Speculative Zoo Species List Help

KevinB said:
After some quick research. I added the area and/or habitat I took a look at between brackets.
  • White-naped crane: Swan goose [Northeastern China wetlands]
  • Black-necked crane: Bar-headed goose, Tufted duck, Common merganser [Wetlands of the Tibetan Plateau]
  • Hooded crane: Mandarin duck, Baikal teal, Eastern spot-billed duck, Eurasian wigeon, Northern pintail [Wintering grounds in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan]
  • Common crane: Garganey, Eurasian teal, Eurasian curlew [Eurasian boglands]
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Mr Gharial said:
Alright then!



Japan theme:
- White-naped crane
- Mandarin duck
- Baer’s pochard
- Scaly-sided merganser
- Black-crowned night heron
- Eurasian spoonbill
- Asian Azure-winged magpie



Tibet theme:
- Black-necked crane
- Bar-headed goose
- Ruddy shelduck
- Black kite
- Red-billed chough



Amur theme:
- Hooded crane
- Swan goose
- Baikal teal
- Falcated duck
- Asian Azure-winged magpie
- Oriental white stork
- Eurasian great cormorant



Baltic theme:
- Common crane
- Barnacle goose
- Eurasian goldeneye
- Garnarey
- Tufted duck
- Eurasian oystercatcher
- Pied avocet
- Northern lapwing
- Black stork
- Eurasian collared dove
- European turtle dove
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Thank you both very much for your help
 
MOG2012 said:
What about these? I decided to do some planning for my entire Zoo, not just the part I was working on. All of these are outdoors but there is terrarium space;
  • the Sahara and the Sahel
  • the Horn of Africa deserts
  • South African deserts
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I changed this to a singular Deserts region (South African deserts), centering around the Lion House
 
MOG2012 said:
What about these? I decided to do some planning for my entire Zoo, not just the part I was working on. All of these are outdoors but there is terrarium space;
  • the Sahara and the Sahel
  • the Horn of Africa deserts
  • South African deserts
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What type of animals do you need?
 
Paul.Haerle said:
What type of animals do you need?
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I'm only doing South African deserts now. I think I need some more terrarium animals but I don't know if I need anything else. Here's what I have so far;
  • Outdoor Trail
Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis, Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis
Common Eland Tragelaphus oryx, Gemsbok Oryx gazella, Karoo Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis marsupialis
Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta [Indoor Den Viewing]
Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
Southern Lion Panthera leo melanochaita [Indoor Viewing[
Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus, Meerkat Suricata suricatta [Underground Viewing Indoors]
  • the Lion House
Damara Molerat Fukomys damarensis
Giant African Bullfrog Pyxicephalus adspersus
Puff Adder Bitis arietans
Aardvark Orycteropus afer, Southern Lesser Galago Galago moholi
 
MOG2012 said:
I'm only doing South African deserts now. I think I need some more terrarium animals but I don't know if I need anything else. Here's what I have so far;
  • Outdoor Trail
Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis, Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis
Common Eland Tragelaphus oryx, Gemsbok Oryx gazella, Karoo Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis marsupialis
Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta [Indoor Den Viewing]
Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
Southern Lion Panthera leo melanochaita [Indoor Viewing[
Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus, Meerkat Suricata suricatta [Underground Viewing Indoors]
  • the Lion House
Damara Molerat Fukomys damarensis
Giant African Bullfrog Pyxicephalus adspersus
Puff Adder Bitis arietans
Aardvark Orycteropus afer, Southern Lesser Galago Galago moholi
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You may get many other animals including :
  • Cape Cobra Naja nivea
  • Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis
  • Angolan Python Python anchietae
  • Emperor Flat Lizard Platysaurus imperator
  • Armadillo Girdled Lizard Ouroborus cataphractus
  • Giant Plated Lizard Matabosaurus validus
  • Speckled Cape Tortoise Chersobius signatus
  • Natal Termite Bellicositermes natalensis
  • Orange Baboon Tarantula Pterinocheilus murinus
You may add tens of other herp/invert species.
I don't know if you need more mammals, but there may be room for other species (rodents, hedghehogs, elephant shrews, small carnivores, bats...) that are typical from this part of Africa.
 
Haliaeetus said:
You may get many other animals including :
  • Cape Cobra Naja nivea
  • Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis
  • Angolan Python Python anchietae
  • Emperor Flat Lizard Platysaurus imperator
  • Armadillo Girdled Lizard Ouroborus cataphractus
  • Giant Plated Lizard Matabosaurus validus
  • Speckled Cape Tortoise Chersobius signatus
  • Natal Termite Bellicositermes natalensis
  • Orange Baboon Tarantula Pterinocheilus murinus
You may add tens of other herp/invert species.
I don't know if you need more mammals, but there may be room for other species (rodents, hedghehogs, elephant shrews, small carnivores, bats...) that are typical from this part of Africa.
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Are all of these in American captivity?
 
