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Always good to be missed;), i haven't really classed myself as gone if i'm honest, just lurking, other interests have consumed my life, such as football, and those dreaded exams :-P
 
AnaheimZoo said:
Don't think so. Deanmo19 was "scolded", if you will, for posting a fantastical list of species, exhibit areas, and attractions. Not the best idea to post ideas for what we think could be done when many viewers of the thread are looking for real information. What gave you that idea? There were no exhibit designs on there in the first place. Did you give the wrong URL?
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Calm down, I wasn't really serious. I just thought it might be a fun idea. If it's that offensive I'll delete it or you can ask the moderators to delete it.
 
elefante said:
Calm down, I wasn't really serious. I just thought it might be a fun idea. If it's that offensive I'll delete it or you can ask the moderators to delete it.
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Woah, sorry to be so hostile. Didn't know what happened to me there. :o I get it now; it was a compliment to our ideas. I sure do feel stupid now. Terribly sorry, elefante. I mean usually when people say that they're serious, but, yeah... sorry for the attack. Ugh, that's embarrassing.
 
I would build a zoo in charleston west virginia. since they only have 1 aza zoo in wheeling.

I would have a nice big digital screen in the front entrance telling you what time where open and what special feeds and entertainment going on threw out the day on your visit. as soon as you pay for your ticket you come upon a nice size pond with James's Flamingo. the exhibit is called Flamingo cove then you walk up a path into a building with escalators & elevators. as soon as you get up to the top you enter into the first exhibit Galapagos Paradise. we have four main exhibits. Marine iguanas,Galapagos Tortoises,Galapagos Penguins & Blue footed Booby. The exhibit is very rocky and it makes you feel like your on the coastline in the pacific ocean. Underwater viewing for both marine iguana and Galapagos penguins. and both are in the same exhibit. and same goes for the Blue footed Booby and Galapagos Tortoise same exhibit but the tortoises have a huge grassy yard to roam in and mostly in there while the booby are on the rocky part of the exhibit. also the exhibit talks about history bout the galapagos islands and bout Charles Darwin.

Move along the path and enter into the next set of exhibits which is West Virginia wildlife. There's 7 exhibits in this section. Raccoon,skunk,coyote,Boar,wild turkey,Bobcat and white tailed deer. the exhibit lets people know what kind of wildlife in just around the corner in there backyards. and talks about how important each species is to this america wilderness.

as soon as hit the white tail deer you walk up a steep hill to the next section of the zoo. its also handicap assemble.

AFRICA!
This is where you hear lions roar,civets scampering,Baboons howlering,hippos grunting.
The exhibit has a massive pool for Nile Hippos. its 2 acres in size with 3 hippos. underwater viewing for guests with a grassy field for them to eat on. next is African Lions divided between a moat the pride of lions rest in there sandy,grassy exhibit with a kopje and a safari truck to view them in.
then you come up to 3 massive big trees with olive baboons and one african civet in the exhibit. Its shady and cool.the baboons are entertaining swinging from tree to tree.

at the end of the exhibit you come back down the hill to left side part of the zoo walking back towards the entrace but before you go there's still two more sections.

Outback

This exhibit has 3 acres of land with free roaming Red Kangaroos,Western Grey Kangaroos,Parma Wallabies and Common Wombats. There's also a walk thru path threw the aussie section. where you might just interact with the animals. you get a feel on how they live there life on a day to day basis just like you were one of them.

we hope you enjoyed your visit but there's still one more exhibit it's a 500 gallon tank for Ganges River Dolphins. we have a breeding pair and the only species of dolphin in the world in captivity is at charleston's family zoo. you get up close and personal with the dolphins with underwater viewing and trainers are out every 2 hours either doing training or feedings.

Hope you liked my zoo.
 
AnaheimZoo said:
Woah, sorry to be so hostile. Didn't know what happened to me there. :o I get it now; it was a compliment to our ideas. I sure do feel stupid now. Terribly sorry, elefante. I mean usually when people say that they're serious, but, yeah... sorry for the attack. Ugh, that's embarrassing.
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It's okay. I overreacted a bit myself so I guess we're both embarassed. :D
 
Here are some more ideas for two other Wild Life facilities besides Wild Life Florida.

Wild Life California

Carlsbad, California:

Outside the Ticket Entrance:

Koi

California Wilds:

Californian Mule Deer (shares an exhibit with sandhill cranes and wild turkeys)
Sandhill Crane (shares an exhibit with Californian mule deer and wild turkeys)
Wild Turkey (shares an exhibit with Californian mule deer and sandhill cranes)
California Condor (very similar to the one from San Diego Zoo)
Burrowing Owl
Greater Roadrunner
American Bison (shares an exhibit with peninsular pronghorns and tule elks)
Peninsular Pronghorn (shares an exhibit with American bison and tule elks)
Tule Elk (shares an exhibit with American bison and peninsular pronghorns)
Bald Eagle
American Beaver (similar to the one from Minnesota Zoo)
Gray Fox
American Porcupine
Hummingbird Heaven Aviary:
-Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
-Blue-Throated Hummingbird
-Rufous Hummingbird
Coyote (similar to the one from Stone Zoo)
Desert Tortoise
American Black Bear (also similar to the one from Palm Beach Zoo)
Striped Skunk
River Otter (similar to the one from Palm Beach Zoo)
Bobcat
Freshwater Fish Aquarium (similar to one from one of the Outdoor World stores):
-Cutthroat Trout
-Rainbow Trout
-White Sturgeon
-Green Sturgeon
-California Roach
-Hardhead
-Lahonte Redside
-Tule Perch
Barn Owl (shares an exhibit with barred owls)
Barred Owl (shares an exhibit with barn owls)
Red-Tailed Hawk
Turkey Vulture (shares an exhibit with black vultures)
Black Vulture (shares an exhibit with turkey vultures)
Wolverine
Cougar (also similar to the one from Stone Zoo)
California Reptile House:
-Gila Monster
-Common Chuckwalla
-Desert Iguana
-Desert Horned Lizard
-Southern Leopard Frog
-American Bullfrog
-Western Painted Turtle
-Western Toad
-California Tree Frog
-Rosy Boa
-California Kingsnake
-Northwestern Garter Snake
-Pacific Gopher Snake
-Common Snapping Turtle
Wetland Bird Aviary:
-Wood Stork
-American White Pelican
-Double-Crested Cormorant
-Black-Crowned Night Heron
-Great Blue Heron
-Common Gallinule
-Western Gull

American Tropics:

Orinoco Crocodile
Bush Dog
Jaguar (very similar to the one from Jacksonville Zoo)
Macaws:
-Scarlet Macaw
-Green-Winged Macaw
-Blue-&-Gold Macaw
-Blue-Throated Macaw
-Military Macaw
-Hyacinth Macaw
Squirrel Monkey (shares an exhibit with black howler monkeys and white-faced sakis)
Black Howler Monkey (shares an exhibit with squirrel monkeys and white-faced sakis)
White-Faced Saki (shares an exhibit with squirrel monkeys and white-faced sakis)
Capybara (shares an exhibit with Coscoroba swans and crested screamers)
Coscoroba Swan (shares an exhibit with capybaras and crested screamers)
Crested Screamers (shares an exhibit with capybaras and Coscoroba swans)
Maned Wolf
Giant Anteater (shares an exhibit with guanacos, common rheas, Maguari storks, and Baird's tapirs)
Guanaco (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, common rheas, Maguari storks, and Baird's tapirs)
Common Rhea (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, guanacos, Maguari storks, and Baird's tapirs)
Maguari Stork (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, guanacos, common rheas, and Baird's tapirs)
Baird's Tapir (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, guanacos, common rheas, and Maguari storks)
American Flamingo (shares an exhibit with Chilean flamingoes)
Chilean Flamingo (shares an exhibit with American flamingoes)
Wings of the Amazon Aviary:
-Chilean Pudu
-Scarlet Ibis
-Golden Lion Tamarin
-Cotton Top Tamarin
-Inca Tern
-Golden Conure
-Ocellated Turkey
-Red-Legged Seriema
-Black-Necked Swan
-Roseate Spoonbill
-Black-Throated Magpie Jay
-Plush-Crested Jay
-Hoffman's Two-Toed Sloth
-Golden Lion Tamarin
-Red-Footed Tortoise
-Yellow-Headed Amazon
-Red-Rumped Agouti
-Toco Toucan
-Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan
-Grey-Necked Wood Rail
-Orange-Rumped Agouti
-Blue-Billed Curassow
-Spectacled Owl
-King Vulture
Lost Temple (similar to the one from Jacksonville Zoo but much bigger):
-Rhinoceros Iguana
-Common Green Iguana
-Arapaima
-Tambaqui
-Red-Tailed Catfish
-Tiger Shovelnose Catfish
-Silver Dollar
-Alligator Gar
-Ripsaw Catfish
-Butterfly Peacock Bass
-Occellated River Stingray
-Caiman Lizard (shares an exhibit with basilisks and matamatas)
-Plumed Basilisk (shares an exhibit with caiman lizards and matamatas)
-Matamata (shares an exhibit with caiman lizards and basilisks)
-Green Anaconda
-Electric Eel
-Red Piranha
-Surinam Toad
-Axolotl
-Marine Toad
-Pink-Toed Tarantula
-Hercules Beetle
-Giant Waxy Monkey Frog
-Poison Dart Frog
-Fer-De-Lance
-Red-Eyed Tree Frog
-Amazon Milk Frog
-Emerald Tree Boa
-Ornate Horned Frog
-Red-Tailed Boa Contrictor
-Goliath Bird-Eating Spider
-Death's Head Cockroach
-Leaf-Cutter Ants
-Jamaican Fruit Bat
-Smokey Jungle Frog
-Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman
Giant Otter (very similar to the one from Jacksonville Zoo)

African Tropical Forest:

Red River Hog
Okapi (shares an exhibit with yellow-backed duikers)
Yellow-Backed Duiker (shares an exhibit with okapis)
Bongo Antelope (shares an exhibit with saddle-billed storks)
Saddle-Billed Stork (shares an exhibit with bongo antelopes)
Angolan Colobus Monkey
Mandrill
Wolf's Guenon
Hippo Domain:
-Pygmy Hippopotamus (similar to the one from San Diego Zoo)
-Slender-Snouted Crocodile (also similar to the one from San Diego Zoo)
-African Cichlids (share exhibits with hippos and crocodiles)
-West African Dwarf Crocodile (shares an exhibit with straw-colored fruit bats)
-Straw-Colored Fruit Bats (share an exhibit with dwarf crocodiles)
-African Bullfrog
-Green Mamba
-African Millipede
-Jackson's Chameleon
-African Rock Python
-Gaboon Viper
-Vinnegaroon
-Giant Elephant Shrew
-Emperor Scorpion
-Naked Mole Rats
Common Chimpanzee
Nile Monitor
African Tropical Aviary:
-Yellow-Billed Hornbill
-Shoebill Stork
-Hammerkop
-African Spoonbill
-Yellow-Billed Stork
-White-Crested Turaco
-Crested Guinea Fowl
-Milky Eagle Owl
-Abdim's Stork
-Sacred Ibis
-Congo Peafowl
　
Madagascar Walk:

