Snowleopard's Mammals: A Lifetime List of Species Mammalian and Non-Mammalian

[birdsandbats]

I've seen Coatis at 117 zoos, which makes them one of the most frequently spotted mammalian species in zoos worldwide and likely to make my top 10 all-time most common critters. I will list all the zoos as 'Coatis', even though I've seen two species: South American/Brown-nosed Coati and also White-nosed Coati. If I had a dollar for every time a roadside American zoo had a sign saying 'Mountain Coati' I'd have at least twenty bucks, but obviously I have likely never seen that species.

There were two summers in particular when I saw a LOT of zoos with Coatis. The first was my trek through the southern United States, with Coatis popping up in zoos in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, etc. in 2015. Then in 2019 I saw a heck of a lot of Coatis in European zoos. Zoos in Western Europe LOVE small, active mammals such as Coatis, Meerkats and all types of Mongooses.

2015 = 22 zoos
2019 = 31 zoos

1- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Coati – 2001
2- Zurich Zoo (Switzerland) – Coati – 2003
3- San Francisco Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2006
4- Detroit Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2008
5- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Coati – 2008
6- Memphis Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2008
7- Fort Worth Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2008
8- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA) – Coati – 2008
9- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2008
10- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Coati – 2009
11- Wildlife Safari (USA) – Coati – 2010
12- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
13- Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden (USA) – Coati – 2010
14- Akron Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
15- Philadelphia Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
16- North Carolina Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
17- Chattanooga Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
18- Houston Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
19- Caldwell Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
20- San Antonio Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
21- Zoo Boise (USA) – Coati – 2010
22- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2011
23- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Coati – 2011
24- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Coati – 2011
25- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (USA) – Coati – 2011
26- CALM (California Living Museum) (USA) – Coati – 2011
27- Fresno Chaffee Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2011
28- Brevard Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2012
29- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (USA) – Coati – 2012
30- Little Rock Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2012
31- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Coati – 2012
32- Denver Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2012
33- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2012
34- Tautphaus Park Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2012
35- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
36- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
37- Irvine Park & Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
38- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – Coati – 2014
39- Timbavati Wildlife Park (USA) – Coati – 2014
40- Racine Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
41- Scovill Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
42- Henson Robinson Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
43- Clay Center Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
44- Riverside Discovery Center (USA) – Coati – 2015
45- Tiger Safari (USA) – Coati – 2015
46- G W Exotic Animal Park (USA) – Coati – 2015
47- Frank Buck Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
48- Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – Coati – 2015
49- In Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue & Educational Center (USA) – Coati – 2015
50- Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge (USA) – Coati – 2015
51- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
52- Gone Wild Safari (USA) – Coati – 2015
53- East Texas Gators & Wildlife Park (USA) – Coati – 2015
54- Franklin Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Coati – 2015
55- The Texas Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
56- Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
57- Exotic Resort Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
58- Austin Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
59- Capital of Texas Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
60- Alameda Park Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
61- Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary (USA) – Coati – 2015
62- Out of Africa (USA) – Coati – 2015
63- Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA) – Coati – 2015
64- Keepers of the Wild Nature Park (USA) – Coati – 2015
65- West Coast Game Park Safari (USA) – Coati – 2015
66- Orange County Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2017
67- Wilderness Walk Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
68- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
69- Roscommon Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
70- Wilderness Trails Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
71- Indian Creek Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
72- Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park (USA) – Coati – 2018
73- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
74- Animal Gardens Petting Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
75- Jo-Don Farms (USA) – Coati – 2018
76- Bear Den Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
77- Animal Haven Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
78- Special Memories Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
79- Dierentuin Animal Farm (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
80- Landgoed Hoenderdaell (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
81- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
82- Familiepark Plaswijckpark (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
83- Lille Zoo (France) – Coati – 2019
84- Maubeuge Zoo (France) – Coati – 2019
85- Zoo Antwerp (Belgium) – Coati – 2019
86- Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) – Coati – 2019
87- Pakawi Park (Belgium) – Coati – 2019
88- Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) – Coati – 2019
89- Aachener Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
90- Opel Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
91- Affen + Vogelpark Eckenhagen (Monkey + Bird Park) (Germany) – Coati – 2019
92- Solinger Vogel-und Tierpark (Bird and Animal Park) (Germany) – Coati – 2019
93- Tierpark + Fossilium Bochum (Germany) – Coati – 2019
94- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
95- Tiergarten Monchengladbach (Germany) – Coati – 2019
96- BestZOO (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
97- Zoo Veldhoven (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
98- Dierenpark Zie-ZOO (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
99- ZooParc Overloon (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
100- De Paay (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
101- Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
102- Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
103- Tierpark Hagenbeck (Germany) – Coati – 2019
104- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
105- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
106- Allwetterzoo Munster (Germany) – Coati – 2019
107- Gronau Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
108- NaturZoo Rheine (Germany) – Coati – 2019
109- Nordhorn Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
110- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) – Coati – 2022
111- Givskud Zoo (Denmark) – Coati – 2022
112- Munkholm Zoo (Denmark) – Coati – 2022
113- Aalborg Zoo (Denmark) – Coati – 2022
114- Randers Regnskov (Denmark) – Coati – 2022
115- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2023
116- Wildlife Images Rehabilitation and Education Center (USA) – Coati – 2023
117- Monterey Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2023

I'll highlight 10 memorable Coati exhibits and 10 horrible ones.

Denver Zoo (USA) has a famous structure called Bear Mountain that opened in 1918. Originally it was home to various monkeys, then a retired circus Polar Bear named 'Velox', then California Sea Lions. The federal Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 banned the bears and sea lions and eventually Coatis took up residence. Here's my photo from 2012:

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA) has a fabulous Coati exhibit that uses a deep, hidden moat in the foreground and 'invisnet' in certain areas to contain the Coatis. It works remarkably well and makes it seem as if the animals could escape at any moment. Recently, this exhibit sat empty for at least two years and I'm not sure what the status of it is right now, but when I visited the zoo in 2008 and 2011 it was a genuine highlight.

A memorable exhibit, because I'm not sure that it's even occupied these days, is the 'Mountain Coatimundi' enclosure at San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA). Here's my photo from 2017 and this exhibit was tucked away near the entrance to the zoo. Even San Diego wasn't afraid to post a Mountain Coati sign!

There's been a lot of really poor Coati exhibits in subpar accommodation in American zoos. Some of these cages are truly shocking. Hemker Park Zoo (USA) had a sleeping Coati in a log in this tiny cage in 2014. Really, really, depressing.

