Carnivores in mixed exhibits

Wow!! I'm very curious to know how they went about setting that up, and how many cheetahs are involved. It's a very interesting, and dangerous dynamic. As @FBBird said, I think it's likely a cheetah is going to end up killed by a kick or something. The ungulates are large enough that one or two cheetahs are unlikely to seriously go after them, at least, but I'm not crazy about situations that make animals live with some fear (like the penguins with seals, above).
 
one of the last time i saw the penguins was wen two swimt up to the under water window so they was in the water at lest some of the time i saw them. but i was an werid mix
 
I have just found this page about the mixed exhibits that have taken place involving either cats (eight species in total) or hyaenas (one species, the aardwolf). Some of the examples that I haven't heard of (note, I do not think these mixes are all necessarily still in existence):

- Cheetah with Galapagos giant and African spurred tortoises at Houston Zoo
- Serval with crab-eating macaque, dwarf donkey, domestic goat, dwarf zebu and (later) common eland at Tierpark Nadermann
- Margay with Geoffroy's toadhead turtle at Zoo Brno
- Aardwolf with meerkat and crested porcupine at Phoenix Zoo

The full page with all the different mixes is included below:
en/Mixed exhibit Felidae Hyaenidae
 
What an interesting link! Great photos. I do wish they had more info on the exhibits, for instance how long some of them lasted and if they were successful or not, as some of them sound like disasters waiting to happen. Regarding the examples you shared, it's been quite a while since Phoenix had aardwolf, so that one definitely no longer exists.
 
I have found a couple of links to the same website as the felid/hyaena link included a couple of posts above.

The first refers to most of the mixes containing wild species of canid (I can think of at least one missing - the Blanford's and Ruppell's foxes at Oasys, Spain). Some examples that I haven't heard of include:

- African wild dogs with white rhinoceroses at CERZA, France
- Black-backed jackal with plains zebra and roan antelope at Tiergarten Schönbrunn, Austria
- Golden jackal with raccoon dog at Parco Faunistico La Torbiera, Italy

The link is included below:
en/Mixed exhibit Canidae

The second page shows mixed exhibits containing viverrids. Some examples of these include:

- Masked palm civet with Asiatic black bear at Ueno Zoo, Japan
- Common palm civet with large-toothed ferret badger at Yadanabon Zoological Gardens, Myanmar
- Common genet with Western lowland gorilla at Zoo Heidelberg, Germany (the two species were compatible, but the mix was discontinued as the genets were able to escape the enclosure)

The link to this list is included below:
en/Mixed exhibit Viverridae
 
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The civet/bear mix at Ueno isn't really legit, as I think the hotwire that stops the bears accessing the trees the covers are in is sufficient to prevent the civets from getting down as well, so they are effectively different exhibits.
 
Even in exhibits of these kind where no overt aggression I do wonder if there isn't a level of ongoing, underlying stress for the "prey" species in at least some of these mixes. I would assume in some of the cases where animals were killed there must have been stress prior to final events.

If there is stress or a liklihood of it is that ok to allow just to have a different exhibit? I am far from an animals right lobbyist ( I farm/ranch for a living) but am still somewhat uncomfortable with some of the mixes described.
 
Hmmm, some little help as you did not find all the articles, so you can find all of them here:

Társaskifutók

So, English versions are available here:

Mixed exhibit Herpestids

en/Mixed exhibit Felidae Hyaenidae

en/Mixed exhibit Viverridae

en/Mixed exhibit Canidae

en/Mixed exhibit Otariidae Phocidae

en/Mixed exhibit Procyonidae Ailuridae

So, first part (Ursidae) is the only one without English translation at moment but it will be done soon. The last one, the 8th part will be dealing with Mustelidae hopefully coming in next month.

Quotation from the articles: "This documents purposefully focuses on creating a list of mixed-species exhibits with all family of Carnivora, for further and detailed information it is worth contacting the institutions mentioned above. Only a short summary of the general experiences is given here. Many of the listed coexistences are still ongoing at present; many of them are not anymore."

As these are website articles it has the potential to refresh the data on a regular basis. In case you know any other mixed exhibits with the abovementioned taxa of course it will be possible to add them to the list. Hope you find interesting data during reading them.
 
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Amneville currently mixes brown bears with at least one wolverine.

The wolverine looked very active, bounding around the whole exhibit, and made much better use of the space than the bears.
 
Thanks Jurek7 , it was on the list, here is a video on that plus one photo attached by Ingrid Klaus.




Two other zoos, the Skansen (in Stockholm) and Tierpark Dählhölzli (in Bern) have also had this combination in the past, furthermore Zoo Salzburg accidentally.
 

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steveroberts said:
Could Raccoon Dogs and Red Panda's share a mixed exhibit?
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Was thinking about this as well, I don’t have any examples but personally think it’s fine. Both species form no threat to each other and the red panda can just sleep and live in the trees. My expectations is that it can finely be done


I think raccoon dogs can finely be combined with the red pandas, both species form no big thread for each other. The red panda could just avoid them by climbing in the trees. It’s important both species have a place on their own and when they get children they can get separated. I don’t see any problems white the combination
 
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Yeah but the patas monkeys were removed right? Cause they got attacked by the cheetahs? Rhinos are very often combined with cheetahs that’s common now!!
 
Hipporex said:
Or the cheetah is going to get its head smashed in by the hoof of a scared ungulate. I like mix-species exhibits just as much as the next guy, but when it endangers the lives on one or multiple animals, I don't see the point.
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Agree but it’s very common to mix cheetah with species like zebras, eland and rhinos. The cheetah can’t kill or seriously attack these predators and the cheetahs can outrun these species. It’s important that the cheetah has a place it can rest from the herbivores like a hill of rocks or a platform in the trees. And that the animals can be separated when there is a baby born
 
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Agree but it’s very common to mix cheetah with species like zebras, eland and rhinos. The cheetah can’t kill or seriously attack these predators and the cheetahs can outrun these species. It’s important that the cheetah has a place it can rest from the herbivores like a hill of rocks or a platform in the trees. And that the animals can be separated when there is a baby born
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Is a mixture of cheetah with large hoofstock really that common? I understand the logic of a mix with white rhino, although one would imagine that the fencing requirements would be very different. I'm not sure the stress levels benefit either the cats or the herbivores.
 
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