Mixed Tropical Houses

[ErringSleet6]

I'm starting this thread mostly because I'm wondering whether Emperor Tamarins (Saguinus imperator) and Toco Toucans (Ramphastos toco) could be kept together safetly (where both groups could breed without being too stressed), but I want to know what other cool combos people have seen in zoos. Could be birds, reptiles, bats, sloths, monkeys, you name it!

 

[RandomConservationist]

Theoretically, I'd say they could be housed in a mixed-species exhibit, It's not a pairing I'd recommend to an institution though. With their current day ranges in SA they rarely cross paths with each other and I'm a large proponent of only housing species together that come in contact in their native ranges, I feel like as long as the pair of Tocos were well fed they wouldn't bother adult Emperor Tamarins, but I certainly wouldn't recommend a breeding troop of Tamarins being housed with toucans because they are omnivorous and have been known to consume fairly large rats and mice in the wild. Even though we don't see Tocos being fed rodents in captivity for health reasons I wouldn't put it past them to try if given the opportunity with any tamarins. I'd say there are definitely better mixed-species options out there for these birds and primates.

 

[ErringSleet6]

Nice, thanks!

 

[Westcoastperson]

I'm starting this thread mostly because I'm wondering whether Emperor Tamarins (Saguinus imperator) and Toco Toucans (Ramphastos toco) could be kept together safetly (where both groups could breed without being too stressed), but I want to know what other cool combos people have seen in zoos. Could be birds, reptiles, bats, sloths, monkeys, you name it!

We have a thread for this.
Mixed species exhibit ideas:

 

[JigerofLemuria]

I'm starting this thread mostly because I'm wondering whether Emperor Tamarins (Saguinus imperator) and Toco Toucans (Ramphastos toco) could be kept together safetly (where both groups could breed without being too stressed), but I want to know what other cool combos people have seen in zoos. Could be birds, reptiles, bats, sloths, monkeys, you name it!

They tried that out in the Barcelona Zoo, with keel-billed toucans and common marmosets; they were constantly at each other's throats and it ended in the death of a toucan.