A 'Mountain Coatimundi' cage at Timbavati Wildlife Park (USA) in 2014. There were two youngsters here, with another crappy enclosure elsewhere in the park for when they got older. And this was at a brand-new zoo!

Here's a Coati cage that is literally a slab of dirt at Tiger Safari (USA):

You can see a Coati perched on a branch in this 5-foot long raised box. Brutal. East Texas Gators & Wildlife Park (USA). How would this even be allowed?

Coati exhibit at Roscommon Zoo (USA) in 2018:

Corn-crib cages are the bane of existence for American roadside menageries. Here's one at Indian Creek Zoo (USA), with the Coatis enjoying a cement floor, a few climbing props, and a small wooden box for shelter. When it rains, the roof creates a noise so loud that the animals most likely go deaf.

There's not even a metal roof at this Coati exhibit at Jo-Don Farms (USA):

A similarly inadequate Coati cage could be found at Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park (USA) in 2018. Two Coatis laying on logs in a tiny home.

Perhaps the worst of the 10 awful ones I've highlighted was at Animal Haven Zoo (USA). Before it closed down, it was a real 'haven' to captive animals! You can see a hapless Coati peering out of its box and this cage has a wire floor and two branches and that's it. Insanity.

Or is this one worse? A Coati in a box within an indoor desert, with no outdoor access, at GarLyn Zoo (USA).

So, I've showed 3 memorable, decent Coati exhibits and 10 that verge on horrendous. Let's explore 7 more and stick to European zoos. Quality.

At Maubeuge Zoo (France), one that I recall well is an old bear grotto of a decent size, with Coatis and Raccoons together. The space available to the two species is much larger than what is shown in my 2019 photo.

A brilliant one at Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) has Coatis in a spacious exhibit (on the left) and then they can leave that space via overhead walkways (think of the Ewok Village in Return of the Jedi) and go over the heads of visitors. There's at least 3 Coatis in my 2019 photo:

Here's another Coati/Racoon mixed-species exhibit that is once again an old bear grotto with more space than what is shown here. This is at Tiergarten Monchengladbach (Germany).

Look at this stunning exhibit. It has Coatis and Squirrel Monkeys together, with full access to mature trees. A pair of commonly seen mammals showcased with perfection by Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands).

This looks suspiciously like it could have also been an old bear exhibit. Now there are Coatis here at Tierpark Hagenbeck (Germany) in a spacious, excellent habitat.

@vogelcommando

Another Coati exhibit with towering trees. This one is at Berlin Zoo (Germany) and there's no roadside corn-crib crap at these European zoos.

@ZooTripper365

Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) has the same design approach as Planckendael, with a nice Coati exhibit on one side and then a series of overhead walkways for the animals that truly stretches the realm of their available space. I suppose the theory is that the height of the trail system is just high enough to stop a Coati from leaping to freedom and somehow not fleeing into the German wilderness. This exhibit at Osnabruck is really successful by incorporating a children's wooden playground in the distance, with kids being able to run beneath the Coatis and it becomes immersive for the kids.

I'm assuming that you don't have good numbers for exactly which coati species you've seen where, but I'd be curious to know which is more common.

The enclosure at ASDM unfortunately currently contains South American Coati, which is just so sad. That facility is just not what it used to be.

Animal Haven Zoo is not closed, it's still open but only for a couple more years I think, when it will go up for sale (if anyone's interested).

 

[15399]

I've seen Coatis at 117 zoos, which makes them one of the most frequently spotted mammalian species in zoos worldwide and likely to make my top 10 all-time most common critters. I will list all the zoos as 'Coatis', even though I've seen two species: South American/Brown-nosed Coati and also White-nosed Coati. If I had a dollar for every time a roadside American zoo had a sign saying 'Mountain Coati' I'd have at least twenty bucks, but obviously I have likely never seen that species.

There were two summers in particular when I saw a LOT of zoos with Coatis. The first was my trek through the southern United States, with Coatis popping up in zoos in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, etc. in 2015. Then in 2019 I saw a heck of a lot of Coatis in European zoos. Zoos in Western Europe LOVE small, active mammals such as Coatis, Meerkats and all types of Mongooses.

2015 = 22 zoos
2019 = 31 zoos

1- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Coati – 2001
2- Zurich Zoo (Switzerland) – Coati – 2003
3- San Francisco Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2006
4- Detroit Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2008
5- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Coati – 2008
6- Memphis Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2008
7- Fort Worth Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2008
8- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA) – Coati – 2008
9- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2008
10- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Coati – 2009
11- Wildlife Safari (USA) – Coati – 2010
12- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
13- Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden (USA) – Coati – 2010
14- Akron Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
15- Philadelphia Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
16- North Carolina Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
17- Chattanooga Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
18- Houston Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
19- Caldwell Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
20- San Antonio Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
21- Zoo Boise (USA) – Coati – 2010
22- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2011
23- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Coati – 2011
24- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Coati – 2011
25- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (USA) – Coati – 2011
26- CALM (California Living Museum) (USA) – Coati – 2011
27- Fresno Chaffee Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2011
28- Brevard Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2012
29- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (USA) – Coati – 2012
30- Little Rock Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2012
31- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Coati – 2012
32- Denver Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2012
33- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2012
34- Tautphaus Park Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2012
35- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
36- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
37- Irvine Park & Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
38- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – Coati – 2014
39- Timbavati Wildlife Park (USA) – Coati – 2014
40- Racine Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
41- Scovill Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
42- Henson Robinson Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
43- Clay Center Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
44- Riverside Discovery Center (USA) – Coati – 2015
45- Tiger Safari (USA) – Coati – 2015
46- G W Exotic Animal Park (USA) – Coati – 2015
47- Frank Buck Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
48- Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – Coati – 2015
49- In Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue & Educational Center (USA) – Coati – 2015
50- Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge (USA) – Coati – 2015
51- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
52- Gone Wild Safari (USA) – Coati – 2015
53- East Texas Gators & Wildlife Park (USA) – Coati – 2015
54- Franklin Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Coati – 2015
55- The Texas Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
56- Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
57- Exotic Resort Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
58- Austin Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
59- Capital of Texas Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
60- Alameda Park Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
61- Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary (USA) – Coati – 2015
62- Out of Africa (USA) – Coati – 2015
63- Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA) – Coati – 2015
64- Keepers of the Wild Nature Park (USA) – Coati – 2015
65- West Coast Game Park Safari (USA) – Coati – 2015
66- Orange County Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2017
67- Wilderness Walk Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
68- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
69- Roscommon Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
70- Wilderness Trails Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
71- Indian Creek Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
72- Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park (USA) – Coati – 2018
73- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
74- Animal Gardens Petting Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
75- Jo-Don Farms (USA) – Coati – 2018
76- Bear Den Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
77- Animal Haven Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
78- Special Memories Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
79- Dierentuin Animal Farm (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
80- Landgoed Hoenderdaell (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
81- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
82- Familiepark Plaswijckpark (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
83- Lille Zoo (France) – Coati – 2019
84- Maubeuge Zoo (France) – Coati – 2019
85- Zoo Antwerp (Belgium) – Coati – 2019
86- Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) – Coati – 2019
87- Pakawi Park (Belgium) – Coati – 2019
88- Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) – Coati – 2019
89- Aachener Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
90- Opel Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
91- Affen + Vogelpark Eckenhagen (Monkey + Bird Park) (Germany) – Coati – 2019
92- Solinger Vogel-und Tierpark (Bird and Animal Park) (Germany) – Coati – 2019
93- Tierpark + Fossilium Bochum (Germany) – Coati – 2019
94- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
95- Tiergarten Monchengladbach (Germany) – Coati – 2019
96- BestZOO (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
97- Zoo Veldhoven (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
98- Dierenpark Zie-ZOO (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
99- ZooParc Overloon (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
100- De Paay (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
101- Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
102- Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
103- Tierpark Hagenbeck (Germany) – Coati – 2019
104- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
105- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
106- Allwetterzoo Munster (Germany) – Coati – 2019
107- Gronau Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
108- NaturZoo Rheine (Germany) – Coati – 2019
109- Nordhorn Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
110- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) – Coati – 2022
111- Givskud Zoo (Denmark) – Coati – 2022
112- Munkholm Zoo (Denmark) – Coati – 2022
113- Aalborg Zoo (Denmark) – Coati – 2022
114- Randers Regnskov (Denmark) – Coati – 2022
115- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2023
116- Wildlife Images Rehabilitation and Education Center (USA) – Coati – 2023
117- Monterey Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2023

