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Animal Combinations; Mixed exhibits questions
Topic Started: Nov 23 2014, 09:51 PM (123,775 Views)
Batty
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Rexpony
Apr 10 2016, 12:58 PM
Pallid and vampire bat?
Sorry for not posting for quite a bit, but I wouldn't advise putting these two together. They have entirely different diets and they both normally live in different spots. (Vampire bats like caves, Pallid bats prefer abandoned buildings and hollow trees)

And what types of animals (besides peacocks, ducks, and pheasants) would be good for just free-ranging throughout a zoo that can live peacefully together?
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Any nice, common combos done in zoos and aquaria? Just out of curiosity. I'm aware of a lot but at the same time, more knowledge is better.
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@Batty:Guineafowls can roam freely and I've even seen free-ranging Patagonian maras and lemurs.

@Fluffs: Very common in Europe are African savannah combos (with zebras, different antelopes, giraffes or rhinos, and birs like ostriches and guineafowls), South American combos (often rhea, guanaco or vicunja, lowland tapir, capybara, Patagonian mara, Southern screamer and other birds and sometimes greater anteater), Australian combos (very often emu, red-necked wallaby and red kangaroo) and different bird combos (like waterfowl, pelican and cormorant or different ibis species, storks, herons and ducks etc.)...
I think there are tons of common combos ;)
Edited by Jony, Apr 16 2016, 04:06 AM.
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Batty
Apr 15 2016, 09:34 PM
And what types of animals (besides peacocks, ducks, and pheasants) would be good for just free-ranging throughout a zoo that can live peacefully together?
IIRC There are/were some zoos in Italy who keep free roaming fallow deers.
Also some zoos here have "semi" free roaming pigmy goats, since they can get out of their exhibit and reach the guests (many think they are escaped animals lol), but they never venture too far from the exhibit.
Squirrels would likely be an option too.
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Newquay Zoo in Cornwall has free roaming Mara's and Chicken's (As well has Peafowl, Ducks and Geese as you mentioned)
Depends on where your Zoo is located, think about native fauna too.

What the most Common species of Microbat in Captivity? (Google didnt really help)
and what animals would be suited to share a Nocturnal House with them? If it is a American Species would Armadillos be ok with them?
Edited by Scott, Apr 16 2016, 05:38 AM.
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Scottslive22
Apr 16 2016, 05:37 AM
What the most Common species of Microbat in Captivity? (Google didnt really help)

I don't know about the USA but in Europe it's most likely the Seba's short tailed bat.
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Burns
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It is most likely vampire bat or seba's bat for the US as well.
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Yeah, I'd agree with Burns on that one :)
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pyr0raptor
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Can I mix Harris' Hawk, Short-Eared Owl and Barn Owls?
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I know most of these won't make sense geographically but could these combos work:
-Kynsna Turaco and African Penguin.
-Chatham Island Pigeon, New Zealand Fantail, African Penguin, Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Tomtit, New Zealand Bellbird, Austral Conure, Chilean Flamingo, Fire-eyed Diucon, Patagonian Sierra Finch, Black-chinned Siskin, Fuegian Steamer Duck, Red-crowned Parakeet, and Eaton's Pintail.
-South Georgia Shag, South Georgia Pintail, and King Penguin.
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pyr0raptor
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Um, this is for my north american zoo...
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@Rexpony I honestly wouldn't mix them, they should be fine in their own exhibits anyway.
Edited by Fluffs, Apr 17 2016, 12:46 AM.
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Rexpony
Apr 16 2016, 09:40 PM
Um, this is for my north american zoo...
I think he was asking his own questions, not responding to yours xD

Also is there any problem with dromedary camels and emus?
Edited by Ztlabraptor211, Apr 17 2016, 11:55 AM.
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Imperator Furiosa
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Chaos Theory

I don't think so, feral camels and emus coexist in Australia so they should be fine in captivity.

What would be some good combinations for a South Asian-themed area? I'm planning on having separate Indian and Malayan/Indonesian exhibits in it.
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It's always a cool idea to make exhibits based on locations. For example babirusa and anoas (Celebes), orangutans and Proboscis monkeys (Borneo) ect. Whenever doing areas if there's two or three key animals that represent that area, I combine them or put them in close proximity with each other.
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