Hi, At the beginning of May I will be visiting Faunia for the first time and would like to ask some questions. Zootierliste.de lists Hoffmann's two-toed sloth as being currently kept in Faunia with obtaining in 2006 when the specimen came from Lisboa Zoo. Does Faunia still keep this individual ? My second question concerns their Muntjak species. Are those pure Indian muntjaks or wrongly identified Reeves Muntaks ? And my last question - could someone provide complete list of mammal species being kept in nocturnal house ( still Nancy Mas' night monky ? ). I would really appreciate any response to my questions. Jakub
Hi Jakub, I don't have a detailed-enough knowledge of Faunia to answer all your questions, but I can tell you the following - (a) Faunia lists their muntjacs on ISIS/ZIMS as being Indian (Muntiacus muntjak): I don't think they are wrongly identified Reeves'. (b) Yes, Faunia still has a group of Nancy Ma's night monkeys.
Been a while since somebody posted in this thread! Here are some quick notes from my short visit yesterday: - Eastern quoll and Potto among other had been placed as former holdings on zootierliste a few months ago and I indeed couldn't find them anymore (in the case of the quoll, its exhibit was filled with European mink instead for ex.) so I wonder if they left or simply died (they had singletons of both species) - Andean cock-of-the-rock is down to a single individual as it seems like the male died/left as well (unless it is off-show which could be the case as Faunia is known to have animals reappear over time). If true, then that means there is only one sanguinolentus cock-of-the-rock in Europe anymore and just a few in the U.S as well. - Venom House (which used to hold a bunch of snakes and amphibians and slow loris) is closed on weekends if I understand correctly the sign that was placed near to it as they are constructing something (no idea what it is, you can just see poles as of now) nearby. The collared peccary exhibit is also affected by that as there is no peccary there anymore (probably moved off-show during the weekends and back on-show during weekdays) - Mazama signed but not seen, had quite some trouble seeing it (as there seems to only be one individual left) last time I visited as well so this is no surprise. - Black-throated magpie-jay still kept, seen in the African walkthrough (Bosque Africano) but still not signed - New species for the zoo: Lesser Egyptian jerboa, European mink, Crested porcupine, Wild turkey, Pied avocet, Inca jay, Grey-winged trumpeter, Chestnut-eared aracari (4th holder in Europe), Yellow-bellied slider and Serrated casquehead iguana
The last of the quolls died some time ago, yes - not certain what happened with the potto however. That said, I reckon European Mink is a very nice replacement.
Zootierliste says one has been seen at Axe Valley since August 2019 which would fit the dates so maybe that's the one?
I've been today in Faunia. There are good and bad news Good news. They still have the pair of Rupicola peruvianus sanguinolentus (seen the male). New species on show. Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus, Crotalus ravus and Crotalus pyrhus Bad news. The park was simply dirty and exhibitions were (as we say in Spain) "hechas manga por hombro" (my worst visit ever), no longer turacos in the african aviary, the nocturnal area (one of the more interesting) was closed for bad functioning of the lights. The pair of Capito auratus has been sent to Selwo Marina because they don't have any good exhibition for them and they prefer to send them to the better climate of Malaga (asked to one keeper) It was the first time I saw the birds exhibition. I didn't like. Few species, bad information and the narrator... had horchata instead of blood
Why am I not surprised?? I kinda feel like Faunia is getting abandoned by the administration team. As always, the new species and the sanguinolentus yet being there are good news, but I feel like Faunia it's losing its initial charm. When I saw the bird show I thought the exact same... without the horchata part obviously.
