What if there are many Grand Taman Safari projects outside Java?

[Jonathan Harry]

I found land for sale in the suburbs of Semarang with an area of 106.6 hectares. Judging from the map of Rowosari Village which has other tourist areas such as Brown Canyon and paragliding spots, it seems suitable to build The Grand Taman Safari Semarang. Since there is rarely a safari park format in a city like Safari World Bangkok.
Tanah siap bangun di rowosari tembalang

Indeed, this is still on the island of Java. Still, it is quite good for being the first Grand Taman Safari in Central Java, because the Grand Taman Safari that has a sufficient diversity of animal collections only exists in West Java, East Java, and Bali.

Consider this project as Taman Safari Indonesia IV, the difference is that the collections in Semarang are animals that are mostly rare or not yet found in any zoo in Indonesia. In fact, there will be several collections of native Indonesian animals that have never been bred in any zoo in the world, and The Grand Taman Safari Semarang will be the first breeding pioneer for these animals.

Starting from the Safari Journey area, the features differ from those in Bogor, Pasuruan, or Bali, which divide zones based on continents. Even here, visitors are strictly not allowed to feed the animals to ensure their health. Here the zone division is based on the order/group of animal species such as:

• Paenungulata Area 1: African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis), eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli), greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou), blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), gemsbok (Oryx gazella), sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), addax (Addax nasomaculatus), impala (Aepyceros melampus), bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus), Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious), Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana)
  
• Carnivora Area: Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica), Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya), Sri Lankan sloth bear (Melursus ursinus inornatus), African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea), golden jackal (Canis aureus), Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus), American black bear (Ursus americanus)
• Paenungulata Area 2: Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus), Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii), Turkmenian kulan (Equus hemionus kulan), Chinese goral (Naemorhedus griseus), Mishmi takin (Budorcas taxicolor taxicolor), barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), markhor (Capra falconeri), Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus), mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi), Togian babirusa (Babyrousa togeanensis), Buru babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa), Celebes warty pig (Sus celebensis), Sumatran serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), Bornean bearded pig (Sus barbatus)
  
• Bird & Reptile Area: common ostrich (Struthio camelus), emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae), northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus), dwarf cassowary (Casuarius bennetti), lesser rhea (Rhea pennata), pink-backed pelican (Pelecanus rufescens), American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), brolga (Antigone rubicunda), white-naped crane (Antigone vipio), sarus crane (Antigone antigone), demoiselle crane (Grus virgo), blue crane (Grus paradisea), red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), common crane (Grus grus), black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina), Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis), gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
• Paenungulata Area 3: Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii), vicuña (Lama vicugna), guanaco (Lama guanicoe), red brocket (Mazama americana), elk (Cervus canadensis), European fallow deer (Dama dama), European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon), wisent (Bison bonasus)

The difference with the freshwater aquarium in Taman Safari Bogor or Bali Safari & Marine Park, there is a building similar to Dunia Air Tawar TMII (Jagat Satwa Nusantara). Safari Freshwater World Semarang only contains a collection of Indonesian animals because it aims to introduce the natural wealth of Indonesia to visitors. The division of zones is as follows:

Display Tanks

• Tank 1: banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix), seven-spot archerfish (Toxotes chatareus), and smallscale archerfish (Toxotes microlepis)
• Tank 2: bronze featherback (Notopterus notopterus), Bornean featherback (Chitala borneensis), and Sunda butter catfish (Ompok rhadinurus)
• Tank 3: humpback puffer (Pao palembangensis), green spotted puffer (Dichotomyctere nigroviridis), and avocado puffer (Auriglobus modestus)
• Tank 4: fire eel (Mastacembelus erythrotaenia), zig-zag eel (Mastacembelus armatus), half-banded spiny eel (Macrognathus circumcinctus), tapir spiny eel (Macrognathus tapirus), and albino swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
• Tank 5: lesser spiny eel (Macrognathus aculeatus), frecklefin spiny eel (Macrognathus maculatus), and freshwater moray (Gymnothorax polyuranodon)
• Tank 6: chilli rasbora (Boraras brigittae), harlequin rasbora (Trigonostigma heteromorpha), glowlight rasbora (Trigonostigma hengeli), porthole rasbora (Rasbora cephalotaenia), silver rasbora (Rasbora argyrotaenia), Myers’ rasbora (Rasbora myersi), and paray rasbora (Rasbora aprotaenia)
• Tank 7: snakeskin barb (Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus), bonylip barb (Osteochilus vittatus), hard-lipped barb (Osteochilus vittatus), signal barb (Labiobarbus festivus), spanner barb (Barbodes lateristriga), and spotted barb (Barbodes binotatus)
• Tank 8: tinfoil barb (Barbonymus schwanenfeldii), tiger barb (Puntigrus tetrazona), checker barb (Oliotius oligolepis), and lined barb (Striuntius lineatus)
• Tank 9: spotted scat (Scatophagus argus), spotbanded scat (Selenotoca multifasciata), and crescent perch (Terapon jarbua)
• Tank 10: spotted blue-eye (Pseudomugil gertrudae), forktail blue-eye (Pseudomugil furcatus), Celebes rainbowfish (Marosatherina ladigesi), threadfin rainbowfish (Iriatherina werneri), and scissortail rasbora (Rasbora trilineata)
• Tank 11: ghost cafish (Kryptopterus vitreolus), glass catfish (Kryptopterus bicirrhis), lesser ghost catfish (Kryptopterus minor), Malay glass catfish (Ompok eugeneiatus), sailfin glassfish (Ambassis agrammus), and Vera's glass perch (Gymnochanda verae)
• Tank 12: river tonguesole (Cynoglossus feldmanni), Papuan freshwater sole (Brachirus selheimi), and Sunda freshwater sole (Achiroides leucorhynchos)
• Tank 13: white-edge freshwater whipray (Fluvitrygon signifer), longnose marbled whipray (Fluvitrygon oxyrhyncha), and flying fox fish (Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus)
• Tank 14: bala shark (Balantiocheilos melanopterus), Apollo sharkminnow (Luciosoma spilopleura), and black sharkminnow (Labeo chrysophekadion)
• Tank 15: Java barb (Barbonymus gonionotus), beardless barb (Cyclocheilichthys apogon), and Waanders' hard-lipped barb (Osteochilus waandersii)
• Tank 16: Kuhli loach (Pangio kuhlii), grey-banded loach (Nemacheilus selangoricus), Malay lizard loach (Homalopteroides tweediei), Sunda lizard loach (Balitoropsis ophiolepis), and horseface loach (Acantopsis dialuzona)
• Tank 17: striped glass catfish (Kryptopterus macrocephalus), spotted Borneo sucker (Gastromyzon punctulatus), and ocellated Borneo sucker (Gastromyzon monticola)
• Tank 18: freshwater longtom (Strongylura krefftii), Borneo redline halfbeak (Hemirhamphodon tengah), forest halfbeak (Hemirhamphodon pogonognathus), and bellybarred pipefish (Hippichthys spicifer)
• Tank 19: giant pikehead (Luciocephalus pulcher), peppermint pikehead (Luciocephalus aura), and snakehead gudgeon (Giuris margaritaceus)
• Tank 20: harlequin lancer catfish (Bagroides melapterus), black lancer (Bagrichthys macracanthus), and Borneo bumblebee catfish (Pseudomystus funebris)
• Tank 21: two-spot mystus (Mystus bimaculatus), greater mystus (Mystus singaringan), Marcel catfish (Mystus castaneus), and barred loach (Nemacheilus fasciatus)
• Tank 22: marble goby (Oxyeleotris marmorata), threadfin goby (Sicyopterus longifilis), empire gudgeon (Hypseleotris compressa), and climbing perch (Anabas testudineus)
• Tank 23: red-tailed tinfoil barb (Barbonymus altus), red-cheeked Sultan fish (Leptobarbus melanopterus), and saddle-back loach (Homaloptera orthogoniata)
• Tank 24: Boeseman's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani), Lake Kuromai rainbowfish (Melanotaenia parva), Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfish (Melanotaenia ajamaruensis), red rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisa), Tami River rainbowfish (Glossolepis pseudoincisa)
• Tank 25: Fasin rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fasinensis), Moswaren rainbowfish (Melanotaenia multiradiata), Goldie River rainbowfish (Melanotaenia goldiei), and clown loach (Chromobotia macracanthus)
• Tank 26: twisted-jaw sheatfish (Belodontichthys dinema), long-barbel sheatfish (Kryptopterus limpok), and chocolate frogmouth catfish (Chaca bankanensis)
• Tank 27: eel-tailed catfish (Tandanus tandanus), armoured sea catfish (Hemiarius stormii), warrior catfish (Hemiarius dioctes), spoonsnouted catfish (Cryptarius truncatus), and Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus)
• Tank 28: common sucker catfish (Glyptothorax major), stream sucker catfish (Glyptothorax platypogon), and Sumatran bumblebee catfish (Pseudomystus heokhuii)
• Tank 29: silver tiger perch (Datnioides polota), New Guinea tiger perch (Datnioides campbelli), and gulf saratoga (Scleropages jardinii)
• Tank 30: blue salmon catfish (Neoarius graeffei), highfin catfish (Neoarius berneyi), and boofhead catfish (Neoarius leptaspis)

