Mixed zoo exhibits in the UK

Embu

Embu

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Just trying to get a feel of what mixed exhibits are in the UK.
By mixed exhibits I'm talking about zoo type enclosure exhibits for instance I think Longleat keep Porcupine in with their meerkats(I think).

Anyone have any ideas on what collections house what in mixed exhibits?
 
Embu said:
Just trying to get a feel of what mixed exhibits are in the UK.
By mixed exhibits I'm talking about zoo type enclosure exhibits for instance I think Longleat keep Porcupine in with their meerkats(I think).

Anyone have any ideas on what collections house what in mixed exhibits?
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London Zoo,Cotton Terraces:
(a) giraffe, plains zebra, ostrich
(b) okapi, red duiker
 
Whipsnade:
meerkats/porcupines (although the porcupines don't like going outside much!)
Southern white rhino/gemsbok/blesbok
Visayan warty pig/Phillipine spotted deer (a new one, don't think they've actually been 'mixed' yet)
Francois langur/babirusa
Sulawesi crested macaque/anoa
Huge mix of different deer together in a drive-thru section, as well as Bactrian camel and Przewalski's horse (2 different sections for the above from what I can tell)
Also 2 different types of lemur mixed together, and 2 different types of waterbuck
 
London Zoo - Clore Pavilion:

Night Life:
a) Potto, Moholi Bushbaby, Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat
b) Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat, Grey Slender Loris

Rainforest Life:
c) Golden-headed Lion Tamarin, Coppery Titi, Goeldi's Monkey, White-faced Saki, Southern Tamandua, Linne's Two-toed Sloth, Rodrigues Fruit Bat, Red-footed tortoise, Red-cowled Cardinal
 
Twycross:
A: 4.1 Red Titi Monkeys & 1.1 Pygmy Marmoset.
B: Pancake Tortoise & Uromastyx geyri.
C: 2.0 Giraffe & 0.1 Nyala.
D: 0.2 South American Tapir & 1.0 Vicuña.

The Giraffe and Nyala mix did recently end as the female Nyala ‘Amira’ passed away in January. (I included it on the list as I believe there are plans to bring in more Nyala)
 
Marwell (off the top of my head)

Addax & Dorcas Gazelle
Giraffe, Plains Zebra and Roan Antelope
White Rhino, Grevy's Zebra, SCH Oryx
Ring Tailed Lemur, Red Bellied Lemur, Crowned Lemur
White Faced Saki, Golden Headed Lion Tamarin, Golden Lion Tamarin
Parma Wallaby, Bennett's Wallaby
Goeldi's Monkey, Coppery Titi Monkey
 
I'll stick to mammals (and any birds that happen to be mixed with them) or I'll be here all day but for Chester:
  • Indian rhinoceros & brow-antlered deer
  • Ring-tailed lemur & red-bellied lemur
  • Ring-tailed lemur, red ruffed lemur, black lemur, crowned lemur, white-belted ruffed lemur
  • Okapi & red forest duiker
  • Bornean orangutan & lar gibbon
  • Sumatran orangutan & silvery gibbon
  • Linnaeus' two-toed sloth & Azara's agouti
  • Aye-aye & Malagasy giant rat
  • Capybara & giant anteater
  • Western pygmy marmoset, bearded emperor tamarin, Goeldi's monkey, pied tamarin, southern tamandua (these species change around, I'm not sure which combination are mixed currently)
  • Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo & dusky pademelon
  • Rothschild's giraffe, common ostrich, Grevy's zebra, roan antelope, blesbok (not open yet but AFAIK the mix is already implemented)
  • Sun bear & Palawan binturong
  • Rodrigues flying fox & Seba's short-tailed bat
  • Prevost's squirrel & Luzon giant cloud rat (not sure if this is still in place?)
  • Asian short-clawed otter & Sulawesi babirusa
Apologies for the random order, I had to think and remember but I never realised how many there was until now! And this isn't even counting the many bird mixes.
 
Marwell:

Giraffe-Plains Zebra-Roan Antelope

White Rhino-Grevy's Zebra-Scimitar Horned Oryx

Addax-Dorcas Gazelle

African Wild Ass-Ostrich

Ring Tailed Lemur-Crowned Lemur-Red Bellied Lemur

White Faced Saki-Golden Lion Tamarin

Golden Headed Lion Tamarin-Pygmy Marmoset-Emperor Tamarin-Brazilian Guinea Pig

Geold's Monkey-Coppery Titi Monkey

Cotton Topped Tamarin-Chacoan Mara

Rock Hyrax-Egyptian Spiny Tailed Lizard-Rough Scaled Plated Lizard-Starred Agama-African Spur Thighed Tortoise

In addition to the above there are the following where I couldn't name the species.
- Two walkthrough aviaries with different bird species.
- Tropical House - The main walkthrough section includes sloths, Asian giant tortoises and various bird species. The house also includes a mixed fish exhibit and another exhibit with a species of iguana, caecilians and fish
- Cold Blooded Corner. A small reptile house with several vivariums containing mixed species.

*Edit - HelloCrossy posted their list whilst I was thinking about and typing mine. I forgot about the two species of wallaby.
 
