Geographically Incorrect Exhibits

[HungarianBison]

In the 1970's Brookfield Zoo kept together a Capybara and a Pygmy hippo.
In the 2000's Veszprém Zoo kept their Impalas with Red ruffed lemurs.
In the 1910's Budapest Zoo kept together their Lowland tapirs with a Malayan tapir.
In the 1970's Budapest Zoo kept together a Southern hairy-nosed wombat with a baboon.

 

[Sausagefingers]

Yes, I remember you mentioning that mix at Shaldon before on the thread.

I guess it was due to lack of space, right?

I know that this decision was probably made due to lack of space / constraints of space but I dont really aesthetically or educationally like the idea of mixing these with potoroos.

I'd much rather see the monkeys mixed with agoutis or a neotropical bird or tortoise species and the potoroo with birds native to Australia (there was a good one at Drusillas park many years ago which had potoroo with either lorikeets or cockatoos if I remember correctly).

That said, golden and golden headed lion tamarins and the white faced saki tend to be very easy going in terms of their temperaments and compatibility with other mammals or birds in mixed species exhibits.

Yea this was due to space and the pottoroo were a popular animal so not wanting to loose them. It's worked fine to be honest. Just an odd mix. But when space is limited I'm all for sensible mixs if breeding is happening.
Azars agouti are/were held with geographically correct animals. Emperor tamarin I believe.

 

[CrashMegaraptor]

Cotswold Wildlife Park's tropical house. I like it in a way because it's almost like it's showing tropical animals from all over the world rather than just one set area....but clearly it's obviously geographically incorrect. I don't remember all the animals that it had, but when I went a couple of years ago, I remember seeing....

• A Madagascan Fody perched not too far away from a Nicobar Pigeon
• A Rodriguez Flying Fox hanging next to a Linneaus' Two-Toed Sloth
• A Crested Wood Partridge, Green-Naped Pheasant-Pigeon and Long-Nosed Potoroo eating together.

And these are all in the same exhibit, mind. The second one did look pretty cool, though.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Yea this was due to space and the pottoroo were a popular animal so not wanting to loose them. It's worked fine to be honest. Just an odd mix. But when space is limited I'm all for sensible mixs if breeding is happening.
Azars agouti are/were held with geographically correct animals. Emperor tamarin I believe.

Yes, I mean Shaldon is for obvious reasons very tight on space and so I can understand why this mix was done for practical reasons.

Of course, it is good that it worked out which isn't suprising at all as the species in question have very mellow temperaments.

But for me personally in educational and aesthetic terms it is one of those mixes which on a gut level I just do not like to see at all.

 

[Sausagefingers]

Yes, I mean Shaldon is for obvious reasons very tight on space and so I can understand why this mix was done for practical reasons.

Of course, it is good that it worked out which isn't suprising at all as the species in question have very mellow temperaments.

But for me personally in educational and aesthetic terms it is one of those mixes which on a gut level I just do not like to see at all.

Of course its best to keep all geographically correct maybe this is hey thr pottoroo left the collection.

Newquay have always been good that this.

 

[The Cassowary]

I know Memphis Zoo has kept the strange mix of wombat, six-banded armadillo, and greater bushbaby in an enclosure in their nocturnal house. I’m not sure if they still do as I haven’t been to the zoo in quite a while due to the pandemic.

 

[Sausagefingers]

Actually I remember giant jumping rat, slow loris and busy baby at shaldon also. That was also odd

 

[CrashMegaraptor]

I know Memphis Zoo has kept the strange mix of wombat, six-banded armadillo, and greater bushbaby in an enclosure in their nocturnal house. I’m not sure if they still do as I haven’t been to the zoo in quite a while due to the pandemic.

I mean, I know that's extremely geographically inaccurate, but that sounds absolutely adorable.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Of course its best to keep all geographically correct maybe this is hey thr pottoroo left the collection.

Newquay have always been good that this.

Sorry, didn't understand, that was why the potoroo left ?

Yes, an example from Newquay I can think of that I saw in the gallery (which I thought was very impressive from an educational and aesthetic point of view) was the narrow striped mongoose and crowned lemur mixed species exhibit.