Gourami & Snakehead Gallery (consists of individual tanks per species)

• samurai gourami (Sphaerichthys vaillanti), chocolate gourami (Sphaerichthys osphromenoides), pearl gourami (Trichopodus leerii), three spot gourami (Trichopodus trichopterus), snakeskin gourami (Trichopodus pectoralis), kissing gourami (Helostoma temminckii), and Malay combtail (Belontia hasselti)
• dwarf snakehead (Channa gachua), emperor snakehead (Channa marulioides), and forest snakehead (Channa lucius)

River Monster Indonesia (a central megatank that has an underwater-viewing tunnel)

• Asian redtail catfish (Hemibagrus wyckioides), striped wallago catfish (Wallagonia leerii), giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes), hampala barb (Hampala macrolepidota), Thai mahseer (Tor tambroides), semah mahseer (Tor douronensis), giant Borneo gourami (Osphronemus septemfasciatus), Malayan sheatfish (Phalacronotus apogon), giant featherback (Chitala lopis), Indonesian tiger perch (Datnioides microlepis), Hoven's carp (Leptobarbus hoevenii), giant freshwater stingray (Urogymnus polylepis), barramundi (Lates calcarifer), and giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata)

Crustacean Gallery

• New Guinea Zone: thunderbolt crayfish (Cherax pulcher), Papuan apricot crayfish (Cherax holthuisi), Papuan orange tip crayfish (Cherax snowdeni), and tricolor blue moon crayfish (Cherax boesemani).
• Sulawesi Zone: cardinal Sulawesi shrimp (Caridina dennerli), Sulawesi red line shrimp (Caridina striata), blue leg Poso shrimp (Caridina caerulea), Sulawesi harlequin shrimp (Caridina woltereckae), yellow goldflake shrimp (Caridina spinata), vampire crab (Geosesarma dennerle), panther crab (Parathelphusa pantherina), and purple Matano crab (Syntripsa matanensis).
• giant river prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)

 

[Jonathan Harry]

Finally, I found an empty land near Labuan Bajo in West Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. This area is quite good and the area is also adequate, namely 33 hectares, slightly smaller than Bali Safari & Marine Park but commensurate with the economic and tourism conditions in Labuan Bajo. Rather than just making a resort or plantation, it could be made The Grand Taman Safari Flores.
Di jual tanah los pantai dan bukit di lembor selatan

Since this project is outside Java, the main focus of this safari park should be to introduce animals and how to conserve them to ordinary tourists, because foreign tourists are a bonus. The features in The Grand Taman Safari Flores are not much different from the three existing Grand Taman Safari, such as the Safari Journey area, resort, mini theme park, white tiger enclosure in the Baby Zoo area, elephant & tiger shows, crocodile & Komodo dragon enclosure, and one signature show played by actors (like in Bogor there is a cowboy show, in Prigen there is an Indiana Jones rip-off, in Bali there is a Balinese folk tale). For the one in Flores, maybe it could be themed with indigenous people fighting the Dutch colonizers, similar to the Bara webtoon.

