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  1. mazfc

    mazfc Well-Known Member

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    Seen it today ;) Just thought I'd say as I actually have a wifi signal at the moment
     
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  2. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    If you're not keen on primates & avoid those areas, there are a few things you could miss. The latest map is not great so wont help you much!

    Slender snouted crocodiles in the entrance to Chimp world
    Binturong mixed with the Langurs & short clawed otters by the lemur bridge
    Tamandua aren't on map but are opposite sloths in the Worlds apart walkthrough
    Black backed Jackal can usually only be viewed from road train, but can be seen from the Hunting dog viewing area (left side) if you're lucky.

    Most of the other rarities are on the map, but even for a non primate person i would suggest looking at the bearded sakis on opposite side of path to sealions marked as squirrel monkeys (4) on the map

    Although Colchester doesn't have many unique to the UK primate species, several are pretty rare.

    forgot the feathertail gliders in farm building by the wild about animals theatre, tenrecs were in that building too a while back but not sure they're still there
     
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  3. volvox

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    Thanks, Pipaluk, that's very helpful and I will look for the bearded sakis too, as you recommend them!
     
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  4. Davef68

    Davef68 Well-Known Member

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    Does a hybrid count?

    According to Zoolister, Edinburgh is the only place in the Uk you can find:

    Central common chimpanzee (Black-faced chimpanzee) (Pan troglodytes troglodytes)
     
    Davef68, 20 Feb 2012
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  5. zoogiraffe

    zoogiraffe Well-Known Member

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    Well it is the only place in the UK that you can now see a hybrid Orang so it counts for me!
     
    zoogiraffe, 20 Feb 2012
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  6. Davef68

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    LOL! Just realised I missed the smilie! :)
     
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  7. Brum

    Brum Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I should've known about the boa's, I'm sure it was mentioned last weekend... :rolleyes:
     
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  8. zooman64

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    I do wish Whipsnade would give serious consideration to going in for Musk Ox again. They've kept them in the past, though I can't say how successfully. But very recently Whipsnade completed a new development called "Wild Wild Whipsnade, consisting of several disparate exhibits in broadly the same area, displaying animals that used to roam wild in Britain but are extinct here now (in the case of the wild boar, of course, they're back with us as a wild species after too long an absence, which is really good news). Musk Ox would fit in well there, as the species was to be found in Britain in prehistoric times.
     
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  9. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I was looking at Zootierliste the other day for muntjac, and it says Beale is the only collection with Indian (common) muntjac. Is that correct? (I know most collections there have Reeves' because they are easy to get).
     
    Chlidonias, 23 Jul 2012
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  10. Maguari

    Maguari Never could get the hang of Thursdays. 15+ year member Premium Member

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    I'd be interested to know if anyone can confirm these are actually Indian and not Reeves'. I'm still not certain I trust Barcelona's ID of theirs.
     
    Maguari, 23 Jul 2012
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  11. Pertinax

    Pertinax Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Its the only place that has a recognised/proven group of this subspecies. But there could still be a few other older wildcaught individuals around elsewhere which have never been DNA tested- so you might be looking at one somewhere without knowing it.;)
     
    Pertinax, 23 Jul 2012
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  12. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    Thought this thread could do with a little update :) just mammals, with private or largely closed collections such as Heythrop and WHF disregarded. Any taxa which are the only ones in Europe are in italics.

