Design a Zoo

okay hers my zoo design


The entrance

you walk through a medium sized entrense
with 2 statues of mountain lions on both sides
then you will see a small food area surrounded by forest
and you also see a small path which leads to the first exhibit
the Ring-tailed cats (Bassariscus astutus).The ring tailede cats exhibit
is an indoor rocky desert exhibit with sand, rocks and hideouts
the cats building also has a Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)
exhibit with a desert grassland habitat.


this is only part 1 of my zoo and i will make more parts soon

 

part 2 of my zoo

after you you have been at the Ring-tailed cats and Black-footed Ferrets
you will see a large exhibit for bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)
the exhibit has both fence and water which separates the animals from visitors the exhibit has a lot of hills and is also full of medium sized rocks
so it looks like their natural habitat. The exhibit also has a off show shelter
for the animals to rest in.

 

Western Deserts and Southwest:
The Western Deserts and Southwest exhibit is a large exhibit home to many animals. The surrounding area is decorated with large rocks, boulders, Utah Agave, Utah Juniper, Cholla Cactus, Blackbrush, Fremont Cottonwood, Barrel Cactus, Saguaro Cactus, Buffel Grass, Joshua Trees, Prickly. Pearl and other desert plants. The first area in the exhibit is the Praire Dog exhibit. The prairie dog exhibit consists of a large yard with desert plants, large boulders, and rocks with a sandy bed. In the indoor section of the exhibit, there are more rocks and plants. There are also "bubbles" that kids can pop up in and get a prairie dog's eye view of the enclosure. The enclosures are home to Gunnison's Prairie Dog. Next is the Desert Dome. This is modeled after Henry Doorly's Desert Dome. There are large glass panels for walls and a ceiling. Inside, their is a sandy pathway. Surrounding the pathway are large rocks, boulders, branches, and the plants mentioned above. Guests may see Gila Woodpeckers, Cactus Wrens, Gilded Flickers, Masked Bobwhite, Scot's Oriole, Greater Roadrunners, Gambel's Quail, and more (Anyone who reads this, please give me more ideas for animals and exhibits!). There is a cave inside the Desert Dome that leads down into a large bat cave home to many Lesser Long-nosed Bats, Little Brown Bats, Pallid Bats, Southern Long-Nosed Bats, Hoary Bats, Big Brown Bats, Townsend's Big-Eared Bats, and Spotted Bats. It is a huge cave, with many stalactites and stalagmites. Inside the bat enclosures there are also trees, bushes, rocks, and logs. Near the Desert Dome is Raptors of The Desert. It has large mesh aviaries with cactus, logs, plants, rocks, branches, and boulders. Inside these aviaries are Elf Owls (which are inside), Turkey Vultures, California Condors, Peregrine Falcons, Northern Harriers, Sharp-Shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Common Black-Hawk, Swainson's Hawk, Ferruginous Hawk, Harris's Hawk, and Rough-Legged Hawks. Nearby, there is the Predators of the Desert area, which houses 7 hunters of the rocky deserts; the Ringtail, the White Nosed Coatimundi, Swift Foxes, Kit Foxes, Coyotes, Common Gray Foxes, and Mexican Grey Wolves. The exhibits are decorated with pools, rocks, boulders, cacti, and other plants. Lastly, there is the Grazers of the Southwest, which is a rocky exhibit home to Mule Deer, Collared Peccary, Bighorn Sheep, and,(maybe surprisingly) Wild Burros. Nearby, there are Black-Tailed, Antelope, and White-Tailed Jackrabbits. Next time: Frigid Arctic.​

 

my zoo part 3

the next exhibit is the sun bears (Helarctos malayanus)
their exhibit is a large fenced enclosure full of tropical flora
from the bears natural habitat. The bears also has a indoor
part of the exhibit. ther is also cafe near near the sun bears.
and next to the cafe is a small 3 meter high and 3 meter wide
tropical aviary for green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea)

 

Latest posts seem more like animal listings rather than designs.

 

I agree... plus, where's Gomphothere?

