The new exhibit has a 320mq outdoor area (high max: 6 m) and a 1600mq indoor exhibit. I don't know how was the old enclosure (only indoor)
Bioparco di Roma: - It's arrived the Chinese Alligator - New areas for the tigers, one for the old Bengal Tiger and a new one for a Sumatran Tiger arrived from the Beauval Zoo
Plans with giraffe (male reticulated, others hybrids/unknowns)? Future projects still in the Masterplan (last project: new Orang Utan enclosures)?
I am going to inform us ALL on a question I posed some time ago relating to the giraffe at Bioparco di Roma. The zoo has now imported 2 female giraffe named Dalia (4) and Acacia (3) from Kobenhavn Zoo. The zoo already holds the Koeln Zoo born Magoma. Plan is to breed from this nice little herd. Link: https://www.facebook.com/amicidelBioparco/?fref=ts Apparently, the remaining unknowns/Rothschild's Gina and Cameron have been transferred out to another - non disclosed - zoo (as reported in a commentary on FB). Be nice to know which one, either in Italy or abroad!
2.0 Red river hog have arrived from Wroclaw 5.0 Mhorr gazelle have arrived from Rotterdam & Turin https://www.facebook.com/amicidelBi...950126407443/1002949839740805/?type=3&theater
Bioparco di Roma: -(as said by Kiang in the other thread) are arrived two Red River Hogs from Wroclaw and 5 Mhorr Gazelles born in Rotterdam and Munich, but arrived from Torino -arrived the Fennec Foxes too (I don't remember if they are new or not, they are near the reptilarium)
Bioparco di Roma: -It's arrived a couple of Fennec Fox, the female was born in Jihlava Zoo in 2014, the male was born in Athens Zoo in 2015, their area is near the Reptilarium
Are these in the meerkat exhibit that was/is by the entrance to the Reptilarium? What has happened to the meerkats?
No, the Fennec Foxes area is near the Meerkats area The website has made a new map: BIOPARCO | La mappa
Thanks for that! I had a look at the map - is there now an aquarium in the Elephant House? And do you know what the "CNR" near the south-west corner is?
I didn't know about CNR and yes, it seems that there is an aquarium near the elephant house, if I remember the Alien fishes exhibition was in another part of the zoo, maybe where there are the owls or in the Reptilarium
Thanks Chlidonias, that's interesting. That section of the zoo was closed off when I visited so I didn't get to see what was down there. I don't recall alien fish in the area where the owls were, but possibly there were some in the Reptilarium.
I opted for a visit to Bioparco rather than the Vatican on a recent family holiday in Italy . I first visited the Zoo over 40 years ago and remember awful primate cages near the entrance ( though remnants of them appear to be still present no primates are here now ) and a big herd of Nile lechwe ( then a rarity , they still have a nice breeding herd) and a closed Reptile House . I enjoyed my visit . I was impressed with the Chimpanzee outside enclosure , Brown bear enclosure and liked the renovated Reptile House . I think the worst was a pool with 2 grey seals , a second pool appeared to be empty and behind was a closed enclosure which might have housed polar bears .The Elephant exhibit does not meet current standards and the 2 female Asian elephants were separated . There were no very expensive immersive exhibits but most enclosures seemed OK to me . It is now very much a 'standardised' collection , I do not think there were any species of mammal that cannot be seen in the UK , the same for most of the birds . I am sure when I last visited the collection was much bigger with quite a few unusual species .
