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Discussion in 'Quizzes, Competitions & Games' started by ThylacineAlive, 1 Jan 2018.

  1. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Animal Gardens Petting Zoo - June 9 2018

    20. South American Coati Nasua nasua

    4 felines
    1 mongoose
    4 canines
    3 bears
    1 earless seal
    1 Red Panda
    1 skunk
    2 mustelids
    2 raccoons
     
  2. MagpieGoose

    MagpieGoose Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Wild Zoological Park- 10/06/2018
    55) Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)
    56) Kinkajou (Potos flavus)
     
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  3. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Saint Louis Zoo - June 14 2018

    21. California Sea Lion Zalophus californianus
    22. Andean Bear Tremarctos ornatus
    23. Bush Dog
    Speothos venaticus
    24. Bat-Eared Fox Otocyon megalotis
    25. African Painted Dog Lycaon pictus
    26. Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta
    27. Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus
    28. Common Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula
    29. Sun Bear Helarctos malayanus
    30. Serval Leptailurus serval
    31. Tiger Panthera tigris


    7 felines
    1 hyena
    2 mongooses
    7 canines
    5 bears
    1 earless seal
    1 eared seal
    1 Red Panda
    1 skunk
    2 mustelids
    2 raccoons
     
  4. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Saint Louis Zoo - June 15 2018

    32. Fennec Fox Vulpes zerda
    33. Jaguar Panthera onca

    8 felines
    1 hyena
    2 mongooses
    8 canines
    5 bears
    1 earless seal
    1 eared seal
    1 Red Panda
    1 skunk
    2 mustelids
    2 raccoons
     
  5. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    World Aquarium - June 16 2016

    34. White-Nosed Coati Nasua narica

    8 felines
    1 hyena
    2 mongooses
    8 canines
    5 bears
    1 earless seal
    1 eared seal
    1 Red Panda
    1 skunk
    2 mustelids
    3 raccoons
     
  6. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    An unplanned visit to Kerzers yielded 4 new species, which is almost a quarter of their mammal collection ;)

    66. Crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus)
    67. Kinkajou (Potos flavus)
    68. Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
    69. Tayra (Eira barbara)
     
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  7. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    Wish Crab-eating was more commonplace :p
     
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  8. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Forgot one:

    35. Kinkajou Potos flavus

    8 felines
    1 hyena
    2 mongooses
    8 canines
    5 bears
    1 earless seal
    1 eared seal
    1 Red Panda
    1 skunk
    2 mustelids
    4 raccoons
     
  9. MagpieGoose

    MagpieGoose Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Zoo Berlin- 21/06/2018
    57) Giant Panda (Ailurpoda melanoleuca)
    58) Indian Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus ursinus)
    59) Polar Bear (Ursus maritmus)
    60) Eastern Ring-tailed Mongoose (Galidia elegans elegans)

    Tierpark Berlin- 22/06/2018
    61) European Genet (Genetta genetta)
    62) Ratel (Mellivora capensis)
    63) Malay Civet (Viverra tangalunga)
    64) Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
    65) Eastern Aardwolf (Proteles cristata septentrionalis)
    66) Bat-eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis)
    67) Chinese Dhole (Cuon alpinus)

    Magdeburg Zoo- 23/06/2018
    68) Marbled Polecat (Vormela peregusna)
    69) Arabian Sand Cat (Felis margarita)
     
  10. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    No luck with the leopard cat, then? :(
     
  11. MagpieGoose

    MagpieGoose Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Sadly not, although I'm hopeful of seeing the later this week :)
     
  12. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    So it turns out this was a Ringed Seal, Pusa hispida, which is another lifer for me :)

    ~Thylo
     
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  13. MagpieGoose

    MagpieGoose Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Leipzig Zoo- 24/06/2018
    70) White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)

    Prague Zoo- 25/06/2018
    71) Palawan Leopard Cat (Prionailurus javanensis)
    72) Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata)
    73) Brown Hyena (Parahyaena brunnea)
    74) Tayra (Eira barbara)
    75) Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus)

    Plzen Zoo- 26/06/2018
    76) Narrow-striped Mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata)
    77) Common Slender Mongoose (Galerella sanguinea)
    78) Cougar (Puma concolor)
    79) Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
    80) European Otter (Lutra lutra)

    Prague Zoo- 27/06/2018
    81) North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis)
     
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  14. TheGerenuk

    TheGerenuk Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    New subtotal time! Here are the standings after half of the year.
    1. ShonenJake13- 84 species
    2. MagpieGoose- 81 species
    3. TeaLovingDave- 76 species
    4. Dormitator- 73 species
    5. ThylacineAlive- 72 species
    6. pipaluk/lintworm- 69 species
    7. pachydermpro- 50 species
    8. Rayane- 47 species
    9. Lemur02/Mr. Zootycoon- 44 species
    10. FunkyGibbon- 42 species
    11. vogelcommando- 39 species
    12. KevinVar/birdsandbats- 35 species
    13. Vision- 31 species
    14. TheWalrus- 30 species
    15. jayjds2- 26 species
    16. Ggrarl- 21 species
    17. Najade- 17 species
    18. ScottishWildcat/natel12- 16 species
    19. aardvark250/LaughingDove/ThomasNotTom- 14 species
    20. Chlidonias- 10 species
    21. Okapipako- 7 species
    If anyone needs to notify me of things that I have got wrong, please notify me on this thread. If I cannot edit the post anymore and there are still issues to be resolved, I would kindly ask the moderators to edit this post to make it more accurate.

    -:cool::cool:TheWalrus:cool::cool:
     
  15. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I have some work to do!

    ~Thylo
     
  16. Vision

    Vision Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Pairi Daiza, 28/06/2018:
    32) Asiatic black bear, Ursus thibetanus
    33) Giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca
    34) Spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta
    35) Raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides
    36) Brown fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus
    37) Dwarf mongoose, Helogale parvula
    38) Giant otter, Pteronura brasiliensis
     
  17. aardvark250

    aardvark250 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I'm now in 29 species not 14....
     
  18. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Africa Alive! 30th June

    70 Bat Eared Fox - Otocyon magalotis
    71 Fossa - Cryptoprocta ferox
     
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  19. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo - June 30 2018

    36. Asian Black Bear Ursus thibetanus

    8 felines
    1 hyena
    2 mongooses
    8 canines
    6 bears
    1 earless seal
    1 eared seal
    1 Red Panda
    1 skunk
    2 mustelids
    4 raccoons
     
  20. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Best Zoo - 02.07.18

    18. Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
    19. Jaguar (Panthera onca)
    20. Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya)
    21. Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)
    22. Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)
    23. Yellow-throated Marten (Martes flavigula)
    24. Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)