Radiated Tortoise
Ring-Tailed Lemur (shares an exhibit with red and black-and-white ruffed lemurs)
Red Ruffed Lemur (shares an exhibit with ring-tailed and black-and-white ruffed lemurs)
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs (shares an exhibit with ring-tailed and red ruffed lemurs)
Nile Crocodile
Madagascar Curiosity House:
-Madagascar Day Gecko
-Giant Jumping Rat
-Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec
-Giant Leaf-Tailed Gecko
-Madagascar Tomato Frog
-Panther Chameleon
-Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
-Painted Mantella
Fossa

Asian Gardens:

Komodo Dragon (similar to the one from Lowry Park Zoo)
Oriental Small-Clawed Otter (similar to the one from Busch Gardens Tampa)
False Gharial (shares an exhibit with Malayan flying foxes)
Malayan Flying Fox (shares an exhibit with false gharials)
Visayan Warty Pig
Malayan Tapir (shares an exhibit with binturongs, Reeve's muntjacs, and Burmese brown tortoises)
Binturong (shares an exhibit with Malayan tapirs, Reeve's muntjacs, and Burmese brown tortoises)
Reeve's Muntjac (shares an exhibit with Malayan tapirs, binturongs, and Burmese brown tortoises)
Burmese Brown Tortoise (shares an exhibit with Malayan tapirs, binturongs, and Reeve's muntjacs)
Wings of Asia Aviary:
-Green Peafowl
-Bali Mynah
-Sarus Crane
-Great Indian Hornbill
-Wreathed Hornbill
-Victorian Crowned Pigeon
-Bleeding-Heart Dove
-Great Argus Pheasant
-Prevost's Squirrel
-Demoiselle Crane
-Nicobar Pigeon
-Golden Pheasant
-Painted Stork
-Greater Malayan Chevrotain
-Mandarin Duck
Great Indian Rhinoceros (shares an exhibit with nilgai and blackbucks)
Nilgai (shares an exhibit with Indian rhinos and blackbucks)
Blackbuck (shares an exhibit with Indian rhinos and nilgai)
Siamang (shares an exhibit with Bornean orangutans)
Bornean Orangutan (shares an exhibit with siamangs)
Asian Fish Aquarium:
-Asian Arowana
-Paroon Shark
-Giant Gourami
-Giant Danio
-Tinfoil Barb
-Tiger Barb
Malayan Sun Bear
Asian Temple:
-Japanese Giant Salamander
-Malayan Water Monitor
-King Cobra
-Cobalt Blue Tarantula
-Vietnamese Mossy Frog
-Tokay Gecko
-Javan Humphead Lizard
-Tentacled Snake
-Blood Python
-Atlas Beetle
-Burmese Python
Indian Crested Porcupine (shares an exhibit with white-cheeked gibbons and lowland anoas)
White-Cheeked Gibbon (shares an exhibit with Indian crested porcupines and lowland anoas)
Lowland Anoa (shares an exhibit with Indian crested porcupines and white-cheeked gibbons)
Clouded Leopard
White Bengal Tiger (very similar to the Sumatran tiger exhibit at the Downtown Aquarium Denver)

Australian Forest:

Double-Wattled Cassowary
New Guinea Singing Dog
G'day Koala House:
-Short-Nosed Echidna
-Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
-Queensland Koala
Freshwater Crocodile (shares an exhibit with grey-headed flying foxes)
Grey-Headed Flying Fox (shares an exhibit with freshwater crocodiles)
Kookaburra (shares an exhibit with tawny frogmouths)
Tawny Frogmouth (shares an exhibit with kookaburras)
Lorikeet Forest:
-Dusky Lorikeet
-Green-Naped Lorikeet
-Swainson's Lorikeet
-Webster's Lorikeet
Crocodile Monitor
Palm Cockatoo
Aussie Herpetarium:
-Green Tree Python
-Seven Spot Archerfish (shares an exhibit with mudskippers)
-Mudskipper (shares an exhibit with archerfish)
-Snake-Necked Turtle (shares an exhibit with pig-nosed turtles and rainbowfish)
-Pig-Nosed Lizard (shares an exhibit with snake-necked turtles and rainbowfish)
-Rainbowfish (share an exhibit with snake-necked and pig-nosed turtles)
-Australian Lungfish
-Blue-Tongued Skink
-Prehensile-Tailed Skink
-Bearded Dragon
-Sugar Glider
-White's Tree Frog
-Frilled Lizard

Kids' Kingdom Water Play Area, Children's Zoo & Petting Farm

Meerkats (very similar to the one from San Francisco Zoo)
Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs (very similar to the one from San Francisco Zoo)
African Penguins (very similar to the humdolt penguin exhibit from Woodland Park Zoo)
Galapagos Tortoise
American Alligator
Pacific Ocean Kingdom Children's Aquarium:
-Indo-Pacific Coral Reef
-Garibaldi (shares an exhibit with bat stars)
-Bat Star (shares an exhibit with garibaldis)
-Leopard Shark (shares an exhibit with bat rays and California moray eels)
-Bat Ray (shares an exhibit with leopard sharks and California moray eels)
-California Moray Eel (shares an exhibit with leopard sharks and bat rays)
-Giant Pacific Octopus (shares an exhibit with sunflower sea stars)
-Sunflower Sea Star (shares an exhibit with giant pacific octopuses)
-Wolf Eel
-Pacific Seahorse
-Leafy Sea Dragon (shares an exhibit with weedy sea dragons)
-Weedy Sea Dragon (shares an exhibit with leafy sea dragons)
-Green Sea Turtle (shares an exhibit with spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Spotted Eagle Ray (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Bowmouth Guitarfish (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Zebra Shark (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Sandbar Shark (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Giant Grouper (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Blacktip Reef Shark (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Sandtiger Shark (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, and green sawfish)
-Green Sawfish (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, and sandtiger sharks)
-Red Lionfish (shares an exhibit with weedy scorpionfish and estuarine stonefish)
-Weedy Scorpionfish (shares an exhibit with red lionfish and estuarine stonefish)
-Estuarine Stonefish (shares an exhibit with red lionfish and weedy scorpionfish)
-Pacific Sea Nettle
-Moon Jellyfish
-Spotted Garden Eel
-Japanese Spider Crab (shares an exhibit with giant isopods)
-Giant Isopod (shares an exhibit with Japanese spider crabs)
-Tassled Wobbegong
-Coconut Crab (outdoor exhibit)
Petting Farm:
-Barbados Sheep
-Nigerian Dwarf Goat
-Guinea Hog
-American Miniature Horse
-Dwarf Zebu
-Sicilian Donkey
-Alpaca
-Californian Gray Chicken
-Flemish Giant Rabbit

Worchester, Massachussets:

New England Woods:

Bald Eagle
American Beaver (similar to the one from Minnesota Zoo)
River Otter (similar to the one from Palm Beach Zoo)
Coyote
Red Fox
Common Raccoon
White-Tailed Deer (shares an exhibit with sandhill cranes and wild turkeys)
Sandhill Crane (shares an exhibit with white-tailed deer and wild turkeys)
Wild Turkey (shares an exhibit with white-tailed deer and sandhill cranes)
Striped Skunk
American Black Bear (also similar to the one from Palm Beach Zoo)
Moose
Canada Lynx
American Porcupine
Fisher
Freshwater Fish Aquarium (similar to one from one of the Outdoor World stores):
-Red-Breast Sunfish
-Largemouth Bass
-Northern Pike
-Brown Bullhead
-Yellow Perch
-Brown Trout
Peregrine Falcon
Red-Tailed Hawk
Great Horned Owl
New England Reptile House:
-Timber Rattlesnake
-Northern Copperhead
-Eastern Milksnake
-Black Rat Snake
-Wood Turtle (shares an exhibit with spotted turtles and Eastern painted turtles)
-Spotted Turtle (shares an exhibit with wood turtles and Eastern painted turtles)
-Eastern Painted Turtle (shares an exhibit with wood turtles and spotted turtles)
-Eastern Box Turtle
-American Bullfrog
-Northern Leopard Frog
-Spotted Salamander
New England Wetlands Aviary:
-Wood Duck
-Mute Swan
-Canada Geese
-Great Blue Heron
-American Black Duck
-Ruddy Duck
-American White Pelican
-Purple Gallinule

Polar Coast:

Beluga Whale (shares an exhibit with harbor seals)
Harbor Seals (shares an exhibit with beluga whales)
Polar Bear (very similar to the one from Detroit Zoo but smaller, complete with an underwater viewing tunnel)
Sea Otter (very similar to the one from Sea World San Diego)
Pacific Walrus (very similar to the Polar Bear exhibit from Detroit Zoo but smaller, complete with an underwater viewing tunnel)
Northern Fur Seal (very similar to the Pacific Point Preserve from Sea World Orlando, shares an exhibit with Steller's sea lions)
Steller's Sea Lion (very similar to the Pacific Point Preserve from Sea World Orlando, shares an exhibit with Northern fur seals)
Arctic Fox
Snowy Owl
Penguin & Puffin Coast (very similar to the walk-through Penguin and Puffin Coast from St. Louis Zoo, but much larger and much deeper water for penguins to swim):
-Emperor Penguin (shares an exhibit with king penguins, chinstrap penguins, gentoo penguins, macaroni penguins, and Adelie penguins)
-King Penguin (shares an exhibit with emperor penguins, chinstrap penguins, gentoo penguins, macaroni penguins, and Adelie penguins)
-Chinstrap Penguin (shares an exhibit with emperor penguins, king penguins, gentoo penguins, macaroni penguins, and Adelie penguins)
-Gentoo Penguin (shares an exhibit with emperor penguins, king penguins, chinstrap penguins, macaroni penguins, and Adelie penguins)
-Macaroni Penguin (shares an exhibit with emperor penguins, king penguins, chinstrap penguins, gentoo penguins, and Adelie penguins)
-Adelie Penguin (shares an exhibit with emperor penguins, king penguins, chinstrap penguins, gentoo penguins, and macaroni penguins)
-Atlantic Puffin (shares an exhibit with common murres)
-Common Murre (shares an exhibit with Atlantic puffins)

Northern Walk:

