Mixed species exhibits with primates

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monkeymoo

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Hi,
I'm interested to know which zoos have mixed-species exhibits with primates in them. These could be mixed-primate species or a mix of primate and non-primate.

Obviously lots of walk-through lemur enclosures have a mix of species, and so do some callitrichid enclosures, but can anyone help me with others?

I know about Dublin's new gorilla/red-capped mangabey exhibit. I remember a walkthrough squirrel monkey/ capybara / mara exhibit but can't remember where it was (somewhere in SE England), and I have seen Marwell's saki/lion tamarin/red-handed tamarin enclosure. I think ZSL had a mix too, but can't remember what - Goeldis and sloths??

I am mostly after UK zoos, but if you've seen any others that you loved, do mention them. Singapore Zoo for example has a walkthrough with sloths, black and white ruffies and flying foxes.

Thanks!

Monkey-Moo :p
 
South lakes mix lar gibbon with a species of tortoise, and the mix spider monkey and capuchin with spectacled bear, South American Tapir, capybara and Asian short clawed otter.
They also have squirrel monkey and lemurs in a walk through free risking area shared with kangaroo, wallaby, marmot and emu
 
Waddi said:
South lakes mix lar gibbon with a species of tortoise, and the mix spider monkey and capuchin with spectacled bear, South American Tapir, capybara and Asian short clawed otter.
They also have squirrel monkey and lemurs in a walk through free risking area shared with kangaroo, wallaby, marmot and emu
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Don't forget their bettong/Siberian chipmunk/cotton-top tamarin mix... :rolleyes:
 
Dudley zoo's Monkey Tails has Geoldis monkey, White faced Saki, Squirrel Monkey, Speckled Pigeon & Lady Amherst's Pheasant
 
adrian1963 said:
Dudley zoo's Monkey Tails has Geoldis monkey, White faced Saki, Squirrel Monkey, Speckled Pigeon & Lady Amherst's Pheasant
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The Goeldi's and pheasants are gone (or at least were on my last visit) and I'm sure there is only one Speckled pigeon left.
 
Paignton had Sulawesi Macaques with Lowland Anoa. It now has Grey Gibbon with Orang and various primates on islands with waterfowl and cranes.
Durrell has Howlers with Coati and Spectacled Bear and Lar Gibbon with Orang.
London had Abyssian Colobus with Gorilla and Marwell had Porcupine with Colobus and Diana Monkey.
Colchester also had otters with Langurs or Mangabeys (I think?).
 
TriUK said:
Colchester also had otters with Langurs or Mangabeys (I think?).
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They had Asian Short-clawed Otters with Silvery Langurs for a while (possibly also Binturong at the same time, but I can't be 100% on that).
 
Shorts said:
They had Asian Short-clawed Otters with Silvery Langurs for a while (possibly also Binturong at the same time, but I can't be 100% on that).
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All three species definitely shared the enclosure before the silvery langurs left.

Other mixes at Colchester:
- Squirrel monkey with Azara's agouti (no longer existing)
- Goeldi's monkey with Southern tamandua and sometimes red titi monkey
- Red titi monkey with Linne's two-toed sloth and sometimes Southern tamandua
- Golden lion tamarin with Linne's two-toed sloth (formerly also silvery marmoset and Chaco chachalaca)
- L'Hoest's guenon with Syrian rock hyrax
- Ring-tailed lemur and red-bellied lemur (formerly ring-tailed and red ruffed lemur)
- For a brief period, I also think surplus squirrel monkeys and buffy-headed capuchin monkeys shared an enclosure
 
DesertRhino150 said:
Other mixes at Colchester:

- For a brief period, I also think surplus squirrel monkeys and buffy-headed capuchin monkeys shared an enclosure
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I remember that too -on the left hand side of the primate enclosures leading down to (wince) Playa Patagonia.
 
BNC has Grey-handed Night Monkey/Big hairy armadillo/and sloths (3 toed?) in one exhibit and in another has Gray mouse lemurs and Malagasy giant rats.
 
Johnny Morris. said:
Port Lympne (Though it may have been Howletts) Used to keep a primate in with the Gorillas
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Most of the primates in with the gorillas at Howletts were members of the Aspinall family :D

Actually there were samango guenons in with Kijo's group at Howletts (in the enclosure nearest the entrance).
At one time Edinburgh kept Diana monkeys with their gorillas. However in the long term, I don't think that either of these combinations was particularly successful.

Alan
 
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