User:Heckerea/sandbox

Article Evaluation:

- Article seems free of bias and distractions; nothing seems unnecessary

- Possibly needs citations near middle of article

- Is formatting something that should ever be altered in an article? The long list of animals seems kinda inefficient

- Red devil cichlid disambiguation link needed

- Results of the Harambe criminal investigation? Could those be found and put into the article?

- Possible community outreach programs could be added to the article

- Possible CREW photo?

- Modern impact of Fiona

WikiProjects: Zoo, Ohio, National Register of Historic Places

Animals and Exhibits
Animals at the zoo have held several records, including the longest living alligator in captivity at the time (at about 70 years of age), the fastest cheetah in captivity, and the largest Komodo dragon (who died in 2005). The zoo was the first in the United States to put an aye-aye on display, and after losing its last aye-aye in 1993, it finally acquired another in 2011: a 6-year old transferred from the Duke Lemur Center in North Carolina.

The zoo is one of only a dozen in North America to house and breed bonobos (also known as pygmy chimpanzees), an endangered species of the great apes.

Africa

Featured animals include:

Cat Canyon
 * African painted dog (Lycaon pictus)
 * East African crowned crane (Balearica regulorum)
 * Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
 * Impala (Aepyceros melampus)
 * Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos)
 * Lesser Kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis)
 * Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
 * Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
 * Rüppell's Vulture (Gyps rueppellii)

Featured animals include:


 * Cougar (Puma concolor)
 * Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni)
 * Snow leopard (Uncia uncia)

Dobsa Giraffe Ridge

Featured animals include:


 * Masai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)

Dragons!

Featured animals include:


 * Ackies Dwarf Monitor (Varanus acanthurus)
 * Green Tree Monitor (Varanus prasinus)
 * Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
 * Quince Monitor (Varanus melinus)

Gibbon Islands

Featured animals include:


 * Buff-Cheeked Gibbon (Hylobales gabriellae)
 * Siamang (Hylobates syndactylus)
 * White-Handed Gibbon (Hylobates lar)

Gorilla World

Featured animals include:


 * Black-and-White Colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza)
 * Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Jungle Trails

Featured animals include:


 * Angolan Colobus Monkey (Colobus angolensis)
 * Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
 * Bonobo (Pan paniscus)
 * Grey Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus griseus)
 * Mueller’s Gibbon (Hylobates muelleri)
 * Potto (Perodictus potto)
 * Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus abelii)
 * White-Faced Saki (Pithecia pithecia)

Kroger Lords of the Arctic

Featured animals include:


 * American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
 * Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
 * Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)

Lemur Lookout

Featured animals include:


 * Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)

Marge Schott-Unnewehr Elephant Reserve

Featured animals include:


 * Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)

Night Hunters

Featured animals include:

Otto M. Budig Manatee Springs
 * Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
 * Aardwolf (Proteles cristatus)
 * Bat-eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis)
 * Bearcat (Binturong) (Arctitis binturong)
 * Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes)
 * Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
 * Caracal (Caracal caracal)
 * Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
 * Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda)
 * Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
 * Garnett’s Galago (Greater Bushbaby ) (Otolemur garnetti)
 * Giant Fruit Bat (Indian Flying Fox) (Pteropus giganteus)
 * Large-spotted Genet (Genetta tigrina)
 * Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
 * Pallas’ Cat (Octocolobus manul)
 * Sand Cat (Felis margarita)
 * Southern Brazilian Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis mitis)
 * Spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
 * Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus)

Featured animals include:

P&G Discovery Forest
 * Alligator Gar (Lepisosteus spatula)
 * Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Featured animals include:


 * Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus)

Reptile House

Featured animals include:

Rhino Reserve
 * Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix)
 * American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
 * Angolan Python (Python anchietae)
 * Blue Tree Monitor (Varanus macraei)
 * Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis)
 * Galápagos Tortoise (Geochelone nigra microphyes)
 * Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis)
 * Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
 * King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
 * Pancake Tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)
 * Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria)
 * Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
 * Terciopelo (Bothrops asper)

Featured animals include:


 * Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
 * Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
 * Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)
 * Plains Zebra (Equus quagga)

Spaulding Children's Zoo

Featured animals include:


 * Alpaca
 * Nigerian Dwarf Goat
 * Parma Wallaby

Swan Lake

Featured animals include:


 * Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Wildlife Canyon

Featured animals include:


 * Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus)
 * Capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris)
 * Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
 * Przewalski’s Horse (Equus przewalksi)
 * Takin (Budorcas taxicolor)
 * Visayan Warty Pig (Sus cebifrons)
 * Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)

Wings of the World

Featured animals include:


 * Buff-crested bustard (Eudpodotis ruficrista)
 * Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)
 * Masked Lapwing

Wolf Woods

Featured animals include:


 * California Sea Lion (Zalophas Californianus)
 * Mexican Wolf (Canis lupus baileyei)

World of the Insect

Featured animals include:


 * Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)
 * Fire-bellied newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster pyrrhogaster)
 * Water Scorpion (Laccotrephes sp.)

"More Home to Roam" expansion campaign
In 2018 the zoo launched an expansion campaign named "More Home to Roam" with the goal of raising $150 million dollars to be used on developing new attractions and infrastructure. The zoo plans to open Roo Valley and a beer garden in 2020, Rhino Reserve and a 1,800 vehicle parking garage in 2023, and Elephant Trek in 2025. The plan also includes a new entrance to facilitate traffic into the zoo. The additions are also aimed at making the zoo net-zero in terms of waste, water, and energy, making the facilities waste free.

Philanthropists Harry and Linda Fath contributed $50 million to the campaign in June of 2018. Previous expansion efforts, such as the Africa exhibit and gorilla exhibit, cost $34 million dollars and $18 million dollars respectively.

Additional Sources (for class)
https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/cincinnati-zoo-to-make-historic-announcement-thursday

Additional Notes
To do:

- add links to different animals (hyperlink to another article)

- add references for Animals and Exhibits section

- research formatting; can I make the exhibits section into two columns?