Wapiti (shares an exhibit with pronghorn antelopes and American bison)
Pronghorn Antelope (shares an exhibit with wapiti and American bison)
American Bison (shares an exhibit with wapiti and pronghorn antelopes)
Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (very similar to the one from San Francisco Zoo)
Northern Gray Wolf
Grizzly Bear (very similar to the one from Minnesota Zoo)
Wolverine
Cougar (also similar to the one from Stone Zoo)
Siberian Tiger (very similar to the one from Columbus Zoo)
Eurasian Wild Boar
Pallas Cat
Reindeer (shares an exhibit with musk oxen)
Musk Ox (shares an exhibit with reindeer)
Bactrian Camel (shares an exhibit with Persian onagers)
Persian Onager (shares an exhibit with Bactrian camels)
Siberian Musk Deer
Amur Leopard (very similar to the one from Minnesota Zoo)
Szechuan Takin (similar to the one from San Diego Zoo)
Mouflon
Dhole
Goitred Gazelle (shares an exhibit with Przewalski's horses)
Przewalski's Horse (shares an exhibit with goitred gazelles)
Bighorn Sheep (shares an exhibit with rocky mountain goats)
Rocky Mountain Goat (shares an exhibit with bighorn sheep)
Steller's Sea Eagle
Eurasian Eagle Owl

Asian Highlands:

Markhor (very similar to the one from Stone Zoo)
Himalayan Black Bear (very similar to the one from Roger Williams Park Zoo)
Red Panda (similar to the one from the National Zoo)
Japanese Serow
Chinese Goral
Snow Leopard (similar to the one from Central Park Zoo)
Black-Necked Crane
Japanese Macaque (similar to the one from Central Park Zoo)
Yak

Tropic Zone (a very large indoor glass dome for dozens of tropical
animals, with outdoor accesses for chimps, siamangs, and orangutans):

Madagascar:

Ring-Tailed Lemur (shares an exhibit with red and black-and-white ruffed lemurs)
Red Ruffed Lemur (shares an exhibit with ring-tailed and black-and-white ruffed lemurs)
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs (shares an exhibit with ring-tailed and red ruffed lemurs)
Radiated Tortoise

Tropical Africa:

Common Chimpanzee
Angolan Colobus Monkey (shares an exhibit with DeBrazza's guenons and red river hogs)
DeBrazza's Guenon (shares an exhibit with Angolan colobus monkeys and red river hogs)
Red River Hog (shares an exhibit with Angolan colobus monkeys and DeBrazza's guenons)
Mandrill
West African Dwarf Crocodile (shares an exhibit with straw-colored fruit bats)
Straw-Colored Fruit Bats (share an exhibit with dwarf crocodiles)
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Yellow-Backed Duiker (shares an exhibit with saddle-billed storks)
Saddle-Billed Stork (shares an exhibit with yellow-backed duikers)

Southeast Asian Forest:

Gharial (shares an exhibit with Malayan flying foxes)
Malayan Flying Foxes (share an exhibit with gharials)
Komodo Dragon (similar to the one from Lowry Park Zoo)
Oriental Small-Clawed Otter (similar to the one from Busch Gardens Tampa)
Asian Fish Aquarium:
-Asian Arowana
-Paroon Shark
-Giant Gourami
-Giant Danio
-Tinfoil Barb
-Tiger Barb
Siamang (shares an exhibit with Bornean orangutans)
Bornean Orangutan (shares an exhibit with siamangs)
Reticulated Python
Burmese Brown Tortoise (shares an exhibit with demoiselle cranes and Reeve's muntjacs)
Demoiselle Crane (shares an exhibit with Burmese brown tortoises and Reeve's muntjacs)
Reeve's Muntjac (shares an exhibit with Burmese brown tortoises and demoiselle cranes)
Malayan Tapir (shares an exhibit with binturongs)
Binturong (shares an exhibit with Malayan tapirs)
Chinese Giant Salamander
Wings of Asia Aviary:
-Sarus Crane
-Painted Stork
-Indochinese Green Peafowl
-Nicobar Pigeon
-Golden Pheasant
-Demoiselle Crane
-Mandarin Duck
-Great Argus Pheasant
-Purple Swamp Hen
-Great Indian Hornbill
-Victorian Crowned Pigeon
-Great Indian Hornbill
Bornean Bearded Pig
Lowland Anoa (shares an exhibit with Indian crested porcupines)
Indian Crested Porcupine (shares an exhibit with lowland anoas)
Malayan Sun Bear
Lorikeet Forest:
-Dusky Lorikeet
-Green-Naped Lorikeet
-Swainson's Lorikeet
-Weber's Lorikeet

Tropical Reptiles, Amphibians, & Invertebrates:

Veiled Chameleon
Jackson's Chameleon
Grand Cayman Blue Iguana
Eastern Blue-Tongued Skink
Solomon Islands Skink
Eastern Bearded Lizard
Javan Humphead Lizard
Knight Anole
Madagascar Day Gecko
Tokay Gecko
Eyelash Viper
King Cobra
Red-Tailed Boa Constrictor
Green Tree Python
Rhino Rat Snake
Tentacled Snake
Poison Dart Frogs
Red-Eyed Tree Frogs
Amazon Milk Frog (shares an exhibit with Emerald tree boas)
Emerald Tree Boa (shares an exhibit with Amazon milk frogs)
Vietnamese Mossy Frog
Marine Toad
Ornate Horned Frog
Surinam Toad
Panamanian Golden Frog
Giant Waxy Monkey Frog (shares an exhibit with caiman lizards, matamatas, and basilisks)
Caiman Lizard (shares an exhibit with giant waxy monkey frogs, matamatas, and basilisks)
Matamata (shares an exhibit with giant waxy monkey frogs, caiman lizards, and basilisks)
Plumed Basilisk (shares an exhibit with giant waxy monkey frogs, caiman lizards, and matamatas)
Smokey Jungle Frog
African Bullfrog
Axolotl
Atlas Beetle
Hercules Beetle
Leafcutter Ants
Goliath Bird-Eating Spider
Pink-Toed Tarantula
Cobalt Blue Tarantula
Death's Head Cockroach
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
Emperor Scorpion
African Millipede

American Tropics:

American Flamingo
Macaws:
-Scarlet Macaw
-Green-Winged Macaw
-Blue-&-Gold Macaw
-Blue-Throated Macaw
-Military Macaw
-Hyacinth Macaw
Coendou (shares an exhibit with Brazilian three-banded armadillos and Hoffman's two-toed sloths)
Brazilian Three-Banded Armadillo (shares an exhibit with coendous and Hoffman's two-toed sloths)
Hoffman's Two-Toed Sloth (shares an exhibit with coendous and Brazilian three-banded armadillos)
Spectacled Owl
Wings of the Tropics Aviary:
-Red-Legged Seriema
-Green Aracari
-Roseate Spoonbill
-Scarlet Ibis
-Black-Throated Magpie Jay
-Plush-Crested Jay
-Ocellated Turkey
-Red-Footed Tortoise
-Inca Tern
-Golden Conure
-Yellow-Naped Amazon
-Chilean Pudu
-Orange-Rumped Agouti
-Sun Bittern
-Toco Toucan
-Blue-Billed Curassow
-Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan
-White-Faced Saki
Amazon River Fish Underwater Tunnel:
-Arapaima
-Silver Dollar
-Alligator Gar
-Red-Tailed Catfish
-Tambaqui
-Butterfly Peacock Bass
-Silver Arowana
-Ocellated River Stingray
-Arrau Turtle
-Ripsaw Catfish
-Tiger Shovelnose Catfish
Red Piranha
Electric Eel
Green Anaconda (shares an exhibit with four-eyed fish)
Four-Eyed Fish (shares an exhibit with green anacondas)
Giant Anteater (shares an exhibit with capybaras, maras, crested screamers, and Baird's tapirs)
Capybara (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, maras, crested screamers, and Baird's tapirs)
Mara (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, capybaras, crested screamers, and Baird's tapirs)
Crested Screamer (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, capybaras, maras, and Baird's tapirs)
Baird's Tapir (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, capybaras, maras, and crested screamers)
Maned Wolf
Golden Lion Tamarin (shares an exhibit with cotton-top tamarins)
Cotton Top Tamarin (shares an exhibit with golden lion tamarins)
Squirrel Monkey (shares an exhibit with black howler monkeys)
Black Howler Monkey (shares an exhibit with squirrel monkeys)
King Vulture
Ocelot
Bush Dog
Vampire Bat
Harpy Eagle

Kingdom of the Sea Aquarium:

Ocean Walk Underwater Tunnel:
-Great Barracuda
-Green Moray Eel
-Atlantic Tarpon
-Nurse Shark
-Ornate Wobbegong
-Sand Tiger Shark
-Green Sea Turtle
-Spotted Eagle Ray
-Blacktip Reef Shark
-Sandbar Shark
-Golden Trevally
-Porkfish
-Lookdown
-French Angelfish
-Horse-Eye Jack
-Permit
-Red Drum
-Porcupine Puffer
-Smalltooth Sawfish
-Southern Stingray
-Bowmouth Guitarfish
-Zebra Shark
Giant Pacific Octopus (shares an exhibit with sunflower sea stars)
Sunflower Sea Star (shares an exhibit with giant pacific octopuses)
Moon Jellyfish
Atlantic Sea Nettle
Red Lionfish (shares an exhibit with weedy scorpionfish and estuarine stonefish)
Weedy Scorpionfish (shares an exhibit with red lionfish and estuarine stonefish)
Estuarine Stonefish (shares an exhibit with red lionfish and weedy scorpionfish)
Jewfish (shares an exhibit with Caribbean spiny lobsters)
Caribbean Spiny Lobster (shares an exhibit with jewfish)
Japanese Spider Crab (shares an exhibit with giant isopods)
Giant Isopod (shares an exhibit with Japanese spider crabs)
Leafy Sea Dragon (shares an exhibit with weedy sea dragons)
Weedy Sea Dragon (shares an exhibit with leafy sea dragons)
Long-Snouted Seahorse (shares an exhibit with shrimpfish)
Shrimpfish (shares an exhibit with long-snouted seahorse)
Spotted Garden Eel
Wolf Eel
American Lobster
Shark Petting Pool:
-Bonnethead Shark
-Cownose Stingray
-White-Spotted Bamboo Shark

New England Barnyard:

Dwarf Zebu
American Miniature Horse
Guinea Hog
Nigerian Dwarf Goat
Jacob's Four-Horned Sheep
Rhode Island Red Chicken
Poitou Donkey
Alpaca
Bronze Turkey
Flemish Giant Rabbit

I can send you the maps for each exhibits soon.
 
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Deanmo, these are some great ideas. I love your idea of keeping animals in Massachusetts that can deal with the cold. I'm guessing you got the inspiration from the Minnesota Zoo? I'm assuming all of the tropical exhibits are enclosed?

The only thing I would add, and please don't take this as criticism, is grizzly bears to the California Wilds. Since it's on the state flag it's a good addition I think, to show that California had the most grizzlies of any continental US state.
 
elefante said:
Deanmo, these are some great ideas. I love your idea of keeping animals in Massachusetts that can deal with the cold. I'm guessing you got the inspiration from the Minnesota Zoo? I'm assuming all of the tropical exhibits are enclosed?

