (terrestrial)	3	3 m	Yes	No	Tropical, Grassland	Land 705 m², Climbable 45 m²	14 to 36 °C	1–2
African Penguin	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1 m	No	No	Open Sea, Grassland	Land 180 m², Aquatic 135 m², Deep water 67 m²	3 to 36 °C	6–500
African Savannah Elephant	Habitat (terrestrial)	4	3 m	No	No	Desert, Grassland, Wetlands	Land 502 m², Aquatic 25 m²	14 to 36 °C	2–16
African Wild Dog	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	3 m	No	No	Grassland	Land 930 m²	14 to 36 °C	2–27
Asian Elephant	Habitat (terrestrial)	4	3 m	No	No	Tropical, Grassland, Wetlands	Land 376 m², Aquatic 25 m²	14 to 36 °C	3–30
Asian Small-Clawed Otter	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Estuarine, Lakes and Rivers, Mangrove, Tropical, Wetlands	Land 120 m², Aquatic 40 m², Deep water 30 m²	18 to 33 °C	2–15
Bactrian Camel	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Desert, Grassland, Temperate	Land 650 m²	-40 to 40 °C	2–11
Binturong	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	3 m	Yes	No	Tropical	Land 182 m², Climbable 60 m²	18 to 33 °C	1–5
Black Rhinoceros	Habitat (terrestrial)	4	2 m	No	No	Desert, Grassland	Land 770 m²	14 to 41 °C	1–3
Black Wildebeest	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Grassland	Land 410 m²	14 to 36 °C	4–20
Blue Wildebeest	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Grassland	Land 410 m²	14 to 36 °C	4–20
Cape Buffalo	Habitat (terrestrial)	3	1.25 m	No	No	Grassland, Wetlands	Land 420 m², Aquatic 20 m²	14 to 36 °C	3–15
Common Hippopotamus	Habitat (terrestrial)	4	2 m	No	No	Lakes and Rivers, Grassland, Wetlands	Land 502 m², Aquatic 502 m²	14 to 36 °C	3–30
Common Ostrich	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Grassland	Land 300 m²	14 to 36 °C	1–8
Common Warthog	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Grassland	Land 290 m²	14 to 36 °C	1–7
Eurasian Beaver	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Lakes and Rivers, Taiga, Temperate	Land 300 m², Aquatic 210 m², Deep water 45 m²	-5 to 30 °C	2–8
Eurasian Bittern	Habitat (flying)	2	1 m	No	No	Temperate, Wetlands	Land 40 m², Aquatic 25 m², Flight 20 m²	-6 to 25 °C	1–2
Eurasian Brown Bear	Habitat (terrestrial)	3	3 m	Yes	No	Taiga, Temperate, Tundra	Land 970 m², Aquatic 30 m²	-15 to 28 °C	1–2
Eurasian Lynx	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	3 m	Yes	No	Taiga, Temperate, Tundra	Land 615 m², Climbable 20 m²	-25 to 28 °C	1–3
European Bison	Habitat (terrestrial)	3	1.25 m	No	No	Taiga, Temperate	Land 420 m²	-15 to 28 °C	2–13
Galápagos Giant Tortoise	Habitat (terrestrial)	1	1 m	No	No	Tropical	Land 230 m²	18 to 33 °C	1–4
Gemsbok	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Desert, Grassland	Land 270 m²	14 to 41 °C	5–10
Gharial	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1 m	No	No	Lakes and Rivers, Tropical, Wetlands	Land 110 m², Aquatic 300 m², Deep water 120 m²	14 to 41 °C	1–7
Giant Panda	Habitat (terrestrial)	4	2 m	Yes	No	Temperate	Land 650 m²	14 to 33 °C	1–10
Golden Eagle	Habitat (flying)	2	1 m	No	No	Desert, Grassland, Taiga, Temperate, Tundra	Land 400 m², Flight 50 m²	-30 to 30 °C	1–2
Golden Lion Tamarin	Habitat (terrestrial)	1	3 m	Yes	Yes, 3 m wide, 1 m deep	Tropical	Land 55 m², Climbable 15 m²	18 to 33 °C	2–8
Goodfellow's Tree-Kangaroo	Habitat (terrestrial)	1	1 m	Yes	No	Tropical	Land 200 m², Climbable 20 m²	18 to 33 °C	1–2
Great Hornbill	Habitat (flying)	2	1 m	No	No	Tropical	Land 80 m², Flight 50 m²	18 to 33 °C	2–10
Greater Flamingo	Habitat (flying)	1	1 m	No	No	Estuarine, Temperate, Wetlands	Land 100 m², Aquatic 80 m², Flight 60 m²	14 to 33 °C	20–500
Grey Wolf	Habitat (terrestrial)	3	3 m	No	No	Desert, Tropical, Grassland, Taiga, Temperate, Tundra	Land 1162 m²	-18 to 29 °C	2–12
Grizzly Bear	Habitat (terrestrial)	4	2 m	Yes	No	Taiga, Temperate, Tundra, Wetlands	Land 970 m², Aquatic 30 m²	-15 to 28 °C	1–2
Javan Green Magpie	Habitat (flying)	1	1 m	No	No	Tropical	Land 50 m², Flight 25 m²	18 to 33 °C	1–2
Komodo Dragon	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1 m	No	No	Mangrove, Tropical, Wetlands	Land 285 m², Aquatic 15 m²	18 to 33 °C	1–2
