Busch Gardens Tampa Species in the Savannah Exhibit?

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lee456

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Does anyone have a species list for the species in the main savannah, as wellas edge of africa and rhino rally?

Cheers!
 
Since this wasn't placed in a specific folder, and the Park in question was not named in the original post, I will use my powers of deduction to determine that you are perhaps asking for a species list of the Serengeti Plains at Busch Gardens Tampa?
 
im going to bump this, as i also would like to know what species are in there:D
 
I can't be 100% specific about subspecies, but here's what I can recall seeing when I visited last month:

gazelles (Sommering's?)
giraffes, reticulated, I believe and at least a dozen of them
kudu
eland
impala
ostrich
scimitar-horned oryx
sable antelope
cape buffalo
ankhole cattle
maribou stork
white rhinoceros
(Hartmann's?) zebra
nile hippo
spotted hyena
african lion
meerkat
ringtail lemur
white-backed vulture
nile crocodile
african spurred tortoise
addax
wildebeest
african cichlid

There could be more, this is all off the top of my head.
 
They display both Hartmanns and Grevys zebras. When on the train, you go through an underground tunnel to go from the Hartmanns to the Grevys.
 
I seem to recall nyala as well, but I can't say for sure. There were a few individuals toward the end of the savannah ride near the buffalo that looked like nyala, but I couldn't see well enough to tell.
 
Serengeti Plains Animals: Reticulated Giraffe, White Rhinoceros, Blue Wildebeest, Black Rhinoceros, Grevy's Zebra, Hartmann's Mountain Zebra, Southern Eland, West African Crowned Crane, Masai Ostrich, Impala, Addax, Scimitar-Horned Oryx, Thomson's Gazelle, Cape Buffalo, Bongo, Marabou Stork, Soemmering's Gazelle, East African Crowned Crane

Rhino Rally: White Rhinoceros, Hartmann's Mountain Zebra, Impala, Cape Buffalo, Asian Elephant, Scmitar-Horned Oryx, Nile Crocodile, Greater Flamingo? (not sure what kind of flamingoes are on Rhino Rally)

Edge of Africa: African Lion, Spotted Hyena, Nile Hippopotamus, Nile Crocodile, African Cichlid, White-Backed Vulture, Ring-Tailed Lemur, Red-Fronted Lemur, Meerkat

I think that's it, or at least that's what I've seen
 
Is anyone else as disappointed as I am with the trend lately to put (domestic) ankhole cattle in savannah exhibits? Two of the large scale (and otherwise excellent) savannahs here in Arizona have gone that way (Phoenix Zoo and Out Of Africa).
 
The ankole cattle hve a separate exhibit by the entrance of the sky ride. Also the sable antelope are behind jungala and only seen by the train.
 
10 days ago, I visited Busch Gardens again (after 10 years). And I was a little disapointed, specially about the decrease of the hoofstock. There were no (more) Bongos, no (more) Soemmerings Gazelle and even the former exhibit of the Black Rhinos at the Serengeti seems to be no longer exist. Does anyone know what is happen?
 
Bongos - parasites (will be returning in next 1-2 years); Soemmerings - still there, just not on display yet; Black Rhinos - difficult to breed and place any offspring, not interested in species anymore. There will be an increase in species in the next 1-2 years.
 
Anyone have any updates on new animals on display in the savannah exhibit? Or a current list? I might visit tomorrow.
 
jusko88 said:
Anyone have any updates on new animals on display in the savannah exhibit? Or a current list? I might visit tomorrow.
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A White Rhino was born about 3 months ago or so.
Serengeti Plain:
Outside train station: Thomson's Gazelle
Habitat 1: Reticulated Giraffe
Impala
Addax
Ostrich
Common Eland
Grevy's Zebra
Marabou Stork
Habitat 2: White Rhinoceros
Grant's Zebra
Greater Kudu
Wildebeest
Watusi (in their own enclosure)
Rhino Rally:
Asian Elephant
Impala
Scimitar-Horned Oryx
I've seen both Grant's and Hartmann's Mountain Zebras, never at the same time though.
Cape Buffalo
Caribbean Flamingo
Nile Crocodile
White Rhinoceros
Edge of Africa:
Meerkat
White-Backed Vulture
Spotted Hyena
African Lion
Common Hippopotamus
Nile Crocodile
African Cichlid
Ring-Tailed Lemur
Red-Fronted Lemur
I might be missing a few.
 
jusko88 said:
They have black rhino now.
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I know they had Black Rhino and saw it in February 2011, but I did not see the rhino in April 2012, leading to me that it might have been taken off-exhibit for a while, or they just didn't point it out on that train ride. I believe Bongo were taken off-exhibit.
 
I think your right about the bongo. Didn't see them but I forgot to mention we also saw Lowland nyala in a off exhibit area and sable antelope as well.
 
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