Exotic Collection of Taronga Zoo (Including Previous) I've been interested for a while in species which we have lost from Australia. Tonight I was looking through museum digitalized collections, a few specimens mentioned being donated by zoos after their death. From this I decided to search the Australian Museum catalouge for specimens from 'taronga' or 'zoo'. And this is what I got. Ignore the common names as they are based on the specimen and many have changed since their collection. Use the binomial names if you can. Dates are included if the specimen had a date. Specimen Records Mammals Saimiri sciureus | South American Squirrel Monkey Date: 1977-03-30 Zaglossus bartoni | Eastern Long-beaked Echidna Date: 1976-03-18 Dendrolagus matschiei | Huon Tree-kangaroo Panthera onca | Jaguar Date: 1983-02-09 Lycaon pictus Date: 1982-03-16 Spilocuscus maculatus | Short-tailed Spotted Cuscus Date: 1983-05-23 Atherurus macrourus | Asian Brush-tailed Porcupines Myrmecophaga tridactyla | Giant Anteater Ailurus fulgens | Lesser Panda Panthera tigris | Tiger Helarctos malayanus | Sun Bear Leopardus pardalis | Ocelot Castor canadensis | American Beaver Spilocuscus kraemeri | Manus Island Spotted Cuscus Hippopotamus amphibius | Hippopotamus Vicugna vicugna | Vicugna Panthera onca | Jaguar Trachypithecus vetulus | Purple-faced Leaf Monkey Camelus bactrianus | Bactrian Camel Antidorcas marsupialis | Springbok Semnopithecus entellus | Bengal Hanuman Langur Tragulus javanicus | Java Mousedeer Capra falconeri | Markhor Cynomys ludovicianus | Black-tailed Prairie Dog Damaliscus pygargus | Bontebok Kobus leche | Lechwe Pan troglodytes | Common Chimpanzee Saguinus oedipus | Cotton-top Tamarin Date: 2005-04-04 Meles meles | Badger Agouti paca | Paca Giraffa camelopardalis | Giraffe Panthera leo | African Lion Uncia uncia | Snow Leopard Hylobates lar | Common Gibbon Ateles paniscus | Black Spider Monkey Nasua nasua | Brown-nosed Coati Hystrix cristata Hemitragus jemlahicus | Himalayan Tahr Vulpes zerda | Fennec Macaca silenus | Liontail Macaque Hyaena hyaena | Barbary Hyaena Mephitis mephitis | Striped Skunk Callosciurus | Beautiful Squirrels Pongo pygmaeus | Bornean Orangutan Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris Macaca fascicularis | Cynomolgus Monkey Dendrolagus inustus | Dusky Tree-kangaroo Dendrolagus dorianus | Unicolored Tree Kangaroo Procyon lotor | Common Raccoon Zaglossus bruijni | Long-beaked Echidna Thylogale brunii | Dusky Wallaby Dasypus septemcinctus | Seven-banded Armadillo Dasyprocta leporina | Brazilian Agouti Date: 1973-05-23 Phalanger gymnotis | Ground Cuscus Date: 1968-06-11 Nycticebus coucang | Slow Loris Sciurus carolinensis | American Grey Squirrel Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear Callithrix aurita | White-eared Marmoset Chlorocebus aethiops | Green Monkey Eulemur fulvus | Brown Lemur Macaca nemestrina | Pig-tailed Macaque Puma concolor | Cougar Panthera pardus | Leopard Neofelis nebulosa | Clouded Leopard Herpestes edwardsi | Indian Gray Mongoose Cervus unicolor | Sambar Herpestes ichneumon | Ichneumon Eulemur macaco | Black Lemur Pecari tajacu | Collared Peccary Gazella dorcas | Dorcas Gazelle Cercopithecus mitis | Diademed Monkey Ursus thibetanus | Himalayan Black Bear Papio hamadryas | Sacred Baboon Acinonyx jubatus | Hunting Leopard Lama guanicoe | Guanaco Axis porcinus | Hog Deer Bos grunniens | Grunting Ox Dendrolagus bennettianus | Bennett's Tree-kangaroo Boselaphus tragocamelus | Nilgai Eulemur mongoz | Mongoose Lemur Antilope cervicapra | Blackbuck Arctictis binturong | Bearcat Caracal caracal | African Caracal Macaca nigra | Black Crested Macaque Macaca tonkeana | Tonkean Black Macaque Loris tardigradus | Slender Loris Tapirus indicus | Indian Tapir Civettictis civetta | African Civet Varecia variegata | Ruffed Lemur Semnopithecus entellus | Bengal Hanuman Langur Lama glama | Llama Dama dama | Fallow Deer Nyctereutes procyonoides | Raccoon Dog Birds Gallicolumba jobiensis | Purple Ground Dove Cyanoliseus patagonus | Burrowing Parrot (All they had listed, they mustn't have bothered with donating birds.) Herps Discodeles guppyi Brachylophus vitiensis | Fiji Crested Iguana Bitis arietans | Puff Adder Agkistrodon piscivorus | Conanti Varanus komodoensis | Komodo Dragon Observation and Photo Records Mammals Tragelaphus eurycerus | Bongo Prionailurus viverrinus | Fishing Cat Suricata suricatta | Meerkat Tragelaphus spekii | Sitatunga (1980’s) Ursus americanus | American Black Bear (1980’s) Cuon alpinus | Dhole Ailuropoda melanoleuca | Giant Panda (1988) Connochaetes taurinus | Common Wildebeest (1970’s) Canis mesomelas | Black-backed Jackal (1982) Diceros bicornis | Black Rhino (1976) Choeropsis liberiensis | Pygmy Hippo Gorilla gorilla gorilla | Western Lowland Gorilla Trachypithecus francoisi | Francois Langur Tapirus terrestris | Brazilian Tapir Equus quagga | Plains Zebra Ammotragus lervia | Barbary Sheep Hylobates muelleri | Mueller's Gibbon Elephas maximus | Asian Elephant Cercopithecus neglectus | De Brazza's Monkey Lynx rufus | Bobcat (1990) Mandrillus sphinx | Mandrill (1990) Oryx dammah | Scimitar-horned oryx (2005ish) Nomascus leucogenys | White-cheeked Gibbon Rhinoceros unicornis | Indian Rhino (2006) Hylobates moloch | Silvery Gibbon Ursus maritimus | Polar Bear (1975) Dendrolagus goodfellowi | Goodfellow’s Tree-Kangaroo Funambulus pennantii | Five-lined Palm Squirrel Tupaia glis | Common Tree-Shrew (2008) Aonyx cinerea | Oriental Small-clawed Otter Zalophus californianus | California Sea Lion Hydrurga leptonyx | Leopard Seal Mirounga leonina | Southern Elephant Seal Axis axis | Chital Pardofelis temminckii | Asian Golden Cat (2007) Hystrix indica | Indian Crested Porcupine (2007) Papio ursinus | Chacma Baboon (1914) Aepyceros melampus | Impala (1914) Tragelaphus sylvaticus | Bushbuck (1914) Hippotragus niger | Sable Antelope (1914) Hyaena brunnea | Brown Hyena (1914) Lophocebus aterrimus | Black Mangabey (1914) Rusa timorensis | Javan Rusa (1914) Cynomys leucurus | White-tailed prairie dog (1922) Lobodon carcinophagus | Crabeater Seal (1929) Loxodonta africana | African Elephant (1984) Pantera tigris tigris | Bengal Tiger (1984) Equus burchelli | Grant’s Zebra (1984) Erythrocebus patas | Patas Monkey (1984) Felis serval | Serval (1984) Phoca vitulina | Habour Seal (1984) Canis lupus dingo var. | New Guinea Singing Dog (1984) Puma yagouaroundi | Jaguarundi (1984) Birds Vultur gryphus | Andean Condor Eudyptes pachyrhynchus | Fiordland Crested Penguin Eos bornea | Red Lory Struthio camelus | Ostrich Goura victoria | Victoria Crowned Pigeon Numida meleagris | Helmeted Guineafowl Lophura leucomelanos | Kalij Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus | Golden Pheasant Gallus gallus | Red Junglefowl Rhea americana | Greater Rhea (1990) Phoenicopterus roseus | Greater Flamingo (2005ish) Tadorna ferruginea | Ruddy Shelduck Alectoris chukar | Chukar Gallicolumba luzonica | Luzon Bleeding-heart Dove Meleagris gallopavo | Wild Turkey Caloenas nicobarica | Nicobar Pigeon Mitu tuberosum | Razor-billed Curassow (2009) Chrysolophus amherstiae | Lady Amherst Pheasant Aix galericulata | Mandarin Duck Lonchura malacca | Tri-coloured Manakin Phoenicopterus chilensis | Chilean Flamingo (1980’s) Lophura swinhoii | Swinhoe's Pheasant Ara chloropterus | Green-winged Macaw Aratinga solstitialis| Sun Conure Nandayus nenday | Nanday Conure Aratinga pertinax | Brown-throated Conure Alopochen aegyptiacus | Egyptian Goose Pavo