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Marsupials in the United States

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  1. birdsandbats

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    Well, it did say "serious inquires only".
     
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    What mouse opossum species?

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    @devilfish mentioned to me there was a big European import of Marmosa murina from Suriname last year, hard to tell from the one photo in the link below, but looks like it could be the same species. In my email to the seller, I tried asking what species specifically it was, or at least location of origin.

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    Any word about the cuscus species? Or possible mouse opossums??
     
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    I was lucky enough to see Linnaeus's mouse opossum (Marmosa murina) at Frankfurt zoo recently, but still hoping to hear about the cuscus species. I plan on doing a road trip from NY to FL at end of the month so could possibly make some house calls haha.
     
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    North Georgia Zoo has Swamp wallabies.
     
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    I know it's not a captive population, but still interesting - there is an introduced population of Brush-Tailed Rock Wallabies on Oahu, which I suppose could potentially end up in zoos.
     
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  11. ThylacineAlive

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    I've always thought they should, considering it'd remove an invasive species as well as start a captive population for an endangered macropod that had a successful program in Europe until the last studbook holder messed it up.

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    Using ZooChat, I have attempted to list here all the species of marsupial kept in the US. As far as I could tell, there are 32 marsupial species kept in captivity in the US. Unfortunately, only 5 of those species have more than 10 holders. Unsurprisingly, the Red Kangaroo is the most common, blowing the other out of the water with 60 holders! :eek:

    Bare-Tailed Woolly Opossum (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Yapok (1 holder)
    Dallas World Aquarium

    White-Eared Opossum (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Common Opossum (1 holder)
    Smithsonian National Zoo

    Virginia Opossum (25 holders)
    Alexandria Zoo
    Animal Gardens Petting Zoo
    Animal Haven Zoo
    Birmingham Zoo
    Blandford Nature Center
    Boonshoft Museum
    Brevard Zoo
    Buttonwood Park Zoo
    California Living Museum
    Fort Worth Zoo
    Henry Vilas Zoo
    Lindsay Wildlife Experience
    Living Desert Zoo & Gardens
    Louisville Zoo
    Orange County Zoo
    Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
    Potawatomi Zoo
    Rosamond Gifford Zoo
    Safari Lake Geneva
    Santa Barbara Zoo
    Shalom Wildlife Zoo
    Southwick’s Zoo
    Sunset Zoo
    Tennessee Aquarium
    Wild Wonders Wildlife Park

    Gray Four-Eyed Opossum (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Gray Short-Tailed Opossum (3 holders)
    Lupa Zoo
    Memphis Zoo
    Miller Park Zoo

    Mouse Opossum (0 holders)
    One of the mouse opossum species is around privately. I don't know which one. It's not currently kept in any zoos as far as I know.

    Tasmanian Devil (5 holders)
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Rio Grande Zoo
    Saint Louis Zoo
    San Diego Zoo
    Toledo Zoo and Aquarium

    Koala (8 holders)
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Palm Beach Zoo
    Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
    San Diego Zoo
    San Francisco Zoo
    Santa Barbara Zoo
    Toledo Zoo and Aquarium

    Common Wombat (2 holders)
    Albuquerque BioPark
    San Diego Zoo

    Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (5 holders)
    Brookfield Zoo
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Memphis Zoo
    San Diego Zoo

    Sulawesi Bear Cuscus (1 holder)
    Memphis Zoo

    New Guinea Ground Cuscus (2 holders)
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    San Diego Zoo

    Northern Common Cuscus (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Ornate Cuscus (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Common Ringtail Possum (1 holder)
    San Diego Zoo

    Striped Possum (0 holders)
    I don’t think there are any in the country anymore. If they are, they are only found in private collections.

