If you had a zoo, what 5 species would yo definitely have?

I can't choose between all my favorite felid species, so I'll make one list of the top 5 cats I'd want to get and one for the top 5 other species. Not all of these would be possible to get, but a girl can dream lol
Top 5 felids:
1. Lions! Ideally my zoo would have two exhibits, one in the Africa section of the park and one in the Asia section, representing Panthera leo melanochaita and Panthera leo leo (an immersive exhibit inspired by Gir National Park for Asiatic lions is my pipe dream), respectively.
2. Leopards. In the same vein as the lions, I'd have one exhibit in the Africa section with pure African leopards (which sadly no longer exist in American zoos), one in the Asia section with Amur leopards, and maybe even one for Arabian leopards.
3. Tigers- Malayan, Sumatran, Bengal (to my knowledge there aren't any pure Bengals in captivity left in America either), and Amur.
4. Oncillas
5. Scottish wildcats (I love small cats and they deserve more attention)

Top 5 other species:
1. Grey wolves (if there are any without domestic dog ancestry)
2. Kermode bears (the naturally occuring white color morph)
3. Komodo dragons
4. Secretary birds (in a free-flight aviary)
5. Giraffes

I'd also like to have an extensive small mammal collection to increase public awareness of them
 
5 is a rather limiting number but at this point in time I would pick
1. Pacific walrus
2. Indian sloth bear
3. Chinese pangolin
4. Yunnan snub nose monkey
5. Beluga whale

Honourable mention's: Spix macaw, Northern brown kiwi, Stellar sea lion, whale shark and boto.
 
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