Wild Planet Mega Zoo

So this is my crack at the whole mega zoo thing, and for those who were wondering what happened to Oceanic Aquarium, i got bored, so now we have WILD PLANET MEGA ZOO (i know best name ever)

The zoo would be split into 6 sections, The Americas, Wild Africa, Down Under, Eurasia, Polar Zone, and Wild Gardens.

The first of these sections is The Americas, with animals from both North and South America.

THE AMERICAS
After entering the zoo, you walk down a path with various Gift Shops, Resturants, and Stalls for Maps and other brochures. At the end of this path is a Sign with "The Americas" on it. Once you pass this sign, there is anpthernsign saying "The Appalachian Mountains, and now we move on to the first Area of the Americas

The Appalachian Mountains

The first exhibit of this area is a wooded paddock for a herd of Whitetail Deer, across from it would be a wire mesh exhibit with trees and logs for raccoons. Next to the Raccoon exhibit would be a similar wire mesh aviary with various shrubs, plants, and logs for Ruffed Grouse. Across from the Ruffed Grouse and Raccoon Exhibits would be the Appalachian Vivaria House, with various Vivariums for Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish from The appalachian mountains

APPALACHIAN VIVARIA HOUSE SPECIES LIST:
Eastern Newt
Spring Peeper
Northern Dusky Salamander
Santeetlah Dusky Salamander
Cave Salamander
Blue Ridge Spring Salamander
Tellico Salamander
Red Cheeked Salamander
Southern Appalachian Salamander
Red Legged Salamander
Green Salamander
Wood Turtle
Eastern Box Turtle
Northern Green Frog
Timber Rattlesnake
Wood Frog
Black Rat Snake
Broad Headed Skink
Common Snapping Turtle
Speckled Trout

After you exit the Vivaria House, you are right next to the forested Black Bear Exhibit, with Similar Red Fox and Bobcat Exhibits to the left and right of the bears respectivley. Across from the Bobcat Exhibit would be an aboveground underground exhibit for Groundhogs with a glass veiwing panel into a groundhog burrow. Next to the Groundhog Exhibit would be a mesh wire walk through aviary with various trees, logs, shrubs, and other plants for the 5 species of Tree Squirrel that occur in the appalacian mountains, The Eastern Gray, Fox, American Red, and Northern and Southern Flying Squirrels, Also in this exhibit would be Eastern Cottontail Rabbits and Mourning Doves. The Final Exhibits in this Area would be a series of Aviaries for Great Horned Owls, Barred Owls, Common Ravens, Northern Goshhawks, Red Shouldered Hawks, and Red Tailed Hawks. The Final Exhibit would be a small open area with logs, rocks, small trees and branches, and other things for a flock of Wild Turkey. At the end of the Appalachian Area would be a split path, With two signs at the enterance of each path, one saying "Up North" and one saying "Down South"

Up North

Up North exhibits animals from Northern North America, Namely The Northern USA, Canada, and Alaska. After walking up the path, you come to the first exhibit, a forested, rocky exhibit for canada lynxes, further up the path would be a similar exhibit for mountain lions, After the Mountain Lion exhibit would be a circular area of path, on the right side of it would be a forested 1/2 acre paddock for moose, and on the left would be another 1/2 acre paddock for Roosevelt Elk. In the center of this would be the Great Lakes Aquarium, a circular building with various species from the Great Lakes.
In the center of this building would be the Circular Great Lakes Exhibit, with Logs, Rocks, Branches, Plants, and Variois Fish Species from The Lakes

GREAT LAKES EXHIBIT SPECIES LIST:
Brook Trout
Brown Trout
Rainbow Trout
Freshwater Drum
Common Sunfish
Green Sunfish
Freshwater Drum
Smallmouth Bass
White Bass
Rock Bass
Walleye
Burbot
Bluegill
Bowfin
Lake Whitefish
White Perch
White Sucker
Round Whitefish

On the wall of the aquarium would be an exhibit for the endangered Lake Sturgeon, with signage about how sturgeon species are becoming endangered due to over harvesting of their eggs and meat. Also on the wall would be a tank for Muskellunge and Northern Pike. There would also be Various Terrariums and Aquariums for Eastern Tiger Salamander, Blue Racer, American Toad, Western Chorus Frog, Gray Tree Frog, Blanding's Turtle, and Calico Crayfish.
The Circular Paving Area (from now on I'm just going to call it the circle) also leads to an area called Carnivore Mountain, which has a rocky path going upwards, after a few yards, you come to the first exhibit, a pit typed thing surrounded by a vertical wall of rocks, in the pit would be a pool of water, trees and shrubs, rocks, and other things for Grizzly Bears, there would be two ways to see them, a panel of glass that allows you to view the Bears on ground level and a glass panel to see them when swimming in the water pool, and an area to see the Bears from looking down into the pit. Further up the path would be a glass paneled, forested exhibit for a pack of gray wolves. After the wolf exhibit would be a bend in the path, and it would start to head back to the circle, along the path would be various exhibits for Bald Eagles, Gray Foxes, Stoats, Wolverines, and Striped Skunk. after getting back to the circle, you see the final exhibit, a very rocky paddock For Bighorn Sheep, Dall Sheep, and Mountain Goat. At the side of the circle opposite you entered would be a path that would lead to the next area, Down South, Which would feature Animals from the Southern U.S

Down South
The Area starts off with a building that would have an aquarium tube init that would be divided into two sections, one part of the tube would be for fish and turtles, it would have various branches and plants underwater.

AQUARIUM TUBE SPECIES LIST:
Razor-Backed Musk Turtle
Painted Turtle
Florida Softshell
Red Eared Slider
Yellow Bellied Slider
Eastern River Cooter
Diamondback Terrapin
Chicken Turtle
Spotted Turtle
Barbour's Map Turtle
Striped Mud Turtle
Black Crappie
White Crappie
Largemouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Bluegill
Channel Catfish
Brook Silverside
Blue Spotted Sunfish
Banded Sunfish
Redbreast Sunfish
Redear Sunfish

The other half of the tube would be used for underwater veiwing of American Alligators. after you get to the end of the building, there would be a ramp going up to a second floor with a hole in the roof the turtles and alligators can bask. There would also be a stream of water for the alligators leading out of the building and onto a hill where an outdoor swamp habitat would be. This would be acessed by a path that would go to the right and up the aforementioned hill, outside their would also be two other paths, one would go left and to the reptile complex, and the other would go forward and to the rest of the exhibits in the area. I am going to start with the reptile complex, basically it's a reptile house with a few other things like small fish and mammals (although that kind of beats The purpose of calling it the Reptile Complex, anyways) The reptile complex starts with a walk up the path, and then infront of you is the first exhibit and the building of the reptile complex. The first exhibit would be a pit full of water and a sandy shore for basking for American Crocodiles, a set of stairs would go down to a glass paneled wall of the pit for underwater veiwing of the Crocs. After going inside the building, in front of you is a series of terrariums housing Gopher Tortoise, Spiny Softshell Turtle, Loggerhead Musk Turtle, Green Anole, Florida Scrub Lizard, and Southern Ringneck Snake. To the Left of the entrance would be a series of Terrariums for Various Salamander, Frog, And Toad Species

AMPHIBIAN TERRARIUMS SPECIES LIST:
Striped Newt
Pine Barrens Treefrog
Barking Treefrog
Pine Woods Treefrog
Green Treefrog
Cope's Gray Treefrog
Bullfrog
Southern Leopard Frog
Bronze Frog
Little Grass Frog
Eastern Spadefoot Toad
Florida Cricket Frog
Ornate Chorus Frog
Marbled Salamander
Gulf Coast Waterdog
Two Toed Amphiuma
Reticulate Flatwoods Salamander

To The right of the entrance to the reptile complex would be an exhibit called "Masters of Mimicry" featuring the deadly coral snake and its many Nonvenomous Mimickers.

