Primates in mixed exhibits

Cleveland has had a few mixed primate exhibits over the years:

- Golden lion tamarin, white faced saki, armadillo, two toed sloth (Primate, Cat, and Aquatics)
- Colobus mokey, klipspringer, rock hyrax (Monkey Islands, demolished 2020)
- Mouse deer, Francois langur (The RainForest, back in the 90's)
 
EcoParque Foz has a walkthrough exhibit for Brown howler mokeys, Azara's night monkeys, Red-nosed Sakis, Uta Hick's bearded sakis and Brown wooly monkeys, which also features Chilean flamingos, Toco toucans and some species of Brocket deer. If I recall correctly, this exhibit was also planned to receive Golden lion tamarins and Southern tamanduas.

Although they're wild animals, Brasília zoo has multiple Capybara living on its grounds, which often are seen inside their primate islands.
 
I'm surprised no one mentioned the mix of Gabon talapoin and African brush-tailed porcupine(1), same rodent and Senegal galago(1), Thick-tailed greater galago and Springhares at Dvůr Králové nad Labem.

The same rodent(1) is also mixed with Garnett's greater Galago at Jihlava Zoo, where Cotton-top tamarins share the habitat with a southern 3-banded armadillo and multiple callitrichids are mixed.
In the zoo's Tropical house Black tufted-ear marmosets are free roaming and technically share a space waaay above Siamese crocodiles and various turtles and fish.
There's an island with an Eulemur species that can be accessed by many water fowls, namely Cape Barren geese, Spur-winged goose and pelicans.
The gibbons can also pet warty pigs and babyrousas of they so wish through the mesh of their enclosure.

Prague mixes their gorillas with colobus guerezas, De Brazzas' with Red River Hogs, Gabon talapoin and same rodent (1, I'm starting to see a pattern here...), Barbary macaque with Barbary sheep, Pig-tailed macaques with fish and tortoises, same for Orangutans.
They also mix 2 species of lemurs which I forgot, GGG (Garnett's Greater Galago) with dwarf mongoose, Moholi bushbaby with Malagasy giant jumping rat.

Plzeň mixes, or rather makes animals share view, Lion-tailed macaques with Indian rhino and Javan rusa, Pygmy hippo and Tanzanian Black-and-white colobus.
True mixes are Cattas lemur with Aldabra giant tortoises, Eulemurs with radiated tortoises and with Galidia elegans, Votsovotsa with Lesser dwarf lemur, Bolivian night monkey with large hairy armadillo, Midas tamarin with Southern 3-banded armadillo, Red-mantled saddle-back tamarin with prehensile-tailed porcupine, Silvery marmoset with southern 3-banded armadillo and Western pygmy marmoset, until 2023 white-fronted lemur with narrow-striped mongoose.

Hluboká nad Vltavou mixes Golden lion tamarins with Western pygmy marmoset.

Tiergarten Schönbrunn mixes King colobus with meerkats, Barbary monkey & sheep, Callimico marmoset with white-faced saki and Greater cavy.

Haus des Meeres mixes White-faced sakis with Callimico marmoset and a variety of birds, fish and turtle, Catta lemur with Aldabra giant tortoise, black lemur and, until recently, Narrow-striped mongoose.
 
It seems like no one has mentioned the relatively new exhibit in Ostrava, which is shared by Northern white-cheeked gibons and Indian hog deers.
Also, the greenhouse in Zlín houses free roaming white-faced sakis, sloths, tortoises and some bird species (for example sunbitterns, capuchinbirds, ...).
In Dresden, there's an exhibit inhabitated by tamanduas and white-faced sakis.
 
Toronto briefly (may not anymore, I'm not sure) mixed White-faced Saki with Elegant Crested Tinamou, as well as housing their North Sulawesi Babirusa with their White-handed Gibbons during the winter back when they didn't have their own exclusive indoor space.
 