    Sugar Glider (12 holders)
    BREC Baton Rouge Zoo
    Charles Paddock Zoo
    Henry Vilas Zoo
    Lake Superior Zoo
    Lincoln Park Zoo
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Lupa Zoo
    Milwaukee County Zoo
    Potawatomi Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    Special Memories Zoo
    Zoo Boise

    Feathertail Glider (2 holders)
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens

    Brush-Tailed Bettong (5 holders)
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Lincoln Park Zoo
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Garden
    Prospect Park Zoo
    San Diego Zoo
    Smithsonian National Zoo

    Long-Nosed Potoroo (1 holder)
    Gladys Porter Zoo

    Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (19 holders)
    Bronx Zoo
    Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Dallas World Aquarium
    Detroit Zoo
    Kansas City Zoo
    Lincoln Children’s Zoo
    Milwaukee County Zoo
    Minnesota Zoo
    Rio Grande Zoo
    Riverbanks Zoo & Gardens
    Roger Williams Park Zoo
    Saint Louis Zoo
    Santa Fe Teaching Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    Stone Zoo
    Woodland Park Zoo
    Zoo Miami

    Agile Wallaby (2 holders)
    Emberwood Farm
    Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium

    Tammar Wallaby (9 holders)
    Buffalo Zoo
    Greensboro Science Center
    Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
    Lehigh Valley Zoo
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Miller Park Zoo
    Oklahoma City Zoo
    Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
    Sedgwick County Zoo

    Parma Wallaby (7 holders)
    Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
    Happy Hollow Zoo
    Kansas City Zoo
    Peoria Zoo
    Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
    San Diego Zoo
    Sunset Zoo

    Bennett’s Wallaby (36 holders)
    Alexandria Zoo
    Animal Gardens Petting Zoo
    Binder Park Zoo
    Blank Park Zoo
    Brookfield Zoo
    Buffalo Zoo
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    Cape May County Zoo
    Charles Paddock Zoo
    Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
    Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Dallas Zoo
    Detroit Zoo
    Erie Zoo
    Grant’s Farm
    Idaho Falls Zoo
    John Ball Zoo
    Lake Superior Zoo
    Lincoln Park Zoo
    Minnesota Zoo
    Peoria Zoo
    Potawatomi Zoo
    Riverbanks Zoo
    Roger Williams Park Zoo
    Rolling Hills Zoo
    Salisbury Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    Smithsonian National Zoo
    Special Memories Zoo
    Sunset Zoo
    Trevor Zoo
    Turtle Back Zoo
    Utica Zoo
    Virginia Zoo
    Washington Park Zoo

    Common Wallaroo (6 holders)
    Binder Park Zoo
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Creation Kingdom Zoo
    Oakland Zoo
    Racine Zoo
    Woodland Park Zoo

    Red Kangaroo (60 holders)
    Animal Haven Zoo
    Barn Hill Preserve
    Bear Den Zoo
    Binder Park Zoo
    Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park
    Bramble Park Zoo
    BREC Baton Rouge Zoo
    Brevard Zoo
    Bronx Zoo
    Brookfield Zoo
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    Capron Park Zoo
    Chahinkapa Zoo
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Denver Zoo
    Detroit Zoo
    Dickerson Park Zoo
    Disney’s Animal Kingdom
    Doc’s Zoo
    Fort Worth Zoo
    Franklin Park Zoo
    Fresno Chaffee Zoo
    Grant’s Farm
    Indian Creek Zoo
    Jo-Don Farms
    Kansas City Zoo
    Lake Superior Zoo
    Lee Richardson Zoo
    Lehigh Valley Zoo
    Lincoln Park Zoo
    Minnesota Zoo
    Monterey Zoo
    Nashville Zoo
    Philadelphia Zoo
    Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
    Potter Park Zoo
    Pueblo Zoo
    Racine Zoo
    Rio Grande Zoo
    Riverbanks Zoo
    Rolling Hills Zoo
    Roosevelt Park Zoo
    Roscommon Zoo
    Sacramento Zoo
    Saint Louis Zoo
    San Antonio Zoo
    San Diego Zoo
    San Francisco Zoo
    Southwick’s Zoo
    Space Farms Zoo & Museum
    Special Memories Zoo
    Staten Island Zoo
    Summerfield Zoo
    Timbavati Wildlife Park
    Tulsa Zoo
    Virginia Safari Park
    Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
    Zoo Atlanta
    Zootastic Park

    Western Gray Kangaroo (7 holders)
    Brookfield Zoo
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Dallas Zoo
    Gladys Porter Zoo
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Potter Park Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park

    Eastern Gray Kangaroo (8 holders)
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    Erie Zoo
    Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo
    Potawatomi Zoo
    Roger Williams Park Zoo
    Saginaw Children’s Zoo
    Turtle Back Zoo
    Virginia Zoo

    Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby (6 holders)
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
    Palm Beach Zoo
    Sacramento Zoo
    San Antonio Zoo
    Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park

    Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby (0 holders)
    No captive individuals left in the US. There is a small feral population on Oahu.

