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Chester Zoo Mystery ungulate

Discussion in 'United Kingdom' started by Tapir, 7 Mar 2009.

  1. Cat-Man

    Cat-Man Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    where is this list?

    i came up with some poss species

    duiker, gaur, mountain tapir

    i know these are found in europe, (except mountain tapir) will post some more possis later
     
  2. Cat-Man

    Cat-Man Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    no, they have DIK DIKS
     
  3. Pertinax

    Pertinax Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Now I would get REALLY excited about Saola in particular,- but sadly 99.999% of Chester's mainstream visitors wouldn't, so I think its more likely Pigs will fly :rolleyes:(or Red River Hogs take wing?) than either of these species ever come to Chester. But I can always hope I am wrong.;)
     
  4. Sun Wukong

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    At Leipzig zoo- in a constantly changing form, to make all these zoo geeks from near and far go bonkers...:p
     
  5. Cat-Man

    Cat-Man Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    do you remember it?
     
  6. CZJimmy

    CZJimmy Well-Known Member

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    Cat-man, don't just post a list of random species that don't fit the mentioned criteria.

    Pertinax, Sun Wukong et al are discussing species in depth which fit the profile (realistic or not)
     
  7. Cat-Man

    Cat-Man Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    sorry,

    i rekon mountain tapir will be in with a chance.

    are there any sumatran rhino in europe???
     
  8. redpanda

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    I doubt Chester would bother with mountain tapir as they already have tapir in the collection (although they would fit the cloud forest theme better).

    I don't believe that there are any sumatran rhino outside of indonesia other then those at cincinatti and the individual at white oak.
     
  9. taun

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    I know this cat-man, I was referring to a post by another member who had guessed at a species and was asking the question "was they on about the Mystery Ungulate" not that the DIK-DIK's were, okay I see that it wasn't completely clear.
     
  10. Pertinax

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    If there is one thing this thread proves, its that everyone(well Zoochat folk anyway) loves a mystery. Every so often we come back to trying to guess what this species is, even if it never actually materialises....
     
  11. bongorob

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    almost 9 years since the last post on this thread, I'll try and see if I can find out if the import is still on, although if it is I bet I'll be asked not to mention the species.
     
  12. Fallax

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    9 years is a long time and many ungulates have joined the collection since, it could have been any one of those.
     
  13. FunkyGibbon

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    Except it couldn't because the thread is quite specific that it is an ungulate that wasn't in any public European collection 9 years ago. That presumably narrows it down to zero.
    Furthermore I think there's more chance of Rob actually knowing how many bongos Chester has than of him not knowing what this 'mystery' species is.
     
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    kiang Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I believe the animal was Phillip's dik-dik, that could have been imported from Al-Wabra, but as can now be seen 9 years on, fell through.
    And if i was still a mod, here is where i would close this thread.
     
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  15. Fallax

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    Chester are also the only collection with Indian muntjac, I believe.
     
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    Only collection in the UK - there were about six other holders in Europe last time I checked Zootierliste.
     
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    Thanks for clarifying.
     
  18. SHAVINGTONZOO

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    I've never seen an elephant in Crewe, but I did see one (Asiatic) in Nantwich a few years ago. In a field, as we drove past.

    And a few miles away in Batherton I saw a Red Panda.