Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Animals No Longer at Cleveland Zoo

I am starting an article about the complete history of Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Does anyone (Team Tapir especially) know any animals that used to be at Cle Zoo?
I know-
Warthog
Hippos (pygmy and Nile)
Malayan and South American tapirs
Pacarana
Double-wattled cassowary and Bruijn's pademelon
Guanacos in the 40s
Striped possums and clouded leopards in PCA and Rainforest/PCA
Matschie's tree kangaroo
Red river hog

 

Mammals the Cleveland Metropark Zoo used to have include:
Chimpanzees
Polar Bears
Kodiak Bears
Rhesus Macaques
White-lipped deer
New Guinea singing dogs
Tarsier
Vampire Bats
Diana Monkeys
Chinese Golden Monkeys
Hamadryas Baboons
caracals
Jaguar
Puma
Aardvarks
Rock Hyrax
Tamandua
Bongo
Prairie Dogs
Duikers
North American Porcupine
White Wallabies
Thomson's gazelle
patagonian cavy
binturongs
Siamang
Pallas Cat
White Rhino

Birds:
Penguins
Rheas
Snowy Owls
Tawny Frogmouth
Secretary Birds
crowned pigeon
Saddle billed stork
Ground hornbill
Pelicans

Hope that helps some!
Please share a link to your article when completed.

 

We have a extensive list ! We'll try to post it all on here tonight.

Team Tapir223

 

Here it is Animals no longer exhibited at the Cleveland Zoo-

Chimpanzee
White handed Gibbon
Hamadryas Baboon
Capuchin Monkey
Green Monkey
Gelada Baboon
Olive Baboon
Emperor Baboon
Greater Spot Nosed Monkey
Diana Monkey
Sooty Mangabey
Rhesus Monkey
Crab Eating Macaque
Pig Tailed Monkey
Drill
Dog Faced Baboon (Yellow)
Blue Monkey
Java Monkey
Wooley Monkey
Patas Monkey
Grey Cheeked Mangabey
Red Capped Mangabey
Owl Monkey
Golden Snub Nosed Monkey
Siamang
Red Howler Monkey
Tarsier
Jaguar
Bengal Tiger
Puma
Bobcat
Geofferys Cat
Pampas Cat
African Civet
Palm Civet
Clouded Leopard
Hyena
Alaskan Huskies
Grey Wolves
Coatis
Aardvarks
Binturong
Siberian Lynx
Pallas Cat
Margay
Kinkajao
Fennec Fox
Striped Skunk
Ground Coscus
Vampire Bats
Chinchilla
Spectacled Languar
Asian Elephant
Bairds Tapir
Malayan Tapir
White Rhino
Reticulated Giraffe
Nile Hippo
Pygmy Hippo
Warthog
Bongo
Barbary Sheep
Pere Davids Deer
Mouflon Sheep
Barashinga Deer
Yak
Eland
Nubian Ibex
Nilgai
Brindled Gnu
Landrace Pig
White Tailed Deer
Impalas
Guanacos
Llamas
Sardian Donkey
American Bison
Pronghorn
Axis Deer
Sika Deer
Sitatunga
Himalayan Tahr
Fallow Deer
Nigerian Dwarf Goat
Hartmanns Mountain Zebra
Patagonian Cavy
Kirks Dik Dik
Indian Water Buffalo
Blesbok
Beisa Oryx
Suni Antelope
Black Duiker
Bay Duiker
Waterbuck
Zebu
Indian Antelope
Wapiti
European Red Deer
Babarusia
Polar Bear
Cassowary
Harpy Eagle
Cinerous Vulture
King Penguin
Roadrunner
Secretary Bird
Barred Owl
Indian Peafowl
Red Jungle Fowl
Saurus Crane
Rhinoceros Hornbill
African Penguin
Humbolt Penguin
King Vulture
Black Vulture
Norther Crested Caracara
White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Golden Eagle
Monkey Faced Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Sulpher Crested Cockatoo
Webers Lorikeet
Blue Throated Amazon Macaw
Green Naped Lorikeet
Crimson Rosella Parakeet
Grey Lag Goose
Grey Catbird
White Crowned Sparrow
Andean Crested Duck
Red Crested Tauracos
Keel-Billed Toucan
Swinhoe Pheasants
Lesser Magellan Goose
Triangular Spotted Pigeons
Albatross
Electus Parrot
Rockhopper Penguin
Kori Bustard
Cattle Egret
Demoiselle Crane
African Yellow Billed Duck
Cape Teal
Wood Stork
Crested Screamers
Lesser Snow Geese
Norther Shoveler
Hawaiin Nene
Humes Pheasant
Ashy Headed Goose
Bewicks Swan
Scarlet Macaw
Albino Robin
Chinese Painted Quail
Milatary Macaw
Screech Owl
Nanday Conure
Burrowing Owl
Spectacled Amazon Parrot
Quaker Parakeet
Barred Dove
Coscaroba Swan
Richardson Goose
Rosybills
Grey Headed Love Bird
White Crested Cockatoo
Red Breasted Goose
Bronze Turkey
Marble Teal
Falcated Teal
Patagonian Creasted Duck
Muscovy Duck
Peach Faced Love Bird
Green Cheeked Conure
Monk Parakeet
Argentine Red Shoveler
Ross Goose
Blue Crowned Pigeon
White Rhea
Grey Rhea
Blue Grey Tanager
Turquoise Tanager
Pintail
Hyacinth Macaw
Andean Cock of the Rock
Pied Dove
Lesser Scaup
Cutthroat Finch
Zebra Finch
Ring Necked Dove
Red Rumped Parakeet
Barred Ground Dove
Australian Ground Dove
Dwarf Turtle Dove
Scaly Feathered Weaver
Catalina Macaw
Schalows Turaco
Chinese Copper Pheasants
Lord Derby Parakeet
Mustached Parakeet
Toco Toucan
Ultramarine Grosbeaks
Purple throated Euphonia
Brown and Yellow Marsh Birds
Green Backed Twinspots
Blue and Yellow Tanagers
Montazuma Quail
Hottentot Teal
Moluccan Cockatoo
Falcated Teal Teal
Plush Crested Jay
Purple Gallinules
Blacksmith Plover
Chuker Partridge
Royal Starling
Fairy Blue Bird
Griffon Vulture
Long Wattled Umbrella Bird
Sand Grouse
Red Headed Barbet
Indian Spotbilled Duck
Pink Backed Pelican
African Spoonbills
Inca Tern
Woodland Kingfisher
Bourkes Parakeet
Bornean Crested Firebacked Pheasants
Green Pigeons
Red Billed Hornbills
Hooded Mergansers
Diamond Dove
Great Blue Heron
Pink Footed Goose
Snowy Egret
Chiloe Wigeon
Silver Teal

