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  1. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    yes I have seen both mandarin ducks and raccoon dogs wild in Shanghai.


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    Congratulations with your 12.000th post !!:)
     
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    Resurrecting this thread,I have see

    Giant panda(HK ocean park)
    Snub-nosed monkey(HK ocean park)
    Manta ray(HK ocean park)
    Bali myna (HK avairy)
    Golden takin (Chimelong safari park)
    Emperor penguin(Chimelong ocean kingdom)
    West african manatee(Chimelong ocean kingdom)
    Beluga(Chimelong ocean kingdom)
    Commerson's dolphin(Yokohama sea paradise)
    Short finned pilot whale(Yokohama sea paradise)
    Tasmanian devil(Rare outside australia,tama zoo)
    Black faced spoonbill(Tama zoo)
    Caspian seal(Kamogawa sea world)
    Ringed seal (Kamogawa sea world)
    Flying dish(Rarest one,kamogawa sea world)
    Okapi(Ueno zoo)
    Shoebill(Ueno zoo)
    Chinese pangolin(Ueno zoo)
    Aardvark(Ueno zoo)
    Southern tamandua(Ueno zoo)
    Aye-ayes(Ueno zoo)
     
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    Perenties are at Australia zoo as well...
     
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    Yes but they're rare in America. The Bald Eagle is very common in American zoos but I'd bet it's not common, if extant at all, in Australia.

    ~Thylo:cool:
     
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    Yes there are no bald eagles in any Australian zoos.
     
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    Melanistic White-tailed deer

    Is anyone aware of any exhibit locations where melanistic white-tailed deer can be viewed?
     
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    It is Pink River Dolphin (Zoo Duisburg) for me.
     
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    I was unaware about the existence of this thread. Looks like delicious for a rare-species lover (like me), hehe. So I dedicated today to elaborate my list. The major problem is that, since ISIS disappeared, I don't count with any tool to know which species can be considered rare worldwide. I used Zootierliste and made my list of sightings in zoos whose species (at a whole, including subspecies and so) are in 0 to 5 zoos in the area covered by Zootierliste (Europe, asian Russia and Near East). But probably a bunch of american native animals that are rare in European zoos are common in American zoos, maybe great blue heron for example. So I need help from people looking at my list and telling me which species they consider "too common" worldwide, so I can made a more accurate list.

    I don't include invertebrates because Zootierliste don't count them, despite many of them could being counted as rare. I also don't include rare species seen in pet/aquarium shops, particular houses (including my own fishes), temporary animal exhibits (where I saw the only tree-kangaroo in my life), etc. But I include any public institution that displays living exotic animals permanently, such as certain natural history museums or botanical gardens that have some terrariums and aquariums.

    I don't included subspecies, variants, forms or whatever under the species level. Also, notice that I tend to be conservative in my taxonomic squills.

    So, these are the species that I saw (most of them also photophraphed, but some of them unfortunately I was unable to do), that are in five or less zoos covered by Zootierliste:

