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The Worlds Apart includes an open viewing enclosure for the zoo’s rhinoceros iguana and a small walk-through primate enclosure!

The Worlds Apart walkthrough exhibit houses a number of species in an immersive open air setting offering visitors the chance to experience a walk-through small primate exhibit, in which the small primates are able to run freely around the enclosure as visitors walk through and see them jumping around them! It’s home to a number of species including the Linne’s two toed sloth, Goeldi’s monkey and Southern tamandua.


Animals in Worlds Apart

Fiji Banded Iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)
Reptiles

Fiji Banded Iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)

Worlds Apart

Area:
Fijian Islands and Tonga
Status:
Endangered
Quick Fact:

The male is strikingly coloured, with light blue to white bands on a bright green background. Females are more uniformly green.

Rhinoceros Iguana (Cyclura cornuta)
Reptiles

Rhinoceros Iguana (Cyclura cornuta)

Worlds Apart

Area:
Haiti and Dominican Republic
Status:
Vulnerable
Quick Fact:

The Rhinoceros Iguana gets its name from its outgrowths, like horns, on the end of it's nose. These large, heavy bodied lizards are dusky- grey or olive green with dark cross bands that are often barely visible. They have three horny bumps on the snout, which are more pronounced in males. The average adult is 2 feet in length.

Linne’s two toed sloth (choloepus didactylus)
Mammals

Linne’s two toed sloth (choloepus didactylus)

Worlds Apart

Area:
Central and South America
Status:
Least concern
Quick Fact:

Sloths are one of the slowest animals in the world, as their leafy diet doesn't provide much energy!

Sloths spend most of their time hanging upside down in the forest canopy.

Southern Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla)
Mammals

Southern Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla)

Worlds Apart

Area:
South America
Status:
Least concern
Quick Fact:

Tamanduas are known as "stinkers of the forest" by local people due to the fact the leave scent trails to mark their territory!

Tamanduas have a 40cm long, sticky tongue which is perfect for licking up ants and termites.

Goeldi’s Monkey (Callimico goeldii)
Mammals

Goeldi’s Monkey (Callimico goeldii)

Worlds Apart

Area:
South America
Status:
Vulnerable
Quick Fact:

Goeldi's Monkeys are vertical climbers but have also been reported to leap distances of 4 meters horizontally.

White-lipped Tamarin
Mammals

White-lipped Tamarin

Worlds Apart

Area:
Peru, Bolivia and Brazil
Status:
Least Concern
Quick Fact:

Also, known as the 'red-chested mustached tamarin' this species lives in small social and familial groups of 2 - 10 individuals. Only one pair in a group will breed but the whole group will carry, feed and care for the young.


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