small mammal houses for a fantasy zoo

[pichu]

im making a fantasy zoo, but im stuck on the small mammal house, what some common species found in these buildings, because ive never been to a zoo with a small mammal house.

 

[ifesbob]

Mongoose, meerkat, small primates (tamarins etc), bush babies, lorises, prehensile tailed porcupine, brush-tailed bettong, naked mole rats

 

[Haliaeetus]

I would add Fruit Bats, Fennec Foxes, Small Cats (e.g. Sand Cat), Spiny Mice, Harvest Mice, Striped Mice, various Squirrels, Two-toed Sloths, Armadillos, Tamanduas, Skunks, Cuscuses, Mouse Deer, Agoutis... among others.

 

[Dassie rat]

Dassie rats and other rodent families, tenrecs, desmans and other insectivores, shrew opossums, monito de montes, various bats, silky anteaters, Amami rabbits, pangolins etc etc

 

[gentle lemur]

Some fairly common species, which have not been mentioned already, include sugar glider, common tree shrew, chinchilla, ground squirrel (eg souslik or chipmunk), short-eared elephant shrew, cavy (several species), fennec, potoroo and mouse lemur. If you want a rarity, in theory at least, consider a tarsier, kowari, linsang, quokka, springhaas or even a solenodon.

 

[Brayden Delashmutt]

Meerkats, foxes, small cats, hyrax, koalas, red pandas, mice, hamsters, chevrotains, porcupines, and more could all work.

 

[Brayden Delashmutt]

Some fairly common species, which have not been mentioned already, include sugar glider, common tree shrew, chinchilla, ground squirrel (eg souslik or chipmunk), short-eared elephant shrew, cavy (several species), fennec, potoroo and mouse lemur. If you want a rarity, in theory at least, consider a tarsier, kowari, linsang, quokka, springhaas or even a solenodon.

Are solenodons or quokka even kept anywhere anymore?

 

[amur leopard]

Are solenodons or quokka even kept anywhere anymore?

Yes, Saitama and a handful of places in Australia keep Quokka. Not sure about the status of the solenodons in Santo Domingo but ZooDom certainly had some until fairly recently.

 

[gentle lemur]

Are solenodons or quokka even kept anywhere anymore?

I have seen all the species on my little list, except for quokka: but the solenodon was at Frankfurt, almost 50 years ago, so it is a just a theoretical possibility.

 

[Gibbonsagainstgravity]

Yes, Saitama and a handful of places in Australia keep Quokka. Not sure about the status of the solenodons in Santo Domingo but ZooDom certainly had some until fairly recently.

Wilhelma zoo stuttgart keeps quokkas.

 

[15399]

im making a fantasy zoo, but im stuck on the small mammal house, what some common species found in these buildings, because ive never been to a zoo with a small mammal house.

I'd suggest looking at species lists/zoo websites for those with small mammal houses as a resource.

For starters, Smithsonian's National Zoo has a small mammal house that's pretty good, with a rather large collection: Small Mammal House

 

[Dassie rat]

The link includes those well-known small mammal, the Przewalski's horse and green aracari.

 

[pichu]

i feel like i should have said this already, i apologize, the zoo would be located in the US, in new england.

 

[15399]

The link includes those well-known small mammal, the Przewalski's horse and green aracari.

Yes, because the Smithsonian's National Zoo houses the horses in a paddock behind the Small Mammal House, while the green aracaris are in a mixed-species exhibit alongside some small mammals inside.

Another good one is Lincoln Park Zoo's Small Mammal-Reptile House: Regenstein Small Mammal-Reptile House | Lincoln Park Zoo