Various Reptiles but not many Cleveland has never had a good reptile collection.

Team Tapir223

 

I only remember-
Chimpanzee in the dump (I mean the Primate, Cat and Aquatics Building)
Kirk's Dik-Dik
Both types of hippo
Where did you get these AMAZING lists at?

 

Researched them both at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Library and the Western Reserve Historical Society.

Team Tapir223

 

That's an extensive list. Did they actually have Bengal tigers or were they generic tigers? Why did they display Alaskan huskies? Was it ever common practice for zoos to display domestic dogs? How common are yellow baboons in captivity in the USA in general?

 

Its a very interesting story that the Cleveland Zoo came to exhibit 6 Alaskan Huskies in 1927.In 1925 doctors in Nome Alaska realized that a potentially deadly diphtheria epidemic was poised to sweep through Nome's population.The only serum was located in Seattle,Washington over 2,800 miles away.The engine of the only aircraft that could quickly deliver the serum was frozen and would not start.A decision was made to use multiple dog sled relay teams.A team led by a dog named Balto arrived in Nome on February,2,1925.The dogs were courageous throughout the treacherous journey.The dogs became national heroes for a hot minute but only some 10 months later were sold to the highest bidder and put in a deplorable side show Circus in Southern California.While visiting Los Angeles George Kimble a former prize fighter turned businessman was shocked to see the condition the dogs were in.Kimble then worked out a deal with the help of a local newspaper the Plain Dealer to bring the dogs to the Cleveland Zoo where they would retire to live out the remainder of their lives at the zoo.

Team Tapir223

 

Old Zoo archives make references to Bengal Tigers however its unclear whether they are pure Bengals.Let me try to see what I can find out about Yellow Baboons.

Team Tapir223

 

Thanks Team Tapir for the great info!
Do you know where in the zoo the dogs were kept? Not by the current wolf exhibit, right? Were both Balto and Togo among the dogs? Were zoo guests able to pet or interact with the dogs?
Also can anyone visit the Cleveland Zoo library or do you need to know someone? Thanks!

 

The dogs were housed main building which stood near the parking lot behind the current amur leopard exhibit from 1907-1979.As far as the library I do not believe its open to the public anymore but I used to work at the zoo and know quite a few people.

Team Tapir223

 

Amur Leopards

The Cleveland Zoo does not have Amur leopards. Maybe you mean Amur tigers?

 

Yes they do have one male Amur Leopard housed in the caged exhibit next to Monkey Island.

Team Tapir223

 

I'm pretty sure they have a Persian leopard rather than an Amur.

 

Correct ! We stand corrected ! Panthera Pardus Saxicolor (Persian Leopard)

Team Tapir223

 

Fire-bellied toad

Visiting the RainForest today, I noticed that the tank between the little theater and the Tropical Rainstorm across from one of the roundabouts (I think the box turtle one), which once held firebellied toads has tentacled snakes now. I wonder if they got them from Erie.

 

species of Cleveland Zoo past

Hartmann's Mountian Zebra

Striped Hyena

Black-necked Swan

Coscoroba Swan

Magellan Goose

Orinoco Goose

Cougar

Mayalan Tapir

Black Leopard

White Rhinoceros

Pere David's Deer

Nilgai

Himalayan Tahr

Axis Deer

Sarus Crane

Keel-billed Toucan

King Penguin

Cereopsis Goose

( the zoo was my playground/ and learning center before all the present day traps)

 

more of the past

Water Buffalo

Yak

American Bison

 

also they did have an Egyptian Vulture once. Also Indian Elephant too. And American Alligators, 2 Mountian Lions, the Hyena species was the beautiful Striped Hyena (which also had pup's. Surprisely they had an incredible bird collection at one time too. The waterfowl collection was superb!!! Sadly the zoo now is nothing what zoo once was. They a just making the "zoo" a large park for people to be entertained like a Disney land theme park, and the animals are now an after thought! Way to much being done to amuse the public while picking their pockets all in the name of conservation!