my zoo
entrance
three massive african style huts, one for the entrance, one for the restaurant serving local produce and one for the main gift shop
flamingo flocks
near the entrance to the zoo a bit like San Diego. housing
Caribbean flamingo ,
scarlet ibisand
roseate spoonbills
viva los americanos
carry on past the flamingos and you will find a south american zone with
jaguars,
jagurundi,
ocelot,
margay,and
puma. and that's just for the cats there will also be other carnivores such as
tayra,
giant river otter,
lesser grison,
bush dogs,
maned wolf and finally
spectacled bear . also in this zone there would be the UK's only
bairds tapirs and also
red howler monkeys as-well as the more normal
giant anteaters,
northern tamandua,
black saki monkeys,
black and gold howler monkeys and many species of tamarin such as
emperor, cotton topped, golden lion, golden headed lion, black lion, pied, red bellied and
white footed
desert trail
just past the south american zone there will be a desert area mainly focusing on northern Africa but some from the south. the cats would be
cheetah,
white lion,
caracal,
Arabian sand cat,
black footed cat. and other carnivores would be
marbled polecat,
honey badger,
fennec fox and
aardwolf. small rodents such as
rock hyrax as well but the main focus will be on desert antelope species such as the
dorcas gazelle ,
dama gazelle,
slender horned gazelle,
addax,
scimitar horned oryx,
Arabian oryxand
spekes gazelle also
somali wild ass kept on the side.
Savannah plains
this exhibit takes you to the dry grassy area of Africa holding many familiar species along with some rarer animals. to start of the cats will be
african lion and
serval other carnivores
african hunting dog,
brown hyena and
bat eared foxes. large ungulates like
black rhino,
cape giraffe,
grevys zebra,
blesbok,
sable and
defesa waterbuck. birds will also be on exhibit such as the
ostrich and some
wattled cranes,
east african crowned cranes and
stanley cranes.
kilimanjaro aviary
a large netting aviary with storks and other wildfowl such as
adbims stork , saddlebill stork, black stork, yellow billed stork, hammerkop, African open billed stork, shoebill!!!, black crowned night heron, goliath heron, great egret, purple heron, squacco heron, and
little egret also ducks such as
african white backed duck, white faced whistling duck, hartlaub's duck ect. other birds such as
african pitta and
carmine bee-eater.
the features of this aviary will include a massive tropical waterfall, african hut and an elevated boardwalk
African forest
monkeys galore and jungle hoofstock plus the only mammalian area that does not have cats. as you enter you will spot
bongos, congo forest buffalo, okapi, red river hog and
pygmy hippos. look a little further and you might be able to spot Europes only
royal antelope and monkeys including
drill, wolfs gueon, allens swamp monkey, black and white colobus, diana monkeys and talapoin carry on up to the gorrilas and you will spot
yellow backed duiker and
natal red forest duiker.
ape kingdom
here you will find gorilla, bonobo and other monkeys.
walk up the slight gradient to the
mandrill carry on to the ape house where you will find
bonobo and
western lowland gorilla. with aspinall style interiors and large naturalistic outdoor areas for each species if you go back down you will find
gelada baboon and
barbary macaque.
wildest Himalaya
the entrance to this grand exhibit with alpine plant displays
snow leopards greet you into the zone followed by
pallas cats then you move onto
mishmi takin,
markhor,
Chinese goral,
bahral ( blue sheep) and
musk deer.
oriental empires
the main species for this section is the pandas but it has many more rarities.
as you walk through the rustling bamboo canes you come across the rare and beautiful
giant panda over from that is the smaller
red panda and the very similar looking
Chinese giant red and white flying squirrel!!! carrying on you will find
golden takin
and if you proceed a bit you will find a mixed exhibit of three rare asian species the
pere davids deer, bactrian camel and
przewalski's horse also you can see some more stunning big cats the
amur tiger, amur leopard and north Chinese leopard
Indochina walkway
a perfect view on some really endangered species
it starts of at the
sunbearsand carries on from there with a look over
malayan tapir,
malayan tiger,
dhole and
banteng. carry on and you will reach the ground where a twisted jungle path takes you past
marbled cats!!!, fishing cats, Indonesian leopard cats, Asian golden cats, lowland anoa, Malayan porcupines, javan languars, François' langurs and grizzled leaf monkeys.
deer and antelope park
in the centre of the park lies a large seer park that has
blackbuck, nigali, four horned antelope!!!, sambar, rusa, axis, hog, bawean, Dybowski, barasingha, brow antlered and tufted deer.
elephant palace
an Asian elephant exhibit based on sri lanka and india
as you walk out of the forest on to a clearing you can see a large heard of
asian elephants across a moat which they like so swim in regularly providing a great photo opportunity besides that you can see
rusty spotted cats and sri lankan giant squirrels, and just across from that a beautiful group of
white tigers set in a ruined Indian temple. finished off with purple faced languars.
Sumatra the lost island
home to the Europe's only Sumatran rhino pair
your island journey starts with seeing
Sumatran tigers then onto a fabulous
Sumatran orangutan enclosure shared with
siamang gibbons finally its off to see the
Sumatran rhinoin a really great glass fronted enclosure with reedbeds behind providing excellent cover.
nocturnal caves
here is a list of species that can be found in the nocturnal caves:
swinhoes striped squirrel
prevrosts squirrel
potto
pygmy slow loris
slow loris
Philippine tarsier
northern luzon cloud rat
southern luzon cloud rat
rodrigues flying fox
little red flying fox
roufus and black sengi
belengers tree shrew
african brush tailed porcupine
down under
australia and new guinea
as you enter this zone you see the rare
new guinea singing dog, followed by
grey ground cus cus and
goodfelows tree kangaroo
also
double wattled cassowarys,
red kangaroo,
swamp wallaby and
king, superb and twelve wired bird of paradise!!!!!
the philpott aviary
as you walk into this Asian aviary you will find many birds such as
red bird of paridise, Raggiana bird-of-paradise, victoria crowned pigeon, western crowned pigeon, luzon bleeding heart dove, minidano bleeding heart dove, nicobar pigeon, pied imperial pigeon, blue crowned laughing thrush, bali starling and dusky lory aside from this there will also be a small pond inside housing
painted storks, javan pond heron, indian pond heron, adjutant stork, Asian openbill stork, wooly necked stork
islands of the Philippines
a philippine zone containing rare wildlife such as
palawan bearcats,
calamianand
spotted deeralso
balabac chevrotain,
visayan warty pig ,
philippine monkey eagle,
tarataric hornbill,
roufus hornbill and
Philippine crocodile
reptile zone
this will be the zoos reptile house with rare species of reptile including:
Cayman blue iguana
lesser antillean iguana
rhinoceros iguana
Fiji banded iguana
grays monitor
Komodo dragon
Jamaican boa
Cuban ground boa
gharial!!!
Siamese crocodile
Cuban crocodile
new guinea crocodile
west african dwarf crocodile
chinese alligator
black mamba
green mamba
papuan taipan
and many many more!!!
journey of Madagascar
your final leg of the journey is the Madagascan zone the first thing you see is a large netting aviary containing:
mellers duck, african pygmy goose, madagascan teal, fulvous whistling duck, madagascan sacred ibis, madagascan crested ibis and [COLOR=]"red"alaotran gentle lemur [/COLOR]
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