    MAMMALS

    Aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) - Berlin Tierpark
    African clawless otter (Aonyx capensis) - San Diego Zoo
    Allen's swamp monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis) - San Diego zoo
    Argali (Ovis ammon) - Berlin Tierpark
    Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) - London Zoo
    Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Barking deer (Muntiacus muntjack) - Faunia Madrid
    Bearded pig (Sus barbatus) - Zoo-Aquarium Berlin, Munich Zoo
    Black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) - Faunia Madrid
    Black duiker (Cephalophus niger) - San Diego Zoo
    Brandt's vole (Lasiopodomys brandti) - Plzen Zoo
    Brown dorcopsis (Dorcopsis muelleri) - Prague Zoo
    Brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium, Prague Zoo
    Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri) - Berlin Tierpark, San Diego Zoo
    Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata) - Prague Zoo
    Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) - Taipei zoo
    Congo basin Wolf's monkey (Cercopithecus wolfi) - San Diego Zoo
    Formosan serow (Capricornis swinhoei) - Taipei Zoo
    Gambian epauletted bat (Epomophorus gambianus) - Berlin Tierpark
    Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) - San Diego Zoo
    Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium, Madrid Zoo-Aquarium, San Diego Zoo
    Hammerhead bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus) - Plzen Zoo
    Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) - Plzen Zoo
    Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) - Faunia Madrid
    Killer whale (Orcinus orca) - Zoo Barcelona, Loro Parque Tenerife, SeaWorld San Diego
    Little spotted cat (Leopardus tigrinus) - Prague Zoo
    Malayan civet (Viverra tangalunga) - Berlin Tierpark
    Mesic four-striped grass rat (Rhabdomys dilectus) - Prague Zoo
    Nancy Ma's night monkey (Aotus nancymaae) - Faunia Madrid
    Nile rat (Arvicanthis niloticus) - Plzen Zoo
    Potto (Perodicticus potto) - Taipei Zoo
    Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) - San Diego Zoo
    Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Silvered leaf-monkey (Trachypithecus cristatus) - San Diego Zoo
    Small desert jerboa (Jaculus jaculus) - Plzen Zoo
    Speke's gazelle (Gazella spekei) - San Diego Zoo
    Taiwan rock macaque (Macaca cyclopis) - Taipei Zoo
    Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) - San Diego Zoo
    Toque macaque (Macaca sinica) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Tropical pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Typical striped grass mouse (Lemniscomys striatus) - Prague Zoo
    Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) - Oceanografic Valencia, SeaWorld San Diego
    Woodchuck (Marmota monax) - Prague Zoo
    Yellow-footed squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi) - Prague zoo