MASTERS OF MIMICRY SPECIES LIST:
Eastern Coral Snake
Scarlet Kingsnake
Florida Scarlet Snake
Eastern Corn Snake

Next to Masters of Mimicry would be an exhibit called "Invaders of the Invasive Kind" With the invasive Burmese Python,The largest snake in the world, there would be two Exhibits, one of their native home in Asia, and one habitat of the Everglades, where they are invasive. Away from the entrance of the reptile complex would be and exhibit called The Pond, with various water centric species like small fish and salamanders.
The first exhibit would be a pool of water Split into two parts, one for Hellbender Salamanders, and the other for Common Mudpuppies. Across from it would be a 200 gallon freshwater fishtank decorated with rocks, branches, and plants. This tank would house various small fish species native to the southeastern U.S

FISHTANK SPECIES LIST:
American Flagfish
Banded Pygmy Sunfish
Everglades Pygmy Sunfish
Carolina Pygmy Sunfish
Sailfin Molly
Amber Darter
Mangrove Killifish
Bluefin Killifish
Florida Apple Snail
Pygmy Killifish
Lined Topminnow
Golden Topminnow
Bluespotted Sunfish
Least Killifish


Next to the Fishtank would be 3 terrariums, one for the Banded Watersnake, one for the Green Watersnake, and one for the Salt Marsh Snake, The final exhibit in The Pond would be a pool of water with underwater veiwing and a basking area for an Alligator Snapping Turtle.The Final exhibit in the reptile complex would be Lizards and Snakes, featuring various Lizards and Snakes.

LIZARDS AND SNAKES SPECIES LIST:
Rainbow Snake
Reef Gecko
Six-Lined Racerunner
Mole Skink
Coal Skink
Five Lined Skink
Eastern Glass Lizard
Eastern Fence Lizard
Common Garter Snake
Rough Green Snake
Eastern Indigo Snake
Florida Pine Snake
Common Kingsnake
Copperhead
Cottonmouth Moccasin
Rough Earth Snake
Florida Crowned Snake
Eastern Hog-Nosed Snake
Eastern Coachwhip
Queen Snake
Pygmy Rattlesnake

After you exit the reptile complex at the end of Lizards and Snakes, you go down a path that eventually intersects with the path that went forwards at the end of the Aquarium Tube Building. After you go up the Forwards path, their is a Paddock for Key Deer. Across from that paddock is a wire mesh enclosure encasing a makeshift dead tree with a tree hollow in it for Virginia Opposums. Next to it would be another wire mesh exhibit for Florida Marsh Rabbits. There would also be an indoor, dark exhibit for nine banded armadillos. To the right of The Key Deer, Oppossums, Rabbits, and Armadillo Exhibits would be the Glades Aviary, a walk through aviary For various waterfowl such as herons and egrets. It would have a simulated swamp with water, waterfalls, plants, and cypress trees.

GLADES AVIARY SPECIES LIST:
Green Heron
Smooth Billed Ani
Florida Scrub Jay
American Purple Gallinule
Yellow Rail
Reddish Egret
Mottled Duck
Anhinga
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Black Crowned Night Heron
Wood Stork
Great Egret
Tricolor Heron
Brown Pelican

The Final Exhibit of Down South would be an open air mangrove swamp exhibit for West Indian Manatees, also in this exhibit would be some larger saltwater fish like permit, bonefish, and snook. On the left and righ sides of the manatee exhibit respectively, would be two freshwater exhibits for American Paddlefish and Alligator Gar. after a walk down the path to the left of the manatee exhibit, you come to the end of Down South. Next Time, I will cover the last two areas of the North America Part of The Americas, Great Plains and The American Deserts......

 

The Americas part 2

The Great Plains

The 4th area of The Americas, The Great Plains, starts with a walk from the end of Down South, at the end of the path connecting the two areas would be a sign that says "Welcome to the Great Plains" The first exhibit of this area would be a large, naturalistic mesh wire aviary for Greater Prarie Chicken, Greater Sage Grouse, Sharp Tailed Grouse, Mountain Plover, and Western Meadowlark. Next to this Aviary would be one for the Endangered Gunnison Sage Grouse. Also by the Two aviary would be 4 aviaries for Prarie Falcon, Swainson's Hawk, American Kestrel, and Red Tailed Hawk. By the Avaiaries, there would be a path leading to a Prarie dog down exhibit, with Black Tailed and Utah Prarie Dogs, there would also be exhibits for animals that feed on and use Prarie dog burrows. More specifically, Burrowing Owls, American Badger, and Black Footed Ferrets. Also in the Prarie Dog Town Exhibit would be exhibits for other small rodents of the Great Plains, the Franklin's Ground Squirrel, Thirteen Lined Ground Squirrel, and the Endangered Idaho Ground Squirrel. Next to the Prarie Dog Town Exhibit would be a series of terrariums for the Great Plains Toad, Plains Spadefoot Toad, Plains Garter Snake, Prarie Rattlesnake, Great Plains Skink, Great Plains Rat Snake, and Ornate Box Turtle.
Also by the Terrariums would be a pond for turtles of the Mississippi River.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER POND SPECIES LIST:
Common Map Turtle
Mississippi Map Turtle
False Map Turtle
River Cooter

Across from the Terrariums and pond would be an open field habitat for Coyotes.

After a short walk down a path from the coyote exhibit would be the largest exhibit in the area, a 4 acre, open, grassy paddock for just 3 species, American Bison, Pronghorn, and Mule Deer.

At the end of the paddock would be a path leading to the next area, The American Desert

 

The American Desert, The Tropics, and Wild Caribbean

tThe American Deserts

After a short walk from the Bison/Pronghorn/Deer Paddock, you come across a huge glazed geodesic dome, one part of three areas part of one huge indoor part of the zoo. After walking into the dome, you're greeted with a natural American Desert enviroment, with various desert flora growing freely inside it like Sagauro Cactus and Desert Sunflower. Free Flying around the dome would be many bird species

FREE FLYING BIRD SPECIES IN THE DOME:
Canyon Wren
Varied Bunting
Lark Bunting
Gila Woodpecker
Cactus Wren
Black-Chinned Sparrow
Lawrence's Goldfinch
Bendire's Thrasher
Lucy's Warbler
Desert Cardinal
Bell's Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Sagebrush Sparrow
Gilded Flicker

Near the entrance to the dome would be an exhibit surrounded by rock walls and bordered by a fence for Desert Tortoises and Desert Box Turtles, also in the exhibit would be various cacti and plants. On the left of the entrance would be a paddock for a herd of collared peccaries. To the right of the entrance would be a red rock wall, in the wall would be several small exhibits for Desert Kangaroo Rat, Merriam's Kangaroo Rat, Arizona Pocket Mouse, and White Throated Woodrat. Next to the 3 exhibits, also in the red rock wall, would be a Terrarium for Gila Monsters, Mexican Beaded Lizards, Common Chuckwallas, and San Esteban Chuckwallas. Next to the peccary exhibit would be an aviary for Anna's, Costa's, Black Chinned, and Broad Billed Hummingbirds. Back by the Chuckwalla/Gila Monster Terrarium would be an area where a red rock wall would surround the path, in the wall would be various terrariums for reptiles, amphibians, and invertabrates of the desert.

DESERT TERRARIUM SPECIES LIST
Common Collared Lizard
Sonoran Collared Lizard
Desert Iguana
Zebra Tailed Lizard
Bezy's Night Lizard
Trans-Pecos Striped Whiptail
Colorado River Toad
Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake
Mexican Black Kingsnake
Arizona Night Lizard
Long Tailed Brush Lizard
Common Desert Centipede
Mexican Redknee Tarantula
Obscure Ground Mantis
Desert Horned Lizard
Mexican Blonde Tarantula
Chihuahuan Striped Whiptail
Mexican Tree Frog
Sonoran Desert Toad

Back by The Peccary and Hummingbird Exhibits would be a pond for Rio Grande Cooters and Sonoran Mud Turtles, and in a Red rock wall next to the pond would be an aquarium for Desert Pupfish. Across from the pond and pupfish would be an exhibit surrounded by red rock walls and a fence like the tortoise exhibit. The species in this exhibit would be Black-Tailed Jackrabbit, Greater Roadrunner, California Quail, and Gambel's Quail. At the area at the back of the dome, the Terrariums and other exhibits meet, and there are two ways you can go, you can go into the center of the dome to go to an exhibit called "Rattlesnake Cave", go into a separate, smaller dome, with black glass for nocturnal species, or you can go to the next area, The Tropics. The first of these we are going to focus on is rattlesnake cave, a cave in a red rock mountain in the middle of the dome. In the cave would be Variois terrariums for various species of rattlesnakes and other venomous snake species, in the center of the cave would be a bronze statue of a rattlesnake.

