Corangurilla
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This one has been done several times.
Mixed species exhibit ideas
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Platypusboy
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These should work fine, don't know about the others.
Haliaeetus
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Ok for 4, 7 and 10.
The other mixes look more or less hazardous.
The 3 may be Ok without the fish (risk of water pollution, otherwise a very good filter is needed, like in many hippo exhibits).
Haliaeetus
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The Anteaters aren't too aggressive??
1) Can work perfectly fine, until the otters decide to gorge an infant or troop on an adult monkey. With the possible revenge action by the monkeys in return. Otters are generally poorly suited for mixed exhibits, despite the common approach in many zoos. Even if no murders occur, they are often A-holes causing plenty of stress.
2) Unsure, but I thought Diana monkeys are on the delicate side whilst mandrill are ... "not so delicate" ... in their behavior. I wouldn't do it.
3) I think this could work, as long as there is plenty of filtration to keep the water quality high enough for the fishes. Maybe the monkeys will prey opportunistically on eggs and chicks of the birds, they are technically herbivores but so should cows be.
4) If it's an aviary with places for the pheasant to retreat to, sure. If you mean an open-topped exhibit with pinioned birds, expect trampled pheasants sooner or later.
5) Unsure, if the macaques don't harass the deer too much I could see it work.
6) I'm pretty sure that combination (often with other species in the mix) is not uncommon in real life. No problems here.
7) I don't think it's doomed to fail, but it will depend on the temperament of the individuals (mostly the males I expect). Spider monkeys with smaller species has worked in the past, and saki's are commonly mixed with other species.
8) It seems to be working in Leipzig and other zoos, so certainly possible. But it may vary from one anteater to the next.
9) Once again a very common mix (peccary + coati), I'd only watch out with breeding and keep the piglets/cubs separate for the first few weeks to avoid "accidents".
10) I see no real problem with this mix.
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The first didn't go well in Doué-La-Fontaine, though that was a breeding group of markhor with a bachelar male group of Himalayan tahr. In Bronx it does seem to work with two breeding herds, it's unclear to me whether they allow males from both species together or alternate them whenever breeding is desired.
Not sure about the second, but there is a report about an unsuccessful cohabitation between tufted deer and serows. The failure is attributed to aggression from the serows. Whether they will behave better with the larger turs, I do not know.
Both of these have been successfully done before, through the hippos would need a large pool with good filtration to prevent the water toxicity from getting too high
Both can work, but be aware that the second can depend quite a bit on the temper of the male Barbary sheep. Quite likely not causing any immediate deaths but resulting in long-term stress if the subsequent aggression is not addressed.
Burrowing parakeet is from Patagonia so I would swap the guinea pig for Mara. Capyvara and Muscovy duck should work
Platypusboy
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How about Tufted deer and Francois langur?
Don't see a problem here. Wouldn't be surprised if it's been done before
Platypusboy
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I thougth so too, but after searching through the Zoochat photo gallery, Zooinstitutes and the AZA ungulate profiles, I couldn't find any evidence of the mix being done before.
Platypusboy
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Yes, it would most likely work fine.
I know Tomistoma have been held with larger turtle species. Chinese alligators I'm not so sure about, but seeing that caimans and turtle are fine, Chinese alligators should be fine too.
Can't find one with Francois langur specifically. But Reeve's muntjac (similar size) have been mixed with multiple monkeys before (With Siamang and Pig-tailed macaque in Burgers' zoo)
Might work, might fail. All depending on how much the langurs leave the deer alone. It might also just depend from one troop of langurs to the next. I’d say try and see, at worst the deer will likely become stressed and you’ll be able to see it before things get too bad.
How about Gambian pouched rat, Yellow-spotted rock hyrax and Springhare