Lycaon
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It's a South American aviary.
Mixed species exhibit ideas
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Ok what region of South America?
Lycaon
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The tropical parts of South America
You do realise that there is an absolutely immense variety of species in the 'tropical areas of South America', right? This thread is more for people asking about potential mixed species exhibits they thought of than asking for someone to give you a completely subjective list of five or six of the hundreds of thousands of species to choose from...
Try instead giving a few species you'd like to include and maybe it would be easier to help you.
Red-footed Tortoises can be mixed with a lot of things. I've seen them mixed with other tortoise species, rheas, sloths, tapirs, agoutis, Alpacas, King Vultures, and various species of tropical birds.
Golden Lion Tamarins I have seen mixed with three-banded armadillos, agoutis, Bolivian Grey Titis, Cotton-top Tamarins, Goeldi's Monkeys, capuchins, spider monkeys, and a few species of tropical birds (although I wouldn't mix them any breeding groups of birds).
I've seen Green Iguanas mixed with various reptiles including tortoises, box turtles, Red-eared Sliders, and Chinese Water Dragons. They would probably mix well with some bird species as well although I don't recall ever seeing those.
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No. They will anything they are mixed with.
Lycaon
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Makes sense, considering how dangerous they are.
These are mixed with the following at London Zoo:
Rodriguez flying fox
Southern tamandua
Linnaeus's two-toed sloth
Golden-headed lion tamarin
Coppery titi
Goeldi's marmoset
Northern helmeted curassow
Large hairy armadillo
Well your going to want to avoid all birds of prey like harpy eagles. When it comes to birds there isn’t really much else I can think of off the top of my head.
Haliaeetus
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I think it's possible.
Would it be possible to house hyrax (either rock hyrax or tree hyrax) and klipspringer with medium and small savanna/shrubland type birds in an aviary?
And would it be possible for said aviary to be a walk-through, or would that be too risky for the hyrax and klipspringer? I also wonder whether hyrax and klipspringer could potentially damage vegetation a bit too much?
And would it be possible for said aviary to be a walk-through, or would that be too risky for the hyrax and klipspringer? I also wonder whether hyrax and klipspringer could potentially damage vegetation a bit too much?
This should work. Klipspringers & Rock Hyraxes have both been mixed with a variety of Savanna Birds in both the past & present, along with being mixed with each-other. Not to sure if a walk-through exhibit would work or not.
Bengal Tiger
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Any examples of bird species?
One example I quickly found, at Bioparc Zoo de Doué la Fontaine in France, houses rock hyrax with species such as turacos, small African hornbills, francolins, weavers and lovebirds. That aviary is also a walk-through.
Perhaps the Klipspringer and Hyrax enclosure could be visible from the path but they can't come face to face with the visitors while the birds can go in and out as they please
This exact mix (minus the walkthrough part) used to exist in Rotterdam. And seeing that mouse deer and muntjac have been safely kept in walkthroughs before, that should be fine too. Though I wouldn't suggest it.
Maybe the best would be keeping the hyrax and birds free-roaming in an aviary, and the klipspringers confined to a lower area. A sort of miniature version of Antwerp's buffalo aviary or Beaval's Hippo aviary