Montpellier Parc Zoologique Montpellier news
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Recent births include:
Bongo
Nyala
Emperor tamarin
Giant anteater
Gold and black howler monkey
Also: The park no longer holds Golden-bellied Managbey
Bongo
Nyala
Emperor tamarin
Giant anteater
Gold and black howler monkey
Also: The park no longer holds Golden-bellied Managbey
@epickoala123 which species is the Gold and black howler monkey exactly ?
Also did the Golden-bellied Mangabey(s?) died or were(was) they(it) send to another collection and if yes - which I hope - which ?
Also did the Golden-bellied Mangabey(s?) died or were(was) they(it) send to another collection and if yes - which I hope - which ?
On Oct 1st, and Oct 4th. each 1 Nyala were born at Montpellier 
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About a month ago a Paca was born at Montpellier .
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On Jan. 11 a Brazilian porcupine was born at Montpellier, the first for this zoo and the second in France.
Yes, I believe so.
In more momentous news, the zoo has announced a project to renovate the entire zoo, notably constructing 3 new exhibits, of around 1.5 hectares in size (15,000 square metres) housing almost all of the zoo's vast African ungulate collection in mixed exhibits. The exhibits will each house between 6 and 8 species mixed. Other species with join the zoo such as Yellow mongooses, Bat-eared foxes, Sand cats, Blue-crowned laughingthrushes and some unspecified monkey species.
The farm will also get a makeover, with Bonelli's eagles, Little owls, a species of lynx (presumably Eurasian), Iberian wolves, lots of vulture species, Northern bald ibises and Common genets. I was hoping the lynx species might be Iberian due to the distinctly Iberian theme running through the exhibit, but I would think it would just be Eurasian lynx.
The other exhibits in the zoo nearer to the entrance are getting a makeover as well to look nicer and the Madagascar area is also going to be renovated.
After covid-19 crisis, the zoo will received a male asiatic lion from Hungary (the park is not mentionned) to make a breeding group with the three females alreay there.
Zoo de Lunaret : on attend un lion
Zoo de Lunaret : on attend un lion
I forgot to mention that the project to renovate the zoo is due to finish next year and I have seen a lot of the progress they have made on it. However, due to the covid crisis, I reckon it'll finish closer to late 2022, but let's hope it'll be earlier. The project was paid for by the city and cost 30 million euros.
Good news from Montpellier :
- birth of a female nyala May 8th,
- birth of two male Mhorr gazelles May 9th,
- hatchings of cassowaries are expected for early june.
Zoo de Montpellier - officiel
https://www.google.com/amp/s/actu.f...issances-une-eclosion-venir_33775051.html/amp
- birth of a female nyala May 8th,
- birth of two male Mhorr gazelles May 9th,
- hatchings of cassowaries are expected for early june.
Zoo de Montpellier - officiel
https://www.google.com/amp/s/actu.f...issances-une-eclosion-venir_33775051.html/amp
Visited the zoo again today (pics to come in the gallery). Here are a few of the things I saw:
- The zoo is building a rather large complex of 5, maybe six buildings as a new area for their veterinary, educational and maintenance buildings. I also saw a large pool being built outside one of these buildings, so not sure what that might be for.
- I saw both the young female nyala and the young male Mhorr gazelles. They both seem to be doing well. Got pics of them as well.
- Didn't see the cassowaries however as the path to their exhibit was closed. The sign said the exhibit was off show because the cassowaries were 'together'. I assume that meant they are being territorial because of the chick.
- The cheetah complex is finally entirely finished, all eight exhibits of it. It is really quite substantial and looks great, although perhaps one of the exhibits could be donated to another species?
- Apparently the park welcomed two sets of cheetah triplets last year, bringing the number of cheetahs up to a staggering 10 (I think). I only saw 5 of those, but two of the cubs at the very least seem to be doing well.
- There are quite a few empty exhibits or repeated species, which I assume is the result of the upcoming works.
- The oncillas have definitively left the collection, replaced by, of all species, Grey-winged trumpeters (which are free-flying in the Amazonian greenhouse
) - Not much development in the collection other than the Barbary sheep and the Somali wild asses seem to have left (at least I didn't see them at any point).
Was the Somali wild ass and Barbary sheep not meant to be part of the new redevelopment of Zoo Montpellier. They have been a hallmark of the collection for a good number of years ....?
I don't know. Most of the time the Barbary sheep have been in an exhibit next to the bantengs. However, that exhibit seemed entirely empty upon my visit, with only a single female banteng in a kind of isolation paddock in between the banteng and sheep exhibits. I think they'd probably do better in the current bharal exhibit, where they would be mixed with Barbary macaques. However, they weren't there either, so I have no idea where they have gone. The Somali wild asses weren't signed on the enclosure they normally are in, so I'm not sure where they were but I'm sure they haven't left given the zoo has a decent breeding record with them.
I went down to that area. The whole building was closed, but the outdoor exhibits were still on show. The building inside has the indoor lemur exhibits and the tortoise indoors. Only the Radiated and Yellow-footed tortoises have outdoor exhibits, but neither species were out. None of the lemurs were out and the trapdoors between the indoor and outdoor areas were shut. The sign said they were going to renovate the building but the indoors would be closed to the public from now on (which is quite a shame because I did enjoy that area).
The area as a whole seems to be in a general state of disrepair, with mesh looking rusty and ragged and the building very dirty. In their announcements about the zoo's future and the new developments, the zoo said that they would be renovating the lemur exhibits, but I'm not sure whether that would entail expanding the area or just keeping it largely as it is.
At any rate, I hope they do renovate and expand it - the outdoor exhibits are too small for the lemurs and the zoo has lots of space to expand the exhibits into, it's just a matter of having enough money.