BY CATCH: Animals captured from the wild that were not your original intent to capture but you have decided to keep them and add to your institutional collection. CHARACTERISTICS: Distinguishing traits or qualities of a species that help define it. Traits included are Scientific Name, Natural State, Collective Noun, Range Description and Habitat. CHILD ENCLOSURE: In the Enclosure Tree, an enclosure that is tiered under another enclosure. In the following example Carnivore Canyon is a Child Enclosure to Training Aquarium and Zoo; Underground Tunnel is a Child Enclosure to Carnivore Canyon. CLOSE OUT: Used to make groups inactive. Usually used when the count gets to 0.0.0, but groups can be marked as Closed Out even if members remain in the census count. You cannot perform any actions on groups that are marked as Closed Out and they will no longer appear in reports during a time frame when they were marked as Closed Out. Usually used for historical entries on groups migrated from the ARKS program. COLLECTION: Different sets of related animals that are associated as a group. Usually your primary reason for having an animal or group at your institution. ZIMS has 15 different types of Collections. Commonly used Collections are Main Collection (your exhibit and breeding animals), Education (animals used for educational programs) and Research (animals held specifically for research projects. COLONY: A large number of animals that live together in close association and often act with mutual purpose. Numbers may be estimated but are difficult to actually count. Inventory counts are usually “1”. COMPONENT: A self-contained part of a Life Support, usually a manufactured object. Some examples of components are pumps, filters and ozone generators.
BY CATCH: Animals captured from the wild that were not your original intent to capture but you have decided to keep them and add to your institutional collection. CHARACTERISTICS: Distinguishing traits or qualities of a species that help define it. Traits included are Scientific Name, Natural State, Collective Noun, Range Description and Habitat. CHILD ENCLOSURE: In the Enclosure Tree, an enclosure that is tiered under another enclosure. In the following example Carnivore Canyon is a Child Enclosure to Training Aquarium and Zoo; Underground Tunnel is a Child Enclosure to Carnivore Canyon. CLOSE OUT: Used to make groups inactive. Usually used when the count gets to 0.0.0, but groups can be marked as Closed Out even if members remain in the census count. You cannot perform any actions on groups that are marked as Closed Out and they will no longer appear in reports during a time frame when they were marked as Closed Out. Usually used for historical entries on groups migrated from the ARKS program. COLLECTION: Different sets of related animals that are associated as a group. Usually your primary reason for having an animal or group at your institution. ZIMS has 15 different types of Collections. Commonly used Collections are Main Collection (your exhibit and breeding animals), Education (animals used for educational programs) and Research (animals held specifically for research projects. COLONY: A large number of animals that live together in close association and often act with mutual purpose. Numbers may be estimated but are difficult to actually count. Inventory counts are usually “1”. COMPONENT: A self-contained part of a Life Support, usually a manufactured object. Some examples of components are pumps, filters and ozone generators.
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