 

[Jonathan Harry]

I found another vacant land, and this is a great location. Located in Dolok Pardamean District, Simalungun Regency in North Sumatra. To be precise, this land is close to Lake Toba and has an area of 50 hectares. It is a little bit larger than Adventure World Wakayama which has an area of 45 hectares, but it is explained on the website that this land is more suitable for vegetable farming. If we flashback to the beginning of the establishment of Taman Safari Indonesia in Bogor, which was originally an abandoned tea plantation, then this land can be built into The Grand Taman Safari Simalungun.
Saribu Dolok Lahan 50 ha

The difference with Bali Safari & Marine Park where the gate, entrance, and lobby have Balinese architecture, Grand Taman Safari Simalungun uses Batak Toba architecture. Indeed with the consequence that the majority of the building's paint is red and black, but that's where the uniqueness lies. For reference, there are already many in the world such as Tiger Trek in Taronga Zoo, Tiger Crossroads in Nashville Zoo, and Kampung Sumatera in Bali Zoo.

 

[Rizz Carlton]

Finally, I found an empty land near Labuan Bajo in West Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. This area is quite good and the area is also adequate, namely 33 hectares, slightly smaller than Bali Safari & Marine Park but commensurate with the economic and tourism conditions in Labuan Bajo. Rather than just making a resort or plantation, it could be made The Grand Taman Safari Flores.
Di jual tanah los pantai dan bukit di lembor selatan

Since this project is outside Java, the main focus of this safari park should be to introduce animals and how to conserve them to ordinary tourists, because foreign tourists are a bonus. The features in The Grand Taman Safari Flores are not much different from the three existing Grand Taman Safari, such as the Safari Journey area, resort, mini theme park, white tiger enclosure in the Baby Zoo area, elephant & tiger shows, crocodile & Komodo dragon enclosure, and one signature show played by actors (like in Bogor there is a cowboy show, in Prigen there is an Indiana Jones rip-off, in Bali there is a Balinese folk tale). For the one in Flores, maybe it could be themed with indigenous people fighting the Dutch colonizers, similar to the Bara webtoon.

Flores is already the wild and free home for Komodo dragons. This is much more fitting as a small education park and breeding facility all centered around Komodo dragon and Lesser Sunda Islands species instead of a conventional Taman Safari park, which in reality would be highly controversial and unethical.

Not to mention a similar attempt made by the government for a similar thing gained public outcry for the factual exploitation of the actual Komodo dragon habitat for another expensive tourist attraction that ironicly also centered around the dragons.

 

[Fargusno]

I found land for sale in the suburbs of Semarang with an area of 106.6 hectares. Judging from the map of Rowosari Village which has other tourist areas such as Brown Canyon and paragliding spots, it seems suitable to build The Grand Taman Safari Semarang. Since there is rarely a safari park format in a city like Safari World Bangkok.
Tanah siap bangun di rowosari tembalang

Indeed, this is still on the island of Java. Still, it is quite good for being the first Grand Taman Safari in Central Java, because the Grand Taman Safari that has a sufficient diversity of animal collections only exists in West Java, East Java, and Bali.

Consider this project as Taman Safari Indonesia IV, the difference is that the collections in Semarang are animals that are mostly rare or not yet found in any zoo in Indonesia. In fact, there will be several collections of native Indonesian animals that have never been bred in any zoo in the world, and The Grand Taman Safari Semarang will be the first breeding pioneer for these animals.

Starting from the Safari Journey area, the features differ from those in Bogor, Pasuruan, or Bali, which divide zones based on continents. Even here, visitors are strictly not allowed to feed the animals to ensure their health. Here the zone division is based on the order/group of animal species such as:

• Paenungulata Area 1: African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis), eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli), greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou), blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), gemsbok (Oryx gazella), sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), addax (Addax nasomaculatus), impala (Aepyceros melampus), bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus), Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious), Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana)
  
• Carnivora Area: Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica), Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya), Sri Lankan sloth bear (Melursus ursinus inornatus), African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea), golden jackal (Canis aureus), Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus), American black bear (Ursus americanus)
• Paenungulata Area 2: Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus), Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii), Turkmenian kulan (Equus hemionus kulan), Chinese goral (Naemorhedus griseus), Mishmi takin (Budorcas taxicolor taxicolor), barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), markhor (Capra falconeri), Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus), mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi), Togian babirusa (Babyrousa togeanensis), Buru babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa), Celebes warty pig (Sus celebensis), Sumatran serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), Bornean bearded pig (Sus barbatus)
  
• Bird & Reptile Area: common ostrich (Struthio camelus), emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae), northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus), dwarf cassowary (Casuarius bennetti), lesser rhea (Rhea pennata), pink-backed pelican (Pelecanus rufescens), American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), brolga (Antigone rubicunda), white-naped crane (Antigone vipio), sarus crane (Antigone antigone), demoiselle crane (Grus virgo), blue crane (Grus paradisea), red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), common crane (Grus grus), black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina), Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis), gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
• Paenungulata Area 3: Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii), vicuña (Lama vicugna), guanaco (Lama guanicoe), red brocket (Mazama americana), elk (Cervus canadensis), European fallow deer (Dama dama), European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon), wisent (Bison bonasus)

The difference with the freshwater aquarium in Taman Safari Bogor or Bali Safari & Marine Park, there is a building similar to Dunia Air Tawar TMII (Jagat Satwa Nusantara). Safari Freshwater World Semarang only contains a collection of Indonesian animals because it aims to introduce the natural wealth of Indonesia to visitors. The division of zones is as follows:

