Hi everyone, I have just started a very lengthy research project on small mammal species in mixed species exhibits which will include xenartha, lagamorpha, hyracoidea, pholidota, dermoptera, tubulidentata, rodentia, chiroptera, insectivora, scandentia, masroscelidea, marsupials and monotremes. I will be contacting various zoos and other bodies but I would love you guys to help! I am starting with Xenarthra so if you have visited or heard of any of this family in mixed species exhibits please let me know! Wether it a giant anteater, sloth or armadillo even if the mix didnt work all info is great. It is so easy to miss gems like Cadwell zoo in the USA which have giant anteater with capybara, king vulture, fulvous whistling duck and seriema! Thanks snowleopard for the photo! The aim of this project is basically to find out what works and what doesn't. Hopefully increasing the number of mixed exhibits in zoos and increasing the number of animals that can be kept! Thanks in anticipation!
Giant Anteaters were/are mixed with rheas at London, maned wolves at Edinburgh and capybaras and pudu at Howletts for a start.
Mixed species exhibits Two-toed Sloths live with birds, fruit bats and the public in Cotswold's Tropical House
Folly Farm in West Wales have brown capuchin with armadillo ( six-banded I think ) . I believe these armadillo were bred at Bristol where the species is mixed with black howler monkeys .
In France : Six banded armadillo (1.1) with two toed sloth (1) -> Zoo de la Boissière du Doré Two toed sloths (1.1) with Geoffroy's Marmosets, Elegant crested tinamou, Scarlet-headed Blackbird and sunbittern --> Zoo de la Flèche Giant anteater (1.1) with capybaras, brazilian tapirs, alpacas and common rheas --> Zoo de la Flèche Hairy armadillos (1.1.1) with cotton-top tamarins --> Spaycific'Zoo Six banded armadillos with squirrel monkeys --> Spaycific'Zoo Southern three-banded armadillo (1) with night monkeys --> Spaycific'Zoo Two toed sloths with night monkeys, pacas and brazilian porcupines --> Serre Amazonienne de Montpellier
Singapore Zoo has the Fragile Forest exhibit (a walk-through aviary) which has two-toed sloths in with Pteropus fruit bats, tree kangaroos, ruffed and ring-tailed lemurs, mouse deer, and a large number of birds and butterflies (as well as freshwater stingrays in a pool). There aren't any xenarthrans in NZ any more but the Auckland Zoo history book has a photo of a giant anteater in with agoutis
Cincinnati exhibits Screaming Hairy Armadillos, Three-banded Armadillos, Six-banded Armadillos, and Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloths in a series of two exhibits with Black-headed and Southern Douroucoulis in their Night House. They used to exhibit Giant Anteaters with Golden Lion Tamarins, Golden-headed Lion Tamarins, Crested Screamers, and Black Curassows.
Dallas World Aquarium has Two-Toed Sloths (can't remember species) with boat billed herons, night monkeys, and I think Tinamou. San Antonio zoo also has one, but at the moment I cannot remember species except for 6 banded armadillo and Linne's Sloth.
Kansas City used to have a tamandua with capybara, crested screamer, and white-faced saki. Topeka has both two-toed sloth and tamandua free-roaming along with muntjac and birds. St. Louis has giant anteater with capybara. Omaha has two-toed sloths and several species of armadillo (hairy armadillo, screaming hairy armadillo, and three-banded armadillo) with kinkajous, night monkeys, and prehensile-tailed porcupines. Both Wichita and Washington D.C. has two-toed sloths with golden lion tamarins. Manhattan (KS) has giant anteaters and maned wolves.
oo, my favorite group Springs to mind; Emmen Zoo - One of the armadillo species (prolly big hairy) together with night-monkeys (Aotus), linne's two-toed sloth and kinkayou in a nighthouse together Amersfoort - Linne's two toed sloth together with african brush-tailed porcupine and an armadillo species (probably big hairy). (there where also brush-tailed possums in the exhibit, but they interacted with the public too much). Artis - Linne's two-toed sloth with goeldi monkeys - I believe an armadillo species is mixed with a lone potto and a couple of ground couscous... Skansen, Stockholm; Hoffmans two-toed sloth together with red titi's Dortmund keeps their tamandua's together with one of their armadillo species Dortmund also keeps some of their giant anteaters on their south america paddock with capybara's, south-american tapirs and crested screamers... When i think of more i'll let you know
When I visited last year, there were also Chevrotains and Cottontop Tamarins mixed in the small mammal house and there were also sugar gliders in the mix in the nocturnal house. The Giant Anteaters were also mixed with other South American species (I think Rheas, Vicunas/Guanacos, Maras and Capybaras.) In London the Clore Rainforest also has Two-toed Sloths mixed with a Tamandua, as well as Red Titi monkeys, Emperor and Golden-headed Lion Tamarins and a variety of birds (including Sunbitterns and Montserrat Orioles).