~ Thaumatibis

 

my zoo part 4

Capybara island

as the name says this exhibit contains capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
in a island exhibit and the capubara can graze on the island and swim in the water. In the water around the island are free swiming cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi). the water has heaters so that so it will not
become to cold for the tetras. most of capybara island is grassland but
a part is forest for the islands other residents the tufted capuchin (Cebus apella).






I know that mine are shorter than everyone else's and
here is the reason

resone number 1: im bad at spelling in english

resone number 2: I like to give people reading this imagination aboute the exhibit

 

He has his own thread https://www.zoochat.com/community/posts/874743

 

World of the Rainforest and Safari Way

World of the Rainforest-
A tall exhibit would have golden lion tamarins in the treetops, coexisting with scarlet macaws and prehensile-tailed porcupines. Another exhibit would have Amazon milk frogs and other arboreal frogs, representing the middle layer. The bottom layer of the rainforest would have poison dart frogs and in a stream, Arrau turtles and various Amazon fish. The fourth exhibit in this "circle" of exhibits would be large and glass-fronted, like all the others, but it would be a moat and an island. The island would be home to capybaras and a tamandua in the trees. Around the moat would be more South American fish and turtles.
Safari Way-
An African village would have a gift shop, restaurant, ATM, and restrooms, as well as an African-styled wagon station. Motorized wagons would take people through plains and forests to see African animals.
The tour would be narrated, with the narration starting as visitors came to the first part. Kirk's dik-dik, guineafowl, and giraffes would coexist on a plain (Baringo giraffes). White rhinos and bongo would be on the next plain. As the wagon went down the dusty "African" road it would pass springbok, crowned cranes, zebras, ostriches, kudu, and nyalas. The wagon would cross a bridge above hippos! The African marsh would have hippo and Nile crocodile exhibits as well as a 5-acre exhibit for sitatunga, waterbuck, reedbuck, and various African waterbirds. Wildebeest and watusi would give way to the star attraction- Elephant Plains!
15 acres would be the home of a herd of African elephants, including some rescued elephants from other zoos and circuses. There would be two grassy areas, an Elephant Island, and a separate calf/mother area if there was an elephant calf. Mud, grass, trees, a marsh, etc., would make up this area. Radiated tortoises and spur-winged geese would live together in an enclosure, as well as a leopard tortoise/Egyptian goose enclosure. Visitors would return to the village after seeing an aardvark exhibit, spotted hyenas, and lions, all in naturalistic enclosures.

 

I was just wondering why he hadn't posted... he had, but I hadn't noticed

~ Thaumatibis

 