Enzo said:
- BioParque do Rio used to have quite a lot of mixed species exhibits containing primates. Some are still left, but most are either gone or are briefly under maintenance.
  • A pair of golden lion tamarins were mixed with a solitary tinamou until my second-to-last visit a month ago. The tamarins were removed and are most likely in the staff-only area.
  • A bare-faced curassow and a rusty-marginated guan live with two howlers (1.0 Red-handed and 1.0 Venezuelan red). In theory, they also share their exhibit with a lowland paca.
  • One of the island exhibits only holds Peruvian spider monkeys. In 2021, Gray's bald-faced sakis, Uta Hick's bearded sakis and a white-lipped tamarin lived with them.
  • The same tamarin lives with white-cheeked spider monkeys in the other island exhibit. Our late woolly monkey lived there as well.
  • Our female Sumatran orangutans live with a troop of crab-eating macaques.
  • We had tufted and yellow-breasted capuchins sharing an exhibit for a small amount of time.
  • There is a pair of baboons of two different species living together in an off-show enclosure.
- Guarulhos mixes their black-tufted marmosets with black-fronted titis;
- São Paulo mixed their late female lar gibbon with two hybrid orangutans;
- Sorocaba mixes their Uta Hick's bearded saki with weeper capuchins;
- Itatiba mixes their black-fronted titis with solitary tinamous. They also mix their bald uakari with a red-backed bearded saki;
- Lisbon mixes gorillas with black-and-white colobus monkeys;
- Busch Gardens Tampa had chimps and gorillas together in the late 60s.
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Hello. Some news from my local zoo since early 2023.

  • The Uta Hick's bearded sakis were moved to another enclosure, where they are mixed with a razor-billed curassow and a white-browed guan.
  • The tufted and yellow-breasted capuchins still share the same space.

A relatively new zoo, called EcoParque Foz, opened Brazil's first walkthrough primate enclosure this January. The following species are mixed:

- Brown howler monkey (Alouatta guariba clamitans);
- Night monkey (Aotus sp. (can't remember the species));
- Red-nosed saki (Chiropotes albonasus);
- Uta Hick's bearded saki* (Chiropotes utahicki);
- Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis);
- Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco);
- Gray brocket deer* (Subulo gouazoubira);

*Could belong to another species.

Loumar Turismo em Foz do Iguaçu on Instagram: " Inaugurou em Foz do Iguaçu a Floresta dos primatas no @ecoparkfoz vem conhecer com a gente esse novo espaço para você curtir! "
 
Enzo said:
Hello. Some news from my local zoo since early 2023.

  • The Uta Hick's bearded sakis were moved to another enclosure, where they are mixed with a razor-billed curassow and a white-browed guan.
  • The tufted and yellow-breasted capuchins still share the same space.

A relatively new zoo, called EcoParque Foz, opened Brazil's first walkthrough primate enclosure this January. The following species are mixed:

- Brown howler monkey (Alouatta guariba clamitans);
- Night monkey (Aotus sp. (can't remember the species));
- Red-nosed saki (Chiropotes albonasus);
- Uta Hick's bearded saki* (Chiropotes utahicki);
- Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis);
- Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco);
- Gray brocket deer* (Subulo gouazoubira);

*Could belong to another species.

Loumar Turismo em Foz do Iguaçu on Instagram: " Inaugurou em Foz do Iguaçu a Floresta dos primatas no @ecoparkfoz vem conhecer com a gente esse novo espaço para você curtir! "
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I already have mentioned EcoParque Foz before on this thread, but thank you for telling the species of the brocket deer!
 
aramacao said:
Bioparc Valencia: Drill, mona guenon, pelicans, sitatunga, pygmy hippo
Bioparc Valencia: Western lowland gorilla, talapoin
Bioparc Valencia. Western lowland gorilla, grey mangabey
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I believe the Gorillas aren't kept with Talapoins, and that they are instead are kept with the Sitatunga, Pygmy Hippo and Drill. The Guenons are in the Gorilla exhibit, if memory serves me right.
 