Display Tanks

• Tank 1: banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix), seven-spot archerfish (Toxotes chatareus), and smallscale archerfish (Toxotes microlepis)
• Tank 2: bronze featherback (Notopterus notopterus), Bornean featherback (Chitala borneensis), and Sunda butter catfish (Ompok rhadinurus)
• Tank 3: humpback puffer (Pao palembangensis), green spotted puffer (Dichotomyctere nigroviridis), and avocado puffer (Auriglobus modestus)
• Tank 4: fire eel (Mastacembelus erythrotaenia), zig-zag eel (Mastacembelus armatus), half-banded spiny eel (Macrognathus circumcinctus), tapir spiny eel (Macrognathus tapirus), and albino swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
• Tank 5: lesser spiny eel (Macrognathus aculeatus), frecklefin spiny eel (Macrognathus maculatus), and freshwater moray (Gymnothorax polyuranodon)
• Tank 6: chilli rasbora (Boraras brigittae), harlequin rasbora (Trigonostigma heteromorpha), glowlight rasbora (Trigonostigma hengeli), porthole rasbora (Rasbora cephalotaenia), silver rasbora (Rasbora argyrotaenia), Myers’ rasbora (Rasbora myersi), and paray rasbora (Rasbora aprotaenia)
• Tank 7: snakeskin barb (Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus), bonylip barb (Osteochilus vittatus), hard-lipped barb (Osteochilus vittatus), signal barb (Labiobarbus festivus), spanner barb (Barbodes lateristriga), and spotted barb (Barbodes binotatus)
• Tank 8: tinfoil barb (Barbonymus schwanenfeldii), tiger barb (Puntigrus tetrazona), checker barb (Oliotius oligolepis), and lined barb (Striuntius lineatus)
• Tank 9: spotted scat (Scatophagus argus), spotbanded scat (Selenotoca multifasciata), and crescent perch (Terapon jarbua)
• Tank 10: spotted blue-eye (Pseudomugil gertrudae), forktail blue-eye (Pseudomugil furcatus), Celebes rainbowfish (Marosatherina ladigesi), threadfin rainbowfish (Iriatherina werneri), and scissortail rasbora (Rasbora trilineata)
• Tank 11: ghost cafish (Kryptopterus vitreolus), glass catfish (Kryptopterus bicirrhis), lesser ghost catfish (Kryptopterus minor), Malay glass catfish (Ompok eugeneiatus), sailfin glassfish (Ambassis agrammus), and Vera's glass perch (Gymnochanda verae)
• Tank 12: river tonguesole (Cynoglossus feldmanni), Papuan freshwater sole (Brachirus selheimi), and Sunda freshwater sole (Achiroides leucorhynchos)
• Tank 13: white-edge freshwater whipray (Fluvitrygon signifer), longnose marbled whipray (Fluvitrygon oxyrhyncha), and flying fox fish (Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus)
• Tank 14: bala shark (Balantiocheilos melanopterus), Apollo sharkminnow (Luciosoma spilopleura), and black sharkminnow (Labeo chrysophekadion)
• Tank 15: Java barb (Barbonymus gonionotus), beardless barb (Cyclocheilichthys apogon), and Waanders' hard-lipped barb (Osteochilus waandersii)
• Tank 16: Kuhli loach (Pangio kuhlii), grey-banded loach (Nemacheilus selangoricus), Malay lizard loach (Homalopteroides tweediei), Sunda lizard loach (Balitoropsis ophiolepis), and horseface loach (Acantopsis dialuzona)
• Tank 17: striped glass catfish (Kryptopterus macrocephalus), spotted Borneo sucker (Gastromyzon punctulatus), and ocellated Borneo sucker (Gastromyzon monticola)
• Tank 18: freshwater longtom (Strongylura krefftii), Borneo redline halfbeak (Hemirhamphodon tengah), forest halfbeak (Hemirhamphodon pogonognathus), and bellybarred pipefish (Hippichthys spicifer)
• Tank 19: giant pikehead (Luciocephalus pulcher), peppermint pikehead (Luciocephalus aura), and snakehead gudgeon (Giuris margaritaceus)
• Tank 20: harlequin lancer catfish (Bagroides melapterus), black lancer (Bagrichthys macracanthus), and Borneo bumblebee catfish (Pseudomystus funebris)
• Tank 21: two-spot mystus (Mystus bimaculatus), greater mystus (Mystus singaringan), Marcel catfish (Mystus castaneus), and barred loach (Nemacheilus fasciatus)
• Tank 22: marble goby (Oxyeleotris marmorata), threadfin goby (Sicyopterus longifilis), empire gudgeon (Hypseleotris compressa), and climbing perch (Anabas testudineus)
• Tank 23: red-tailed tinfoil barb (Barbonymus altus), red-cheeked Sultan fish (Leptobarbus melanopterus), and saddle-back loach (Homaloptera orthogoniata)
• Tank 24: Boeseman's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani), Lake Kuromai rainbowfish (Melanotaenia parva), Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfish (Melanotaenia ajamaruensis), red rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisa), Tami River rainbowfish (Glossolepis pseudoincisa)
• Tank 25: Fasin rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fasinensis), Moswaren rainbowfish (Melanotaenia multiradiata), Goldie River rainbowfish (Melanotaenia goldiei), and clown loach (Chromobotia macracanthus)
• Tank 26: twisted-jaw sheatfish (Belodontichthys dinema), long-barbel sheatfish (Kryptopterus limpok), and chocolate frogmouth catfish (Chaca bankanensis)
• Tank 27: eel-tailed catfish (Tandanus tandanus), armoured sea catfish (Hemiarius stormii), warrior catfish (Hemiarius dioctes), spoonsnouted catfish (Cryptarius truncatus), and Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus)
• Tank 28: common sucker catfish (Glyptothorax major), stream sucker catfish (Glyptothorax platypogon), and Sumatran bumblebee catfish (Pseudomystus heokhuii)
• Tank 29: silver tiger perch (Datnioides polota), New Guinea tiger perch (Datnioides campbelli), and gulf saratoga (Scleropages jardinii)
• Tank 30: blue salmon catfish (Neoarius graeffei), highfin catfish (Neoarius berneyi), and boofhead catfish (Neoarius leptaspis)

Gourami & Snakehead Gallery (consists of individual tanks per species)

• samurai gourami (Sphaerichthys vaillanti), chocolate gourami (Sphaerichthys osphromenoides), pearl gourami (Trichopodus leerii), three spot gourami (Trichopodus trichopterus), snakeskin gourami (Trichopodus pectoralis), kissing gourami (Helostoma temminckii), and Malay combtail (Belontia hasselti)
• dwarf snakehead (Channa gachua), emperor snakehead (Channa marulioides), and forest snakehead (Channa lucius)

River Monster Indonesia (a central megatank that has an underwater-viewing tunnel)