    AMAZONA ZOO

    Geoffroy's Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)

    AMAZONWORLD

    Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus giganteus)
    Malayan Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang)
    Paraguayan Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla straminea)
    Lowland Paca (Cuniculus paca)

    AXE VALLEY WILDLIFE PARK

    Hokkaido Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris orientis)

    BANHAM ZOO

    Northern Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur occidentalis)

    BELFAST ZOO

    Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi buergersi)
    Black Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus)
    South-east Asian Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii temminckii)
    White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
    Spotted-necked Otter (Hydrictis maculicollis)

    BLACKPOOL ZOO

    Arabian Mountain Gazelle (Gazella cora)

    BRISTOL ZOO

    Kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei)
    Eastern Quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)
    Yellow-footed rock wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus xanthopus)

    CHESTER ZOO

    Short-eared Elephant Shrew (Macroscelides proboscideus)
    Philippine Mouse Deer (Tragulus nigricans)

    COLCHESTER ZOO

    Mt Kilimanjaro Guereza (Colobus guereza caudatus)
    Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
    Syrian Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis syriacus)
    Selous' Zebra (Equus quagga borensis)

    COTSWOLD WILDLIFE PARK

    Turkmen Mouse-like Hamster (Calomyscus mystax)
    Arabian Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis jayakari)

    CURRAGHS WILDLIFE PARK

    Cuban Hutia (Capromys pilorides)
    Marsh Mongoose (Atilax paludinosus)

    DARTMOOR ZOO

    Syrian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos syriacus)

    DUDLEY ZOO

    Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus)
    Southern White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari albirostris)

    EDINBURGH ZOO

    Queensland Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus adustus)
    Guianan Brown Capuchin (Sapajus apella apella)
    Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
    Bawean Deer (Axis kuhlii)
    Chinese Goral (Naemorhedus griseus arnouxianus)

    EXMOOR ZOO

    Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
    Palawan Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis heaneyi)

    GALLOWAY WILDLIFE PARK

    Amur Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilura)

    GENTLESHAW WILDLIFE CENTRE

    Japanese Tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus)

    HAMERTON ZOO

    Southern Aardwolf (Proteles cristata cristata)
    Eastern Aardwolf (Proteles cristata septentrionalis)
    Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus)
    Canadian Lynx (Lynx canadensis)
    Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni)

    HEMSLEY CONSERVATION CENTRE

    Brazilian Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis)

    HIGHLAND WILDLIFE PARK

    Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus)
    Eurasian Forest Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus fennicus)
    Barren-ground Musk Ox (Ovibos moschatus moschatus)
    Greenland Musk Ox (Ovibos moschatus wardi)
    Turkomen Markhor (Capra falconeri heptneri)
    West Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)

    HOO FARM

    Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista alborufus)
    Cape Genet (Genetta tigrina)

    HOWLETTS WILD ANIMAL PARK

    Heck's Macaque (Macaca hecki)
    Javan Surili (Presbytis comata)
    Yellow-handed Mitered Surili (Presbytis melalophos)
    African Wildcat (Felis silvestris libyca)
    South African Ratel (Mellivora capensis capensis)
    Central African Ratel (Mellivora capensis cottoni)

    ISLE OF WIGHT ZOO

    Black-faced Spider Monkey (Ateles chamek)

    KNOWSLEY SAFARI PARK

    Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)

    MARWELL ZOO

    Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx)

    NEWQUAY ZOO

    Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)

    NOAH'S ARK ZOO FARM

    Oldfield Deer Mouse (Peromyscus polionotus)

    NORTH ANSTON TROPICAL HOUSE

    Western Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea pygmaea)

    OWL AND MONKEY HAVEN

    Whiteside’s Guenon (Cercopithecus ascanius whitesidei)

    PAIGNTON ZOO

    Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
    Tailless Tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus)
    Allen's Swamp Monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis)
    Abbott’s Gray Gibbon (Hylobates muelleri abbotti)
    West Caucasian Tur (Capra caucasica)

    PAULTON'S PARK

    Steppe Lemming (Lagurus lagurus)

    PONDEROSA

    Pegu Red Squirrel (Callosciurus ferrugineus)

    PORFELL WILDLIFE PARK

    Bonnet Macaque (Macaca radiata)

    PORT LYMPNE

    Eastern Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus griseus)
    Golden-bellied Mangabey (Cercocebus chrysogaster)
    Defassa Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa)

