Onychorhynchus coronatus
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There isn't a problem if the enclosure is large enough but agoutis snouts can end up looking like pin cushions every morning if not.
Mixed species exhibit ideas
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There isn't a problem if the enclosure is large enough but agoutis snouts can end up looking like pin cushions every morning if not.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Really ?
What are you basing that on ?
Interspecific agonistic behaviour perhaps but I doubt a pouched rat would kill a potto.
How about a mix of European bison, European red deer, Fallow deer and Mouflon?
Would have to be a very large enclosure, otherwise the Bison and Mouflon would start... Well... Bumping heads.
I asked this because Győr Zoo had this mix around 20 years ago in a 1,5 acre-sized exhibit, and based on some information it worked well. Based on this and on your opinion it can be said that the success of this mix depends on temperature of individual bisons and mouflons, besides the enclosure size.
Individuals also have a big impact on mixed enclosures, yes
Would these mixes work?
1. Red river hog and Golden-bellied mangabey
2. Golden takin, Red panda and Reeves' muntjac
3. Nile hippo, Situtunga, Shepherd heron, Sacred ibis and Crowned crane in an exhibit like Beauval's hippo aviary
4. Greater hokko, Black spider monkey and Prehensile porcupine
1. Red river hog and Golden-bellied mangabey
2. Golden takin, Red panda and Reeves' muntjac
3. Nile hippo, Situtunga, Shepherd heron, Sacred ibis and Crowned crane in an exhibit like Beauval's hippo aviary
4. Greater hokko, Black spider monkey and Prehensile porcupine
Red panda and reeve's muntjac works in a lot of zoos, as well as muntjacs and larger hoofstock (Like in Burgers'), not sure about red panda and takin though, but I'm sure it's fine.
Nile hippo and sitatunga has worked before too. Hippo, sitatunga and marabou were mixed in Beekse Bergen, so a Beauval-like enclosure should work perfectly
How about a mix of Common wombat, Red-necked wallaby and Feathertail glider in a medium-sized nocturnal exhibit
Uhhh... Wallabies need a lot of space, and I have never heard about exhibiting them in a nocturnal house. Maybe wombats could dig out the climbing trees of feathertail gliders. Risky, but perhaps would work.
Green iguana and Red-footed tortoise is the classic mix of course, maybe you could add in a tegu species or a larger turtle species. Maybe, if the iguanas are big enough and not breeding, you could also add in Smooth-fronted caimans
why do you want to put larger animals allways in way to smal exhibits. We don'T live in 1893 anymore
You're going into new territory with this one, bovids have never mixed with tapirs before (that I know of).
Tapirs have been in mixes with capybaras, anteaters, muntjacs and even bears in some occasions. However, never with similar-sized ungulates
Yes they are. San Diego Zoo Safari Park used to mix them.
Diegooo
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Hello, could these enclosures work?
1- Nile lechwe, forest buffalo and red river hog 2- Gaur, camel, blackbull, onager, nilgai, axis and indian rhinoceros in a big asian prairie
3- Red river hog, gorilla and monkeys with an area inaccessible to the river hog
4- Babirusa + water buffalo
5- Aardwolf, ardvark and warthog
6- African elephant, impala, gembosk, eland, lechwe and african buffalo
1- Nile lechwe, forest buffalo and red river hog 2- Gaur, camel, blackbull, onager, nilgai, axis and indian rhinoceros in a big asian prairie
3- Red river hog, gorilla and monkeys with an area inaccessible to the river hog
4- Babirusa + water buffalo
5- Aardwolf, ardvark and warthog
6- African elephant, impala, gembosk, eland, lechwe and african buffalo
These two will definitely work!
Not sure about these ones, I think it might work, but they both will also need a separate area inaccessible for the larger animals
Don't think so, as the warthogs will probably be aggressive to the aardwolves, and the aardvarks will dig burrows that the warthogs will destroy
This has been attempted before and did work, the only animal that has never actually been in this mix is camel but they have been mixed with Northern White Rhinos so it should be fine.
So when mixing with elephants the more animals you put in means you need to make a much larger space. You would probably need a large field to do this, with separation exhibits too. The only animal I could see being a major problem is the Buffalo those will get too agressieve with the elephants.
