Gomphothere's Zoo Design Thread

Bengal Tiger said:
Apologies if I am making a pest of myself, but is was wondering about a couple of things. Firstly, what sections of the zoo would have animals from the Sierra Nevada, Great Plains, and Norwegian Fjords? Also, where will species such as desert crocodiles, Morelet’s crocodiles, Kamchatka bears, East Siberian brown bears, Lake Titicaca frogs, Lake Titicaca grebes, Andean flickers, and Andean condors be exhibited? Also, wheee would cave-dwelling and subterranean species be housed?
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Wow, that's a lot of questions.
If you go back and look at the master (attached), the Sierra Nevadas would probably be in #107. Great Plains would definitely be in #106. As for the Norwegian Fjords, the tundra animals are already in the Palearctic Tundra, and the others would be in the Eurasian Taiga/Boreal Forests (#203), which would also include the East Siberian and Kamchatka Brown Bears (the marine animals would be in the North Atlantic Aquarium, #52.). I haven't worked out all the details of South America, yet (you'll notice there are no forest areas listed on the master), but there would probably be a section covering the central and northern Andes above the tree line (#308 on the master) which would include Lake Titicaca and Andean Flickers. As noted in the posts above, the Andean Condors are already covered, but I might include them again since I sometimes provide for multiple breeding pairs/groups for species with conservation concerns. Cave-dwelling and subterranean species are housed along with other small mammals or reptiles, as the case may be. You can see bats and many fossorial or semi-fossorial rodents in Temperate South America (bats in the Austral Forests, and the rodents, especially the Tuco-tucos, in the Highlands and Lowlands), and there are other bats in the Alaska Coast & Island exhibits, although most of those bats in these two sections are tree or crevice dwellers as opposed to residents of large caves. When I get to a section with a great number of fossorial or cave-dwelling species, I am thinking of having a set of exhibits you approach by going down a ramp/stairs/elevators to a lower level, where you will find only such species, sort of the terrestrial mammalian equivalent of the "dive level" I have for some of the diving birds. Am not sure what I'd do with Desert Crocodiles, since they are found in both savannah/semi-arid habitats and tropical rainforest, maybe display them in both to make that point. Morelet's Crocs might be in the Caribbean, #309 on the master, or there would more likely be a section for the Central American habitats.
 

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Cool, thanks, also just curious about the Madagascar project, will Round Island and Île aux serpents be included, along with this respective endemic? Also will the two subspecies of mascarene swifts be exhibited? One last thing, will you include extirpated species such as blue-breasted quails and jungle bush-quails be featured? Also, do you plan on including islands such as the Channel Islands and Zanzibar? And one last thing, will Northern pudus, greater grisons, tayras, more flamingo species, and vicugñas be featured? Once again, apologies if I am being a bother.
 
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And one last thing that slipped my mind, will you do vangas, Madagascan pygmy kingfishers, falanoucs, indris, fanalokas, bamboo lemurs, silky sifakas, and Milne-Edwards sifakas?
 
Hello? @Gomphothere? I asked these questions previously, but got no response, so I am reposting just invade you did not see. Are you including Round Usland and Îsle aux Serpents along with extirpated Mauritius fauna? One more thing, will northern pudus, pampas deer, vicugñas, the remaining Lycopalex species, and Andean and James’ flamingos be featured? These are the last couple of things I was curious about. If I have made a bother of myself, I sincerely do apologize. Thanks for taking your time answering all my questions.

- BT
 
Bengal Tiger said:
Hello? @Gomphothere? I asked these questions previously, but got no response, so I am reposting just invade you did not see. Are you including Round Usland and Îsle aux Serpents along with extirpated Mauritius fauna? One more thing, will northern pudus, pampas deer, vicugñas, the remaining Lycopalex species, and Andean and James’ flamingos be featured? These are the last couple of things I was curious about. If I have made a bother of myself, I sincerely do apologize. Thanks for taking your time answering all my questions.

- BT
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I can’t edit the post, but I forgot about mountain tapirs and mountain pacas.
 
To your question about Round Island and Serpent Island, yes, although I don't know of any species that was native only to the latter but is now extinct. As for the Neotropic species you list (I think you mean Lycalopex), they will all be included somewhere, although I haven't yet figured out the rest of the Neotropic.
 
Gomphothere said:
To your question about Round Island and Serpent Island, yes, although I don't know of any species that was native only to the latter but is now extinct. As for the Neotropic species you list (I think you mean Lycalopex), they will all be included somewhere, although I haven't yet figured out the rest of the Neotropic.
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Thanks, by the way, I though you might fin this interesting, this area will be the first to have a freshwater turtle in it: the Madagascar big-headed turtle. Also, I just found out about the flat-railed tortoise, a species native to Madagascar that I have never heard of. Yes, I if I mean Lycalopex. Also, this link might be useful for Îsle aux Serpents: Islets of Mauritius - Wikipedia
 
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Also, will Lake Junin be included with Lake Titicaca wherever you put it? I just found out about and I think it is a very cool place.
 
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