I finally found what seems like JAZA's studbooks. However I do not know what the R,star, circle, not the triangle means nor have I used google translate to find answers. http://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/kensetsu/cmsfiles/contents/0000429/429032/siryou1-2.pdf
Thanks for sharing. Do you know by any chance what these CIRCLES signify? Any further information on studbook holders and keepers in the region?
The key is at the bottom: R: "domestic pedigree registration" (i.e. a local Japanese studbook) Star: "species with international pedigree registration" Circle: "currently breeding at Tennoji Zoo" Triangle: "breeding in the last five years at Tennoji Zoo" The species are colour-coded too: pink means it is part of a JAZA Species Management Programme; blue means there is a JAZA studbook.
Thanks Chli, come to think of it the triangle might mean phased out animal considering that they didn't have the orangutan and rock hopper penguins when I went there. I find this list very weird in my humble opinion. There are some common animals such as capybara and small-clawed otter listed while common animals such as red kangaroo, fennec fox, or ring tailed lemur are not. Or there are animals found only in two Japanese facilities such as Arabian oryx ans Przewalski's wild horse listed, yet animals that are rare in Japan (and probably a part international breeding programs) such as the okapi and addax are not on the list.
What do you mean by information on stud book holders? If you mean the name of the facility then the shortened form of their names are the column. Also rows with thick corners (lion-tail macaque, hooded crane, Chinese alligator, and Okinawa jewel frog) are programs controlled by Tennoji zoo
To Kifaru: I should have added that when copy+pasting the facility names add 動物園, sometimes the first two kanji listed wont help.