I don't know if this mix was actually so good for the animals though.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Actually I remember giant jumping rat, slow loris and busy baby at shaldon also. That was also odd

Again, I have to be honest but I really do hate that mix.

Particularly given the fact that Shaldon have both other Malagasy species that could have been equally well suited to being mixed with the giant jumping rat and mouse deer that could be mixed with the loris (which I believe they did at one point, right?).

 

[Sausagefingers]

Sorry, didn't understand, that was why the potoroo left ?

Yes, an example I can think of that I saw in the gallery which I thought was very impressive from an educational and aesthetic point of view was the narrow striped mongoose and crowned lemur mixed species exhibit. I don't know if this mix was so good for the animals though.

Just a guess as to why pottoroo left the collection, would seem logical as this was after a new director took over the collection.

Newquay does/did mix crowded lemur and narrow striped mongoose and the lemur had off spring, not sure about thr mongoose. They also mixed owstons palm civit, pygmy slow loris and prevost squrill at one point I think.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Just a guess as to why pottoroo left the collection, would seem logical as this was after a new director took over the collection.

Newquay does/did mix crowded lemur and narrow striped mongoose and the lemur had off spring, not sure about thr mongoose. They also mixed owstons palm civit, pygmy slow loris and prevost squrill at one point I think.

But I remember you saying before on the forum that the reason that the potoroo left was somehow related to its replacement with the woylie.

I think both of these examples at Newquay are quite interesting and sound great.

 

[Sausagefingers]

Again, I have to be honest but I really do hate that mix.

Particularly given the fact that Shaldon have both other Malagasy species that could have been equally well suited to being mixed with the giant jumping rat and mouse deer that could be mixed with the loris (which I believe they did at one point, right?).

I think originally the nose deer were mixed with pygmy marmosets, another odd mix. The giant jumping rat were mixed when they had no other small madasasgan spices. I believe shaldon was the 1st collection in Europe to receive giant jumping rat from Jersey after they started breeding them.

 

[Sausagefingers]

But I remember you saying before on the forum that the reason that the potoroo left was somehow related to its replacement with the woylie.

I think both of these examples at Newquay are quite interesting and sound great.

Yea the woylie arrived around the same time but went into there own exhibit. Its just a guess in relation to the pottoroo.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

I think originally the nose deer were mixed with pygmy marmosets, another odd mix. The giant jumping rat were mixed when they had no other small madasasgan spices. I believe shaldon was the 1st collection in Europe to receive giant jumping rat from Jersey after they started breeding them.

That is interesting regarding Shaldon being the first zoo to have received the giant jumping rat from Jersey and it is a suprise to me as I would have expected either Bristol or London to have been.

 

[Sausagefingers]

That is interesting regarding Shaldon being the first zoo to have received the giant jumping rat from Jersey and it is a suprise to me as I would have expected either Bristol or London to have been.

Yea they had a great relationship with Jersey, they were fairly quick to join the pied tamarin breeding program too. And the gentle lemurs they received were genetically highly valuable.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Yea they had a great relationship with Jersey, they were fairly quick to join the pied tamarin breeding program too. And the gentle lemurs they received were genetically highly valuable.

It certainly sounds it, and I would hope that they still have a great working relationship with Jersey.

Honestly, both of these zoos have done wonders for our project in Brazil and I admire the ethos of both of them.

 

[Westcoastperson]

I'm so shocked I forgot about the Mediterranean Donkey, Red Kangaroo, and Grants Zebra at one of my favorite zoos. Anybody wanna guess where?

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

I'm so shocked I forgot about the Mediterranean Donkey, Red Kangaroo, and Grants Zebra at one of my favorite zoos. Anybody wanna guess where?

At least in terms of the first two, it isn't that geographically incorrect as feral donkeys are an invasive species in Australia.

 

[Westcoastperson]

At least in terms of the first two, it isn't that geographically incorrect as feral donkeys are an invasive species in Australia.

Well I should have been a bit more specific as these are miniature Mediterranean donkeys which are a breed from the US. The donkeys you are talking about are Australian Donkeys. So this mix is North American, African, and Australian.