Burgers' Zoo will soon release Coppery titis to free-roam in their Mangrove dome. Other free-roamers in this dome include various pigeons/doves (Scaled, West Peruvian and Blue ground), Crested bobwhites, Brown basilisks, Allison's anoles, various Passerines (Honeycreepers, Tanagers, Buntings, Grassquits, etc) and a whole bunch of butterflies. There's also a basin for Antillean manatees and a mudflat with various crabs. Admittedly, I highly doubt they'll interact with the crabs or Manatees, but the bird/butterfly mix is still notable
 
Mr Gharial said:
Burgers' Zoo will soon release Coppery titis to free-roam in their Mangrove dome. Other free-roamers in this dome include various pigeons/doves (Scaled, West Peruvian and Blue ground), Crested bobwhites, Brown basilisks, Allison's anoles, various Passerines (Honeycreepers, Tanagers, Buntings, Grassquits, etc) and a whole bunch of butterflies. There's also a basin for Antillean manatees and a mudflat with various crabs. Admittedly, I highly doubt they'll interact with the crabs or Manatees, but the bird/butterfly mix is still notable
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Although titi monkeys are predominantly herbivores, it's not unheard of for them to take small birds, lizards and insects.
 
Here's some US zoos I have seen mix primates with other species from what i recall:

  1. Houston has turtles in the waterways around the orangutan and lemur habitats. They also mix their howler monkeys and golden lion tamarins with agoutis in their newer pantal area. The gorilla habitat sort of mixes red river hogs with them, but I think the hogs are confined to one smaller enclosure. I think the natural encounters area does sloth and brazilian porcupins with their marmoset and sakis.
  2. The Caldwell Zoo in Tyler TX mixes aquatic birds in an island enclosure with squirrel monkeys. They have a netted enclosure with colobus who share the space with bongo antelope and formerly yellow backed duiker, I don't know any other zoo that mixes bongo or other antelope with monkeys.
  3. The whole south America enclosure at Cameron Park Zoo mixes squirrel monkeys with various birds, capybara, agouti, sloth, and cavy.
  4. The San Antonio Zoo has a nice mesh enclosure for white cheeked gibbon and Asian small clawed otters, and they used to have Reeve’s muntjac in with them.
  5. The Birmingham Zoo has an indoor facility with African Crested Porcupine and Debrazzas monkey. I'm not sure if they get along, so I don't know any other facility with this mix.
  6. The point defiance zoo had siamangs and another gibbon species in various enclosures with porcupine, Lowland Anoa and Malayan tapir from my experiences there.
  7. I think the Bronx Zoo also mixes their gorillas with red river hogs too in their award winning habitat.
That's about all I've got
 
The Horse Boy said:
Here's some US zoos I have seen mix primates with other species from what i recall:

  1. Houston has turtles in the waterways around the orangutan and lemur habitats. They also mix their howler monkeys and golden lion tamarins with agoutis in their newer pantal area. The gorilla habitat sort of mixes red river hogs with them, but I think the hogs are confined to one smaller enclosure. I think the natural encounters area does sloth and brazilian porcupins with their marmoset and sakis.
  2. The Caldwell Zoo in Tyler TX mixes aquatic birds in an island enclosure with squirrel monkeys. They have a netted enclosure with colobus who share the space with bongo antelope and formerly yellow backed duiker, I don't know any other zoo that mixes bongo or other antelope with monkeys.
  3. The whole south America enclosure at Cameron Park Zoo mixes squirrel monkeys with various birds, capybara, agouti, sloth, and cavy.
  4. The San Antonio Zoo has a nice mesh enclosure for white cheeked gibbon and Asian small clawed otters, and they used to have Reeve’s muntjac in with them.
  5. The Birmingham Zoo has an indoor facility with African Crested Porcupine and Debrazzas monkey. I'm not sure if they get along, so I don't know any other facility with this mix.
  6. The point defiance zoo had siamangs and another gibbon species in various enclosures with porcupine, Lowland Anoa and Malayan tapir from my experiences there.
  7. I think the Bronx Zoo also mixes their gorillas with red river hogs too in their award winning habitat.
That's about all I've got
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Correction: the Bronx Zoo’s gorillas are not mixed with the red river hogs, but the latter do live with mandrills.
 
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