Reading the discussion on this thread, I though about how infrequently non-domestic caprines are in zoos in the US and Canada, especially when you consider that there are several native species (and a few more introduced). Here I have attempted to make a complete list of Caprines found in North American collections. I have decided not to include Domestic Sheep or Domestic Goats in this thread. To keep this thread current, only information from 2016 onwards has been used in this thread. Information about missing holders or species, or information about populations and subspecies welcome. There are disappointingly few zoos keeping these species. The most common species are: Bighorn Sheep (14 holders), Aoudad (16 holders), and Takin (17 holders). Takin (17 holders) Assiniboine Park Zoo (tibetana) Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens (tibetana) Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (tibetana) Edmonton Valley Zoo (tibetana) Lincoln Park Zoo (tibetana) Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (tibetana) Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden (tibetana) Metro Richmond Zoo (bedfordi) Minnesota Zoo (tibetana) Parc Safari (tibetana) Peoria Zoo (tibetana) Riverview Park and Zoo (tibetana) Roger Williams Park Zoo (tibetana) Saint Louis Zoo (tibetana) San Diego Zoo (tibetana) Tennessee Safari Park (tibetana) The Wilds (tibetana) Musk Ox (8 holders) Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center Alaska Zoo Assiniboine Park Zoo Calgary Zoo Minnesota Zoo Musk Ox Farm Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Sauvage Zoo of Saint-Felicien Aoudad (16 holders) African Lion Safari Dallas Zoo (blainei) Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (blainei) Fresco Chaffee Zoo High Park Zoo Lehigh Valley Zoo Roger Williams Park Zoo (blainei) Safari Wilderness San Diego Zoo Safari Park Shalom Wildlife Zoo Southwick's Zoo Special Memories Zoo Timbavati Wildlife Park Toronto Zoo Wilderness Trails Zoo York's Wild Kingdom West Caucasian Tur (1 holder) Racine Zoo Markhor (8 holders) Assiniboine Park Zoo Bronx Zoo (heptneri) Calgary Zoo Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (heptneri) Metro Richmond Zoo Stone Zoo (heptneri) Utah's Hogle Zoo (heptneri) Alpine Ibex (2 holders) Assiniboine Park Zoo Calgary Zoo Nubian Ibex (3 holders) Bronx Zoo Fort Worth Zoo San Diego Zoo Siberian Ibex (1 holder) Sauvage Zoo of Saint-Felicien Himalayan Tahr (3 holders) Akron Zoo Bronx Zoo Metro Richmond Zoo Bighorn Sheep (14 holders) Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (nelsoni) Calgary Zoo California Living Museum (nelsoni) Denver Zoo Edmonton Valley Zoo Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (canadensis) Metro Richmond Zoo Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (canadensis) Phoenix Zoo San Diego Zoo Safari Park (nelsoni) Sauvage Zoo of Saint-Felicien Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Zoo The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (nelsoni) Dall Sheep (7 holders) Alaska Zoo Calgary Zoo Como Park Zoo and Conservatory Denver Zoo Lynnwood Park Zoo Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo Shalom Wildlife Zoo European Mouflon (4 holders) Animal Haven Zoo DeYoung Family Zoo Lupa Zoo Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Zoo Wild Sheep (5 holders) Metro Richmond Zoo (gmelini) Minnesota Zoo (arkal) Saint Louis Zoo (arkal) San Diego Zoo Safari Park Utica Zoo Japanese Serow (2 holders) Calgary Zoo Trevor Zoo Chinese Goral (4 holders) Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (arnouxianus) Oglebay's Good Zoo (arnouxianus) Saint Louis Zoo (arnouxianus) The Wilds (arnouxianus) Mountain Goat (6 holders) Alaska Zoo Calgary Zoo Northwest Trek Wildlife Park Oregon Zoo Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Zoo Woodland Park Zoo Chamois (1 holder) Toronto Zoo
I'll have to double check, but that seems like a sizeable undercount for Takin holders. Maybe for Nubian Ibex and Markhor as well, although institutions have largely been phasing those out while Takin are largely getting phased in.
