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Chapultepec Zoo Does anyone have a species list for Chapultepec Zoo?

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  1. carlos55

    carlos55 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Also, a male snow leopard replaced the Sumatran tiger.
     
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    Yes , I remember that came to the zoo just after I'd left but I thought it had been put within the temperate zone in the former puma / Japanese macaque exhibit?
     
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    Yes you are correct on that OC
     
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    Mammal list for Chapultepec Zoo

    Current hoofstock


    Baird's tapir
    Common hippo
    Grant's zebra
    Bactrian camel
    Dromedary camel
    Llama
    Giraffe (not sure what subspecies)
    American bison
    Nilgai
    Nyala
    Lechwe
    Eland
    Waterbuck
    Blackbuck
    Gemsbuck
    Scimitar horned oryx
    Sable antelope
    Impala
    Fallow deer
    Hog deer
    Wapiti
    Red deer
    Sika deer
    White tailed deer
    Red brocket deer
    Collared peccary
    White lipped peccary
    Mouflon
    Big horned sheep

    Historic hoofstock

    African elephant
    White rhino
    Muntjac
    Yak

    Current marsupials

    Red kangaroo
    Grey kangaroo
    Bennett's wallaby

    Current carnivores

    "Bengal" tiger
    African lion
    Leopard
    Snowleopard
    Jaguar
    Puma
    Bobcat
    Margay
    Ocelot
    Caracal
    Brown hyena
    Spotted hyena
    Mexican wolf
    Canadian timber wolf
    African painted dog
    Maned wolf
    Arctic fox
    Grey fox
    Racoon dog
    Racoon
    Ring tailed coati
    Kinkajou
    Cacomixtle
    Spectacled bear
    Brown bear
    American black bear
    Giant panda
    European polecat
    Striped skunk
    Californian sealion

    Historic carnivores

    Sumatran tiger
    Red panda
    Neotropical river otter
    Jaguarundi
    Fennec fox
    Binturong
    Domestic dog / Xoloitzcuintle
    Syrian brown bear
    Polar bear

    Current small mammals

    Teporingo
    Prarie dog
    Capybara
    Patagonian mara
    Agouti
    African crested porcupine
    Egyptian fruit bat

    Current primates

    Orangutang (hybrid)
    Siamang
    Japanese macaque
    Patas monkey
    Hamadryas baboon
    Mandrill
    Mexican spider monkey
    Mexican howler monkey
    Tufted capuchin monkey
    Weeper capuchin monkey
    White faced capuchin monkey
    Bolivian squirrel monkey
    Cotton top tamarin
    Golden headed lion tamarin
    White lipped tamarin

    Historic primates

    Western lowland gorilla
    Common chimpanzee
    Spot nosed guenon
    Crab eating macaque
    Rhesus macaque
    Hanuman langur
    Common marmoset
    Pygmy marmoset
    Emperor tamarin
     
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  5. carlos55

    carlos55 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Add ring tailed lemur to primates
     
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    Cat-Man Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Hi all. I will be visiting the zoo next week for the first time. What are the unmissable areas, and what are the species I should look out for which are unique?
     
  7. Nix

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    The brown hyenas are certainly a must-see!
     
  8. carlos55

    carlos55 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    HERE ARE SOME SPECIES TO LOOK FOR AT CHAPULTEPEC ZOO- MEXICAN DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP, BROWN HYENA. VOLCANO RABBIT, MEXICAN MARGAY, MEXICAN OCELOT, MEXICAN BROCKET DEER, MEXICAN BLACK HOWLER MONKEY, JAPANESE RACCOON DOG, WHITE LIPPED PECCARY, AND CALIFORNIA CONDOR ARE AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS. THE NEW REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN CENTER MAY ALREADY BE OPEN, WITH INTERESTING MEXICAN SPECIES THERE.
     
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    Cat-Man Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Thank you both. Tomorrow is the big day; looking forward to the Pandas, the brown hyena (which I had no idea they had, they’ve avoided me at other collections!) and plenty of Mexican rarities.
     
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    So what species of prairie dog are kept in Chapultepec? Black-tailed or Mexican?
     
  11. Cat-Man

    Cat-Man Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Could anybody please answer these questions:

    - what happened to the last great apes at the zoo? When I visited I noticed there was none there but lots of signage and enclosures clearly set up for them.

    - the Spanish Wikipedia page mentions an incident which caused the elephants to leave? Where were they kept?

    - where were the polar bears kept and are there any plans to replace them?

    - no sign of any leopards when I visited - are they still there?
     
  12. carlos55

    carlos55 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Reply to the questions above,
    I have not seen prairie dogs lately at Chapultepec.
    Chapultepec no longer holds any great apes. Last year an older male orangutan named Jambi died. Great apes are very difficult to obtain for Mexican zoos because of a stupid federal law that prohibits the import of all primate species except for scientific purposes. For the moment there seems to be no intention of bringing back apes to Chapultepec. Guadalajara zoo has a breeding group of Bornean orangutans and Africam Safari Puebla has a breeding group of chimpanzees, which may be a source in the future.
    The elephants went to San Juan de Aragon zoo. The old elephants house is in the center of the zoo, next to the giraffe savana, and will soon become the axolotl and amphibians center.
    The polar bears were kept next where the sea lions are. There are no plans to bring back polar bears now that the species is so scarce in zoos in the. Americas. The last remaining polar bear in Mexico is Ágata at Guadalajara zoo.
    On my recent visits I have seen both the African leopards and our male snow leopard. The leopards came from Havana zoo just like the brown hyenas.
     
  13. oflory

    oflory Well-Known Member 10+ year member Premium Member

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    I'm planning on visiting Mexico this year, with several days in Mexico City. Chapultepec Zoo is a must, and looking through the galleries, Los Coyotes seems like it is worthwhile too.

    Is San Juan de Aragon also worth visiting for species rare in European zoos?

    Thanks!