Lion	Habitat (terrestrial)	3	3 m	Yes	No	Grassland	Land 810 m²	14 to 41 °C	2–30
Long-Eared Owl	Habitat (flying)	2	1 m	No	No	Grassland, Taiga, Temperate, Wetlands	Land 250 m², Flight 50 m²	-14 to 36 °C	1–2
Long-Tailed Parakeet	Habitat (flying)	2	1 m	No	No	Tropical	Land 6 m², Flight 6 m²	18 to 33 °C	2–12
Malayan Tapir	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Tropical, Wetlands	Land 430 m², Aquatic 37 m²	18 to 33 °C	1–2
Masai Giraffe	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Grassland	Land 1500 m²	12 to 36 °C	3–12
Meerkat	Habitat (terrestrial)	1	1.25 m	No	No	Desert, Grassland	Land 180 m²	14 to 41 °C	2–30
Mountain Hare	Habitat (terrestrial)	1	1.25 m	No	Yes, 3 m wide, 1 m deep	Taiga, Temperate, Tundra	Land 200 m²	-30 to 25 °C	1–5
Nile Monitor	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	0.5 m	No	No	Grassland, Wetlands	Land 220 m², Aquatic 30 m²	20 to 41 °C	1–3
North Sulawesi Babirusa	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Tropical	Land 350 m²	18 to 33 °C	1–5
Nyala	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Grassland	Land 340 m²	14 to 41 °C	1–5
Plains Zebra	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Grassland	Land 460 m²	14 to 36 °C	3–6
Przewalski's Horse	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Desert, Grassland	Land 460 m²	-26 to 36 °C	3–8
Red Deer	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Temperate	Land 360 m²	-5 to 28 °C	3–9
Red Panda	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	3 m	No	Yes, 3 m wide, 1 m deep	Taiga, Temperate	Land 160 m², Climbable 60 m²	-6 to 28 °C	1–2
Reticulated Giraffe	Habitat (terrestrial)	3	2 m	No	No	Grassland	Land 1500 m²	12 to 36 °C	3–12
Ring-Tailed Lemur	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	3 m	Yes	Yes, 3 m wide, 1 m deep	Tropical	Land 210 m², Climbable 20 m²	18 to 33 °C	3–30
Sable Antelope	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Grassland	Land 450 m²	14 to 36 °C	3–11
Saltwater Crocodile	Habitat (terrestrial)	3	1 m	No	No	Estuarine, Mangrove, Tropical	Land 155 m², Aquatic 75 m², Deep water 30 m²	18 to 33 °C	1–7
Secretarybird	Habitat (flying)	2	1 m	No	No	Grassland	Land 200 m², Flight 60 m²	14 to 36 °C	1–2
Shoebill	Habitat (flying)	2	1 m	No	No	Wetlands	Land 200 m², Flight 50 m²	14 to 33 °C	1–2
Siamang	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	3 m	Yes	Yes, 6 m wide, 2 m deep	Tropical	Land 240 m², Climbable 60 m²	18 to 33 °C	2–6
Snow Leopard	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	3 m	Yes	No	Taiga, Tundra	Land 705 m²	-25 to 10 °C	1–2
Spotted Hyena	Habitat (terrestrial)	3	3 m	No	No	Desert, Grassland	Land 940 m²	14 to 41 °C	2–3
Springbok	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Desert, Grassland	Land 425 m²	14 to 41 °C	3–36
Sumatran Orangutan	Habitat (terrestrial)	3	3 m	Yes	Yes, 6 m wide, 2 m deep	Tropical	Land 780 m², Climbable 120 m²	18 to 33 °C	1–6
Sumatran Tiger	Habitat (terrestrial)	3	3 m	Yes	No	Tropical, Wetlands	Land 705 m², Aquatic 40 m², Climbable 30 m²	18 to 33 °C	1–2
Sun Bear	Habitat (terrestrial)	3	3 m	Yes	No	Tropical, Wetlands	Land 920 m², Aquatic 30 m², Climbable 30 m²	18 to 33 °C	1–2
Sunda Pangolin	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	3 m	Yes	No	Tropical	Land 35 m², Climbable 16 m²	18 to 33 °C	1–2
Thomson's Gazelle	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Grassland	Land 425 m²	14 to 36 °C	3–36
Toco Toucan	Habitat (flying)	2	1 m	No	No	Tropical, Grassland, Wetlands	Land 50 m², Flight 20 m²	14 to 36 °C	1–2
Western Chimpanzee	Habitat (terrestrial)	3	3 m	Yes	Yes, 6 m wide, 2 m deep	Tropical	Land 780 m², Climbable 80 m²	18 to 33 °C	5–15
Western Lowland Gorilla	Habitat (terrestrial)	3	3 m	Yes	Yes, 6 m wide, 2 m deep	Tropical, Wetlands	Land 1160 m², Climbable 40 m²	18 to 33 °C	3–6
White-Backed Vulture	Habitat (flying)	2	1 m	No	No	Desert, Grassland	Land 475 m², Flight 60 m²	14 to 41 °C	6–80
White-Tailed Sea-Eagle	Habitat (flying)	2	1 m	No	No	Taiga, Temperate, Tundra, Wetlands	Land 400 m², Flight 50 m²	-20 to 28 °C	1–2
Wild Boar	Habitat (terrestrial)	2	1.25 m	No	No	Tropical, Grassland, Temperate, Wetlands	Land 310 m²	-6 to 36 °C	3–30

