Tierpark Hellabrunn Visiting Hellabrunn - Where to find these species?

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amur leopard

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I am soon going to be visiting Tierpark Hellabrunn on a sort of tour of Bavaria and Austria. However, since I couldn't find very much information at all on their map in terms of where to find certain species, I was wondering whether anyone who knew the zoo well or had visited the zoo and has an incredible memory could tell me where to find the following (I have posted my vague ideas along with them):

Agile wallaby: Perhaps to the left of where the kangaroos are shown on the map next to the 'Info pavilion'?
Alps hare: Near to the marmots and chamois?
Axis deer: The exhibit next to the Isar entrance?
Azara's agouti: Jungle pavilion? Mouse house?
Brazilian guinea pig: Mouse house? Jungle pavilion?
Cape hyrax: No idea
Capybara: Mixed in with anteaters and Vicunas?
Desmarest's hutia: No idea
Drill: Guessing the Primate pavilion but just making sure...
Eastern kiang: I'm guessing one of the horse icons on the map but I'm not sure which one - maybe the one beneath what seems to be a Yak?
European golden jackal: No idea
Fat sand rat: I'm guessing in the Mouse House?
Fishing cat: Jungle pavilion?
Greater kudu: African plains exhibit or maybe the exhibit to the left of the tortoise house?
Javan mouse deer: Jungle pavilion?
Negros warty pig: No idea
Northern lynx: No idea
Northern raccoon: No idea
Nyala: African plains exhibit or maybe the exhibit to the left of the tortoise house?
Persian fallow deer: No idea - maybe the one next to the Isar entrance...
Przewalski's horse: Perhaps the exhibit next to the yaks?
Reeves' muntjac : No idea
Round eared elephant shrew: Mouse House?
Pallas's cat: Maybe near the tigers?
Swamp wallaby: Near the kangaroos?
Tajik markhor: No idea

Thanks
AL
 
amur leopard said:
I am soon going to be visiting Tierpark Hellabrunn on a sort of tour of Bavaria and Austria. However, since I couldn't find very much information at all on their map in terms of where to find certain species, I was wondering whether anyone who knew the zoo well or had visited the zoo and has an incredible memory could tell me where to find the following (I have posted my vague ideas along with them):

Agile wallaby: Perhaps to the left of where the kangaroos are shown on the map next to the 'Info pavilion'?
Alps hare: Near to the marmots and chamois?
Axis deer: The exhibit next to the Isar entrance?
Azara's agouti: Jungle pavilion? Mouse house?
Brazilian guinea pig: Mouse house? Jungle pavilion?
Cape hyrax: No idea
Capybara: Mixed in with anteaters and Vicunas?
Desmarest's hutia: No idea
Drill: Guessing the Primate pavilion but just making sure...
Eastern kiang: I'm guessing one of the horse icons on the map but I'm not sure which one - maybe the one beneath what seems to be a Yak?
European golden jackal: No idea
Fat sand rat: I'm guessing in the Mouse House?
Fishing cat: Jungle pavilion?
Greater kudu: African plains exhibit or maybe the exhibit to the left of the tortoise house?
Javan mouse deer: Jungle pavilion?
Negros warty pig: No idea
Northern lynx: No idea
Northern raccoon: No idea
Nyala: African plains exhibit or maybe the exhibit to the left of the tortoise house?
Persian fallow deer: No idea - maybe the one next to the Isar entrance...
Przewalski's horse: Perhaps the exhibit next to the yaks?
Reeves' muntjac : No idea
Round eared elephant shrew: Mouse House?
Pallas's cat: Maybe near the tigers?
Swamp wallaby: Near the kangaroos?
Tajik markhor: No idea

Thanks
AL
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When I get home from work I'll annotate a map for you as best I can :) some of these species arrived after my last visit so it won't be entirely complete.
 
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1) Agile wallaby - see map
2) Alps hare - ??????
3) Axis deer - see map
4) Azara's agouti - cages on exterior of "Bat Cave" house
5) Brazilian guinea pig - Children's Zoo
6) Cape hyrax - within "Jungle Pavillion"
7) Capybara - see map
8) Desmarest's hutia - cages on exterior of "Bat Cave" house
9) Drill - World of Primates
10) Eastern kiang - see map
11) European golden jackal - ????
12) Fat sand rat - Tank inside "Bat Cave" house
13) Fishing cat - within "Jungle World"
14) Greater kudu - see map
15) Javan mouse deer - within "Jungle World"
16) Negros warty pig: ????
17) Northern lynx - see map
18) Northern raccoon - see map
19) Nyala - see map
20) Persian fallow deer - see map
21) Przewalski's horse - see map
22) Reeves' muntjac - see map
23) Round eared elephant shrew - Tank inside "Bat Cave" house
24) Pallas's cat - ????
25) Swamp wallaby - see map
26) Tajik markhor - see map


Worth noting that the Northern Raccoon and Przewalski's Horse are clearly depicted on the map :P

Also, so as to not get your hopes up too much, the exhibit labelled on the map as "Mouse House" is literally just a large doll's house filled with fancy mice, rather than a rodent house or exhibit per se.
 

