Same species in different parts of the zoo

Minnesota Zoo now also has Asian Brown Tortoise, Black-Neked Stilt, Mountain Bamboo Partridge, and Gray-Capped Emerald Dove, each in two different enclosures across the Tropics Trail.
 
Zooplantman said:
A zoo director I know once considered having two siamang exhibits at opposite ends of the zoo during a period when the community was opposing his expansion plans. He intended to wake them up every morning s the two groups hooted their morning chorus at each other.
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That sounds like a neat idea.
 
Here's some examples from Woodland Park Zoo:

WPZ keeps Kookaburras in the Australasia section, but also keep one as an ambassador animal.

It's the same story with the North American Porcupines, where there's one in an exhibit (Living Northwest, to be more specific), and one as an ambassador.

WPZ also keeps Malay Great Argus in two different exhibits: the first of which is in the conservation aviary (not sure if it's still there tho), and one in the Banyan Wilds aviary.
 
Bronx zoo have (or had?) Northen treeshrew both in the nocturnal house and in the Mouse House.
Oasys Mini Hollywood have an exhibit for adult spurred tortoises, but the young ones are in other area of the zoo, the Hornbill Territory.
 
Hmmm... then where I saw it in 2019? I don't remember the name of the area but it holded some other nocturnal creatures in dark places and I authomatically tought it was the nocturnal house...
 
Kakapo said:
Hmmm... then where I saw it in 2019? I don't remember the name of the area but it holded some other nocturnal creatures in dark places and I authomatically tought it was the nocturnal house...
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Perhaps in JungleWorld? There’s a small nocturnal gallery there, and I’ve seen tree shrews there years ago
 
Kakapo said:
Hmmm... then where I saw it in 2019? I don't remember the name of the area but it holded some other nocturnal creatures in dark places and I authomatically tought it was the nocturnal house...
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As Aardwolf said, JungleWorld has a couple of nocturnal rooms as you walk through. The Mouse House is also mostly nocturnal.
 
That's it, thanks!
And I vaguely remember Pairi Daiza having squirrel monkeys in two parts of the zoo - ones in closed enclosure mixed with agoutis, and the others free-roaming together with howler monkeys not far from the ship-reptilarium. But maybe they're not the same species, the free-roaming ones were Bolivian but I'm not sure about the enclosured ones.
 
According to ZTL, Pairi Daiza had common squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciurea) until 2019, Peruvian squirrel monkeys (S boliviensis peruviensis) from 2017-20 and has had Bolivian squirrel monkeys (S.b. boliviensis) since 2020.
 
The Bronx Zoo frequently has a number of species of birds that you'll see in more than one place in the zoo. Many birds are monogamous and territorial, so you can't keep more than one pair in an exhibit without risking a fight (or worse), but having more than one pair in the collection has a number of advantages, so you use more than one exhibit. Also, even if territoriality isn't an issue, having groups of them in well separated exhibits can be insurance against a disease episode--at least you won't lose all of them.
 
I find it’s usually more for species that zoos have excess of/have social group needs rather than for theming areas or because a species is intercontinental.

For example, I’ve seen meerkats in a few different enclosures in the same zoo, mixed with various other small animals like porcupines/aardvarks etc.

Likewise the same with agoutis, mixed in usually with various primates.

Primates often also get this treatment, with groups being split into suitable social settings, particularly for family unit species like marmosets and tamarins.

Sloths are another one, usually paired up and then split into various houses.
 
