Planet Zoo 2 European Peacock — habitat, biome, size & which animals it can live with

European Peacock is one of the 130 Planet Zoo 2 launch species. It is housed in a Exhibit habitat, accepts the Savannah / Temperate biome, carries a no barrier requirement and is listed at 0.06 m (legspan). It shares a biome and an enclosure type with 13 other species, but the official species data rules out every one of those pairings, so it needs a habitat of its own.

European Peacock

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)0.06 m

Weight (M)—

Barrier—

EnclosureExhibit

BiomesSavannah / Temperate

StatusLeast Concern

Where it lives in the wild
Asia · Europe

European Peacock at a glance

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

Enclosure and barrier requirements

European Peacock needs a Exhibit enclosure and accepts the Savannah / Temperate biomes. The barrier requirement is none at all, 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 European Peacock?

European Peacock shares a biome and an enclosure type with 13 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

13 of the species that accept the Savannah / Temperate biome cannot share an enclosure with the European Peacock, 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
Boa Constrictor	RainforestSavannah	Exhibit	Boa Constrictor is solitary “Boa constrictors are solitary animals and do not interact in the wild, except when mating or fighting over mating rights.”
Cloudless Sulphur	SavannahTaigaTemperate	Exhibit	European Peacock is solitary “The European peacock butterfly is largely solitary and males may defend their territory from other males they encounter.”
Common Bluetongue	RainforestSavannahTemperate	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Eastern Brown Snake	DesertSavannahTemperate	Exhibit	Eastern Brown Snake is solitary “Adult male Eastern brown snakes are solitary, whereas females may interact with each other after laying their eggs; they will often do this…”
Fire Salamander	TemperateWetlands	Exhibit	European Peacock is solitary “The European peacock butterfly is largely solitary and males may defend their territory from other males they encounter.”
Giant Tiger Land Snail	RainforestSavannah	Exhibit	European Peacock is solitary “The European peacock butterfly is largely solitary and males may defend their territory from other males they encounter.”
Goliath Beetle	RainforestSavannah	Exhibit	European Peacock is solitary “The European peacock butterfly is largely solitary and males may defend their territory from other males they encounter.”
Menelaus Blue Morpho	RainforestSavannah	Exhibit	European Peacock is solitary “The European peacock butterfly is largely solitary and males may defend their territory from other males they encounter.”
Mexican Redknee	DesertRainforestTemperate	Exhibit	European Peacock is solitary “The European peacock butterfly is largely solitary and males may defend their territory from other males they encounter.”
Monarch	RainforestSavannahTemperate	Exhibit	European Peacock is solitary “The European peacock butterfly is largely solitary and males may defend their territory from other males they encounter.”
Old World Swallowtail	SavannahTaigaTemperateTundra	Exhibit	European Peacock is solitary “The European peacock butterfly is largely solitary and males may defend their territory from other males they encounter.”
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake	DesertSavannahTemperate	Exhibit	European Peacock is solitary “The European peacock butterfly is largely solitary and males may defend their territory from other males they encounter.”
Yellow Anaconda	SavannahWetlands	Exhibit	European Peacock is solitary “The European peacock butterfly is largely solitary and males may defend their territory from other males they encounter.”

Close, but ruled out by enclosure type

45 species share at least one biome with the European Peacock 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.

Aardvark, African Leopard, African Penguin, African Savannah Elephant, African Wild Dog, Asian Elephant, Bactrian Camel, Black Wildebeest, Blue Wildebeest, Cape Buffalo, Common Hippopotamus, Common Ostrich, Common Warthog, Eurasian Beaver, Eurasian Bittern, Eurasian Brown Bear, Eurasian Lynx, European Bison, Gemsbok, Giant Panda, Golden Eagle, Greater Flamingo, Grey Wolf, Grizzly Bear, Lion, Long-Eared Owl, Masai Giraffe, Meerkat, Mountain Hare, Nile Monitor, Nyala, Plains Zebra, Przewalski's Horse, Red Deer, Red Panda, Reticulated Giraffe, Sable Antelope, Secretarybird, Spotted Hyena, Springbok

Behaviour, size and weight

European Peacock is classed as Solitary in Frontier's Social & Reproduction notes: “The European peacock butterfly is largely solitary and males may defend their territory from other males they encounter.” On size the game lists 0.06 m (legspan) for the male and 0.06 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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