RioZoo (in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) has Hoffman's Two-toed Sloths mixed with Dusky Titi monkeys, as well as an enclosure shared by a Red Howler Monkey and a Three-banded Armadillo. CIGS Military Zoo in Manaus, Brazil has an enclosure shared by both a Linnaeus's Two-toed sloth and a Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (I didn't see the Three-toed sloth though). Santa Cruz Zoo in Bolivia has a large walkthrough aviary for several species of free-flying bird (including Crested Oropendolas, Wattled Jacanas, Red-fronted Macaws, Shiny Cowbirds, Comb Ducks, Mitred Conures, Southern Lapwings, Chopi Blackbirds, Buff-necked Ibis, Tanagers, Egrets, Doves, Guans, more Ducks, Aratingas and Macaws, Flamingos...) but I was very interested to see that they also had signs for Giant Anteaters. I didn't see them but was told by a worker that they are in there, just often sleeping, hidden from view. One of the most interesting things about this was the lack of a significant barrier between the public and the anteaters. Apparently there hadn't been any problems. There are also Three-toed Sloths around the zoo (both wild and tame), effectively sharing many of the more open enclosures.
In Huachipa Zoo, Peru, I came across a Three-toed Sloth mixed with Pygmy Marmosets, and an enclosure for Red Howler Monkeys and a Southern Tamandua. There were also Two-toed sloths with various Marmosets, Tamarins and Douroucoulis.
Denver Zoo - Tamandua with a pair of Goldie's Marmoset. Giant Anteater with group Spider Monkeys. Two Toed Sloth with a Large mix of Birds in the Aquatic room at Bird World. Lee Richardson Zoo - Giant Anteater, Baird's Tapir, and Rhea. Natural Science Center of Greensboro's Animal Discovery Park - Giant Anteater and Maned Wolf I'm sure this has already been said but I think Phx Zoo has Anteater and Maned Wolf. Here's a link that could help with all your rodents. It was made in 2004 so I don't know how much help it can be. http://www.glenoakzoo.org/RTAG Mixed Species Survey .pdf
San Antonio Zoo has giant anteater in their Amazon aviary with spoonbills, ibis, macaw, conures, waterfowl, and a bunch of other bird species. They have also kept tamandua with owl monkey and various tamarin species, and nine-banded armadillo with sloths and prehensile-tailed porpupines. Cameron Park Zoo in Waco (TX) has three-toed sloth in a big mixed species enclosure with capybara, squirrel monkey, king vulture, iguana, sun conures, spoonbills, ibis, waterfowl, and cavies. Columbus Zoo has giant anteater with capybara, and tamandua with white-faced saki and toucans.
Columbus? Columbus has not exhibited Giant Anteaters or Tamandua in at least seven years. For at least two years before that they exhibited the anteaters by themselves in Herbivore / Carnivore. I don't remember seeing the Tamandua at all. Cleveland exhibits a Giant Anteater with Capybara
At the skansen aquarium they keep two toed sloths along with a breeding group Callithrix pygmaea and Callicebus cupreus. The pygmy marmosets seem to enjoy hiding, climbing and taking piggy back rides at the sloths!
Hi everyone, thank you very much for all the comments so far! Some interesting mixes! Chlidonias- I love the fragile forest exhibit at singapore! I could not believe the species mixed together! I sat engrossed watching a sloth eat from an area, pushing fruit bats out of the way with lorikeets and butterflys and ring-tailed lemurs jumping around. The tree kangaroo was a little harder to find! Kudu21- The series of two enclosures at cincinatti, where any of those three species of armadillo mixed together? devilfish - thanks for South american connection! there are bound to be alot more interesting mixes in these countries! Fossadude- that glenoak small mammal document is a great help, very interesting! I will have to contact them for more info
