Planet Zoo 2 Low Browsers: Every Animal and the Reserves That Need One

Which Low Browser each reserve can take

The African reserves have a choice of three; everywhere else there is one candidate, so plan that animal's release group before you paint the Ecosystem. No other role is asked for as often: the next is Wetland Engineers, in 12 Ecosystems.

Which Low Browser to get first

Accreditation decides when you can buy each one. In Franchise the Cape Buffalo and Red Deer are available at tier 1, so a new Franchise can start on its Low Browsers straight away; in Career the Cape Buffalo and Sable Antelope come first, at tier 1. The Black Rhinoceros is the last to unlock, at tier 4 in both modes. Every tier is on our Planet Zoo 2 accreditation tiers page.

Some Low Browsers do more than one job once released. The Red Deer fills four roles at once: Low Browsers, Medium Prey, Terrestrial Pollinators and Terrestrial Seed Dispersers. One release group of it can tick several boxes of the same Ecosystem, and our Planet Zoo 2 reserve tracker keeps those ticks for every Ecosystem you work on.

Two Low Browsers that live well together

• The Cape Buffalo and the Sable Antelope name each other as Thriving in the Zoopedia, so one habitat in your zoo can breed both for release, and both can go to Great Rift Valley and Tanzania. Plan the Cape Buffalo and Sable Antelope habitat

The planner works out the land, terrain and temperature the pair needs together. Which other animals each one can share a home with is on our Planet Zoo 2 thriving relationships page.

Low Browsers or High Browsers?

The two roles sound alike but never overlap. High Browsers are the tall animals that reach the treetops, the African Savannah Elephant, the Asian Elephant, the Eurasian Brown Bear, the Masai Giraffe and the Reticulated Giraffe, and no Ecosystem asks for both. If a reserve panel asks for Low Browsers, an elephant or a giraffe will not count, however many you release.

The five Low Browsers

From your zoo to the reserve

A Low Browser reaches a reserve the same way as any other animal: in a release group of a type it lists, made from animals in Animal Storage that meet the group's requirements. The Planet Zoo 2 release groups finder lists the types for each species, and the Planet Zoo 2 Wildlife Reserves guide covers the Research Outpost and the Established Ecosystem the group goes into. The water Ecosystems have their own key role, covered on our Planet Zoo 2 Wetland Engineers page, and every other role is on the Planet Zoo 2 Ecosystem Roles page.