    Swamp Wallaby (4 holders)
    Brevard Zoo
    Disney’s Animal Kingdom
    North Georgia Zoo
    Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium

    Corrections, missed holders/species, or info about population numbers welcome. :)
     
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  13. ThylacineAlive

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    Virginia Opossum- California Living Museum

    Koala- Did LA go out of them?

    Brush-Tailed Bettong- Pretty sure Prospect Park Zoo still keeps these, but could be wrong

    Goodfellow's Tree-Kangaroo- These are gone, SDZ no longer keeps tree-kangaroos

    Red Kangaroo- Bronx Zoo, San Antonio Zoo, Space Farms Zoo & Museum

    Eastern Grey Kangaroo- Roger Williams Park Zoo

    Yellow-Footed Rock-Wallaby- San Antonio Zoo

    ~Thylo
     
  14. birdsandbats

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    Thanks. Even had time to edit the post.
     
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    Cleveland, Tampa, and Miami also have koala
     
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    Bare-Tailed Woolly Opossum (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Yapok (1 holder)
    Dallas World Aquarium

    White-Eared Opossum (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Common Opossum (1 holder)
    Smithsonian National Zoo

    Virginia Opossum (25 holders)
    Alexandria Zoo
    Animal Gardens Petting Zoo
    Animal Haven Zoo
    Birmingham Zoo
    Blandford Nature Center
    Boonshoft Museum
    Brevard Zoo
    Buttonwood Park Zoo
    California Living Museum
    Fort Worth Zoo
    Henry Vilas Zoo
    Lindsay Wildlife Experience
    Living Desert Zoo & Gardens
    Louisville Zoo
    Orange County Zoo
    Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
    Potawatomi Zoo
    Rosamond Gifford Zoo
    Safari Lake Geneva
    Santa Barbara Zoo
    Shalom Wildlife Zoo
    Southwick’s Zoo
    Sunset Zoo
    Tennessee Aquarium
    Wild Wonders Wildlife Park

    Gray Four-Eyed Opossum (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Gray Short-Tailed Opossum (3 holders)
    Lupa Zoo
    Memphis Zoo
    Miller Park Zoo

    Mouse Opossum (0 holders)
    One of the mouse opossum species is around privately. I don't know which one. It's not currently kept in any zoos as far as I know.

    Tasmanian Devil (5 holders)
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Rio Grande Zoo
    Saint Louis Zoo
    San Diego Zoo
    Toledo Zoo and Aquarium

    Koala (11 holders)
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Palm Beach Zoo
    Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
    San Diego Zoo
    San Francisco Zoo
    Santa Barbara Zoo
    Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
    Zoo Miami
    Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park

    Common Wombat (2 holders)
    Albuquerque BioPark
    San Diego Zoo

    Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (5 holders)
    Brookfield Zoo
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Memphis Zoo
    San Diego Zoo

    Sulawesi Bear Cuscus (1 holder)
    Memphis Zoo

    New Guinea Ground Cuscus (2 holders)
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    San Diego Zoo

    Northern Common Cuscus (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Ornate Cuscus (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Common Ringtail Possum (1 holder)
    San Diego Zoo

    Striped Possum (0 holders)
    I don’t think there are any in the country anymore. If they are, they are only found in private collections.

