If I Had My Own Zoo

I would be VERY interested to see anyone who'd want to, please post pictures or sketches of these zoos you have been describing.

I am no artist, but I still would love to own my own zoo as well someday and I have thoroughly enjoyed reading everyone's dream zoo collections and exhibits!

I very much want to be able to picture exactly what you all are picturing in your descriptions.

@Jurek7 and @fkalltheway, I particularly liked your extensive exhibit ideas and would VERY VERY VERY much love to see some kind of visual description of these zoos you are creating in your minds! I'd love to see anything and everything you could draw up or have already created but particularly some kind of bird's eye view/floor plan of these exhibits would be very useful!

I should also mention I work for a zoo myself and wish with all my heart I could turn us into these great dream zoos you all are describing so @Jurek7 and anyone else, if you want to contact me directly and discuss how we could work to turn your visions into reality, you are most welcome!!
 
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I have found this thread quite interesting, as it includes some obscure species, as well as some very popular ones. I decided to create a list to indicate which species were most mentioned by Zoochatters. I have used a certain amount of discretion, as some Zoochatters gave distinct species, while others were more vague. I accept there are some mistakes, as some Zoochatters repeated lists, while some lists seem to be copied from others, but below is my list of ZooChat's most popular zoo mammals:

Tiger 16

Western gorilla 15

Giraffe 14

Ring-tailed lemur, Lion, Clouded leopard, African hunting dog, Red panda, Malayan tapir, Okapi 13

Sumatran orang-utan, Mandrill, Meerkat, Bongo, Capybara 12

Lar gibbon, Black and white ruffed lemur, Cheetah, Leopard, Snow leopard, Dhole, Plains zebra, Pygmy hippo 11

Red ruffed lemur, Black rhino, Red-river hog, Visayan warty hog, Babirusa 10

Diana monkey, Ocelot, Lowland tapir, Przewalski’s horse, Asian elephant, Scimitar Horned Oryx, Red kangaroo, Koala, Rodrigues fruit bat 9

Siamang, Golden-headed lion tamarin, Golden lion tamarin, Aye-aye, Caracal, Serval, Maned wolf, Grey wolf, Striped hyena, Wolverine, Spectacled bear, Polar bear, Ring-tailed coati, Indian rhino, Common warthog, Blackbuck, American bison, Lowland anoa, Gemsbok, Southern pudu 8

Chimpanzee, Bonobo, Gelada, Lion-tailed macaque, Black and White Colobus, Cotton top tamarin, Jaguar, Arctic fox, Dingo, Bush dog, Giant otter, Oriental short-clawed otter, Sloth bear, Grevy’s zebra, Rock hyrax, Common hippo, Greater kudu, Congo forest buffalo, Musk ox, Blue Wildebeest, Addax, Moose, Caribou, Pere David’s deer, Bactrian camel, Mara, Prevost’s squirrel, Short-nosed Echidna 7

Bornean orang-utan, Golden-cheeked gibbon, De Brazza monkey, Sulawesi crested macaque, Javan langur, Buffy-headed capuchin, Grey Woolly monkey, Emperor tamarin, Coquerel’s sifaka, Black-footed cat, Pallas’s cat, Bat-eared fox, Spotted hyena, Kinkajou, Onager, Collared peccary, Sitatunga, Thomson's Gazelle, Dama Gazelle, Kirk’s dik-dik, Gaur, Arabian Oryx, Livingstone’s fruit bat, Black-tailed Prairie Marmot, Giant anteater 6

Drill, Pied tamarin, Silvery marmoset, Pygmy marmoset, Aloatran gentle lemur, Pygmy slow loris, Fishing cat, Temminck’s golden cat, Fennec fox, Red wolf, Californian sea lion, Giant panda, American black bear, Brown bear, White-nosed coati, Sumatran rhino, Mountain zebra, African wild ass, Aardvark, Nilgai, African buffalo, Sable antelope, Lechwe, Barbary sheep, Vicuna, Alpaca, Red-necked wallaby, Sugar glider, Tasmanian devil, Azara’s agouti, American beaver 5

I hope other Zoochatters find this interesting.
 
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