Zoo Collection and Exhibits "Anteaterman's Ark"

Here is my idea for a zoo, located in a temperate region of North America. Here I will describe the exhibit areas and their species. My zoo currently has the following exhibits:

• Children's Zoo
• North America
• Rhino Reserve
• Elephants of Tanzania
• African Savanna
• South America
• Predator Passage
• Reptiles
• Himalayan Highland
• Hoofstock
• Apes
• African Rainforest
• African Woods
• Gorilla Forest
• Birds
• Australia
• Condor Conservation Center (Not Public)
• Asian Forest

Here is the Zoo Map:

 

Children's Zoo
When you enter the zoo, you arrive in what is known as the entrance plaza. It features a restaurant called the Zoo Grill, a WWF center (you can donate money to protect a certain endangered species), a Gift Shop, and a Starbucks Coffee.
Moving on, you will enter the Children's Zoo, featuring the Sky Safari (Similar to San Diego Zoo's Skyfari East), a Lorikeet Feeding Aviary, a Playground, a Conservation Carousel, and a Petting Farm. It also features the Zoo Studio, a space where anyone can make art to raise money for protecting species.

Animals and Exhibits of This Area:

• Small Pond Next to Sky Safari: Black Necked Swan
• Lorikeet Feeding Aviary: Rainbow Lorikeet
• Small Pond with Shore: Chilean Flamingo, Crested Screamer
• Waterfowl Lake: Black Crowned Night Heron, Northern Pintail, Common Shelduck, Red Breasted Pochard, African Darter, Coscobra Swan, Bar Headed Goose, Local Waterfowl.
• Island on Waterfowl Lake: Shoebill Stork
• Farm Paddock: Santa Cruz Sheep
• Farm Paddock: Vietnamese Pot Bellied Pig
• Farm Paddock: Zebu
• Large Farm Paddock: Bactrian Camel
• Farm Paddock: Nigerian Dwarf Goat
• Farm Paddock: Angora Goat
• Farm Paddock: Shetland Sheep
• Medium Farm Paddock: American Cream Draft Horse
• Medium Farm Paddock: Mediterranean Donkey
• Medium Farm Paddock: Asiatic Water Buffalo

 

North America
After going through the Children's Zoo, you will arrive in the zoo's North American section. Featuring several forested yards and small exhibits, this area displays species that you will find roaming North America. It also features the River House, a building that displays 3 species of aquatic animals.

Animals and Exhibits of This Area:

• Small Forested Habitat: Bobcat
• Small Forested Habitat: North American Porcupine
• Large Grassy Plain: Turkey Vulture, American Bison, Texas Longhorn
• Small Aviary: Barn Owl
• Large Forested Yard: American Black Bear
• Small Yard with Large Pool: American Beaver
• Small Yard with Large Pool: North American River Otter
• Small Yard with Large Pool: American Alligator

 

Rhino Reserve
If you turn right at the entrance to the North American area, you will arrive in the Rhino Reserve, an area that displays large African pachyderms. Here you will find the Hippo House (Indoor Space for the Hippos), the two species of African Rhino, and viewing into the Elephant exhibit (Will be described later).

Animals and Exhibits of This Area:

• Large Yard: Southern White Rhino
• Large Yard with Pool: River Hippo
• Large Yard with Pool: Sacred Ibis, Marabou Stork, Eastern Black Rhino

 

Elephants of Tanzania
This extremely large exhibit space replaces the old Elephant paddocks which were a part of the Rhino Reserve. It has two main viewing opportunities: The Rhino Reserve viewing space (this area features the elephant's pool) and the Tanzania viewing space (this area features the elephant's enrichment areas).

Animals and Exhibits of this Area:

• Extremely Large Yard: African Bush Elephant
• Extremely Large Yard: African Bush Elephant

 

African Savanna
This exhibit displays large African mammals (and some large birds) that roam the great savannas of Africa. It features an elevated walkway overlooking giraffes, zebras, and ostriches, and with the elephant exhibit directly behind these, it feels as if you are in the real savannas of Africa.

