San Diego Zoo Africa rocks species?

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Africa rocks has me pushed way over the peak of excitement. However I am a little confused on some exhibits. I heard something on expanded lion and zebra habitats but I am not sure about it. Also are their a few spices I most likely do not know about. Are their any others besides the following

African penguin
gelda baboon
crocodile
ring tailed lemur
Klipspringer
rock hyrax
African leopard
spotted hyeana
 
If you read through some of the threads on ZooChat, you can find out potential species. Things change, though. A good google search can also help you out with the information you seek and spelling. :p
 
Gulo gulo said:
If you read through some of the threads on ZooChat, you can find out potential species. Things change, though. A good google search can also help you out with the information you seek and spelling. :p
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I also saw vervet monkeys and more lemur species but construction has begain a while ago so they have to have a plan already. and yes my spelling is rather weak:o
 
To make your life easier, I'll help.

Rock hyrax are part of the kopje exhibit. They are mixed with klipspringer and nearby habitats are for serval, dwarf mongoose, and some birds. All are already on exhibit after a brief renovation at the end of last year.

Nobody is sure whether the leopard will be African or not. It's possible, but then they'd have to import some, which could be a bit of a pain. However they already have an Amur leopard exhibit so perhaps there is hope.

The plans list an eagle species. The zoo already has African crowned eagles so I'm thinking African fish Eagles or martial eagles (both are in small numbers in the US already) or something else altogether.

There will be two exhibits for southern ratel.

A zebra exhibit is listed. It is being designed so it could house many different things- for example, Somali wild ass is a similar species that is easily obtainable. The zoo already has 0.1 plains zebra as an education animal in Urban Jungle.

A few small aviaries. Most don't have species lists but bee-eater is mentioned (carmine and white-throated are the most prominent in the US).

The croc species will be dwarf. If you want to figure out what kind, look at the St. Augustine thread, where all the discussion is. It makes no sense whatsoever to me.

There will actually be quite an extensive Madagascan section (though some of the plans are the most tentative of all). Red ruffed and ring-tailed lemurs are the main species as far as I'm aware. Coquerel's sifakas should also be coming. A nocturnal section will have aye-ayes, and possibly mouse or dwarf lemurs (I've seen nothing official on that but I've seen mentions of them on this site). There will be one or two fossa exhibits.

A hornbill of some kind in a quite large aviary (assuming the file I'm looking at is to scale). I think the likeliest species are black-casqued, silvery cheeked, or white crested, based on size (the first two) or a species somewhat unique to San Diego (the latter).

Hope I helped. Of course, this could all have changed already.

Edit: South African vervets are on the plans and are already at the zoo (and breeding).

Second edit: I forgot bateleurs which are most likely the eagle species.
 
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jayjds2 said:
To make your life easier, I'll help.

Rock hyrax are part of the kopje exhibit. They are mixed with klipspringer and nearby habitats are for serval, dwarf mongoose, and some birds. All are already on exhibit after a brief renovation at the end of last year.

Nobody is sure whether the leopard will be African or not. It's possible, but then they'd have to import some, which could be a bit of a pain. However they already have an Amur leopard exhibit so perhaps there is hope.

The plans list an eagle species. The zoo already has African crowned eagles so I'm thinking African fish Eagles or martial eagles (both are in small numbers in the US already) or something else altogether.

There will be two exhibits for southern ratel.

A zebra exhibit is listed. It is being designed so it could house many different things- for example, Somali wild ass is a similar species that is easily obtainable. The zoo already has 0.1 plains zebra as an education animal in Urban Jungle.

A few small aviaries. Most don't have species lists but bee-eater is mentioned (carmine and white-throated are the most prominent in the US).

The croc species will be dwarf. If you want to figure out what kind, look at the St. Augustine thread, where all the discussion is. It makes no sense whatsoever to me.

There will actually be quite an extensive Madagascan section (though some of the plans are the most tentative of all). Red ruffed and ring-tailed lemurs are the main species as far as I'm aware. Coquerel's sifakas should also be coming. A nocturnal section will have aye-ayes, and possibly mouse or dwarf lemurs (I've seen nothing official on that but I've seen mentions of them on this site). There will be one or two fossa exhibits.

A hornbill of some kind in a quite large aviary (assuming the file I'm looking at is to scale). I think the likeliest species are black-casqued, silvery cheeked, or white crested, based on size (the first two) or a species somewhat unique to San Diego (the latter).

Hope I helped. Of course, this could all have changed already.

Edit: South African vervets are on the plans and are already at the zoo (and breeding).
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The nocturnal section--including aye-ayes--has been eliminated from the project.

Blackfooted penguins co-habitating with small sharks and other fish species in a salt water aquarium now appears to be the "money shot" focal point of the exhibit.
 
reduakari said:
The nocturnal section--including aye-ayes--has been eliminated from the project.

Blackfooted penguins co-habitating with small sharks and other fish species in a salt water aquarium now appears to be the "money shot" focal point of the exhibit.
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Thanks for the info. Sad the nocturnal house went, but that saves a lot of money. The aye-ayes are rather impossible to see where they are currently, though. That's an interesting penguin mix. I haven't heard of penguins of any species being mixed with anything other than birds, except for that mix with manatees and whatnot that Singapore had a while back. It'll be interesting to see how the exhibit pans out.
 
jayjds2 said:
That's an interesting penguin mix. I haven't heard of penguins of any species being mixed with anything other than birds, except for that mix with manatees and whatnot that Singapore had a while back. It'll be interesting to see how the exhibit pans out.
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there are a couple of exhibits mentioned elsewhere on Zoochat (with photos) of penguins mixed with sealions, and penguins mixed with giraffes.
 
Chlidonias said:
there are a couple of exhibits mentioned elsewhere on Zoochat (with photos) of penguins mixed with sealions, and penguins mixed with giraffes.
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I'd forgotten about the giraffe mix, and I've seen that with my own eyes :eek:. Thanks for the reminder and other info. I suppose I'll get searching!
 
jayjds2 said:
To make your life easier, I'll help.
The plans list an eagle species. The zoo already has African crowned eagles so I'm thinking African fish Eagles or martial eagles (both are in small numbers in the US already) or something else altogether.
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Isn't the eagle species obviously Bateleur?
 
Looks like a really promising project. Glad to see zebras baboons and warthogs in there. I'm surprised San Diego is spending so much money on an African exhibit but leaving out lions and giraffes (two of the most iconic African animals) even though they are in substandard exhibits at the zoo
 
reduakari said:
The nocturnal section--including aye-ayes--has been eliminated from the project.

Blackfooted penguins co-habitating with small sharks and other fish species in a salt water aquarium now appears to be the "money shot" focal point of the exhibit.
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Where did you find out about the elimination of the nocturnal exhibit, nowhere does it say on the internet, the zoos animal website still list them in the lemurs, and the zoo has 3 aye-ayes.
 
BossMayhem250 said:
Where did you find out about the elimination of the nocturnal exhibit, nowhere does it say on the internet, the zoos animal website still list them in the lemurs, and the zoo has 3 aye-ayes.
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Plans change. The poster you question, indeed knows their intel is good. :p
Post will probably get deleted.
 
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