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  1. Bib Fortuna

    Bib Fortuna Well-Known Member

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    General thread about all kinds of animals kept together with other species in mixed-species exhibits.

    Question:

    I'm doing a research on warthogs in Zoos and looking for information about them in mixed speices exhibits. There are not much in germany, but how iis it currently in the USA or other countries in europe ?

    Especially I want to know, what zoos do keep wathogs together with merkats. I'm sure, some zoo have this, but which ?

    Thank you.
     
  2. migdog

    migdog Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen hold meerkat and warthog, or at least did a year or so ago.
     
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    amur leopard Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Banded mongoose are/were kept with warthogs at Chester zoo and Haller park zoo in Mombasa, Kenya.

    Mixes involving warthogs in the US in AZA-accredited zoos are:

    0.2 Warthog with 1.2 Bat-eared foxes in San Diego Safari park
    1.0 Warthog with 1.1.1 Cuvier's gazelle in St Louis zoo
    1.0 Warthog with 1.0 Damara zebra, 4.0 Cuvier's gazelle and 4.0 Soemmering's gazelle at SDZ
    3.0 Warthog with 1.6 Zambian sable antelope at SDZ

    There is also a mix of 1.4 Warthogs with 1.4 Chapman's zebras and 1.3 Ostriches at Hagenbeck.
     
  4. Bib Fortuna

    Bib Fortuna Well-Known Member

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    Thank you both for this information. That helps a lot.
     
  5. Okapi Lover

    Okapi Lover Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    This site: Mixed Species Resources — AZA Ungulates contains a download link for a pdf that shows all mixed species exhibits involving ungulates (including warthogs) in AZA zoos and is definitely worth taking a look at.