Antelope and Gazelles in North American Zoos

Does anyone know which zoos keep which antelope and gazelle species in North America and, if possible, their numbers?

 

I would recommend this link as a starting point. It has the program status of all managed ungulate programs in the AZA. For each species it says the amount of institutions and population. Yet it does not break it down as specific as you requested above.

Ungulate Profiles — AZA Ungulates

 

It does not mention all ungulate species in Us Zoos like Bay duiker

 

The San Deigo zoo and Safari park have nice collections

 

As I said, it is only for managed populations of ungulates. Yes there are some species such as bay duiker that may have small populations or even species such as blackbuck that are fairly common, yet since they do not have a studbook they will not be included. Aza can only manage so many species, given the low interest in many ungulates and the lack of sustainability in many of those populations.

 

As this is right up my alley, I'll share some of what I know so that you can get a little better picture...For the United States:

Nilgai (12 collections):
TOTAL: 20.64

Lowland Nyala (21 collections):
TOTAL: 52.86


Southern Lesser Kudu (12 collections):
TOTAL: 39.37

Kéwel (1 collection):
TOTAL: 6.3

Speke’s Sitatunga (12 Collections):
TOTAL: 26.60.3

Eastern Bongo (42 collections):
TOTAL: 62.133.1

Greater Kudu (32 collections):
TOTAL: 63.141.2

Common Eland (22 collections):
TOTAL: 47.96.14

Eastern Giant Eland (4 collections):
TOTAL: 10.20

Klipspringer (10 collections):
TOTAL: 14.13

Royal Antelope (1 collection):
TOTAL: 0.1

Güenther’s Dik-Dik (3 collections):
TOTAL: 3.0

Kirk’s Dik-Dik (14 collections):
TOTAL: 16.11

Southern Steenbok (4 collections):
TOTAL: 6.10

Southern Gerenuk (10 collections):
TOTAL: 22.31

Springbok (10 collections):
TOTAL: 25.68

Blackbuck (11 collections):
TOTAL: 164.184.139

Nubian Red-fronted Gazelle (1 collection):
TOTAL: 12.25

Thomson's Gazelle (15 collections):
TOTAL: 48.82.1

Grant's Gazelle (5 collections):
TOTAL: 10.17

Addra Gazelle (24 collections):
TOTAL: 63.118

Mhorr Gazelle (1 collection):
TOTAL: 0.1

Nubian Soemmerring's Gazelle (3 collections):
TOTAL: 8.16

Cuvier's Gazelle (2 collections)
TOTAL: 2.2

Slender-horned Gazelle (9 collections):
TOTAL: 23.27

Persian Goitered Gazelle (1 collection):
TOTAL: 0.3

Speke's Gazelle (8 collections):
TOTAL: 30.36

Blue Duiker (15 collections):
TOTAL: 25.23.1

Black Duiker (5 collections):
TOTAL: 10.5

Red-flanked Duiker (12 collections):
TOTAL: 13.18

Western Bay Duiker (3 collections):
TOTAL: 5.12

Yellow-backed Duiker (28 collections):
TOTAL: 35.31

Uganda Kob (2 collections):
TOTAL: 7.18

Ellipsen Waterbuck (16 collections):
TOTAL: 67.99.11

Defassa Waterbuck (2 collections):
TOTAL: 7.9

"Red" Lechwe (5 collections):
TOTAL: 14.45

Nile Lechwe (9 collections):
TOTAL: 43.60

Impala (15 collections):
TOTAL: 31.110.3

Lelwel Hartebeest (1 collection):
TOTAL: 1.0

Bontebok (14 collections):
TOTAL: 17.23.12

Blesbok (2 collections):
TOTAL: 1.5

Black Wildebeest (2 collections):
TOTAL: 1.3.13

Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (21 collections):
TOTAL: 70.111.40

Addax (27 collections):
TOTAL: 100.183.7

Scimitar-horned Oryx (23 collections):
TOTAL: 91.192.27

Beisa Oryx (3 collections):
TOTAL: 3.18.3

Fringe-eared Oryx (3 collections):
TOTAL: 3.26

Gemsbok (10 collections):
TOTAL: 16.45.6

Arabian Oryx (10 collections):
TOTAL: 23.70

Roan Antelope (8 collections):
TOTAL: 36.54.1

Sable Antelope (18 collections):
TOTAL: 44.108

 

This is all going to grow really big once the updates come in, so i've taken upon myself to create a document where we can edit for periods without having to clutter this up with constsnt update (Google Docs - create and edit documents online, for free.)

 

For the AZA only? I have a heard believing that the number of Bongo holders is over twice that of Nilgai.

 

You mean a herd time.
actually that seems right to me

 

Some of the "Hunting" ranches in the USA have extensive antelope collections would that be included in the above listing?

 

no

 

I have seen some of the websites of these hunting ranches and I was really surprised at the number of different species being held even some really rare and highly endangered species

 

Curious, what collections are these at?

 

I'm not really surprised... I've seen lots of Bongo, but never Nilgai. I suspect the lower numbers of Nilgai is largely due to the fact the Nilgai is not managed by AZA, whereas the Bongo has a yellow SSP.

The one that surprises me is Blackbuck. 487 animals between 11 facilities, which spread evenly is 44 animals a facility!

 

Royal Antelope is kept at Brookfield.

This surprises me too, but for the opposite reason! Blackbuck and Nilgai are the antelope species I most commonly see in zoos, so it surprises me they are so rare.

 

Looking through the ZooChat galleries, I found at least 20 zoos in the US and Canada with Nilgai.

 

This is not a comprehensive list (e.g. I know of at least two other holders of black wildebeest, but I do not know the exact numbers that they hold), and it features statistics from mostly AZA collections with a few of the higher profile non-AZA collections, such as Bright's Zoo, Wildlife World Zoo, Montgomery Zoo, etc., in the United States only. This would likely explain why the number of bongo holders is much higher than that of nilgai. The bongo is a critically endangered species with a Species Survival Plan that is very attractive and easily managed, so while the nilgai is also an easily managed species, they do not have much conservation value and they are not conventionally attractive. As such, the majority of nilgai in AZA collections have slowly been phased out and/or dispersed into private hands. They are, indeed, quite common in non-AZA facilities, and if you included every one of those facilities, it is likely that there would be more holders of nilgai than bongo.

 

For some species there were/are more in Texas than in the wild: scimitar horned oryx, addra, addax but like anything else that made too much sense

The End of Hunting for Exotic, Endangered Antelopes

but luckily
How hunting rare, exotic animals in Texas increases their value

 

Disgusting isn't it?

 

There's only one Gunther's Dik-Dik left.

The hartebeest is at Lion County Safari in Florida.

~Thylo