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  1. DDcorvus

    DDcorvus Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Nice list TA and it will be an interesting battle between the 2 of you, or maybe one of the others can beat both of you :p.
     
  2. bongorob

    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    15. black-tailed Prairie Marmot (Cynomys ludovicianus) Belfast Zoo
    16. Richardson's ground squirrel (Urocitellus richardsonii) Ark Farm Park, Newtonards
    17. American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) Ark Farm Park, Newtonards
    18. Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) Ark Farm Park, Newtonards

    By co-incidence my four new species are all squirrels.
     
  3. DDcorvus

    DDcorvus Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    15) Capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, Planckendael
    16) Black-rumped agouti, Dasyprocta prymnolopha, Planckendael
    17) Greater Guinea Pig, Cavia magna, Planckendael
    18) Black rat, Rattus rattus, Planckendael
    19) Northern Luzon giant cloud rat, Phloeomys pallidus, Planckendael
     
  4. bongorob

    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    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) African Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata) - Reaseheath
    13) Mara (Dolichotis patagonum) - Twycross Zpp
    14) Madagascan Giant jumping Rat (Hypogeomys antimena) -Birmingham Nature Centre
    15) black-tailed Prairie Marmot (Cynomys ludovicianus) Belfast Zoo
    16) Richardson's ground squirrel (Urocitellus richardsonii) Ark Farm Park, Newtonards
    17) American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) Ark Farm Park, Newtonards
    18) Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) Ark Farm Park, Newtonards

    new additions

    19) Siberian chipmunk (Tamias sibericus) Matlock Farm Park
    20) Canadain porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) Blackpool zoo
    21) Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) Blackpool zoo
    22) Pontianak Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii borneoensis) Blackpool zoo
     
  5. LaughingDove

    LaughingDove Well-Known Member

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    Just a couple of things from Poznan:

    34) African brush-tailed Porcupine
    35) Merriam's Kangaroo-rat
    36) Fat Sand Rat
    37) Cactus Mouse
    38) European Souslik
    39) Siberian Chipmunk
    40) Russian Dwarf Hamster
    41) Reed Vole
    42) Mesic four-striped Grass Mouse
    43) Turkmenian Mouse-like hamster
    44) Rock Gerbil

    Unfortunately, the Cururos were no-shows and the roborovski hamster enclosure was boarded up. Of course there were also many species that I've already counted.
     
  6. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    A long-overdue update:

    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) Asia minor spiny mouse (Acomys cilicicus) - Cotswold Wildlife Park
    11) Barbary striped grass mouse (Lemniscomys barbarus) - Cotswold Wildlife Park
    12) Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) - Cotswold Wildlife Park
    13) Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) - Cotswold Wildlife Park
    14) Malagasy jumping rat (Hypogeomys antimena) - Cotswold Wildlife Park
    15) Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) - Cotswold Wildlife Park
    16) Bangka Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii bangkanus) - Cotswold Wildlife Park
    17) European Souslik (Spermophilus citellus) - Bristol Zoo
    18) Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) - Bristol Zoo
    19) Black rat (Rattus rattus) - Bristol Zoo
    20) Western house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) - Bristol Zoo
    21) Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota marmota) - Tierpark Hellabrunn
    22) Desmarest's hutia (Capromys pilorides) - Tierpark Hellabrunn
    23) Fat sand rat (Psammomys obesus obesus) - Tierpark Hellabrunn
    24) Wild Guinea pig (Cavia aperea) - Tierpark Hellabrunn
    25) Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica) - Tierpark Hellabrunn
    26) Patagonian Mara (Dolichotis patagonum) - Tierpark Hellabrunn
    27) American beaver (Castor canadensis) - Wilhelma
    28) Arabian spiny mouse (Acomys dimidiatus) - Wilhelma
    29) Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis) - Wilhelma
    30) Orange-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) - Tiergarten Nurnberg
    31) Greenish acuchy (Myoprocta pratti) - Zoo Augsburg


    Were it not for the fact the small mammal house at Wilhelma is closed indefinitely, I'd have had quite a few more to add!
     
  7. devilfish

    devilfish Well-Known Member

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    Time to join in.

    Dudley Zoo:
    1. Red squirrel

    Birmingham Nature Centre:
    2. Azara’s agouti
    3. Harvest mouse
    4. African crested porcupine
    5. Brazilian cavy (C. aperea)
    6. Malagasy giant jumping rat
    7. Capybara

    Birdland:
    9. House mouse

    Cotswold Wildlife Park:
    10. Turkish spiny mouse
    11. Gambian pouched rat
    12. Striped grass mouse
    13. Prevost’s squirrel

    Hamerton:
    14. Swamp cavy (C. magna)
    15. Siberian chipmunk

    British Wildlife Centre:
    16. Black rat
    17. Brown rat
    18. Grey squirrel

    Tilgate Nature Centre:
    19. Degu

    Lakeland Wildlife Oasis:
    20. Egyptian spiny mouse
    21. Patagonian mara
    22. Long-tailed chinchilla
    23. Swinhoe’s striped squirrel

    South Lakes Wild Animal Park:
    24. Black-tailed prairie dog

    Disney’s Animal Kingdom:
    25. Naked mole rat
    26. Four-striped grass mouse

    Zoo Miami:
    26. Orange-rumped agouti
     
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  8. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Domestics don't count, sorry;)

    ~Thylo:cool:
     
  9. devilfish

    devilfish Well-Known Member

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    Of course. Thanks. I'll correct the numbers when I update the list.
     
