Exotic Mammals in Australian Zoos - old version

NOTE: This list has been updated with much more information. The new thread can be seen here: Exotic Mammals in Australian Zoos



This thread had its genesis in a thread by CGSwans, which can be seen here: http://www.zoochat.com/24/exotic-mammals-each-australian-zoo-123597/

I have changed the format from “by zoo” in CGSwans' thread to a taxonomic one which makes it easier to see what is about in Australia. The list includes all exotic mammals found in Australian zoos (and in some cases in private hands and research facilities because these may enter zoos at any point). I have put subspecific names only where it is relevant. I also know that locality data for some species won't be complete, especially the deer and camelids, so I have made notes to that effect where appropriate. I have put individual numbers only for those species where there are just two or three in the country and they aren't likely to be increased in the foreseeable future.



Elephantidae:

*African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) – one female at Western Plains Zoo

*Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) – Melbourne Zoo; Taronga Zoo; Western Plains Zoo; Perth Zoo


Equiidae:

*Common Zebra (Equus quagga) – Melbourne Zoo; Werribee; Taronga Zoo; Western Plains Zoo; Perth Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; Darling Downs; National Zoo; Zoodoo Wildlife Park; Australia Zoo

*Persian Onager (Equus hemionus onager) – Western Plains Zoo

*Przewalski's Horse (Equus (ferus) przewalskii) – Werribee; Western Plains Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Halls Gap Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park


Tapiridae:

*Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) – Melbourne Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Darling Downs Zoo

*Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus) – one female at Melbourne Zoo; one male at Taronga Zoo; two females at Adelaide Zoo


Rhinocerotidae:

*Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) – Werribee; Western Plains Zoo; Perth Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Australia Zoo

*Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) – Western Plains Zoo; Monarto Zoo

*Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) – one pair at Western Plains Zoo


Hippopotamidae:

*Common Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) – Werribee; Western Plains Zoo; Adelaide Zoo

*Pigmy Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis) – Melbourne Zoo; Taronga Zoo


Camelidae:

*Arabian Camel (Dromedary) (Camelus dromedarius) – Werribee; Western Plains Zoo; Halls Gap Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; Gorge Wildlife Park; Darling Downs Zoo; Mansfield Zoo; Nowra Wildlife Park; Zoodoo Wildlife Park; Australia Zoo; Oakvale; Wings Wildlife Park. [Wild in Australia so undoubtably held on show in other small collections apart for the ones listed here]

*Llama (Lama glama) – Symbio; Darling Downs Zoo; Mansfield Zoo; Shoalhaven Zoo; Caversham Wildlife Park; Zoodoo Wildlife Park. [Farmed in Australia so undoubtably held on show in other small collections apart for the ones listed here]

*Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) – Darling Downs Zoo; otherwise currently only on private farms

*Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) – Symbio; Halls Gap Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; Zoodoo Wildlife Park; Queensland Zoo; Oakvale; Wagga Wagga Zoo; Wings Wildlife Park; Green Valley Farm. [Farmed in Australia so undoubtably held on show in other small collections apart for the ones listed here]


Cervidae:
(The following are the collections where we know these deer species are being kept. There are many small collections in Australia which undoubtably hold one or more of these on public show as well. All are also held in private hands)

*Rusa (Cervus timorensis) – Altina Wildlife Park; Cooberrie Park; Mansfield Zoo

*Sambar (Cervus unicolor) – Western Plains Zoo

*Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) – Halls Gap Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; Mansfield Zoo

*Wapiti (Cervus canadensis) – Western Plains Zoo; Halls Gap Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park

*Fallow Deer (Dama dama) – Adelaide Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; Cooberrie Park; Symbio; Halls Gap Zoo; Rockhampton Zoo; Mansfield Zoo; Caversham Wildlife Park; Zoodoo Wildlife Park

*Persian Fallow Deer (Dama (dama) mesopotamica) – Monarto Zoo

*Spotted Deer (Axis axis) – Werribee; Taronga Zoo; Western Plains Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Darling Downs Zoo; Birdland Animal Park; Caversham Wildlife Park

*Hog Deer (Axis porcinus) – Altina Wildlife Park; Halls Gap Zoo


Giraffidae:

*Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) – Melbourne Zoo; Werribee; Taronga Zoo; Western Plains Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Perth Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Halls Gap Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; National Zoo; Australia Zoo