• Asian redtail catfish (Hemibagrus wyckioides), striped wallago catfish (Wallagonia leerii), giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes), hampala barb (Hampala macrolepidota), Thai mahseer (Tor tambroides), semah mahseer (Tor douronensis), giant Borneo gourami (Osphronemus septemfasciatus), Malayan sheatfish (Phalacronotus apogon), giant featherback (Chitala lopis), Indonesian tiger perch (Datnioides microlepis), Hoven's carp (Leptobarbus hoevenii), giant freshwater stingray (Urogymnus polylepis), barramundi (Lates calcarifer), and giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata)

Crustacean Gallery

• New Guinea Zone: thunderbolt crayfish (Cherax pulcher), Papuan apricot crayfish (Cherax holthuisi), Papuan orange tip crayfish (Cherax snowdeni), and tricolor blue moon crayfish (Cherax boesemani).
• Sulawesi Zone: cardinal Sulawesi shrimp (Caridina dennerli), Sulawesi red line shrimp (Caridina striata), blue leg Poso shrimp (Caridina caerulea), Sulawesi harlequin shrimp (Caridina woltereckae), yellow goldflake shrimp (Caridina spinata), vampire crab (Geosesarma dennerle), panther crab (Parathelphusa pantherina), and purple Matano crab (Syntripsa matanensis).
• giant river prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)

I like this idea! The bird and reptile area could use some tortoises in the area, preferably aldabras since they're pretty big, and not as rare as their Galapagos counterpart.

 

[Jonathan Harry]

I like this idea! The bird and reptile area could use some tortoises in the area, preferably aldabras since they're pretty big, and not as rare as their Galapagos counterpart.

Yes, that's right. Maybe to differentiate it from the ones in Bogor and Pasuruan, in Semarang the bird aviary area is made according to the geographical location of each dome. For example, the Aldabra tortoise is placed in an aviary dome that contains various African starlings, turacos, and lovebirds (because these birds are in Aviary Park Bintaro).

 

[Jonathan Harry]

I like this idea! The bird and reptile area could use some tortoises in the area, preferably aldabras since they're pretty big, and not as rare as their Galapagos counterpart.

When I think about it, the reptile house will contain various reptiles from various branches of Taman Safari in Indonesia, even some that used to be in Taman Safari. The division of the area/pavilion is based on taxonomy, similar to Gembira Loka Zoo.

• Snake Pavilion: reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus), king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus), common boa (Boa constrictor), elephant trunk snake (Acrochordus javanicus), Malayan pit viper (Calloselasma rhodostoma), Javan spitting cobra (Naja sputatrix), Chinese rat snake (Ptyas korros), Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa), Everglades rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis), Texas rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri), corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus), mangrove snake (Boiga dendrophila), water python (Liasis fuscus), banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus), Asian vine snake (Ahaetulla prasina), sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor), Burmese python (Python bivittatus), green tree python (Morelia viridis), milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum), D'Albertis' python (Leiopython albertisii), and ball python (Python regius).
• Lizard Pavilion: Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator), crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii), Horn's monitor (Varanus panoptes horni), Ambon sailfin dragon (Hydrosaurus amboinensis), Halmahera sailfin dragon (Hydrosaurus weberi), green iguana (Iguana iguana), Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae), mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus), quince monitor (Varanus melinus), emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus), blue tree monitor (Varanus macraei), yellow-headed water monitor (Varanus cumingi), panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), chameleon forest dragon (Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus), lesser tree agamid (Pseudocalotes tympanistriga), emerald tree skink (Lamprolepis smaragdina), Indonesian blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua gigas), shingleback skink (Tiliqua rugosa), central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps), Kuhl's flying gecko (Gekko kuhli), and leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius).
• Testudine Pavilion: Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans), Forsten's tortoise (Indotestudo forstenii), pond slider (Trachemys script), diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin), painted terrapin (Batagur borneoensis), Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis), Bornean river turtle (Orlitia borneensis), northern snake-necked turtle (Chelodina rugosa), alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii), and pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta).
• Mini-croc Pavilion: spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodiles) and African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)
• Of course, there is a spacious enclosure for the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), equipped with cages for juvenile dragons.

 

[Mossman Joe]

I found land for sale in the suburbs of Semarang with an area of 106.6 hectares. Judging from the map of Rowosari Village which has other tourist areas such as Brown Canyon and paragliding spots, it seems suitable to build The Grand Taman Safari Semarang. Since there is rarely a safari park format in a city like Safari World Bangkok.

Getting African Elephants and Black Rhinos (among other things) to Indonesia is a literal big ask, where would TSI procure individuals?

Marketing and money-wise it seems more reasonable to use surplus large animals from the other Safari parks and then introduce a few unique animals not found in any other zoo, then slowly introducing rarities.

 

[Fargusno]

Getting African Elephants and Black Rhinos (among other things) to Indonesia is a literal big ask, where would TSI procure individuals?

Marketing and money-wise it seems more reasonable to use surplus large animals from the other Safari parks and then introduce a few unique animals not found in any other zoo, then slowly introducing rarities.

LPZ are trying to get giraffes and white rhinos from South Africa and are still in legal limbo right now, so as BXSea and their attempt to get penguins and sand tiger sharks from the same country.

 

[Jonathan Harry]

LPZ are trying to get giraffes and white rhinos from South Africa and are still in legal limbo right now, so as BXSea and their attempt to get penguins and sand tiger sharks from the same country.

That's why, that's what I want to implement, namely returning to the glory days of Taman Safari in the 90s when they dared to bring in polar bears and addaxes. The same thing happened at the 90s Ragunan Zoo when they had bonobos.

