The former Giant Flying Squirrel walk-through exhibit along the Leopard Trail now houses Common Palm Civets (Paradoxurus musanga) and Small-toothed Palm Civets (Arctogalidia trivirgata). A Common Palm Civet is visible on the tree in the middle of the photo.
Hot take - not a bad replacement for flying squirrels! As long as there's signage pointing out the civets and the civets are active enough, I'm not opposed to the idea at all!
The loss of the flying squirrels is very sad, it was one of my favorite aspects of Night Safari, but this still is a lovely replacement! Every passing day and with the new species the park has been adding (And despite the loss of some species I really like such as the bearded pigs or Malayan gaurs...) Night Safari is ranking very high on the parks I really want to visit!
@SivatheriumGuy there are still a couple of Giant Flying Squirrels left, but they are off show. Likewise the Gaur are temporarily off show due to development works. The Bearded Pigs are still displayed along the tram ride and they even bred recently.
@Zooish By the time I'm hoping to visit (late December-early January) will the gaur be back on exhibit or are future developments at Night Safari contingent on the Rainforest Parks' construction timelinewise? Past the tasmanian devils'/kiwi's arrival and whatnot.
@StoppableSan I'm not sure if the Gaur will return to Night Safari or be moved to Rainforest Wild. The ongoing works to expand the Asian Elephant exhibit at Night Safari don't seem to include Gaur. In any case it will be a while before the expansion is completed. So in short I don't think the Gaur will return to display in end-2022/early 2023.