Bovidae:

*Banteng (Bos javanicus) – Western Plains Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; Crocodylus Park. Also in private hands

*Domestic Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) – Western Plains Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Crocodylus Park; Symbio; Halls Gap Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; Rockhampton Zoo; Shoalhaven Zoo; Caversham Wildlife Park; Wings Wildlife Park. [Feral in Australia so undoubtably held on show in other small collections apart for the ones listed here]

*African Forest Buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus) – Werribee; Western Plains Zoo

*American Bison (Bison bison) – Werribee; Monarto Zoo; Halls Gap Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; Mansfield Zoo; Wings Wildlife Park. Also in private hands

*Barbary Sheep (Aoudad) (Ammotragus lervia) – Taronga Zoo; Western Plains Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Halls Gap Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; Hunter Valley Zoo. Also in private hands.

*Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) – Taronga Zoo; Halls Gap Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; Queensland Zoo; Mansfield Zoo

*Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) – Werribee; Western Plains Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Halls Gap Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; Darling Downs Zoo; Queensland Zoo; Mansfield Zoo. Also in private hands

[*Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) -- only in private hands]

*Eland (Taurotragus oryx) – Werribee; Western Plains Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; National Zoo

*Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) – one female at Werribee

*Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) – Melbourne Zoo; Taronga Zoo; Western Plains Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park

*Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) – one female at Western Plains Zoo

*Common Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) – Werribee; Western Plains Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park

[*Red Lechwe (Kobus leche leche) – only in private hands]

*Addax (Addax nasomaculatus) – Werribee; Western Plains Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park. Also in private hands.

*Scimitar-horned Oryx (Oryx dammah) – Werribee; Western Plains Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park . Also in private hands.


Tayassuidae

*Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu) – Melbourne Zoo; Adelaide Zoo


Primates:

*Sunda Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang) – one at Perth Zoo

*Bengal Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) – one at Melbourne Zoo (off-display)

*Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) – Melbourne Zoo; Taronga Zoo; Western Plains Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Perth Zoo; Mogo Zoo; National Zoo; Gorge Wildlife Park; Halls Gap Zoo; Australia Zoo; Queensland Zoo; Cairns Tropical Zoo

*Black And White Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata) – Melbourne Zoo; Western Plains Zoo; Perth Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Halls Gap Zoo; Australia Zoo; National Zoo

*White-fronted Lemur (Eulemur albifrons) – two at Gorge Wildlife Park

*Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) – Perth Zoo; Melbourne Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Halls Gap

*Emperor Tamarin (Saguinus imperator) – Melbourne Zoo; Perth Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Queensland Zoo

*Cottontop Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) – Melbourne Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Taronga Zoo; Perth Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Gorge Wildlife Park; Queensland Zoo; Darling Downs Zoo; Hunter Valley Zoo; National Zoo; Halls Gap Zoo; Crocodylus Park; Symbio; Cairns Tropical Zoo; Tasmania Zoo

*Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) – Perth Zoo; Gorge Wildlife Park; National Zoo; Halls Gap Zoo; Crocodylus Park; Symbio; Altina Wildlife Park; Darling Downs Zoo; Hunter Valley Zoo; Tasmania Zoo; Zoodoo Wildlife Park; Queensland Zoo; Cooberrie Park; Shoalhaven Zoo. Also in research facilities.

*Pigmy Marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea) – Adelaide Zoo; Perth Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Symbio; Halls Gap Zoo; Hunter Valley Zoo; Queensland Zoo; Darling Downs Zoo

*Bolivian Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri boliviensis) – Melbourne Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Taronga Zoo; Perth Zoo; National Zoo

*Black-capped Capuchin (Cebus apella) – Melbourne Zoo; Perth Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Gorge Wildlife Park; Altina Wildlife Park; Darling Downs Zoo; National Zoo; Halls Gap Zoo; Hunter Valley Zoo; Crocodylus Park; Shoalhaven Zoo; Tasmania Zoo; Zoodoo Wildlife Park;

*White-fronted Capuchin (Cebus albifrons) – Gorge Wildlife Park; Mansfield Zoo

*Geoffroy's (Black-handed) Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) – Melbourne Zoo; Taronga Zoo; Western Plains Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Gorge Wildlife Park; Halls Gap Zoo; Crocodylus Park; Hunter Valley Zoo; Billabong Sanctuary

[*Nancy Ma's Douroucouli (Aotus nancymaae) – only in research facilities]

*Black And White Colobus (Colobus guereza) – Melbourne Zoo; National Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Tasmania Zoo

*De Brazza's Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) – Mogo Zoo; National Zoo; Tasmania Zoo

*Vervet (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) – Werribee

*Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) – Melbourne Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Tasmania Zoo

*Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) – Melbourne Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Perth Zoo; Queensland Zoo; Darling Downs Zoo; Crocodylus Park. Also in research facilities.

*Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) – Gorge Wildlife Park; Launceston City Park

*Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) – Darling Downs Zoo; Hunter Valley Zoo; Tasmania Zoo; Zoodoo Wildlife Park; Wings Wildlife Park; Green Valley Farm. Also in research facilities.

[*Southern Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) – only in research facilities]

*Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) – Mansfield Zoo; Darling Downs Zoo; Crocodylus Park

*Bonnet Macaque (Macaca radiata) – Mansfield Zoo

*Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) – Tasmania Zoo; Rockhampton Zoo

*Sulawesi Black Macaque (Macaca nigra) – Tasmania Zoo

*Dusky Langur (Trachypithecus obscurus) – Adelaide Zoo

*Francois' Langur (Trachypithecus francoisi) – Taronga Zoo

*Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) – Melbourne Zoo; Western Plains Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Tasmania Zoo

*White-cheeked Gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) – Melbourne Zoo; Taronga Zoo; Perth Zoo; Adelaide Zoo

*White-handed (Lar) Gibbon (Hylobates lar) – Western Plains Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Gorge Wildlife Park

*Silvery Gibbon (Hylobates moloch) – Perth Zoo; Mogo Zoo

*Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) – Melbourne Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Perth Zoo

*Hybrid Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus X Pongo abelii) – two at Melbourne Zoo; two at Taronga Zoo

*Common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) – Taronga Zoo; Rockhampton Zoo; Monarto Zoo

*Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) – Melbourne Zoo; Werribee; Taronga Zoo; Mogo Zoo


Felidae:

*generic African Lions (Panthera leo) – Melbourne Zoo; Werribee; Taronga Zoo; Western Plains Zoo; Perth Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; National Zoo; Mansfield Zoo; Zoodoo Wildlife Park; Darling Downs Zoo; Crocodylus Park. Also at Zambi (not open to public).

*White Lion (Panthera leo krugeri) – National Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Darling Downs Zoo; Mansfield Zoo; Zoodoo Wildlife Park; Altina Wildlife Park; Crocodylus Park

*Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) – Melbourne Zoo; Taronga Zoo; Western Plains Zoo; Perth Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Symbio; National Zoo; Darling Downs Zoo; Dreamworld; Australia Zoo

*generic Tigers (Panthera tigris) (hybrids and whites) – Mogo Zoo; Symbio; National Zoo; Zoodoo Wildlife Park; Dreamworld; Crocodylus Park; Australia Zoo. Also at Zambi (not open to public).

*Leopard (Panthera pardus) – one at Gorge Wildlife Park (black panther)

*Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) – Melbourne Zoo; Taronga Zoo; Mogo Zoo; National Zoo; Billabong Sanctuary

*Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) – Werribee; Western Plains Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Monarto Zoo; National Zoo; Australia Zoo

*King Cheetah – one at Western Plains Zoo; one at Monarto (brother and sister born to "normal" cheetah parents in October 2009)

*Puma (Puma concolor) – two at Dreamworld; one at National Zoo. Also an unknown number at Zambi (not open to public).

*Serval (Leptailurus serval) – Werribee; Adelaide Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Halls Gap Zoo; National Zoo; Darling Downs Zoo; Hunter Valley Zoo

*Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) – one at Taronga Zoo

*Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) – one at Crocodylus Park


Ursidae:

*Syrian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos syriacus) – one at Melbourne Zoo

*Eurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos) – three at National Zoo

*Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) – four at Seaworld

*Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus) – Taronga Zoo; Perth Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; National Zoo; Queensland Zoo

*Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) – two at Adelaide Zoo


Canidae:

*Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) – very widespread in zoo and other wildlife collections

*African Hunting Dog (Lycaon pictus) – Melbourne Zoo; Werribee; Western Plains Zoo; Perth Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park

*Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) – Altina Wildlife Park; Hunter Valley Zoo; Crocodylus Park

*Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) – wild in Australia...they are kept at Australia Zoo and at Jirrhalinga Koala And Wildlife Sanctuary. Probably kept at other small collections as well.

*Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda) – Taronga Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Perth Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Halls Gap; Hunter Valley Zoo


Hyaenidae

*Spotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) – Perth Zoo; Monarto Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; National Zoo


Mustelidae:

*Ferret (Mustela putorius furo) – Adelaide Zoo; Halls Gap; Mansfield Zoo...probably kept at other small collections as well

*Small-clawed Otter (Aonyx cinerea) – Melbourne Zoo; Western Plains Zoo; Taronga Zoo; Perth Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; National Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Gorge Wildlife Park; Australia Zoo; Underwater World; Rockhampton Zoo


Herpestidae:

*Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) – Melbourne Zoo; Royal Melbourne Childrens Hospital; Werribee; Taronga Zoo; Western Plains Zoo; Perth Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Monarto Zoo; National Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; Darling Downs Zoo; Symbio; Gorge Wildlife Park; Halls Gap Zoo; Hunter Valley Zoo; Billabong Sanctuary; Wings Wildlife Park; Tasmania Zoo; Zoodoo Wildlife Park


Viverridae

*Binturong (Arctictis binturong) – Melbourne Zoo; Taronga Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Mogo Zoo; Cairns Tropical Zoo; Queensland Zoo; Australia Zoo


Ailuridae:

*Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) – Melbourne Zoo; Taronga Zoo; Perth Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; National Zoo; Cairns Tropical Zoo; Symbio; Mogo Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park; Halls Gap Zoo; Queensland Zoo; Billabong; Australia Zoo


Procyonidae

*Brown-nosed coati (Nasua nasua) – Melbourne Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Gorge Wildlife Park


Pinnipedia:

*Pacific Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) – two males at Seaworld

*Californian Sealion (Zalophus californianus) – Taronga Zoo; Seaworld


Lagomorpha and Rodentia:

*European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and Brown Hare (Lepus europeaeus) – both found wild in Australia; domestic rabbits are in many collections

*Black Rat (Rattus rattus), Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) and House Mouse (Mus musculus/domesticus) – all found wild in Australia; domestic varieties found in some collections

*Northern Palm Squirrel (Funambulus pennantii) – Taronga Zoo; Tasmania Zoo; ZooDoo Wildlife Park

*Mara (Dolichotis patagonum) – Adelaide Zoo

*Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) – Adelaide Zoo; Altina Wildlife Park

*Brazilian Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) – Melbourne Zoo; Taronga Zoo; Gorge Wildlife Park


Tupaiidae:

*Common Tree Shrew (Tupaia glis) – Melbourne Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Gorge Wildlife Park


Xenarthra

*Hoffman's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) – one at Adelaide Zoo


Marsupialia:

*Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi) – Melbourne Zoo; Taronga Zoo; Perth Zoo; Adelaide Zoo; Currumbin Wildlife Park; National Zoo; Ballarat Wildlife Park

*Matschie's Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei) – one female at Adelaide Zoo


Tachyglossidae:

*Barton's Long-beaked Echidna (Zaglossus bartoni) – two at Taronga Zoo

 

thanks.

I should have added Darling Downs for zebra but forgot.

My understanding of the Australia Zoo elephants is that they are only temporarily off-site so I have left them on the list as holders.

I have added the Wings Wildlife Park species you note, and removed Alma Park from the water buffalo list.

 

done. I have also put spaces between each species line which makes the list much easier to read.

 

thanks, added. I missed off several recently-new arrivals to various places it seems!

 

Australia Zoo is taken seriously?

 

ah, okay in that case I will remove them. They can be re-added if they get them back again.

 

presumably from a private collection. My understanding is that all the "Mesopotamian" fallow deer in Australia are hybrids with European fallow deer anyway?

I have added in nilgai as "in private hands only" because I haven't seen any zoos claiming to display them. The deer list notes at the top (under the heading "Cervidae") that all species are also held in private hands so I hadn't bothered putting it after each individual species. If you know any other ungulates which are held privately which I haven't mentioned as being so, then feel free to post.

 

wow talk about hot off the press! Not even mentioned in a Mogo Zoo thread yet!

Binturong is now added.

 

yes wild ones can be seen in the zoo grounds, but they are no longer part of the zoo's captive stock.