ZooChat Challenge (Global) 2015

1. Capybara, Cle zoo

 

1) Mara, Dolichotis patagonum
2) Gundi, Ctenodactylus gundi
3) Rock cavy, Kerodon rupestris
4) Orange-rumped agouti, Dasyprocta leporina
5) Three-coloured squirrel, Callosciurus prevostii

 

1. Greater Sticknest Rat
2. Spinifex Hopping Mouse
3. Plains Rat



Hix

 

6)Coypu, Myocastor coypus, Antwerp
7)North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum, Antwerp
8)Springhare, Pedetes capensis, Antwerp
9)Common water rat, Hydromys chrysogaster, Antwerp

Gambian pouched rat was a no show .

 

Due to a total of zero rodents held at my local zoo of Warsaw Zoo, I have been a bit slow of the mark but I have now seen some rodents so would like to participate:

Ostrava Zoo:
1) Indian Porcupine

Budapest Zoo:
2) Western house mouse
3) Naked mole-rat
4) African pygmy mouse
5) Norway rat
6) Greater Egyptian Jerboa
7) Barbary striped grass-mouse
8) Cairo spiny mouse
9) Woodland dormouse
10) Acacia rat
11) Mongolian Gerbil
12) Harvest mouse
13) Nutria
14) African porcupine
15) Azara's agouti
16) Brazilian agouti
17) Long-tailed chinchilla
18) Patagonian mara
19) Black-tailed prarie dog
20) Matthey's mouse
21) Gundi
Unfortunately, I didn't manage to see a few of the rodents at Budapest Zoo such as the cloud rats but still a very impressive collection of rodent species at the Zoo!

 

10) Southern African porcupine, Hystrix africaeaustralis, Artis
11) Green Agouti, Myoprocta pratti, Krefeld
12) Degu, Octodon degus, Krefeld
13) Crete spiny mouse, Acomys minous, Krefeld
14) European harvest mouse, Micromys minutus, Krefeld

 

A few more from Tiergarten Schonbrunn in Vienna

22) Green acouchi
23) Northern Luzon cloud rat
24) Capybara
25) North American porcupine
-Unfortunately failed to see the Gambian giant pouched rat

 

And from Dvur Kralove Zoo today:

26) Cape Ground Squirrel

 

1) Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) - Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, River Safari
2) Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) - Singapore Zoo
3) South African ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) - Singapore Zoo
4) Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii) - Singapore Zoo
5) Grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura) - Singapore Zoo
6) African crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) - Singapore Zoo
7) Indian crested porcupine ( Hystrix indica) - Night Safari
8) Malayan crested porcupine (Hystrix brachyura) - Night Safari
9) Long-tailed porcupine (Trichys fasciculata) - Night Safari
10) Red and white giant flying squirrel (Petaurista alborufus) - Night Safari
11) Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum) - Singapore Zoo
12) American beaver (Castor canadensis) - River Safari
13) Northern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) - Night Safari
14) Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) - Singapore Zoo

 

Is it time to resign from ZooChat and never visit a zoo again? I forgot that degus were rodents......

27) Degu

 

1) Azara's agouti (Dasyprocta azarae) - Lakeland Wildlife Oasis
2) Degu (Octodon degus) - Lakeland Wildlife Oasis
3) Egyptian spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) - Lakeland Wildlife Oasis
4) Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) - Lakeland Wildlife Oasis
5) European harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) - Lakeland Wildlife Oasis
6) Long-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) - Lakeland Wildlife Oasis
7) Swinhoe's striped squirrel (Tamiops swinhoei) - Lakeland Wildlife Oasis
8) Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) - Chester Zoo
9) Southern African porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) - Chester Zoo

10) Gambian Pouched Rat (Cricetomys gambiensis) - Chester Zoo
11) Wild Guinea Pig (Cavia apera)
12) Afrixcan Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata) - Reaseheath
13) Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) - Twycross Zoo

 

13) Mara (Dolichotis patagonum) - Twycross
correction for brown rat. No idea how I got the two mixed up.

14) Madagascan Giant jumping Rat (Hypogeomys antimena) -Birmingham Nature Centre

 

From Wroclaw Zoo:

28) North African Gerbil
29) Fat-tailed Gerbil
30) Arabian Spiny Mouse
31) Prevost's Squirrel
32) Red-and-white Giant Flying Squirrel - I had to stand by the enclosure for ages before one came out, worth it though
33) Black Giant squirrel
- Unfortunately both the Siberian Chipmunks and Long-tailed Field Mice were no-shows

I probably won't be seeing any more rodents for a few months so that'll give you all a chance to catch up

 

Nice list LD and you give us something to aim for. I will visit some of the zoos you visited now later this year, so hopefully it will help me to catch up .

 

15) Black rat (Rattus rattus) - Night Safari
16) Australian water rat/Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) - London Zoo
17) Malagasy giant jumping rat (Hypogeomys antimena) - London Zoo

 

ThylacineAlive, when will your list from the Bronx get posted?

 

If I'm not mistaken, he's at the zoo as we speak.

 

LaughingDove was correct, I was at the zoo when you posted this. But now I'm home and here it is! I didn't see all the rodents unfortunately but I suppose that gives me more to see next time:

1) Lesser Egyptian Jerboa Jaculus jaculus
2) Malagasy Giant Rat Hypogeomys antimena
3) Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat Phloeomys pallidus
4) Long-Tailed Chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera
5) Red-Rumped Agouti Dasyprocta leporina
6) Harris's Antelope Squirrel Ammospermophilus harrisii
7) Green Acouchi Myoprocta pratti
8) Degu Octodon degus
9) African Pygmy Mouse Mus minutoides
10) Western House Mouse Mus musculus domesticus
11) Eurasian Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus
12) Damaraland Mole Rat Fukomys damarensis
13) Arabian Spiny Mouse Acomys dimidiatus
14) North American Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
15) California Mouse Peromyscus californicus
16) Cactus Mouse Peromyscus eremicus
17) Woodland Dormouse Graphiurus murinus
18) Bushy-Tailed Jird Sekeetamys calurus
19) Great Balkhan Mouse-Like Hamster Calomyscus mystax
20) Pallid Gerbil Gerbillus perpallidus
21) Fat-Tailed Gerbil Pachyuromys duprasi
22) Rock Cavy Kerodon rupestris
23) African Grass Rat Arvicanthis niloticus
24) Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys ludovicianus

Hey LD, remember the other day in the chatroom when I said I was hoping I could at least hit 20 species for the year

~Thylo

 

I do, but if you think I'm done for the year then you are so, terribly wrong *evil laughter* . I'm still beating you anyway