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The Rainforest Center

After such a long wait, it's finally here; formerly a shopping mall, the Rainforest Center is ready to fascinate and educate. Species list in the comments. Next up: soccer stadium zoo.

The Rainforest Center
    • JigerofLemuria
      The Rainforest Center:

      Around the world (outdoors except buildings, 3 and 4):

      A: Entrance gate

      B: Monkey business gift store and reception

      1- Southern horned owl (Bubo virginianus nacurutu)

      2- King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)

      C: Mangrove Diner

      3- Aquarium:

      ● Regal blue tang (Paracanthurus hepatus), Yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens), schooling bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes), long-spine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus), regal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus)

      ● Weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus), pot-bellied seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis), old wife (Enoplosus armatus)

      ● Cinnamon clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris), bubble-tip anemone (Heteractis magnifica)

      ● Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), white-spotted guitarfish (Rhynchobatus australiae), honeycomb stingray (Himantura uarnak), sailfin snapper (Symphorichthys spilurus), emperor red snapper (Lutjanus sebae), titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)

      ● Blackspot piranha (Pygocentrus cariba)

      ● South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa), Rio Cauca caecilian (Typhlonectes natans)

      ● Whiptail catfish (Farlowella acus), chocolate pleco (Hypostomus basilisko), sunshine pleco (Scobinancistrus aureatus), oscar (Astronotus ocellatus), tucan fish (Chalceus erythrurus)

      4- Parrot and Monkey house:

      ● Common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus), six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus)

      ● Greater vasa parrot (Coracopsis vasa)

      ● Red-bellied parrot (Poicephalus rufiventris)

      ● Pesquet's parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus)

      ● Tanimbar Cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana)

      ● Scaly-headed parrot (Pionus maximiliani)

      D: Temporary exhibition pavilion

      E: Hippo Snacks


      Congo:

      5- Pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

      6- Mantled colobus (Colobus guereza)

      7- Red-tailed moustached monkey (Cercopithecus cephus cephus)

      8- Mandrill (Mandrillus sphynx)

      9- Red-crested turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus), Western plantains-eater (Crinifer piscator), yellow-crowned gonolek (Laniarius barbarus), Hunter's sunbird (Chalcomitra hunteri), violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster), splendid starling (Lamprotornis splendidus), northern red bishop (Euplectes franciscanus), yellow-mantled widowbird (Euplectes macroura), long-tailed paradise whydah (Vidua paradisaea), lemon dove (Columba larvata), guinea pigeon (Columba guinea), black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina), Congo peafowl (Afropavo congensis)


      Indonesia:

      10- Southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)

      11- Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), lar gibbon (Hylobates lar)

      12- Nocturnal Caves:

      ● Northern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus)

      ● Philippine porcupine (Hystrix pumila)

      ● Greater slow loris (Nycticebus coucang)

      ● Brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica)

      ● White-bearded masked palm civet (Paguma larvata leucomystax)

      ● Sunda scops owl (Otus lempiji)

      ● Burmese python (Python bivittatus)

      ● Giant forest scorpion (Heterometrus indus)

      ● Splendid japalure (Diploderma splendidum)

      ● Philippine leaf insect (Phyllium bilobatum)

      ● Polillo false gecko (Pseudogekko smaragdinus)

      ● Mangrove snake (Boiga dendrophila)

      ● Vietnamese mossy frog (Theloderma corticale)

      13- Sulawesi babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis)

      14- Great Indian hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

      15- Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)


      Amazon:

      16- Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare), yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), Mata-mata (Chelus fimbriata)

      17- Terrarium Gallery:

      ● Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)

      ● Pinktoe tarantula (Avicularia avicularia)

      ● Yellow-banded poison dart frog (Dendrobates leucomelas), red-and-blue poison dart frog (Ranitomeya reticulata), trinidad poison dart frog (Mannophryne trinitatis)