  10. LaughingDove

    LaughingDove Well-Known Member

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    And a few more species from Zoo and Tierpark Berlin:

    Tierpark:
    45)Muenster Yellow-toothed Cavy
    46)Lowland Pacaw
    47)Neumann's Grass Rat
    48) Gunther's Vole
    49) Crete Spiny Mouse
    50) Himalayan Striped Squirrel
    51) Chacoan Mara

    Zoo:
    52) Springhare
    53) Pallid Gerbil
    54) Rock Cavy
    55) Ansell's Mole Rat
    56) Cururo
    57) Alpine Marmot
    58) Woodchuck


    I wonder how many more I can get for the year...
     
  11. Ortolan bunting

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    1 European harvest mouse, (skansen zoo)
    2 Common red-backed vole, (skansen zoo)
    3 Northern red-backed vole, (skansen zoo)
    4 not Domesticated Brown rat (skansen zoo)
    5 Harris' antelope-squirrel, (skansen aqarium)
    6 Naked mole-rat, (skansen aqarium)
    7 Black rat (skansen aqarium)
    8 Egyptian spiny mouse (skansen aqarium)
     
  12. bongorob

    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    23) Russian dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus) private zoo
     
  13. LaughingDove

    LaughingDove Well-Known Member

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    A couple more additions take me up to sixty! :D

    From Artis Zoo in Amsterdam:
    59) Southern African Porcupine

    From the farm section of Birdworld:
    60) Eastern Chipmunk
     
  14. bongorob

    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    deleted, private collections do not count.

    I'm not the goody-goody I thought I was. :eek:
     
  15. LaughingDove

    LaughingDove Well-Known Member

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    Quite a few more additions from The British Wildlife Centre today. I think I was very lucky to see all of their rodent species because they live in enclosures with lots of hiding space (I also followed slightly behind the keeper as he was cleaning out the cages in time to see the inhabitants dash back into burrows)

    61) Black Rat
    62) Field Vole
    63) Bank Vole
    64) Red Squirrel
    65) Grey Squirrel
    66) Water Vole
    67) Edible Dormouse
    68) Hazel Dormouse
    69) Wood Mouse
    70) Yellow-necked Grass-mouse

    They also had Brown Rats, House Mice and Harvest Mice bringing the total number of rodent taxa at this brilliant little collection to 13 :)
     
  16. LaughingDove

    LaughingDove Well-Known Member

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    I went to Beaver Water World today and - unsurprisingly - saw:

    71) European Beaver
     
  17. Ortolan bunting

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    9 Patagonian Cavy (Kobenhavn Zoo)
    10 Capybara (Kobenhavn Zoo)
     
  18. Mr. Zootycoon

    Mr. Zootycoon Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    1. Black-tailed Prairie dog (Kleve, Mönchengladbach, Terrazoo rheinberg etc.)
    2. Indian Crested Porcupine (Kleve, ZOOM erlebniswelt, zie-zoo etc.)
    3. Coypu (Tiergehege Oberhause, zie-zoo)
    4. Patagonian Mara (Tierpark Brüggen, zie-zoo)
    5. North American Beaver (ZOOM erlebniswelt)
    6. North American Porcupine (ZOOM erlebniswelt)
    7. Hispid Cotton Rat (Burgers')
    8. Cactus Mouse (Burgers')
    9. Rock squirrel (Burgers')
    10. Merriam's Kangaroo rat (Burgers')
    11. Pallas's Squirrel (Kleve)
    12. Prevost's Squirrel (ZOOM erlebniswelt)
    13. Eurasian Harvest Mause (wildpark Grafenberger wald)
     
  19. bongorob

    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    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) African Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata) - Reaseheath
    13) Mara (Dolichotis patagonum) - Twycross Zoo
    14) Madagascan Giant jumping Rat (Hypogeomys antimena) -Birmingham Nature Centre
    15) Black-tailed Prairie Marmot (Cynomys ludovicianus) Belfast Zoo
    16) Richardson's ground squirrel (Urocitellus richardsonii) Ark Farm Park, Newtownards
    17) American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) Ark Farm Park, Newtownards
    18) Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) Ark Farm Park, Newtownards
    19) Siberian chipmunk (Tamias sibericus) Matlock Farm Park
    20) Canadain porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) Blackpool zoo
    21) Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) Blackpool zoo
    22) Pontianak Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii borneoensis) Blackpool zoo

    new
    23) Black Rat (Rattus rattus) Bristol Zoo
    24) Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) Bristol Zoo
    25) House Mouse (Mus musculus) Bristol Zoo
    26) Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) Bristol Zoo

    missed european souslik, Sri Lankan giant squirrel and Japanese squirrel, first not seen, others not in the zoos they should have been in. :(
     
  20. LaughingDove

    LaughingDove Well-Known Member

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    Four nice additions from London Zoo today: :)

    72) Swinhoe's Striped Squirrels
    73) Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat
    74) Panay Busy-tailed Cloud Rat
    75) Australian Water Rat

    Why does it seem that I'm the only one taking this challenge seriously? :p
     
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