Should still afaik.
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Should still afaik.
I’m pretty sure that the image was changed to look more like a sloth bear, wich is what is currently. Although I would have also probably mistaken it for an asiatic black bear. It also looks like some type of gazelle or antelope has moved into the exhibit next to the camels. Could this be the pronghorn or something else (or maybe I missed something and it has already been mentioned on this thread).
It looks like that the Guanaco or the Llama is moved there from the mixed exhibit with the Capybara and the Baird's Tapir. They used the same picture for one of this two Camelids on the previous map.
Thank you for the clarification. Do we know how the sloth bear got to the zoo?
The ungulate near the camel is a guanaco. Also, I've noticed the map has no included a lot more animals.
They've had Sloth Bear, at least one came from Woodland Park a couple years ago. (I want to say it was young brothers but I don't remember)
I know they’ve had it I just didn’t know if this one was new or one of the old ones
Thanks for the clarification @Westcoastperson & @twilighter as a quick follow up question, wha happened to the (I think it was red checked) gibbons that were exhibited in sun bear forest? I Remember seeing them in the former lion tailed macaque exhibit, while it was listed as holding colobuses. I also don't think it’s necessary to have 2 colobus exhibits, especially when it messes with the theme of the area.
That I don't know.
I assume they died as one looked pretty old when I last visited. Why they replaced them with the colobuses I have no idea, I think they should have replaced them with the silver leaf langurs that now reside where the colobus used to live behind the bonobo exhibit.
I remember seeing the black crested mangabeys their when I visited last year. And it looks like they are still there judging that they would have probably updated the map to reflect so. I’m pretty sure that the langurs are still exhibited in the langur house.
The red-cheeked gibbons moved back to the LA Zoo. They owned them. There are colobus monkeys and black mangabey monkeys in their old enclosure in Sun Bear Forrest.
Sorry I mixed up black crested mangabeys and silver leaf langurs
Hopefully this is temporary and they can find a more geographical appropriate species to put in there.
Agreed, I was lastly there in November and they have sloth bears from what I saw in Asian Passage.
I attended today's 10 AM virtual roundtable hosted by Paul Baribault, President and CEO of San Diego Zoo Global. Some interesting information included:
Jungle Bells decorations are still up at the zoo, even though the zoo is currently closed. If the zoo is allowed to reopen in early to mid-January, the event might be extended through the end of January on the weekends.
The Children's Zoo area construction is advancing as scheduled, the projected opening of the Hummingbird Aviary and Komodo Dragon Exhibit is May 2021 while the Children's Zoo itself will open in October 2021 (which coincides with the traditionally admission-free-for-kids month).
Paul Baribault reached out to China this year on the topic of hosting giant pandas in San Diego once again. He said that they gave a positive reception and are very cognizant of the contribution of San Diego Zoo's birth milk study.
No government assistance has been received for the two government-mandated closures since the organization is too large to qualify.
Jungle Bells decorations are still up at the zoo, even though the zoo is currently closed. If the zoo is allowed to reopen in early to mid-January, the event might be extended through the end of January on the weekends.
The Children's Zoo area construction is advancing as scheduled, the projected opening of the Hummingbird Aviary and Komodo Dragon Exhibit is May 2021 while the Children's Zoo itself will open in October 2021 (which coincides with the traditionally admission-free-for-kids month).
Paul Baribault reached out to China this year on the topic of hosting giant pandas in San Diego once again. He said that they gave a positive reception and are very cognizant of the contribution of San Diego Zoo's birth milk study.
No government assistance has been received for the two government-mandated closures since the organization is too large to qualify.