Male steamer ducks are known for aggression, even towards humans, so best not to mix them with any other species.
I have seen females mix seemingly well with other birds though, but raptors seems a very risky idea.
Mixed species exhibit ideas
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Male steamer ducks are known for aggression, even towards humans, so best not to mix them with any other species.
I have seen females mix seemingly well with other birds though, but raptors seems a very risky idea.
I’ve seen unpaired females of other aggressive waterfowl species get very nasty with enclosure cohabitants, so not sure I’d trust even unmated female Steamers
Could a mix of either Dwarf mongoose and black-and-rufous elephant shrew or Dwarf mongoose and Rusty-spotted genet work?
Haliaeetus
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I would avoid cohabitations with mongooses and other small mammals, they should be invading for other species.
Bengal Tiger
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I agree, though yellow mongooses have been put with meerkats and banded mongooses with porcupines and warthogs.
Haliaeetus
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Okay, no problem (except maybe the risks of hybridization between the 2 species of Flamingos).
Ztlabraptor211
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I have 3 pairs I’m wondering about the coexistence of. Could beavers and moose work in a large enclosure ? And if they would, would a glass viewing area of a shared pond be possible/logical?
Could Dwarf Caiman and South American Tapirs coexist, or is the latter too territorial ?
And the one I’m most iffy about, in a large enough enclosure with some private areas to escape, could Indian rhinos and gharial be housed together ?
Could Dwarf Caiman and South American Tapirs coexist, or is the latter too territorial ?
And the one I’m most iffy about, in a large enough enclosure with some private areas to escape, could Indian rhinos and gharial be housed together ?
I can swear I've seen some place mix tapirs and caimans somewhere in South America. Don't know which zoo though. Anybody have an answer?
Bengal Tiger
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Last one I would not recommend.
I think it should be fine, though I suggest making some lower areas in the enclosure for the beavers to get their own water spaces, if that makes sense. Having small shores next to cliffs where the mooses can't get to, but the beavers can safely get in and out of the water.
I think the tapirs would indeed get aggressive towards the caiman, especially dwarf caimans.
Definitely not! Rhino's are already aggressive on their own, but I think they'll be especially aggressive toward crocodilians. Another problem is that gharials can get huge. And making private areas for them would be difficult since both Gharial and Indian rhinos are fat, bad climbers, and they both like water. So making a pole barrier wouldn't work, a height barrier wouldn't work, and a water barrier wouldn't work.
Gharials aren't aggressive, so if you want a mixed exhibit with them, you could do it with smaller ungulates. Like blackbuck or nilgai, though I think a gharial/muntjac would have the biggest chance of success.
Ztlabraptor211
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Another question: which of these animals (if any) could coexist in an African forest themed exhibit? Looking for any combination of 2 or 3 species that could mix without issue;
Lowland Gorilla
Okapi
Pygmy Hippo
Mandrill
Bonobo
Bongo
Lowland Nyala
Lowland Gorilla
Okapi
Pygmy Hippo
Mandrill
Bonobo
Bongo
Lowland Nyala
I don’t mean to be out of topic here or anything, but judging from the species that you’ve selected. I am guessing that this is supposed to be a mix for Planet Zoo?
Mr.Ivory
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Pygmy hippo can be housed with Mandrill, the rest of the species will have to have their own separate enclosures
Bongo and Nyala could be housed together and Okapi and Nyala could also be housed together.
Mr.Ivory
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Bongo and Nyala and hybridize with one another, but Okapi and Nyala could work
I would stray away from keeping Okapi with (at the very least) male Nyala. There was an altercation between a male Nyala and a male Okapi at the Blank Park Zoo that ended with the Okapi passing away.
Ztlabraptor211
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It is, I'm aiming for a more realistic park.
And to the rest of you thanks for the advice, especially in regards to the okapi. I read somewhere on the forum that gorillas have been housed with situanga in Europe. Would there be any complications subbing them out for nyala or would they more or less have the same effects in a mixed situation?
According to the AZA Ungulate Mixed-Species Manual Disney's Animal Kingdom kept/keeps okapi and nyala and bongo and nyala together. I'm guessing only female herds are/were kept together to avoid hybridization and issues with males as mentioned by @Dhole dude.
Mandrills could be mixed with pygmy hippo, Mandrills could be mixed with Nyala
Nyala could be mixed with Gorilla, Bongo could be mixed with gorilla
Bonobo (And chimps in general) should never be mixed
Okapi are rather stress-prone and should only be mixed with smaller animals such as duikers or birds
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