Animals and Exhibits of This Area:

• Medium-Sized Yard: Common Warthog
• Medium-Sized Yard: African Wild Dog
• Large Yard: Grevy's Zebra
• Large Yard: Reticulated Giraffe, Ostrich
• Small Yard: Slender Tailed Meerkat

 

South America (and Field Habitats)
After going through Elephants of Tanzania, the first left will lead you to the South American section of the zoo. This trail is a loop, and features some of South America's most amazing species. The trail loops around the Spectacled Bear exhibit, and ends on the same path that you began on.
This area also features two older field habitats near the Sky Safari (Similar to San Diego Zoo's Skyfari West). One holds Maned Wolves, and the other holds South African Cheetahs (While not from South America, this large habitat is perfect for Cheetahs, and isn't really a part of the main South American loop).

Animals and Exhibits of This Area:

• Large Field Habitat: South African Cheetah
• Large Field Habitat: Maned Wolf
• Large Forested Habitat with Running Stream: Jaguar
• Small Forested Habitat: White Nosed Coatimundi
• Small Forested Habitat: Colombian Brown Spider Monkey
• Small Forested Habitat: Red Uakari
• Large Forested Habitat: Greater Rhea, Baird's Tapir
• Large Forested Habitat: Bush Dog, Capybara, Giant Anteater (The exhibit is split in half with a short wall; Bush Dogs in one side, Anteaters and Capybaras in the other.)
• Large Yard with Pool: Giant Otter
• Large Forested Hill: Spectacled Bear

 

Predator Passage
This exhibit area is in the Historical section of the zoo, displaying older exhibits and buildings that have been slightly renovated over the years, adding more vegetation and expanding the exhibits. This area consists of five large, grassy exhibits with water filled moats, an expanded habitat for Polar Bears, and an otter exhibit.

Animals and Exhibits of This Area:

• Large Habitat: African Lion
• Large Habitat: Amur Tiger
• Large Habitat: Grizzly Bear
• Large Habitat: Spotted Hyena
• Large Habitat: Gray Wolf
• Large Habitat with Pool: Polar Bear
• Small Habitat with Pool: Asian Small Clawed Otter

 

Very cool thus far. Does this hypothetical zoo have a name?

 

Not quite yet, but I'm open to suggestions on a location in North America that has temperate weather and a lot of space. The name of that city will become the name of the zoo.

 

Until such a city is found I recommend "Anteaterman's Ark"

 

Reptiles
This exhibit area is located in the Historical section of the zoo, like Predator Passage. It features the Reptile House and three outdoor reptile exhibits. The reptile house has been drastically renovated over the years, going from rows of small terrariums housing many species of snakes, to larger terrariums holding many kinds of reptiles. The interior now resembles that of the San Diego Zoo and the Sacramento Zoo.
In the three outdoor reptile exhibits, the largest once held Alligators, but since their move to the River House, the exhibit now holds Snapping Turtles.

Animals and Exhibits of This Area:

• Outdoor Yard: African Spurred Tortoise
• Outdoor Yard: Galapagos Tortoise
• Outdoor Yard with Pond: Alligator Snapping Turtle
• Reptile House:
• Berber Skink
• Black and White Spitting Cobra
• Black Crappie
• Black Mamba
• Black Breasted Leaf Turtle
• Blue Tongued Skink
• Bog Turtle
• Carrot Tail Viper Gecko
• Chinese Crocodile Lizard
• Chuckwalla
• Egyptian Tortoise
• European Green Toad
• Eyelash Palm Viper
• Giant Madagascar Day Gecko
• Gila Monster
• Golden Mantella
• Golden Panchax
• Green Sunfish
• Green and Black Poison Dart Frog
• Hellbender
• Kaiser's Spotted Newt
• Kaup's Caecilian
• King Cobra
• Longnose Gar
• Mandarin Rat Snake
• Mueller's Clawed Frog
• Okinawa Newt
• Pascagoula Map Turtle
• Puff Faced Water Snake
• Razor Backed Musk Turtle
• Rio Cauca Caecilian
• River Cooter
• Rubber Boa
• Scheltopusik
• Sonoran Desert Toad
• Sonoran Spiny Tailed Iguana
• Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake
• Spiny Softshelled Turtle
• Spotted turtle
• Tentacled Snake
• Western Gaboon Viper
• Yellow Blotched Map Turtle