MOG2012 said:
What about for a building with various “oasises” with outdoor enclosures. I need help with okavango delta, lake Chad and Nile River
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I was also thinking of adding the African Great Lakes. I need some fish for an aquarium with African Brown Knifefish Xenomystus nigri, Striped Tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus, some birds for an aviary with (could be separated) African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus, Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca, and another aviary for saddle-billed stork. I'm also open for any other species
 
MOG2012 said:
I was also thinking of adding the African Great Lakes. I need some fish for an aquarium with African Brown Knifefish Xenomystus nigri, Striped Tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus, some birds for an aviary with (could be separated) African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus, Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca, and another aviary for saddle-billed stork. I'm also open for any other species
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This is what I have now;
  • the Oasis
Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius, Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus, Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus
Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus
African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus, Hamerkop Scopus umbretta, Nile Lechwe Kobus megaceros, Sitatunga Tragelaphus spekii, Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis, White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
  • Building
African Arowana Heterotis niloticus, Giraffe Catfish Auchenoglanis occidentalis, Saddled Bichir Polypterus endlicherii
African Brown Knifefish Xenomystus nigri, Freshwater Butterflyfish Pantodon buchholzi, Leopard Bush Fish Ctenopoma acutirostre, Reedfish Erpetoichthys calabaricus
African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis
African Giant Snail Lissachatina fulica
Pitch‐black Fulu Haplochromis piceatus, Victoria Tilapia Oreochromis variabilis
 
Thanks for the help so far! I'm working on an arid-Africa Rocks exhibit with kopjes, South African mountains, Horn of Africa, and the Atlas Mountains. It's outdoors but there are some terrariums
 
I finished all of those regions and now I'm working on Wild Eurasia. The exhibits are:
  • the Mediterranean
  • North Africa and the Middle East
  • Central Indian Plains
  • the Gobi Desert
 
Just saying but for the gobi desert I have an idea and the idea is one of my favorite animals and this animal is my favorite because last year in 2024 I lost my 1st cousin 2x removed named Jim and my cousin he acted like this animal and the animal is called the Pallas cat and my cousin acted like the cat because the cat can look like it’s grumpy when its really not grumpy and that’s how my cousin acted and while my cousin was still around I told him that I had a dream and the dream was that I discovered a new species of cat that acted like a Pallas cat but looked different and the cat belonged to the Felis genus and I told my cousin that I would name this cat Felis Lacomus grandis and it’s full name would be Felis Lacomus Grandis Weikie and Lacomus is the Latin word for Jim and grandis is the Latin word for the name grant and Weikie is a nickname for my cousins last name Weikert and the Pallas cat is found in a lot of aza zoos like Utica zoo, hogle zoo, prospect park zoo, Columbus zoo and aquarium, Cincinnati zoo, red river zoo, Smithsonian’s national zoo and the Cheyenne mountain zoo.
 
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I’m looking for some invertebrates for southern Africa. These may include insects, spiders, arthropods, snails and crustacians. So animals from Lesotho, Botswana, Angola, South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, … are all welcomed options.
 
MClaeys said:
I’m looking for some invertebrates for southern Africa. These may include insects, spiders, arthropods, snails and crustacians. So animals from Lesotho, Botswana, Angola, South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, … are all welcomed options.
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I'm also looking for that too! Right now, all I could find is:
  • Cape Flightless Dung Beetle Circellium bacchus
  • Orange Baboon Tarantula Pterinocheilus murinus
  • Gandanameno sp. (London Zoo has them)
  • Garden Fruit Chafer Pachnoda sinuata
  • Flat Rock Scorpion Hadogenes troglodytes
  • Common Whipspider Damon variegatus
  • Tiger Beetle Manticora scabra
  • Springbok Mantis Miomantis caffra
 
Paul.Haerle said:
What types of animals do you need?
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They should be in AZA. All of it is outside but there is terrarium space. Mediterranean is not sea but southern Europe. North Africa and Middle East focus on Sahara and Arabia. Central Indian plains has thar desert and Deccan plateau
 
Ok, here are my two ideas:

• Central Asian Tortoise, Trumpeter Finch, Laughing Dove, White-eared Bulbul
• Marbled Teal, Nothern Bald Ibis, European Roller, Crested Porcupine, Stock Dove, European Turtle Dove
 
I’m look for some animals from Japan, I already have the following list now.

- Sika deer
- Red-crowned crane
- Japanese crested ibis
- Green pheasant
- Eurasian teal
- Philippine duck
- Swan goose
- Red-billed leiothrix
- Japanese giant salamander
- Japanese raccoon dog
- Asiatic black bear
- Japanese macacque
- Koi carp

Are there any additions I could do? It’s for an EU zoo.
 
MClaeys said:
I’m look for some animals from Japan, I already have the following list now.

- Sika deer
- Red-crowned crane
- Japanese crested ibis
- Green pheasant
- Eurasian teal
- Philippine duck
- Swan goose
- Red-billed leiothrix
- Japanese giant salamander
- Japanese raccoon dog
- Asiatic black bear
- Japanese macacque
- Koi carp

Are there any additions I could do? It’s for an EU zoo.
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For birds:

• Common Shelduck
• Baer's Pochard
• Copper Pheasant
• Rock Ptarmigan
• Hazel Grouse
• Oriental Turtle Dove
• Little Egret
• Purple Heron
• Black-faced Spoonbill
• Azure-winged Magpie
• Nothern Nutcracker
• Light-vented Bulbul
• White-shouldered Starling
• Siberian Rubythroat
• Brambling
• Japanese Grosbeak
• Eurasian Bullfinch
• Oriental Greenfinch
• Red Crossbill
 
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