Animals You've Seen That Few Zoochatters Have Seen

The animals you are looking for must fullfill several criteria :
- the species has to be kept rarely in captivity and then only in zoos rarely visited by ZooChatters - a rare species kept at for example the London Zoo or the Bronx - New York are likely to be seen by a large number of ZooChatters.
- the species has to be rare in the wild and/ or live in a remote area rarely visited by ZooChatters. A species which is rare in for example European or North American zoos but common in the wild in Australia is likely to been seen by a good number of ZooChatters.
- to increase the change to have seen such a species, species kept not anymore in captivity are in favour.
I've been so lucky not only to see a species which fullfill these criteria but even took care for it ! I guess less then 10 ZooChatters have seen it alive and then only the few who visited Walsrode in the 1970s - 1980s. I'm meaning the Yellow-eared parrot, an endangered parrot which onces was almost extinct but by protection measurements it now is luckily again increasing in numbers. The chances it will ever be kept at a western zoo are very small.

 

When did St. Louis keep Baikal Seal?

 

I thought about that a bit, but I was more on the side of "well, not many will see them now.".

I think it is only captive animals.

 

Certainly not the only exception.

 

It doesn't just have to be captive animals. My list only included captive animals because I haven't seen any ultra rare animals in the wild. Unless, like @Great Argus said, we can include the Yellow-billed magpie, which I see flying around my town on a regular basis

 

Lucky.

 

Wild animal:Black-faced spoonbill

 

Wait is the yellow-billed magpie actually considered a rarity? I know it's only found in California but I guess I just assumed zoos outside of the state held it. Heck, I see that bird flying around my school basically every day

 

It is rare. It's only kept in captivity in CA and from what I've read they aren't that common in the wild there either.

 

Well apparently the magpies where I live didn't get the memo

 

Well I'm not 100% sure if this is considered a "rarely seen species" but since the lion taxa has changed again (I think) it's hard to say. The lions at Addis Ababa zoo was what I was going to go with but I'm not entirely sure on the taxa of the group. Last I checked they were just Ethiopian lions.

I've also seen Yellow-billed magpies, Californian condors, Chinese giant salamanders, Mountain tapirs, Tree pangolins, Bald Urakis, and a Spix Guan.

 

In the wild or captive?

 

Both, I've seen the condors in San Diego and Oakland and I also spotted one in Big Sur.

 

I've seen condors too (captive)

 

This is just rude and unfair... I was born too late to ever see the Dvur's hoofstock collection at its best

 

Barton's echidna: Regent's Park
Platypus: Taronga
Four-eyed opossum: Regent's Park
Rufous spiny bandicoot: Regent's Park
Leadbeater's possum: Regent's Park
Giant armadillo: Regent's Park
Golden bamboo lemur: Tzimbazaza
Greater bamboo lemur: Cologne, Vincennes
Angwantibo: Regent's Park
Bald uakari: Cologne (red and white); LA (red)
Neblina uakari: Cologne
Uta Hick's bearded saki: Cologne
Tonkean macaque: Mulhouse, Strassbourg
Red-nosed mouse: Tzimbazaza
Pacarana: Frankfurt
Mountain paca:
Chinese ferret badger: Regent's Park
Baikal seal: Regent's Park
Hawaiian monk seal: Waikiki Aquarium
Olingo: Exmouth, Kilverstone
Mountain and Baird's tapirs: LA
Sumatran rhinoceros: Bronx, LA, Port Lympne
Northern white rhinoceros: Regent's Park
Saiga: Berlin Tierpark, Cologne
Jentinck's duiker: Berlin Tierpark
Commerson's dolphin: Duisburg
Philippine eagle: Planckendael
Kagu: Berlin Zoo
Weka: Berlin Zoo
Tahitian lory: San Diego
White-necked picathartes: Frankfurt, Rotterdam
Grey-necked picathartes: Frankfurt
Iiwi: Honolulu
Plumbeous redstart: Regent's Park
Tuatara: Auckland, Berlin Zoo, Chester
Chinese giant salamander: Regent's Park
Peripatus: Regent's Park

I have seen other 'rare' species, but I'm not sure of their location

 

Is Chinese giant salamander rare? I've seen them as well on several occasions.

 

I´d like to add some rarities to my prior list:
Platypus - Taronga, Sydney Wildlife, Lone Pone Koala Sanctuary
Nabarlek - Teritorry Wildlife Park
Wilkins Rock Wallaby - Teritorry Wildlife Park
Chuditch - Perth Zoo, TWP
Dibbler - Perth Zoo
Golden Snub-nosed Monkey - Hong Kong Ocean Park
Uta Hicks Bearded Saki - Mulhouse Zoo
Saiga - Cologne Zoo
Northern white rhinoceros - Dvur Kralove
Baikal Seal - Leipzig
African Palm Civet - Bojnice Zoo
Banded Palm Civet - RSCC
Tarsier - RSCC, Night Safari Singapore
Spotted Cuscus - Ouwehands Zoo
Chinese and Sunda Pangolin - Leipzig, Night Safari Singapore
Derbys Woolly Opossum - Best Zoo
Chinese and Javan Ferret Badger - Praha + Brno Zoo