Expedition Congo - Woodland savannas

Expedition Congo - Woodland savannas

The numbers and number/letter combinations in the list below correspond to numbers on the map. In this species list dotted lists represent the different species housed in a mixed exhibit and striped lists represent species housed in different exhibits within a complex, such as an aviary block or a row of aquariums. For the colors and shapes on the map I added a map key to the design map.

1) Garamba Aviaries (With indoor aviaries within the Garamba Savanna House)


2) Garamba Savanna



3) Southeast African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)
[Cheetah is now considered extinct in the DRC. Southern subspecies is regionally extinct in the DRC according to IUCN Red List, present in southern regions until second half of 20th century, with Upemba NP being last stronghold, some sources still mentioning Upemba as part of cheetah range. Rumors of occasional sightings, populations still exist in neighboring countries.]


4) African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus)


5) Woodland Savannas Ecodisplay and Woodland Savannas Walk-through aviary



6) Southern lion (Panthera leo melanochaita, from population formerly classified separately as Southwest African lion or Katanga lion, Panthera leo bleyenberghi)


7) Small mammal building and exhibits


8) Savanna Monkeys


9) The Watering Holes Building

9A – The Watering Holes Building


10) Rhinoceros Conservation Center with Southern white rhinoceros or Southern square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) [Southern white rhinoceros used as stand-in for the functionally extinct Northern white rhinoceros C. s. cottoni, the last known population of this subspecies was found in Garamba NP, northeastern DRC, against border with South Sudan, where they were last seen in 2006 and last signs of their presence in 2007] and South-central black rhinoceros or South-central hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor) [Formerly found in southeastern DRC, now regionally extinct in that part of Africa, but still found further south]


11) Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)


12) Zambian sable antelope (Hippotragus niger kirkii), Puku (Kobus vardonii) and Sharpe's grysbok or Northern grysbok (Raphicerus sharpei)


13) Caracal (Caracal caracal) and Serval (Leptailurus serval) exhibits


14) African wild dog, African painted dog or African hunting dog (Lycaon pictus) [Probably extirpated from the DRC since the 1990’s, most recent sighting in 1986 in Upemba National Park]


15) Side-striped jackal (Lupulella adusta)


16) Southern warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) , Cape porcupine or South African porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) and Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)


17) Small and medium predator building and exhibits


18) Katanga Antelope House with communal and individual stalls per species, visitor area, keeper areas and off-show service area including an off-show spare paddock

19) Zambezi greater kudu or Southern greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros strepsiceros, Strepsiceros zambesiensis or Strepsiceros strepsiceros zambesiensis) and Common duiker, Grey duiker or Bush duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia splendidula)


20) Chobe bushbuck (Tragelaphus ornatus or T. scriptus ornatus) and Red-flanked duiker (Cephalophus rufilatus)


21) Katanga Aviaries



22) Ground hornbill, Marabou, Pied crow and Vulture aviary


23) Raptor aviaries

This might be your most detailed map yet! This could easily be mistaken for a real zoo map, amazing work!

Amazing zoo design as well! Especially love the ecodisplay/walkthrough aviary mix (5A/5B and everything in between)

This is absolutely amazing! Best spec zoo contribution on Zoochat hands down, no competition.

@amur leopard @Mr Gharial

Thank you very much for your very kind comments.

I think maybe I crammed in a bit too much for one design/project and put a bit too much detail for the size, perhaps even more so than before something which I'm going to try to address for future projects, but I am still fairly happy with how this project ended up, as I at times really struggled with this one.

I wouldn't ever claim the "best contribution" or "looks like a real zoo map" things myself, but I nonetheless very much appreciate your nice comments, and I'm glad to have given you some enjoyment.

Just noticed I make a few mistakes/forgot to make a few corrections in the species list, for which I apologize.

Under 5L I forgot to change "Rat Rowe" into "Rodent Rowe".

Under number 8 I forgot to remove "Rat Rowe", as that exhibit was moved to a different area at some point during the design process.

Under 14 and 15 I wrote hog instead of house, or forgot to add a word entirely.

I forgot to add kite to the title under number 21, as I added the kite as a species there close to the completion of the list.

I need to be more careful with proofreading and am going to try to do so if I do any future projects.