muticus | Green Peafowl Leiothrix lutea | Pekin Robin Padda oryzivora | Java Sparrow Anthropoides paradiseus | Blue Crane (1914) Plectropterus gambensis | Spur-wing Goose (1914) Paradisaea raggiana | Raggiana Bird-of-paradise (1914) Parotia berlepschi | Bronze Parotia (1914) Cicinnurus magnificus | Magnificent Bird-of-paradise (1914) Paradisaea rudolphi | Blue Bird-of-Paradise (1914) Cicinnurus regius | King Bird of Paradise (1914) Phoenicopterus roseus | Greater Flamingo (1922) Leptoptilos dubius | Greater Adjutant (1922) Cygnus olor | Mute Swan (1922) Casuarius bennetti | Dwarf Cassowary (1930) Seleucidis melanoleucus | Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise (1930) Herps Cyclura cornuta | Rhinoceros Iguana Crotalus adamanteus | Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Hydrosaurus pustulatus | Philippine Sailfin Lizard Pseudopus apodus | Scheltopusik Alligator mississippiensis | American Alligator hamaeleo calyptratus | Veiled Chameleon Brachylophus fasciatus | Fijian Banded Iguana Indotestudo elongata | Elongated Tortoise Bufo marinus | Cane Toad (Does this count?) Geochelone elegans | Star Tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea | Aldabra Tortoise Rhacodactylus leachianus | New Caledonian Giant Gecko* Heloderma suspectum | Gila Monster Pantherophis guttatus | Cornsnake (Mid 2000’s) Sphenodon punctatus | Sphenodon punctatus Chelus fimbriata | Matamata Bothriechis schlegelii | Eyelash Viper Python reticulatus | Reticulated Python Trioceros jacksonii | Jackson's Chameleon (2009?) Iguana iguana | Green Iguana Bitis nasicornis | Rhinoceros Viper (2005) Basiliscus basiliscus | Basilisk Eunectes murinus | Green Anaconda Boa constrictor | Boa Constrictor Orthriophis taeniurus | Taiwan Beauty Snake Pseudemys concinna | River Cooter Kinixys belliana | Bell's Hinged Tortoise (1914) Chelonoidis nigra | Galápagos tortoise (1934) Emydura subglobosa | Painted Turtle (1984) Eublepharius macularius | Leopard Gecko (1984) Trimeresurus stejnegeri | Chinese Tree Viper (1984) Naja naja kaouthia | Indian Cobra (1984) Lamropeltis triangulum | Milk Snake (1984) Timon lepidus | Ocellated Lizard (1984) References http://www.zoochat.com.au [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taronga_Zoo[/ame] http://www.rzsnsw.org.au/index.php?/Journals/Australian-Zoologist/australian-zoologist.html If there's anything I missed, that you know of, please post. I want to see how complete I can get it!
interesting list, thanks. Nice/sad to see so many New Guinea animals kept there in the past (courtesy of Hallstrom of course).
Sorry for digging up a relatively old thread, but i'm too lazy to start a new one... Am I right in saying that Taronga had an old female leopard seal untill 1.1 relatively young animals washed up within a few months/years a couple of years ago and that the old female died since? So that Taronga now holds 1.1 still relatively young animals?
Apparently in 1999 of the 11 Crab-Eating Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) kept at Taronga Zoo (at the time in the same exhibit as the Orangutans), 9 out of the 11 Macaques were found to have the antibodies of the Herpes B virus and were euthanized. In the subsequent autopsies only one Macaque was found to have the virus proper. I could not find any info on the remaining two Macaques as to whether they were put down with the rest or exported soon after.
From what someone told me on this site 3 years ago apparently the Macaques became antagonistic at one point in terms of sitting in front of the Orangs exit doors but when the staff removed a dominant male Macaque this stopped.
Thats awesome, do you know if it was a Blue or Black Wildebeest/Gnu, was there a herd in Australian zoos at one point?
