Singapore Night Safari Singapore Night Safari species list

My friend asked me the questions, I post here to see anyone could help, thanks a lot.
How many Indian hog deer do night safari have now?
Any idea where do they come from?

 

Mandai holds 1.8 indian hog deer; 0.3 are at the Zoo and the rest at Night Safari. Not sure about their origin.

 

Thanks for prompt feedback.
Question from my side: the hog deer in Zoo are off display, right?
Further question from my friend, any chance to know when hog deer was first time in WRS?
Thanks again.

 

I think the 3 females are located at KidzWorld.
I do also remember when Bawean hog deer (Hyelaphus kuhlii) were part of the zoo's collection. Quite a unique species.

 

The 3 females are at the Zoo's Kidzworld, with the goats and a female Axis deer. Hog deer were displayed in the Zoo in the 80s if i'm not mistaken. The current population was probably founded when Night Safari opened in 1994.

 

That's really cool, now there's a valid reason to visit the kidzworld during my next zoo trip XD

 

As of 2nd May 2022, here's the deduced species list based on what ik, feel free to add on if i missed anything *= repeated (excluding show)


TRAM:
Himalayan Tahr
Bharal
Markhor
Greater flamingo
Asian small-clawed otter
Barasingha
Asiatic lion
Indian Rhino
Indian sambar
Thamin
Indian hog deer
Barking deer
Cape buffalo
Nile hippopotamus
White African lion
Malayan tapir
Bearded pig
Red dhole
Asian elephant
Malayan sambar
Asiatic black bear

Fishing cat trail
Spectacled owl
Himalayan tahr*
Fishing cat
Binturong
Southern three-banded armadillo
Giant anteater
Southern red muntjac*
Maned wolf
Common palm civet
Sunda pangolin
Great cormorant
Giant Asian pond turtle
Malayan flying fox
Black crowned night heron
Spotted whistling duck
Indian gharial
Striped hyena

Leopard trail
Binturong*
White bearded masked palm civet
Amur leopard cat
Small-toothed palm civet
Sunda pangolin*
Sunda slow loris
Indian crested porcupine
Malayan porcupine
Spotted wood owl
Buffy fish owl
Malayan flying fox*
Spotted whistling duck *
Lesser dog-faced fruit duck
Asian swamp eel
Northern luzon giant cloud rat
Senegal bushbaby
Greater Hog badger
Asian small-clawed otter*
Clouded leopard
Lesser mousedeer
Sunda scops owl
Collared owlet

East lodge trail:
Sloth bear
Aardvark
Spotted hyena
Babirusa
Eastern bongo
Red river hog
Malayan Tiger

Wallaby trail
Morepork owl
Bennett's wallaby
New Caledonian bumpy gecko
Madagascan hissing cockroach
Mexican fireleg tarantula
Chaco golden knee tarantula
Ridley's beauty snake
Asian black forest scorpion
Crested gecko
Common brush-tailed possum
Woylie

 

forgot to mention the east lodge fish tank so here it is:
pearl cichlid
duckbill catfish
Atabo Red pike cichlid
emerald cichlid
Red shoulder severum
Loiselle's cichlid
Firemouth cichlid
Kelberi peacock bass
Argentine Humphead
Myleus Lamax
Redhead cichlid
Red Tapajos pike
Uaru
Readhead Tapajos eartheater

 

Does the Indian wolf currently have no display?

 

It's not there anymore

 

Thank you for your reply

 

The original exhibit for indian wolves are now housing a second pack of red dholes

 

About to visit in a couple of weeks! Can you see everything by walking around, or are some enclosures only visible from the tram ride?

 

A majority of the animals such as elephants, rhinos, hippos, lions, etc are only visible from the tram ride but there are a lot of stuff in the walking trails (the coloured paths)

 

Thanks!

 

@Nadchew_ The Tram ride species list really saddens me a lot. I hope they expand it in future and add a few other drive-thrus because I was really fond of them. Indian sambar, hog deer, thamin, all have now been displayed in moated exhibits. I wish they add an African drive-through enclosure, too.
Chiang-mai night safari has an outstanding one, with lots of free-ranging giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, Impala, nyala, Greater kudu, red lechwe and eland.

 

With Rainforest Wild Africa, a new park opening next year iirc going to take over a portion of the eastern side, they have less space. Even then, their hoofstock list is still great, hopefully gaur will return. Sambar, hog deer and thamin are still in the park

 

Good news for those wanting to see the Gaurs on display again. Development of a set of "finale" exhibits for the tram ride has started and I understand it will include one for the Gaurs, as well as Axis Deer and one of the male Asian Elephants. Construction will probably take a year or so.

 

Will the deer and elephants be mixed?

 

It seems like separate enclosures for the 3 species. Probably not a good idea to mix deer with a bull elephant.