I'll highlight 10 memorable Coati exhibits and 10 horrible ones.

Denver Zoo (USA) has a famous structure called Bear Mountain that opened in 1918. Originally it was home to various monkeys, then a retired circus Polar Bear named 'Velox', then California Sea Lions. The federal Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 banned the bears and sea lions and eventually Coatis took up residence. Here's my photo from 2012:

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA) has a fabulous Coati exhibit that uses a deep, hidden moat in the foreground and 'invisnet' in certain areas to contain the Coatis. It works remarkably well and makes it seem as if the animals could escape at any moment. Recently, this exhibit sat empty for at least two years and I'm not sure what the status of it is right now, but when I visited the zoo in 2008 and 2011 it was a genuine highlight.

A memorable exhibit, because I'm not sure that it's even occupied these days, is the 'Mountain Coatimundi' enclosure at San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA). Here's my photo from 2017 and this exhibit was tucked away near the entrance to the zoo. Even San Diego wasn't afraid to post a Mountain Coati sign!

There's been a lot of really poor Coati exhibits in subpar accommodation in American zoos. Some of these cages are truly shocking. Hemker Park Zoo (USA) had a sleeping Coati in a log in this tiny cage in 2014. Really, really, depressing.

A 'Mountain Coatimundi' cage at Timbavati Wildlife Park (USA) in 2014. There were two youngsters here, with another crappy enclosure elsewhere in the park for when they got older. And this was at a brand-new zoo!

Here's a Coati cage that is literally a slab of dirt at Tiger Safari (USA):

You can see a Coati perched on a branch in this 5-foot long raised box. Brutal. East Texas Gators & Wildlife Park (USA). How would this even be allowed?

Coati exhibit at Roscommon Zoo (USA) in 2018:

Corn-crib cages are the bane of existence for American roadside menageries. Here's one at Indian Creek Zoo (USA), with the Coatis enjoying a cement floor, a few climbing props, and a small wooden box for shelter. When it rains, the roof creates a noise so loud that the animals most likely go deaf.

There's not even a metal roof at this Coati exhibit at Jo-Don Farms (USA):

A similarly inadequate Coati cage could be found at Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park (USA) in 2018. Two Coatis laying on logs in a tiny home.

Perhaps the worst of the 10 awful ones I've highlighted was at Animal Haven Zoo (USA). Before it closed down, it was a real 'haven' to captive animals! You can see a hapless Coati peering out of its box and this cage has a wire floor and two branches and that's it. Insanity.

Or is this one worse? A Coati in a box within an indoor desert, with no outdoor access, at GarLyn Zoo (USA).

So, I've showed 3 memorable, decent Coati exhibits and 10 that verge on horrendous. Let's explore 7 more and stick to European zoos. Quality.

At Maubeuge Zoo (France), one that I recall well is an old bear grotto of a decent size, with Coatis and Raccoons together. The space available to the two species is much larger than what is shown in my 2019 photo.

A brilliant one at Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) has Coatis in a spacious exhibit (on the left) and then they can leave that space via overhead walkways (think of the Ewok Village in Return of the Jedi) and go over the heads of visitors. There's at least 3 Coatis in my 2019 photo:

Here's another Coati/Racoon mixed-species exhibit that is once again an old bear grotto with more space than what is shown here. This is at Tiergarten Monchengladbach (Germany).

Look at this stunning exhibit. It has Coatis and Squirrel Monkeys together, with full access to mature trees. A pair of commonly seen mammals showcased with perfection by Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands).

This looks suspiciously like it could have also been an old bear exhibit. Now there are Coatis here at Tierpark Hagenbeck (Germany) in a spacious, excellent habitat.

@vogelcommando

Another Coati exhibit with towering trees. This one is at Berlin Zoo (Germany) and there's no roadside corn-crib crap at these European zoos.

@ZooTripper365

Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) has the same design approach as Planckendael, with a nice Coati exhibit on one side and then a series of overhead walkways for the animals that truly stretches the realm of their available space. I suppose the theory is that the height of the trail system is just high enough to stop a Coati from leaping to freedom and somehow not fleeing into the German wilderness. This exhibit at Osnabruck is really successful by incorporating a children's wooden playground in the distance, with kids being able to run beneath the Coatis and it becomes immersive for the kids.

I think I've seen a coati exhibit better than any of yours! The Belize Zoo displays a large colony of white-nosed coatis in the exhibit pictured below. This exhibit contains plenty of lush foliage, is extremely large, and has lots of climbing opportunities (including live trees!). Especially the fact they exhibit such a large group is impressive, as well as that the exhibit is massive. I'm pretty certain the four other coati exhibits I've seen could all fit in here with room to spare.

