Mixed Species Exhibit Ideas (based on PZ)?

endogenylove

Active Member
Hello! This is my first post on here. I debated putting this in the game portion but decided to put it in fantasy zoos because I felt it fits better. I want to design a fantasy zoo based entirely on mixed species exhibits (no single species exhibits at all). I am limiting the species list strictly to what’s available in planet zoo and the associated mods, in case I were to make it in the game later in the future.

I’m looking for ideas! I’m providing a species list here (the taxonomy is loose, I know). The more species that can realistically and comfortably share the same exhibit, the better. Please share your ideas for mixed species exhibits using this roster! I would like to stick to either combinations that have been successfully tried or ones where there is no obvious issue. I know some of these species can not be kept in captivity, and even more can not be kept in mixed species habitats at all, but I might as well put the full list out there. I want to include as many of these species as possible, current captivity status not withstanding. The extinct section is just for fun. So please share your most creative (but realistic!) ideas!

Carnivores:

Canines:

  • African Wild Dog
  • Arctic Wolf
  • Dhole
  • Dingo
  • Timber Wolf
  • New Guinea Singing Dog
  • Maned Wolf
  • Red Wolf
  • Mexican Gray Wolf
  • Coyote
  • Ethiopian Wolf
  • Black Backed Jackal
  • Eurasian Wolf
  • Tundra Wolf
Foxes:

  • Fennec Fox
  • Scandinavian Red Fox
  • Bat Eared Fox
  • Santa Cruz Island Fox
  • Arctic Fox
  • American Red Fox
Felines:

  • Cheetah
  • Clouded Leopard
  • Mountain Lion
  • Eurasian Lynx
  • Canada Lynx
  • Jaguarundi
  • Manul/Pallas’s Cat
  • Ocelot
  • Serval
  • Bornean Clouded Leopard
  • Bobcat
Panthers:

  • Amur Leopard
  • West African Lion
  • Snow Leopard
  • Siberian Tiger
  • Jaguar
  • Bengal Tiger
  • African Leopard
  • Asiatic Lion
  • Indian Leopard
  • Sumatran Tiger
  • Sri Lankan Leopard
  • Persian Leopard
Viverrids/Mongooses/Hyenas:

  • Binturong
  • Meerkat
  • Spotted Hyena
  • Aardwolf
  • Striped Hyena
  • Brown Hyena
  • Banded Mongoose
  • Common Dwarf Mongoose
Bears:

  • Asiatic Black Bear
  • Giant Panda
  • Grizzly Bear
  • Himalayan Brown Bear
  • Polar Bear
  • Sun Bear
  • American Black Bear
  • Spectacled Bear
  • Qinling Panda
  • Tibetan Blue Bear
  • Syrian Brown Bear
  • Eurasian Brown Bear
  • Sloth Bear
  • Ussuri Brown Bear
Mustelids:

  • Giant Otter
  • North American River Otter
  • Black Footed Ferret
  • European Badger
  • Yellow Throated Marten
  • Asian Small Clawed Otter
  • Wolverine
Pinnipeds:

  • Grey Seal
  • Harbor Seal
  • Hawaiian Monk Seal
  • Ribbon Seal
Other Carnivores:

  • Red Panda
  • Kinkajou
  • Cozumel Island Raccoon
  • Northern Raccoon

Ungulates:

Bovines:

  • Cape Buffalo
  • American Bison
  • Holstein Cattle
  • Gaur
  • Asian Wild Water Buffalo
  • Saola
  • Nilgai
  • Scottish Highland Cattle
  • Wood Bison
  • Zebu
Suids:

  • Sulawesi Babirusa
  • Common Warthog
  • White Domestic Pig
  • Hampshire Pig
Camelids:

  • Bactrian Camel
  • Llama
  • Dromedary Camel
  • Alpaca
  • Guanaco
Tapirs:

  • Baird’s Tapir
  • Malayan Tapir
  • South American Tapir
  • Mountain Tapir
Antelopes/Gazelles:

  • Black Wildebeest
  • Bongo
  • Gemsbok
  • Nyala
  • Sable Antelope
  • Springbok
  • Thomson’s Gazelle
  • Scimitar Horned Oryx
  • Red Forest Duiker
  • Roan Antelope
  • Arabian Oryx
  • Impala
  • Dama Gazelle
  • Sitatunga
  • Greater Kudu
  • Grant’s Gazelle
  • Blue Wildebeest
  • Gerenuk
  • Zebra Duiker
  • Kirk’s Dik-dik
  • Common Waterbuck
  • Addax
  • Rhim/Slender-Horned Gazelle
  • Cape Bushbuck
  • Blackbuck
Sheep/Goats:

  • Dall Sheep
  • Suffolk Sheep
  • Aoudad
  • Nubian Goat
  • Merino Sheep
  • Bighorn Sheep
  • Marco Polo Argali
  • Alpine Goat
  • Pyrenean Chamois
  • Ladakh Urial
  • Alpine Ibex
  • Punjab Urial
  • Transcaspian Urial
  • Markhor
  • Sichuan Takin
  • Chinese Goral
  • Muskox
Rhinoceroses:

  • Indian Rhinoceros
  • Southern White Rhinoceros
  • Black Rhinoceros
  • Javan Rhinoceros
Hippopotamuses:

  • Nile Hippopotamus
  • Pygmy Hippopotamus
Giraffids:

  • Okapi
  • Reticulated Giraffe
Equids:

  • Plains Zebra
  • Przewalski’s Horse
  • Somali Wild Ass
  • Persian Onager
  • Grevy’s Zebra
Cervids:

  • Reindeer
  • Eastern Moose
  • Fallow Deer
  • Rocky Mountain Elk
  • Peré David’s Deer
  • Chital/Axis Deer
  • Red Deer
  • Pampas Deer
  • White Tailed Deer
  • Roosevelt Elk
Other Ungulates:

  • Pronghorn
  • Chiru/Tibetan Antelope

Primates:

Apes:

  • Bonobo
  • Bornean Orangutan
  • Western Chimpanzee
  • Western Lowland Gorilla
New World Monkeys:

  • Columbian White Faced Capuchin
  • Tufted Capuchin
  • Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey
  • Golden Lion Tamarin
  • Bolivian Grey Titi
  • Black Howler Monkey
  • Eastern Pygmy Marmoset
Old World Monkeys:

  • Japanese Macaque
  • Mandrill
  • Proboscis Monkey
  • Barbary Macaque
  • Wolf’s Guenon
  • Red-shanked Douc
Prosimians:

  • Red Ruffed Lemur
  • Ringtail Lemur
  • Black and White Ruffed Lemur
  • Hill’s Ruffed Lemur

Other Mammals:

Elephants:

  • African Bush Elephant
  • Indian Elephant
Pangolins:

  • Chinese Pangolin
  • White Bellied Tree Pangolin
Anteaters and Relatives:

  • Giant Anteater
  • Southern Tamandua
  • Nine-Banded Armadillo
Marsupials:

  • Koala
  • Red Kangaroo
  • Eastern Grey Kangaroo
  • Virginia Opossum
  • Numbat
Rodents:

  • Capybara
  • Lesser Capybara
  • Eastern Chipmunk
  • Red Rumped Agouti
  • Yellow-bellied Marmot
Others:

  • Aardvark
  • Platypus
  • West Indian Manatee

Birds:

Penguins:

  • African Penguin
  • King Penguin
  • Chinstrap Penguin
  • Emperor Penguin
  • Little Blue Penguin
  • Adelie Penguin
  • Galapagos Penguin
  • Humboldt Penguin
  • Gentoo Penguin
Ratites:

  • Common Ostrich
  • Southern Cassowary
  • Emu
Water birds:

  • Greater Flamingo
  • American Flamingo
  • James’s Flamingo
  • Andean Flamingo
  • Lesser Flamingo
  • Chilean Flamingo
  • Scarlet Ibis
  • American White Ibis
Landfowl:

  • Indian Peafowl
  • Rhode Island Red Chicken
  • Helmeted Guineafowl
  • Vulturine Guineafowl
  • Great Curassow
Waterfowl:

  • Nene/Hawaiian Goose
  • Magpie Goose
  • Mute Swan
  • Black Necked Swan
  • Mallard Duck
  • Black Swan
  • Canada Goose
  • Gadwall Duck
  • Hooded Merganser
  • Ringed Teal
  • Harlequin Duck
  • Common Loon

Reptiles:

Testudines:

  • Aldabra Tortoise
  • Galápagos Tortoise
  • Green Sea Turtle
  • Red Footed Tortoise
  • Leatherback Sea Turtle
Squamata:

  • Lesser Antillean Iguana
  • Green Iguana
  • Komodo Dragon
  • Nile Monitor
  • Española Island Marine Iguana
  • Grand Cayman Blue Iguana
  • Perentie
Crocodilians:

  • Cuvier’s Dwarf Caiman
  • Gharial
  • Saltwater Crocodile
  • Spectacled Caiman
  • American Alligator
  • Nile Crocodile
  • African Dwarf Crocodile
  • Tomistoma

Fish and Aquatics:

Sharks:

  • Sand Tiger Shark
  • Great Hammerhead Shark
  • Blacktip Reef Shark
  • Zebra Shark
  • Sandbar Shark
  • Whale Shark
  • Great White Shark
  • Goblin Shark
  • Leopard Shark
  • Bull Shark
  • Tiger Shark
  • Greenland Shark
  • Basking Shark
  • Scalloped Hammerhead
Marine Mammals:

  • Common Bottlenose Dolphin
  • Short Beaked Common Dolphin
  • Orca
  • Tucuxi
  • Pacific White Sided Dolphin
  • Harbor Porpoise
  • Short Finned Pilot Whale
  • Amazon River Dolphin
  • Beluga Whale
  • Spectacled Porpoise
  • Risso’s Dolphin
  • Narwhal
  • Commerson’s Dolphin
Freshwater Fish:

  • Arapaima gigas
  • Asian Arowana
  • Oscar
  • Sockeye Salmon
  • Blue Discus
  • Bluegill
  • Red-bellied Piranha
  • Red Tailed Catfish
  • Pumpkinseed
  • Smallmouth Bass
  • Alligator Gar
Saltwater Fish:

  • Humphead/Napoleon Wrasse
  • Pacific Cod
  • Kelp Bass
  • Oceanic Sunfish/Mola Mola
Others:

  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab


Extinct Animals (just in case you want to have some extra fun with it!)

  • Thylacine
  • Quagga
  • Presbyornis
  • Elephant Bird
  • Woolly Mammoth
  • South Island Giant Moa
  • Dodo
  • Columbian Mammoth
  • Bluebuck
  • Terror Bird
 
I think one major hurdle to your project is that many of the species you have chosen are predators that are hard to mix together. With some of them, only fish, insects or some other small invertebrate may be safe to mix, which, while interesting, is not very impressive visually, and probably not what you are going for.
Also relevant, albeit not directly related to mixed exhibits, is that you have a huge number of bears, big cats, wolves etc. which would be extremely costly, impossible, even, for 1 zoo to hold at the same time. But this is fantasy so I will ignore that.
Carnivores:
I suggest checking out this highly useful website for examples of carnivore mixed exhibits: Társaskifutók
Ungulates
Similarly, this is highly useful for ungulates: http://www.azaungulates.org/s/AZA-Ungulate-TAGs-Mixed-Species-Manual-2017final.pdf
You can also search this website’s gallery or forums for mixed exhibits, for example, searching ‘gorilla mix’ or similar will usually give you real life examples.
 
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