RATTLESNAKE CAVE SPECIES LIST:
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Tiger Rattlesnake
Sonoran Desert Sidewinder
Mitchell's Rattlesnake
Mojave Rattlesnake
Querétaro Dusky Rattlesnake
Santa Catalina Rattlesnake
Rock Rattlesnake

The Nocturnal dome would start with a glass hallway to th black dome, once you enter the dome, there would be two aviaries, one for spotted owls on the right, and the other for Ferruginous Pygmy Owls on the left. To the right would be the bat cave, home to a colony of pallid bats, and on the left would be the rest of the exhibits, they would house Ringtails, Stripe Tailed, Bark, and Arizona Hairy Scorpions, Kit Foxes, and Western Screech Owl.

The Tropics

The Tropics would be the 5th area of The Americas, Focusing on the Rainforests of South and Central America. This area would be Completly indoors, and it would be separated into three parts , The Rainforest, The River, and Jungle Predators. The First Part, the rainforest, would take up the bulk of the building, it would be accesed by a path leading from the American desert to The Tropics. In the Rainforest, there would be a lush, amazon rainforest enviroment, with various flora growing like Orchids, Brazil Nut Trees, and Kapok Trees. Free flying would be many species of birds native to the rainforest.

FREE FLYING BIRDS IN THE RAINFOREST:
Scarlet Macaw
Blue Headed Macaw
Blue Throated Macaw
Blue-And-Gold Macaw
Chesnut Fronted Macaw
Crimson Bellied Parakeet
Black Curassow
Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock
Red Capped Cardinal
Black Capped Parakeet
Gilded Barbet
Rufous Tailed Attila
Festive Amazon
Yellow Crowned Amazon
Purple Honeycreeper
Green Honeycreeper
Spotted-Tody Flycatcher
Scarlet Ibis
Toco Toucan
Green Aracari
Orange Bellied Euphonia
Ringed Antpipit
Gray Fronted Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
Plush Crested Jay
Amazonian Antshrike
Amazon Kingfish
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Lemon Throated Barbet
Yellow Billed Dancis
Blue Dancis
Yellow Headed Amazon
Orange Winged Amazon

Once you enter The Tropics Building, the first exhibit would be a paddock for Baird's and South American Tapirs. On the left side of the entrance would be Two mesh wire exhibits for the Bare-Tailed Woolly and White Eared Oppossums, to the right of the entrance would be a mixed species paddock for giant anteater, capybara, and southern tamandua. Next to the Opposum Exhibits would be a tall, large, wire mesh exhibit for Emperor Tamarins, Golden Lion Tamarins, Golden Headed Lion Tamarins, and Black Lion Tamarins. Next to the Tamarin Exhibit would be the Sloth exhibit, with 3 seperate exhibits for 3 species of sloth, the Hoffman's Two Toed, Brown Throated , and Pale Throated Sloths. Back by the anteater/capybara exhibit would be two exhibits, one for squirrel monkeys, and the other for white-headed capuchins. By the sloth exhibit would be a path that would lead to the monkey exhibits on the right side of the building, along this pathway would be terrariums for various reptiles and amphibians, They would be the Green Iguana, Green Basilisk, Emerald Tree Boa (aswell as their black and patternless morphs), Boa Constrictors (also Albino and Melanistic morphs) red Tailed Boa, Blue Anoles (go search it up, these lizards are Beatiful) Gold Tegu, Yellow Footed Tortoises, Red Footed Tortoises, Blue Tegus, Red eyed Tree Frogs, Blue Sided Leaf Frogs, Pink Sided Tree Frogs, Morelet's Tree Frogs, and a huge terrarium for various species of Posion Dart Frog.

DART FROG TERRARIUM SPECIES LIST:
Strawberry Dart Frog
Blue Posion Dart Frog
Yellow Banded Posion Dart Frog
Green and Black Posion Dart Frog
Dyeing Dart Frog
Yellow Striped Posion Frog
Diablito Poison Frog
Harlequin Posion Frog
Polkadot Posion Frog
Red Backed Posion Frog
Golden Dart Frog
Lovely Posion Frog
Golfodulcean Posion Frog

Also on the left side would be the enclosed walk through hummingbird aviary.

HUMMINGBIRD AVIARY SPECIES LIST:
Sapphire Spangled Emerald
Ruby Topaz Hummingbird
Swallow Tailed Hummingbird
Fiery Topaz
Crimson Topaz
Straight Billed Hermit

At The back of The Rainforest would be two exhibits, on the left side would be an exhibit for Geoffroy's, Black Headed, and White Bellied Spider Monkeys. On the right would be an exhibit for Purus Red Howler Monkeys, Mantled Howler Monkeys, and Brown Howler Monkeys, inbetween the two exhibits would be a hallway that leads to the river.

The River would focus on Aquatic and Semiaquatic species of The Amazon River and the other rivers of South and Central America. The first exhibit in this section would be a huge, long community Amazon River tank, with various roots and rocks in the tank. Also did I mention that it would be really long?

AMAZON COMMUNITY TANK SPECIES LIST:
Neon Tetra
Cardinal Tetra
Zebra Pleco
Emeral Cory Cat
Trinidad Pleco
Blue Discus
Red Discus
Royal Red Discus Color Morph
Yellow Marlboro Discus Color Morph
Pigeon Blood Discus Color Morph
Neon Blue Discus Color Morph
Altum Angelfish
Gold Veil Angelfish
Black Veil Angelfish
Koi Angelfish
Platinum Angelfish
Black Skirt Tetra
Neon Tetra Gold Morph
Penguin Tetra
Panda Cory Cat
Agassizi Cory Cat
Albino Cory Cat
Pencilfish
Striped Raphael Catfish
Bolivian Ram

Next to the Community Tank would be a larger tank for larger and more aggressive species.

LARGE SPECIES TANK SPECIES LIST:
Arapaima
Red tail Catfish
Tiger Catfish
Silver Arowana
Black Arowana
Green Severum
Green Terror
Firemouth Chiclid
Occelate River Stingray
Porcupine River Stingray
Raspy River Stingray
Tiger Ray
Giant Amazon River Turtle
Peacock Bass
Black Pacu
Red-Bellied Piranha
Black Piranha

After the Tanks would be a Large Lagoon for Amazon River Dolphins, next to it would be a similar lagoon for Amazonian Manatees, Next to the Dolphin Lagoon would be a tank for an electric eel, next to the electric eel would be the crocodilian lagoon, with different habitats for various species of Crocodilians and other reptiles, each with their own exhibit.

CROCODILIAN LAGOON SPECIES LIST:
Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman
Black Caiman
Orincino Crocodile
Smooth Fronted Caiman
Spectacled Caiman
Morelet's Crocodile
Arrau River Turtle
Yellow Spotted River Turtle
Red Headed Amazon River Turtle
Green Anaconda

The final exhibit of "The River" would be an exhibit for Giant River Otters.

The final part of "The Tropics" would be Jungle Predators, focusing on predators of the rainforest. It would be accesed by a hallway by the crocodilian lagoon. The first exhibits would be 6 aviaries for Harpy Eagles, Northern Crested Caracaras, Red Throated Caracaras, Savanna Hawks, Tiny Hawks, and Ornate Hawk Eagle, Next to the aviares would be an exhibit for the little known Bush Dog, and across from it would be an exhibit for Jaguarundis, next to the bush dog exhibit would be one for Ocelots, Across from the Ocelots would be an exhibit for Margays, the Final exhibit in Jungle Predators and The Tropics, would be for Jaguars. After the Jaguar exhibit would be a door leading outside to a path, there would be two ways to go, Left for Wild Caribbean, and Forward for Andes and Pampas

 

The Americas

Wild Caribbean!

