Planet Zoo 2 Nile Monitor — habitat, biome, size & which animals it can live with

Nile Monitor is one of the 130 Planet Zoo 2 launch species. It is housed in a Habitat habitat, accepts the Savannah / Wetlands biome, carries a Grade 2 · 0.5m barrier requirement and is listed at 2.10 m (length). It shares a biome and an enclosure type with 34 other species, but the official species data rules out every one of those pairings, so it needs a habitat of its own.

Nile Monitor

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)2.10 m

Weight (M)8 kg

BarrierGrade 2

EnclosureHabitat

BiomesSavannah / Wetlands

StatusLeast Concern

Where it lives in the wild
Africa

Nile Monitor at a glance

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

Enclosure and barrier requirements

Nile Monitor needs a Habitat enclosure and accepts the Savannah / Wetlands biomes. The barrier requirement is Grade 2 · 0.5m, 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 Nile Monitor?

Nile Monitor shares a biome and an enclosure type with 34 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

34 of the species that accept the Savannah / Wetlands biome cannot share an enclosure with the Nile Monitor, 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 Leopard	RainforestSavannah	Habitat	African Leopard is solitary “African leopards are solitary except for a mother raising her cubs.”
African Penguin	Open SeaSavannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
African Savannah Elephant	DesertSavannahWetlands	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
African Wild Dog	Savannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Asian Elephant	RainforestSavannahWetlands	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Bactrian Camel	DesertSavannahTemperate	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Black Wildebeest	Savannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Blue Wildebeest	Savannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Cape Buffalo	SavannahWetlands	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Common Hippopotamus	Lakes & RiversSavannahWetlands	Habitat	Common Hippopotamus is solitary “Hippos interact with each other, but do not form close groups or bonds. Mature males are semi-solitary and territorial, presiding over a str…”
Common Ostrich	Savannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Common Warthog	Savannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Gemsbok	DesertSavannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Gharial	Lakes & RiversRainforestWetlands	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Grey Wolf	DesertRainforestSavannahTaigaTemperateTundra	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Grizzly Bear	TaigaTemperateTundraWetlands	Habitat	Grizzly Bear is solitary “Grizzly bears are solitary, the only exception being a mother with her cubs. They only interact with each other to mate or fight over mates.”
Komodo Dragon	MangroveRainforestWetlands	Habitat	Komodo Dragon is solitary “Komodo dragons are solitary creatures, but they will group together to feed and mate. When in groups, the largest male is dominant; he will…”
Lion	Savannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Malayan Tapir	RainforestWetlands	Habitat	Malayan Tapir is solitary “Malayan tapirs are often solitary but may also be found in monogamous pairs with their young offspring or in temporary feeding groups. They are tolerant of other individuals.”
Masai Giraffe	Savannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Meerkat	DesertSavannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Nyala	Savannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Plains Zebra	Savannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Przewalski's Horse	DesertSavannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Reticulated Giraffe	Savannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Sable Antelope	Savannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Spotted Hyena	DesertSavannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Springbok	DesertSavannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Sumatran Tiger	RainforestWetlands	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Sun Bear	RainforestWetlands	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Thomson's Gazelle	Savannah	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Western Lowland Gorilla	RainforestWetlands	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Wild Boar	RainforestSavannahTemperateWetlands	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”

Close, but ruled out by enclosure type

26 species share at least one biome with the Nile Monitor 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.

American Bullfrog, Boa Constrictor, Cloudless Sulphur, Common Bluetongue, Danube Crested Newt, Diamondback Terrapin, Eastern Brown Snake, Eurasian Bittern, European Peacock, Fire Salamander, Giant Tiger Land Snail, Golden Eagle, Goliath Beetle, Greater Flamingo, Long-Eared Owl, Menelaus Blue Morpho, Monarch, Old World Swallowtail, Secretarybird, Shoebill, Toco Toucan, West Indian Manatee, Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, White-Backed Vulture, White-Tailed Sea-Eagle, Yellow Anaconda

Behaviour, size and weight

Nile Monitor is classed as Solitary in Frontier's Social & Reproduction notes: “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.” On size the game lists 2.10 m (length) for the male and 1.90 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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