Salt Merchant
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Taman Safari Prigen have dusky pademelons, Malayan porcupines, large flying foxes, and reticulated pythons in an Australia themed exhibit.
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Geographically Incorrect Exhibits
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The entirety of Safari North Wildlife Park.
Minnesota Zoo has Cape Porcupine in the Asia section of the Tropics Trail.
Minnesota Zoo has Cape Porcupine in the Asia section of the Tropics Trail.
splendens
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In the Monterey bay aquarium there is a great whale fall exhibit with Australian ghost sharks(from south australia), fragile pink urchins, spiny red stars, long spine and short spine thornyheads, sablefish (north america)
japanese armorhead and japanese spider crab (asia japan)
japanese armorhead and japanese spider crab (asia japan)
Randomname0183
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A couple of examples I am aware of:
Sri Lankan leopards in an African forest section, Bioparc Valencia,
Amur Leopard at Africa Rocks, San Diego’s Zoo
Humboldt and King penguins together, Jurong Bird Park
king and Gentoo penguins with Emperor, adelie, chinstrap and Macaroni penguins, Seaworld San Diego,
the pinniped exhibit at Dailan ocean park
The aforementioned Blackbucks with African hoof stock at Hamilton zoo
Grey crowned crane in Madagascar exhibit, Faunia Madrid
Walruses and South American Fur seals at Hagenbeck Tierpark (this was in the times of Antje the Walrus)
Southern Elephant seal and California Sea Lion at Stuttgart Zoo (also an old mix)
Harbour Seal and Beluga at Georgia Aquarium
Sri Lankan leopards in an African forest section, Bioparc Valencia,
Amur Leopard at Africa Rocks, San Diego’s Zoo
Humboldt and King penguins together, Jurong Bird Park
king and Gentoo penguins with Emperor, adelie, chinstrap and Macaroni penguins, Seaworld San Diego,
the pinniped exhibit at Dailan ocean park
The aforementioned Blackbucks with African hoof stock at Hamilton zoo
Grey crowned crane in Madagascar exhibit, Faunia Madrid
Walruses and South American Fur seals at Hagenbeck Tierpark (this was in the times of Antje the Walrus)
Southern Elephant seal and California Sea Lion at Stuttgart Zoo (also an old mix)
Harbour Seal and Beluga at Georgia Aquarium
Possibly because Africans are in low supply?
Those are probably substitutes for Africans, but the original comment is also still valid and correct.
Montgomery Zoo (Alabama) has red river hogs, pygmy hippo, binturong, and budgerigar in the....Australia section. At least the budgies are Australian.
Randomname0183
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Exactly, however they can be found (Zoo services had one up on sale recently iirc)
That zoo is accredited by the ZAA...
I've seen plenty of these over the years. Personally, I don't have an issue with these if it's obvious or if there is reason to believe that the zoo couldn't work out getting a specific animal in a specific enclosure (after all, the well-being of the animals and the zoo's conservation work are more important than achieving 100% thematic continuity). Like seeing Amur Leopards instead of African leopards or the zoo losing a species and bringing a different one in.
Jacksonville Zoo has Siamangs in their Africa loop.
Omaha, back in 2017, had Sulawesi Macaques in their Gorilla building (and now have Red Pandas in there, apparently).
ZooTampa had a whole mess of non-native animals in their Manatee building (in the Florida section), some of which I don't think are invasive (correct me if I'm wrong). Plus their Manatees are mixed with Arrau turtle, Yellow-spotted Turtle, and Fly River Turtles. They also have Yellow-billed Storks in their Sulawesi Aviary.
NC Zoo recently entered this club when they introduced Mouse Lemurs to their Desert nocturnal gallery (granted, the Desert building no longer represents a single continent, and it's the only place where nocturnal animals can be displayed). They also previously had an amphibian display in their Cypress Swamp exhibit that held exotic amphibians until it was replaced with an exhibit on the Sandhills.
Jacksonville Zoo has Siamangs in their Africa loop.
Omaha, back in 2017, had Sulawesi Macaques in their Gorilla building (and now have Red Pandas in there, apparently).
ZooTampa had a whole mess of non-native animals in their Manatee building (in the Florida section), some of which I don't think are invasive (correct me if I'm wrong). Plus their Manatees are mixed with Arrau turtle, Yellow-spotted Turtle, and Fly River Turtles. They also have Yellow-billed Storks in their Sulawesi Aviary.
NC Zoo recently entered this club when they introduced Mouse Lemurs to their Desert nocturnal gallery (granted, the Desert building no longer represents a single continent, and it's the only place where nocturnal animals can be displayed). They also previously had an amphibian display in their Cypress Swamp exhibit that held exotic amphibians until it was replaced with an exhibit on the Sandhills.
Yes, but they are trying for AZA. They did not make it last year (late 2021), but it is believed it is primarily financial and not care related. Honestly, just rename the "area" into something else, no reason to keep the pretense of Australia.That zoo is accredited by the ZAA...
Yeah. Cuban Iguana, the exotic turtles, etc. They manatee tanks actually had native turtles at one time, at some point they swapped them out. Most of the other animals in that building are native, or invasive to the state at this point, albeit they are outdated exhibits for the most part.
IIRC the yellow-billed Storks were originally in the waterfowl aviary in the Africa section, but they had to tear it down.
Except this isn't actually incorrect. A lot of Lemur species live in desert or desert-like climates (arid scrubland, spiny forest, etc.). I'd actually argue the more incorrect ones are the plethora of Zoos keeping ring-tailed lemurs in Tropical Rainforest exhibits.
Valid point, the building was just Sonoran desert at one time when it was built but has since expanded to just be "desert" now. I think that is what @Astrotom3000 meant.
In all honesty, I am actually glad they had the exotic turtles they did because I got to see both Arrau and Fly River Turtles instead of native species that I've seen elsewhere. More turtle species observations for me!
Also your statement about the storks is correct; older maps of ZooTampa listed the storks as part of the African aviary.
To be fair, @Neil chace was correct; I was posting on the assumption that Grey's Mouse Lemurs were primarily forest-dwelling species. I completely forgot that they can also inhabit drier biomes. That was my mistake.
That the Desert now represents one biome across multiple continents is not an issue with me, hence why I did not bring that up.
That would mean that, yes, mixing Ring-tailed Lemurs with Red Ruffed Lemurs is more geographically out-of-place. Both NC Zoo as well as Greensboro do this.
Harbor Seal and beluga ranges overlap in multiple areas.
Not necessarily due to that, the Amur Leopard is being given priority within the AZA and also the EAZA I believe. Yes it’s weird to see them filing the role of African Leopards but it makes sense from their point of view. I too would like to see an African Leopard one day!
I don't get the point of this honestly. The zoo has a fine African area they can put the RRH and hippos in, and Australian animals like emus and wallabies are incredibly cheap and easy for a zoo to purchase. Binturong is a stretch, but I guess it kind of makes sense, if you go for an Australasia kind of theme.
They do have a Pygmy Hippo enclosure in the African precinct. The one in the 'Australian' area is a secondary enclosure. There's also a third Pygmy Hippo enclosure in their 'South American' precinct too.
To be fair, that tank is not claiming to represent a particular location.
splendens
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True.