Mixed species exhibit ideas:

Red-billed Hornbills have also been mixed with plenty of birds. Ground hornbills are also very commonly mixed, although not necessarily with small birds

 

Ground hornbills can also quite risky, I know they have been removed in both Antwerp and Blijdorp because they were bothering species like marabou-stork, hamerkop and vultures.

 

Could anyone recommend some mix-species exhibits for the following animals?
Giant Anteater, Galapagos Tortoise, Caribou, Western Gorilla, Cape Buffalo, Bactrian Camel or Saiga Antelope.

 

Anteaters can go with a lot of different mammals like capybara, mara, deer, tapir and pudu and a lot of birds, mostly ground-dwelling birds. Tortoises can get stressed by others and bully smaller tortoises, but flying birds should be ok. Buffalo are a bit risky but they could possibly be kept with other large ungulates, and I don’t know enough about the rest.

 

Giant Anteaters have been successfully kept with Maned Wolves

 

Anteater: tapir, capybara, mara, South-American camelids (lama and alike), nandu, maned wolves, birds, pudu, deer, agouti, ...

Galapagos tortoise: birds

Caribou: Difficult one, maybe bison in a large exhibit? The domesticated form has been kept with camels and cattle.

Western gorilla: most smaller African monkeys, mongooses, birds, possibly river hogs

Cape buffalo: Has been combined with many species (giraffe, elephant, zebra, antelopes, rhino, ...) but is not an easy species to mix and it depends a lot on individuals. My local zoo for example had a buffalo that needed rubber balls to be put on her horns in her previous zoo to protect other species.

Bactrian camel: equids, deer, porcupines, sheep, goats, cattle, lama and reindeer, yak, water bufalo (I know some of these are not geographically correct)

Saiga: No idea

 

1. New Guina Exhibit

• Echidna
• Tree kangaroo
• Dusky pademelon
• Bear cuscus

2. Sahara Dessert

• African wild ass
• Addax
• Dama gazelle
• Scimitar Oryx
• Dromedary

3. European Forest

• European bison
• Wild boar
• Red deer
• Heck-/ or Przewalski horses

4. Northern Africa

• Barbary macaque
• Genet

5. Polar

• Musk ox
• Reindeer

 

I think the polar one should turn out fine - according to the national park service muskoxen aren't typically aggressive (and reindeer can't do too much damage to the musk ox).

 

for the Sahara desert habitat, i think the wild asses might be aggressive, but other than that, i think i could work if there is enough space

 

All 4 of the species in the New Guinea exhibit are pretty shy, maybe split it into two exhibits with one terrestrial and one arboreal species each (like echidna + tree kangaroo and pademelon + cuscus)

 

Hello Guys Here comes some new Mixed Species ideas

1. Arctic grouse, Red necked phalarope, Barnacle goose, Snowy goose, Ruddy Turnstone, Spectacled Eider, mountain hare

2. Reindeer, musk ox

3. Red crossbill, Hawfinch, Waxwing, Red breasted goose, Emperor goose, Western capercaillie



Thank you Guys i apreciate your Help very much, i am so Happy to be on zoochat

 

Porcupines & Chevrotains?

Chevrotains & Visayan Hornbills?

 

Chevrotains are too shy to deal with as noisy a bird as a Hornbill. I doubt the Porcupine mix would work, but I could easily be wrong on that one.

 

I've seen Javan mouse deer mixed with a (non-breeding) rhinoceros hornbill female at Avifauna, and with breeding Visayan hornbills at Dresden.

 

And breeding Balabac chevrotains have been mixed with hornbills at Cologne. Though I don’t know how high the risk of predation on newborn chevrotains is when the hornbills are also breeding.

 

Hello Guys can you please Tell me If These Mixed Species ideas Work?

 

For the yak and reindeer, i think it could work, i’m not sure about the others though

 

Would Bat-Eared Fox, some sort of mongoose, and African Crested Porcupine work?

 

Could I keep dusky langur in a rainforest building with birds and small mammals like squirrels, cuscus, mouse deer and porcupine?

 

Forgot to add:
If I can use the dusky langur idea, could I make it walkthrough?