Guanaco/Elephant Exhibits

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  ThylacineAlive

• 18 Jan 2020

This area of the zoo is Elephant Odyssey, the theme of the exhibit is recreating a prehistoric California ecosystem using modern day species as replacements for now-Extinct Pleistocene fauna.

~Thylo

 

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  DelacoursLangur

• 18 Jan 2020

@ThylacineAlive Huh I didnt know that. I dont really agree with the idea, but interesting nonetheless.

 

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  Hipporex

• 19 Jan 2020

For reference:

• Modern Animal = Pleistocene California Equivalent
• Southern lion = Panthera atrox (American lion)
• Jaguar = Jaguar
• Linnaeus's two-toed sloth = Nothrotheriops shastensis (Shasta ground sloth)
• Capybara = Neochoerus
• Baird's tapir = Tapirus californicus (California tapir)
• Gunaco = Hemiauchenia macrocephala
• African bush elephant = Mammuthus columbi (Columbian mammoth)
• Asian elephant = Mammut pacificus (Pacific mastodon)
• Secretary bird = Buteogallus daggetti (Daggett's eagle)
• Dromedary camel = Camelops hesternus (Western camel)
• Pronghorn = Pronghorn
• Horse = Equus occidentalis (Western horse)
• California condor = California condor

 

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  StoppableSan

• 19 Jan 2020

@Hipporex And there could have been new exhibits for bison and sloth bears in the mix (equivalents being Bison latifrons and Arctodus sp.)

 

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  AWP

• 20 Jan 2020

I would prefer an endangered equine (onager, Somali wild ass, Przewalski horse) instead of domestic horse or donkey.

@Wyman spectacled bear would be more logical than sloth bear

 

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  StoppableSan

• 20 Jan 2020

@AWP They mentioned those on the original promotional site for Elephant Odyssey along with early site plans, so... anything goes, really. (Yeah, spectacled bears would make more sense)