      ● Caiman lizard (Dracaena guianensis), smooth helmeted iguana (Corytophanes cristatus)

      ● Smoky jungle frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus), giant monkey frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor)

      ● Amazon basin emerald tree boa (Corallus batesi)

      18- Red-faced spider monkey (Ateles paniscus)

      19- South American coati (Nasua nasua)

      20- Spangled cotinga (Cotinga cayana), wattled jacana (Jacana jacana), Blue ground-dove (Claravis pretiosa), Brazilian tanager (Rhamphocelus bresilius), golden-headed manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala), scarlet flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus), white-lined tanager (Tachyphonus rufus), grey-winged trumpeter (Psophia crepitans), sun parakeet (Aratinga solstitialis), helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi), scarlet-headed blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus), yellow-rumped cacique (Cacicus cela), Brazilian teal (Amazonetta brasiliensis), black-bellied whistling duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis), Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias), Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus), Southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla)

      21- Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco)

      22- Jaguar (Panthera onca)

      23- Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis), green winged macaw (Ara chloropterus), great green macaw (Ara ambiguus)

      24- Cuvier's dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus), silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum), striped silver dollar (Metynnis fasciatus), orange-spotted pacu (Myloplus asterias), silver prochilodus (Semaprochilodus taeniurus), ocellate river stingray (Potamotrygon motoro)

      25- Tamarin and marmoset gallery:

      ● Golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)

      ● Wied's marmoset (Callithrix kuhlii)

      ● Western pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea pygmaea)


      Islands of Green

      26- Coconut lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus), brown lory (Chalcopsitta duivenbodei), blue-crowned hanging parrot (Loriculus galgulus), Bali mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi), green broadbill (Calyptomena viridis), Asian glossy starling (Aplonis panayensis), white-naped pheasant pigeon (Otidiphaps aruensis), western crowned pigeon (Goura cristata), Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica), black-chinned fruit dove (Ramphiculus leclancheri), beautiful fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), Palawan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis)

      27- Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi)

      28- Crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii)

      29- Rodrigues flying fox (Pteropus rodricensis)

      30- Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea gigantea)

      31- Red-ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra), black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata), brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus), white-collared brown lemur (Eulemur cinereiceps), radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)

      White= outdoor path
      Weak yellow= indoor path
      Strong yellow= indoor walkthrough
      Strong green= garden
      Leaf green= completely enclosed exhibit
      Olive green= open-fronted exhibit
      Blue= water
      Red and pink= guest facilities
      Gray= staff area
    • Haliaeetus
      It makes me think about the Dôme of Beauval Zoo.
    • Animal
      Ok, some questions for this one:

      How well will the dead ends do at a crowded day?
      What is the actual scale?
      Why are the staff-areas located where they are?
      Ist an old shopping mall capable to have high humidity for a long time or is this mold-city after a few weeks?
      Are the exhibits separated to all else to have the right temperature for the animals?
      How would a logical path for visitors go through the building?
    • JigerofLemuria
      @Animal So, here are some answers;
      If you notice, most of my zoos, this being no exception, don't have many dead ends; the only one here is between the second jaguar exhibit and the raptors.
      I based this map on La Maquinista Shopping Center, Barcelona, which is one of the largest the city has.
      Staff areas, which include off-exhibit animal holdings, are strategically placed in order for every animal to have an access to this area, and for zookeepers to access every enclosure. You will find this structure in pretty much ALL of my zoos.
      The old shopping mall would only keep the base structure and glass-dominated outer facade; the buildings would be thoroughly reformed from within to tolerate humidity, like most tropical jungle houses in zoos worldwide.
      The ONLY outdoor exhibits are 1 and 2, the raptor cages. EVERYTHING else would be fully indoors and have the correct temperature and humidity.
      As stated in the guide, the yellow trails are visitor paths, which can be walked on both ways; there is no strict order, encouraging more-or-less free exploration, strictly within the yellow and white paths however.
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