The only thing I would add, and please don't take this as criticism, is grizzly bears to the California Wilds. Since it's on the state flag it's a good addition I think, to show that California had the most grizzlies of any continental US state.
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Plus there are two outdoor access for three primate species: one for chimps, and another for orangutans and siamangs.

Plus, I have to change "American Black Bear" to "Grizzly Bear" in the list.
 
Updated California List

Carlsbad, California:

Outside the Ticket Entrance:

Koi

California Wilds:

Californian Mule Deer (shares an exhibit with sandhill cranes and wild turkeys)
Sandhill Crane (shares an exhibit with Californian mule deer and wild turkeys)
Wild Turkey (shares an exhibit with Californian mule deer and sandhill cranes)
California Condor (very similar to the one from San Diego Zoo)
Burrowing Owl
Greater Roadrunner
American Bison (shares an exhibit with peninsular pronghorns and tule elks)
Peninsular Pronghorn (shares an exhibit with American bison and tule elks)
Tule Elk (shares an exhibit with American bison and peninsular pronghorns)
Bald Eagle
American Beaver (similar to the one from Minnesota Zoo)
American Black Bear (similar to the one from Palm Beach Zoo)
Gray Fox
American Porcupine
Hummingbird Heaven Aviary:
-Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
-Blue-Throated Hummingbird
-Rufous Hummingbird
Coyote (similar to the one from Stone Zoo)
Desert Tortoise
Grizzly Bear (similar to the one from San Francisco Zoo)
Striped Skunk
River Otter (similar to the one from Palm Beach Zoo)
Bobcat
Freshwater Fish Aquarium (similar to one from one of the Outdoor World stores):
-Cutthroat Trout
-Rainbow Trout
-White Sturgeon
-Green Sturgeon
-California Roach
-Hardhead
-Lahonte Redside
-Tule Perch
Barn Owl (shares an exhibit with barred owls)
Barred Owl (shares an exhibit with barn owls)
Red-Tailed Hawk
Turkey Vulture (shares an exhibit with black vultures)
Black Vulture (shares an exhibit with turkey vultures)
Wolverine
Cougar (also similar to the one from Stone Zoo)
California Reptile House:
-Gila Monster
-Common Chuckwalla
-Desert Iguana
-Desert Horned Lizard
-Southern Leopard Frog
-American Bullfrog
-Western Painted Turtle
-Western Toad
-California Tree Frog
-Rosy Boa
-California Kingsnake
-Northwestern Garter Snake
-Pacific Gopher Snake
-Common Snapping Turtle
Wetland Bird Aviary:
-Wood Stork
-American White Pelican
-Double-Crested Cormorant
-Black-Crowned Night Heron
-Great Blue Heron
-Common Gallinule
-Western Gull

American Tropics:

Orinoco Crocodile
Bush Dog
Jaguar (very similar to the one from Jacksonville Zoo)
Macaws:
-Scarlet Macaw
-Green-Winged Macaw
-Blue-&-Gold Macaw
-Blue-Throated Macaw
-Military Macaw
-Hyacinth Macaw
Squirrel Monkey (shares an exhibit with black howler monkeys and white-faced sakis)
Black Howler Monkey (shares an exhibit with squirrel monkeys and white-faced sakis)
White-Faced Saki (shares an exhibit with squirrel monkeys and white-faced sakis)
Capybara (shares an exhibit with Coscoroba swans and crested screamers)
Coscoroba Swan (shares an exhibit with capybaras and crested screamers)
Crested Screamers (shares an exhibit with capybaras and Coscoroba swans)
Maned Wolf
Giant Anteater (shares an exhibit with guanacos, common rheas, Maguari storks, and Baird's tapirs)
Guanaco (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, common rheas, Maguari storks, and Baird's tapirs)
Common Rhea (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, guanacos, Maguari storks, and Baird's tapirs)
Maguari Stork (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, guanacos, common rheas, and Baird's tapirs)
Baird's Tapir (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, guanacos, common rheas, and Maguari storks)
American Flamingo (shares an exhibit with Chilean flamingoes)
Chilean Flamingo (shares an exhibit with American flamingoes)
Wings of the Amazon Aviary:
-Chilean Pudu
-Scarlet Ibis
-Golden Lion Tamarin
-Cotton Top Tamarin
-Inca Tern
-Golden Conure
-Ocellated Turkey
-Red-Legged Seriema
-Black-Necked Swan
-Roseate Spoonbill
-Black-Throated Magpie Jay
-Plush-Crested Jay
-Hoffman's Two-Toed Sloth
-Golden Lion Tamarin
-Red-Footed Tortoise
-Yellow-Headed Amazon
-Red-Rumped Agouti
-Toco Toucan
-Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan
-Grey-Necked Wood Rail
-Orange-Rumped Agouti
-Blue-Billed Curassow
-Spectacled Owl
-King Vulture
Lost Temple (similar to the one from Jacksonville Zoo but much bigger):
-Rhinoceros Iguana
-Common Green Iguana
-Arapaima
-Tambaqui
-Red-Tailed Catfish
-Tiger Shovelnose Catfish
-Silver Dollar
-Alligator Gar
-Ripsaw Catfish
-Butterfly Peacock Bass
-Occellated River Stingray
-Caiman Lizard (shares an exhibit with basilisks and matamatas)
-Plumed Basilisk (shares an exhibit with caiman lizards and matamatas)
-Matamata (shares an exhibit with caiman lizards and basilisks)
-Green Anaconda
-Electric Eel
-Red Piranha
-Surinam Toad
-Axolotl
-Marine Toad
-Pink-Toed Tarantula
-Hercules Beetle
-Giant Waxy Monkey Frog
-Poison Dart Frog
-Fer-De-Lance
-Red-Eyed Tree Frog
-Amazon Milk Frog
-Emerald Tree Boa
-Ornate Horned Frog
-Red-Tailed Boa Contrictor
-Goliath Bird-Eating Spider
-Death's Head Cockroach
-Leaf-Cutter Ants
-Jamaican Fruit Bat
-Smokey Jungle Frog
-Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman
Giant Otter (very similar to the one from Jacksonville Zoo)

African Tropical Forest:

Red River Hog
Okapi (shares an exhibit with yellow-backed duikers)
Yellow-Backed Duiker (shares an exhibit with okapis)
Bongo Antelope (shares an exhibit with saddle-billed storks)
Saddle-Billed Stork (shares an exhibit with bongo antelopes)
Angolan Colobus Monkey
Mandrill
Wolf's Guenon
Hippo Domain:
-Pygmy Hippopotamus (similar to the one from San Diego Zoo)
-Slender-Snouted Crocodile (also similar to the one from San Diego Zoo)
-African Cichlids (share exhibits with hippos and crocodiles)
-West African Dwarf Crocodile (shares an exhibit with straw-colored fruit bats)
-Straw-Colored Fruit Bats (share an exhibit with dwarf crocodiles)
-African Bullfrog
-Green Mamba
-African Millipede
-Jackson's Chameleon
-African Rock Python
-Gaboon Viper
-Vinnegaroon
-Giant Elephant Shrew
-Emperor Scorpion
-Naked Mole Rats
Common Chimpanzee
Nile Monitor
African Tropical Aviary:
-Yellow-Billed Hornbill
-Shoebill Stork
-Hammerkop
-African Spoonbill
-Yellow-Billed Stork
-White-Crested Turaco
-Crested Guinea Fowl
-Milky Eagle Owl
-Abdim's Stork
-Sacred Ibis
-Congo Peafowl

Madagascar Walk:

Radiated Tortoise
Ring-Tailed Lemur (shares an exhibit with red and black-and-white ruffed lemurs)
Red Ruffed Lemur (shares an exhibit with ring-tailed and black-and-white ruffed lemurs)
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs (shares an exhibit with ring-tailed and red ruffed lemurs)
Nile Crocodile
Madagascar Curiosity House:
-Madagascar Day Gecko
-Giant Jumping Rat
-Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec
-Giant Leaf-Tailed Gecko
-Madagascar Tomato Frog
-Panther Chameleon
-Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
-Painted Mantella
Fossa

Asian Gardens:

Komodo Dragon (similar to the one from Lowry Park Zoo)
Oriental Small-Clawed Otter (similar to the one from Busch Gardens Tampa)
False Gharial (shares an exhibit with Malayan flying foxes)
Malayan Flying Fox (shares an exhibit with false gharials)
Visayan Warty Pig
Malayan Tapir (shares an exhibit with binturongs, Reeve's muntjacs, and Burmese brown tortoises)
Binturong (shares an exhibit with Malayan tapirs, Reeve's muntjacs, and Burmese brown tortoises)
Reeve's Muntjac (shares an exhibit with Malayan tapirs, binturongs, and Burmese brown tortoises)
Burmese Brown Tortoise (shares an exhibit with Malayan tapirs, binturongs, and Reeve's muntjacs)
Wings of Asia Aviary:
-Green Peafowl
-Bali Mynah
-Sarus Crane
-Great Indian Hornbill
-Wreathed Hornbill
-Victorian Crowned Pigeon
-Bleeding-Heart Dove
-Great Argus Pheasant
-Prevost's Squirrel
-Demoiselle Crane
-Nicobar Pigeon
-Golden Pheasant
-Painted Stork
-Greater Malayan Chevrotain
-Mandarin Duck
Great Indian Rhinoceros (shares an exhibit with nilgai and blackbucks)
Nilgai (shares an exhibit with Indian rhinos and blackbucks)
Blackbuck (shares an exhibit with Indian rhinos and nilgai)
Siamang (shares an exhibit with Bornean orangutans)
Bornean Orangutan (shares an exhibit with siamangs)
Asian Fish Aquarium:
-Asian Arowana
-Paroon Shark
-Giant Gourami
-Giant Danio
-Tinfoil Barb
-Tiger Barb
Malayan Sun Bear
Asian Temple:
-Japanese Giant Salamander
-Malayan Water Monitor
-King Cobra
-Cobalt Blue Tarantula
-Vietnamese Mossy Frog
-Tokay Gecko
-Javan Humphead Lizard
-Tentacled Snake
-Blood Python
-Atlas Beetle
-Burmese Python
Indian Crested Porcupine (shares an exhibit with white-cheeked gibbons and lowland anoas)
White-Cheeked Gibbon (shares an exhibit with Indian crested porcupines and lowland anoas)
Lowland Anoa (shares an exhibit with Indian crested porcupines and white-cheeked gibbons)
Clouded Leopard
White Bengal Tiger (very similar to the Sumatran tiger exhibit at the Downtown Aquarium Denver)

Australian Forest:

Double-Wattled Cassowary
New Guinea Singing Dog
G'day Koala House:
-Short-Nosed Echidna
-Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
-Queensland Koala
Freshwater Crocodile (shares an exhibit with grey-headed flying foxes)
Grey-Headed Flying Fox (shares an exhibit with freshwater crocodiles)
Kookaburra (shares an exhibit with tawny frogmouths)
Tawny Frogmouth (shares an exhibit with kookaburras)
Lorikeet Forest:
-Dusky Lorikeet
-Green-Naped Lorikeet
-Swainson's Lorikeet
-Webster's Lorikeet
Crocodile Monitor
Palm Cockatoo
Aussie Herpetarium:
-Green Tree Python
-Seven Spot Archerfish (shares an exhibit with mudskippers)
-Mudskipper (shares an exhibit with archerfish)
-Snake-Necked Turtle (shares an exhibit with pig-nosed turtles and rainbowfish)
-Pig-Nosed Lizard (shares an exhibit with snake-necked turtles and rainbowfish)
-Rainbowfish (share an exhibit with snake-necked and pig-nosed turtles)
-Australian Lungfish
-Blue-Tongued Skink
-Prehensile-Tailed Skink
-Bearded Dragon
-Sugar Glider
-White's Tree Frog
-Frilled Lizard

Kids' Kingdom Water Play Area, Children's Zoo & Petting Farm

Meerkats (very similar to the one from San Francisco Zoo)
Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs (very similar to the one from San Francisco Zoo)
African Penguins (very similar to the humdolt penguin exhibit from Woodland Park Zoo)
Galapagos Tortoise
American Alligator
Pacific Ocean Kingdom Children's Aquarium:
-Indo-Pacific Coral Reef
-Garibaldi (shares an exhibit with bat stars)
-Bat Star (shares an exhibit with garibaldis)
-Leopard Shark (shares an exhibit with bat rays and California moray eels)
-Bat Ray (shares an exhibit with leopard sharks and California moray eels)
-California Moray Eel (shares an exhibit with leopard sharks and bat rays)
-Giant Pacific Octopus (shares an exhibit with sunflower sea stars)
-Sunflower Sea Star (shares an exhibit with giant pacific octopuses)
-Wolf Eel
-Pacific Seahorse
-Leafy Sea Dragon (shares an exhibit with weedy sea dragons)
-Weedy Sea Dragon (shares an exhibit with leafy sea dragons)
-Green Sea Turtle (shares an exhibit with spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Spotted Eagle Ray (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Bowmouth Guitarfish (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Zebra Shark (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Sandbar Shark (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Giant Grouper (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Blacktip Reef Shark (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Sandtiger Shark (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, and green sawfish)
-Green Sawfish (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, and sandtiger sharks)
-Red Lionfish (shares an exhibit with weedy scorpionfish)
-Weedy Scorpionfish (shares an exhibit with red lionfish)
-Pacific Sea Nettle
-Moon Jellyfish
-Spotted Garden Eel
-Japanese Spider Crab (shares an exhibit with giant isopods)
-Giant Isopod (shares an exhibit with Japanese spider crabs)
-Tassled Wobbegong
-Coconut Crab (outdoor exhibit)
Petting Farm:
-Barbados Sheep
-Nigerian Dwarf Goat
-Guinea Hog
-American Miniature Horse
-Dwarf Zebu
-Sicilian Donkey
-Alpaca
-Californian Gray Chicken
-Flemish Giant Rabbit
 
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deanmo19 said:
Plus there are two outdoor access for three primate species: one for chimps, and another for orangutans and siamangs.

Plus, I have to change "American Black Bear" to "Grizzly Bear" in the list.
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I think grizzly and black bears are both good to have for the California exhibit. (I'm probably taking this too seriously!)
 
elefante said:
Nice. Too bad you couldn't actually design zoos like you mentioned. You would have some world class facilities.
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Anyway, click on the attached thumbnail to see the map for Wild Life California.

Updated List:

Carlsbad, California:

Outside the Ticket Entrance:

Koi

California Wilds:

Californian Mule Deer (shares an exhibit with sandhill cranes and wild turkeys)
Sandhill Crane (shares an exhibit with Californian mule deer and wild turkeys)
Wild Turkey (shares an exhibit with Californian mule deer and sandhill cranes)
California Condor (very similar to the one from San Diego Zoo)
Burrowing Owl
Greater Roadrunner
American Bison (shares an exhibit with peninsular pronghorns and tule elks)
Peninsular Pronghorn (shares an exhibit with American bison and tule elks)
Tule Elk (shares an exhibit with American bison and peninsular pronghorns)
Bald Eagle
American Beaver (similar to the one from Minnesota Zoo)
American Black Bear (similar to the one from Palm Beach Zoo)
Gray Fox
American Porcupine
Hummingbird Heaven Aviary:
-Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
-Blue-Throated Hummingbird
-Rufous Hummingbird
Coyote (similar to the one from Stone Zoo)
Desert Tortoise
Grizzly Bear (similar to the one from San Francisco Zoo)
Striped Skunk
River Otter (similar to the one from Palm Beach Zoo)
Bobcat
Freshwater Fish Aquarium (similar to one from one of the Outdoor World stores):
-Cutthroat Trout
-Rainbow Trout
-White Sturgeon
-Green Sturgeon
-California Roach
-Hardhead
-Lahonte Redside
-Tule Perch
Barn Owl (shares an exhibit with barred owls)
Barred Owl (shares an exhibit with barn owls)
Red-Tailed Hawk
Turkey Vulture (shares an exhibit with black vultures)
Black Vulture (shares an exhibit with turkey vultures)
Wolverine
Cougar (also similar to the one from Stone Zoo)
California Reptile House:
-Gila Monster
-Common Chuckwalla
-Desert Iguana
-Desert Horned Lizard
-Southern Leopard Frog
-American Bullfrog
-Western Painted Turtle
-Western Toad
-California Tree Frog
-Rosy Boa
-California Kingsnake
-Northwestern Garter Snake
-Pacific Gopher Snake
-Common Snapping Turtle
Wetland Bird Aviary:
-Wood Stork
-American White Pelican
-Double-Crested Cormorant
-Black-Crowned Night Heron
-Great Blue Heron
-Common Gallinule
-Western Gull

American Tropics:

Orinoco Crocodile
Bush Dog
Jaguar (very similar to the one from Jacksonville Zoo)
Macaws:
-Scarlet Macaw
-Green-Winged Macaw
-Blue-&-Gold Macaw
-Blue-Throated Macaw
-Military Macaw
-Hyacinth Macaw
Squirrel Monkey (shares an exhibit with black howler monkeys and white-faced sakis)
Black Howler Monkey (shares an exhibit with squirrel monkeys and white-faced sakis)
White-Faced Saki (shares an exhibit with squirrel monkeys and white-faced sakis)
Capybara (shares an exhibit with Coscoroba swans and crested screamers)
Coscoroba Swan (shares an exhibit with capybaras and crested screamers)
Crested Screamers (shares an exhibit with capybaras and Coscoroba swans)
Maned Wolf
Giant Anteater (shares an exhibit with guanacos, common rheas, Maguari storks, and Baird's tapirs)
Guanaco (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, common rheas, Maguari storks, and Baird's tapirs)
Common Rhea (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, guanacos, Maguari storks, and Baird's tapirs)
Maguari Stork (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, guanacos, common rheas, and Baird's tapirs)
Baird's Tapir (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, guanacos, common rheas, and Maguari storks)
American Flamingo (shares an exhibit with Chilean flamingoes)
Chilean Flamingo (shares an exhibit with American flamingoes)
Wings of the Amazon Aviary:
-Chilean Pudu
-Scarlet Ibis
-Golden Lion Tamarin
-Cotton Top Tamarin
-Inca Tern
-Golden Conure
-Ocellated Turkey
-Red-Legged Seriema
-Black-Necked Swan
-Roseate Spoonbill
-Black-Throated Magpie Jay
-Plush-Crested Jay
-Hoffman's Two-Toed Sloth
-Golden Lion Tamarin
-Red-Footed Tortoise
-Yellow-Headed Amazon
-Red-Rumped Agouti
-Toco Toucan
-Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan
-Grey-Necked Wood Rail
-Orange-Rumped Agouti
-Blue-Billed Curassow
-Spectacled Owl
-King Vulture
Lost Temple (similar to the one from Jacksonville Zoo but much bigger):
-Rhinoceros Iguana
-Common Green Iguana
-Arapaima
-Tambaqui
-Red-Tailed Catfish
-Tiger Shovelnose Catfish
-Silver Dollar
-Alligator Gar
-Ripsaw Catfish
-Butterfly Peacock Bass
-Occellated River Stingray
-Caiman Lizard (shares an exhibit with basilisks and matamatas)
-Plumed Basilisk (shares an exhibit with caiman lizards and matamatas)
-Matamata (shares an exhibit with caiman lizards and basilisks)
-Green Anaconda
-Electric Eel
-Red Piranha
-Surinam Toad
-Axolotl
-Marine Toad
-Pink-Toed Tarantula
-Hercules Beetle
-Giant Waxy Monkey Frog
-Poison Dart Frog
-Fer-De-Lance
-Red-Eyed Tree Frog
-Amazon Milk Frog
-Emerald Tree Boa
-Ornate Horned Frog
-Red-Tailed Boa Contrictor
-Goliath Bird-Eating Spider
-Death's Head Cockroach
-Leaf-Cutter Ants
-Jamaican Fruit Bat
-Smokey Jungle Frog
-Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman
Giant Otter (very similar to the one from Jacksonville Zoo)

African Tropical Forest:

Helmeted Guinea Fowl (free-ranging)
Red River Hog
Okapi (shares an exhibit with yellow-backed duikers)
Yellow-Backed Duiker (shares an exhibit with okapis)
Bongo Antelope (shares an exhibit with saddle-billed storks)
Saddle-Billed Stork (shares an exhibit with bongo antelopes)
Angolan Colobus Monkey
Mandrill
Wolf's Guenon
Hippo Domain:
-Pygmy Hippopotamus (similar to the one from San Diego Zoo)
-Slender-Snouted Crocodile (also similar to the one from San Diego Zoo)
-African Cichlids (share exhibits with hippos and crocodiles)
-West African Dwarf Crocodile (shares an exhibit with straw-colored fruit bats)
-Straw-Colored Fruit Bats (share an exhibit with dwarf crocodiles)
-African Bullfrog
-Green Mamba
-African Millipede
-Jackson's Chameleon
-African Rock Python
-Gaboon Viper
-Vinnegaroon
-Giant Elephant Shrew
-Emperor Scorpion
-Naked Mole Rats
Common Chimpanzee
Nile Monitor
African Tropical Aviary:
-Yellow-Billed Hornbill
-Shoebill Stork
-Hammerkop
-African Spoonbill
-Yellow-Billed Stork
-White-Crested Turaco
-Crested Guinea Fowl
-Milky Eagle Owl
-Abdim's Stork
-Sacred Ibis
-Congo Peafowl

Madagascar Walk:

Radiated Tortoise
Ring-Tailed Lemur (shares an exhibit with red and black-and-white ruffed lemurs)
Red Ruffed Lemur (shares an exhibit with ring-tailed and black-and-white ruffed lemurs)
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs (shares an exhibit with ring-tailed and red ruffed lemurs)
Nile Crocodile
Madagascar Curiosity House:
-Madagascar Day Gecko
-Giant Jumping Rat
-Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec
-Giant Leaf-Tailed Gecko
-Madagascar Tomato Frog
-Panther Chameleon
-Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
-Painted Mantella
Fossa

Asian Gardens:

Blue Peafowl (free-ranging)
Komodo Dragon (similar to the one from Lowry Park Zoo)
Oriental Small-Clawed Otter (similar to the one from Busch Gardens Tampa)
False Gharial (shares an exhibit with Malayan flying foxes)
Malayan Flying Fox (shares an exhibit with false gharials)
Visayan Warty Pig
Malayan Tapir (shares an exhibit with binturongs, Reeve's muntjacs, and Burmese brown tortoises)
Binturong (shares an exhibit with Malayan tapirs, Reeve's muntjacs, and Burmese brown tortoises)
Reeve's Muntjac (shares an exhibit with Malayan tapirs, binturongs, and Burmese brown tortoises)
Burmese Brown Tortoise (shares an exhibit with Malayan tapirs, binturongs, and Reeve's muntjacs)
Wings of Asia Aviary:
-Green Peafowl
-Bali Mynah
-Sarus Crane
-Great Indian Hornbill
-Wreathed Hornbill
-Victorian Crowned Pigeon
-Bleeding-Heart Dove
-Great Argus Pheasant
-Prevost's Squirrel
-Demoiselle Crane
-Nicobar Pigeon
-Golden Pheasant
-Painted Stork
-Greater Malayan Chevrotain
-Mandarin Duck
Great Indian Rhinoceros (shares an exhibit with nilgai and blackbucks)
Nilgai (shares an exhibit with Indian rhinos and blackbucks)
Blackbuck (shares an exhibit with Indian rhinos and nilgai)
Siamang (shares an exhibit with Bornean orangutans)
Bornean Orangutan (shares an exhibit with siamangs)
Asian Fish Aquarium:
-Asian Arowana
-Paroon Shark
-Giant Gourami
-Giant Danio
-Tinfoil Barb
-Tiger Barb
Malayan Sun Bear
Babirussa
Asian Temple:
-Japanese Giant Salamander
-Malayan Water Monitor
-King Cobra
-Cobalt Blue Tarantula
-Vietnamese Mossy Frog
-Tokay Gecko
-Javan Humphead Lizard
-Tentacled Snake
-Blood Python
-Atlas Beetle
-Burmese Python
Indian Crested Porcupine (shares an exhibit with white-cheeked gibbons and lowland anoas)
White-Cheeked Gibbon (shares an exhibit with Indian crested porcupines and lowland anoas)
Lowland Anoa (shares an exhibit with Indian crested porcupines and white-cheeked gibbons)
Clouded Leopard
Fishing Cat
Javan Gibbon (shares an exhibit with Javan banteng)
Javan Banteng (shares an exhibit with Javan gibbons)
White Bengal Tiger (very similar to the Sumatran tiger exhibit at the Downtown Aquarium Denver)

Australian Forest:

Double-Wattled Cassowary
New Guinea Singing Dog
G'day Koala House:
-Short-Nosed Echidna
-Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
-Queensland Koala
Freshwater Crocodile (shares an exhibit with grey-headed flying foxes)
Grey-Headed Flying Fox (shares an exhibit with freshwater crocodiles)
Kookaburra (shares an exhibit with tawny frogmouths)
Tawny Frogmouth (shares an exhibit with kookaburras)
Lorikeet Forest:
-Dusky Lorikeet
-Green-Naped Lorikeet
-Swainson's Lorikeet
-Webster's Lorikeet
Crocodile Monitor
Palm Cockatoo
Aussie Herpetarium:
-Green Tree Python
-Seven Spot Archerfish (shares an exhibit with mudskippers)
-Mudskipper (shares an exhibit with archerfish)
-Snake-Necked Turtle (shares an exhibit with pig-nosed turtles and rainbowfish)
-Pig-Nosed Lizard (shares an exhibit with snake-necked turtles and rainbowfish)
-Rainbowfish (share an exhibit with snake-necked and pig-nosed turtles)
-Australian Lungfish
-Blue-Tongued Skink
-Prehensile-Tailed Skink
-Bearded Dragon
-Sugar Glider
-White's Tree Frog
-Frilled Lizard

Kids' Kingdom Water Play Area, Children's Zoo & Petting Farm

Meerkats (very similar to the one from San Francisco Zoo)
Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs (very similar to the one from San Francisco Zoo)
African Penguins (very similar to the humdolt penguin exhibit from Woodland Park Zoo)
Galapagos Tortoise
American Alligator
Pacific Ocean Kingdom Children's Aquarium:
-Indo-Pacific Coral Reef
-Garibaldi (shares an exhibit with bat stars)
-Bat Star (shares an exhibit with garibaldis)
-Leopard Shark (shares an exhibit with bat rays and California moray eels)
-Bat Ray (shares an exhibit with leopard sharks and California moray eels)
-California Moray Eel (shares an exhibit with leopard sharks and bat rays)
-Giant Pacific Octopus (shares an exhibit with sunflower sea stars)
-Sunflower Sea Star (shares an exhibit with giant pacific octopuses)
-Wolf Eel
-Pacific Seahorse
-Leafy Sea Dragon (shares an exhibit with weedy sea dragons)
-Weedy Sea Dragon (shares an exhibit with leafy sea dragons)
-Green Sea Turtle (shares an exhibit with spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Spotted Eagle Ray (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Bowmouth Guitarfish (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Zebra Shark (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Sandbar Shark (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Giant Grouper (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Blacktip Reef Shark (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Sandtiger Shark (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, and green sawfish)
-Green Sawfish (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, and sandtiger sharks)
-Red Lionfish (shares an exhibit with weedy scorpionfish)
-Weedy Scorpionfish (shares an exhibit with red lionfish)
-Pacific Sea Nettle
-Moon Jellyfish
-Spotted Garden Eel
-Japanese Spider Crab (shares an exhibit with giant isopods)
-Giant Isopod (shares an exhibit with Japanese spider crabs)
-Tassled Wobbegong
-Coconut Crab (outdoor exhibit)
Petting Farm:
-Barbados Sheep
-Nigerian Dwarf Goat
-Guinea Hog
-American Miniature Horse
-Dwarf Zebu
-Sicilian Donkey
-Alpaca
-Californian Gray Chicken
-Flemish Giant Rabbit
 

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That is a good variety of animals in your park. Do you think maybe you should add some more unusual zoo species as well however who are endangered or worse. For Example Fishing Cats and Javan Gibbons.
 
cyrildacat said:
That is a good variety of animals in your park. Do you think maybe you should add some more unusual zoo species as well however who are endangered or worse. For Example Fishing Cats and Javan Gibbons.
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I did add babirussas, Javan bantengs, Javan gibbons, and fishing cats to the map.

Updated List:

Carlsbad, California:

Outside the Ticket Entrance:

Koi

California Wilds:

Californian Mule Deer (shares an exhibit with sandhill cranes and wild turkeys)
Sandhill Crane (shares an exhibit with Californian mule deer and wild turkeys)
Wild Turkey (shares an exhibit with Californian mule deer and sandhill cranes)
California Condor (very similar to the one from San Diego Zoo)
Burrowing Owl
Greater Roadrunner
American Bison (shares an exhibit with peninsular pronghorns and tule elks)
Peninsular Pronghorn (shares an exhibit with American bison and tule elks)
Tule Elk (shares an exhibit with American bison and peninsular pronghorns)
Bald Eagle
American Beaver (similar to the one from Minnesota Zoo)
American Black Bear (similar to the one from Palm Beach Zoo)
Gray Fox
American Porcupine
Hummingbird Heaven Aviary:
-Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
-Blue-Throated Hummingbird
-Rufous Hummingbird
Coyote (similar to the one from Stone Zoo)
Desert Tortoise
Grizzly Bear (similar to the one from San Francisco Zoo)
Striped Skunk
River Otter (similar to the one from Palm Beach Zoo)
Bobcat
Freshwater Fish Aquarium (similar to one from one of the Outdoor World stores):
-Cutthroat Trout
-Rainbow Trout
-White Sturgeon
-Green Sturgeon
-California Roach
-Hardhead
-Lahonte Redside
-Tule Perch
Barn Owl (shares an exhibit with barred owls)
Barred Owl (shares an exhibit with barn owls)
Red-Tailed Hawk
Turkey Vulture (shares an exhibit with black vultures)
Black Vulture (shares an exhibit with turkey vultures)
Wolverine
Cougar (also similar to the one from Stone Zoo)
California Reptile House:
-Gila Monster
-Common Chuckwalla
-Desert Iguana
-Desert Horned Lizard
-Southern Leopard Frog
-American Bullfrog
-Western Painted Turtle
-Western Toad
-California Tree Frog
-Rosy Boa
-California Kingsnake
-Northwestern Garter Snake
-Pacific Gopher Snake
-Common Snapping Turtle
Wetland Bird Aviary:
-Wood Stork
-American White Pelican
-Double-Crested Cormorant
-Black-Crowned Night Heron
-Great Blue Heron
-Common Gallinule
-Western Gull

American Tropics:

Orinoco Crocodile
Bush Dog
Jaguar (very similar to the one from Jacksonville Zoo)
Macaws:
-Scarlet Macaw
-Green-Winged Macaw
-Blue-&-Gold Macaw
-Blue-Throated Macaw
-Military Macaw
-Hyacinth Macaw
Squirrel Monkey (shares an exhibit with black howler monkeys and white-faced sakis)
Black Howler Monkey (shares an exhibit with squirrel monkeys and white-faced sakis)
White-Faced Saki (shares an exhibit with squirrel monkeys and white-faced sakis)
Capybara (shares an exhibit with Coscoroba swans and crested screamers)
Coscoroba Swan (shares an exhibit with capybaras and crested screamers)
Crested Screamers (shares an exhibit with capybaras and Coscoroba swans)
Maned Wolf
Giant Anteater (shares an exhibit with guanacos, common rheas, Maguari storks, and Baird's tapirs)
Guanaco (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, common rheas, Maguari storks, and Baird's tapirs)
Common Rhea (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, guanacos, Maguari storks, and Baird's tapirs)
Maguari Stork (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, guanacos, common rheas, and Baird's tapirs)
Baird's Tapir (shares an exhibit with giant anteaters, guanacos, common rheas, and Maguari storks)
American Flamingo (shares an exhibit with Chilean flamingoes)
Chilean Flamingo (shares an exhibit with American flamingoes)
Wings of the Amazon Aviary:
-Chilean Pudu
-Scarlet Ibis
-Golden Lion Tamarin
-Cotton Top Tamarin
-Inca Tern
-Golden Conure
-Ocellated Turkey
-Red-Legged Seriema
-Black-Necked Swan
-Roseate Spoonbill
-Black-Throated Magpie Jay
-Plush-Crested Jay
-Hoffman's Two-Toed Sloth
-Golden Lion Tamarin
-Red-Footed Tortoise
-Yellow-Headed Amazon
-Red-Rumped Agouti
-Toco Toucan
-Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan
-Grey-Necked Wood Rail
-Orange-Rumped Agouti
-Blue-Billed Curassow
-Spectacled Owl
-King Vulture
Lost Temple (similar to the one from Jacksonville Zoo but much bigger):
-Rhinoceros Iguana
-Common Green Iguana
-Arapaima
-Tambaqui
-Red-Tailed Catfish
-Tiger Shovelnose Catfish
-Silver Dollar
-Alligator Gar
-Ripsaw Catfish
-Butterfly Peacock Bass
-Occellated River Stingray
-Caiman Lizard (shares an exhibit with basilisks and matamatas)
-Plumed Basilisk (shares an exhibit with caiman lizards and matamatas)
-Matamata (shares an exhibit with caiman lizards and basilisks)
-Green Anaconda
-Electric Eel
-Red Piranha
-Surinam Toad
-Axolotl
-Marine Toad
-Pink-Toed Tarantula
-Hercules Beetle
-Giant Waxy Monkey Frog
-Poison Dart Frog
-Fer-De-Lance
-Red-Eyed Tree Frog
-Amazon Milk Frog
-Emerald Tree Boa
-Ornate Horned Frog
-Red-Tailed Boa Contrictor
-Goliath Bird-Eating Spider
-Death's Head Cockroach
-Leaf-Cutter Ants
-Jamaican Fruit Bat
-Smokey Jungle Frog
-Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman
Giant Otter (very similar to the one from Jacksonville Zoo)

African Tropical Forest:

Helmeted Guinea Fowl (free-ranging)
Red River Hog
Okapi (shares an exhibit with yellow-backed duikers)
Yellow-Backed Duiker (shares an exhibit with okapis)
Bongo Antelope (shares an exhibit with saddle-billed storks)
Saddle-Billed Stork (shares an exhibit with bongo antelopes)
Angolan Colobus Monkey
Mandrill
Wolf's Guenon
Hippo Domain:
-Pygmy Hippopotamus (similar to the one from San Diego Zoo)
-Slender-Snouted Crocodile (also similar to the one from San Diego Zoo)
-African Cichlids (share exhibits with hippos and crocodiles)
-West African Dwarf Crocodile (shares an exhibit with straw-colored fruit bats)
-Straw-Colored Fruit Bats (share an exhibit with dwarf crocodiles)
-African Bullfrog
-Green Mamba
-African Millipede
-Jackson's Chameleon
-Great Plated Lizard (shares an exhibit with pancake tortoises)
-Pancake Tortoise (shares an exhibit with great plated tortoises)
-African Rock Python
-Gaboon Viper
-Vinnegaroon
-King Baboon Spider
-Giant Elephant Shrew
-Emperor Scorpion
-Naked Mole Rats
Common Chimpanzee
Nile Monitor
African Tropical Aviary:
-Yellow-Billed Hornbill
-Shoebill Stork
-Hammerkop
-African Spoonbill
-Yellow-Billed Stork
-White-Crested Turaco
-Crested Guinea Fowl
-Milky Eagle Owl
-Abdim's Stork
-Sacred Ibis
-Congo Peafowl

Madagascar Walk:

Radiated Tortoise
Ring-Tailed Lemur (shares an exhibit with red and black-and-white ruffed lemurs)
Red Ruffed Lemur (shares an exhibit with ring-tailed and black-and-white ruffed lemurs)
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs (shares an exhibit with ring-tailed and red ruffed lemurs)
Nile Crocodile
Madagascar Curiosity House:
-Madagascar Day Gecko
-Giant Jumping Rat
-Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec
-Giant Leaf-Tailed Gecko
-Madagascar Tomato Frog
-Panther Chameleon
-Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
-Painted Mantella
Fossa

Asian Gardens:

Blue Peafowl (free-ranging)
Komodo Dragon (similar to the one from Lowry Park Zoo)
Oriental Small-Clawed Otter (similar to the one from Busch Gardens Tampa)
False Gharial (shares an exhibit with Malayan flying foxes)
Malayan Flying Fox (shares an exhibit with false gharials)
Visayan Warty Pig
Malayan Tapir (shares an exhibit with binturongs, Reeve's muntjacs, and Burmese brown tortoises)
Binturong (shares an exhibit with Malayan tapirs, Reeve's muntjacs, and Burmese brown tortoises)
Reeve's Muntjac (shares an exhibit with Malayan tapirs, binturongs, and Burmese brown tortoises)
Burmese Brown Tortoise (shares an exhibit with Malayan tapirs, binturongs, and Reeve's muntjacs)
Wings of Asia Aviary:
-Green Peafowl
-Bali Mynah
-Sarus Crane
-Great Indian Hornbill
-Wreathed Hornbill
-Victorian Crowned Pigeon
-Bleeding-Heart Dove
-Great Argus Pheasant
-Prevost's Squirrel
-Demoiselle Crane
-Nicobar Pigeon
-Golden Pheasant
-Painted Stork
-Greater Malayan Chevrotain
-Mandarin Duck
Great Indian Rhinoceros (shares an exhibit with nilgai and blackbucks)
Nilgai (shares an exhibit with Indian rhinos and blackbucks)
Blackbuck (shares an exhibit with Indian rhinos and nilgai)
Siamang (shares an exhibit with Bornean orangutans)
Bornean Orangutan (shares an exhibit with siamangs)
Asian Fish Aquarium:
-Asian Arowana
-Paroon Shark
-Giant Gourami
-Giant Danio
-Tinfoil Barb
-Tiger Barb
Malayan Sun Bear
Babirussa
Asian Temple:
-Japanese Giant Salamander
-Malayan Water Monitor
-King Cobra
-Cobalt Blue Tarantula
-Vietnamese Mossy Frog
-Tokay Gecko
-Javan Humphead Lizard
-Tentacled Snake
-Blood Python
-Atlas Beetle
-Burmese Python
Indian Crested Porcupine (shares an exhibit with white-cheeked gibbons and lowland anoas)
White-Cheeked Gibbon (shares an exhibit with Indian crested porcupines and lowland anoas)
Lowland Anoa (shares an exhibit with Indian crested porcupines and white-cheeked gibbons)
Clouded Leopard
Fishing Cat
Javan Gibbon (shares an exhibit with Javan banteng)
Javan Banteng (shares an exhibit with Javan gibbons)
White Bengal Tiger (very similar to the Sumatran tiger exhibit at the Downtown Aquarium Denver)

Australian Forest:

Double-Wattled Cassowary
New Guinea Singing Dog
G'day Koala House:
-Short-Nosed Echidna
-Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
-Queensland Koala
Freshwater Crocodile (shares an exhibit with grey-headed flying foxes)
Grey-Headed Flying Fox (shares an exhibit with freshwater crocodiles)
Kookaburra (shares an exhibit with tawny frogmouths)
Tawny Frogmouth (shares an exhibit with kookaburras)
Lorikeet Forest:
-Dusky Lorikeet
-Green-Naped Lorikeet
-Swainson's Lorikeet
-Webster's Lorikeet
Crocodile Monitor
Palm Cockatoo
Aussie Herpetarium:
-Green Tree Python
-Seven Spot Archerfish (shares an exhibit with mudskippers)
-Mudskipper (shares an exhibit with archerfish)
-Snake-Necked Turtle (shares an exhibit with pig-nosed turtles and rainbowfish)
-Pig-Nosed Lizard (shares an exhibit with snake-necked turtles and rainbowfish)
-Rainbowfish (share an exhibit with snake-necked and pig-nosed turtles)
-Australian Lungfish
-Blue-Tongued Skink
-Prehensile-Tailed Skink
-Bearded Dragon
-Sugar Glider
-White's Tree Frog
-Frilled Lizard

Kids' Kingdom Water Play Area, Children's Zoo & Petting Farm

Meerkats (very similar to the one from San Francisco Zoo)
Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs (very similar to the one from San Francisco Zoo)
African Penguins (very similar to the humdolt penguin exhibit from Woodland Park Zoo)
Galapagos Tortoise
American Alligator
Pacific Ocean Kingdom Children's Aquarium:
-Indo-Pacific Coral Reef
-Garibaldi (shares an exhibit with bat stars)
-Bat Star (shares an exhibit with garibaldis)
-Leopard Shark (shares an exhibit with bat rays and California moray eels)
-Bat Ray (shares an exhibit with leopard sharks and California moray eels)
-California Moray Eel (shares an exhibit with leopard sharks and bat rays)
-Giant Pacific Octopus (shares an exhibit with sunflower sea stars)
-Sunflower Sea Star (shares an exhibit with giant pacific octopuses)
-Wolf Eel
-Pacific Seahorse
-Leafy Sea Dragon (shares an exhibit with weedy sea dragons)
-Weedy Sea Dragon (shares an exhibit with leafy sea dragons)
-Green Sea Turtle (shares an exhibit with spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Spotted Eagle Ray (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Bowmouth Guitarfish (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Zebra Shark (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Sandbar Shark (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Giant Grouper (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, blacktip reef sharks, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Blacktip Reef Shark (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, sandtiger sharks, and green sawfish)
-Sandtiger Shark (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, and green sawfish)
-Green Sawfish (shares an exhibit with green sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, bowmouth guitarfish, zebra sharks, sandbar sharks, giant groupers, blacktip reef sharks, and sandtiger sharks)
-Red Lionfish (shares an exhibit with weedy scorpionfish)
-Weedy Scorpionfish (shares an exhibit with red lionfish)
-Pacific Sea Nettle
-Moon Jellyfish
-Spotted Garden Eel
-Japanese Spider Crab (shares an exhibit with giant isopods)
-Giant Isopod (shares an exhibit with Japanese spider crabs)
-Tassled Wobbegong
-Coconut Crab (outdoor exhibit)
Petting Farm:
-Barbados Sheep
-Nigerian Dwarf Goat
-Guinea Hog
-American Miniature Horse
-Dwarf Zebu
-Sicilian Donkey
-Alpaca
-Californian Gray Chicken
-Flemish Giant Rabbit
 
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Do you think you could just post your updates rather than posting the entire list again and again? :p
 
After a long absence in any exhibit/zoo designing interest, an idea (maybe good, maybe not) struck me last night. While my zoo-visiting days are certainly less frequent than they were in the past, I have still been fascinated with the wildlife that calls the United States, and particularly my state of Kansas, home. Many zoos have extensive collections and massive complexes for the exotic animals of Africa, Asia, and South America, but lack decent exhibits and education for their own native species. So, here is my zoological park, showcasing the species native to the many habitats of Kansas, located in the city of Great Bend. It is split into five areas, each highlighting a different and unique ecosystem of Kansas. All are found on approx 100 acres, and follow a one-way path through. They are all also covered with massive mesh netting, allowing many smaller songbirds, as well as a few mammals, free reign of the exhibits. Pamphlets are handed out at the entrance to each exhibit, identifying the free-roamers. Another interesting aspect is that all the animals present in this zoo, are ones that I have seen unrestrained in the wild. Enjoy.