Wild Caribbean would be the 7th Area of The Americas, accesed by a path branching off from The Tropics, it would take you down a short walk down a path lined with palm trees. At the end of the path would be the Wild Caribbean Building, with 2 doors going inside. Once you go inside, there would be an aquarium tube going through the areas main exhibit, Caribbean Reef, with a simulated caribbean reef with rocks, coral, caves, and other things, apart from the tube, there would also be other veiwing points of the Exhibit from other parts of the building

CARIBBEAN REEF SPECIES LIST
Queen Angelfish
Queen Triggerfish
French Angelfish
Gray Angelfish
Rock Beauty
Cherubfish
Banded Butterflyfish
Foureye Butterflyfish
Spotfin Butterflyfish
Longsnout Butterflyfish
Atlantic Blue Tang
Ocean Surgeonfish
Sergeant Major
Blue Chromis
Bicolor Damselfish
Cocoa Damselfish
Barred Hamlet
Blue Hamlet
Indigo Hamlet
Yellowbelly Hamlet
Butter Hamlet
Shy Hamlet
Peppermint Basslet
Royal Gramma
Harlequin Bass
Chalk Bass
Latern Bass
Tobaccofish
Blackcap Basslet
Bluehead Wrasse
Porkfish
French Grunt
Spanish Grunt
Spanish Hogfish
Yellowtail Snapper
Lane Snapper
Creole Wrasse
Yellowhead Wrasse
Reef Squirrelfish
Blue Parrotfish
Midnight Parrotfish
Yellowtail Parrotfish
Queen Parrotfish
Porcupinefish
Whitespotted Filefish
Sargassum Triggerfish
Black Durgon
Peacock Flounder
Yellow Goatfish
Spotted Drum
High Hat
Jackknife Fish
Smooth Trunkfish
Spotted Trunkfish
Glassy Sweeper
Atlantic Spadefish
Spotted Eagle Ray
Southern Stingray
Bonnethead Shark
Green Moray
Chain Moray
Green Sea Turtle

After exiting the tube, on the left and right sides would be viewing panels for the Caribbean Reef Exhibit, infront of the exit would be the Stingray Pool, a shallow pool with mangrove trees and rocks jutting out of the water, it would have various small fish, larger invertabrates, and stingrays, and of course, you could pet the Rays.

STINGRAY POOL SPECIES LIST:
Yellow Stingray
Carribbean Whiptail Stingray
Cownose Stingray
Rusty Goby
Saddled Blenny
Redlipped Blenny
Green Razorfish
Redspotted Hawkfish
Cushion Sea Star
Banded Sea Star
Comet Star
Queen Conch
Flamingo Tounge (Sea Snail)
True Tulip (Sea Snail)
Atlantic Gray Cowrie

Next to the stingray pool would be a tank for Red Lionfish, and signage about how they are invasive in the Atlantic Ocean. Next to the Lionfish Exhibit would be a small tank for Brown Garden Eels and Yellowhead Jawfish, on the other side of the stingray exhibit would be a circular tank for Longsnout Seahorse and Harlequin Pipefish. Next to the seahorse/pipefish exhibit would be one for spiny lobsters.On the Left side of the building would be a large tank with an alagae and coral covered Shipwreck, with signage about the habitat they create on otherwise barren seafloors.

SHIPWRECK TANK SPECIES LIST
Goliath Grouper
Nassau Grouper
Tiger Grouper
Coney
Coney (Bicolor Variant)
Coney (Golden Variant)
Red Hind
Cottonwick
Black Margate
Gray Snapper
Yellowtail Snapper
Caesar Grunt
Tomtate
Palometa
Bonefish
Almaco Jack
Rainbow Runner
Yellow Jack
Great Barracuda
Jothead Porgy
Nurse Shark
Caribbean Reef Shark
Lemon Shark
Blackball Soldierfish
Sergeant Major
Ocean Triggerfish
Spotted Moray Eel

On The Right side of the building would be a series of terrariums for the reptiles and amphibian of the Caribbean.

CARIBBEAN TERRARIUMS SPECIES LIST:
Grand Cayman Blue Iguana
Rhinoceros Iguana
Northern Bahimian Rock Iguana
Brown Anole
Hispaniolan Ground Iguana
Dominican Anole
Puerto Rican Crested Anole
Bronze Anole
West Cuban Anole
Knight Anole
Barbados Threadsnake (smallest snake in the world)
Virgin Island Dwarf Sphaero
Barbados Leaf Toed Gecko
Cook's Tree Boa
Puerto Rican Boa
Central Antillean Slider
Puerto Rico Upland Gecko
Cuban Tree Frog
Puerto Rican Crested Toad
Cricket Couqui
Caribbean White Lipped Frog

After the Terrariums would be a door leading outdoors, infront of the door after you exit the indoor part of the building would be an aviary for Cuban Amazons, on the right side of it would be an aviary for Puerto Rican Amazons, and on the left would be an aviary for Hispaniolan Amazons. A path that would go down the right side would lead to the final two exhibits of the area, an exhibit for Caribbean Flamingoes, and a large lagoon with an artificial reef, like the one at sea world Orlando, for Bottlenose and Atlantic Spotted Dolphins.

Andes,Pampas, and Cerrado

Andes,Pampas, and Cerrado would feature species from the Andes Mountains, Pampas Grasslands, and the Cerrado Savanna, as the name implies. Accessed from the path at the end of The Tropics and another path by the Flamingo and Dolphin Exhibits. After a short walk, you have a sign that says "Andes, Pampas, and Cerrado" after you go past the sign, on the left side of the path would be an aviary for a flock of Hyacinth Macaws. Across from the Macaw Aviary would be a mixed aviary for Andean Cock-Of-The-Rock, White Browed Tit Spinetail, Peruvian Sierra Finch, Red Backed Sierra Finch, Plumbeous Sierra Finch, Carbonated Sierra Finch, Andean Flicker, White Winged Diuca Finch, and Campo Miner. Further down the path would be an exhibit for Andean Waterbirds, The James' Flamingo, Andean Goose, Giant Coot, Diademed Plover, and Titicaca Grebe. Across from the Waterbird Exhibit would be a 1 acre paddock for Vicuña, Guanaco, Pampas Deer, Greater Rhea, Lesser Rhea, and Mountain Tapir. Next to the Paddock would be a Large Aviary for Andean Condors. Also Next to the Paddock would be a naturalistc exhibit for the Rare and Endangered Andean Mountain Cat. Back by the Waterfowl exhibit would be a terrarium for Titicaca Water Frogs. Also by the Waterfowl exhibit would be an exhibit for Andean Foxes. Further down the path would be the Small Animals Pavilion, a building with various smaller animals of the Areas this Area focuses on.

SMALL ANIMALS PAVILION SPECIES LIST:
Chinchilla
Geoffery's Cat
Brazilian Three Banded Armadillo
Screaming Hairy Armadillo
Pink Fairy Armadillo
Gray Breasted Mountain Toucan
Andean Iguana
Cane Toad

Once you exit the Small Animals Pavilion, there would be two side by side exhibits, one for Maned Wolves, and The Other for Spectacles Bears. Across from the Wolves and Bears would be an exhibit for the Critically Endagered Yellow Tailed Woolly Monkey. The final exhibit of this area (and the americas) would be he Cerrado Aviary, a walk through aviary with a simulated Cerrado Enviroment.

CERRADO AVIARY SPECIES LIST:
Blue Fronted Amazon
Ruddy Ground Dove
Jabiru
Vermillion Flycatcher
Yellow Chevroned Parrot
Spot Backed Puffbird
Golden Collared Macaw
Peach Fronted Parakeet
Scaly Headed Parrot
Yellow Faced Parrot
Green Winged Saltator
Bare Faced Curassow
Black Backed Water Tyrant
Toco Toucan
Saffron Finch
Blue Finch
Little Woodpecker
Wedge Tailed Grass Finch
Grassland Yellow Finch
Fork Tailed Flycatcher

After exiting the aviary, there would be a path going across a bridge over a stream to represent the Journey From the Americas to Our Next Zone, Africa, next time, join me for the first area of the second zone, The Savanna......

 

Wow, that is some zoo

 

And it's not even 25% done

 

Savanna Wilds

WILD AFRICA

The second section of Wild Planet Mega Zoo (WPMZ) would be Wild Africa. It would have 4 areas, Savanna Wilds, Congo Adventure, Northern Deserts, and Madagascar. Today we will focus on the first (and probably largest) area, Savanna Wilds.

