Aye-aye captive population

If Bellatrix and Smeagol are indeed at Denver then jayjds2 is right about there being 5.8 at DLC

Ichabod died earlier this year

In Madagascar in 2011 there was one female kept at Zoo Ivoloina, and 3 males and 3 females at Tsimbazaza Zoo. Don't know if that's still correct.

All of the others at Ueno are offspring of the original pair except Mafi, who is the son of Hitchcock and one of the daughters produced at Ueno, Tiergarten.

 

So to correct Dave's summary:

Europe = 10.10.1 (split between Germany and the UK (England and Jersey) )

USA = 11.15 (split between Ohio, Colorado, North Carolina, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and California)

Japan = 5.4

Madagascar = 3.4 (assumedly)

This gives a world total of 63 (29.33.1)

 

Is there a possibility that other zoo(s) keep aye-aye(s) without even been considered in this management of aye-ayes. Zoos like in East Asia (including Japan), Africa maybe, or even Russia? or zoos in Europe and North America not members of EAZA or AZA, respectively?

 

Possibly, though that can be said for any species to be honest. I do not doubt that there are multiple bonobos kept by off-the-books zoos, and I already know of the male bonobo Tiby in Cirque Rech and a male and female bonobo in Morelia Zoo, Mexico, none of which are included in the studbook. So yes, there is a chance, but not very likely considering the size of the captive population.

 

Ivoloina received 4 extra Aye-Ayes in 2014, though I am not sure whether these are the animals now in San Diego. As their emergency enclosures etc were all sponsored by San Diego...


The fun thing of Aye-Ayes is that they were once thought to be the rarest of all the lemurs, but currently they appear to be the most widespread lemur species of them all....

 

No, the San Diego animals are from Ueno, DLC and born at San Diego respectively.

 

Thanks, then these 4 Aye-Aye should still be in Ivoloina.

 

I'm assuming they're 2 males and 2 females...?

 

And what was the total number of founders for all this world-wide captive population?

 

I can't tell you for the world, but for the US population, it is as follows:

2.0 imported in 1987
0.2 imported in 1998
1.3 imported in 1991
All are wild caught.

Those all went to the Duke Lemur Center. There could be others that I'm not aware of, though. Five of the founders are still alive.

 

Thank you jayjds2. I thought ShonenJake13 will know this for sure

 

Whoops, I've made a mistake. It was actually 2.0 imported in 1987. Got my numbers mixed up a bit! Sorry

 

One thing j can definitely tell you about the European founding animals is that they were brought to Durrell by the late Gerald Durrell himself. Not sure about individuals though.

 

The Vincennes Zoo in Paris had aye-ayes before Durrell's trip to Madagascar. It also had representatives of all the extant lemur families when I visited in 1988.

 

Baby aye-aye at London has been confirmed as male and named Malcolm.

This changes the world population to:

11.10 in Europe
11.15 in USA
5.4 in Japan
5.6 in Madagascar (assumedly)

 

After a tragic loss, Duke now had only 3.6.
Lemur Center Reeling From Sudden Death Of Four Aye-Ayes

 

The four that have passed are males Merlin and Norman Bates, and females Morticia and Angelique.

 

Article about the Aye-aye's at London Zoo :
Rare Baby Aye-aye Not So Spooky