Hello. I'm back!
Frigid Arctic:
Frigid Arctic is a huge, expansive exhibit with the animals of the north. There are no trees, but near the entrance there are a couple spruces and firs. There are mainly rocks and boulders, and some ice formations as well (obviously not real ice.) First, visitors come to "Beneath The Snow", which showcases burrowing animals. There are large rocks in the building. There are tall "below the snow" viewing areas for the animals, to see them in action. There are different sections of the building. One, called "Ermine Alley" holds weasels and stoats. Specifically, Least Weasels, Stoats, Short Tailed Weasel, and Sable. For "Rodent Rally" (sorry for the cheesy names ) there are Arctic Ground Squirrels, Gray Sided Voles, Northern Red Backed Vole, Insular Vole, Singing Vole, Meadow Vole, Narrow Headed Vole, North Siberian Voles, Tundra Vole, Taiga Voles, Lemming Voles, Siberian Brown Lemmings, American Brown Lemmings, Wood Lemmings, Northern Bog Lemmings, Labrador Collared Lemmings, Wrangel Lemmings, Arctic Collared Lemmings, Greenland Collared Lemmings, Richardson's Collared Lemmings, and Norway Lemmings. There are also adorable Northern Pikas. In the enclosures there are rocks, grass, pebbles, flowers, dirt, and twigs. Next up is "Hoppers Of The Arctic", which has Arctic Hares, Alaska Hares, and Mountain Hares. Following that is "Grazers of The Arctic." This exhibit is a large expanse of grassy hills and some large boulders. There are trees around the backside and frontside, but none in the exhibit. This exhibit contains Caribou, Musk Ox, and Snow Sheep, a rarely exhibited species. Next up is "Hunters of The Snow" which shows Arctic Foxes, and Arctic Wolves. Last, but definitely not least, is "The Frigid Waters." This exhibit has many boulders and talk rock walls. There are tunnels that visitors go through, and some enclosures have a tunnel running through them. There is lots and lots of water in the pools. The pinneds in the enclosures are: Ringed, Ribbon, Harp, Gray, Hooded, and Bearded Seals, Walruses, Northerm Fur Seals, and Steller's Sea Lions. The other mammals are Polar Bears, Belugas, and Narwhals. The birds are Dovekies, or Little Auks, Least Auklets, Spectacled Guillemots, Common Murres, Razorbills, Thick-Billed Guillemots, Pigeon Guillemots, Black Guillemots, Whiskered Auklet, Crested Auklet, Parakeet Auklet, Cassin's Auklet, Ancient Murrelet, Kittlitz's Murrelet, Marbled Murrelet, Tufted Puffin, Atlantic Puffin, Horned Puffin, Arctic Tern, Aleutian Tern, Ivory Gull, Black-Legged Kittiwake, Red-Legged Kittiwake, Ross's Gull, Slaty-Backed Gull, Sabine's Gull, Mew Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, Thayer's Gull, Iceland Gull, Great Black-Backed Gull, Lesser Black-Backed Gull, Glacous Gull, Herring Gull, and Arctic Skua. Other birds ( in Birds of the Arctic) are Willow Grouse, Spruce Grouse, Snowy Owls, Rock Ptarmigan, Black Billed Capercaillie, Common Ravens, and Carrion Crows. There are also Common Eiders. This exhibit has the most species by far in the Frigid Arctic area, with 47 different species. Next time: Swampy Everglades.

 

Galapagos is being posted.

 

And it is absolutely fantastic. A must see.

 

I should be posting soon

Sorry I have been very busy and my son got sick so i couldnt post should be up sooner or later this next exhibit is taking much longer than expected and has the most animals so get ready.

~BossMayhem250

 

I have many ideas for an ideal zoo, but the one I would most wish to create would be a primate park.
I have taken inspiration from primates kept/previously kept at Monkey World, Dao Tien Rescue Centre, Berlin Zoo, Cologne Zoo, Frankfurt Zoo, Leipzig Zoo, Stuttgart Zoo, Wuppertal Zoo, Zoo Planckendael, La Vallee des Singes, Apenheul and Twycross.

There would be seven sections to the zoo; Nocturnal, Lemurs, Monkeys (South America), Monkeys (Asia), Monkeys (Africa), Gibbons and Great Apes. The majority of the exhibits would be mixed, and various of the Asian monkeys and gibbons would either live together or with great apes, as would some African monkeys with great apes.

NOCTURNAL
This would be the smallest section (a building), and would house grey mouse lemurs, fat-tailed dwarf lemurs, aye-ayes, grey-legged night monkeys, southern Bolivian night monkeys, Bengal slow lorises, greater slow lorises, pygmy slow lorises, grey slender lorises, pottos, greater galagos and Senegal bushbabies. Each species would have their own enclosure (no mixed exhibits). The more endangered species (e.g. aye-ayes, grey-legged night monkeys, pygmy slow lorises, grey slender lorises) would have screens up in front of their on-show exhibits that allows the visitor enough viewing into their exhibit so that the animals can be viewed but won't be stressed. The more endangered animals would also get more access into their off-show exhibits. There would be signs dotted around at obvious points reminding visitors to remain quiet for the animals' wellbeing, and there would also be a keeper on hand to enforce this.