    Sugar Glider (12 holders)
    BREC Baton Rouge Zoo
    Charles Paddock Zoo
    Henry Vilas Zoo
    Lake Superior Zoo
    Lincoln Park Zoo
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Lupa Zoo
    Milwaukee County Zoo
    Potawatomi Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    Special Memories Zoo
    Zoo Boise

    Feathertail Glider (2 holders)
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens

    Brush-Tailed Bettong (5 holders)
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Lincoln Park Zoo
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Garden
    Prospect Park Zoo
    San Diego Zoo
    Smithsonian National Zoo

    Long-Nosed Potoroo (1 holder)
    Gladys Porter Zoo

    Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (19 holders)
    Bronx Zoo
    Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Dallas World Aquarium
    Detroit Zoo
    Kansas City Zoo
    Lincoln Children’s Zoo
    Milwaukee County Zoo
    Minnesota Zoo
    Rio Grande Zoo
    Riverbanks Zoo & Gardens
    Roger Williams Park Zoo
    Saint Louis Zoo
    Santa Fe Teaching Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    Stone Zoo
    Woodland Park Zoo
    Zoo Miami

    Agile Wallaby (2 holders)
    Emberwood Farm
    Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium

    Tammar Wallaby (9 holders)
    Buffalo Zoo
    Greensboro Science Center
    Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
    Lehigh Valley Zoo
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Miller Park Zoo
    Oklahoma City Zoo
    Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
    Sedgwick County Zoo

    Parma Wallaby (7 holders)
    Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
    Happy Hollow Zoo
    Kansas City Zoo
    Peoria Zoo
    Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
    San Diego Zoo
    Sunset Zoo

    Bennett’s Wallaby (36 holders)
    Alexandria Zoo
    Animal Gardens Petting Zoo
    Binder Park Zoo
    Blank Park Zoo
    Brookfield Zoo
    Buffalo Zoo
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    Cape May County Zoo
    Charles Paddock Zoo
    Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
    Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Dallas Zoo
    Detroit Zoo
    Erie Zoo
    Grant’s Farm
    Idaho Falls Zoo
    John Ball Zoo
    Lake Superior Zoo
    Lincoln Park Zoo
    Minnesota Zoo
    Peoria Zoo
    Potawatomi Zoo
    Riverbanks Zoo
    Roger Williams Park Zoo
    Rolling Hills Zoo
    Salisbury Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    Smithsonian National Zoo
    Special Memories Zoo
    Sunset Zoo
    Trevor Zoo
    Turtle Back Zoo
    Utica Zoo
    Virginia Zoo
    Washington Park Zoo

    Common Wallaroo (6 holders)
    Binder Park Zoo
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Creation Kingdom Zoo
    Oakland Zoo
    Racine Zoo
    Woodland Park Zoo

    Red Kangaroo (60 holders)
    Animal Haven Zoo
    Barn Hill Preserve
    Bear Den Zoo
    Binder Park Zoo
    Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park
    Bramble Park Zoo
    BREC Baton Rouge Zoo
    Brevard Zoo
    Bronx Zoo
    Brookfield Zoo
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    Capron Park Zoo
    Chahinkapa Zoo
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Denver Zoo
    Detroit Zoo
    Dickerson Park Zoo
    Disney’s Animal Kingdom
    Doc’s Zoo
    Fort Worth Zoo
    Franklin Park Zoo
    Fresno Chaffee Zoo
    Grant’s Farm
    Indian Creek Zoo
    Jo-Don Farms
    Kansas City Zoo
    Lake Superior Zoo
    Lee Richardson Zoo
    Lehigh Valley Zoo
    Lincoln Park Zoo
    Minnesota Zoo
    Monterey Zoo
    Nashville Zoo
    Philadelphia Zoo
    Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
    Potter Park Zoo
    Pueblo Zoo
    Racine Zoo
    Rio Grande Zoo
    Riverbanks Zoo
    Rolling Hills Zoo
    Roosevelt Park Zoo
    Roscommon Zoo
    Sacramento Zoo
    Saint Louis Zoo
    San Antonio Zoo
    San Diego Zoo
    San Francisco Zoo
    Southwick’s Zoo
    Space Farms Zoo & Museum
    Special Memories Zoo
    Staten Island Zoo
    Summerfield Zoo
    Timbavati Wildlife Park
    Tulsa Zoo
    Virginia Safari Park
    Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
    Zoo Atlanta
    Zootastic Park