 

[Jonathan Harry]

I found two plots of land in North Sulawesi, the first in Manado and the second in Tomohon. It certainly doesn't mean I want to build both at once, but choosing one is better. The one in Manado is 16 hectares wide, the location is very strategic because it is on the Manado outer ring road and close to the Manado-Bitung highway. If the area is in Manado, I don't want to use the "Safari" label like in Solo and Pekalongan, it would be better to call it Manado Park & Zoo.
Tanah 16 H Ring road 2 dekat TRANSMART dan RS Hermina
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Meanwhile, the one in Tomohon has an area of 30 hectares and is suitable to be made into a Safari Journey area. But with the constraints on the land, there is a spring and it is written to be suitable for coconut plantations or investment. It is not yet certain whether The Grand Taman Safari Tomohon can be built.
TANAH MURAH ADA MATA AIR COCOK BERKEBUN atau INVESTASI
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What is distinctive is that there is an exhibit zone called Wild Sulawesi which contains native animals of Sulawesi, the pattern is similar to the Rainforest Trail at Bali Safari & Marine Park. There is a large enclosure and there is a viewing shelter in the form of a Tongkonan house occupied by lowland anoa (Bubalus depressicornis), North Sulawesi babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis), and Celebes rusa deer (Rusa timorensis macassaricus). After passing through this enclosure, there are cages for various Sulawesi primates whose design is similar to the primate zone at Gembira Loka Zoo, such as Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra), Tonkean macaque (Macaca tonkeana), Heck's macaque (Macaca hecki), booted macaque (Macaca ochreata), Moor macaque (Macaca maura), and Gorontalo macaque (Macaca nigrescens). There is also the Walewangko house which of course contains indoor cages for nocturnal primates such as Spectral tarsier (Tarsius tarsier), Gursky's spectral tarsier (Tarsius spectrumgurskyae), and Siau Island tarsier (Tarsius tumpara).

After that, there are several Tambi houses to keep small animal terrariums and nocturnal animal enclosures. These Tambi houses will be divided based on taxonomy.

• Snake House: dwarf reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus saputrai), Sulawesi pit viper (Tropidolaemus laticinctus), red-tailed pipe snake (Cylindrophis ruffus), Sulawesi mangrove snake (Boiga dendrophila gemmicincta), banded pitviper (Trimeresurus fasciatus), brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis), Asian vine snake (Ahaetulla prasina), Celebes black-tailed rat snake (Gonyosoma jansenii), and common wolf snake (Lycodon capucinus).
• Lizard House: quince monitor (Varanus melinus), Sulawesi water monitor (Varanus salvator celebensis), Togian water monitor (Varanus togianus), emerald tree skink (Lamprolepis smaragdina), Pacific bluetail skink (Emoia caeruleocauda), common sun skink (Eutropis multifasciata), Bacon's water skink (Tropidophorus baconi), marbled bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus marmoratus), Kuhl's flying gecko (Gekko kuhli), Sulawesi black sailfin lizard (Hydrosaurus celebensis), and Indonesian giant sailfin dragon (Hydrosaurus microlophus).
• Amphibian & Testudine Shell-ter: Forsten's tortoise (Indotestudo forstenii), Sulawesi forest turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi), Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis), Celebes flying frog (Rhacophorus edentulous), crab-eating frog (Fejervarya cancrivora), Masarang frog (Chalcorana macrops), and Sulawesi wart frog (Limnonectes larvaepartus).
• Nocturama: Sulawesi palm civet (Macrogalidia musschenbroekii), Malayan civet (Viverra tangalunga), Sulawesi bear cuscus (Ailurops ursinus), and Sulawesi dwarf cuscus (Strigocuscus celebensis).

Since the Tambi houses are located between various bird aviary domes, replicas of Lore Lindu megalithic statues will be installed in the aviary. The aviary complex will be divided based on whether the bird species can be housed with other birds or not.

• Individual Cages: knobbed hornbill (Rhyticeros cassidix), Sulawesi tarictic hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus exarhatus), white-bellied sea eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster), Sulawesi honey buzzard (Pernis celebensis), black eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis), rufous-bellied eagle (Lophotriorchis kienerii), grey-headed fish eagle (Icthyophaga ichthyaetus), Sunda brahminy kite (Haliastur indus intermedius), piping crow (Corvus typicus), Sulawesi brown goshawk (Tachyspiza fasciata stresemanni), spotted kestrel (Falco moluccensis), fork-tailed kite (Milvus migrans affinis), Sunda black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus hypoleucus), black-thighed falconet (Microhierax fringillarius), Southeast Asian peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus ernesti), Sulawesi masked owl (Tyto rosenbergii), and eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris).
• Big Aviary Dome (similar to TMII Bird Park domes that have individual cages): pink-necked green pigeon (Treron vernans), Sulawesi ground dove (Gallicolumba tristigmata), pied imperial pigeon (Ducula bicolor), chestnut-naped imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea paulina), elegant imperial pigeon (Ducula concinna), silver-tipped imperial pigeon (Ducula luctuosa), white-bellied imperial pigeon (Ducula forsteni), Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica), black-naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus), red-and-blue lory (Eos histrio), ornate lorikeet (Saudareos ornata), azure-rumped parrot (Tanygnathus sumatranus), great-billed parrot (Tanygnathus megalorynchos), yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea), black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), spotted whistling duck (Dendrocygna guttata), wandering whistling duck (Dendrocygna arcuata), maleo (Macrocephalon maleo), common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), white-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus), Oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster), white-necked myna (Streptocitta albicollis), blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus), little pied flycatcher (Ficedula westermanni), collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris), and little black cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris).

 

[Tigeanderson]

I found land for sale in the suburbs of Semarang with an area of 106.6 hectares. Judging from the map of Rowosari Village which has other tourist areas such as Brown Canyon and paragliding spots, it seems suitable to build The Grand Taman Safari Semarang. Since there is rarely a safari park format in a city like Safari World Bangkok.
Tanah siap bangun di rowosari tembalang

Indeed, this is still on the island of Java. Still, it is quite good for being the first Grand Taman Safari in Central Java, because the Grand Taman Safari that has a sufficient diversity of animal collections only exists in West Java, East Java, and Bali.

Consider this project as Taman Safari Indonesia IV, the difference is that the collections in Semarang are animals that are mostly rare or not yet found in any zoo in Indonesia. In fact, there will be several collections of native Indonesian animals that have never been bred in any zoo in the world, and The Grand Taman Safari Semarang will be the first breeding pioneer for these animals.

