Any weird mixed exhibits?

Mouflon/Llama/Guanaco were housed in Lahore zoo's giraffe paddock for 3 years before the giraffes arrived.
Rhesus macaque/Indian wolf mix at Peshawar zoo. A troop of 11 macaques share part of their enclosure with a lone male wolf. The wolf doesn't seem to pay any attention to the macaques at all.
Small Asian mongoose/Lion. An inadvertent mix at Lahore zoo resulting from a mongoose population choosing to reside in and around the Lion House at Lahore zoo. Leftover food from the lions seems to be the cause.
 
Yi Qi said:
As of summer 2019, the Granby Zoo mixes East african crowned cranes with Japanese serows. Granted, this is temporary, and the zoo plans on moving its red-crowned cranes into them.
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I visited this zoo last week, and I did find it odd they had East African crowned cranes and guereza in the Asian section of the zoo (though at least their was a sign explaining the reasoning for the latter).
 
Went to the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay in December 2018. They had Burmese Pythons mixed in with Asian Arrowanas and a Pig Nosed Turtle
 
I don't know if that counts but Tierpark Bochum, Germany has a mixed enclosure of Humboldt penguins and seals :)
 
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Black Crowned Crane with Indian Peafowl
Green Iguana with Bengal Monitor and Red Sand Boa
Orange-winged Amazon with Silver Pheasant
Black Swan in a South Asian Spp. Aviary
 
Taman Safari Indonesia 1:
- Ring-Tailed Lemur, Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur, Eastern Grey Kangaroo
- Common Eland, Llama, Watusi
- White Stork, Demoiselle Crane, Mishmi Takin
- Capybara, Southern Cassowary, Crab-Eating Macaque (former)

Gembira Loka Zoo (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
- Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman, Red-Eared Slider, Fly River Turtle, Tropical Gar
 
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Taman Safari Indonesia 1:
- Ring-Tailed Lemur, Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur, Eastern Grey Kangaroo
- Common Eland, Llama, Watusi
- White Stork, Demoiselle Crane, Mishmi Takin
- Capybara, Southern Cassowary, Crab-Eating Macaque (former)

Gembira Loka Zoo (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
- Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman, Red-Eared Slider, Fly River Turtle, Tropical Gar
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The elands, llama, and several Ankole-Watusis when they were still mixed together (2000's to mid-2010's) were in the deer and blackbuck section, so the number of species in the mix is plenty.

The takins and birds aren't really "mixed". It may look like the case from far away, but it is separated by a water stream. The takins have no way on entering the other side, while the birds technically could but I haven't heard of those cases.

Another interesting thing is that you can clearly see the division of the two exhibits, with the crane side being lush with grass while the takin side is barren. Another side note, the bird side of the exhibit have white storks and purple herons, instead of demoiselle crane.

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Do you have any source of the capybara and cassowary mix? It sounds increadibly foolish and absurd even for Indonesian zoos standard. I think what's truly happen is that the free-roaming cassowary entered the capybara exhibit, which is actually the case that happen with some female banteng. That section of Safari Journey did have free-roaming cassowary and at some point emus up until around the mid-2010's. Worth noting that Taman Safari's crab-eating macaques are wild and aren't fully "owned" by the park, they came from the forest around the park in search for easy meal. It's a quite common misconception that the macaques are one of the park's collection, which isn't really the case.

For the last one, aside from the pig-nosed turtle, isn't really that weird. Dwarf caimans are compatible with some species of turtles and fish. The "tropical gar" are most likely the popular alligator gars.
 
Probably the most bizarre i've seen so far is a mix of european hares, roe deer, patagonian mara ans red necked wallabies
 
- Demoiselle crane, gray crowned crane, green peafowl, greylag goose, helmeted guinea fowl, Indian blue peafowl, Muscovy duck and white-faced whistling duck at BioParque do Rio.
- Blue-winged macaw, Brazilian teal, budgerigar, cockatiel, Geoffroy's side-necked turtle, golden conure, golden pheasant, green imperial pigeon, Indian blue peafowl, maroon-fronted parakeet, Nile goose, red-throated piping guan, Spix's sideneck turtle white-eyed parakeet, and yellow-eared slider at Volta Redonda zoo.
- Black swan, Cape Barren goose, Chilean flamingo, gray crowned crane, Indian blue peafowl, mallards, Silvery-cheeked hornbill, Western crowned pigeon, and more at Animália Park.
- Asian elephant, black-bellied whistling duck, marabou stork, Nile hippo, spectacled caiman, water buffalo and white-faced whistling duck at ZooParque Itatiba.
 
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Yi Qi said:
As of summer 2019, the Granby Zoo mixes East african crowned cranes with Japanese serows. Granted, this is temporary, and the zoo plans on moving its red-crowned cranes into them.
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Good to know that Somewhere outside of Japan has Japanese Serows. Won't the African Crowned/Red Crowned Cranes get stampled though?
 
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