Mixed species exhibit ideas

Here are a few I thought of:
1: Giant Anteater, Pudu (any pudu species)
2: Spider Monkey, Giant Anteater, Baird’s tapir, Capybara, Greater Rhea (big habitat)
3: Red River Hog, Okapi
4: Red River Hog, Colobus Monkey
5: Prairie Dog, Bison, Pronghorn
6. Kangaroo, Koala, Emu

Make sure to give me feedback on what you think could/couldn’t work!
 
Animallover360 said:
Here are a few I thought of:
1: Giant Anteater, Pudu (any pudu species)
2: Spider Monkey, Giant Anteater, Baird’s tapir, Capybara, Greater Rhea (big habitat)
3: Red River Hog, Okapi
4: Red River Hog, Colobus Monkey
5: Prairie Dog, Bison, Pronghorn
6. Kangaroo, Koala, Emu

Make sure to give me feedback on what you think could/couldn’t work!
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Yes these are all fine and most have been mixed, some of them not in the large groups your proposing but they still mix. The only problem is prairie dogs because you would need basically the entire exhibit to be escape-proof which would be very expensive to build on the scale of a bison exhibit. Also it would be difficult to view the Prairie dogs and they could get squished or the bison could get freaked out by the Prairie dogs.
 
Westcoastperson said:
Yes these are all fine and most have been mixed, some of them not in the large groups your proposing but they still mix. The only problem is prairie dogs because you would need basically the entire exhibit to be escape-proof which would be very expensive to build on the scale of a bison exhibit. Also it would be difficult to view the Prairie dogs and they could get squished or the bison could get freaked out by the Prairie dogs.
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You're sure that the koalas and emus won't cause any problems? I'm highly skeptical that this combination will work well.
 
Neil chace said:
You're sure that the koalas and emus won't cause any problems? I'm highly skeptical that this combination will work well.
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Well, the Koalas could be in the trees, and the emu can be on ground. To enter the house, the koalas can climb a branch into a small door so the emus don’t have to encounter them too much.
 
Neil chace said:
You're sure that the koalas and emus won't cause any problems? I'm highly skeptical that this combination will work well.
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Well koala and kangaroo exhibits work fairly well so I would assume emus would be fine. I don’t know what preventive measures are in place for kangaroo and koala mixes are in places but they could be used for the emus as well. The only real problem is stampeding emus but the same could be said for kangaroos so it should be fine but I could be wrong.
 
Animallover360 said:
Here are a few I thought of:
1: Giant Anteater, Pudu (any pudu species)
2: Spider Monkey, Giant Anteater, Baird’s tapir, Capybara, Greater Rhea (big habitat)
3: Red River Hog, Okapi
4: Red River Hog, Colobus Monkey
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These should all be fine, I believe they've been done before

Animallover360 said:
5: Prairie Dog, Bison, Pronghorn
6. Kangaroo, Koala, Emu
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These two, however...

The prairie dogs would dig holes that the bisons and pronghorns can trip in. I also think it would be stressful for the prairie dogs

Koalas have been kept together with smaller kangaroo species before. But I think Larger kangaroos (Like red or grey) and emus would be a bit more dangerous. Roo's less so than emus
 
Mr Gharial said:
Say, would it also be possible to add dusky leaf monkey in with these?

And how about a mix of:

Finlayson's squirrel
Greater Indo-Malayan chevrotain
Asian forest tortoise

As well as:
Lyle’s fruit bat
Sunda slow loris
Greater indo-Malayan chevrotain

And:

Sunda pangolin
Northern treeshrew
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A bigger Oldworld Monkey with birds is not the best idea. Only in a unrealistic big exhibit.

The chevrotain with the tortoise aswell could only work in a larger exhibit, which can be problematic for such smal animals. In a big Burgers bush style arera, no problem. But not a avrage exhibit.
 
A few separate mixes:

Aardvark, Senegal galago, Springhare


Potto, Brush-tailed porcupine, Forest giant pouched rat


Lowland paca, Bolivian night monkey


Unstriped tamandua, Southern three-banded armadillo, Central American Agouti


Nine-banded armadillo, Two-toed sloth, Azara’s agouti, Kinkajou
 
Mr Gharial said:
A few separate mixes:

Aardvark, Senegal galago, Springhare


Potto, Brush-tailed porcupine, Forest giant pouched rat


Lowland paca, Bolivian night monkey


Unstriped tamandua, Southern three-banded armadillo, Central American Agouti


Nine-banded armadillo, Two-toed sloth, Azara’s agouti, Kinkajou
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The forest giant pouched rat would probelly kill and eat the potto, the aqouti will stress out the armadillo.
 
bio1022 said:
- Linnaue's Two-Toed Sloth, 9-Banded Armadillo, Scarlet Ibis, Toco Toucan and Andean Cock-Of-The-Rock
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Toucans predate on other birds nest in the wild, I do not think they're recommended in mixed-species aviary, especially with valuable birds such cock of the rock which should be kept in breeding conditions.
 
Therabu said:
Toucans predate on other birds nest in the wild, I do not think they're recommended in mixed-species aviary, especially with valuable birds such cock of the rock which should be kept in breeding conditions.
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So then a separation aviary as well, either to separate the toucans or to separate the rockcocks
 
How about a mix of Goodfellow's tree kangaroo, Dusky pademelon and New Guinea ground cuscus?

As well as Common spotted cuscus and Short-beaked echidna
 
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