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Century City Zoo

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A zoo created for Haliaeetus's "100 Species Zoo"

Species list and exhibit summaries in comments.
A zoo created for Haliaeetus's "100 Species Zoo"

Animals mixed with other animals are marked by a *. If an exhibit has more than one mixed exhibit, animals will have more than one star. If two animals have the same amount of stars, they are mixed together.


Bolded animals are the ones I needed to include in the challenge.


ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS

(An older indoor building with a rotunda, inspired by the Prospect Park’s Animal Lifestyles and Henry Doorly’s Mutual of Omaha Pavilion)

Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
Cotton top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)

Decorator Crab (Achaeus spinosus)

Frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)

Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)
Golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis)

Leafcutter ants (Atta cephalotes)

Leafy sea dragon (Phycodurus eques)

Naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber)

Peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus)


HALS FAMILY GIRAFFE HOUSE

(A mid century giraffe house with 60’s/70’s architecture. Inspired by Giraffe houses at Bronx, Omaha, and Dresden)

Eastern yellow billed hornbill (Tockus flavirostris)*

Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)*

Honey badger (Mellivora capensis)

Orange bishop (Euplectes franciscanus)*

Ostrich (Struthio camelus)**

Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata)**

Snowy headed robin chat (Cossypha niveicapilla)*

Speckled mousebird (Colius striatus)*

Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus)*

Taveta golden weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)*


VOGEL FAMILY WATER BIRD AVIARY

(A large planted flight cage, inspired by the ones at St. Louis and Brookgreen Gardens)

American coot (Fulica americana)*

American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica)*

Common eider (Somateria mollissima)*

Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)*

Common loon (Colius striatus)*

Horned grebe (Podiceps auritus)*

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)*
Red breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)*
Sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis)*

Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator)*


GAMEBIRD HOUSE

(A row of aviaries dedicated to game birds.)

Cabot’s tragopan (Tragopan caboti)

Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)

Crested wood partridge (Rollulus rouloul)

Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)

Great argus (Argusianus argus)

Green junglefowl (Gallus varius)

Green peafowl (Pavo muticus)

Lady Amherst’s pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae)

Ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata)
Silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)


ARABIAN ADVENTURE

(A nicely themed Arabian area with a village and mountain rail with hillside habitats.)

African gray hornbill (Lophoceros nasutus)*

Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)

Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas)**
Lilac breasted roller (Coracias caudatus)*

Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana)**

Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita)

Sand cat (Felis margarita)

Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)


ASIAN WETLANDS

(A lush indoor tropical rainforest. Inspired by the ones at Omaha and Bronx)

Asian small clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus)

Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator)

Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)

Knob billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)*

Painted batagur (Batagur borneoensi)**

Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala)*

Pied imperial pigeon (Ducula bicolor)*

Malayan gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii)**

Red pipe Snake (Anilius scytale)

White throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)*


ARACHNIDS!

(An indoor hall dedicated to arachnids.)

Chilean rose hair tarantula (Grammostola rosea)

Desert hairy scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis)
Emperor scorpion (Pandinus imperator)

Golden silk spider (Nephila clavipes)

House spider (Achaearanea tepidariorum)

Mediterranean Black Widow (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus)

Red kneed tarantula (Brachypelma smithi)
Tailless whip scorpion (Damon variegatus)

Trapdoor spider (Bothriocyrtum californicum)

Whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus)


DESERT DOME

(A small geodesic dome dedicated to the deserts of the southwest. Inspired by those at North Carolina and Indianapolis)

Common chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)*

Desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)**

Desert tortoise (Gopherus Agassizii)*

Gambel’s quail (Callipepla gambelii)***

Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum)

Hooded oriole (Icterus cucullatus)***

House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)***

Nine banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)**

Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)

White winged dove (Zenaida asiatica)***


HABITAT HALLOW

(A nice woodland area with turtle/duck ponds, a songbird aviary, hawks, and a miniature house with no exhibits)

American goldfinch (Spinus tristis)*

American robin (Turdus migratorius)*

Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis)*

Midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata)**

Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)*

Northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens)

Red eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)**

Red tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)**

Wood duck (Aix sponsa)**


PREDATORS AND PREY

(Hagenback type setups inspired by those in Milwaukee, except more natural)

Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)*

Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)**

Grant’s zebra (Equus quagga boehmi)*

Gray wolf (Canis lupus)

Greater rhea (Rhea americana)**

Jaguar (Panthera onca)

Lion (Panthera leo)

Saiga (Saiga tatarica)

Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)

Sika deer (Cervus nippon)
 
I love the art style, the map is very neat well done with fantastic illustrations. The species list is also very impressive considering it is only 100 species but still showcases a very nice variety with many rare species and a seemingly wide range of habitats.
Well done!
 

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