 

Himalayan Highland
This exhibit is fairly new (built in 2017), and replaced an older area called the Feline House. It was home to animals like Ocelots, Fishing Cats, and Snow Leopards. The exhibit area was quite simple, but slightly poor for the animals, with mesh enclosures and indoor habitats with viewing. The Ocelots are now Animal Ambassadors, and the Fishing Cats live off exhibit.
The new exhibit features three mesh enclosures for Snow Leopards, a small yard for red pandas, and the Himalayas Café.

Animals and Exhibits of This Area:

• Large Enclosure: Snow Leopard
• Small Enclosure: Snow Leopard
• Large Enclosure: Snow Leopard
• Small Forested Yard: Red Panda

 

Hoofstock
This exhibit is another Historical area of the zoo. It features eleven large yards for mainly hoofstock and a few birds. This area is slightly based off of the Saint Louis Zoo's Red Rocks exhibit. It also features a small garden.

Animals and Exhibits of This Area:

• Medium Yard: Red Kangaroo
• Medium Yard: Nubian Sommerring's Gazelle
• Large Rocky Yard: Tadjik Markhor
• Medium Rocky Yard: Sichuan Takin
• Large Rocky Yard: Central Chinese Goral
• Medium Yard: Visayan Warty Pig
• Medium Yard: North Sulawesi Babirusa
• Medium Yard: Okapi
• Medium Yard: Lesser Kudu
• Large Yard: Javan Banteng, Sarus Crane
• Large Yard: Wattled Crane, Addra Gazelle, Helmeted Guineafowl

 

Apes
This exhibit area is another Historic zoo landmark. It has been renovated multiple times, and now consists of a large habitat for Orangutans and two enclosures for gibbons.

Animals and Exhibits in This Area:

• Large Forested Habitat: Sumatran Orangutan
• Medium Enclosure: White Handed Gibbon
• Medium Enclosure: Buff Cheeked Gibbon

 

African Rainforest
This exhibit is a large building across from the South American section of the zoo. When you walk through the doors, you are instantly hit with a wave of humid air and the smell of a rainforest. Featuring a crocodile marsh, african primate exhibits, a fruit bat forest, an african fish tank, and more. This building is about half the size of the elephant exhibit.

Animals and Exhibits in This Area:

• Large Pool Habitat: African Slender Snouted Crocodile
• Large Enclosure: Kikuyu Colobus Monkey
• Large Enclosure: Allen's Swamp Monkey, Wolf's Guenon, Lesser Spot Nosed Monkey
• Small Enclosure: Egyptian Fruit Bat, Straw Colored Fruit Bat
• Large Fish Tank: Zebra Mbuna, Electric Yellow Cichlid, Humphead Cichlid, Golden Mbuna, White Spotted Cichlid, Demanson's Cichlid, Livingston's Cichlid, Electric Blue Hap, African Jewelfish, Redfin Hap, Lionhead Cichlid
• Large Enclosure: DeBrazza's Monkey
• Small Yard: African Crested Porcupine

 

African Woods
This exhibit is located on the African Forest trail, in between Gorilla Forest and African Rainforest. It features an elevated walkway overlooking grassy exhibits with trees and water features. It is slightly based off of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park's African Woods.

Animals and Exhibits in This Area:

• Small Yard: East African Crowned Crane
• Very Large Yard: Eastern Giant Eland, Sudan Red Fronted Gazelle
• Large Yard with Pool: East African Sitatunga, Southern Steenbok, Yellow Billed Stork, White Faced Whistling Duck, Egyptian Goose
• Large Yard: Okapi, Southern Gerenuk, Stanley Crane, Red Flanked Duiker, Kori Bustard

 

Is this some alternate history where there was a species of cat that resembles a cheetah or an actual cheetah species in South America?

 

I was confused myself but I presume he simply made a spelling error and meant "South African cheetah" (i.e. Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)