Nocturnal Houses Species Lists

In the United States, nocturnal exhibits are getting more and more rare because zoos feel that even if a species is nocturnal, it still would not always be active in a nocturnal exhibit. Also, zoos feel it is better to have a few small nocturnal exhibits for 1 or 2 species rather than 1 big building- as darkness puts constraints on the amount of exhibits possible. Here are lists of animals in some U.S. nocturnal exhibits-
Capron park zoo-
Brush-tailed bettong
Agouti
Douroculi
Pygmy slow loris
Two-toed sloth
Corn snake
Fennec fox

Franklin park zoo-
Kiwi
Tawny frogmouth

ZooAmerica-
Ocelot
Coatimundi
Black-footed ferret
Reptiles

Columbus zoo-
Kiwi
Wombat
Binturong
Tree kangaroo
Tawny frogmouth

I have also seen pottos, aye-ayes, owls, armadillos, and many reptile species in nocturnal exhibits.
 
An update of Memphis Zoo's "Animals of the Night" building from visitor entrance:
- White-Bellied Tree Pangolin
- Potto
- Kinkajou
- Two-Toed Sloth
- Aardvark, Greater Galago
- Bear Cuscus, Brazilian Agouti, Wombat
- Splendid Tree Frog
- Binturong
- Texas Blind Salamander
- Naked Mole Rat
- Vampire Bat
- Blind Cave Fish
- African Crested Porcupine, Grey-Bellied Owl Monkey
- Tamandua
- Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine
- Kinkajou, Six-Banded Armadillo
- Prehensile-Tailed Skink
- Kinkajou, Two-Toed Sloth, Brazilian Agouti, Six-Banded Armadillo
- Slender Loris
- Greater Galago
- Large-Spotted Genet
- Mongoose Lemur, Grey-Bellied Owl Monkey, Three-Banded Armadillo
- Seba's Short-Tailed Bat, Egyptian Rousette Bat, Greater Bulldog Bat
 
Audubon Zoo's nocturnal house (South American themed) is currently closed for renovations, but I believe these are the species exhibited:

1. Nancy Ma's night monkey / screaming hairy armadillo
2. Seba's short tailed bat
3. Prehensile tailed porcupine / ringtail
4. Vampire bat
5. There's a few tanks with frogs and stuff... I think maybe dart frogs, red eyed tree frogs, Emerald tree boa, and some tarantulas? I'm not sure. Have to see when it reopens.
 
Thought this thread deserved a bump.

Taronga's new nocturnal house, Nguwing Nura, contains the following exhibits/species:
1. Spinifex Hopping Mouse
2. Fat-tailed Dunnart
3. Greater Bilby
4. Ghost Bat
5. Chuditch
6. Yellow-bellied Glider, Rufous Bettong, Short-beaked Echidna
7. Barton's Long-beaked Echidna, Long-nosed Potoroo
8. Platypus, Smooth Yabby

The smaller nocturnal house, the Wombat Burrow, contains:
1. Spinifex Hopping Mouse
2. Flinders Ranges Scorpion
3. Giant Burrowing Cockroach
4. Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
5. Sydney Funnel-web Spider
6. Barking Tarantula


Central Gardens Nature Reserve has a very small nocturnal house with:
1. Common Brushtail Possum, Long-nosed Potoroo
2. Long-nosed Potoroo
3. Common Ringtail Possum, Tawny Frogmouth, Long-nosed Potoroo, Sugarbag Bee
I did not see the ringtail possum or the bees.
 
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By happy coincidence, only last night I catalogued a back-issue of International Zoo News from 1979 which contained information on the then-newly opened nocturnal house at Perth Zoo:

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TeaLovingDave said:
By happy coincidence, only last night I catalogued a back-issue of International Zoo News from 1979 which contained information on the then-newly opened nocturnal house at Perth Zoo:

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Wow, such a great range of species in those days! Though I suppose a good number of the exhibits were probably inadequate by today's standards.
 