Savanna Wilds

After crossing the bridge, and walking down the path, you are greeted with a sign at the end of the path saying "Welcome To Africa" behind it would be a sign saying "Savanna Wilds" after the signs, you would be greeted with a village, with restuerants, food stands, and an African Themed Gift Shop. Also in the village would be the first exhibit of the area, The Savanna Pavillion, a round building with small animals, such as Reptiles and Fish, of the African Savanna

SAVANNA PAVILLION SPECIES LIST:
African Rock Python
Leopard Tortoise
Green Mamba
Black Mamba
Common Egg Eating Snake
African Clawed Frog
African Helmeted Turtle
Pancake Tortoise
Mwanza Flat Headed Rock Agama (Spiderman Agama)
African Common Toad
African Bullfrog
African Lungfish
Meller's Chameleon
Flap Necked Chameleon
Natal Midlands Dwarf Chameleon
Nile Monitor
Common Agama
Mozambique Spitting Cobra
Ball Python
Angolan Python
Savanna Monitor
Geometric Tortoise
Short Eared Elephant Shrew
Naked Mole Rat
Yellow Spotted Rock Hyrax
Red Bush Squirrel

after a short walk from the village area would be the star exhibit of the area, the 200 acre African Savanna Exhibit, with a giant, simulated savanna with rocks, Acacia Groves, Watering Holes, and more throughout the giant exhibit. The first of many veiwing areas for this massive exhibit would be on the side of a rocky wall.

AFRICAN SAVANNA SPECIES LIST:
Grevy's Zebra
Rostchild's Giraffe
African Elephany
Impala
Springbok
Thomson's Gazelle
Ostrich
Grey Crowned Crane
Waterbuck
Blue Wildebeest
Kob
Southern Reedbuck
Red Fronted Gazelle
Grant's Gazelle
Speke's Gazelle
Gerenuk
Cape Grysbok
Gemsbok
Giant Eland
Helmeted Guineafowl
White Rhino
Common Eland
Southern Ground Hornbill
Sable Antelope
Cape Buffalo

After the first veiwing area of the Savanna Exhibit would be a ramp going down to the bottom of the rock wall, then the path would cut into the wall via a tunnel, in the wall of the tunnel would be a huge African Cichlid Tank.

AFRICAN CICHLID EXHIBIT SPECIES LIST:
Electric Yellow Cichlid
Electric Blue Cichlid
Frontosa Cichlid
Red Zebra Cichlid
Maingano Cichlid
Kenyi Cichlid
Venustus Cichlid
Blue Peacock Cichlid
Tretocephalus Cichlid
Moorei Cichlid
Nanochromis Cichlid
Albino Peacock Cichlid
Yellow Peaock Chiclid
Red Peacock Chiclid
Yellowfin Borleyi Cichlid
Demasoni Cichlid
Marlierli Cichlid
Gold Head Compressicep Cichlid
Gold Sexfaciatus Cichlid
Cylindricus Cichlid
Bumblebee Cichlid

After exiting the tunnel, there would be 2 exhibits infront of the exit, One for Nile Hippos and Waterfowl, and the other for Nile Crocodiles. The Hippo exhibit would have Marabou Storks, Great Crested Grebe, Great White Pelicans, Pink Backed Pelicans, Black Heron, African Rail, South African Shelduck, African Pygmy Geese, and Of Course, Hippos. The Nile Crocodile Exhibit would be next to the Hippo Exhibit, and along with the hippo exhibit, would have underwater veiwing. After going down the path, there would be 3 exhibits for a pride of Lions, African Leopards, and Cheetahs, across from the big cat exhibits would be exhibits for African Wild Dogs and Spotted Hyena. Further Down the path would be a curve, and after that curve would be a swamp exhibit for Greater Flamingos and Shoebills. Next to the Flamingo/Shoebill exhibit would be a sectioned off area of the swamp for African Fish Eagles. Down the path would be another Veiwing Area for the Savanna Exhibit, there would also be a building with veiwing into the Savanna Exhibit, and in the building would be several exhibits for smaller animals, Ground Pangolin, African Striped Weasel, Crested Porcupine, and African Savanna Hare. Across from the building would be several exhibits for smaller african carnivores, these would be Caracals, Servals, Bat-Eared Foxes, Honey Badgers, Striped Polecat, and an exhibit with underwater veiwing for Spotted Necked Otter. After the Carnivore Exhibits, The path would once again cut away from the Savanna Exhibit under the a rocky wall, at the exit of the tunnel under the wall, the right side of the path would be a mesh covered exhibit for Secretarybirds, Kori Bustards, African Crowned Eagles, and Martial Eagles. Across from the exhibit would be 2 exhibits, one for Cape Fur Seals, and the other for African Penguins. The path would then go back by the savanna exhibit, with exhibits on the opposite side, these would include two side by side exhibits for Aardvarks and Aardwolves, with signage on the relationship between the two species, an exhibit for Black Rhinoceros, an aviary for Lappet Faced Vultures, An exhibit for Chamca Baboons, one for Vervet Monkeys, an exhibit for Warthogs, and an aviary for small african birds

AFRICAN BIRD AVIARY SPECIES LIST:
Red Billed Quelea
Yellow Billed Oxpecker
Southern Masked Weaver
Rufous Tailed Weaver
Orange Cheeked Waxbill
Lavendar Waxbill
Common Waxbill
African Firefinch
African Golden Oriole
Blue Quail
Black Faced Quailfinch

After a walk down a path with the savanna exhibit on one side, you eventually come to a forested area, and over the path is a sign that says "Wild Congo".........

 

Very impressing zoo I must said. However I am in the process of writing my own zoo layout. And many of the ideas you have used, I have used also, in a similar way. So dont get angry if I post a zoo plan that is similar to yours. We may have a similiar mindset when it comes to zoo plans, but I dont think that is negative

 

I dont care if your zoo is kind of the same as mine, i think it would be nice to also spot the differences between my zoo and yours, and if you want, take some inspiration from me, because i just want to do this for fun

 

Congo Adventure

Congo Adventure!

Congo Adventure would be the 2nd of the 4 areas of Wild Africa. After passing passed the sign in Savanna Wilds into the forested area, you walk down a path until you come to the first exhibit, a paddock in a clearing for Okapi, Red River Hog, Congo Peafowl, Sitatunga, and Lowland Bongo, Across from it would be a paddock for various species of Duiker and Other animals

DUIKER PADDOCK SPECIES LIST:
Maxwell's Duiker
Blue Duiker
Bay Duiker
Yellow-Backed Duiker
Red Forest Duiker
Zebra Duiker
Black Duiker
Red Necked Francolin
Scaly Francolin

After going down the path, you would come to the congo Aviary and Aquarium Building, With 2 parts, an Aviary, and an Aquarium (but you could already tell that from the name). After entering, you would come to the Aviary part of the building, a massive indoor free flight aviary with a simulated rainforest, a stream with a waterfall coming from a cliff area, a swamp, and other things.

CONGO AVIARY SPECIES LIST:
Red Headed Lovebird
African Gray Parrot
Gray Headed Parrot
Rose Ringed Parakeet
Meyer's Parrot
Black Collared Lovebird
Red Fronted Parrot
Great Blue Turaco
Green Turaco
Bare Faced Go Away Bird
Yellow Billed Turaco
Lemon Dove
Narina Trogon
Black Headed Oriole
Purple Indigobird
Dusky Twinspot
Hoopoe
Black Casqued Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Marsh Warbler
Western Violet Backed Sunbird
African Spotted Creeper
Little Rush Warbler
White Tailed Blue Flycatcher
Western Bronze Naped Pigeon
African Green Pigeon
Namaqua Dove
Emerald Spotted Wood Dove
Red Faced Woodland Warbler
Bearded Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker

After the aviary would be the Congo Aquarium, Featuring Aquatic Animals of the Congo River and Rainforest. After you enter the building, the first exhibit would be a tank with a mangrove root for Elephant Fish, next to it would be a large tank for Goliath Tiger Fish. Next to the Tigerfish Exhibit would be a large Community Tank for the fish of the Congo.

CONGO COMMUNITY TANK:
Buffalo Head Cichlid
Upside-Down Catfish
Fahaka Pufferfish
African Butterflyfish
Ornate Bichir
Congo Pufferfish

The Congo Aquarium would also have terrariums for reptiles and amphibians of the congo

REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN TERRARIUM SPECIES LIST:
African Dwarf Crocodile
Gaboon Viper
Okavango Mud Turtle
Bicolored Swamp Snake
Goliath Frog

After exiting the Congo Aviary and Aquarium, there is the pygmy hippo exhibit, with underwater viewing. After walking a short distance from the Hippo exhibit, you would come to the premier exhibit of Wild Congo, Primate Islands, with various islands in a lake, each for different primates, going by the exhibits would be paths, bridges and more!