 

[carlos55]

Coatís and raccoons are very common I’m Mexican zoos as they are often found in rural areas. Black bears are also common in Mexican zoos as they are found in northern Mexico and often problem bears end up in zoos. Chapultepec zoo and Zacango zoos have also brown bears which seem European. Leon zoo has a single Grizzly bear as well as black bears. There are spectacled bears at Chapultepec, Zacango and Morelia which are descended from Jersey bear, Charlie, who was paired with a female bear from Leipzig at Chapultepec. Guadalajara zoo has the last polar bear in Mexico, a female called Ágata. Chapultepec has the only giant panda in Latin America. Chapultepec is the Mexican zoo with the most bear species with black, brown, spectacled and giant panda.

 

[PossumRoach]

pictured below

I think you forgot the picture…

 

[15399]

I think you forgot the picture…

My bad, stupid mistake. Here is the exhibit I referenced here:

I think I've seen a coati exhibit better than any of yours! The Belize Zoo displays a large colony of white-nosed coatis in the exhibit pictured below. This exhibit contains plenty of lush foliage, is extremely large, and has lots of climbing opportunities (including live trees!). Especially the fact they exhibit such a large group is impressive, as well as that the exhibit is massive. I'm pretty certain the four other coati exhibits I've seen could all fit in here with room to spare.

 

[Giant Eland]

I've seen Coatis at 117 zoos, which makes them one of the most frequently spotted mammalian species in zoos worldwide and likely to make my top 10 all-time most common critters. I will list all the zoos as 'Coatis', even though I've seen two species: South American/Brown-nosed Coati and also White-nosed Coati. If I had a dollar for every time a roadside American zoo had a sign saying 'Mountain Coati' I'd have at least twenty bucks, but obviously I have likely never seen that species.

There were two summers in particular when I saw a LOT of zoos with Coatis. The first was my trek through the southern United States, with Coatis popping up in zoos in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, etc. in 2015. Then in 2019 I saw a heck of a lot of Coatis in European zoos. Zoos in Western Europe LOVE small, active mammals such as Coatis, Meerkats and all types of Mongooses.

2015 = 22 zoos
2019 = 31 zoos

1- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Coati – 2001
2- Zurich Zoo (Switzerland) – Coati – 2003
3- San Francisco Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2006
4- Detroit Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2008
5- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Coati – 2008
6- Memphis Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2008
7- Fort Worth Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2008
8- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA) – Coati – 2008
9- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2008
10- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Coati – 2009
11- Wildlife Safari (USA) – Coati – 2010
12- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
13- Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden (USA) – Coati – 2010
14- Akron Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
15- Philadelphia Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
16- North Carolina Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
17- Chattanooga Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
18- Houston Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
19- Caldwell Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
20- San Antonio Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2010
21- Zoo Boise (USA) – Coati – 2010
22- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2011
23- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Coati – 2011
24- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Coati – 2011
25- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (USA) – Coati – 2011
26- CALM (California Living Museum) (USA) – Coati – 2011
27- Fresno Chaffee Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2011
28- Brevard Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2012
29- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (USA) – Coati – 2012
30- Little Rock Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2012
31- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Coati – 2012
32- Denver Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2012
33- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2012
34- Tautphaus Park Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2012
35- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
36- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
37- Irvine Park & Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
38- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – Coati – 2014
39- Timbavati Wildlife Park (USA) – Coati – 2014
40- Racine Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
41- Scovill Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
42- Henson Robinson Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
43- Clay Center Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2014
44- Riverside Discovery Center (USA) – Coati – 2015
45- Tiger Safari (USA) – Coati – 2015
46- G W Exotic Animal Park (USA) – Coati – 2015
47- Frank Buck Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
48- Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – Coati – 2015
49- In Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue & Educational Center (USA) – Coati – 2015
50- Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge (USA) – Coati – 2015
51- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
52- Gone Wild Safari (USA) – Coati – 2015
53- East Texas Gators & Wildlife Park (USA) – Coati – 2015
54- Franklin Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Coati – 2015
55- The Texas Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
56- Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
57- Exotic Resort Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
58- Austin Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
59- Capital of Texas Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
60- Alameda Park Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2015
61- Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary (USA) – Coati – 2015
62- Out of Africa (USA) – Coati – 2015
63- Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA) – Coati – 2015
64- Keepers of the Wild Nature Park (USA) – Coati – 2015
65- West Coast Game Park Safari (USA) – Coati – 2015
66- Orange County Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2017
67- Wilderness Walk Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
68- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
69- Roscommon Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
70- Wilderness Trails Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
71- Indian Creek Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
72- Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park (USA) – Coati – 2018
73- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
74- Animal Gardens Petting Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
75- Jo-Don Farms (USA) – Coati – 2018
76- Bear Den Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
77- Animal Haven Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
78- Special Memories Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2018
79- Dierentuin Animal Farm (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
80- Landgoed Hoenderdaell (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
81- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
82- Familiepark Plaswijckpark (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
83- Lille Zoo (France) – Coati – 2019
84- Maubeuge Zoo (France) – Coati – 2019
85- Zoo Antwerp (Belgium) – Coati – 2019
86- Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) – Coati – 2019
87- Pakawi Park (Belgium) – Coati – 2019
88- Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) – Coati – 2019
89- Aachener Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
90- Opel Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
91- Affen + Vogelpark Eckenhagen (Monkey + Bird Park) (Germany) – Coati – 2019
92- Solinger Vogel-und Tierpark (Bird and Animal Park) (Germany) – Coati – 2019
93- Tierpark + Fossilium Bochum (Germany) – Coati – 2019
94- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
95- Tiergarten Monchengladbach (Germany) – Coati – 2019
96- BestZOO (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
97- Zoo Veldhoven (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
98- Dierenpark Zie-ZOO (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
99- ZooParc Overloon (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
100- De Paay (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
101- Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
102- Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) – Coati – 2019
103- Tierpark Hagenbeck (Germany) – Coati – 2019
104- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
105- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
106- Allwetterzoo Munster (Germany) – Coati – 2019
107- Gronau Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
108- NaturZoo Rheine (Germany) – Coati – 2019
109- Nordhorn Zoo (Germany) – Coati – 2019
110- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) – Coati – 2022
111- Givskud Zoo (Denmark) – Coati – 2022
112- Munkholm Zoo (Denmark) – Coati – 2022
113- Aalborg Zoo (Denmark) – Coati – 2022
114- Randers Regnskov (Denmark) – Coati – 2022
115- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2023
116- Wildlife Images Rehabilitation and Education Center (USA) – Coati – 2023
117- Monterey Zoo (USA) – Coati – 2023

I'll highlight 10 memorable Coati exhibits and 10 horrible ones.

