Speculative Zoo Species List Help

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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Fire bellied newts, sakishima grass lizard, habu, etc.
 
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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By eu do you mean Europe and I am asking because I know 3 species that you can add and two of these species are in European zoos and one isn’t but there’s a species of it that is in European zoos but it’s not the Japanese species but you can use it as a stand in for the Japanese species and the two species are one mammal which is the Japanese serow and the other species is a reptile and this reptile is the Tiger Keel back and the species of it that is in European zoos but is not the Japanese species is the Ussuri Mamushi
and the ussuri mamushi can be used as a stand in for the Japanese species which is Gloydius Blomhoffi or as it’s also called the Japanese mamushi and the keel back and mamushi are both venomous snakes with the mamushi belonging to the family Viperidae while the tiger keel back belongs to the colubrids and it is found in the subfamily Natricinae and Natricinae includes many common snakes like the European grass snakes and the Garter and water snakes of North America but the Keel back belongs to the genus Rhabdophis and it’s also venomous and the species scientific name is Rhabdophis Tigranus.
 
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
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turtles baby!
yellow margined box turtle
Japanese pond turtle
Ryukyu black breasted leaf turtle
yellow pond turtle

You also could include species like Chinese Giant salamander and red eared sliders
as invasive species stories
or California Sea lions, asian small clawed otters or gray wolf as stand in precautionary
extinction stories

if you are really adventurous
Iriomote cat (or leopard cat stand in)
dugong
 
I remember that DierenPark Amersfoort kept them some years ago, but I didn’t know there wasn’t a single one left in the EU right now.
 
What about a Philippines biodome with free-roaming species and various enclosures. The species have to be found in the United States.
 
MOG2012 said:
What about a Philippines biodome with free-roaming species and various enclosures. The species have to be found in the United States.
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For free-roaming species:
• Kalong
• Palawan Peacock-pheasant
• Nicobar Pigeon
• Pink-necked Green Dove
• Black-napped Fruit Dove
• Dollarbird
• White-breasted Woodswallow
 
Paul.Haerle said:
For free-roaming species:
• Kalong
• Palawan Peacock-pheasant
• Nicobar Pigeon
• Pink-necked Green Dove
• Black-napped Fruit Dove
• Dollarbird
• White-breasted Woodswallow
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Thanks.
I'm specifically looking for fish that are compatible with Philippine Crocodiles Philippine Sailfin Lizards, and Reticulated Pythons (all in separate enclosures). I also need amphibians and invertebrates
 
MOG2012 said:
Thanks.
I'm specifically looking for fish that are compatible with Philippine Crocodiles Philippine Sailfin Lizards, and Reticulated Pythons (all in separate enclosures). I also need amphibians and invertebrates
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There are very few freshwater fish to be found on the Philippines, let alone from the Philippines and in captivity. It'd be much easier to use fish from other Indonesian islands or the Mekong river
 
Mr Gharial said:
There are very few freshwater fish to be found on the Philippines, let alone from the Philippines and in captivity. It'd be much easier to use fish from other Indonesian islands or the Mekong river
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What about nearby islands? I also need it for a moat for Visayan Warty Pigs
 
MOG2012 said:
What about nearby islands? I also need it for a moat for Visayan Warty Pigs
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I suppose there's a few fish species that thrive in both fresh and salt water that can be used and do live in the Philippines (Terapon jarbua, archerfish, maybe a few gobies?). Other than that I think your best bet for a small island nearby with a lot of fish life would be Sulawesi, which has various small ricefish and the Celebes rainbow, which could probably be held with snakes and sailfin lizards just fine.

For the warty pigs and crocodiles you might want to look for the more widespread and larger species from Sumatra, Borneo, etc. But I really don't have enough knowledge on USA holdings to give you examples
 
Mr Gharial said:
I suppose there's a few fish species that thrive in both fresh and salt water that can be used and do live in the Philippines (Terapon jarbua, archerfish, maybe a few gobies?). Other than that I think your best bet for a small island nearby with a lot of fish life would be Sulawesi, which has various small ricefish and the Celebes rainbow, which could probably be held with snakes and sailfin lizards just fine.

For the warty pigs and crocodiles you might want to look for the more widespread and larger species from Sumatra, Borneo, etc. But I really don't have enough knowledge on USA holdings to give you examples
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Thanks. What about for Asian water monitor? What specific species from Philippines and Sulawesi would work? I changed the warty pigs to babirusa. Is also added rice fish and rainbow fish for the palufsrium with sailfish lizards. So I need help for the monitor, Python, crocodile and babirusa moat
 
I'm in need of a Southeast Asian terrestrial invertebrate species. The following are species I already have in my zoo:
Peacock Tarantula
Orange Domino Roach
Malayan Jungle Nymph
Orchid Mantis
Generic Dead Leaf Mantis
Dragon-headed Katydid
Vietnamese/Asian Giant Centipede
Golden-banded Clown Cockroach

Also, I am intentionally omitting the Atlas Moth (I have no place for them)
 
Van Beal said:
I'm in need of a Southeast Asian terrestrial invertebrate species. The following are species I already have in my zoo:
Peacock Tarantula
Orange Domino Roach
Malayan Jungle Nymph
Orchid Mantis
Generic Dead Leaf Mantis
Dragon-headed Katydid
Vietnamese/Asian Giant Centipede
Golden-banded Clown Cockroach

Also, I am intentionally omitting the Atlas Moth (I have no place for them)
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Sulawesi Stag Beetle (in private trade)
Asian Forest Scorpion
 
MOG2012 said:
What are some species with conservation projects/priority in New England?
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I have the following right now;
  • American Burying Beetle Nicrophorus americanus
  • Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus
  • Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata
  • New England Cottontail Sylvilagus transitionalis
  • Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica
  • Blanding's Turtle Emydoidea blandingii
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab Limulus polyphemus
 
Hi, I'm looking for species for a Smoky Mountains themed exhibit for the Chester Zoo Masterplan. The exhibit is small and is just a reused monkey house. I'm going to have American Black Bear, and there is room for 1 medium/large sized habitat, 1 medium/small sized habitat and 1 aviary left. Any ideas? Oh and they have to be available in Europe.
 
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AmazonianHippo said:
Hi, I'm looking for species for a Smoky Mountains themed exhibit for the Chester Zoo Masterplan. The exhibit is small and is just a reused monkey house. I'm going to have American Black Bear, and there is room for 1 medium/large sized habitat, 1 medium/small sized habitat and 1 aviary left. Any ideas? Oh and they have to be available in Europe.
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River Otter in the largest enclosure, Northern Raccoon in the smallest, and Great Horned Owls in the aviary.
 
Thank you for your help. I am going to take the raccoon and owl idea, but I just don't think it is possible to encorporate the river otters, as the floor of the indoor enclosure is bark (which I will swap out anyway) but below that is the foundation of the building, so we can't dig a pool for them. Also, the habitat barrier, which is less of an issue as we can just add mesh in part of the stream, is a stream, and the otters can swim.
 
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