    Western Gray Kangaroo (7 holders)
    Brookfield Zoo
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Dallas Zoo
    Gladys Porter Zoo
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Potter Park Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park

    Eastern Gray Kangaroo (8 holders)
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    Erie Zoo
    Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo
    Potawatomi Zoo
    Roger Williams Park Zoo
    Saginaw Children’s Zoo
    Turtle Back Zoo
    Virginia Zoo

    Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby (6 holders)
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
    Palm Beach Zoo
    Sacramento Zoo
    San Antonio Zoo
    Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park

    Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby (0 holders)
    No captive individuals left in the US. There is a small feral population on Oahu.

    Swamp Wallaby (4 holders)
    Brevard Zoo
    Disney’s Animal Kingdom
    North Georgia Zoo
    Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
     
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    Bare-Tailed Woolly Opossum (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Yapok (1 holder)
    Dallas World Aquarium

    White-Eared Opossum (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Common Opossum (1 holder)
    Smithsonian National Zoo

    Virginia Opossum (25 holders)
    Alexandria Zoo
    Animal Gardens Petting Zoo
    Animal Haven Zoo
    Birmingham Zoo
    Blandford Nature Center
    Boonshoft Museum
    Brevard Zoo
    Buttonwood Park Zoo
    California Living Museum
    Fort Worth Zoo
    Henry Vilas Zoo
    Lindsay Wildlife Experience
    Living Desert Zoo & Gardens
    Louisville Zoo
    Orange County Zoo
    Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
    Potawatomi Zoo
    Rosamond Gifford Zoo
    Safari Lake Geneva
    Santa Barbara Zoo
    Shalom Wildlife Zoo
    Southwick’s Zoo
    Sunset Zoo
    Tennessee Aquarium
    Wild Wonders Wildlife Park

    Gray Four-Eyed Opossum (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Gray Short-Tailed Opossum (3 holders)
    Lupa Zoo
    Memphis Zoo
    Miller Park Zoo

    Mouse Opossum (0 holders)
    One of the mouse opossum species is around privately. I don't know which one. It's not currently kept in any zoos as far as I know.

    Tasmanian Devil (5 holders)
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Rio Grande Zoo
    Saint Louis Zoo
    San Diego Zoo
    Toledo Zoo and Aquarium

    Koala (11 holders)
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Palm Beach Zoo
    Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
    San Diego Zoo
    San Francisco Zoo
    Santa Barbara Zoo
    Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
    Zoo Miami
    Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park

    Common Wombat (2 holders)
    Albuquerque BioPark
    San Diego Zoo

    Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (5 holders)
    Brookfield Zoo
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Memphis Zoo
    San Diego Zoo

    Sulawesi Bear Cuscus (1 holder)
    Memphis Zoo

    New Guinea Ground Cuscus (2 holders)
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    San Diego Zoo

    Northern Common Cuscus (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Ornate Cuscus (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Common Ringtail Possum (1 holder)
    San Diego Zoo

    Striped Possum (0 holders)
    I don’t think there are any in the country anymore. If they are, they are only found in private collections.

    Sugar Glider (12 holders)
    BREC Baton Rouge Zoo
    Charles Paddock Zoo
    Henry Vilas Zoo
    Lake Superior Zoo
    Lincoln Park Zoo
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Lupa Zoo
    Milwaukee County Zoo
    Potawatomi Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    Special Memories Zoo
    Zoo Boise

    Feathertail Glider (2 holders)
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens

    Brush-Tailed Bettong (5 holders)
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Lincoln Park Zoo
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Garden
    Prospect Park Zoo
    San Diego Zoo
    Smithsonian National Zoo

    Long-Nosed Potoroo (1 holder)
    Gladys Porter Zoo

    Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (19 holders)
    Bronx Zoo
    Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Dallas World Aquarium
    Detroit Zoo
    Kansas City Zoo
    Lincoln Children’s Zoo
    Milwaukee County Zoo
    Minnesota Zoo
    Rio Grande Zoo
    Riverbanks Zoo & Gardens
    Roger Williams Park Zoo
    Saint Louis Zoo
    Santa Fe Teaching Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    Stone Zoo
    Woodland Park Zoo
    Zoo Miami

