Maybe not a great idea: - agoutis & acouchis can be prone to aggression towards small primates, and have been responsible for injuries or deaths of various callitrichid species.
Birmingham Nature Centre Birmingham Nature Centre News 2014
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It looks like it could be a temporary set-up (the travel crate looked like it may also double as its sleeping quarters?) but I could be wrong. They used to have mara in that enclosure at one point which went without a hitch, the primates rarely come to the ground in that enclosure anyway.
I never knew that agoutis/acouchis were prone to aggression, they always seem quite placid!
Had a nice visit today. New animals that I haven't noticed before were yellow breasted capuchins, a mum dad and youngster by the looks of it, and saki monkeys which were staying in their house so a rather distant look!
Binturong looked great and was enjoying standing about in the rain, Ocelots both more active than recently, and a big one for me, I saw every resident of the nocturnal house!! Including the invisible armadillo.
I am told his name is Pelè!
A sacred ibis caught a sparrow, and spent a good 15 mins shaking it, banging it on rocks and throwing it into puddles, I'm thinking a combo of breaking bones and getting some feathers off? Was pretty gruesome, but really fascinating.
Binturong looked great and was enjoying standing about in the rain, Ocelots both more active than recently, and a big one for me, I saw every resident of the nocturnal house!! Including the invisible armadillo.
I am told his name is Pelè!
A sacred ibis caught a sparrow, and spent a good 15 mins shaking it, banging it on rocks and throwing it into puddles, I'm thinking a combo of breaking bones and getting some feathers off? Was pretty gruesome, but really fascinating.
adrian1963
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Visited the BWCP today and have a few questions I hope some of you can answer
1 – The European Lynx what is the name of the one eyed beautiful creature and how old are they?
2 – Has she/he always been at Birmingham and how did they get the eye injury or if not where did they come from?
3 – A great new Avairy for the use of Reeves Pheasant do you think other species should be added to this Avairy?
4 – Do the Pied Tamarins ever use the outside area around there enclosure or are they confined to the enclosure?
5 – The Bearded and Golden handed Tamarins enclosure have an Agouti within in the enclosure what species is this?
6 – Do the Golden handed tamarins keep escaping as it did on my visit 14 – 06 – 2014 on at least 2 occasions as did the red panda when they were in this enclosure?
7 – Why have the Meerkats in the Porcupine enclosure?
8 – Only one Red necked wallaby in the Pygmy goat enclosure (seen) are there more or will they have more coming?
Full review will be uploaded later many thanks in advance.
1 – The European Lynx what is the name of the one eyed beautiful creature and how old are they?
2 – Has she/he always been at Birmingham and how did they get the eye injury or if not where did they come from?
3 – A great new Avairy for the use of Reeves Pheasant do you think other species should be added to this Avairy?
4 – Do the Pied Tamarins ever use the outside area around there enclosure or are they confined to the enclosure?
5 – The Bearded and Golden handed Tamarins enclosure have an Agouti within in the enclosure what species is this?
6 – Do the Golden handed tamarins keep escaping as it did on my visit 14 – 06 – 2014 on at least 2 occasions as did the red panda when they were in this enclosure?
7 – Why have the Meerkats in the Porcupine enclosure?
8 – Only one Red necked wallaby in the Pygmy goat enclosure (seen) are there more or will they have more coming?
Full review will be uploaded later many thanks in advance.
zoogiraffe
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May I suggest you try contacting the place it self via e-mail or facebook as I'm sure they could answer all these questions for you!
adrian1963
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Done that now thanks
Had a unplanned visit here today, really enjoyed the collection. Had planned to visit Chester on the way home from Blackpool but weather was so bad, decided to Cadbury World but then that was booked up so ended up here for a few hours, managed to avoid most the rain!
The agouti is still in with the Emperors and Golden Headed. I think its an Azures, same as the other one near the cranes.
Tenrec was a no show which was frustrating, as was the slow loris, saw everything else in the nocturnal house. Sugar gliders (in their own house) was a first for me!
Didn't see any ruffed lemurs, may have missed them or have they left?
Saw 3 lynx, does anyone know the sexes of these?
Still only one wallaby, to add onto Adrians comments.
Only sakis in the entrance enclosure, not sure if the plan is to add more species later.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask. Will upload photos soon.
The agouti is still in with the Emperors and Golden Headed. I think its an Azures, same as the other one near the cranes.
Tenrec was a no show which was frustrating, as was the slow loris, saw everything else in the nocturnal house. Sugar gliders (in their own house) was a first for me!
Didn't see any ruffed lemurs, may have missed them or have they left?
Saw 3 lynx, does anyone know the sexes of these?
Still only one wallaby, to add onto Adrians comments.
Only sakis in the entrance enclosure, not sure if the plan is to add more species later.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask. Will upload photos soon.
Armadillo included?
Yes, the Armadillo was very active!
Just wanted to clarify something, is Argentinian Cavy such a species? They were labelled with the Goeldi's Monkeys, they looked similar to Guinea Pigs but wasn't sure if they were actually counted as a wild species compared to domestic Guinea Pigs?
Just wanted to clarify something, is Argentinian Cavy such a species? They were labelled with the Goeldi's Monkeys, they looked similar to Guinea Pigs but wasn't sure if they were actually counted as a wild species compared to domestic Guinea Pigs?
If I recall rightly, those animals are wild-form Cavia aperea, as opposed to domestic guinea pigs which are variously classed as Cavia aperea porcellus or Cavia porcellus.
adrian1963
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James B it is an Azures in with the Bearded and Golden heads
adrian1963
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As Zoogiraffe gave me the sense to contact the Centre about the Agouti in the Bearded and Golden headed enclosure the reply I got was as follows
5 – The Bearded and Golden handed Tamarins enclosure have an Agouti within in the enclosure what species is this?
ANSWER: Azures agouti (Dasyprocta azarae)
I did raise the question in #26 and got a reply to all the questions asked and would like to thank the Centre for their quick reply
5 – The Bearded and Golden handed Tamarins enclosure have an Agouti within in the enclosure what species is this?
ANSWER: Azures agouti (Dasyprocta azarae)
I did raise the question in #26 and got a reply to all the questions asked and would like to thank the Centre for their quick reply
Did they send the reply written as 'Azures'?? If so, I start to wonder if that wasn't a misprint and just a misunderstanding.
Dasyprocta azarae is named after Spanish naturalist Féliz de Azara (so should technically be the masculine azarai rather than the feminine azarae, but the latter is most widely used).
It is, therefore, emphatically an Azara's Agouti!
I've never thought about that before but it really should be azarai. Almost all the species named after de Azara are named azarae rather than azarai so I wonder what the reason behind that is. Fairly recently Aotus azarae has been suppressed in favour of A. azarai, but it seems not the agouti. I think that is simply due to someone paying attention to primates though, rather than any difference between the names.
My understanding is that Dasyprocta being feminine the suffix will be feminine ae. With Aotus being masculine the suffix will be ai.
So far so good on linguistics.
So far so good on linguistics.
but a specific name given after a person reflects the sex of the person, not the gender of the generic name.
Agreed, but semantics are not the forte of many a zoologist / biologist. Hence, I guess they seem to go with the general rule, rather than the person it's been named after.
Strangely enough, the name Azara's agouti is spelt right!