Denver Zoo (USA) has a famous structure called Bear Mountain that opened in 1918. Originally it was home to various monkeys, then a retired circus Polar Bear named 'Velox', then California Sea Lions. The federal Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 banned the bears and sea lions and eventually Coatis took up residence. Here's my photo from 2012:

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA) has a fabulous Coati exhibit that uses a deep, hidden moat in the foreground and 'invisnet' in certain areas to contain the Coatis. It works remarkably well and makes it seem as if the animals could escape at any moment. Recently, this exhibit sat empty for at least two years and I'm not sure what the status of it is right now, but when I visited the zoo in 2008 and 2011 it was a genuine highlight.

A memorable exhibit, because I'm not sure that it's even occupied these days, is the 'Mountain Coatimundi' enclosure at San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA). Here's my photo from 2017 and this exhibit was tucked away near the entrance to the zoo. Even San Diego wasn't afraid to post a Mountain Coati sign!

There's been a lot of really poor Coati exhibits in subpar accommodation in American zoos. Some of these cages are truly shocking. Hemker Park Zoo (USA) had a sleeping Coati in a log in this tiny cage in 2014. Really, really, depressing.

A 'Mountain Coatimundi' cage at Timbavati Wildlife Park (USA) in 2014. There were two youngsters here, with another crappy enclosure elsewhere in the park for when they got older. And this was at a brand-new zoo!

Here's a Coati cage that is literally a slab of dirt at Tiger Safari (USA):

You can see a Coati perched on a branch in this 5-foot long raised box. Brutal. East Texas Gators & Wildlife Park (USA). How would this even be allowed?

Coati exhibit at Roscommon Zoo (USA) in 2018:

Corn-crib cages are the bane of existence for American roadside menageries. Here's one at Indian Creek Zoo (USA), with the Coatis enjoying a cement floor, a few climbing props, and a small wooden box for shelter. When it rains, the roof creates a noise so loud that the animals most likely go deaf.

There's not even a metal roof at this Coati exhibit at Jo-Don Farms (USA):

A similarly inadequate Coati cage could be found at Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park (USA) in 2018. Two Coatis laying on logs in a tiny home.

Perhaps the worst of the 10 awful ones I've highlighted was at Animal Haven Zoo (USA). Before it closed down, it was a real 'haven' to captive animals! You can see a hapless Coati peering out of its box and this cage has a wire floor and two branches and that's it. Insanity.

Or is this one worse? A Coati in a box within an indoor desert, with no outdoor access, at GarLyn Zoo (USA).

So, I've showed 3 memorable, decent Coati exhibits and 10 that verge on horrendous. Let's explore 7 more and stick to European zoos. Quality.

At Maubeuge Zoo (France), one that I recall well is an old bear grotto of a decent size, with Coatis and Raccoons together. The space available to the two species is much larger than what is shown in my 2019 photo.

A brilliant one at Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) has Coatis in a spacious exhibit (on the left) and then they can leave that space via overhead walkways (think of the Ewok Village in Return of the Jedi) and go over the heads of visitors. There's at least 3 Coatis in my 2019 photo:

Here's another Coati/Racoon mixed-species exhibit that is once again an old bear grotto with more space than what is shown here. This is at Tiergarten Monchengladbach (Germany).

Look at this stunning exhibit. It has Coatis and Squirrel Monkeys together, with full access to mature trees. A pair of commonly seen mammals showcased with perfection by Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands).

This looks suspiciously like it could have also been an old bear exhibit. Now there are Coatis here at Tierpark Hagenbeck (Germany) in a spacious, excellent habitat.

@vogelcommando

Another Coati exhibit with towering trees. This one is at Berlin Zoo (Germany) and there's no roadside corn-crib crap at these European zoos.

@ZooTripper365

Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) has the same design approach as Planckendael, with a nice Coati exhibit on one side and then a series of overhead walkways for the animals that truly stretches the realm of their available space. I suppose the theory is that the height of the trail system is just high enough to stop a Coati from leaping to freedom and somehow not fleeing into the German wilderness. This exhibit at Osnabruck is really successful by incorporating a children's wooden playground in the distance, with kids being able to run beneath the Coatis and it becomes immersive for the kids.

The Mountain Coati thing is out of control. I have no idea how it happened but it's taken the world by storm! Out of the first 20 results on google images for "Mountain Coati" only 4 are actually Mountain Coatis, and one of those is a drawing. I've been in more than one zoo where I attempt to tell staff they don't actually have Mountain Coatis, and they just confidently reassure me that they do.

@snowleopard I think you could comfortably say you've definitely never seen one. I've never heard of them being outside South America, other than Antwerp Zoo from 1948-1950 (which I just looked up on zootierliste right now lol.)

I'm assuming that you don't have good numbers for exactly which coati species you've seen where, but I'd be curious to know which is more common.

The enclosure at ASDM unfortunately currently contains South American Coati, which is just so sad. That facility is just not what it used to be.

Animal Haven Zoo is not closed, it's still open but only for a couple more years I think, when it will go up for sale (if anyone's interested).

@birdsandbats from my check on zootierliste ring-tailed coati were far more common than white-nosed. They also feature 6 subspecies compared to none for ring-tailed.

 

[Osedax]

The unfortunate reality is that the last major project/new attraction in a Disney World park that wasn't IP-based was Expedition Everest in 2006. As such, I'd unfortunately expect any future additions to DAK to be based in one or more IPs. Now, I'm not completely opposed to having IPs in DAK when done right (e.g., the Wilderness Explorer's program is a solid inclusion based on Up, Festival of the Lion King is a really solid show), and there are existing IPs that I think would fit the park well, but it's important to realize that this is the way Disney Parks as a whole are moving. Hopefully they chose to tie in IPs appropriately, and not try to shoe-horn in a land which doesn't fit in at all with the overarching theme of the park (e.g., Avatar).

While Indiana Jones isn't a perfect fit for DAK, Indiana Jones Adventure at Disneyland is a popular attraction using the same ride system as Dinosaur, making it a fairly logical re-theme. Hopefully they can find a way to tie it in to the park's nature theming. Encanto is a really popular movie at the moment, so it's only a matter of time before it makes its way into one of the parks, and since animals form a major plot point in the movie, DAK does seem like a logical choice.