    Agile Wallaby (2 holders)
    Emberwood Farm
    Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium

    Tammar Wallaby (9 holders)
    Buffalo Zoo
    Greensboro Science Center
    Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
    Lehigh Valley Zoo
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Miller Park Zoo
    Oklahoma City Zoo
    Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
    Sedgwick County Zoo

    Parma Wallaby (7 holders)
    Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
    Happy Hollow Zoo
    Kansas City Zoo
    Peoria Zoo
    Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
    San Diego Zoo
    Sunset Zoo

    Bennett’s Wallaby (36 holders)
    Alexandria Zoo
    Animal Gardens Petting Zoo
    Binder Park Zoo
    Blank Park Zoo
    Brookfield Zoo
    Buffalo Zoo
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    Cape May County Zoo
    Charles Paddock Zoo
    Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
    Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Dallas Zoo
    Detroit Zoo
    Erie Zoo
    Grant’s Farm
    Idaho Falls Zoo
    John Ball Zoo
    Lake Superior Zoo
    Lincoln Park Zoo
    Minnesota Zoo
    Peoria Zoo
    Potawatomi Zoo
    Riverbanks Zoo
    Roger Williams Park Zoo
    Rolling Hills Zoo
    Salisbury Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    Smithsonian National Zoo
    Special Memories Zoo
    Sunset Zoo
    Trevor Zoo
    Turtle Back Zoo
    Utica Zoo
    Virginia Zoo
    Washington Park Zoo

    Common Wallaroo (6 holders)
    Binder Park Zoo
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Creation Kingdom Zoo
    Oakland Zoo
    Racine Zoo
    Woodland Park Zoo

    Red Kangaroo (60 holders)
    Animal Haven Zoo
    Barn Hill Preserve
    Bear Den Zoo
    Binder Park Zoo
    Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park
    Bramble Park Zoo
    BREC Baton Rouge Zoo
    Brevard Zoo
    Bronx Zoo
    Brookfield Zoo
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    Capron Park Zoo
    Chahinkapa Zoo
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Denver Zoo
    Detroit Zoo
    Dickerson Park Zoo
    Disney’s Animal Kingdom
    Doc’s Zoo
    Fort Worth Zoo
    Franklin Park Zoo
    Fresno Chaffee Zoo
    Grant’s Farm
    Indian Creek Zoo
    Jo-Don Farms
    Kansas City Zoo
    Lake Superior Zoo
    Lee Richardson Zoo
    Lehigh Valley Zoo
    Lincoln Park Zoo
    Minnesota Zoo
    Monterey Zoo
    Nashville Zoo
    Philadelphia Zoo
    Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
    Potter Park Zoo
    Pueblo Zoo
    Racine Zoo
    Rio Grande Zoo
    Riverbanks Zoo
    Rolling Hills Zoo
    Roosevelt Park Zoo
    Roscommon Zoo
    Sacramento Zoo
    Saint Louis Zoo
    San Antonio Zoo
    San Diego Zoo
    San Francisco Zoo
    Southwick’s Zoo
    Space Farms Zoo & Museum
    Special Memories Zoo
    Staten Island Zoo
    Summerfield Zoo
    Timbavati Wildlife Park
    Tulsa Zoo
    Virginia Safari Park
    Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
    Zoo Atlanta
    Zootastic Park

    Western Gray Kangaroo (7 holders)
    Brookfield Zoo
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Dallas Zoo
    Gladys Porter Zoo
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Potter Park Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park

    Eastern Gray Kangaroo (8 holders)
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    Erie Zoo
    Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo
    Potawatomi Zoo
    Roger Williams Park Zoo
    Saginaw Children’s Zoo
    Turtle Back Zoo
    Virginia Zoo

    Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby (6 holders)
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
    Palm Beach Zoo
    Sacramento Zoo
    San Antonio Zoo
    Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park

    Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby (0 holders)
    No captive individuals left in the US. There is a small feral population on Oahu.