LEMURS
One thing I find with diurnal lemurs is how good they are in mixed exhibits. Therefore, all my lemur species would be housed with at least two other species of lemur. The main exhibit would be a walkthrough home to ring-tailed lemurs, red-bellied lemurs, white-fronted lemurs and red ruffed lemurs. There would be another walkthrough home to brown lemurs, black lemurs and black-and-white ruffed lemurs, only this one would cordon the animals off from the visitors with netting, creating a tunnel of sorts for the visitors to walk through and observe the lemurs around them without any direct interaction like in the main exhibit. The other two lemur enclosures would house greater bamboo lemurs, Alaotra reed lemurs and crowned sifakas in one, and crowned lemurs, blue-eyed black lemurs and white-belted black-and-white ruffed lemurs in the other. Again, all vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered species would be given more frequent access to off-show exhibits than usual (all species would be allowed to go off-show, but these three categories more so than others), meaning that sometimes the latter two exhibits may be completely empty. Hopefully the walkthrough exhibits would compensate. There would be a maximum of two staff members/volunteers on hand in the walkthroughs at all times (this would be the same in any walkthrough).

MONKEYS (SOUTH AMERICA)
Four walkthrough exhibits here.
These would contain Goeldi's monkeys, common squirrel monkeys, Venezuelan/Colombian red howler monkeys and one of two families of white-faced sakis in one, Geoffroy's marmosets and black-capped squirrel monkeys in another, Illiger's saddleback tamarins and Peruvian squirrel monkeys in the third and black-tufted marmosets, pied tamarins, emperor tamarins, golden-headed lion tamarins and red titi monkeys in the last one.
Other mixed exhibits would include one with pygmy marmosets, black-mantled tamarins, golden lion tamarins and the second family of white-faced sakis, another with common marmosets and golden-handed tamarins, another with red-bellied white-lipped tamarins and black howler monkeys, another with golden-white tassel-eared marmosets and cottontop tamarins, one with silvery marmosets and red uakaris, and the last one with black-tailed marmosets and Bolivian red howler monkeys.
Solo exhibits would include white-fronted capuchins, brown capuchins, bearded capuchins, yellow-breasted capuchins, white-faced capuchins, weeper capuchins, woolly monkeys, brown spider monkeys, Geoffroy's spider monkeys, red-faced black spider monkeys, Peruvian spider monkeys and Colombian black spider monkeys.

MONKEYS (ASIA)
Individual exhibits for Asian monkeys would include Japanese macaques and rhesus macaques. Mixed exhibits would be lion-tailed macaques and Hanuman langurs, stump-tailed macaques and François' langurs, proboscis monkeys and silvery langurs, and montane purple-faced langurs and tufted Hanuman langurs.

MONKEYS (AFRICA)
Mixed exhibits would include one for patas monkeys, vervet monkeys, barbary macaques, drills and western black-and-white colobus monkeys, and one for hamadryas baboons and geladas.
Single exhibits would include Schmidt's red-tailed monkeys, yellow-nosed red-tailed monkeys, lesser spot-nosed monkeys, crowned monkeys, Lowe's monkeys, diana monkeys, roloway monkeys and Allen's swamp monkeys.

GIBBONS
All gibbon species at the park would be housed with another primate species.
Exhibits would include Müller's gibbons and pig-tailed macaques, northern buff-cheeked gibbons (on loan from Dao Tien) and Toque macaques, southern white-cheeked gibbons and grey-shanked doucs (on loan from Pingtung Rescue Centre), northern white-cheeked gibbons and red-shanked doucs, pileated gibbons and black-shanked doucs (on loan from Dao Tien), lar gibbons and southern lowland wetzone purple-faced langurs, golden-cheeked gibbons and dusky langurs, black-crested gibbons and Phayre's langurs and agile gibbons and maroon langurs/surilis.
Those more endangered gibbon species/monkey species housed with gibbons would be kept off-show.