As of now, I'm cautiously optimistic about this new addition- and hopeful that they incorporate a number of live animals in addition to the IP-based attractions, but it's a good sign that imagineers visited multiple locations in the Neotropics when planning this expansion. Hopefully soon we'll see a more detailed plan for this area.

What does IP mean?

 

[PossumRoach]

What does IP mean?

Intellectual Property. I don’t know how to explain but I guess franchised fall under the definition.

 

[lintworm]

My bad, stupid mistake. Here is the exhibit I referenced here:

Based on your picture it doesn't look as impressive as the one in Burgers' Zoo

All the trees in this picture are part of the exhibit and fully climbable and the exhibit is around 900 square metres (or 0.23 acres if you prefer that), which based on the Belize zoo map and satellite imagery is probably over twice the size of the one in Belize (which is still a very good enclosure for coati).

 

[15399]

Based on your picture it doesn't look as impressive as the one in Burgers' Zoo

All the trees in this picture are part of the exhibit and fully climbable and the exhibit is around 900 square metres (or 0.23 acres if you prefer that), which based on the Belize zoo map and satellite imagery is probably over twice the size of the one in Belize (which is still a very good enclosure for coati).

Interesting, that picture does look very impressive- and those are certainly very tall trees the coatis have access to! What's the social structure like in Burger's Zoo's exhibit?

 

[lintworm]

Interesting, that picture does look very impressive- and those are certainly very tall trees the coatis have access to! What's the social structure like in Burger's Zoo's exhibit?

They currently only have a few elderly females of ring-tailed coati, together with a bachelor group of Peruvian squirrel monkeys. As ring-tailed coati are on the phase-out list due to the EU invasive species regulation, this species will likely be gone in a few years time (they used to have an impressive breeding group of 10-15 animals before). Many zoos are now switching to white-nosed coatie, so I hope they will switch to that species in the near future too.

 

[snowleopard]

I've seen Raccoons, occasionally called Northern Raccoons or Common Raccoons, in 94 zoos. On some long road trips, when I'm occasionally visiting 4 small zoos in a day, I'll come across animals like Coatis and Raccoons 4 times per day and so that explains why I don't always hang around exhibits viewing common species. I get Raccoons in my backyard all the time, and curiously enough frequently in the middle of the day, so here is a species that I struggle to get excited over.

What is exciting is seeing Crab-eating Raccoons as I've only ever seen those guys TWICE in my entire life.

1- Emperor Valley Zoo (Trinidad & Tobago) – Crab-eating Raccoon – 2008
2- ZooParc Overloon (Netherlands) - Crab-eating Raccoon – 2019

Compare that to these two years of viewing 'regular', 'normal', 'boring' Raccoons :

2015 = 18 zoos
2019 = 28 zoos

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Raccoon – 1975
2- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Raccoon – 1998
3- Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (USA) – Raccoon – 2005
4- B.C. Wildlife Park (Canada) – Raccoon – 2006
5- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2008
6- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Raccoon – 2008
7- Knoxville Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2008
8- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2008
9- Tulsa Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2010
10- Chattanooga Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2010
11- Birmingham Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2010
12- Audubon Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2010
13- Houston Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2010
14- Cameron Park Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2010
15- CuriOdyssey (USA) – Raccoon – 2011
16- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2011
17- CALM (California Living Museum) (USA) – Raccoon – 2011
18- Busch Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – Raccoon – 2012
19- Palm Beach Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2012
20- Dickerson Park Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2012
21- Sunset Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2012
22- Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) – Raccoon – 2014
23- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2014
24- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – Raccoon – 2014
25- DeYoung Family Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2014
26- Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2014
27- Wisconsin Deer Park (USA) – Raccoon – 2014
28- Cosley Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2014
29- World Aquarium (USA) – Raccoon – 2014
30- Clay Center Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2014
31- Pueblo Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2014
32- Willow Park Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2014
33- Riverside Discovery Center (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
34- Oklahoma Aquarium (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
35- Tiger Safari (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
36- G W Exotic Animal Park (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
37- San Angelo Nature Center (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
38- Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
39- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
40- Ellen Trout Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
41- Gator Country (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
42- The Texas Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
43- Austin Nature & Science Center (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
44- Capital of Texas Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
45- Abilene Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
46- Spring River Park & Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
47- Wildlife West Nature Park (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
48- Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
49- Keepers of the Wild Nature Park (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
50- High Desert Museum (USA) – Raccoon – 2015
51- Discovery Wildlife Park (Canada) – Raccoon – 2016
52- Olympic Game Farm (USA) – Raccoon – 2016
53- Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary (USA) – Raccoon – 2017
54- Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2017
55- Applegate Park Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2017
56- Orange County Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2017
57- Forever Wild Exotic Animal Sanctuary (USA) – Raccoon – 2017
58- Wilderness Walk Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2018
59- Willowbrook Wildlife Center (USA) – Raccoon – 2018
60- Animal Gardens Petting Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2018
61- Bear Den Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2018
62- Special Memories Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2018
63- Almere Jungle (Netherlands) – Raccoon – 2019
64- Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) – Raccoon – 2019
65- Diergaarde Blijdorp (Netherlands) – Raccoon – 2019
66- Maubeuge Zoo (France) – Raccoon – 2019
67- Zoo Antwerp (Belgium) – Raccoon– 2019
68- Harry Malter Familiepark (Belgium) – Raccoon – 2019
69- Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) – Raccoon – 2019
70- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Raccoon – 2019
71- Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) – Raccoon – 2019
72- Wildpark Gangelt (Germany) – Raccoon – 2019
73- Alsdorf Tierpark (Germany) – Raccoon – 2019
74- GaiaZOO (Netherlands) – Raccoon – 2019
75- Aachener Zoo (Germany) – Raccoon – 2019
76- Zoo Neuwied (Germany) – Raccoon – 2019
77- Cologne Zoo (Germany) – Raccoon – 2019
78- Solinger Vogel-und Tierpark (Bird and Animal Park) (Germany) – Raccoon – 2019
79- Tierpark Fauna (Germany) – Raccoon – 2019
80- ZOOM Erlebniswelt (Germany) – Raccoon – 2019
81- Tiergehege Kaisergarten (Germany) – Raccoon – 2019
82- Tiergarten Monchengladbach (Germany) – Raccoon – 2019
83- BestZOO (Netherlands) – Raccoon – 2019
84- Dierenrijk (Animal Kingdom) (Netherlands) – Raccoon – 2019
85- Dierenpark Zie-ZOO (Netherlands) – Raccoon – 2019
86- ZooParc Overloon (Netherlands) – Raccoon – 2019
87- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Raccoon – 2019
88- Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany) – Raccoon – 2019
89- Olderdissen Zoo (Germany) – Raccoon – 2019
90- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Raccoon – 2019
91- Munkholm Zoo (Denmark) – Raccoon – 2022
92- AQUA Aquarium & Wildlife Park (Denmark) – Raccoon– 2022
93- Monterey Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2023
94- Big Bear Alpine Zoo (USA) – Raccoon – 2023

What are some memorable Raccoon exhibits?