Starting from the Safari Journey area, the features differ from those in Bogor, Pasuruan, or Bali, which divide zones based on continents. Even here, visitors are strictly not allowed to feed the animals to ensure their health. Here the zone division is based on the order/group of animal species such as:

• Paenungulata Area 1: African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis), eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli), greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou), blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), gemsbok (Oryx gazella), sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), addax (Addax nasomaculatus), impala (Aepyceros melampus), bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus), Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious), Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana)
  
• Carnivora Area: Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica), Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya), Sri Lankan sloth bear (Melursus ursinus inornatus), African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea), golden jackal (Canis aureus), Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus), American black bear (Ursus americanus)
• Paenungulata Area 2: Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus), Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii), Turkmenian kulan (Equus hemionus kulan), Chinese goral (Naemorhedus griseus), Mishmi takin (Budorcas taxicolor taxicolor), barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), markhor (Capra falconeri), Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus), mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi), Togian babirusa (Babyrousa togeanensis), Buru babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa), Celebes warty pig (Sus celebensis), Sumatran serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), Bornean bearded pig (Sus barbatus)
  
• Bird & Reptile Area: common ostrich (Struthio camelus), emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae), northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus), dwarf cassowary (Casuarius bennetti), lesser rhea (Rhea pennata), pink-backed pelican (Pelecanus rufescens), American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), brolga (Antigone rubicunda), white-naped crane (Antigone vipio), sarus crane (Antigone antigone), demoiselle crane (Grus virgo), blue crane (Grus paradisea), red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), common crane (Grus grus), black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina), Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis), gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
• Paenungulata Area 3: Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii), vicuña (Lama vicugna), guanaco (Lama guanicoe), red brocket (Mazama americana), elk (Cervus canadensis), European fallow deer (Dama dama), European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon), wisent (Bison bonasus)

The difference with the freshwater aquarium in Taman Safari Bogor or Bali Safari & Marine Park, there is a building similar to Dunia Air Tawar TMII (Jagat Satwa Nusantara). Safari Freshwater World Semarang only contains a collection of Indonesian animals because it aims to introduce the natural wealth of Indonesia to visitors. The division of zones is as follows:

Display Tanks

• Tank 1: banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix), seven-spot archerfish (Toxotes chatareus), and smallscale archerfish (Toxotes microlepis)
• Tank 2: bronze featherback (Notopterus notopterus), Bornean featherback (Chitala borneensis), and Sunda butter catfish (Ompok rhadinurus)
• Tank 3: humpback puffer (Pao palembangensis), green spotted puffer (Dichotomyctere nigroviridis), and avocado puffer (Auriglobus modestus)
• Tank 4: fire eel (Mastacembelus erythrotaenia), zig-zag eel (Mastacembelus armatus), half-banded spiny eel (Macrognathus circumcinctus), tapir spiny eel (Macrognathus tapirus), and albino swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
• Tank 5: lesser spiny eel (Macrognathus aculeatus), frecklefin spiny eel (Macrognathus maculatus), and freshwater moray (Gymnothorax polyuranodon)
• Tank 6: chilli rasbora (Boraras brigittae), harlequin rasbora (Trigonostigma heteromorpha), glowlight rasbora (Trigonostigma hengeli), porthole rasbora (Rasbora cephalotaenia), silver rasbora (Rasbora argyrotaenia), Myers’ rasbora (Rasbora myersi), and paray rasbora (Rasbora aprotaenia)
• Tank 7: snakeskin barb (Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus), bonylip barb (Osteochilus vittatus), hard-lipped barb (Osteochilus vittatus), signal barb (Labiobarbus festivus), spanner barb (Barbodes lateristriga), and spotted barb (Barbodes binotatus)
• Tank 8: tinfoil barb (Barbonymus schwanenfeldii), tiger barb (Puntigrus tetrazona), checker barb (Oliotius oligolepis), and lined barb (Striuntius lineatus)
• Tank 9: spotted scat (Scatophagus argus), spotbanded scat (Selenotoca multifasciata), and crescent perch (Terapon jarbua)
• Tank 10: spotted blue-eye (Pseudomugil gertrudae), forktail blue-eye (Pseudomugil furcatus), Celebes rainbowfish (Marosatherina ladigesi), threadfin rainbowfish (Iriatherina werneri), and scissortail rasbora (Rasbora trilineata)
• Tank 11: ghost cafish (Kryptopterus vitreolus), glass catfish (Kryptopterus bicirrhis), lesser ghost catfish (Kryptopterus minor), Malay glass catfish (Ompok eugeneiatus), sailfin glassfish (Ambassis agrammus), and Vera's glass perch (Gymnochanda verae)
• Tank 12: river tonguesole (Cynoglossus feldmanni), Papuan freshwater sole (Brachirus selheimi), and Sunda freshwater sole (Achiroides leucorhynchos)
• Tank 13: white-edge freshwater whipray (Fluvitrygon signifer), longnose marbled whipray (Fluvitrygon oxyrhyncha), and flying fox fish (Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus)
• Tank 14: bala shark (Balantiocheilos melanopterus), Apollo sharkminnow (Luciosoma spilopleura), and black sharkminnow (Labeo chrysophekadion)
• Tank 15: Java barb (Barbonymus gonionotus), beardless barb (Cyclocheilichthys apogon), and Waanders' hard-lipped barb (Osteochilus waandersii)
• Tank 16: Kuhli loach (Pangio kuhlii), grey-banded loach (Nemacheilus selangoricus), Malay lizard loach (Homalopteroides tweediei), Sunda lizard loach (Balitoropsis ophiolepis), and horseface loach (Acantopsis dialuzona)
• Tank 17: striped glass catfish (Kryptopterus macrocephalus), spotted Borneo sucker (Gastromyzon punctulatus), and ocellated Borneo sucker (Gastromyzon monticola)
• Tank 18: freshwater longtom (Strongylura krefftii), Borneo redline halfbeak (Hemirhamphodon tengah), forest halfbeak (Hemirhamphodon pogonognathus), and bellybarred pipefish (Hippichthys spicifer)
• Tank 19: giant pikehead (Luciocephalus pulcher), peppermint pikehead (Luciocephalus aura), and snakehead gudgeon (Giuris margaritaceus)
• Tank 20: harlequin lancer catfish (Bagroides melapterus), black lancer (Bagrichthys macracanthus), and Borneo bumblebee catfish (Pseudomystus funebris)
• Tank 21: two-spot mystus (Mystus bimaculatus), greater mystus (Mystus singaringan), Marcel catfish (Mystus castaneus), and barred loach (Nemacheilus fasciatus)
• Tank 22: marble goby (Oxyeleotris marmorata), threadfin goby (Sicyopterus longifilis), empire gudgeon (Hypseleotris compressa), and climbing perch (Anabas testudineus)
• Tank 23: red-tailed tinfoil barb (Barbonymus altus), red-cheeked Sultan fish (Leptobarbus melanopterus), and saddle-back loach (Homaloptera orthogoniata)
• Tank 24: Boeseman's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani), Lake Kuromai rainbowfish (Melanotaenia parva), Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfish (Melanotaenia ajamaruensis), red rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisa), Tami River rainbowfish (Glossolepis pseudoincisa)
• Tank 25: Fasin rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fasinensis), Moswaren rainbowfish (Melanotaenia multiradiata), Goldie River rainbowfish (Melanotaenia goldiei), and clown loach (Chromobotia macracanthus)
• Tank 26: twisted-jaw sheatfish (Belodontichthys dinema), long-barbel sheatfish (Kryptopterus limpok), and chocolate frogmouth catfish (Chaca bankanensis)
• Tank 27: eel-tailed catfish (Tandanus tandanus), armoured sea catfish (Hemiarius stormii), warrior catfish (Hemiarius dioctes), spoonsnouted catfish (Cryptarius truncatus), and Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus)
• Tank 28: common sucker catfish (Glyptothorax major), stream sucker catfish (Glyptothorax platypogon), and Sumatran bumblebee catfish (Pseudomystus heokhuii)
• Tank 29: silver tiger perch (Datnioides polota), New Guinea tiger perch (Datnioides campbelli), and gulf saratoga (Scleropages jardinii)
• Tank 30: blue salmon catfish (Neoarius graeffei), highfin catfish (Neoarius berneyi), and boofhead catfish (Neoarius leptaspis)