PRIMATE ISLANDS SPECIES LIST:
Chimpanzee
Bonobo
Western Lowland Gorilla
Zanzibar Red Colobus
Blue Monkey
King Colobus
Mandrill
Drill
Allen's Swamp Monkey
Patas Monkey
Moustached Guenon
Sun Tailed Guenon

After exiting the Primate Islands, you would come to the a path that would lead to the next area, Madagascar....

 

Just a heads-up everybody, there probobly wont be another update till Sunday, AverageWalrus, Out

 

@AverageWalrus, dont excpect me to post my zoo plan anytime soon. Im in the process of writing a detailed zoo layout plan depicting the whole African continent. And that is taking much time. It takes even more time with all the other projects I have+lots and lots offf schoolwork. So dont expect me to see it, until at least Christmas. It may take even longer time than that too. But when and if I post dont get angry if we have similar ideas, we just have a similar way of thinking

 

This has been great to read. So where would you place this enormous zoo?

 

Im Still Deciding on The Northeast US or Florida

 

With a zoo that size I would choose a warmer location like Florida or California. Especially with all the warm weather animals you want to have.

 

Madagascar

Just a note before the area, sorry for not posting this yesterday, i was being a lazy butt yesterday

Madagascar

After exiting Congo Adventure, you would come to less densely forested area with an overhead sign on an arch saying "Madagascar", after walking a short way from the sign,you come to the main area of Madagascar, a Enormous Artifcal Baobab Tree. It would be entered by a hole in the trunk of the tree, a dimly lit area with "Roots" and artifical mushrooms on the wall. This would be "Nocturnal Madagascar", which would be exactly what it sounds like, an area dedicated to the nocturnal fauna of madagascar. After entering the tree, on the left side of the tree would be a glass Paneled exhibit for Lesser Hedgehog Tenrecs, On the Right would be an exhibit for Jenkin's Shrew Tenrec. Next to the Jenkin's Shrew Tenrecs would be Greater Hedgehog Tenrecs, and next to the Lesser Hedgehog Tenrecs would be Lowland Streaked Tenrecs. Across from the Tenrec Exhibits would a Glass Paneled, Forested Exhibit for Gray Mouse Lemurs and Pygmy Mouse Lemurs. After the Mouse Lemur Exhibit, the path would take a left turn, and on that turn on the left would be a glass paneled exhibit for Aye-Ayes, Across From the Aye-Ayes would be a glass paneled exhibit for Malagasy Palm Civets. Up the Path, the path would take a right turn, and on the left side would be another glass paneled exhibit for Fossas, Across from the Fossas would be an exhibit for Malagasy Giant Rats, with an artificial burrow viewable from a set of stairs going down. After going down the path a bit more, you would come to the final exhibit of Nocturnal Madagascar, an Exhibit for a Colony of Malagasy Mouse Eared Bats, Then, there would be a set of stairs, painted to look like wood jotting out of the tree, going up to the Second part of the Baobab Tree, MAIRF, Madagascan Amphibians, Insects, Reptiles, and Fish. Also there would be an elevator going to MAIRF. After entering MAIRF, infront of the Stairs/Elevator would be two glass paneled exhibits in a tree stump for Gold Dust and Yellow Throated Day Geckos. Walking Right From the Stairs would be The Treetop Cafe, To the Left Side of The Cafe would Be an exhibit for Mangarahara and Lamena Cichlids. In the Center of the Room would be A Tall Wooden Stump with Glass Paneling for a Colony of Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches. On the Left side of the MAIRF would be the Chameleon Corner, with many exhibits for the many chameleon species of Madagascar.

CHAMELEON CORNER SPECIES LIST:
Nosy Be Panther Chameleon
Ambilobe Panher Chameleon
Jewelled Chameleon
Two Banded Chameleon
Carpet Chameleon
Rhinoceros Chameleon
Malagasy Giant Chameleon
Parson's Chameleon (Orange Eye Variant)
Brown Leaf Chameleon
Deceptive Chameleon
Globe Horned Chameleon
Amber Mountain Chameleon

Next to the Chameleon Corner would be a series of Terrariums for Various Miscellaneous Lizards

MISCELLANEOUS LIZARDS TERRARIUMS SPECIES LIST:
Madagascar Day Gecko
Ocelot Gecko
Paroedura Lohatsara (has no common name)
Blue Tailed Day Gecko
Three Lined Day Gecko
Peacock Day Gecko
Dull Day Gecko
Speckled Day Gecko
Flat Tailed Day Gecko
Satanic Leaf Tailed Gecko
Henkel's Leaf Tailed Gecko
Madagascar Girdled Lizard
Collared Iguana
Grandidier's Madagascar Swift


Across from the Stairs on the other side of MAIRF would be a row of Terrariums for The Various Snakes of Madagascar

MADAGASCAR SNAKE TERRARIUMS SPECIES LIST:
Malagasy Ground Boa
Dumerill's Boa
Malagasy Tree Boa
Malagasy Leaf Nosed Snake
Madagascar Speckled Hognose Snake
Madagascar Burrowing Snake

Also on the same wall as the Snake Exhibits would be an exhibit for Aquatic Turtles

MADAGASCAR TURTLE EXHIBIT SPECIES LIST:
East African Black Mud Turtle
Yellow Bellied Mud Turtle
Madagascan Big Headed Turtle

Across from the Turtle Exhibit would be an exhibit similar to the Dart Frog Exhibit in The Tropics for Mantella Frogs

MANTELLA FROG EXHIBIT SPECIES LIST
Boophis Bottae (no Common Name)
Golden Mantella Frog
Golden Mantella Frog (Red Morph)
Baron's Mantella
Cowan's Mantella
Yellow Mantella
Yellow Ebenaui
Bernhard's Mantella
Blue Legged Mantella
Malagasy Painted Mantella
Haraldmeier's Mantella
Black Eared Mantella
Guibé's Mantella
Beautiful Mantella

To the left of the Mantella Frog Exhibit would be several terrariums for Tomato Frogs, Malagasy Rainbow Frogs, Marbled Rain Frogs, Rutenburg's Reed Frogs, and Whitebelly Reed Frogs.

There would be two paths going out of the tree and over a lake, one next to the Treetop Cafe Going To "Lemur Land" and The other Next To the turtle exhibit going to the "Malagasy Aviary" The One we are going to cover first is "Lemur Land"

After walking over the lake on the Elevated Pathway, you come down to a ramp that brings you back down to the ground, after walking down a path, you come to an exhibit for Red Ruffed, Black and White Ruffed, Ring Tailed, Brown, and Crowned Lemurs, To the right of the First Lemur Exhibit would be a large, forested mesh covered exhibit for Coquerel's, Milne-Edwards, Diademed, and Crowned Sifakas, Aswell as Indiris. There would also be an Elevated Pathway going through the exhibit to give Zoogoers a better look at these Lemurs Aboreal Life. The Path would go left away from the Two Lemur Exhibits, to a bamboo lined path, eventually, you will come to an exhibit with Bamboo in it for Golden Bamboo and Gray Gentle Lemurs. Across from the Bamboo Lemur Exhibit would be two side by side exhibits, one for Mongoose Lemurs, and The other for Eastern Woolly Lemurs, after going down the path, you come to the final exhibit in Lemur Land, an exhibit for Hubbard's Sportive Lemurs. After that, the path would branch off and connect with teh path that exits The Madagascar Aviary, you could either go to the Final Area of Africa, North Africa, or take the preferred path, the one that goes to the entrance of the Madagascar Aviary.

The Madagascar Aviary would be accesed by two ways, the elevated pathway going from the Baobab Tree and the aforementioned path from Lemur Land. After Entering the aviary, you would be greeted with an enormous 30ft tall free flight aviary, with one area forested, one desert, one marshy, all representing the many areas of madagascar.

