Mixed species exhibit ideas

MOG2012 said:
For all animals to work, it would have to be a very large set up. Zebras are too aggressive, waterbuck might compete for space/resources, and guineafowl wouldn't be visible most of the time
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Thanks for the answer. If I moved the Addax into another exhibit and switched them for another species of antelope, would it be fine? If that is the case, which ones could I add to have a more pacific mix?
 
Velas said:
Thanks for the answer. If I moved the Addax into another exhibit and switched them for another species of antelope, would it be fine? If that is the case, which ones could I add to have a more pacific mix?
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Zebra is still risky but roan/sable antelope, impala, springbok, and nile lechwe would work along with marabou, saddle-billed stork, ibises, and crowned cranes
 
MOG2012 said:
Zebra is still risky but roan/sable antelope, impala, springbok, and nile lechwe would work along with marabou, saddle-billed stork, ibises, and crowned cranes
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Grevy's zebras and Waterbuck have been living together at Zoo SP for more than 20 years, so I know the mix can work. Thanks for the other suggestions either way
 
What animals found in the same regions as the following can be housed with each animal?;
  • African Green Toad
  • Arabian Oryx
  • Desert Horned Viper
  • Desert Locust
  • European Fallow Deer
  • Fennec Fox
  • Galeodes granti
  • Lorestan Newt
  • Northern Small-spotted Genet
  • Sand Cat
  • Veiled Chameleon
 
MOG2012 said:
What animals found in the same regions as the following can be housed with each animal?;
  • African Green Toad
  • Arabian Oryx
  • Desert Horned Viper
  • Desert Locust
  • European Fallow Deer
  • Fennec Fox
  • Galeodes granti
  • Lorestan Newt
  • Northern Small-spotted Genet
  • Sand Cat
  • Veiled Chameleon
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The oryx would probably work with a smaller gazelle species (such as Dama, Dorcas, or Red-fronted).
I really don't see anything mixing well with the Desert Horned Viper (might be wrong though), same goes for the Desert Locust and Galeodes granti.
You could probably house fallow deer in a larger aviary with a number of European songbirds, similar in concept to what some zoos do with okapi and African birds.
From what I've been told, mixing newts or salamanders with anything else isn't a great idea given how susceptible they are to a number of illnesses. This goes doubly for a species that, assuming you mean Neurergus kaiseri (which I myself have in my own spec project), is critically endangered.
 
Van Beal said:
You could probably house fallow deer in a larger aviary with a number of European songbirds, similar in concept to what some zoos do with okapi and African birds.
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Would a mix with common hoopoe, European turtle-dove, northern bald ibis, and European goldfinch work with the deer? Would any other birds work?
 
MOG2012 said:
Would a mix with common hoopoe, European turtle-dove, northern bald ibis, and European goldfinch work with the deer? Would any other birds work?
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Should work. Barbary Partridge, Stock Dove, European Roller and Rosy Starling would work too.
European Fallow Deer can be housed with European Mufflons too.
 
Van Beal said:
The oryx would probably work with a smaller gazelle species (such as Dama, Dorcas, or Red-fronted).
I really don't see anything mixing well with the Desert Horned Viper (might be wrong though), same goes for the Desert Locust and Galeodes granti.
You could probably house fallow deer in a larger aviary with a number of European songbirds, similar in concept to what some zoos do with okapi and African birds.
From what I've been told, mixing newts or salamanders with anything else isn't a great idea given how susceptible they are to a number of illnesses. This goes doubly for a species that, assuming you mean Neurergus kaiseri (which I myself have in my own spec project), is critically endangered.
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Listed as Vulnerable since 2016, despite its population being severely fragmented, and a continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat, as well as a in the number of mature individuals.
 
Would this Mediterranean seagrass meadows tank work? Would anything else be feasible to add;
  • Atlantic Beadlet Anemone Actinia equina
  • Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin Paracentrotus lividus
  • Black Goby Gobius niger
  • Mediterranean Damselfish Chromis chromis
  • Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse Coris julis
  • Painted Comber Serranus scrib
 
MOG2012 said:
Zebra is still risky but roan/sable antelope, impala, springbok, and nile lechwe would work along with marabou, saddle-billed stork, ibises, and crowned cranes
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Keeping flight restricted birds with hoofstock puts the former at risk, and is outdated practice. Wild caught birds are no longer cheaply available. Most zoo birds are now captive bred, and are too valuable to be squandered in ill advised mixes.
 
FBBird said:
Keeping flight restricted birds with hoofstock puts the former at risk, and is outdated practice. Wild caught birds are no longer cheaply available. Most zoo birds are now captive bred, and are too valuable to be squandered in ill advised mixes.
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I was assuming that the enclosure was netted like the Zoo Antwerpen buffaloa viary
 
Can Maned Wolf cohabit with any larger New World primate species? The ones I'm particularly interested in are spider monkeys, capuchin monkeys and squirrel monkeys. The enclosure would be a larhe vegetated island with climbing frames for the primates.

Also, in a sufficiently large aviary could macaws and concures cohabit with tamarins, marmosets and agoutis? I'd like the aviary to be nicely vegetated too - would the macaws spoil this?
 
ElephasMaximus said:
Can Maned Wolf cohabit with any larger New World primate species? The ones I'm particularly interested in are spider monkeys, capuchin monkeys and squirrel monkeys. The enclosure would be a larhe vegetated island with climbing frames for the primates.

Also, in a sufficiently large aviary could macaws and concures cohabit with tamarins, marmosets and agoutis? I'd like the aviary to be nicely vegetated too - would the macaws spoil this?
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The Spider monkeys maybe could work as they're the only large-sized New world primate of the ones you listed, but not only would the mix make no sense, as they do not overlap in their ranges and biomes, but also the monkeys could bully the wolves. There's also the risk of predation, which would only grow larger with the smaller primates. The island setup wouldn't work as well, as even though Maned wolves don't usually do it, they can be great swimmers.

About the bird and mammal mix, the agoutis would work perfectly fine and there are zoos who do such mixes (Bioparque do Rio's Tropical Immersion exhibit, for example). But the tamarins and marmosets I wouldn't recommend, as they could harass the birds and even try to eat their chicks and eggs. About the vegetation aspect, the macaws and conures would definitely destroy a good part of it.
 
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What animals found in the Southwest United States caves (as south as Mexico, as East as Texas) as the following can be housed with each animal?;
  • Giant Vinegaroon
  • Great Horned Owl
  • Mexican Blindcat + Mexican Tetra
  • Mexican Free-tailed Bat
  • Oklahoma Cave Crayfish
  • Ringtail
  • Striped Skunk
  • Texas Blind Salamander
  • White-throated Woodrat
 
This is just more of a clarification more than a suggestion, but is it possible to mix the following tortoises together in the same space; despite both species being geographically divided by ocean?
  • Galapagos Giant Tortoise
  • Red-Footed Tortoise
I say this as I recently encountered a similar mix, albeit, with Aldabra and Asian Mountain Tortoises instead of Galapagos; and I was just wondering if a similar combination could be accomplished?
 
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