    REASEHEATH ZOO

    White-bellied Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth)

    SHEPRETH WILDLIFE PARK

    Arabian Spiny Mouse (Acomys dimidiatus)

    SHORELANDS

    Chacoan Mara (Dolichotis salinicola)
    Common Slender Mongoose (Galerella sanguinea)

    SOUTH LAKES WILD ANIMAL PARK

    Red-mantled Saddleback Tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis lagonotus)
    Kordofan Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum)

    STOCKTON WILD ANIMAL ADVENTURES

    Greater Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus orientalis)
    Emin's Giant Pouched Rat (Cricetomys emini)

    SUFFOLK WILDLIFE PARK

    Senegal Bushbaby (Galago senegalensis)
    Acacia Rat (Thallomys paedulcus)

    THRIGBY HALL

    Chinese Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii dominicanorum)

    TROPICAL WORLD LEEDS

    Bolivian Night Monkey (Aotus azarae boliviensis)
    Lesser Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus jaculus)

    TWYCROSS ZOO

    Lowe's Mona Monkey (Cercopithecus lowei)
    Black-footed Crowned Monkey (Cercopithecus pogonias nigripes)
    Bonobo (Pan paniscus)
    Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)
    Arabian Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena sultana)

    WEST MIDLAND SAFARI PARK

    Mesopotamian Fallow Deer (Dama mesopotamica)

    WINGHAM WILDLIFE PARK

    Little Red Flying Fox (Pteropus scapulatus)
    Spix's Night Monkey (Aotus vociferans)

    WOBURN SAFARI PARK

    American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
    Vietnamese Sika Deer (Cervus hortulorum pseudaxis)

    ZSL LONDON ZOO

    Moholi Bushbaby (Galago moholi)
    Australian Water Rat (Hydromys chrysogaster)
    Panay Bushy-tailed Cloud Rat (Crateromys heaneyi)
    Bornean Bearded Pig (Sus barbatus barbatus)

    ZSL WHIPSNADE ZOO

    Sri Lankan Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus inornatus)
    Indian Gaur (Bos gaurus gaurus)
    Common Impala (Aepyceros melampus melampus)
    Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)
     
    TeaLovingDave, 12 Oct 2015
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  13. Al

    Al Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    We no longer have black lion tamarins at Belfast sadly. Drusilla's also have Arabian rock hyrax.
     
    Al, 12 Oct 2015
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  14. Maguari

    Maguari Never could get the hang of Thursdays. 15+ year member Premium Member

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    All being well they will lose this distinction soon - a new Arctic Fox enclosure is currently under construction at Wildwood (Herne Bay).
     
    Maguari, 12 Oct 2015
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  15. kiang

    kiang Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Now that is good news, I was stunned to see HWP as the lone holder.
     
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  16. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    Shame.....

    Can't be helped though.
     
    TeaLovingDave, 12 Oct 2015
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  17. craneman

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    Exmoor also hold Southern bald ibis and Buff-necked ibis i think these are the only ones on display in the UK. Oh and of course a 2015 hatched palm nut vulture if that counts?
     
    craneman, 13 Oct 2015
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  18. Macaw16

    Macaw16 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Thank you for this very interesting update.

    They also have the only Asian Garden Dormouse (Eliomys melanurus), which aren't listed on zootierliste for anywhere in the UK (including North Anston; coincidentally I've actually seen this species in two collections this year, one bring private).
     
    Macaw16, 13 Oct 2015
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  19. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    Yeah, my list was only for mammals, as a comprehensive bird list would have been a bit more time-consuming to write! :p
     
    TeaLovingDave, 13 Oct 2015
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  20. zoogiraffe

    zoogiraffe Well-Known Member

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    I sure I have seen somewhere that Axe Valley have Amur Leopard Cat,I could be wrong!

    Also worth noting that at present the Genet at Hoo Farm is off-show!
     
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