MADAGASCAR AVIARY SPECIES LIST:
Meller's Duck
Red Billed Teal
Bernier's Teal
Madagascan Pochard
Madagascan Grebe
Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher
Madagascar Crested Ibis
Humblot's Heron
Subdesert Mesite
Madagascar Red Fody
Madagascar Magpie Robin
Madagascar Paradise Flycatcher
White Headed Vanga
Short Legged Ground Roller
Giant Coua
Malagasy Pond Heron
Malagasy Sacred Ibis
Brown Mesite
Madagascan Wood Rail
Madagascan Rail
Madagascan Flufftail
Slender Billed Flufftail
Madagascan Plover
Madagascan Sandgrouse
Malagasy Turtle Dove
Madagascan Green Pigeon
Madagascan Blue Pigeon
Red Breasted Coua
Roufous Headed Ground Roller
Pitta Like Ground Roller
Madagascan Buttonquail
Madagascan Snipe
Olive Bee Eater
Greater Vasa Parrot
Gray Headed Lovebird
Velvet Asity
Schlegel's Asity
Yellow Bellied Sunbird Asity
Tylas Vanga
Red Tailed Vanga
Nuthatch Vanga
Blue Vanga
Crossley's Vanga
Helmet Vanga
Rufous Vanga
Bernier's Vanga
Madagascan Lark
Malagasy Brush Warbler
Benson's Rock Thrush
Malagasy Green Sunbird

Also in the aviary would be 3 exhibits, for the Radiated, Spider, and Ploughshare Tortoises. At the end of the aviary would be a sectioned off area of the building with Aviaries for Various Madagascan Birds of Prey.

MADAGASCAN BIRDS OF PREY AVIARIES SPECIES LIST:
Madagascan Fish Eagle
Red Owl
France's Sparrowhawk
Madagascan Sparrowhawk
Madagascan Buzzard
Torotoroka Scops Owl

After exiting the aviary, you walk down the path that conjoins with the one from Lemur Land that goes to the next and Final Area of Wild Africa, Northern Africa.

 

North Africa

North Africa would be the 4th and Final Area of Wild Africa, focusing on the fauna of North Africa (I know, how could you ever tell without me saying it). After taking the path from Madagascar, it becomes slightly less and less forested untill you come to a flat area with little trees. After coming to the entrance, you come to an overhead sign saying "North Africa" on it. After walking into the area, you go down a path and come to the first exhibits, on your left would be a 1 acre paddock for Scimitar Horned Oryx, Addax, Dama Gazelle, and Dorcas Gazelle. On the Right Side would be a mountainous, 1/2 acre paddock of Barbary Sheep. After walking down the path and past the exhibits, you would come to a circular area of path, Like the one in Up North. In the center of the circle would be a circular exhibit split into two with a wall, one half of the circle would be Fennec Foxes, and the Other for Rüppell's Fox. The Circle would also have some food carts and benches, and on the left, right, and side going forward from the path that has the Paddocks on it's sides. On the left path, on the left side would be a small exhibit for Sand Cats, on the right would be a similarly sized exhibit for Banded Mongooses. The Final exhibit would be viewable from the right and left sides of the path for Striped Hyenas. The Right Path would have an exhibit for a pride of African Lions to represent the Extinct Barbary Lion. These Lions and the Pride in Savanna Wilds would Rotate from exhibit to exhibit daily. The Path Going Forward would lead to an Egyptian Pyramid, that would house Reptiles and Small Mammals. Inside would be many terrariums and exhibits, along with Hieroglyphics and (Fake) Torches on the Wall.

PYRAMID EXHIBITS SPECIES LIST:
Desert Monitor
Cairo Spiny Mouse
Small Spotted Lizard
Greater Egyptian Jerboa
Egyptian Mastigure
Saharan Uromastyx
Egyptian Cobra
Ornate Mastigure
Saharan Horned Viper
North African Elephant Shrew
Algerian Ribbed Newt
Horseshoe Whip Snake
Sinai Agama
Nile Delta Toad
Saharan Racer
Ethiopian Short-Headed Frog
Namaqua Dwarf Adder

After exiting the Pyramid, on the Right Side would be an exhibit for Black Backed Jackals, and on the left would be a Troop Of Olive Baboons. After this, you would take a path up to a mountainous area, where you would go up a tunnel in the rock. Once you exit the Tunnel, on Your Left would be an exhibit for a Troop of Geladas, on The Right would be an exhibit for a Troop Of Barbary Macaques. Then the path would go forward untill coming to an exhibit for Ethiopian Wolves, after the wolf exhibit, the path would go down untill it split into two, you could either go right, and to the section i'll be covering next, Down Under, or go left to the section i'll be covering after Down Under, Eurasia, the European Forests and Plains area more Specifically. Join Me next time as I cover the next section, Down Under, with the first area, The Outback....

 

Why not have some Barbary stags here? I'm sure a lot of people would be surprised there were deer in Africa.

 

Australia

DOWN UNDER

Welcome to the 3rd section of Wild Planet Mega Zoo, Down Under, with 3 areas, Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea, (obviously) focusing on the Islands and Continent the Areas are named after. If you choose the path from Wild Africa that leads to Down Under. If you take that path, the path goes to a bridge over the same stream that you go over when entering Wild Africa (it would span all over the zoo. On the bridge would be an overhead sign saying "Down Under" on it. After walking off the bridge and down the path a bit, you come to a sign that says "Australia" on it.

Australia

After entering this area, the path keeps going down untill you get to the first exhibit, a slightly forested exhibit, that would be in a pit (only 5 feet deep) for Common Wombats, Northern Hairy Nosed Wombats, Short Beaked Echidna, and Koalas. There would also be a bridge going over the exhibit to a grove of trees for a better veiw of the Koalas. The path would curve around the exhibit to where the bridge ends and goes back to the path. The Path would then go to a flat, grassy area where there would be a 2 acre exhibit for Red Kangaroo, Eastern Gray Kangaroo, Emu, and Parma, Swamp, Agile, and Yellow Footed Rock Wallabies. Next to it would be a smaller exhibit for Black and Common Wallaroos. Across from the Kangaroo/Wallaby/Emu exhibit would be a gift shop and a resturant and eating/sitting area. After those two exhibits, there would then take a turn into a section that would house most of the other marsupials in the area. It would start off with an exhibit for Tiger Quolls, with an exhibit for Tasmanian Devils Across from it. There would also be an aviary type exhibit with a Termite Mound for Numbats. The exhibit would be next to a building that would contain an indoor nocturnal exhibit. Inside the building, once you enter there would be four glass paneled exhibits on each side of the wall, on the right would be Greater Bilbies, Eastern Barred Bandicoots, Long Nosed Bandicoots, and Southern Brown Bandicoots, and on the roght would be Eastern Pygmy Possums, Sugar Gliders, Squirrel Gliders, and Black Footed Tree Rats. Going Further into the buiding, there would be an exhibit for Common Brushtail and Common Ringtail Possums, after this, you would exit the building, once you exit, there would be an exhibit for a pack of Dingoes. Further up the path, it would curve, then it would come to a large mesh aviary with a large tree for Gray Headed Flying Foxes. After this, the path would keep curving untill you come to an area that would have several water exhibits, the first exhibits would be two side by side exhibits in the same pool of water, separated by a wall of rock, with a single waterfall going into both exhibits, both of them would have basking beaches and underwater veiwing, so what would be in these exhibits? In the left one would be Saltwater Crocodiles, and in the right would be Freshwater Crocodiles. To the right of the Crocodiles would be a large aquarium for various Australian Freshwater Fish.

AUSTRALIAN FISH AQUARIUM SPECIES LIST:
Barramundi
Murray Cod
Australian Bass
Australian Grayling
Golden Perch
Esturary Perch
Sleepy Cod
Archerfish
Murray River Rainbowfish
Black Banded Rainbowfish
Mary River Cod
Western Carp Gudgeon

Next to the aquarium would be a smaller tank for Queensland Lungfish, To the left of the crocodiles would be an exhibit for Platypuses, and next to the Platypuses would be an exhibit for Little Blue Penguins, they would have an area of land and a large pool of water, there would be underwater veiwing, as usual with most semi-aquatic species exhibits. After walking past the aquatic exhibits, you would come to the final exhibits in the area, a building that would comprise of two exhibits, The Australian Reptile House, and The Australian Aviary. The Australian Reptile House would be just what it sounds like, a reptile house for reptile and amphibians of australia.