GREAT APE HOUSE
This is the part I have put the most thought into.
The house would be eleven-sided and four stories tall. A gradually rising boardwalk on stilts would give visitors access to the house, and there would also be an option to walk around the whole of the house seeing the apes' islands below.
The ground floor would be off limits to the public, and would hold the ape bedrooms and the kitchen.
The second floor would be the beginning of the ape playroom, and the third would be the rest of the playroom as well as where the viewing areas for the public would be. The top floor would be used as a quarantine/ separation area (e.g. a problematic animal, introductions to a newborn baby and its mother etc.)
The playrooms would be two stories high and would be on both sides of the viewing area, connected by tunnels in the ceiling (which can easily be closed off to separate individuals e.g. mature male orangutans).
Each of the ten types of ape I would have would have their own island/islands, and would share with a monkey species/gibbon species.
As soon as you enter the first ape you reach would be Sumatran orangutans. They would share with siamangs. The orangutan colonies of the house would each have three islands that can be connected or not by ropes and bridges.
The next ape would be western chimpanzees. This would be a bachelor group, and would live with mandrills.
After that would come the western lowland gorillas. They would live with L'Hoest's monkeys.
Then there would be Bornean orangutans. They would share with Javan langurs.
After them would come bonobos, who would live with owl-faced monkeys.
Then there would be central chimpanzees (a mixed non-breeding group) who would live with De Brazza's monkeys, and after them would come eastern lowland gorillas (a breeding group) who would live with eastern black-and-white colobus monkeys. Then there would be a mixed non-breeding group of non-subspecific chimpanzees who would live with golden-bellied mangabeys, and finally there would be a small non-breeding group of hybrid orangutans (held in retirement from zoos) who would live with Kloss' gibbons.

In terms of enclosures, I would want as many species to live on islands/in forest as possible. Obviously some of them (e.g. nocturnal primates, sifakas) couldn't, but I would want the exhibits to be as natural as possible.
I'll try and post a normal zoo idea as well, but I hope you guys liked this concept

 

Awesome idea! FYI, chimps eat monkeys and gibbons bully smaller primates (and are bullied by orangs). Hope I'm not splitting hairs here. This place sounds incredible. (Include andean night monkies and you will have my eternal respect )

~ Thaumatibis

 

Thanks I am aware of the mixed species problems with chimpanzees and gibbons, and the species that would come off for worse (De Brazza's monkeys, golden-bellied mangabeys, all of the monkey species that share with gibbons, and the siamangs and Kloss' gibbons) would all have their own enclosure/island they could retreat to without fearing the antagonists following them. I truly think that the mandrills would easily be able to hold their own against the chimpanzees, and as far as I'm aware there aren't any chimpanzees in captivity that have eaten monkeys...or are there?
I guess I might as well add the Andean night monkeys since that would make the total number of types of primate at the park 125, which is a nice round number.
I will post ideas for a full zoo at some point in the future here

 

my zoo part 5

after the capybara exhibit you will come to the primate house. The building is divided into 4 rooms. One for African monkeys and lemurs,one for South America monkeys,and one for Asian primates.
The first room has enclosures for gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus),
ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta),red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra),golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus),Allen's swamp monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis) and De Brazza's monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus).
the second room has enclosures for Pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea),white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi),golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas),emperor tamarin(Saguinus imperator) and Common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus).
the third room has enclosures for
proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus),
siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus),Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra) and crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis).

 

Did Javan Rhino ever finish?

I was wondering did Javan Rhino ever finish the zoo, I truly thought it was amazing and i never saw the south american piece of grasslands & deserts. Was it moved or never finished?
If it was moved please say so

~Thanks alot, BossMayhem250

 

How about a large Animal Park?

This one would probably be located in either California, Texas or Florida. It would also include the more naturalistic habitats for many animals, from Llamas to even Orcas. There are also shows for orcas, dolphins and sea lions only two or three times a day, except Sundays. The hope for orcas is to give them a large amount of space.