    Swamp Wallaby (5 holders)
    Brevard Zoo
    Disney’s Animal Kingdom
    Heritage Park Zoo
    North Georgia Zoo
    Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
     
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  18. Great Argus

    Great Argus Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Zoo Atlanta also holds Virginia Opossum.
     
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  19. drill

    drill Well-Known Member

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    So does Discovery Place Nature and Imagination Station Science Museum in Wilson, NC has gray short-tailed opossum.
     
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  20. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Location:
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    Bare-Tailed Woolly Opossum (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Yapok (1 holder)
    Dallas World Aquarium

    White-Eared Opossum (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Common Opossum (1 holder)
    Smithsonian National Zoo

    Virginia Opossum (28 holders)
    Alexandria Zoo
    Animal Gardens Petting Zoo
    Animal Haven Zoo
    Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
    Birmingham Zoo
    Blandford Nature Center
    Boonshoft Museum
    Brevard Zoo
    Buttonwood Park Zoo
    California Living Museum
    Discovery Place Nature
    Fort Worth Zoo
    Henry Vilas Zoo
    Lindsay Wildlife Experience
    Living Desert Zoo & Gardens
    Louisville Zoo
    Orange County Zoo
    Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
    Potawatomi Zoo
    Rosamond Gifford Zoo
    Safari Lake Geneva
    Santa Barbara Zoo
    Shalom Wildlife Zoo
    Southwick’s Zoo
    Sunset Zoo
    Tennessee Aquarium
    Wild Wonders Wildlife Park
    Zoo Atlanta

    Gray Four-Eyed Opossum (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Gray Short-Tailed Opossum (4 holders)
    Imagination Station Science Museum
    Lupa Zoo
    Memphis Zoo
    Miller Park Zoo

    Mouse Opossum (0 holders)
    One of the mouse opossum species is around privately. I don't know which one. It's not currently kept in any zoos as far as I know.

    Tasmanian Devil (5 holders)
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Rio Grande Zoo
    Saint Louis Zoo
    San Diego Zoo
    Toledo Zoo and Aquarium

    Koala (11 holders)
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Palm Beach Zoo
    Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
    San Diego Zoo
    San Francisco Zoo
    Santa Barbara Zoo
    Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
    Zoo Miami
    Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park

    Common Wombat (2 holders)
    Albuquerque BioPark
    San Diego Zoo

    Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (5 holders)
    Brookfield Zoo
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Memphis Zoo
    San Diego Zoo

    Sulawesi Bear Cuscus (1 holder)
    Memphis Zoo

    New Guinea Ground Cuscus (2 holders)
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    San Diego Zoo

    Northern Common Cuscus (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Ornate Cuscus (0 holders)
    Only kept privately in the US.

    Common Ringtail Possum (1 holder)
    San Diego Zoo

    Striped Possum (0 holders)
    I don’t think there are any in the country anymore. If they are, they are only found in private collections.

    Sugar Glider (12 holders)
    BREC Baton Rouge Zoo
    Charles Paddock Zoo
    Henry Vilas Zoo
    Lake Superior Zoo
    Lincoln Park Zoo
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Lupa Zoo
    Milwaukee County Zoo
    Potawatomi Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    Special Memories Zoo
    Zoo Boise

    Feathertail Glider (2 holders)
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens

    Brush-Tailed Bettong (5 holders)
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Lincoln Park Zoo
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Garden
    Prospect Park Zoo
    San Diego Zoo
    Smithsonian National Zoo

    Long-Nosed Potoroo (1 holder)
    Gladys Porter Zoo

    Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (19 holders)
    Bronx Zoo
    Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Dallas World Aquarium
    Detroit Zoo
    Kansas City Zoo
    Lincoln Children’s Zoo
    Milwaukee County Zoo
    Minnesota Zoo
    Rio Grande Zoo
    Riverbanks Zoo & Gardens
    Roger Williams Park Zoo
    Saint Louis Zoo
    Santa Fe Teaching Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    Stone Zoo
    Woodland Park Zoo
    Zoo Miami

    Agile Wallaby (2 holders)
    Emberwood Farm
    Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium

    Tammar Wallaby (9 holders)
    Buffalo Zoo
    Greensboro Science Center
    Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
    Lehigh Valley Zoo
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Miller Park Zoo
    Oklahoma City Zoo
    Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
    Sedgwick County Zoo

    Parma Wallaby (7 holders)
    Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
    Happy Hollow Zoo
    Kansas City Zoo
    Peoria Zoo
    Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
    San Diego Zoo
    Sunset Zoo

    Bennett’s Wallaby (36 holders)
    Alexandria Zoo
    Animal Gardens Petting Zoo
    Binder Park Zoo
    Blank Park Zoo
    Brookfield Zoo
    Buffalo Zoo
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    Cape May County Zoo
    Charles Paddock Zoo
    Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
    Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Dallas Zoo
    Detroit Zoo
    Erie Zoo
    Grant’s Farm
    Idaho Falls Zoo
    John Ball Zoo
    Lake Superior Zoo
    Lincoln Park Zoo
    Minnesota Zoo
    Peoria Zoo
    Potawatomi Zoo
    Riverbanks Zoo
    Roger Williams Park Zoo
    Rolling Hills Zoo
    Salisbury Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    Smithsonian National Zoo
    Special Memories Zoo
    Sunset Zoo
    Trevor Zoo
    Turtle Back Zoo
    Utica Zoo
    Virginia Zoo
    Washington Park Zoo

    Common Wallaroo (6 holders)
    Binder Park Zoo
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Creation Kingdom Zoo
    Oakland Zoo
    Racine Zoo
    Woodland Park Zoo

    Red Kangaroo (60 holders)
    Animal Haven Zoo
    Barn Hill Preserve
    Bear Den Zoo
    Binder Park Zoo
    Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park
    Bramble Park Zoo
    BREC Baton Rouge Zoo
    Brevard Zoo
    Bronx Zoo
    Brookfield Zoo
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    Capron Park Zoo
    Chahinkapa Zoo
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
    Denver Zoo
    Detroit Zoo
    Dickerson Park Zoo
    Disney’s Animal Kingdom
    Doc’s Zoo
    Fort Worth Zoo
    Franklin Park Zoo
    Fresno Chaffee Zoo
    Grant’s Farm
    Indian Creek Zoo
    Jo-Don Farms
    Kansas City Zoo
    Lake Superior Zoo
    Lee Richardson Zoo
    Lehigh Valley Zoo
    Lincoln Park Zoo
    Minnesota Zoo
    Monterey Zoo
    Nashville Zoo
    Philadelphia Zoo
    Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
    Potter Park Zoo
    Pueblo Zoo
    Racine Zoo
    Rio Grande Zoo
    Riverbanks Zoo
    Rolling Hills Zoo
    Roosevelt Park Zoo
    Roscommon Zoo
    Sacramento Zoo
    Saint Louis Zoo
    San Antonio Zoo
    San Diego Zoo
    San Francisco Zoo
    Southwick’s Zoo
    Space Farms Zoo & Museum
    Special Memories Zoo
    Staten Island Zoo
    Summerfield Zoo
    Timbavati Wildlife Park
    Tulsa Zoo
    Virginia Safari Park
    Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
    Zoo Atlanta
    Zootastic Park

    Western Gray Kangaroo (7 holders)
    Brookfield Zoo
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Dallas Zoo
    Gladys Porter Zoo
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Potter Park Zoo
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park

    Eastern Gray Kangaroo (8 holders)
    Busch Gardens Tampa
    Erie Zoo
    Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo
    Potawatomi Zoo
    Roger Williams Park Zoo
    Saginaw Children’s Zoo
    Turtle Back Zoo
    Virginia Zoo

    Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby (6 holders)
    Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
    Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
    Palm Beach Zoo
    Sacramento Zoo
    San Antonio Zoo
    Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park

    Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby (0 holders)
    No captive individuals left in the US. There is a small feral population on Oahu.

    Swamp Wallaby (5 holders)
    Brevard Zoo
    Disney’s Animal Kingdom
    Heritage Park Zoo
    North Georgia Zoo
    Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
     
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