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Bristol Zoo July 1989

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I don't recall the post-monkey period when only Barbary Sheep were held. I remember it as a mixed exhibit. I thought it was Crab-eating Macaques though I could be wrong. I'm pretty sure that when the Temple was vacated, the remainder (or some of them) of the macaques went onto one of the islands in the pond (which would suggest, actually, that they weren't M.fascicularis!).

Yes it did hold Crab-eating Macaques at one point, I agree about the Tigers - I cannot believe that it ever held Tigers!

The Barbary Sheep were two males held temporarily I believe at that time as the photo shows.
 
I still think I saw Tigers in here; can someone please confirm this? It was before the Tigers moved to the old Polar Bear enclosure, which they did briefly before 'Seal & Penguin Coasts' was built.
 
I don't recall the post-monkey period when only Barbary Sheep were held. I remember it as a mixed exhibit. I thought it was Crab-eating Macaques though I could be wrong. I'm pretty sure that when the Temple was vacated, the remainder (or some of them) of the macaques went onto one of the islands in the pond (which would suggest, actually, that they weren't M.fascicularis!).

Long-tailed Macaques and Crab-eating Macaques are the same species. I remember them, I didn't visit when the sheep were housed there.
 
bongorob said:
Long-tailed Macaques and Crab-eating Macaques are the same species. I remember them, I didn't visit when the sheep were housed there.
I think Paradoxurus might have been meaning crab-eating as opposed to rhesus?
 

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