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Animals You've Seen That Few Zoochatters Have Seen

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  1. elefante

    elefante Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    My thinking with the albatross is that I don't think they are that common in zoos and in general, I'm guessing a lot of people haven't seen them. Our tour guide said we were lucky to see one as he had rarely seen them. The margay was included because I know they're very rare in U.S. zoos but didn't know how common they were outside of the U.S. The one I saw was at a wildlife sanctuary in Costa Rica.
     
  2. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I have ten species on my list plus another one (Indian Ocean Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri which I've seen but don't count because they were too far away to make me comfortable about it):

    Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
    Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
    Snowy Wandering Albatross Diomedea chionoptera
    Gibson's Wandering Albatross Diomedea gibsoni
    Antipodean Wandering Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
    Subantarctic Black-browed Mollymawk Thalassarche melanophrys
    Campbell Island Black-browed Mollymawk Thalassarche impavida
    NZ White-capped Mollymawk Thalassarche steadi
    Salvin's Mollymawk Thalassarche salvini
    Southern Buller's Mollymawk Thalassarche bulleri
     
  3. MurphyFox

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    Many of the European or Asian (living in Asia) ZooChatters probably have seen it, but most North American ZooChatters probably haven't seen the Eurasian Otter in captivity (I saw three at the Atlantic Sea-Park in Alesund, Norway). Also I have seen the African Clawless Otter at the Metro Richmond Zoo and the American Marten at ZooAmerica.
     
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  4. Giant Eland

    Giant Eland Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I was fortunate enough to add some mammal rarities to my life list from two recent trips I took in April and May:

    Note this includes species seen both in captivity and the wild and I didn't include any bats yet because I wanted to be more sure of species IDs first.


    1. Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) -ZooDom

    2. Hispaniolan hutia (Plagiodontia aedium) -ZooDom

    3. Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis) -Acuario Rodadero

    4. little red brocket (Mazama rufina) -Quito Zoo

    5. taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis) -Huachipa Zoo

    6. olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina) -Quito Zoo

    7. western mountain coati (Nasuella olivacea) -Bioparque La Reserva

    8. Andean white-eared opossum (Didelphis pernigra) -Quito Zoo

    9. brown-eared woolly opossum (Caluromys lanatus) -Las Leyendas

    10. Peruvian white-fronted capuchin (Cebus yuracus) -Quito Zoo

    11. Humboldt's squirrel monkey (Saimiri cassiquiarensis) -Quito Zoo

    12. Brumback's night monkey (Aotus brumbacki) -Los Occaros

    13. Lucifer titi (Cheracebus lucifer) -Cafam Melgar

    14. black titi (Cheracebus lugens) -Los Occaros

    15. ornate titi (Plecturocebus ornatus) -Cali Zoo

    16. mottle-faced tamarin (Saguinus inustus) -Los Occaros

    17. Colombian woolly monkey (Lagothrix lugens) -Santacruz Zoo

    18. Miller's saki (Pithecia milleri) -Cafam Melgar

    19. white-sided jackrabbit (Lepus callotis) (wild)

    20. white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii) (wild)

    21. mountain cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii) (wild)

    22. Perdido Key beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis) -Palm Beach Zoo

    23. yellow-nosed cotton rat (Sigmodon ochrognathus) (wild)

    24. desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus) -Wildlife World Zoo

    25. southern pocket gopher (Thomomys umbrinus) (wild)

    26. Uinta ground squirrel (Urocitellus armatus) (wild)

    27. spotted ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus spilosoma) (wild)

    28. Mexican fox squirrel (Sciurus nayaritensis) (wild)

    29. Abert's squirrel, or tassel-eared squirrel (Sciurus aberti) (wild)

    30. Hopi chipmunk (Neotamias rufus) (wild)

    31. Uinta chipmunk (Neotamias umbrinus) (wild)

    32. Mexican prairie dog (Cynomys mexicanus)

    33. Utah prairie dog (Cynomys parvidens) (wild)

    34. Gunnison's prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni) (wild)

    35. white-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus) (wild)

    36. large-headed capuchin (Sapajus macrocephalus) -Barranquilla Zoo



    If you'd like, let me know how many of the 36 you already had!
     
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  5. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Which ones were wild?

    BTW, I have seen NONE of those animals.
     
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  6. Giant Eland

    Giant Eland Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I edited to indicate which ones were wild, and exactly where I saw the captive ones.

    And haha yea I'd imagine when I'm adding to my existing 1120 species they will mostly be ones not too many people have seen! Although I still have a fairly common one missing in Muskrat :(, and still waiting for Eastern or European Mole photos.
     
