That's quite an achievement actually, to see the second and third rarest species in Europe without having seen a single brown bear. Typing this made me realize though that panda's have surpassed sloth bears in Europe at least in zoos keeping them (9 for sloths, 10 for pandas) and also in individuals (25 for sloths, 30 (or 29) for pandas).
For me: Six-banded armadillo, nine-banded armadillo, Virginia opossum (latter two are common wild animals in the US, but I haven't encountered any living specimens to photograph).
^Come to think of it, I don't think I've seen a Nine-banded armadillo either... Adding more. -Red fox -Any lynx species (besides Bobcat which has also been forever) -Gemsbok -Gaur -Mule deer -Nile crocodile -Haven't seen a Toco toucan or Scimitar-horned oryx in years.
The tapir is relatively commonplace in the US. I think their population is larger than Malayan here. ~Thylo
Common is always depending on one's perspective. For me, baird's tapir, mule deer, Virginia opossums, and gaur are pretty rare species (haven't seen either of them because of it). I believe bottlenose dolphins are quite common in Europe, I don't know the situation in the US.
DISCLAIMER: I’ve only been to the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium (home zoo), National Aviary (second hometown zoo), and the San Antonio Zoo) Fairly common I’ve never seen and would like to see: 1. Jaguars 2. Cougars/Pumas/Mountain Lions 3. Gray Wolves 4. Emperor Penguins 5. Southern White Rhinoceroses 6. Malayan Tapirs 7. Indian Rhinoceroses 8. Bonobos 9. Common Chimpanzees 10. Coquerel’s Sifakas 11. Reticulated Pythons 12. King Cobras 13. Nile Monitor Lizard 14. Crocodile Monitor 15. Gharials 16. Lar Gibbons 17. Spotted Hyenas 18. Dingos 19. Maned Wolves 20. Eurasian Lynx 21. Caracals 22. Servals 23. Fishing Cats 24. Black-Footed Cats 25. Banded Mongooses 26. Coatis 27. Asian-Small Clawed Otters
Continued: 29. Aardvarks 30. Secretary Birds 31. Grey-Crowned Cranes 32. Blue Wildebeest 33. Greater Kudus 34. Warthogs 35. Bactrian Camels 36. Grizzly Bears 37. Asiatic Black Bears 38. Sloth Bears 39. Malayan Sun Bears
The first three I would call far from common. Only a handful of zoos keep the emperors worldwide, same with the shoebills and aardwolves a.f.i.k.. Aren't the bonobos and sifakas also quite rare species even in the US?
Bonobos and sifaka aren't super common but they're around. Sifakas I'd probably call at least somewhat common. ~Thylo
I’ve seen captive beavers active at Taipei Zoo, Kobe Animal Kingdom, Higashiyama Zoo, and Toba Aquarium.
Not sure about the USA,but in Europe these two species are certainly not common.For Bonobos there are ten of which six are in Germany. For Gharials,only eight.None of which I have seen(although I hope to see Bonobos at Twycross soon)and both of which I’d love to see.
Having only been to a small amount of zoos, my list is pretty long. However I'm just going to put down the most surprising ones. Common Chimpanzee Pygmy Hippo (although I will soon hopefully) Sun Bear Spectacled Bear Okapi Aardvark Malayan Tapir Haven't seen an Asian Elephant in ages.
Very. There are probably less than 10 individual animals on public display in the US, and I don;t think any single zoo has more then one. All of the animals are geriatric.