The one at Minnesota Zoo (USA) is kind of crazy. It's designed to look like a forested area outside of a cabin, with hardly any natural substrate anywhere. I think the floor is mainly wood and mock-rock and there's even a half-obscured rocking chair on the porch. Weird.

@Dhole dude

You can see a Raccoon and a rusty old vehicle in the Louisiana Swamp section of Audubon Zoo (USA):

Bear Country U.S.A (USA) must not have read the manual that Raccoons are arboreal species, because other than a bizarre fake cliff at the back, there's nothing to climb on in this flat enclosure.

You can see a Raccoon peering out from its 10 feet of space at DeYoung Family Zoo (USA), in a tiny little cage.

Perhaps some of the junky Raccoon exhibits in American zoos are due to the animals being ex-pets? This setup at Wisconsin Deer Park (USA) almost appears to be an environment for someone's pet. A Raccoon living on wood panels! And 'RACOON' is the wrong spelling!

Dakota Zoo (USA), which is an AZA accredited facility, had a single Raccoon in a small pit.

A Raccoon in an aquarium? Bring it on! Oklahoma Aquarium (USA) had this disaster in 2015:

Here's a Raccoon begging for food at San Angelo Nature Center (USA) in 2015. I wonder if it used that hanging tire?

Raccoon exhibit at Bear Den Zoo (USA) in 2018:

Not all European zoos are packed with great exhibits, as Tierpark Fauna (Germany) had a Raccoon cage in 2019 that included a picnic bench and a themed little swimming pool!

There's two Raccoons and one Striped Skunk in this photo I took at Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) in 2019. Not only did the zoos of Western Europe have FAR superior exhibits for Raccoons, but quite often there would be other species in there too.

Raccoons and Striped Skunks were together again at Antwerp Zoo (Belgium):

@KevinB

Maubeuge Zoo (France) and Tiergarten Monchengladbach (Germany) were both already mentioned in my previous post as those zoos had Raccoons and Coatis together, something which I saw a few times but never in North America. Pairi Daiza (Belgium) has Raccoons and Striped Skunks in the same exhibit. Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) has the same combination.

Why are North American zoos so reluctant to have Raccoons with other species? The number of mixed-species exhibits in European zoos is FAR MORE than North American collections. What is the reasoning for that? I've seen Gorillas with Meerkats, Orangutans with Binturongs and things that North American zoos would never even conceive of.

You can see at least two Raccoons and one Striped Skunk together in this exhibit at Harry Malter Familiepark (Belgium):

Aachener Tierpark (Germany) has Raccoons sharing the same space as Small-clawed Otters and the exhibit is terrific. I saw a Raccoon up in a tree and several otters in their winding stream and it was something I'll probably never see in North America.

Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) had a Raccoon/European Mink exhibit in 2019:

I first saw Crab-eating Raccoons at the Emperor Valley Zoo (Trinidad & Tobago) in 2008. This row of 5 cages had two for the Raccoons, two for Tayras, and one for a Jaguarundi.

I had immense joy seeing Crab-eating Raccoons at ZooParc Overloon (Netherlands). What a rare species for a Canadian zoo nerd.

@Moorhunhe

Here's my photo of 3 of them in 2019:

Procyonidae:

Coatis - 117 zoos (2 species: South American & White-nosed)
Northern Raccoons - 94 zoos
Crab-eating Raccoons - 2 zoos

 

[birdsandbats]

The only mixed raccoon exhibit I've ever seen is the one at Minnesota Zoo (shown in the post above) which for a few years had them mixed with Red Fox.

 

[MGolka]

The early days of Kingdoms of the Night at Omaha had Raccoon mixed with American Alligators at the end in the now American Crocodile exhibit. The raccoons were up on the ledge above the water level.

 

[Jurek7]

Coatís and raccoons are very common I’m Mexican zoos

And in the Xcaret park, a troop of wild coatis lives on the grounds, coatis hang upside down to look inside rubbish bins, run under visitors feet and so on.

I wonder if a walk-through coati exhibit would work? It is in fact one.

 

[NNM.]

I saw a raccoon at San Diego Zoo in the Northern Frontier/Polar Bear Plunge complex, alongside creatures such as polar bears, reindeer, and Arctic foxes.

I’d question the geographical placement, but then again, this complex supposedly also covers the distant exhibits for African hoofstock like zebras, cougars, and giant anteater.

 

[snowleopard]

@birdsandbats It's totally crazy how I saw Raccoons at loads of North American zoos and they were by themselves 99% of the time. Then in a single month in Europe I must have seen a minimum of a dozen exhibits with Raccoons combined with other species such as Striped Skunks, European Mink, Small-clawed Otters or Coatis. From a visitor's perspective, it's fantastic and some of these combinations have been around for decades and seem to work really well. It's actually super frustrating that more North American zoos don't adopt the same policies of having mixed-species exhibits for many mammals, as these species would encounter each other in the wild anyway.

@MGolka Omaha having Raccoons above American Alligators reminds me of a similar exhibit (also in Omaha) of Squirrel Monkeys above an Amazon river tank. Here's my photo of that exhibit from 2008 and it was in the Scott Aquarium.

@Jurek7 I'm shocked that a European zoo hasn't come up with a walk-through Coati exhibit...or is there one somewhere? I've seen photos of tourists in Mexico walking around with 15 or 20 Coatis near them and the animals would probably do well in a walk-through environment. There's tons of Barbary Macaque walk-throughs in European zoos and the big males have huge canines, so Coatis cannot be more dangerous than those primates.

@NNM. I know the exact exhibit that you are referring to and here's my 2011 photo of the Raccoon enclosure in the Northern Frontier/Polar Bear Plunge complex at San Diego Zoo. This exhibit has held a lot of different species, such as Snowy Owls, Yellow-throated Martens, Arabian Wildcats, Caracals, etc. Maybe even Arctic Foxes, or else that was an adjacent enclosure. San Diego has swapped species around a half-dozen times in some of their enclosures.