African Lion Safari holds Takin, Markhor, Tahr and Aoudad. The Yukon Wildlife Preserve houses Muskox, Mountain Goat, Dall's Sheep and Stone Sheep. Greater Vancouver Zoo holds Aoudad, Muskox and Mountain Goat Toronto houses West Caucasian Tur (and a rather large breeding group, at that)
Update: Takin (18 holders) African Lion Safari Assiniboine Park Zoo (tibetana) Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens (tibetana) Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (tibetana) Edmonton Valley Zoo (tibetana) Lincoln Park Zoo (tibetana) Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (tibetana) Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden (tibetana) Metro Richmond Zoo (bedfordi) Minnesota Zoo (tibetana) Parc Safari (tibetana) Peoria Zoo (tibetana) Riverview Park and Zoo (tibetana) Roger Williams Park Zoo (tibetana) Saint Louis Zoo (tibetana) San Diego Zoo (tibetana) Tennessee Safari Park (tibetana) The Wilds (tibetana) Musk Ox (11 holders) Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center Alaska Zoo Assiniboine Park Zoo Calgary Zoo Great Vancouver Zoo Minnesota Zoo Musk Ox Farm Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Safari Niagra Sauvage Zoo of Saint-Felicien Yukon Wildlife Preserve Aoudad (17 holders) African Lion Safari Dallas Zoo (blainei) Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (blainei) Fresco Chaffee Zoo Great Vancouver Zoo High Park Zoo Lehigh Valley Zoo Roger Williams Park Zoo (blainei) Safari Wilderness San Diego Zoo Safari Park Shalom Wildlife Zoo Southwick's Zoo Special Memories Zoo Timbavati Wildlife Park Toronto Zoo Wilderness Trails Zoo York's Wild Kingdom West Caucasian Tur (2 holders) Racine Zoo Toronto Zoo Markhor (9 holders) African Lion Safari Assiniboine Park Zoo Bronx Zoo (heptneri) Calgary Zoo Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (heptneri) Metro Richmond Zoo Stone Zoo (heptneri) Utah's Hogle Zoo (heptneri) Alpine Ibex (2 holders) Assiniboine Park Zoo Calgary Zoo Nubian Ibex (3 holders) Bronx Zoo Fort Worth Zoo San Diego Zoo Siberian Ibex (1 holder) Sauvage Zoo of Saint-Felicien Himalayan Tahr (4 holders) African Lion Safari Akron Zoo Bronx Zoo Metro Richmond Zoo Bighorn Sheep (14 holders) Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (nelsoni) Calgary Zoo California Living Museum (nelsoni) Denver Zoo Edmonton Valley Zoo Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (canadensis) Metro Richmond Zoo Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (canadensis) Phoenix Zoo San Diego Zoo Safari Park (nelsoni) Sauvage Zoo of Saint-Felicien Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Zoo The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (nelsoni) Dall Sheep (8 holders) Alaska Zoo Calgary Zoo Como Park Zoo and Conservatory Denver Zoo Lynnwood Park Zoo Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo Shalom Wildlife Zoo Yukon Wildlife Preserve (dalli, stonei) European Mouflon (4 holders) Animal Haven Zoo DeYoung Family Zoo Lupa Zoo Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Zoo Wild Sheep (5 holders) Metro Richmond Zoo (gmelini) Minnesota Zoo (arkal) Saint Louis Zoo (arkal) San Diego Zoo Safari Park Utica Zoo Japanese Serow (2 holders) Calgary Zoo Trevor Zoo Chinese Goral (4 holders) Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (arnouxianus) Oglebay's Good Zoo (arnouxianus) Saint Louis Zoo (arnouxianus) The Wilds (arnouxianus) Mountain Goat (8 holders) Alaska Zoo Calgary Zoo Great Vancouver Zoo Northwest Trek Wildlife Park Oregon Zoo Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Zoo Woodland Park Zoo Yukon Wildlife Preserve Chamois (1 holder) Toronto Zoo
-More likely than not all the Aoudad you've listed are the same subspecies as that's what the AZA program is for. SDZSP's animals certainly are. -All the Nubian Ibex are ssp. sinaitica from Israel -LA has nelsoni Bighorn Sheep. They have/had a single mexicana female but that ssp is synonymous with nelsoni not the nominate afaik -Urial and Mouflon are not the same species but in either case SDZSP has both gmelini and arkal -Trevor Zoo keeps Japanese Serow, unless their last animal died recently. I know they lost their other five individuals in about a year span somehow, leaving only the oldest. ~Thylo
It's odd no one has noticed that Cincinnati no longer keeps Takin.... but yeah, they left for the master plan.
The Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch outside of San Antonio has Aoudad. Circa 2015, the San Antonio Zoo had Nubian Ibex.
