In the United States, nocturnal exhibits are getting more and more rare because zoos feel that even if a species is nocturnal, it still would not always be active in a nocturnal exhibit. Also, zoos feel it is better to have a few small nocturnal exhibits for 1 or 2 species rather than 1 big building- as darkness puts constraints on the amount of exhibits possible. Here are lists of animals in some U.S. nocturnal exhibits- Capron park zoo- Brush-tailed bettong Agouti Douroculi Pygmy slow loris Two-toed sloth Corn snake Fennec fox Franklin park zoo- Kiwi Tawny frogmouth ZooAmerica- Ocelot Coatimundi Black-footed ferret Reptiles Columbus zoo- Kiwi Wombat Binturong Tree kangaroo Tawny frogmouth I have also seen pottos, aye-ayes, owls, armadillos, and many reptile species in nocturnal exhibits.
An update of Memphis Zoo's "Animals of the Night" building from visitor entrance: - White-Bellied Tree Pangolin - Potto - Kinkajou - Two-Toed Sloth - Aardvark, Greater Galago - Bear Cuscus, Brazilian Agouti, Wombat - Splendid Tree Frog - Binturong - Texas Blind Salamander - Naked Mole Rat - Vampire Bat - Blind Cave Fish - African Crested Porcupine, Grey-Bellied Owl Monkey - Tamandua - Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine - Kinkajou, Six-Banded Armadillo - Prehensile-Tailed Skink - Kinkajou, Two-Toed Sloth, Brazilian Agouti, Six-Banded Armadillo - Slender Loris - Greater Galago - Large-Spotted Genet - Mongoose Lemur, Grey-Bellied Owl Monkey, Three-Banded Armadillo - Seba's Short-Tailed Bat, Egyptian Rousette Bat, Greater Bulldog Bat
Audubon Zoo's nocturnal house (South American themed) is currently closed for renovations, but I believe these are the species exhibited: 1. Nancy Ma's night monkey / screaming hairy armadillo 2. Seba's short tailed bat 3. Prehensile tailed porcupine / ringtail 4. Vampire bat 5. There's a few tanks with frogs and stuff... I think maybe dart frogs, red eyed tree frogs, Emerald tree boa, and some tarantulas? I'm not sure. Have to see when it reopens.
Thought this thread deserved a bump. Taronga's new nocturnal house, Nguwing Nura, contains the following exhibits/species: 1. Spinifex Hopping Mouse 2. Fat-tailed Dunnart 3. Greater Bilby 4. Ghost Bat 5. Chuditch 6. Yellow-bellied Glider, Rufous Bettong, Short-beaked Echidna 7. Barton's Long-beaked Echidna, Long-nosed Potoroo 8. Platypus, Smooth Yabby The smaller nocturnal house, the Wombat Burrow, contains: 1. Spinifex Hopping Mouse 2. Flinders Ranges Scorpion 3. Giant Burrowing Cockroach 4. Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat 5. Sydney Funnel-web Spider 6. Barking Tarantula Central Gardens Nature Reserve has a very small nocturnal house with: 1. Common Brushtail Possum, Long-nosed Potoroo 2. Long-nosed Potoroo 3. Common Ringtail Possum, Tawny Frogmouth, Long-nosed Potoroo, Sugarbag Bee I did not see the ringtail possum or the bees.
By happy coincidence, only last night I catalogued a back-issue of International Zoo News from 1979 which contained information on the then-newly opened nocturnal house at Perth Zoo:
Wow, such a great range of species in those days! Though I suppose a good number of the exhibits were probably inadequate by today's standards.
The nocturnal section of Sydney Zoo's Reptile and Nocturnal House currently houses the following: 1. Green Tree Python 2. Green Tree Frog 3. Green-and-golden Bell Frog 4. Goliath Stick Insect 5. Spiny Leaf Insect, Spiny Katydid 6. Magnificent Tree Frog 7. Woma Python 8. Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko, Centralian Knob-tailed Gecko 9. Spinifex Hopping Mouse 10. Spinifex Hopping Mouse 11. Black-footed Tree-rat 12. Greater Bilby, Ghost Bat 13. Long-nosed Potoroo 14. Common Ringtail Possum 15. Yellow-bellied Glider 16. Yellow-bellied Glider, Squirrel Glider 17. Bare-nosed Wombat (connected to the outdoor exhibit, sometimes a Swamp Wallaby finds its way in here) 18. Eastern Quoll
Would anyone happen to know a list of species for the small mammal house at the Philadelphia zoo back when they had animals like when the aardvarks were there.
Akron has a relatively small but respectable nocturnal building in its Legend of the Wild area with- Cave Dwelling Rat Snake Pygmy Slow Loris Rodrigues Fruit Bat Straw Colored Fruit Bat Seas Short Tail Bats Gold Mantella Frogs Blue Mantella Frogs Green/Black Poison Dart Frogs Yellow Banded Poison Dart Frogs Dyeing Poison Dart Frog
Cleveland's lower RainForest level acts as its nocturnal section, as the floor is themed around a night scene on the forest floor. First Wall Golfodulcean Poison Dart Frog Golden Poison Dart Frog Panama Harlequin Frog Emerald Tree Boa Amazon Milk Frog Puerto Rican Crested Toad Green and Black Poison Dart Frog Tiger Leg Monkey Frog Climbing Toad Pond Jewel Cichlid Clown Squeaker Catfish Blue Poison Dart Frog (Terrarium) Main Hallway Dwarf Crocodile Lionhead Cichlid Tiger Rat Snake Northern Spider Tortoise Amazon Tree Boa Veiled Chameleon Baron's Green Racer Red Bellied Piranha Fiji Island Banded Iguana Carpet Python Prehensile Tail Skink Green Tree Python Magnificent Tree Frog Burmese Python Indochinese Box Turtle Prehensile Tail Skink
The Lake Superior Zoo has a small but nice Nocturnal House connected to their Primate House. This was the species list as of June 2023 . Large-Spotted Genet . Brush-Tailed Bettong . Egyptian Fruit Bat . Pallas Cat . Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine . Linnaeus Two-Toed Sloth, Kinkajou, Six-Banded Armadillo(?) . Burrowing Owl . Pygmy Slow Loris . Eastern Screech Owl
