The first part of my submission on the Amazon for the thread "Make an Exhibit with that theme". This part will feature Arboreal and ground-dwelling mammals and large wetland birds of Amazonia. Species list below, extended description in the thread.
Realms of the Amazon - The Realm of the Capybara and the Saki
Dotted lists represent the different species kept in a mixed exhibit. Striped of numbered lists represent species kept in different exhibits within a complex or area. Numbers correspond to numbers on the map sketch.
Walk-through monkey forest 1
Black squirrel monkey, Blackish squirrel monkey or Black-headed squirrel monkey (Saimiri vanzolinii)
Red-handed howler monkey (Alouatta belzebul)
Cazuza’s saki (Pithecia cazuzai, formerly part of Monk saki P. monachus)
Amazonian brown brocket or Small brown brocket (Mazama nemorivaga)
Red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)
Monkey islands and capybara herd
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) herd with access to part of monkey islands and water and land areas between monkey islands. The area the capybaras will be able to access is delineated with a narrow dark green dotted line on the map sketch.
Monkey islands 1 to 8
1) Gray woolly monkey (Lagothrix cana)
2) Tufted capuchin, Black-capped capuchin or Brown capuchin (Sapajus apella)
3) Black bearded saki (Chiropotes satanas)
4) Uta Hick's bearded saki (Chiropotes utahicki)
5) Lucifer titi (Cheracebus lucifer)
6) Golden-backed uakari or Black-headed uakari (Cacajao melanocephalus)
7) Purús red howler monkey (Alouatta puruensis)
8) White-bellied spider monkey, White-fronted spider monkey or Long-haired spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth)
Drinks and snacks stand and terraces with view of capybara area and monkey islands.
Walk-through monkey forest 2
White-faced saki or Guianan saki (Pithecia pithecia)
Coppery titi or Red titi (Plecturocebus cupreus)
Red uakari or Red bald-headed uakari (Cacajao calvus rubicundus)
Central building with viewing area, surrounded by rodent exhibits.
- Green acouchi (Myoprocta pratti)
- Black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa)
- Brazilian porcupine, Prehensile-tailed porcupine or Coendou (Coendou prehensilis) and Azara’s agouti (Dasyprocta azarae)
- Northern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus igniventris)
- Amazon dwarf squirrel (Microsciurus flaviventer)
- Pacarana (Dinomys branickii)
Peccaries and coatis
Ring-tailed coatis or South American coatis (Nasua nasua) with a separate house and exhibit and with access to peccary exhibits via overhead climbing structures.
- Grey four-eyed opossum (Philander opossum)
- Linnaeus's mouse opossum or Murine mouse opossum (Marmosa murina)
- Roraiman nightjar (Setopagis whitelyi)
- Silky-tailed nightjar (Antrostomus sericocaudatus)
- Amazon bamboo rat (Dactylomys dactylinus)
- Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat (Isothrix bistriata)
- Ferreira's spiny tree-rat (Mesomys hispidus)
- Bat cave and forest with Seba's short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata), Pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor), Pallas's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) and Brock's yellow-eared bat (Vampyriscus brocki)
