Randomname0183
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It should be noted that ZTL can be slightly outdated as well. The website lists Hoffman’s Sloth, and iirc that was the species landed in the nocturnals house.
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The nocturnal house houses both species in different exhibits (or at least they did so at my visit), and Spanish zoos are notoriously outdated at zootierliste.
Thanks for clearing out all of this! I also found this pic showing both parents as well as the newborn individual from the park's Instagram account:
Thanks for clearing out all of this! I also found this pic showing both parents as well as the newborn individual from the park's Instagram account:
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I read something about the odd mixtures in the nocturnal house; bushbabies with sloths, hutias with bats, pygmy loris with hedgehogs. At my visit to Faunia this week these were no longer the case, but the current combination of bushbabies with striped skunks and bushbabies with prehensile-tailed porcupines was still quite unusual...
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The current setup:
1. striped skunk, moholi bushbaby
2. lesser Egyptian jerboa
3. Nancy Ma night monkey, southern tamandua
4. aardvark
5. European mink
6. reticulated python
7. binturong
8. fennec fox
9. Egyptian fruit bat, Seba's short-tailed bat
10. Hoffman's sloth (according to the signage, but could actually be Linne's)
11. Egyptian fruit bat, Seba's short-tailed bat
12. Egyptian fruit bat, Seba's short-tailed bat
13. six-banded armadillo
14. ocelot
15. crested porcupine
16. prehensile-tailed porcupine, moholi galago
17. common genet
18. construction work
19. moholi bushbaby
20. green anaconda
Aq1. Asian long-snouted pipefish
Aq2. electric eel
Aq3. empty
I remember Asian short-clawed otters, Springhares, Eastern quolls, Gray mouse lemur, Pottos, Northern raccoons, Lesser hedgehog tenrec, Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (if the discussion we had in this same thread before can be taken for any concrete evidence),... Not to speak of the other species I didn't have the pleasure of seeing in the park but they did keep on their early years (Nine-banded armadillos, Brushtail possums, Somali hedgehog,...)
Randomname0183
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Check the third point in the list, there they are.
The setup of the nocturnal house in 2016, according to Michael Amend's book:
1. striped skunk
2. springhare, Senegal bushbaby
3. three-striped night monkey, southern tamandua
4. aardvark, Kirk's dikdik
5. eastern quoll
6. reticulated python
7. binturong
8. fennec fox
9. Egyptian fruit bat
10. Hoffman's sloth, moholi galago
11. Egyptian fruit bat
12. Seba's short-tailed bat, Cuban hutia
13. Nancy Ma nigth monkey, southern three-banded armadillo
14. ocelot
15. northern raccoon
16. prehensile-tailed porcupine
17. common genet
18. Asian small-clawed otter
19. potto, pygymy slow loris, white-bellied hedgehog
20. green anaconda, tiger python
Aq1. glass catfish, ornate bichir
Aq2. long-snouted seahorse
Aq3. electric eel
1. striped skunk
2. springhare, Senegal bushbaby
3. three-striped night monkey, southern tamandua
4. aardvark, Kirk's dikdik
5. eastern quoll
6. reticulated python
7. binturong
8. fennec fox
9. Egyptian fruit bat
10. Hoffman's sloth, moholi galago
11. Egyptian fruit bat
12. Seba's short-tailed bat, Cuban hutia
13. Nancy Ma nigth monkey, southern three-banded armadillo
14. ocelot
15. northern raccoon
16. prehensile-tailed porcupine
17. common genet
18. Asian small-clawed otter
19. potto, pygymy slow loris, white-bellied hedgehog
20. green anaconda, tiger python
Aq1. glass catfish, ornate bichir
Aq2. long-snouted seahorse
Aq3. electric eel
I had a bit strange feeling, as it was very quiet in the zoo (week day, bad weather forecast that turned out to be quite okay). In many buildings there were just one of two other visitors that I saw.
I think most enclosures/buildings were above average but not that special. The building for venomous animals was nicely done with some interesting species, so I think that was the best part of Faunia for me.
The were two main reasons for me to visit Faunia: the grey brocket deer (that was fortunately still there, sharing its enclosure with quite a number of Chinese muntjac) and the nocturnal house. Enclosure wise the nocturnal house was one of the better ones, but collection wise Faunia can make more out of it. Just a thought: move the sloths and armadillos to enclosure n.3, create an oriental enclosure for mousedeer with cloud rat of loris in n.10 and an Australian enclosure for potoroo or woylie with cuscus, suger glider or brushtail possum in n.13.
Man, when I visited was full of screaming children, imagine my pain entering the nocturnal house and seeing I was mostly alone to feel a stampede of four kids with their mom get into it... The pain.
Glad to see the brocket deer is still kicking, I don't see much future for the species, sadly. I also fully agree with your nocturnal house revamp ideas, I'd be so excited if they did anything similar.
By the way, I checked ZTL and I saw that Kirk's dik-diks are in Former holders. Any idea of what happened?
Glad to see the brocket deer is still kicking, I don't see much future for the species, sadly. I also fully agree with your nocturnal house revamp ideas, I'd be so excited if they did anything similar.
By the way, I checked ZTL and I saw that Kirk's dik-diks are in Former holders. Any idea of what happened?
Randomname0183
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They seem to have last been there in 2019, probably a group of 1.2. ZTL also lists Sofia Zoo in Bulgaria and Riga zoo in Latvia as acquiring Kirk’s Dik-Dik in 2019, with Riga having 1.2 that same year, so those could be two possible locations where they went.
I was mostly surprised since they had offspring in March of last year.
Birth news:
A Kirk's dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii) has been born at Faunia!
A Kirk's dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii) has been born at Faunia!
Randomname0183
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That’s surprising! I thought Faunia sent away their Dik-Diks a while ago. I didn’t see them on my last trip where I assume they were kept in the nocturnal house.
They were moved out to be housed with the giant tortoises when their exhibit was inaugurated as discussed before.
New individuals:
Faunia received a female Southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) from Papiliorama! It now lives alongside a male of the same species and common marmosets in the Jungla pavilion.
Faunia received a female Southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) from Papiliorama! It now lives alongside a male of the same species and common marmosets in the Jungla pavilion.