Underrepresented Habitats

[Aardwolf]

White naked crane? Should someone get them towels? Sorry I couldn't resist. Too bad your ideas weren't accepted.

And this is why I normally don't try to respond to posts using my phone...

 

[AndyJ08]

I feel like Middle Eastern habitats are underrepresented in both European and American zoos. If the zoos in question do have an area themed to the Middle East, it may be a small area for camel rides or maybe fennec foxes. Honestly, I think an exhibit themed to the Caucasus Mountains would be interesting

An idea for a Caucasusian area would be:
Leopards
Demoiselle Crane
Tigers (would have to be a Siberian-stand in)
Ring-necked Pheasants
Striped Hyena
Red Deer
Greater Flamingo
Preszwalski’s Horse
Eurasian Collared Dove

 

[Aardwolf]

I feel like Middle Eastern habitats are underrepresented in both European and American zoos. If the zoos in question do have an area themed to the Middle East, it may be a small area for camel rides or maybe fennec foxes. Honestly, I think an exhibit themed to the Caucasus Mountains would be interesting

An idea for a Caucasusian area would be:
Leopards
Demoiselle Crane
Tigers (would have to be a Siberian-stand in)
Ring-necked Pheasants
Striped Hyena
Red Deer
Greater Flamingo
Preszwalski’s Horse
Eurasian Collared Dove

Don't forget Armenian viper!

 

[JigerofLemuria]

I feel like Middle Eastern habitats are underrepresented in both European and American zoos. If the zoos in question do have an area themed to the Middle East, it may be a small area for camel rides or maybe fennec foxes. Honestly, I think an exhibit themed to the Caucasus Mountains would be interesting

An idea for a Caucasusian area would be:
Leopards
Demoiselle Crane
Tigers (would have to be a Siberian-stand in)
Ring-necked Pheasants
Striped Hyena
Red Deer
Greater Flamingo
Preszwalski’s Horse
Eurasian Collared Dove

That's a great idea! Brown bears would also be a good addition, and even Asiatic lions in representation of the extinct middle-eastern ones that roamed there. Mountain caprines, like the West Caucasian tur are also worth considering.

 

[Van Beal]

I don't know if this is more common than I think, but Gran Chaco or Patagonian themed areas for South America, with guanacos, culpeo, maned wolf, maras, rheas, etc

 

[UngulateNerd92]

That's a great idea! Brown bears would also be a good addition, and even Asiatic lions in representation of the extinct middle-eastern ones that roamed there. Mountain caprines, like the West Caucasian tur are also worth considering.

As would be East Caucasian tur, European bison (to represent the extinct Caucasian bison), and European moose/elk (to represent the extinct Caucasian moose).

 

[JigerofLemuria]

I don't know if this is more common than I think, but Gran Chaco or Patagonian themed areas for South America, with guanacos, culpeo, maned wolf, maras, rheas, etc

Many of those animals are common in captivity, but oddly they're almost never in an appropriately themed area...

 

[PossumRoach]

The black and caspian sea.Does anyone know of any gret exhibits of these relatively unknown habitats?

Idk about good but in the Istanbul Aquarium the route starts with a black sea tank with sturgeons and trout

 

[Van Beal]

Many of those animals are common in captivity, but oddly they're almost never in an appropriately themed area...

Okay so maybe some more appropriately themed exhibts, and group them all together and boom! Patagonia or Andean themed area!

 

[equidae]

An idea for a Caucasusian area would be:
Leopards
Demoiselle Crane
Tigers (would have to be a Siberian-stand in)
Ring-necked Pheasants
Striped Hyena
Red Deer
Greater Flamingo
Preszwalski’s Horse
Eurasian Collared Dove

Przewalski's horses aren't found in the Caucasus though. The kulan would be a better bet, but still not accurate geographically.

I don't believe greater flamingos are found in the region either.

 

[UngulateNerd92]

Przewalski's horses aren't found in the Caucasus though. The kulan would be a better bet, but still not accurate geographically.

I don't believe greater flamingos are found in the region either.

I was going to say, Przewalski's horses did seem out of place. Did Tarpan live in the Caucasus historically?

 

[Fallax]

I was going to say, Przewalski's horses did seem out of place. Did Tarpan live in the Caucasus historically?

I think so, the last bastion of the tarpan was the southern Russian steppe, which naturally includes the Caucasus.

 

[UngulateNerd92]

I think so, the last bastion of the tarpan was the southern Russian steppe, which naturally includes the Caucasus.

Ok thank you, now I see context for including Przewalski's horses.

 

[Zoovolunteer]

Przewalski's horses aren't found in the Caucasus though. The kulan would be a better bet, but still not accurate geographically.

I don't believe greater flamingos are found in the region either.

Greater Flamingos breed along the Black Sea coast in Bulgaria and also in Turkey, so I would imagine they are at least visitors to any suitable habitat along the coasts of the Caucasus

 

[Zoovolunteer]

That's a great idea! Brown bears would also be a good addition, and even Asiatic lions in representation of the extinct middle-eastern ones that roamed there. Mountain caprines, like the West Caucasian tur are also worth considering.

For the lions current taxonomy places the Asiatic lions of India in the same subspecies formerly found throughout the midle east and into SE Europe.

 

[Lota lota]

I have never seen any river delta exhibit except for the everglades.Deltas have an incredible array of biodiversity,something that many people are unaware off..An exhibit on the Volga,Danube,Nile,Okavango etc etc would be awsome.

 

[elefante]

I have never seen any river delta exhibit except for the everglades.Deltas have an incredible array of biodiversity,something that many people are unaware off..An exhibit on the Volga,Danube,Nile,Okavango etc etc would be awsome.

I created an Okavango exhibit in the Fantasy Zoos forum several years ago.

 

[JigerofLemuria]

I have never seen any river delta exhibit except for the everglades.Deltas have an incredible array of biodiversity,something that many people are unaware off..An exhibit on the Volga,Danube,Nile,Okavango etc etc would be awsome.

A Ganges delta section would be a great way for any zoo to incorporate tigers, elephants, deer, Indian rhinos, monkeys, aquatic birds, hornbills, rock pythons, crocodilians and many fish. These are typical zoo animals, and this theme would give it a fresh twist.

 

[AndyJ08]

Przewalski's horses aren't found in the Caucasus though. The kulan would be a better bet, but still not accurate geographically.

I don't believe greater flamingos are found in the region either.

Greater Flamingos aren’t usually found in the area, but there are isolated flocks that winter on the Caspian coast of Iran.

Plus, I like Aardwolf’s idea of keeping vipers! Maybe there could also be an exhibit for native fish and waterfowl, titled “Volga Drainages”, which would house European waterfowl such as teals and mute swans, and have Common Carp and sturgeon in the waterways!

 

[Komodo Dragon]

Coastal habitats like tidal flats, mudflats, saline lagoons (habitat of flamingos!) or mangroves (habitat of e.g. manatees, diverse crocodilians, sea fish and the largest remaining tiger population).

I would love an exhibit focusing on primates in a mangrove exhibit complex. It would be wonderful to have an underwater viewing window letting visitors see proboscis monkeys and crab-eating macaques swim. To my knowledge, there has never been such an exhibit.