How to read the barrier columns

Barrier grade. The published values run from 1 to 4. In the first Planet Zoo a higher grade meant the barrier had to be stronger; confirm the same rule in game. Grade spread across habitat animals:

Grade 1: 7 species
Grade 2: 42 species
Grade 3: 14 species
Grade 4: 6 species

Minimum height. The lowest barrier the species accepts, in metres. The tallest requirements among published habitat animals:

African Leopard: 3 m, grade 3
African Savannah Elephant: 3 m, grade 4
African Wild Dog: 3 m, grade 2
Asian Elephant: 3 m, grade 4
Binturong: 3 m, grade 2

Climb-proof. Yes means the barrier must stop climbing animals; 18 species need it.

Water barrier. Yes means a water moat of the listed width and depth can replace a solid wall; 8 species allow it.

Minimum area is the starting area for the first animal, by area type; each extra animal needs more, as listed on its official Zoopedia page. Temperature range and group size come from the same page. To check two species for a shared habitat, use the animal comparison. For aquarium and exhibit animals, see the full Planet Zoo 2 animal list.

FAQ

What are the habitat requirements in Planet Zoo 2?

For each of the 69 habitat animals this page lists minimum area, temperature range and group size, plus the barrier: grade, minimum height, whether it must be climb-proof and whether a water barrier is allowed. All values come from each animal's official Zoopedia page.

Which Planet Zoo 2 animals need a climb-proof barrier?

18 habitat animals: African Leopard, Binturong, Eurasian Brown Bear, Eurasian Lynx, Giant Panda, Golden Lion Tamarin, Goodfellow's Tree-Kangaroo, Grizzly Bear, Lion, Ring-Tailed Lemur, Siamang, Snow Leopard, Sumatran Orangutan, Sumatran Tiger, Sun Bear, Sunda Pangolin, Western Chimpanzee, Western Lowland Gorilla.

Which animals can use a water barrier?

8 habitat animals allow a water barrier: Golden Lion Tamarin (3 m wide, 1 m deep), Mountain Hare (3 m wide, 1 m deep), Red Panda (3 m wide, 1 m deep), Ring-Tailed Lemur (3 m wide, 1 m deep), Siamang (6 m wide, 2 m deep), Sumatran Orangutan (6 m wide, 2 m deep), Western Chimpanzee (6 m wide, 2 m deep), Western Lowland Gorilla (6 m wide, 2 m deep).

What barrier do I need if I mix animals in one habitat?

Use the highest grade, the tallest minimum height, climb-proofing if any species needs it, and a water barrier only if every species allows one. The animal comparison page works this out for any two species.