Speculative Zoo Species List Help

Mr Gharial said:
Does anyone know of any more (critically) endangered or extinct-in-the-wild invertebrates I could use in a Conservation centre set in Europe?

I already have:
- Partula snails
- Various endangered Madeiran snails held by Chester and Prague
- Lord Howe stick insect
- Black beauty stick insect
- Seychelles giant millipede
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Couple of ideas:
- Desertas wolf spider
- American burying beetle (has been kept/is being kept in North America?)
- Peacock tarantula
- Vietnamese giant magnolia snail
- Simandoa cave roach
- Crau plain grasshopper?
- Mexican fireleg tarantula
 
MOG2012 said:
What animals would work in an exhibit focused on the wetlands, and forests of mountainous East Africa?
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I've actually thought of this myself, and am in the process of designing an exhibit based on the montane forests of Kenya and Tanzania!

In my opinion, the region's fauna is severely underrepresented in zoos, but nevertheless I've managed to pick out a few (some of which only somewhat) viable species:

Eastern bongo
Kikuyu guereza
African civet

African olive-pigeon
Common bulbul
Mount Kilimanjaro white-eye
Hartlaub’s turaco
Silvery-cheeked hornbill
Rueppell’s robin-chat

Additionally, some sunbird species such as Tacazze, Bronze and Golden-winged inhabit these areas, with all three of them having appeared in European collections sometimes in the last two decades (though none at the moment).
 
Austin the Sengi said:
Isn’t the Black-and-Rufous Sengi a part of these montane forests as far as mammals are concerned? Asking for a friend. :p
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Oops, I forgot to specify that I was looking specifically at the East African montane forests ecoregion, not including the Eastern Arc forests ecoregion... :oops:

But yes, Black-and-rufous Sengi is another expectational species for the entirety of that region.
 
Platypusboy said:
Additionally, some sunbird species such as Tacazze, Bronze and Golden-winged inhabit these areas, with all three of them having appeared in European collections sometimes in the last two decades (though none at the moment).
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All should be still kept in private hands (no idea how big the population is)
 
Any ideas for geographic themed hoofstock aviaries for a bird park?
I already have a Pampas, an Ethopian highland and an Okapi aviary.
 
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Paul.Haerle said:
Any ideas for geographic themed hoofstock aviaries for a bird park?
I already have a Pampas, an Ethopian highland and an Okapi aviary.
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Not all hoofstock, but:

- Capybara and Giant anteater in an Amazon aviary
- (Red-necked or Swamp) wallabies in an Outback aviary
- (Texel or Dutch Spotted) domesticated sheep for a European coastal / wadden aviary
- Beavers for either a European or North American forest / waterfowl aviary
- Alpine Ibex or Chamois with Alpine marmot for a European vulture aviary
- Père David's deer for an East Asian wetland aviary
- Aldabra giant tortoise and various lemurs for a Madagascar / Indo-pacific islands aviary

For both geographical and thematic, the Vietnamese sika deer in combination with Edward's pheasant (and other "silent forest"/"vietnamasing" birds) for two species from Vietnam so Critically endangered that they're almost considered extinct in the wild. (Other birds could be Bali myna, Blue-crowned laughingthrush, etc)
 
What fish would work in a mixed aquarium with helmeted turtles that focuses on the East African mountainous wetlands?
 
MOG2012 said:
What fish would work in a mixed aquarium with helmeted turtles that focuses on the East African mountainous wetlands?
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Would this mix work;

Helmeted Turtle Pelomedusa subrufa
Labeobarbus intermedius
Lake Malawi Syno Synodontis njassae
Obliquidens Hap Haplochromis obliquiden
 
MOG2012 said:
What animals would work in an exhibit focused on the wetlands, and forests of mountainous East Africa?
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Since @Platypusboy gave a list of species common in Europe- I’ll give you some that I know are held in American zoos in relative abundance. Here are some ideas:

Woodland dormouse
Southern giant pouched rat
Rock hyrax
Black-and-rufous-sengi
Angolan colobus
Mantled guereza
Schmidt’s red-tailed monkey
De Brazza’s monkey
Blue monkey
Olive baboon
Mountain bongo
Sitatunga
Blue duiker
Yellow-backed duiker
Egyptian fruit bat
Straw-coloured fruit bat

Great blue turaco
Lady Ross’s turaco
White-cheeked turaco
Silvery-cheeked hornbill
Trumpeter hornbill
Tambourine dove
African fish eagle
Palm-nut vulture
White-necked raven
Snowy-crowned robin-chat

Jackson’s chameleon
Williams’ turquoise dwarf gecko
African rock python
Eastern green mamba

Common whipspider (Damon variegatus)
 
Beyond American paddlefish, Spotted gar and Siberian sturgeon, what are some prehistoric (or prehistoric-looking) fish that can be held in an outdoor pond or river in Northern/Central Europe
 
Mr Gharial said:
Beyond American paddlefish, Spotted gar and Siberian sturgeon, what are some prehistoric (or prehistoric-looking) fish that can be held in an outdoor pond or river in Northern/Central Europe
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Other species I can think of would be bowfin, burbot or brook lamprey.
 
What animals would work in an entrance exhibit focusing on a Horn of Africa deserts and scrubland exhibit? (small entrance building plus outside trail) The zoo is in Las Vegas so the animals should be somewhat easily exportable or is found in the subcontinent.
 
MOG2012 said:
What animals would work in an entrance exhibit focusing on a Horn of Africa deserts and scrubland exhibit? (small entrance building plus outside trail) The zoo is in Las Vegas so the animals should be somewhat easily exportable or is found in the subcontinent.
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Same Zoo, different exhibit. WHats the best animals for a not so scary Halloween/Dia De Los Muertos temporary exhibit
 
MOG2012 said:
Same Zoo, different exhibit. WHats the best animals for a not so scary Halloween/Dia De Los Muertos temporary exhibit
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- Halloween hisser
- Skeleton-knee tarantula
- Common whipspider (not as halloween-themed, just generally terrifying)
- Pachnoda fissipunctum (these have a cool skull motiv)
- Common raven
- American or African bullfrog
- Banded fire salamander or Tiger salamander
- Pied ball python (domestic morph, look like they have pumpkins on them)
- Black rat
- Straw-coloured fruit bat (are a bit more skeleton-y than other fruit bats)
- Domestic black cat

Edit: I'm pretty sure there's a beetle species that eats bones that's held decently commonly in American collections, but I don't know what it's called. Could be a cool display too
 
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MOG2012 said:
Same Zoo, different exhibit. WHats the best animals for a not so scary Halloween/Dia De Los Muertos temporary exhibit
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The first I thought of would be iguanas - kind of dragon like but not too scary. There's also iguanas in Mexico, which you could tie in with Dia De Los Muertos.
 
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