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    natel12 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    The zoo does not have the red knees tarantula anymore the marine toad is in that exhibit
     
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    I hope they fill that exhibit at some point. Especially since you have to go through that exhibit. At one point the National Aviary sponsored that exhibit and multiple species lived there.
     
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    Note: this is all I know and I can say there are more species these are the ones I know the zoo has

    Pittsburgh zoo off exhibit species
    Fennec fox (2)
    Binturong (1)
    Tree kangaroo (1)
    Kinkajou (2)
    Prehensile tailed porcupine (1)
    Lesser Madagascar hedgehog tenrec (3)
    Red ruffed lemur (2)
    African hedgehog (> or = to 1)
    White bellied pangolin (3)
    Domestic rabbit (4or5)
    Chinchilla (5)
    Guinea pig
    Eastern screech owl
    Barn owl
    Great horned owl
    Scarlet macaw
    Blue and gold macaw
    Mandarin duck
    Leopard gecko
    Bearded dragon
    Ball python
    Corn snake
    Eastern box turtle
    Black rat snake
    Pancake tortoise
    Hingeback tortoise
    American alligator
    Blue tounged skink
    Boa constrictor
     
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    UPDATES FOR OFF EXHIBIT AND COLOBUS NUMBERS:
    The zoo actually has 6 colobus instead of 3.
    Here are the other off exhibit species:
    Cotton topped tamarin: 5
    Milk frog
    Three banded armadillo
    Kestrels
    Tarantulas (not sure of subspecies)
     
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    I wish the binturong was incorporated in Jungle Odyssey.
     
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    Yes that would be a good idea but she was brought to Pittsburgh to be an ambassador for her species. The islands could have also worked
     
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    There are also two hedgehogs and
    5 rabbits
     
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    The zooo has two silvery cheeked hornbills
     
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    for some animals you list I know there is more than one species or one ssp in American zoos, can you narrow them down?

    3 banded armadillo--American zoos usually have Brazilian (tricinctus) or southern/La Plata (matacus) species; latter is more common, but I know of at least 4 Texan locations including Dallas hold Brazilian

    binturong--some collections hold Bornean (pageli), Javan (penicillatus), or Palawan (whitei), held at San Diego; Virginia; and Bronx respectively

    black rhino--eastern (michaeli) and southern (minor) races both common in AZA zoos

    b&w colobus--Tanzanian (angolensis palliatus), Sclater's (angolensis angolensis), and Kikuyu (guereza kikuyuensis) are all common in AZA zoos

    dama gazelle--addra (ruficollis) is more common, but some zoos hold Mhorr (mhorr) race

    ocelot--northern (pardalis pardalis) or Brazilian (pardalis mitis) race?

    red panda--western (fulgens fulgens) and eastern (fulgens styani) are both in AZA zoos; former is more common, latter I know is at Houston and San Diego

    river otter--I don't know how many subspecies are kept distinct in AZA breeding, but San Diego keeps the pacifica race

    tree kangaroo--Goodfellows (goodfellowi) and Huon (matschiei) are common in AZA collections; bennettianus and inustus species I know have been in USA in past (maybe present)
     
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    Goodfellow's are gone and i would assume the last two also
     
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    The two red pandas are fulgens styani.