The first exhibit is set in a thick forest, based on the Leavenworth Bottoms area of eastern Kansas, along the Missouri river. Some of the many tree species planted here include cottonwood, sycamore, willows, elms, hackberry, ash, and oaks, as well as many thick understory plants. The first exhibit is decent-sized mesh aviary, with a wooden back for three noisy forest dwellers; pileated woodpecker, eastern whip-poor-will, and American woodcock. While both of these could be kept as “free fliers” I figured that the pileated may frighten some people, and the whip-poor will and woodcock would be nearly impossible to see. Next is a large, more minimally planted exhibit for white-tailed deer. Sharing the exhibit are wild turkeys and woodchucks. It can be viewed from hunting blind with glass windows or from above in a deer stand. After this is a series of three small yards for red fox, northern raccoon, and Virginia opossum, respectively. They opossum and raccoon exhibits both contain tall trees covered with netting, allowing them to climb, but not escape. A small wooden shack contains small terrariums for ornate box turtle, American toad, and gray tree frog. On the outside is a tall aviary containing many flowers for ruby-throated hummingbirds. A short ways ahead you pass over a creek which is surrounded by a steep embankment, housing green herons and wood ducks. A long boardwalk leads around tall flight cages, all with large trees, containing: Mississippi kite, long-eared owl, sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper’s hawk, barred owl, red-shouldered hawk, broad-winged hawk, and great horned owl. This boardwalk leads guests back to the central area of the zoo, thus ending their trek through the eastern woodlands of the state. Free-ranging mammals and birds here are:
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel
  • Fox Squirrel
  • Mourning Dove
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • Downy Woodpecker
  • Hairy Woodpecker
  • Olive-sided Flycatcher
  • Eastern Wood-pewee
  • Acadian Flycatcher
  • Least Flycatcher
  • Eastern Phoebe
  • Great Crested Flycatcher
  • Yellow-throated Vireo
  • Blue-headed Vireo
  • Warbling Vireo
  • Red-eyed Vireo
  • Blue Jay
  • Black-capped Chickadee
  • Tufted Titmouse
  • White-breasted Nuthatch
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch
  • Brown Creeper
  • Carolina Wren
  • Winter Wren
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  • Eastern Bluebird
  • Gray-cheeked Thrush
  • Swainson’s Thrush
  • Hermit Thrush
  • Wood Thrush
  • Gray Catbird
  • Northern Mockingbird
  • Brown Thrasher
  • Cedar Waxwing
  • Tennessee Warbler
  • Orange-crowned Warbler
  • Nashville Warbler
  • Northern Parula
  • Yellow Warbler
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • Black-throated Green Warbler
  • Yellow-throated Warbler
  • Palm Warbler
  • Blackpoll Warbler
  • Black-and-White Warbler
  • American Redstart
  • Prothonotary Warbler
  • Ovenbird
  • Northern Waterthrush
  • Louisiana Waterthrush
  • Kentucky Warbler
  • Wilson’s Warbler
  • Eastern Towhee
  • American Tree Sparrow
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Fox Sparrow
  • Song Sparrow
  • Lincoln’s Sparrow
  • White-throated Sparrow
  • Harris’s Sparrow
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • Summer Tanager
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • Painted Bunting
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Purple Finch
  • American Goldfinch

The next exhibit area is based on the largest ecosystem in Kansas, and what we are famous for; the Great Plains. Though the species list isn’t as high as other exhibits, it contains some well loved and iconic species. As you walk in to the aviary, it quickly becomes clear that this isn’t at all similar to the last exhibit. Instead of majestic oaks that dominate the forests, big bluestem, switch grass, and Indian grass, among other grasses, are the main plant of this area. The path surrounds a massive open pasture, contained by a wooden slat fence, with glass viewing every so often. The other side of the path is contained by the iconic barbed wire of the Kansas prairie. In this large central exhibit, one can find a large herd of pronghorn, as well as cattle egrets, greater prairie-chickens, ring-necked pheasants, northern bobwhites, Franklin’s gulls, and uplands sandpipers. A small side path near the entrance leads to side-by-side exhibits highlighting the two mammalian predators of the prairie, American badger and coyote. The coyote exhibit is about 3 times, larger, while the badger exhibit contains an extensive burrow network for them. Back on the main path, a small farm house displays exhibits for two snakes that strike fear in the heart of many frontiersmen, eastern racer and the venomous massasagua rattlesnake. Also seen from in here, behind glass in an outdoor aviary, is a tiny predator, the loggerhead shrike. As with the forest exhibit, a boardwalk surrounding tall flight cages ends the journey. These five cages contain; red-tailed hawk, American kestrel, rough-legged hawk, and a side-by-side comparison of two very similar, yet unrelated raptors; Northern harrier and short-eared owl. Free-ranging mammals and birds here are:
  • Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
  • Killdeer
  • Northern Flicker
  • Western Kingbird
  • Eastern Kingbird
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
  • Barn Swallow
  • American Robin
  • Lapland Longspur
  • Smith’s Longspur
  • Clay-colored Sparrow
  • Field Sparrow
  • Lark Sparrow
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Grasshopper Sparrow
  • Le Conte’s Sparrow
  • Dickcissel
  • Eastern Meadowlark
  • Orchard Oriole

The third area is based in a Quivira NWR, a wetlands area abundant in wildlife. It has a mix of large pools and marshy grassland, with plants such as prairie cordgrass, sedges, and cattails. Both typical dirt paths and low boardwalks over marshland take people around the exhibit. The first large pool is surrounded about halfway by a boardwalk with benches. If is home to the waterfowl collection of the wetlands; Canada goose, mallard, blue-winged teal, green-winged teal, hooded merganser, pied-billed grebe, and horned grebe. Also found here is the zoo’s small flock of sandhill cranes. Across from this is another, small pool, with American beavers. A large lodge supports these rodents. Also on the water and the shore of this pool are smooth softshell, pond slider, Northern painted turtle, American bullfrog, and a large population of spotted chorus frogs. A large mudflats area makes up the next section, as the boardwalk ends. Found in here are several of the smaller North American shorebirds; snowy plover, semipalmated plover, solitary sandpiper, semipalmated sandpiper, least sandpiper, white-rumped sandpiper, Baird’s sandpiper, pectoral sandpiper, dunlin, Wilson’s snipe, and a large swimming flock of Wilson’s phalarope. Also in here, hiding in the reeds, are sora rails. A series of signs helps visitors decide which peeps are which, as some of the most similar-looking birds. Next door, in a much smaller, wet field exhibit are black rails. Even when kept like this, they rarely come out for visitors. There is also a small northern water snake terrarium in a wooden stand. The largest pool in the exhibit is come to large numbers of our herons. The reeds are usually where American bitterns and least bitterns hang out. The trees often have green herons, yellow-crowned night herons, and black-crowned night herons hiding in them. The main pool is covered in great blue herons, great egrets, snowy egrets, little blue herons, and white-faced ibis. A tall flight cage has the shorebird’s worst nightmare in it; peregrine falcon. A second mudflat exhibit is come to some of the larger shorebird species. These are black-bellied plover, black-necked stilt, American avocet, greater yellowlegs, lesser yellowlegs, whimbrel, Hudsonian godwit, marbled godwit, short-billed dowitcher, and long-billed dowitcher. These larger birds can be found feeding in deeper water than the previous waders. This brings the exhibit to an end, as the final boardwalk ends. Free-ranging birds here are:
  • Marsh Wren
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Swamp Sparrow
  • Bobolink
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird

The next exhibit is based on any one of the number of large reservoirs that cover the state. These are usually the best place to find diving ducks and many other waterbirds. This is split between two large ponds, with some exhibit space between them. The first pond has most of the zoo’s diving and dabbling duck collection. It is a large pool, with deep water some sparse elm and ash trees surround the far side of the lake. It can be viewed from a large, enclosed duck blind. Species on this pool are; gadwall, American wigeon, northern pintail, canvasback, redhead, lesser scaup, greater scaup, ring-necked duck, bufflehead, common goldeneye, common merganser, red-breasted merganser, ruddy duck, American coot, and with spotted sandpipers on the shoreline. Small numbers of each species are kept to avoid overcrowding. After this is another pool, though minuscule compared to the previous one. It also provides underwater viewing, for snapping turtle. Also here are two of the largest flight cages in the zoo, each with a pool complete with live fish. In these are two of the Animal Kingdom’s greatest fishermen; bald eagle and osprey. The next, and largest, pool, starts with a long underwater plexiglass tunnel that leads to the far side of the exhibits. On this far side, an observation deck allows people to watch the waterbirds on this pool. These area greater white-fronted goose, snow goose, ross’s goose, trumpeter swan, common loon, double-crested cormorant, American white pelican, Bonaparte’s gull, herring gull, and ring-billed gull. This then leads to the exit for the lake exhibit. Free-ranging birds here are:
  • Forster’s Tern
  • Belted Kingfisher
  • Tree Swallow
  • Violet-green Swallow
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow
  • Bank Swallow
  • Cliff Swallow
  • American Pipit

The final, and easily smallest, exhibit is based on the semi-desert of the Cimmaron National Grasslands in the extreme Southwest. It is filled with rocky outcroppings, and the dominate grasses here are sand bluestem, little bluestem, prairie sandreed, as well as a few sandhill plum trees. The first exhibit is a medium-sized mesh aviary for common nighthawk. They are placed in here during the day when easier to see, but allowed out at night into the main aviary to stretch their wings. Up next is a paddock with a fence made of the natural rock, containing lesser prairie-chickens. Four final flight cages exhibit the most iconic birds of prey of the west/southwest; turkey vulture, Swainson’s hawk, ferruginous hawk, and prairie falcon. The main attraction here though, are the free-ranging mammals and birds;
  • Desert Cottontail
  • Eurasian Collared Dove
  • Red-headed Woodpecker
  • Western Wood-pewee
  • Willow Flycatcher
  • Say’s Phoebe
  • Bell’s Vireo
  • Horned Lark
  • Rock Wren
  • Mountain Bluebird
  • Vesper Sparrow
  • Lark Bunting
  • Indigo Bunting
  • Western Meadowlark (Kansas’ State Bird)

A few exhibits in the main eating area display common city dwellers such as house sparrow, rock pigeon, and house finch in simple wire aviaries. Long-tailed ducks inhabit a small central pool, along with more mallards. There are a few restaurants serving up Kansas barbeque, as well as the traditional zoo fare. Hope you enjoyed.
 
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