Dr. Loxodonta
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I don’t see many problems with this mix, as it is fairly common to house Milk Frogs and Poison Dart Frogs together in the same exhibit.
Mixed species exhibit ideas
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MOG2012
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I don't know which thread this inquiry should go in so I'm asking for both. What animals found in the same regions as the following can be housed with each animal?;
- Dwarf Shield-tailed Agama
- Spotted Hyena
- Hamadryas Baboon
- Platypus
- Western Long-beaked Echidna
- Woolly Opossums
- Virginia Opossums
- Grey Short-tailed Opossums
- Grey Four-eyed Opossums
- Andean White-eared Opossums
- Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
- Linne's Mouse Opossum
- Water Opossum
- White-eared Opossum
Paul.Haerle
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Ankole-Watusis could work, as Hamadryas Baboons work with African Forest Buffalos
Osedax
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Nubian Ibex
Short-necked Turtle, Eastern Snake-necked Turtle, Eastern Water Dragon, birds
MOG2012
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More specifically, what animals would be compatible with the Platypus in each of the following settings, all indoors;
- Breeding setting in nocturnal room
- Indoor setting focusing on Queensland aquatics
- Indoor setting in large Dallas World Aquarium/National Aquarium paludariums
Small tortoises and fellow small lizards, like Egyptian, Leopard or Pancake tortoise, Zoutpansberg girdled lizard or a type of Mastigure
Nothing, really
They've been held with African elephants and as Paul and Osedax mentioned they can be held with large, sturdy ungulates. Greater kudu or Common eland could also be options
Smaller macropods like Long-nosed potoroos or Western woylie. They can also be mixed with reptiles but you'd see the Echidnas better in a nocturnal setting
Opossums can be held with similar-sized mammals and maybe even larger birds as long as they're not breeding. Some examples
North American / Brazilian porcupine
Striped / spotted skunk
Pacas or Agoutis
Kinkajou
Night monkeys
Other medium-sized monkeys (Saki's, Titis and Howlers)
Coatis
Tamandua
Armadillos
Wild / Occelated turkey
Curassows
Paul.Haerle
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They could be mixed with some bigger tree-living birds (Imperial pigeons or Australian Boobooks for example) too.
Forgot about birds, but yeah. They can be held with pretty much any (non-predatory) bird really
Paul.Haerle
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Would Southern Screamers leave smaller birds like cardinals, grosbeaks or parakeets alone?
And could they cohabitate with Chaco Chachalacas?
And could they cohabitate with Chaco Chachalacas?
Velas
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All of them should work. The screamer probably won't bother the smaller birds and I've seen them housed with other birds in a similar size to the chachalaca.
Paul.Haerle
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So would they work in an Pampas-themed walkthrough aviary:
A separate enclosure with
Guanaco
Greater Rhea
Patagonian Mara
Free-flying:
Southern Screamer
Southern Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Patagonian Crested Duck
Bronze-winged Duck
Chiloe Wigeon
Red Shoveler
Silver Teal
Rosy-billed Pochard
Chaco Chachalaca
Spot-winged Pigeon
Picazuro Pigeon
Eared Dove
Guira Cuckoo
Buff-necked Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
American Black Vulture
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
Grey-hooded Parakeet
Maroon-bellied Parakeet
Austral Parakeet
Blue-crowned Parakeet
Mitred Parakeet
And would you add something? (Separated exhibits could work too; it’s for a bird park)
Velas
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First of all, I must say: bold choice of having a guanaco in a aviary, specially a walkthrough!
And for the species list, I'm not very familiar with fauna of the Pampas (I find the biome itself quite boring, and since it only takes a small part of my country, so I never bothered to study deep down its species, but that doesnt' matter at all in this case), but of the ones I know, some Hilaire's side-necked turtles should work. But about the mixes, I'm very skeptical of mixing accipitrids with smaller birds, as even though they will be fed and most of their diet is composed of carrion, they can hunt smaller animals. The Guira cuckoos could also bully other birds and even eat their chicks and eggs.
If you remove the vultures and the cuckoo, I believe the rest should work fine (if someone is more familiar with New world vultures being mixed with smaller birds, feel free to correct me).
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Burgers zoo has had Turkey vultures in with various passerines (buntings, grosbeaks, House finches, Goldfinches) for a long time and never any issues.
The Guira cuckoos would be an issue for breeding birds but other than that I don't see any issues
Paul.Haerle
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The Guanacos are separated
; but there’s a zoo in France which has a Guanaco walkthrough
So the Guira Cuckoos will move into a separate aviary together with Ruddy-headed Geese, Turkey Vultures and more Spot-winged Pigeons. Anything else to add?
; but there’s a zoo in France which has a Guanaco walkthroughSo the Guira Cuckoos will move into a separate aviary together with Ruddy-headed Geese, Turkey Vultures and more Spot-winged Pigeons. Anything else to add?
MOG2012
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What about these animals;
- Black and Rufous Sengi
- Chimpanzee
- Jackson's Chameleon
- Mantled Guereza + Mountain Bongo
- Serval
- Williams' Dwarf Gecko
Paul.Haerle
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Small birds like estrilid finches, weavers, starlings, etc. would work.
Velas
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I wasn't aware of such mix, thank you for letting me know!
Any mix with chimpanzees results in the death of the other species.
Velas
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No animal could work alongside chimps. Smaller animals would be torn to shreds and eaten (Taronga gave us a really good example on that), and larger animals would probably be harassed and feel stressed.
East African crowned cranes and Blue duikers should work