Mixed species exhibit ideas

Bengal Tiger said:
Potentially a primate species. I am not sure though, so confirmation from someone else would be greatly appreciated.
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I think to Mangabeys or Cercopithecus species, they are calm and they can easily climb if disturbed.
A passage towards an area where they will be the only ones to go could be useful.
I can also imagine some bird species (touracos, glossy starlings...) and even antelopes as Sitatunga or Blue Duiker if the enclosure is large enough and provides rest spaces for them.
 
KevinB said:
What other African species could potentially be housed with African forest buffaloes and Red river hogs in a large exhibit, say in a wildlife or safari park type facility?
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I believe San Diego mixed their Allen’s Swamp Monkey & Spot-Nosed Guenons with their RRH & a Red Forest Buffalo (although the primates May have been restricted to the lower portion of the exhibit). I'm pretty sure that mix would work.
 
Haliaeetus said:
Elephants + Warthogs = OK
With Antelopes = OK but only with a very large space
With Vervet Monkeys : I'm skeptical because of the needs of the primates, they would be too disturbed in a small enclosure and impossible to manage in a large, open park.
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I was thinking something similar to the Baboon and Elephant mix in Beekse Bergen
 
KevinB said:
What other African species could potentially be housed with African forest buffaloes and Red river hogs in a large exhibit, say in a wildlife or safari park type facility?
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Congo buffaloes have been kept with drills and Hamadryas baboons

Red river hogs aren't listed as been kept with primates, but I assume it will be fine.

Congo buffalo aren't kept with any gazelle that I know of, but African water buffaloes are, so I think you could maybe add a smaller group or pair of antelope (Perhaps bongo or sitatunga)
 
Mr Gharial said:
Congo buffaloes have been kept with drills and Hamadryas baboons

Red river hogs aren't listed as been kept with primates, but I assume it will be fine.

Congo buffalo aren't kept with any gazelle that I know of, but African water buffaloes are, so I think you could maybe add a smaller group or pair of antelope (Perhaps bongo or sitatunga)
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Could you keep Sitatungas and hogs together, or would that be too risky? All I could find about that combination in the one document I looked at is that it wasn't without problems. But I guess it could also depend on the size of the space?
 
KevinB said:
Could you keep Sitatungas and hogs together, or would that be too risky? All I could find about that combination in the one document I looked at is that it wasn't without problems. But I guess it could also depend on the size of the space?
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Red River hogs have been kept with antelope (nyala in beauval)
 
KevinB said:
What other African species could potentially be housed with African forest buffaloes and Red river hogs in a large exhibit, say in a wildlife or safari park type facility?
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Not sure about the forest buffaloes, but Red river hogs have been mixed succesfully with Bongo and various Duikers which are West African residents, as well as many other ungulates.
 
KevinB said:
What other African species could potentially be housed with African forest buffaloes and Red river hogs in a large exhibit, say in a wildlife or safari park type facility?
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Osnabrück has forest buffalos (female-only though) together with drills and diana monkeys, seems to work fine so far. For the red river hogs, I know that Duisburg keeps them with ankole cattle, so I think larger ungulates might work, don't know about monkeys, but other people have already written something on that.
 
Neil chace said:
How about Queensland Koala, Tammar Wallaby, Brush-tailed Bettong, Spotted Whistling Duck, and Australian Wood Duck?
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Ok, it could be fine. You have only to have a mix of different habitats in the enclosure (trees, bushes, open areas and pond/wetland).
 
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