Add for Takin: - Rosamond Gifford Zoo (Syracuse, NY) - Pueblo Zoo (Pueblo, CO) - Rolling Hills Zoo (Salina, KS) - Hemker Wildlife Park (Freeport, MN) - Red River Zoo (Fargo, ND) - Lee Richardson Zoo (Garden City, KS) - Zoo Montana (Billings, MT)
High Park Zoo in Toronto keeps Mouflon. Magnetic Hill in Moncton keeps Aoudad (subspecies unknown) The now-closed Bowmanville Zoo held Aoudad (subspecies unknown)
They've been being split and lumped constantly for a long time now, but I've never considered them the same species. You can read about their taxonomy on @lintworm's thread. ~Thylo
I think I will keep them lumped for the purposes of this thread. Update: Takin (23 holders) African Lion Safari Assiniboine Park Zoo (tibetana) Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (tibetana) Edmonton Valley Zoo (tibetana) Hemker Wildlife Park (tibetana) Lee Richardson Zoo (tibetana) Lincoln Park Zoo (tibetana) Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (tibetana) Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden (tibetana) Metro Richmond Zoo (bedfordi) Minnesota Zoo (tibetana) Parc Safari (tibetana) Peoria Zoo (tibetana) Potawatomi Zoo (tibetana) Pueblo Zoo (tibetana) Red River Zoo (tibetana) Riverview Park and Zoo (tibetana) Roger Williams Park Zoo (tibetana) Rolling Hills Zoo (tibetana) Rosamond Gifford Zoo (tibetana) Saint Louis Zoo (tibetana) San Diego Zoo (tibetana) Tennessee Safari Park (tibetana) The Wilds (tibetana) Zoo Montana (tibetana) Musk Ox (11 holders) Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center Alaska Zoo Assiniboine Park Zoo Calgary Zoo Great Vancouver Zoo Minnesota Zoo Musk Ox Farm Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Safari Niagra Sauvage Zoo of Saint-Felicien Yukon Wildlife Preserve Aoudad (19 holders) African Lion Safari Dallas Zoo (blainei) Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (blainei) Fresco Chaffee Zoo Great Vancouver Zoo High Park Zoo Lehigh Valley Zoo Magnetic Hill Zoo Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch Roger Williams Park Zoo (blainei) Safari Wilderness San Diego Zoo Safari Park (blainei) Shalom Wildlife Zoo Southwick's Zoo Special Memories Zoo Timbavati Wildlife Park Toronto Zoo Wilderness Trails Zoo York's Wild Kingdom West Caucasian Tur (2 holders) Racine Zoo Toronto Zoo Markhor (9 holders) African Lion Safari Assiniboine Park Zoo Bronx Zoo (heptneri) Calgary Zoo Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (heptneri) Metro Richmond Zoo Stone Zoo (heptneri) Utah's Hogle Zoo (heptneri) Alpine Ibex (3 holders) Assiniboine Park Zoo Calgary Zoo Parc Omega Nubian Ibex (3 holders) Bronx Zoo (sinaitica) Fort Worth Zoo (sinaitica) San Diego Zoo (sinaitica) Siberian Ibex (1 holder) Sauvage Zoo of Saint-Felicien Himalayan Tahr (4 holders) African Lion Safari Akron Zoo Bronx Zoo Metro Richmond Zoo Bighorn Sheep (14 holders) Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (nelsoni) Calgary Zoo California Living Museum (nelsoni) Denver Zoo Edmonton Valley Zoo Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (nelsoni) Metro Richmond Zoo Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (canadensis) Phoenix Zoo San Diego Zoo Safari Park (nelsoni) Sauvage Zoo of Saint-Felicien Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Zoo The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (nelsoni) Dall Sheep (8 holders) Alaska Zoo Calgary Zoo Como Park Zoo and Conservatory Denver Zoo Lynnwood Park Zoo Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo Shalom Wildlife Zoo Yukon Wildlife Preserve (dalli, stonei) European Mouflon (4 holders) Animal Haven Zoo DeYoung Family Zoo Lupa Zoo Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Zoo Wild Sheep (6 holders) High Park Zoo Metro Richmond Zoo (gmelini) Minnesota Zoo (arkal) Saint Louis Zoo (arkal) San Diego Zoo Safari Park (gmelini, arkal) Utica Zoo Japanese Serow (2 holders) Calgary Zoo Trevor Zoo Chinese Goral (4 holders) Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (arnouxianus) Oglebay's Good Zoo (arnouxianus) Saint Louis Zoo (arnouxianus) The Wilds (arnouxianus) Mountain Goat (8 holders) Alaska Zoo Calgary Zoo Great Vancouver Zoo Northwest Trek Wildlife Park Oregon Zoo Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Zoo Woodland Park Zoo Yukon Wildlife Preserve Chamois (1 holder) Toronto Zoo
