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#16
11-07-2008
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#17
12-07-2008
London Regent's Park Zoo was the only zoo in the world, who has kept four species of rhinos at the same time ! Between 1875 and 1885 they kept indian,javan,sumatran and black rhinos. ( the first white rhinos to a zoo in the world came in 1950 to Antwerp )
The old guidebooks before the second world war are full of rare animals. |
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#18
13-07-2008
London Zoo in Old Photographs 1852-1914 has some interesting photos.
Great Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx haastii) 1876 and 1895-1899 Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) 1860, 1912-1918 Kagu (Rhynochetus jubatus) 1862-1877, 1913-1915, 1941-1950 Pink-headed Duck (Rhodonessa caryophallacea) 1874, 1899-1901 Bruijn's Echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) 1912-1943 Grizzled Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus inustus) 1848-1852 and 1865 Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale xanthops) 1865-1894 Small-eared Dog (Atleocynus microtis) the type specimen for this species arrived at London in 1882. Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) between 1911-1914 Falkland Islands Wolf (Dusicyon australis) 1868 Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) 1885 Mongollian Wild Ass (Equus hemionus hemionus) 1909-1918 Only one specimen was ever exhibited in England. Syrian Wild Ass (Equus hemionus hemippus) 1869-1884 Cape Mountain Zebra (equus zebra zebra) 1899 Hairy-eared Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis) 1872-1900. 33 years is still the longevity record for the species in captivity. The type specimen for the subspecies. Pygmy Hog (Porcula savalinus) 1883-1886 and 1904 Persian Fallow Deer (Dama mesopotamica) 1908 Thailand Brow-antlered Deer (cervus eldi siamensis) 1899 Wallich's Deer (Cervus elephas wallichi) 1912-1926 Apparently the only one ever kept in the western world. Bulbal Hartebeest (Alcelaphus bucephalus busephalus) 1883-1897 and 1906-1907 Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) 1896 Saiga (Saiga tatarica) 1866-1869 On 31 August 1902 Jenny a female Asian Elephant who had arrived pregnant from Sanger's Circus gave birth to a still-born calf. Giraffes have been kept continuously at London Zoo since 1895. |
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#19
13-07-2008
"London Zoo in Old photographs: 1852-1914" is the source of my Javan Rhino info, and for anyone who doesn't have a copy, it is a fascinating book. Especially the photos of Jumbo, he looks enormous. Can you imagine a zoo nowadays allowing a mature 11ft high bull African elephant to take people for rides around the zoo!!!
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#20
13-07-2008
In the book "Golden Days - Historic Photographs of the London Zoo" is a picture of a platypus, the photo was taken in 1928, but I coudn't find the animal in the guidebooks, so maybe it died the same year.
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#21
13-07-2008
two interesting parrots kept at London Zoo: kakapo (six of them between 1870 and 1875, and one from 1911 to 1915). And a night parrot in 1867 which lived for four months.
Anyone have any further info on the 1928 platypus? Everything else I've read says the only ones to be kept in any overseas zoo were the various Bronx Zoo ones. |
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13-07-2008
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#23
14-07-2008
London had a yellow-eyed penguin at one time. I have a 1920 animal encyclopaedia with a very old photo of a yellow-eyed taken at the Zoo.
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#24
14-07-2008
they had Sclater's monal according to Zootierliste!
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#25
03-10-2008
what else did they keep
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#26
07-10-2008
I expect the list of species kept at London runs into several thousand.
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#27
07-10-2008
in 1968 the Zoo had 1527 species on display (according to a 1968 book I have), so I would hazard a guess that over the 180 years they have been open to the public the Zoo has kept, well, pretty much everything you could think of!
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#28
08-10-2008
Well, 'cet for blue whales.
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10-10-2008
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#30
10-10-2008
Y'know, a joke? Adding a bit of sarcasm?
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