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TeaLovingDave said:
Also, so as to not get your hopes up too much, the exhibit labelled on the map as "Mouse House" is literally just a large doll's house filled with fancy mice, rather than a rodent house or exhibit per se.
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I did start to suspect that this was the case after you systematically eliminated all the rodents and none of them were in the Mouse House :D

Thank you so much for doing all of that!
I am now much more equipped to plan the visit :)

I'm sorry about the horses and raccoons - was kinda getting blindfolded by the sheer number of ungulate icons on there that I just failed to see the horses in the middle :D

Thanks again,

AL
 
2) At the "Polar complex".
11) Near the wolverine exhibit.
16) Former bearded pig exhibit (Rhino House)
24) Near Jungle Tent.

I'm planning to visit the zoo tomorrow with my family; maybe we'll run into each other.
(I'm the visitor with the white Polish Tatra dog / livestock guardian dog).
 
Batto said:
2) At the "Polar complex".
11) Near the wolverine exhibit.
16) Former bearded pig exhibit (Rhino House)
24) Near Jungle Tent.

I'm planning to visit the zoo tomorrow with my family; maybe we'll run into each other.
(I'm the visitor with the white Polish Tatra dog / livestock guardian dog).
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Oh no! So close yet so far! I am going to be visiting in two days :(
Have a nice visit!
 
Thanks for asking - it was great!

I visited on Sunday and it was fantastic! However, I'm probably going to have to wait until Easter time to download them onto the website because of some technical problems and the difficulty of visiting an expert to look at my camera and memory card.

The Alpenzoo was spectacular and I saw everything I wanted to see, including the famed Wallcreeper, after a lengthy period of time peering into the exhibit desperately. They are really quite nice birds! Sadly, couldn't get any photos because my camera broke down after Hellabrunn and the Alpenzoo was a couple of days afterwards. Also saw Neuchwanstein and had a nice walk around there in the clean Alpine air, along with a quick trip to Tegernsee before the zoo. Now taking the train back home having seen around 30 new mammals (including quite a few wild lifers) and about 50 new birds. :)

Thanks for @TeaLovingDave for drawing my attention to Innsbruck in the first place with his photographic guide - it is a wonderful establishment and I recommend it highly.
 
amur leopard said:
Thanks for asking - it was great!

I visited on Sunday and it was fantastic! However, I'm probably going to have to wait until Easter time to download them onto the website because of some technical problems and the difficulty of visiting an expert to look at my camera and memory card.

The Alpenzoo was spectacular and I saw everything I wanted to see, including the famed Wallcreeper, after a lengthy period of time peering into the exhibit desperately. They are really quite nice birds! Sadly, couldn't get any photos because my camera broke down after Hellabrunn and the Alpenzoo was a couple of days afterwards. Also saw Neuchwanstein and had a nice walk around there in the clean Alpine air, along with a quick trip to Tegernsee before the zoo. Now taking the train back home having seen around 30 new mammals (including quite a few wild lifers) and about 50 new birds. :)

Thanks for @TeaLovingDave for drawing my attention to Innsbruck in the first place with his photographic guide - it is a wonderful establishment and I recommend it highly.
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Thank you for the long and interesting reply. What area of Hellabrunn was your favourite? It’s cool to see you made it to Alpenzoo, that place is definitely one of the ten European Zoos I’d most want to visit. How was Alpenzoo’s Aquarium?
 
TZDugong said:
Thank you for the long and interesting reply. What area of Hellabrunn was your favourite? It’s cool to see you made it to Alpenzoo, that place is definitely one of the ten European Zoos I’d most want to visit. How was Alpenzoo’s Aquarium?
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The Aquarium was certainly one of the more interesting aquariums I've ever been to, especially owing to the fact that all the fish seemed quite simply and dull yet mixed together made a very quaint building. I probably saw new species in there than I did in the whole rest of the zoo!

Hellabrunn was great and I loved all of it. I'd say the areas I especially liked were the aviary area and the Polar area. However, it was also quite cool to see Tarpan and Heck cattle as well as of course all the Alpine fauna, which felt good until I got to Innsbruck :D
The giraffe indoor looked quite nice from the outside although I didn't go inside (not sure if one could). I also loved the Pampas area of the zoo.
 
amur leopard said:
The giraffe indoor looked quite nice from the outside although I didn't go inside (not sure if one could).
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You certainly could when I visited back in December, would be surprised if the access was suddenly barred. It certainly is a nice building although to be honest, nothing special. :)
 
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