Planet Zoo 2 African Leopard — habitat, biome, size & which animals it can live with

African Leopard is one of the 130 Planet Zoo 2 launch species. It is housed in a Habitat habitat, accepts the Rainforest / Savannah biome, carries a Grade 3 · 3m · climb-proof barrier requirement and is listed at 0.65 m (shoulder). It shares a biome and an enclosure type with 43 other species, but the official species data rules out every one of those pairings, so it needs a habitat of its own.

African Leopard

Every figure on this page comes from the official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export rather than trailer footage: biome, enclosure type, barrier grade, size and the compatibility verdicts are all taken from the game's own data.

Size (M)0.65 m

Weight (M)200 kg

BarrierGrade 3 + climb-proof

EnclosureHabitat

BiomesRainforest / Savannah

StatusVulnerable

Where it lives in the wild
Africa

African Leopard at a glance

Source: official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export (130 species). Also on the searchable animal list.

Enclosure and barrier requirements

African Leopard needs a Habitat enclosure and accepts the Rainforest / Savannah biomes. The barrier requirement is Grade 3 · 3m · climb-proof, and that is the number to check before building: a Grade 4 animal behind a Grade 1 wall is the most common way a first zoo stalls.

Which animals can live with the African Leopard?

African Leopard shares a biome and an enclosure type with 43 other species, but every one of those pairings is ruled out by the official data, because one side of each pair is officially solitary.

Same biome, but not compatible

43 of the species that accept the Rainforest / Savannah biome cannot share an enclosure with the African Leopard, because one side of the pair is officially solitary. These are the pairings people ask about most, so they are spelled out rather than left as an unexplained gap.

Species	Biome	Enclosure	Why not
Aardvark	Savannah	Habitat	Aardvark is solitary “With the exception of a mother and her cub, aardvarks are solitary in nature. They only interact when mating or competing over mates.”
African Penguin	Open SeaSavannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
African Savannah Elephant	DesertSavannahWetlands	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
African Wild Dog	Savannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Asian Elephant	RainforestSavannahWetlands	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Bactrian Camel	DesertSavannahTemperate	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Black Wildebeest	Savannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Blue Wildebeest	Savannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Cape Buffalo	SavannahWetlands	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Common Hippopotamus	Lakes & RiversSavannahWetlands	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Common Ostrich	Savannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Common Warthog	Savannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Galápagos Giant Tortoise	Rainforest	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Gemsbok	DesertSavannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Gharial	Lakes & RiversRainforestWetlands	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Golden Lion Tamarin Deluxe	Rainforest	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Goodfellow's Tree-Kangaroo	Rainforest	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Grey Wolf	DesertRainforestSavannahTaigaTemperateTundra	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Komodo Dragon	MangroveRainforestWetlands	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Lion	Savannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Malayan Tapir	RainforestWetlands	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Masai Giraffe	Savannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Meerkat	DesertSavannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Nile Monitor	SavannahWetlands	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
North Sulawesi Babirusa	Rainforest	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Nyala	Savannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Plains Zebra	Savannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Przewalski's Horse	DesertSavannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Reticulated Giraffe	Savannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Ring-Tailed Lemur	Rainforest	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Sable Antelope	Savannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Saltwater Crocodile	EstuarineMangroveRainforest	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Siamang	Rainforest	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Spotted Hyena	DesertSavannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Springbok	DesertSavannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Sumatran Orangutan	Rainforest	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Sumatran Tiger	RainforestWetlands	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Sun Bear	RainforestWetlands	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Sunda Pangolin	Rainforest	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Thomson's Gazelle	Savannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Western Chimpanzee	Rainforest	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Western Lowland Gorilla	RainforestWetlands	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
Wild Boar	RainforestSavannahTemperateWetlands	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”

Close, but ruled out by enclosure type

28 species share at least one biome with the African Leopard but use a different enclosure type — a land habitat against an aquarium or a flying aviary — so they cannot be mixed however well the biomes line up.

Amazonian Giant Centipede, Boa Constrictor, Cloudless Sulphur, Common Bluetongue, Eastern Brown Snake, European Peacock, Giant Forest Scorpion, Giant Malaysian Leaf Insect, Giant Tiger Land Snail, Golden Eagle, Golden Poison Frog, Goliath Beetle, Great Hornbill, Javan Green Magpie, Lehmann's Poison Frog, Long-Eared Owl, Long-Tailed Parakeet, Menelaus Blue Morpho, Mexican Redknee, Monarch, Old World Swallowtail, Red-Eyed Tree Frog, Secretarybird, Sri Lankan Rose, Toco Toucan, Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, White-Backed Vulture, Yellow Anaconda

Behaviour, size and weight

African Leopard is classed as Solitary in Frontier's Social & Reproduction notes: “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.” On size the game lists 0.65 m (shoulder) for the male and 0.60 m for the female. Size and weight together decide the minimum habitat footprint, so use the female figure when you are sizing a breeding pair rather than a display animal.

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