 

[birdsandbats]

@birdsandbats It's totally crazy how I saw Raccoons at loads of North American zoos and they were by themselves 99% of the time. Then in a single month in Europe I must have seen a minimum of a dozen exhibits with Raccoons combined with other species such as Striped Skunks, European Mink, Small-clawed Otters or Coatis. From a visitor's perspective, it's fantastic and some of these combinations have been around for decades and seem to work really well. It's actually super frustrating that more North American zoos don't adopt the same policies of having mixed-species exhibits for many mammals, as these species would encounter each other in the wild anyway.

@MGolka Omaha having Raccoons above American Alligators reminds me of a similar exhibit (also in Omaha) of Squirrel Monkeys above an Amazon river tank. Here's my photo of that exhibit from 2008 and it was in the Scott Aquarium.

@Jurek7 I'm shocked that a European zoo hasn't come up with a walk-through Coati exhibit...or is there one somewhere? I've seen photos of tourists in Mexico walking around with 15 or 20 Coatis near them and the animals would probably do well in a walk-through environment. There's tons of Barbary Macaque walk-throughs in European zoos and the big males have huge canines, so Coatis cannot be more dangerous than those primates.

@NNM. I know the exact exhibit that you are referring to and here's my 2011 photo of the Raccoon enclosure in the Northern Frontier/Polar Bear Plunge complex at San Diego Zoo. This exhibit has held a lot of different species, such as Snowy Owls, Yellow-throated Martens, Arabian Wildcats, Caracals, etc. Maybe even Arctic Foxes, or else that was an adjacent enclosure. San Diego has swapped species around a half-dozen times in some of their enclosures.

The exhibit at Omaha has Toco Toucans now instead of squirrel monkeys.

I can confirm that wild coatis are super chill, or at least White-nosed Coatis are. I've gotten within a few feet of them in Arizona and Costa Rica.

 

[snowleopard]

I've seen Kinkajous at 28 zoos. After seeing this species in a series of AZA zoos, I then saw Kinkajous in more than a dozen non-accredited roadside collections. I don't think any of them kept their animals in a nocturnal environment, as most of my examples are very basic metal cages. It's interesting that I've only ever seen Kinkajous 3 times in 120 European collections. I must have visited the wrong countries, haha, as there's loads in the United Kingdom.

1- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Kinkajou – 2008
2- Memphis Zoo (USA) – Kinkajou – 2008
3- Emperor Valley Zoo (Trinidad & Tobago) – Kinkajou – 2008
4- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Kinkajou – 2010
5- Chattanooga Zoo (USA) – Kinkajou – 2010
6- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Kinkajou – 2011
7- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Kinkajou – 2011
8- John Ball Zoo (USA) – Kinkajou – 2012
9- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Kinkajou – 2012
10- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Kinkajou – 2012
11- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – Kinkajou – 2014
12- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – Kinkajou – 2014
13- World Aquarium (USA) – Kinkajou – 2014
14- Willow Park Zoo (USA) – Kinkajou – 2014
15- Tiger Safari (USA) – Kinkajou – 2015
16- Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch (USA) – Kinkajou – 2015
17- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Kinkajou – 2015
18- Austin Zoo (USA) – Kinkajou – 2015
19- Capital of Texas Zoo (USA) – Kinkajou – 2015
20- Sierra Safari Zoo (USA) – Kinkajou – 2015
21- Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary (USA) – Kinkajou – 2017
22- Wildlife Learning Center (USA) – Kinkajou – 2017
23- Forever Wild Exotic Animal Sanctuary (USA) – Kinkajou – 2017
24- Wilderness Trails Zoo (USA) – Kinkajou – 2018
25- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Kinkajou – 2018
26- Lille Zoo (France) – Kinkajou – 2019
27- Zoo Neuwied (Germany) – Kinkajou – 2019
28- Dortmund Zoo (Germany) – Kinkajou – 2019

@alexkant

Kinkajous can be popular pets, as they are friendly, inquisitive creatures. However, they can give a nasty bite if provoked and are mainly nocturnal animals who will be up making noise while humans are sleeping. Occasionally, zoos have used them as ambassador animals, as they can be put on a leash and taken out into public.

@pachyderm pro

This is a great link that lists 21 reasons why NOT to have a Kinkajou as a pet. #7 is titled 'Bites are bad' and goes into detail about how Kinkajous can have deep bites. #12 tells how destructive they can be.

Kinkajous as Pets - Everything You Need to Know

I first saw a Kinkajou at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) inside the nocturnal house called Kingdoms of the Night. Check out the 8 species that shared this one exhibit:

@Baldur

Memphis Zoo (USA) also kept Kinkajous with sloths, armadillos and agoutis in their own nocturnal house.

@geomorph

Not to be outdone, Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) also used to have Kinkajous in a nocturnal environment in their Small Mammal House.

San Diego Zoo (USA) still had Kinkajous as of 2011 in this now demolished cage:

A small, very boring Kinkajou exhibit at John Ball Zoo (USA) in 2012:

A sleeping Kinkajou in its log at Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA):

Kinkajou exhibit at Alexandria Zoo (USA):

Austin Zoo (USA), which quite often takes in rescued pets, had three Kinkajou exhibits when I was there in 2015. None were very good.

A really tiny metal cage at Capital of Texas Zoo (USA):

The now closed Sierra Safari Zoo (USA) had a Kinkajou poke its head out of the wooden box at the back, perhaps waiting for nightfall so that it could walk back and forth on its single large branch. Ugh.

Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary (USA) had a pair of adjoining cages for Kinkajous when I was there in 2017.

You can see a Kinkajou in my photo taken at Forever Wild Exotic Animal Sanctuary (USA). It's a typical roadside American 'sanctuary', which means a tiny metal cage, a few branches, and AstroTurf instead of grass. Good grief!

Kinkajou exhibit at Wilderness Trails Zoo (USA):

Zoo Neuwied (Germany) has Kinkajous inside its South American House, which just opened in 2018.

Dortmund Zoo (Germany) has a very nice Kinkajou exhibit and it's probably the best I've ever seen.

@ralph

Procyonidae:

Coatis - 117 zoos (2 species: South American & White-nosed)
Northern Raccoons - 94 zoos
Kinkajous - 28 zoos
Crab-eating Raccoons - 2 zoos

 

[birdsandbats]

I saw a walk-through Kinkajou exhibit (mixed with two-toed sloth) at the now-closed World Aquarium in Saint Louis. Visitors were even allowed to feed the animal grapes.