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE HOUSE SPECIES LIST:
Central Bearded Dragon (4 Normal, 2 Hypomelanistic (White), 2 Yellow)
Fly River Turtle
Perentie
Thick Tailed Gecko
Lace Monitor
Common Snakeneck Turtle
Western Blue Tounged Skink
Green Tree Python
Brown Tree Snake
Common Death Adder
Arafura File Snake
Common Garden Snake
Common Scaly Foot
Metallic Skink
Mountain Dragon
Murray River Turtle
Desert Death Adder
Coastal Taipan
Inland Taipan
Australian Water Dragon
Beaked Gecko
Black Headed Monitor
Eastern Brown Snake
Eastern Three Lined Skink
Boyd's Forest Dragon
Three Lined Skink
Broad Tailed Gecko
Great Desert Skink
Pygmy Mulga Monitor
Pygmy Copperhead
Emerald Tree Monitor
Eastern Long Necked Turtle
Jacky Dragon
Cunningham's Skink
Oenpelli Python
Rough Scaled Python
Jungle Carpet Python
Champion's Leaf Tailed Gecko
Manning River Snapping Turtle
Lorde Howe Island Skink
Southern Grass Skink
Children's Python
Lace Monitor
Saw Shelled Turtle
Red Naped Snake
Red Bellied Black Snake
Velvet Gecko
Leaf Green Tree Frog
White's Tree Frog
Eastern Banjo Frog
Cane Toad (with signage about their invasion)
Striped Burrowing Frog
Fry's Frog
Giant Burrowing Forg
Fletcher's Frog
Painted Frog
Haswell's Froglet
Red Crowned Toadlet
Sunset Frog
Growling Grass Frog

After exiting the Australian Reptile House, you go into the Australian Aviary, with many species of birds from Australia. It would be an enormous, free flight aviary that would cover more than 4 acres of space, it would have an Outback/Scrubby type area and a Rainforest/Forest Enviroment, aswell as a large pond, providing a suitable habitat for the birds that would live in the aviary. In the aviary, there would be several Fenced off or sectioned off (in mesh aviaries) Birds that will be represented by either a (F) or (S) in the species list, as there would be Cassowaries, and i wouldnt want anyone getting kicked by a cassowary, because from what i hear, it is not a very pleasant experience

AUSTRALIAN AVIARY SPECIES LIST:
Southern Cassowary (F)
Australian Brushturkey
Malleefowl
Orange Footed Scrubfowl
Stubble Quail
Brown Quail
King Quail
Magpie Goose
Black Swan
Australian Shelduck
Musk Duck
Freckled Duck
Plumed Whistling Duck
Australian Wood Duck
Chesnut Teal
Green Pygmy Goose
Pink Eared Duck
Blue Billed Duck
White Headed Pigeon
Diamond Dove
Brush Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Spinifex Pigeon
Squatter Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Superb Fruit Dove
Wompoo Fruit Dove
Banded Fruit Dove
Rose Crowned Fruit Dove
Tawny Frogmouth (S)
Australian Pied Cormorant
Australasian Bittern
Black Backed Bittern
Purple Swamphen
Chestnut Rail
Baillon's Crake
Australian Crake
Tasmanian Nativehen
Black Tailed Nativehen
Australian Bustard (S)
Red Backed Buttonquail
Buff Breasted Buttonquail
Black Breasted Buttonquail
Painted Buttonquail
Australian King Parrot
Eastern Rosella
Red Rumped Parrot
Palm Cockatoo
Galah
Cockatiel
Glossy Black Cockatoo
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Gang-Gang Cockatoo
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
Long Billed Corella
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly Breasted Lorikeet
Varied Lorikeet
Purple Crowned Lorikeet
Double Eyed Fig Parrot
Electus Parrot
Red Winged Parrot
Superb Parrot
Regent Parrot
Princess Parrot
Green Rosella
Pale Headed Rosella
Crimson Rosella
Western Rosella
Northern Rosella
Bluebonnet
Mulga Parrot
Golden Shouldered Parrot
Budgerigar (Normal, Blue, and Violet Colorations)
Orange Bellied Parrot
Turqouise Parrot
Azure Kingfisher
Little Kingfisher
Laughing Kookaburra
Blue Winged Kookaburra
Rainbow Bee Eater
Dollarbird
Red Bellied Pitta
Rainbow Pitta
Superb Lyrebird
Rofous Treecreeper
White Throated Treecreeper
Regent Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Splendid Fairywren
Superb Fairywren
Purple Crowned Fairywren
White Throated Grasswren
Yellow Throated Scrubwren
Scrubtit
Weebill
Speckled Warbler
Fairy Gerygone
White Throated Gerygone
Spotted Pardalote
Red Browed Pardalote
Eastern Spinebill
Yellow Tufted Honeyeater
Bell Miner
Noisy Miner
New Holland Honeyeater
Crimson Chat (The Bird on the Logo)
Orange Chat
Hall's Babbler
Eastern Whipbird
Varied Sittella
Common Cicadabird
Varied Triller
Golden Whistler
Green Oriole
Australasian Figbird
Dusky Woodswallow
Black Currawong
Spangled Drongo
Rufous Fanbird
Leaden Flycatcher
Trumpet Manucode
Flame Robin
Rose Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
White Faced Robin
Ashy Bellied White Eye
Fairy Martin
Bassin Thrush
Metallic Starling
Masked Finch
Zebra Finch
Double Barred Finch
Crimson Finch
Star Finch
Gouldian Finch
Australasian Pipit

After exiting that monster of an aviary, you are greeted with 4 mesh aviares for White Bellied Sea Eagles, Little Eagles, Red Goshawks, and Australian Hobbies. After This, The path would keep going to the next area, New Zealand......

 

New Zealand

New Zealand

After taking the path from Australia, you go over the stream once again, and come to the 2nd Area of Down Under, New Zealand. Ater getting off the bridge, you come to an overhead sign saying "Nau Mai ki Aotearoa" which means "Welcome to New Zealand" in the Maori Language. After this, the path would come to a large, circular, glass topped atrium. After entering, on the left and right sides of the entrance, there would be 2 large aviaries for Malherbe's Parakeets on the Right, and Chatham Parakeets on the Left. In the center of the atrium would be an exhibit for Wekas, Takahēs, and Auckland Island Rails. Also in the atrium would be various terrariums for various Animals.

ATRIUM TERRARIUMS SPECIES LIST:
North Island Tuatara
Brothers Island Tuatara
Jewelled Gecko
Auckland Green Gecko
Forest Gecko
Cloudy Gecko
Northland Green Gecko
Stephens Island Gecko
Hochstetter's Frog
Archey's Frog
Hamilton's Frog
Maud Island Frog
Katipo Spider
New Zealand Water Spider

On the Right Wall of the Atrium would be a Hallway that would lead outside, but in the Hallway would be Nocturnal Exhibits. After entering the hallway through a pair of glass, black painted doors, on the Right side of the wall would be an exhibit for North Island Brown Kiwis, and on the right, Great Spotted Kiwis. Further down the hallway would be a large exhibit for Kākāpōs. Across from the Kakapos would be an exhibit for Moreporks, an Owl species native to Tasmania and New Zealand. Next to it, an exhibit dedicated to the now extinct Laughing Owl. The final exhibit in the nocturnal section would be an exhibit for New Zealand Long Tailed Bats, one of the 3 indigenous land mammals of New Zealand. Right next to the bat exhibits would be another pair of black, glass doors that would lead outside. Outside, there would be two bronze, life sized statues of a Moa and Haast's Eagle. After these two statues, the path would continue to the section of the area that would contain all of the Aquatic Species. The first exhibit in this section would be a large pond with an island with a tree in the middle for various waterbird species

WATERBIRD POND SPECIES LIST:
Blue Duck
Paradise Shelduck
New Zealand Scaup
Campbell Teal
Brown Teal
South Island Oystercatcher
Variable Oystercatcher
New Zealand Plover
Shore Dotterel

From the Left of the Pond would be a large, mesh covered exhibit for Yellow Eyed, Fiordland, and White Flippered Penguins which they would share with Black Fronted Terns, Red Billed Gulls, Cook's Petrels, Black Petrels, and Buller's Shearwaters. Then, the path would go untill you came to an large exhibit for the Endangered and Little Known Hector's Dolphin. Next to the Dolphin Exhibit would be an exhibit for New Zealand Sea Lions. After this, you would come to the final exhibits in the area, a large group of various aviaries and exhibits for birds.

AVIARIES SPECIES LIST:
Kea
Kaka
New Zealand Pigeon
New Zealand Falcon
Rock Wren
New Zealand Fernbird
South Island Tomtit
New Zealand Robin
Black Robin
Whitehead
Yellowhead
Brown Creeper
Tui
Kōkako
North Island Saddleback
New Zealand Bellbird
New Zealand Fantail
Malherbe's Parakeet

After this, the path would go and split into two, with one path going right that would go back to Andes, Pampas, and Cerrado, and one going forward to the final area of Down Under, New Guniea....