mixed species enclosures with turtles and mammals?

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oddbustard

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I haven't seen any mixed-species enclosures where mammals are mixed with aquatic or semi-aquatic turtles, although it seems like there are some that share environments and could feasibly be housed together.
Can anyone think of examples, or is there a reason why they haven't been mixed?
 
Omaha has several turtle-mammal mixes:

-Black Howler Monkey and Nile Softshell Turtle (also White-faced Whistling-Duck and various Rift Valley cichlids).
-Red-backed Bearded Saki, Common Squirrel Monkey and Lowland Paca with Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle and one other turtle species I couldn't identify (also with Redtail Catfish, Arapaima and Pirapitinga).
-Klipspringer with Helmeted Marsh Terrapin and Nile Softshell Turtle (also various Rift Valley cichlids).
-American Beaver with River Cooter, Florida Softshell Turtle, and Common Snapping Turtle (also Longnose and Alligator Gars).

Disney's Animal Kingdom mixes Tammar Wallaby with Peninsula Cooter (also Redhead, Spotted Whistling-Duck, Indian Spot-billed Duck and Shortnose Gar).

Columbus mixes Siberian Musk Deer with Giant Malaysian Turtle.

Columbus also mixes Florida Manatee with Loggerhead Turtle (also Hooded Merganser, Northern Pintail, Bufflehead, Brown Pelican, Wood Duck, Ruddy Duck, and a bunch of marine fish species).
 
In 2016 the Como Zoo in Minneapolis had sulcata tortoises mixed with zebras and kudus. They were very active as far as tortoises go. I did not see them on subsequent visits.
 
elefante said:
In 2016 the Como Zoo in Minneapolis had sulcata tortoises mixed with zebras and kudus. They were very active as far as tortoises go. I did not see them on subsequent visits.
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Mammals are tortoises are commonly mixed. The OP specifies aquatic and semi-aquatic turtles.
 
Buffalo Zoo has a mixed species exhibit in Faces of the Rainforest with Capybaras and multiple Podocnemis species. Also in this mix is a variety of different bird species- namely Roseate Spoonbill, Western Cattle Egret, Scarlet Ibis, Green-Backed Trogon, and (bizarrely enough) Swan Geese.
 
Zoo Tampa has temple turtles in several exhibits with mammals and other reptiles. Their Florida manatee habitat also has several other turtle species along with fish, brown pelican, ducks and similar birds. They also have had slider turtles in with black bear, primates such as siamang, and red wolves in the past.
 
Houston zoo has batagur turtles in the orangutan enclosure moat. They have bred there too. I remember the lemur enclosure moat also had turtles.
Guadalajara zoo keeps slider turtles in a pool in the squirrel monkey walk through.
 
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