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

Nyala is one of the 130 Planet Zoo 2 launch species. It is housed in a Habitat habitat, accepts the Savannah biome, carries a Grade 2 · 1.25m barrier requirement and is listed at 1.00 m (shoulder). It shares a biome and an enclosure type with 27 other species, but the official species data rules out every one of those pairings, so it needs a habitat of its own.

Nyala

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)1.00 m

Weight (M)112 kg

BarrierGrade 2

EnclosureHabitat

BiomesSavannah

StatusLeast Concern

Where it lives in the wild
Africa

Nyala at a glance

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

Enclosure and barrier requirements

Nyala needs a Habitat enclosure and accepts the Savannah biome. The barrier requirement is Grade 2 · 1.25m, 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 Nyala?

Nyala shares a biome and an enclosure type with 27 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

27 of the species that accept the Savannah biome cannot share an enclosure with the Nyala, 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	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
African Savannah Elephant	DesertSavannahWetlands	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
African Wild Dog	Savannah	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Asian Elephant	RainforestSavannahWetlands	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Bactrian Camel	DesertSavannahTemperate	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Black Wildebeest	Savannah	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Blue Wildebeest	Savannah	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Cape Buffalo	SavannahWetlands	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
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	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Common Warthog	Savannah	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Gemsbok	DesertSavannah	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Grey Wolf	DesertRainforestSavannahTaigaTemperateTundra	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Lion	Savannah	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Masai Giraffe	Savannah	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Meerkat	DesertSavannah	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Nile Monitor	SavannahWetlands	Habitat	Nile Monitor is solitary “Nile monitors are solitary animals and prefer to be alone.”
Plains Zebra	Savannah	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Przewalski's Horse	DesertSavannah	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Reticulated Giraffe	Savannah	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Sable Antelope	Savannah	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Spotted Hyena	DesertSavannah	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Springbok	DesertSavannah	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Thomson's Gazelle	Savannah	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”
Wild Boar	RainforestSavannahTemperateWetlands	Habitat	Nyala is solitary “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone e…”

Close, but ruled out by enclosure type

17 species share at least one biome with the Nyala 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.

Boa Constrictor, Cloudless Sulphur, Common Bluetongue, Eastern Brown Snake, European Peacock, Giant Tiger Land Snail, Golden Eagle, Goliath Beetle, Long-Eared Owl, Menelaus Blue Morpho, Monarch, Old World Swallowtail, Secretarybird, Toco Toucan, Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, White-Backed Vulture, Yellow Anaconda

Behaviour, size and weight

Nyala is classed as Solitary in Frontier's Social & Reproduction notes: “Female nyala live in small groups with their offspring and forage through the undergrowth together. Adult males are solitary, living alone except for during the mating season, when they temporarily join a female herd.” On size the game lists 1.00 m (shoulder) for the male and 0.80 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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All 130 animals · Full compatibility chart for Nyala · Aquarium animals · Aviary birds · Deluxe edition animals · System requirements