Update of my own: Takin (23 holders) African Lion Safari Assiniboine Park Zoo (tibetana) Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (tibetana) Edmonton Valley Zoo (tibetana) Hemker Wildlife Park (tibetana) Lee Richardson Zoo (tibetana) Lincoln Park Zoo (tibetana) Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (tibetana) Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden (tibetana) Metro Richmond Zoo (bedfordi) Minnesota Zoo (tibetana) Parc Safari (tibetana) Peoria Zoo (tibetana) Potawatomi Zoo (tibetana) Pueblo Zoo (tibetana) Red River Zoo (tibetana) Riverview Park and Zoo (tibetana) Roger Williams Park Zoo (tibetana) Rolling Hills Zoo (tibetana) Rosamond Gifford Zoo (tibetana) Saint Louis Zoo (tibetana) San Diego Zoo (tibetana) Tennessee Safari Park (tibetana) The Wilds (tibetana) Zoo Montana (tibetana) Musk Ox (11 holders) Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center Alaska Zoo Assiniboine Park Zoo Calgary Zoo Great Vancouver Zoo Minnesota Zoo Musk Ox Farm Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Safari Niagra Sauvage Zoo of Saint-Felicien Yukon Wildlife Preserve Aoudad (19 holders) African Lion Safari Dallas Zoo (blainei) Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (blainei) Fresco Chaffee Zoo Great Vancouver Zoo High Park Zoo Lehigh Valley Zoo Magnetic Hill Zoo Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch Roger Williams Park Zoo (blainei) Safari Wilderness San Diego Zoo Safari Park (blainei) Shalom Wildlife Zoo Southwick's Zoo Special Memories Zoo Timbavati Wildlife Park Toronto Zoo Wilderness Trails Zoo York's Wild Kingdom West Caucasian Tur (2 holders) Racine Zoo Toronto Zoo Markhor (9 holders) African Lion Safari Assiniboine Park Zoo Bronx Zoo (heptneri) Calgary Zoo Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (heptneri) Metro Richmond Zoo Stone Zoo (heptneri) Utah's Hogle Zoo (heptneri) Alpine Ibex (3 holders) Assiniboine Park Zoo Calgary Zoo Parc Omega Nubian Ibex (3 holders) Bronx Zoo (sinaitica) Fort Worth Zoo (sinaitica) San Diego Zoo (sinaitica) Siberian Ibex (1 holder) Sauvage Zoo of Saint-Felicien Himalayan Tahr (5 holders) African Lion Safari Akron Zoo Bronx Zoo Granby Zoo Metro Richmond Zoo Bighorn Sheep (14 holders) Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (nelsoni) Calgary Zoo California Living Museum (nelsoni) Denver Zoo Edmonton Valley Zoo Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (nelsoni) Metro Richmond Zoo Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (canadensis) Phoenix Zoo San Diego Zoo Safari Park (nelsoni) Sauvage Zoo of Saint-Felicien Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Zoo The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (nelsoni) Dall Sheep (8 holders) Alaska Zoo Calgary Zoo Como Park Zoo and Conservatory Denver Zoo Lynnwood Park Zoo Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo Shalom Wildlife Zoo Yukon Wildlife Preserve (dalli, stonei) European Mouflon (4 holders) Animal Haven Zoo DeYoung Family Zoo Lupa Zoo Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Zoo Wild Sheep (6 holders) High Park Zoo Metro Richmond Zoo (gmelini) Minnesota Zoo (arkal) Saint Louis Zoo (arkal) San Diego Zoo Safari Park (gmelini, arkal) Utica Zoo Japanese Serow (3 holders) Calgary Zoo Granby Zoo Trevor Zoo Chinese Goral (4 holders) Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (arnouxianus) Oglebay's Good Zoo (arnouxianus) Saint Louis Zoo (arnouxianus) The Wilds (arnouxianus) Mountain Goat (10 holders) Alaska Zoo Calgary Zoo Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Great Vancouver Zoo Northwest Trek Wildlife Park Oregon Zoo Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Zoo Woodland Park Zoo Yukon Wildlife Preserve Chamois (1 holder) Toronto Zoo
This is a really surprising list; the group in general seems as if it used to be fairly common but is suffering from a significant number of phase-out species. I know Brookfield here's held two species (Siberian ibex, Dall sheep) and considered holding two more (Mountain Goats, Takin) but currently has nothing but domestics. Milwaukee used to have Dall sheep as well. Sounds like Takin will soon be the premiere member of this group in zoos.