The nocturnal section of Sydney Zoo's Reptile and Nocturnal House currently houses the following:

1. Green Tree Python
2. Green Tree Frog
3. Green-and-golden Bell Frog
4. Goliath Stick Insect
5. Spiny Leaf Insect, Spiny Katydid
6. Magnificent Tree Frog
7. Woma Python
8. Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko, Centralian Knob-tailed Gecko
9. Spinifex Hopping Mouse
10. Spinifex Hopping Mouse
11. Black-footed Tree-rat
12. Greater Bilby, Ghost Bat
13. Long-nosed Potoroo
14. Common Ringtail Possum
15. Yellow-bellied Glider
16. Yellow-bellied Glider, Squirrel Glider
17. Bare-nosed Wombat (connected to the outdoor exhibit, sometimes a Swamp Wallaby finds its way in here)
18. Eastern Quoll
 
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Would anyone happen to know a list of species for the small mammal house at the Philadelphia zoo back when they had animals like when the aardvarks were there.
 
Akron has a relatively small but respectable nocturnal building in its Legend of the Wild area with-
  • Cave Dwelling Rat Snake
  • Pygmy Slow Loris
  • Rodrigues Fruit Bat
  • Straw Colored Fruit Bat
  • Seas Short Tail Bats
  • Gold Mantella Frogs
  • Blue Mantella Frogs
  • Green/Black Poison Dart Frogs
  • Yellow Banded Poison Dart Frogs
  • Dyeing Poison Dart Frog
 
Cleveland's lower RainForest level acts as its nocturnal section, as the floor is themed around a night scene on the forest floor.
First Wall
  • Golfodulcean Poison Dart Frog
  • Golden Poison Dart Frog
  • Panama Harlequin Frog
  • Emerald Tree Boa
  • Amazon Milk Frog
  • Puerto Rican Crested Toad
  • Green and Black Poison Dart Frog
  • Tiger Leg Monkey Frog
  • Climbing Toad
Pond
  • Jewel Cichlid
  • Clown Squeaker Catfish
  • Blue Poison Dart Frog (Terrarium)
Main Hallway
  • Dwarf Crocodile
  • Lionhead Cichlid
  • Tiger Rat Snake
  • Northern Spider Tortoise
  • Amazon Tree Boa
  • Veiled Chameleon
  • Baron's Green Racer
  • Red Bellied Piranha
  • Fiji Island Banded Iguana
  • Carpet Python
  • Prehensile Tail Skink
  • Green Tree Python
  • Magnificent Tree Frog
  • Burmese Python
  • Indochinese Box Turtle
  • Prehensile Tail Skink
 
The Lake Superior Zoo has a small but nice Nocturnal House connected to their Primate House. This was the species list as of June 2023

. Large-Spotted Genet
. Brush-Tailed Bettong
. Egyptian Fruit Bat
. Pallas Cat
. Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine
. Linnaeus Two-Toed Sloth, Kinkajou, Six-Banded Armadillo(?)
. Burrowing Owl
. Pygmy Slow Loris
. Eastern Screech Owl
 
Taronga's new reptile and amphibian house, the ARC, has a nocturnal section. It houses:

1. Boyd's Forest Dragon
2. Reticulated Python
3. Green Tree Python, White-lipped Tree Frog
4. Australian Scrub Python
5. Monocled Cobra
6. Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, Corn Snake
7. Tuatara
8. Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog
9. Red-eyed Green Tree Frog
10. Pygmy Python
11. Centralian Knob-tailed Gecko
 
Osedax said:
Taronga's new reptile and amphibian house, the ARC, has a nocturnal section. It houses:

1. Boyd's Forest Dragon
2. Green Tree Python, White-lipped Tree Frog
3. Australian Scrub Python
4. Reticulated Python
5. Monocled Cobra
6. Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Corn Snake
7. Tuatara
8. Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog
9. Red-eyed Green Tree Frog
10. Pygmy Python
11. Centralian Rough Knob-tailed Gecko
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This section is now diurnally lit.
 
Brum said:
I don't think I've ever seen the four highlited species in a nocturnal house before. The inclusion of giant anteater is probably the most surprising,:eek: but the other three species have always been fairly showy in diurnal enclosures, particularly burrowing owls.
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The Moonlight World in London Zoo's Clore Pavilion had sugar gliders and aardvarks
 
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