Gourami & Snakehead Gallery (consists of individual tanks per species)

• samurai gourami (Sphaerichthys vaillanti), chocolate gourami (Sphaerichthys osphromenoides), pearl gourami (Trichopodus leerii), three spot gourami (Trichopodus trichopterus), snakeskin gourami (Trichopodus pectoralis), kissing gourami (Helostoma temminckii), and Malay combtail (Belontia hasselti)
• dwarf snakehead (Channa gachua), emperor snakehead (Channa marulioides), and forest snakehead (Channa lucius)

River Monster Indonesia (a central megatank that has an underwater-viewing tunnel)

• Asian redtail catfish (Hemibagrus wyckioides), striped wallago catfish (Wallagonia leerii), giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes), hampala barb (Hampala macrolepidota), Thai mahseer (Tor tambroides), semah mahseer (Tor douronensis), giant Borneo gourami (Osphronemus septemfasciatus), Malayan sheatfish (Phalacronotus apogon), giant featherback (Chitala lopis), Indonesian tiger perch (Datnioides microlepis), Hoven's carp (Leptobarbus hoevenii), giant freshwater stingray (Urogymnus polylepis), barramundi (Lates calcarifer), and giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata)

Crustacean Gallery

• New Guinea Zone: thunderbolt crayfish (Cherax pulcher), Papuan apricot crayfish (Cherax holthuisi), Papuan orange tip crayfish (Cherax snowdeni), and tricolor blue moon crayfish (Cherax boesemani).
• Sulawesi Zone: cardinal Sulawesi shrimp (Caridina dennerli), Sulawesi red line shrimp (Caridina striata), blue leg Poso shrimp (Caridina caerulea), Sulawesi harlequin shrimp (Caridina woltereckae), yellow goldflake shrimp (Caridina spinata), vampire crab (Geosesarma dennerle), panther crab (Parathelphusa pantherina), and purple Matano crab (Syntripsa matanensis).
• giant river prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)

I really like Paenungulata Area 3 and I like it so much that I would love to see a Paenungulata Area 4 with herbivores from North America that weren’t in area 3 and these herbivores are represented by 3 families the bovids, cervids, Tayassuidae and a surprise species and the animals represented by the bovids are the Thunderbeast aka American bison and the bighorn sheep the cervids aka deer are represented by The Mule, White tailed, key deer and Tule elk the tayassuidae are represented by the javelina aka collard peccary and the surprise species is a species that is not found in zoos outside of North America and this animal is very weird and unique but not as weird as the Saiga however more unique than the Saiga and this species is the only one left of its kind and the surprise animal is the Pronghorn and besides herbivores they would share their exhibits with other mammals like rodents which are represented by Prarie dogs, Richardsons and franklins ground squirrels, rabbits like white tailed jackrabbit, Pygmy rabbit and eastern cottontail but besides mammals there would also be birds like sage grouse, Prarie chicken, whooping and sandhill cranes and the wild turkey but besides birds there would also be one species of reptile which is the ornate box turtle along with one species of invertebrate and this one species is the dung beetle.

 

[Jonathan Harry]

I really like Paenungulata Area 3 and I like it so much that I would love to see a Paenungulata Area 4 with herbivores from North America that weren’t in area 3 and these herbivores are represented by 3 families the bovids, cervids, Tayassuidae and a surprise species and the animals represented by the bovids are the Thunderbeast aka American bison and the bighorn sheep the cervids aka deer are represented by The Mule, White tailed, key deer and Tule elk the tayassuidae are represented by the javelina aka collard peccary and the surprise species is a species that is not found in zoos outside of North America and this animal is very weird and unique but not as weird as the Saiga however more unique than the Saiga and this species is the only one left of its kind and the surprise animal is the Pronghorn and besides herbivores they would share their exhibits with other mammals like rodents which are represented by Prarie dogs, Richardsons and franklins ground squirrels, rabbits like white tailed jackrabbit, Pygmy rabbit and eastern cottontail but besides mammals there would also be birds like sage grouse, Prarie chicken, whooping and sandhill cranes and the wild turkey but besides birds there would also be one species of reptile which is the ornate box turtle along with one species of invertebrate and this one species is the dung beetle.

Yes, mule deer and white-tailed deer are not found in any Southeast Asian zoo. However, saiga antelope are rarer, with only a small number of zoos in the world breeding them. It's good to be an American, they can easily find all kinds of animal species in the nearest zoo because some of the best zoos in the world are in the United States LOL. As an Indonesian, I still have difficulty finding black-naped hares (Lepus nigricollis) in zoos in my own country, and Sumatran striped rabbit (Nesolagus netscheri) can only be found at the Prigen Conservation Breeding Ark (PCBA) and only people with certain permits are allowed to visit.