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  7. Giant Eland

    Giant Eland Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Another update from a month-long journey to Africa- still sorting out many of the smaller mammals, but for now:

    1. Malbrouck
    2. Puku
    3. Lichtenstein's hartebeest
    4. Scrub Hare
    5. Sharpe's Grysbok
    6. Common Reedbuck
    7. Bohor Reedbuck
    8. Imbabala or Cape Bushbuck
    9. Four-toed elephant shrew
    10. Bushy-tailed Mongoose
    11. Mutable sun squirrel
    12. Red bush squirrel
    13. Heaviside's dolphin
    14. Karoo bush rat
    15. Geoffry's Horseshoe bat
    16. Riverine rabbit
    17. Hewitt's red rock rabbit
    18. Lesueur's hairy bat
    19. Long-tailed serotine
    20. Southern right whale
    21. Cape grysbok
    22. Cape gray mongoose
    23. Bryde's whale
    24. Walia ibex
    25. Typical vlei rat
    26. Big-headed African mole-rat
    27. Bale monkey
    28. Giant forest hog
    29. Stark's hare
    30. Ethiopian wolf
    31. Gambian sun squirrel
    32. Abyssinian hare
    33. Bright's gazelle
    34. Swayne's hartebeest
    35. Mountain Nyala
    36. Menelik’s bushbuck
    37. Blick's grass rat
    38. Abyssinian grass rat
    39. Black-clawed brush-furred rat
    40. Harar dik-dik
    41. Meller's mongoose (?)
    42. Angolan genet (?)

    I need to properly ID the photos of the final 2 species. I know a few of these may only be subspecies but I was excited about them nonetheless haha!
     
  8. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    @Giant Eland - You had better have taken shots of the carnivores and lagomorphs ;)
     
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    I agree completely, but the one I most want to see: the giant forest hog! Those things are so weird/terrifying looking.
     
  10. Great Argus

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    Wow, you certainly have good success finding mammals! Most people would have no clue what most of the list are! :p
     
  11. Giant Eland

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    @TeaLovingDave Oh you KNOW I took photos of everything on the list! :D In fact the only mammal I saw without being able to snap a photo was the slender mongoose in the wild (twice actually). Luckily a species I've seen before in captivity!

    @TinoPup unfortunately this was the worst luck I had with photography! While I did manage a couple, it was at night and I was on the wrong side of the car in the passenger seat so there were too many obstructions in my way :(

    Why thank you @Great Argus! Research, patience, persistence and a little bit of luck never hurt! I managed to photograph between 110 and 120 different wild mammal species in my 4 weeks! Exact number is still up in the air with a number of uncertain IDs for most bats and some rodents.
     
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  12. Junklekitteb

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    I certainly didn’t!
     
  13. amur leopard

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    Which I now have also seen as of today :)
    For me, in the wild, a whole load of Cypriot endemic fauna:

    Cyprus warbler
    Cyprus wheatear
    Cyprus mouse
    Cyprus spiny mouse
    Cypriot mouflon
    Cyprus whip snake
    Troodos lizard
    Cyprus water frog
    Cyprus green toad

    In fact I think that is all the endemics in Cyprus in terms of vertebrates...

    Otherwise, Camargue horses (not really a species, but...), Eleonora's falcon, Cyprus chukar, Amur falcon, Vancouver island marmots.

    In zoos, I guess Chinese pangolins are a highlight as well as Iberian lynx. :)
     
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  14. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    Any photos?

    Also, you are missing one or two Cypriot endemics.
     
  15. amur leopard

    amur leopard Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Afraid not really. This was before I got my camera. which endemics btw?
     
  16. TeaLovingDave

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    Cyprus Scops Owl and Cyprus Water Snake for a start.
     
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  17. Crotalus

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    I’ve been to only a handful of zoos and aquariums: Shedd, National (US), San Diego, Woodland Park, Point Defiance, Seattle Aquarium, Waikiki, and Northwest Trek; but I can’t say I’ve seen any truly unique animals.

    My “best” animals would likely be Hawaiian Monk Seal (Wild and Waikiki) and maybe Golden Grosbeak (Woodland Park). I have doubts about the Grosbeak however, don’t know how common those are (in terms of rarity I mean).

    I was fortunate enough to visit Woodland Park’s fantastic Reptile House before the fire but as I was so young then I neglected to take any photos. :(
     
  18. birdsandbats

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    With that set of zoos under your belt, you've seen a lot of interesting things.
     
  19. Crotalus

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    Unfortunately many of those trips took place after tours of the city the zoo/aquarium is located in so my family, with tired feet, was hesitant to get back to the hotel...;)

    The ones I can best remember because I have been there recently are PDZA, Woodland Park, Seattle Aquarium, and maybe Waikiki. As far as I remember Waikiki had a great collection of Hawaiian fish that might only be exhibited there but alas no photos were taken. :(
     
  20. ThylacineAlive

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    How readily can Cyprus Spiny Mice be seen? I was under the impression that they're thought to be on the brink of extinction and hardly anyone being able to find them, this being why the IUCN lists them as Data Deficient as opposed to endangered.

    Also, I'd love to hear the story behind the marmot! Any photos?

    ~Thylo
     
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