I would like to formally introduce the undisputed king of zoo dupes (or "zoopes"): the Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium, & Safari Park.
When I visited there yesterday, I didn't remember there being so many of the same animal in different parts of the zoo. Listing the most notable examples:
  • Southern White Rhino: 4 in the Safari Park, and one (a male named Butch) in a paddock near Adventure Land. Why they brought in a male from San Diego to the Safari Park to breed with the females instead of simply moving him will be one of life's greatest mysteries.
  • Lowland Tapir: In Adventure Land, but a male named Dozer lives in the main zoo near the cassowaries.
  • Jaguar: the "main" Jaguar habitat is near Dragon World, but Fitz (who infamously attacked a woman in 2019) lives in the cruddy old Jaguar habitat in what I can only describe as a "punishment" (probably not true, but knowing this zoo, it very well could be).
  • American Alligator: One in Dragon World, one near the Nursery, and a white one in the aquarium's predator building (there might be more).
  • Antelopes: There are 3 habitats each for Addra Gazelle, Kudu, Nyala, and Thompson's Gazelle.
  • Asian Small-Clawed Otters: Last time I visited the Aquarium part of the park, ASCOs were in 3 of the 4 aquarium buildings (except for the one with the penguins).
  • Primates: There are 22 primate islands at the Wildlife World Zoo, and all of them either have Spider Monkeys, Capuchins, or Ring-tailed Lemurs. Yes, there are lemurs in Adventure Land, which was supposed to be new world animals only.
  • B I R D S: There's the obvious macaws and other parrots, but can someone please tell me why Wildlife World has so many Sarus Cranes and Cape Barren Geese (specifically those two)? Honorable mention to the Silvery-Cheeked Hornbills, which have two cages in the Safari Park that aren't even all that far from each other.
 
San Francisco Zoo has giant anteaters in two different places: One enclosure in their South American section, and another over by the big cats.

I presume it is because they are generally solitary in the wild, so keeping them separately is probably easier than trying to force them together!
 
Odsherred Zoo, a small zoo in Denmark, has boa constrictors in three exhibits in the same tiny tropical house (but not right next to other which could indicate a breeding pair). I never found out if they were rescue animals (which the zoo has a lot of), or they simply used filled out empty exhibits with a species that's very easy to source. As repetitive as it can be to see the same common species in three different exhibits, having a lot of empty exhibits probably makes a worse impression on most guests.
 
iloveyourzoos said:
San Francisco Zoo has giant anteaters in two different places: One enclosure in their South American section, and another over by the big cats.

I presume it is because they are generally solitary in the wild, so keeping them separately is probably easier than trying to force them together!
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I'm not sure why San Francisco maintains their anteaters separately - only thing I can guess is maybe they're incompatible. I know it's not a standard husbandry thing - I've seen pairs at Sacramento, Fresno, and San Diego before, as well as commonly seeing photos of pairs exhibited at various other zoos.
 
Cincinnati Zoo has:
1. Hammerkop and Lady Ross turaco in the Free Flight Aviary and Jungle Trails
2: Ruddy shelducks in both Free Flight and Birds of the World (South America)
3: Two blue-throated macaw exhibits in Jungle Trails (two with helmeted turacos and one with other macaw species)
4. Two ringtail exhibits in Night Hunters
5. Two large-spotted genet exhibits in Night Hunters
6. Three Pallas' cat exhibits in Night Hunters
7. Pottos in both Night Hunters and Jungle Trails.
8. Common murre in two exhibits in Birds of the World: one with the Atlantic puffins and eight or nine with the tufted puffins.
9. Pheasant pigeons in the butterfly exhibit at Insect House and Birds of the World (Australasia)
10. Binturongs at Children's Zoo and Night Hunters
11. Cheetahs in both Africa and Cat Show

They also used to have two lion exhibits until this March, one of them being the white lion exhibit.
 
Not sure if this counts, but the Phoenix Zoo will have Jaguars in both the Arizona Trail and the Tropics Trail once Big Cats of Arizona opens.
If you want a more traditional example, Red Brocket Deer are displayed in the Forest of Uco (with the Sakis) and on the Children’s Trail (next to the Calamian Deer). There’s also Rhinoceros Hornbills on the Children’s trail and in Tropical Flights.
 
Safaripark Beekse Bergen in the Netherlands has multiple species that are kept at more than one locations at the zoo. I don't really see a problem with that tho, especially since it's a large zoo.
- Chimpanzee
- Gorilla
- Hamadryas baboon
- Lion
- Cheetah
- Ring-tailed lemur
- Sitatunga
 
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