Llama Ranch: Llama, African Pygmy Goat, Trumpeter Swan, Indian Runner Duck, Corn Snake

Condor Flight Cage: California Condor

Sea Turtle Cove: various species of rescued sea turtles

Crocodile Ponds: Nile Crocodile, American Alligator, Indian Gharial

Tortoise Paddock: Galapagos Tortoise, Aldabra Tortoise

Wild Horses: Przewalski Horse

Ape Kingdom: Western Lowland Gorilla, Orangutan, Siamang, White Handed Gibbon, Sulawesi Crested Macaque

Monkey Island: Golden Lion Tamarin, Golden Lion Headed Tamarin, Cotton Top Tamarin, Common Marmoset, Emperor Tamarin, Two Toed Sloth, Collared Anteater, Three Banded Armadillo, Agouti, Brazillian Porcupine

South American Pampas: Giant Anteater, Maned Wolf, Bush Dog, Giant Otter, Capybara, Nutria, Caribbean Flamingo, Scarlet Ibis, Roselate Spoonbill, Cattle Egret, Jabiru Stork, Southern Screamer, Black Necked Swan, Harpy Eagle, King Vulture, Spectacled Caiman, Red Footed Tortoise, Yellow Footed Tortoise

Penguin and Puffin House: Emperor Penguin, King Penguin, Gentoo Penguin, Chinstrap Penguin, Adelie Penguin, Rockhopper Penguin, African Penguin, Humboldt Penguin, Little Blue Penguin, Inca Tern, Tufted Puffin, Horned Puffin, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Crested Auklet, Rhinoceros Auklet, Black Oystercatcher

Big Cat Temple: African Lion, Jaguar, Cheetah, Fishing Cat, Striped Hyena, Yellow Mongoose, Red Duiker, African Crested Porcupine, Great Indian Hornbill, Wrinkled Hornbill, Reticulated Python, Burmese Python, African Rock Python

Freshwater Aquarium: Asian Small Clawed Otter, Slow Loris, Wattled Jacana, Dwarf Caiman, Komodo Dragon, Asian Water Monitor, Green Tree Monitor, Green Iguana, Green Balisilk, Caiman Lizard, Red Tegu, Green Anaconda, Boa Constictor, Emerald Tree Boa, Green Tree Boa, Amazon River Turtle, MataMata Turtle, Alligator Snapping Turtle, Japanese Giant Salamander, American Bullfrog Poison Dart Frogs, Red Eyed Tree Frog, Freshwater Stingray, Arapaima, Silver Arowana, Black Arowana, Alligator Gar, Longnose Gar, Spotted Gar, Red Tailed Catfish, Tiger Shovelnose Catfish, Various other species of Catfish, Archerfish, African Cichlids, Pacu, Red Bellied Piranha, Electric Eel, Electric Catfish, Mudskipper

Shark Territory: Sandtiger Shark, Sandbar Shark, Lemon Shark, Nurse Shark, Zebra Shark, Black Tip Reef Shark, White Tip Reef Shark, Wobbegong Sharks, Largetooth Sawfish, Bowmouth Guitarfish, Giant Guitarfish, Southern Stingray, Cownose Ray, Leopard Whipray, Tarpon, Giant Grouper, Goliath Grouper, Potato Grouper, Humphead Wrasse, Cleaner Wrasse, Crevalle Jack, Lookdown, Giant Trevally, Bigeye Trevally, Great Barracuda, Crimson Snapper, Remora

Stingray Bay: Bonnethead Shark, Port Jackson Shark, Bamboo Shark, Southern Stingray, Cownose Ray, Bat Ray, Blue Spotted Stingray, Horseshoe Crab, Giant Pacific Octopus, Blue Ringed Octopus

Cold Arctic: Walrus, Harp Seal, Arctic Wolf, Arctic Fox, Sea Otter, Stellars Sea Eagle, Snowy Owl, Common Raven

Seal Cove: California Sea Lion, Northern Fur Seal, Harbor Seal, Gray Seal

Dolphin Bay: Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin, Pacific White Sided Dolphin

Sea of the Orca: Orca or Killer Whale

Cassowary Habitat: Double Wattled Cassowary, Bali Mynah

Lorikeets Aviary: Rainbow Lorikeets

What do you think?