Cotswold wildlife park

A large number of mixed bird aviaries and the bird lake, various mixed reptiles / tortoises and mixes on the farm including various goats plus:

*Tropical house - sloths with long nosed potoroo and various birds
*Mara and Capybara
*Tapir and Capybara (can be fenced away from each other)
*Dwarf mongoose and cape porcupine
*Tamandua and armadillo
*Anteater and call ducks
*Anteater, Mara and southern Crested screamers
*Little Africa - night enclosure - Madagascy jumping rats and bush baby
*emu and palma wallaby
*Coppery titi monkey and Pygmy marmoset
*Madagascar - crowned, ring tailed and red bellied lemurs, whistling duck, purple swamp hen
*Little Africa - Black stork, Kirk’s dik dik, sacred Ibis, spectacled pigeon
 
Yorkshire Wildlife Park:

Eland, Kafue Lechwe, Grevys Zebra, Giraffe

Binturong, Smooth Coated Otter

Crowned Lemur, Red Bellied Lemur, Ring Tailed Lemur

Bennett’s Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby

Mara, Capybara, Agouti, Silvery Marmoset, Golden lion tamarin, Red titi monkey

Giant Anteater, Venezuelan Red Howler Monkey
 
Embu said:
Just trying to get a feel of what mixed exhibits are in the UK.
By mixed exhibits I'm talking about zoo type enclosure exhibits for instance I think Longleat keep Porcupine in with their meerkats(I think).

Anyone have any ideas on what collections house what in mixed exhibits?
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Bristol zoo project

common ostrich. West African Pygmy goat
Bali starling, pink pigeon
Village weaver, grey crowned crane, European turtle dove
Reticulated giraffe, grants zebra
European brown bear, European grey wolf
 
Paignton:

Caiman Lizards with River Turtles.
Echidna with Potoroo
Geoldis & Pygmy marmoset with armadillo.
Swamp & Red necked Wallaby.
Numerous bird mixes in most aviaries, usually with ground dwelling birds (pheasants / screamers) mixed with toucans, doves etc.
The Giraffe will eventually be mixed with the zebra (that is the long term intent).
 
Colchester Zoo
-From east to west throughout the zoo in each exhibit, focusing on mammals, birds and reptiles:

Worlds Apart: -Linne's two toed sloth, White-lipped tamarin.
-Goeldi's monkey, Southern tamandua, Coppery titi monkey.

Rainforest Walkthrough: Golden-headed lion tamarin, Linne's two toed sloth, Coppery titi monkey, Green iguana, Yellow-footed tortoise. The latter two species share the indoor Iguana Forest exhibit.

Chimpanzee Lookout: -Aboreal agamid lizard, Spiny turtle.

Canopy of South America (in the indoor Ussuri Falls viewing area): Golden lion tamarins, Eastern pygmy marmosets.

Feathers of the Forest: Victoria crowned pigeon, Crested wood partridge.

River's Edge: -Asian short-clawed otter, Binturong.

Lost Madagascar: Ring-tailed lemur, Crowned lemur, Red-bellied lemur.

Elephant Kingdom: -Radiated tortoise, Royal python.

Kingdom of the Wild: -Black-headed weaverbird, Leopard tortoise.
-African pancake tortoise, African plated lizard.
-Reticulated giraffe, Southern white rhino, Maneless zebra, Greater kudu, Common ostrich, East African crowned crane (as mentioned already).

Vulture Valley: Ruppell's griffon vulture, African white-backed vulture. This mix is not currently in place with the African white-backed pair temporarily off show following the arrival of the female.

Edge of Africa: -Kirk's dik-dik, East African crowned crane.
-Blue duiker, Blue crane.
 
Fallax said:
  • Bornean orangutan & lar gibbon
  • Sumatran orangutan & silvery gibbon
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Chester don’t mix either species of orangutan with their respective gibbon species. They used to mix the lar gibbons but no longer, I’m not sure if the silvery gibbons were every mixed?

Jersey (off the top of my head, haven’t been in a few years):
  • Sumatran orangutan and 0.1 lar gibbon and 1.0 northern white cheek gibbon
  • Palawan peacock pheasant, nicobar pigeon Javan sparrow, Sumatran laughingthrush Mindanao bleeding-heart dove + more
  • Madagascar ibis, hammerkop, pink pigeon, Madagascar teal + more
  • Chilean flamingo and red-breasted goose
  • Aye-aye and Malagasy giant jumping rat
  • Previously had Andean bear with coati, howler monkeys and bush dogs. Not sure if bush dogs or coatis are still there. Think anteaters have replaced the bears now, but unsure if mixed with howlers (assume so)
  • Livingstone’s fruit bat and Rodrigues fruit bat
  • Golden lion tamarin, emperor tamarin and silvery marmosets free ranging in shared woodland
  • Galapagos and radiated tortoises
 
jtrbmvcq said:
Chester don’t mix either species of orangutan with their respective gibbon species. They used to mix the lar gibbons but no longer, I’m not sure if the silvery gibbons were every mixed?
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As of October last year the Silvery Gibbons were housed with the Sumatran Orangutans in Monsoon and have done since ~2016, unless they've been moved for some reason...
 
Banham:



Emu, Red Kangaroo

Somali Wild Ass, Somalia Sheep

Giant wood rail, green-winged dove, Victoria crowned pigeon, saki monkey, two-toed sloth

Chilean flamingo, Bar-Headed Goose, Red Breasted Goose


Helmeted Currasow, Scarlet Ibis, African Spoonbill

Black and white ruffed lemur, common carp

Rhinoceros iguana and tortoise (possibly spur-thighed)

*I’m likely missing some
 
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ItsZach said:
As of October last year the Silvery Gibbons were housed with the Sumatran Orangutans in Monsoon and have done since ~2016, unless they've been moved for some reason...
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The silvery gibbons are indeed housed in Monsoon Forest in the enclosure opposite the Sumatran orangutans the other side of the public area but they are not mixed. The gibbons have access to the large netted outside area only.
 
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