The zoo has this map on their website. The exhibits are numbered but there is no key to what they are, does anyone have a version that does? Thank you.
Here is a list: 1. Meerkat 2. Black-necked Swan/Mallard Ducks 3. Flamingo (Chilean and American) 8. Not sure (Used to be American Alligator) 9. Grey Seal 10. Gray Kangaroo, Tammar Wallaby, Koala 11. Koala, Tammar Wallaby, Short-nosed Echidna 12. Red-knobbed Hornbill, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby 13. Komodo Dragon -(exhibit between 13 and 14) Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby 14. Double-wattled Cassowary 15. Red Kangaroo 16. Black-headed Weaver, Superb Starling, Rock Hyrax -(exhibit between 16 and 17) Congo Peafowl 17. Laughing Kookaburra 18.(3 exhibits) *Hawk and Marsh birds (Ibis, spoonbill, snowy egret) 19. African Wild Dog 20. Alpaca and Chacoan Peccary 21. Chacoan Peccary 22. Speke's Gazelle 23. American River Otters 24. Babirusa 25. Lowland Anoa 26. Desert Bighorn Sheep 27-28. Peninsular Pronghorn 29.(3 exhibits) *Bat-eared Fox, *Channel Island Fox, *Coati 30. Grevy's Zebra 31-32. Campo Gorilla Reverse 33. Red Ape Rainforest 35. Bongo/Yellow-backed Duiker 36. Nubian Ibex 37. Gerenuk 38.(2 exhibits) (*Superb Starling, White-Crested Turaco, Red-flanked Duiker, Royal Antelope), (*Lady Ross's Turaco, White-headed Buffalo-weaver, Black Duiker) 39. African Lion 40. Masai Giraffe 41. Chimpanzees of Mahale Mountains 42.(3 exhibits) *Fossa, *Buff-cheeked Gibbon 43. Okapi, Black Duiker 44.(2 exhibits) *Eastern Black-and-white Colobus Monkey 45.(2 exhibits) *Coquerel's Sifaka, *Sclater's Blue-Eyed Black Lemur 46. Mandrill 47. Serval 48.(2 exhibits) *Madagascar Radiated Tortoise, *Ring-tailed Lemur 49. Black Duikers 50. Lowland Anoa 51. Giant Eland 52. Ostrich 53. Red River Hog 54. Central Chinese Goral 55.(2 exhibits) *Steller's Sea Eagle, *African Fish Eagle 56. (2 exhibits) Siamang, Moustached Guenon 57. Sichuan Takin 58. Nothing right now 59. Tadjik Markhor 60. Indian Rhino 61. Hippo 62. Sumatran Tiger 63. American Black Bear 64.(4 exhibits) *Harpy Eagle, *Japanese Mountain Hawk-eagle, *African Crowned Eagle, *Debrazza's Guenon 65. Indian Rhino 66. Tufted Deer 67. Japanese Serow 68. Visayan Warty Pig 69. Calamian Deer 70. Snow Leopard 71.(3 exhibits) *Pale-headed Saki, Emperor Tamarin, Agouti, *Squirrel Monkey, *Golden Lion Tamarin, and Agouti 72. Mountain Tapir 73.(3 exhibits) *Red-legged Seriema, *King Vulture, *Jaguar 74. Agouti, Common Marmoset 75.(3 exhibits) *Crested Capuchin Monkey, *Black-handed Spider Monkey, *Black Howler, Pale-headed Saki, Agouti 76.(3 exhibits) *Scarlet Macaw, Crested Oropendola, *Andean Condor, *Toucan (forgot species) 77. Giant Otters 78. Maned Wolf 79.(2 exhibits) *Great Curassow *Crested Screamer 80. Aldabra Tortoise 81. Cape Vulture Aviary: Inca Tern Plush-crested Jay Roseatte Spoonbill Sacred Ibis Violaceous Turaco West African Crowned Crane White-faced Whistling Duck Greater Flamingo Sunbittern Green Turaco Purple Glossy Starling Blue-eared Glossy Starling Nicobar Pigeon Scheepmaker's Crowned Pigeon Children's Zoo: Brown Pelican Axolotl Ocelot Slow Loris Prehensile-tailed Porcupine Lesser Asian Civet Cotton-top Tamarin Southern Three-banded Armadillo Komodo Dragon babies Greater Malay Chevrotain Meerkat Prairie Dog Babies (not all the times): Gerenuk, Red-flanked Duiker, Peninsular Pronghorn, Black Duiker, Yellow-backed Duiker
In honor of enjoying the way Los Angeles Zoo would number out their exhibits I've transcribed their map from my first trip there in summer of 1994. As you can imagine I was amazed by the collection at the time. It was the first time for me seeing so many of these animals. @- denotes roundhouse exhibit Meerkat Monkey Island Ring-tailed lemur Flamingo Aquatics 1.) Black-footed penguin 2.) American Alligator 3.) Gray seal 4.) Polar bear 5.) Capybara & Pelican 6.) California sea lion Australia 7.) Great gray kangaroo 8.) Great gray kangaroo Koala House 9.) Yellow-footed rock wallaby & kookaburra & red-tailed cockatoo 10.) Temporarily closed @ 11.) Cassowary 12.) Yellow-footed rock wallaby & euro 13.) Snowy owl & Dingo & Yellow-footed rock wallaby @ 14.) Kiwi & tawny frogmouth & Scheepmaker’s crowned pigeon & rose-breasted cockatoo @ North America 15.) Roadrunner & black-billed magpie @ 16.) Coyote & ringtail coati & raccoon @ 17.) Red wolf 18.) Bactrian camel 19.) Warthog 20.) Speke’s gazelle 21.) Babirusa 22.) Red river hog 23.) Arabian oryx 24.) Arabian oryx 25.) Pronghorn & American Bison 26.) skipped 27.) Desert bighorn sheep 28.) Harris hawk & sandhill crane @ 29.) Bobcat & wolverine & red fox @ Africa 30.) Gorilla 31.) Gorilla 32.) Gorilla 33.) Black rhinoceros 34.) Black rhinoceros 35.) Bongo 36.) Nubian ibex 37.) Gerenuk 38.) Zebra duiker & red-flanked duiker & Galago @ 39.) Lion 40.) Giraffe 41.) Jentink’s duiker 42.) Elephant 43.) Empty exhibit 44.) Elephant 45.) Sumatran rhinoceros 46.) Hippopotamus 47.) Empty exhibit 48.) Chimpanzee 49.) Red-crowned mangabey & moustached guenon @ 50.) Cape vulture & colobus monkey @ 51.) Ring-tailed lemur & sifaka @ 52.) Drill @ 53.) De Brazza’s monkey & black footed cat @ 54.) Crowned lemur & ruffed lemur @ 55.) Harnessed bushbuck & black duiker 56.) Alpaca 57.) Sable antelope 58.) Giant eland 59.) Ostrich 60.) Zebra Hillside Animals 61.) Desert bighorn sheep 62.) Empty 63.) Empty 64.) Empty 65.) Desert bighorn sheep 66.) Rocky mountain goat 67.) Empty 68.) Empty 69.) Japanese serow Eurasia 70.) Greater kudu 71.) Chinese water deer 72.) Giant eland 73.) empty 74.) African fish eagle & black eagle @ 75.) Siamang @ 76.) Gelada baboon @ 77.) Markhor 78.) Indian rhinoceros 79.) Indian rhinoceros 80.) Indian rhinoceros 81.) Pied hornbill & island hornbill @ 82.) Barbados sheep 83.) Tiger 84.) White-cheeked gibbon & Indian fruit bat @ 85.) Snow leopard @ 86.) Orangutan 87.) Sloth bear 88.) Gaur South America 89.) Spectacled bear 90.) Red uakari & pale-headed saki & golden-headed tamarin & white-fronted marmoset @ 91.) Mountain tapir 92.) Jaguar & white-throated capuchin monkey & hornbill @ 93.) Southern pudu & black howler monkey & Geoffroy’s spider monkey @ 94.) Scarlet macaw & spectacled owl 95.) Maned wolf 96.) Baird’s tapir 97.) Military macaw @ 98.) Common trumpeter & king vulture @ 99.) Galapagos tortoise 100.) Andean condor Reptile House China Pavilion Snow leopard Children’s Zoo Lesser Indian Civet
Thanks for doing that Giant Eland! Hopefully some of those species will be once again be exhibited at the zoo in the future... Also, is it possible if you can take a photo or maybe scan the map so that you can upload it here in zoochat? I would like to see numbering of the exhibits from 1994, since they are completely different to the current map.
Looking at the 1994 list, there are a lot of ZooChatters who would salivate over seeing all of these in one place today: jentink's duiker sumatran rhinoceros harnessed bushbuck red uakari mountain tapir
i'm at the point of tears that i wasn't around in '94 to see those species. are there any mountain tapir in europe? here's hoping there a couple in berlin somewhere.
There is no Mountain Tapirs in Europe, sorry. They are beautiful animals, but unfortunately will be phased out. @AD: haha
@cat-man - If it is any consolation, all three western hemisphere tapirs (mountain, baird, brazilian) look nearly identical. Seeing a mountain tapir would not be much different than seeing the brazilian tapirs that I am sure are plentiful in Europe.
Mountain Tapirs are significantly different-looking from the other two species (and much more attractive I might add). It is a real shame that the zoo population is unsustainable and disappearing.
At one time when Manuel Moliendo was the director they were talking about bringing in more mountain tapirs from Columbia to make the program sustainable. I wonder why it never worked out?
Instead of importing some from Columbia, the zoo recently sent a pair (I think the pair that was at the SF Zoo) to Columbia.
To me, the mt. tapirs look like they have a much thicker coat of fur/hair. The reason they are being phased out is because of the low number of founders. A mistake, in my opinion; you breed what you have and keep it going, as you never know when another wild-caught might become available. And a small number of founders does not always mean an un-healthy population; look at the lowland anoa.