    BIRDS

    Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) - Faunia Madrid, SeaWorld San Diego
    African darter (Anhinga rufa) - San Diego Zoo
    African golden weaver (Ploceus subaureus) - Plzen Zoo
    African grass owl (Tyto capensis) - Taipei Zoo
    African three-banded plover (Charadrius tricollaris) - Plzen Zoo
    American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) - Berlin Tierpark
    Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Asian pied starling (Sturnus contra) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Aymara parakeet (Bolborhynchus aymara) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Azure tit (Parus cyanus) - Plzen Zoo
    Baglafecht weaver (Ploceus baglafecht) - Munich Zoo
    Bar-shouldered dove (Geopelia humeralis) - Plzen Zoo
    Bar-tailed cuckoo-dove (Macropygia unchall) - Prague Zoo
    Bare-throated bellbird (Procnias nudicollis) - Barcelona Zoo
    Barred buttonquail (Turnix suscitator) - Plzen Zoo
    Barred dove (Geopelia maugei) - Plzen Zoo
    Barred eagle-owl (Bubo sumatranus) - Berlin Tierpark
    Barred laughingthrush (Garrulax lunulatus) - Prague Zoo
    Baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus) - Taipei Zoo
    Black eagle (Ictinaetus malayensis) - Taipei Zoo
    Black oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) - Faunia Madrid
    Black-and-red broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos) - Barcelona Zoo
    Black-faced munia (Lonchura molucca) - Plzen Zoo
    Black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor) - Taipei Zoo
    Black-headed bulbul (Pycnonotus atriceps) - Prague Zoo
    Black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) - Plzen Zoo
    Black-spotted barbet (Capito niger) - San Diego Zoo
    Black-winged lory (Eos cyanogenia) - San Diego Zoo
    Black-winged lovebird (Agapornis taranta) - London Zoo, Loro Park Tenerife
    Black-winged starling (Sturnus melanopterus) - Taipei Zoo, Berlin Zoo-Aquarium)
    Blossom-headed parakeet (Psittacula roseata) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Blue-bellied parrot (Triclaria malachitacea) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Blue-bonnet (Psephotus haematogaster) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Blue-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica) - Barcelona Zoo
    Blue-chinned sapphire (Chlorostilbon notatus) - San Diego Zoo
    Blue-crowned lory (Vini australis) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Blue-headed wood dove (Turtur brehmeri) - Plzen Zoo
    Blue-tailed imperial pigeon (Ducula concinna) - Prague Zoo
    Blue-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanopterus) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Blue-winged parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Blue-winged siva (Minla cyanouroptera) - San Diego Zoo
    Blyth's tragopan (Tragopan blythii) - San Diego Zoo
    Brown-breasted hill partridge (Arborophila brunneopectus) - Prague Zoo
    Brown-headed parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Brown-throated conure (Aratinga pertinax) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Cactus conure (Aratinga cactorum) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Canary-winged parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Capuchinbird (Perissocephalus tricolor) - San Diego Zoo
    Cardinal lory (Chalcopsitta cardinalis) - San Diego Zoo
    Channel-billed cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Chestnut-bellied hill partridge (Arborophila javanica) - San Diego Zoo
    Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus) - Plzen zoo
    Chestnut-capped babbler (Timalia pileata) - Berlin Tierpark
    Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus) - San Diego Zoo
    Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) - Faunia Madrid, Loro Park Tenerife
    Coleto (Sarcops calvus) - Plzen Zoo, Prague Zoo
    Collared finchbill (Spizixos semitorques) - San Diego Zoo
    Collared imperial pigeon (Ducula mullerii) - San Diego Zoo
    Collared lory (Phigys solitarius) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Common flameback (Dinopium javanense) - Barcelona Zoo
    Common house martin (Delichon urbica) - Plzen Zoo
    Common koel (Eudynamys scolopacea) - Plzen Zoo
    Coroneted fruit dove (Ptilinopus coronulatus) - Plzen Zoo, San Diego Zoo
    Cream-striped bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogrammicus) - Plzen Zoo
    Crested coua (Coua cristata) - San Diego Zoo
    Crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela) - Taipei Zoo
    Crimson-rumped toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus) - Barcelona Zoo
    Curl-crested aracari (Pteroglossus beauharnaesii) - San Diego ZOo
    Desert finch (Rhodopechys obsoleta) - Berlin Tierpark
    Dollabird (Eurystomus orientalis) - San Diego Zoo
    Double-eyed fig parrot (Opopsitta diophthalma) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Dusky parrot (Pionus fuscus) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Dusky-headed conure (Aratinga weddellii) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Dwarf conure (Aratinga nana) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Edward's fig parrot (Psittaculirostris edwardsii) - Prague Zoo
    Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris) - San Diego Zoo
    Fire-tufted barbet (Psilopogon pyrolophus) - San Diego Zoo
    Gang-gang cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Golden-capped parakeet (Aratinga auricapilla) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Golden-crested myna (Ampeliceps coronatus) - San Diego Zoo
    Golden-headed quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps) - Barcelona Zoo
    Golden-winged parakeet (Brotogeris chrysopterus) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Gray-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis gularis) - Prague Zoo
    Great black-backed gull (Larus marinus) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) - San Diego Zoo
    Great-billed parrot (Tanygnathus megalorhynchos) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Greater yellow-naped woodpecker (Picus flavinucha) - Plzen Zoo, Prague Zoo
    Green oropendola (Psarocolius viridis) - Faunia Madrid
    Green parakeet (Aratinga holochlora) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Green rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Green-headed sunbird (Nectarinia verticalis) - Barcelona Zoo
    Green-rumped parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Grey-cheeked parakeet (Brotogeris pyrrhopterus) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Guianan cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola) - San Diego Zoo
    Guyana toucanet (Selenidera culik) - San Diego Zoo
    Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) - Berlin Tierpark, San Diego Zoo
    Hartlaub's duck (Pteronetta hartlaubii) - Berlin Tierpark
    Helmeted friarbird (Philemon buceroides) - Prague Zoo
    Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) - Berlin Tierpark
    Hoffmann's conure (Pyrrhura hoffmanni) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Hooded crane (Grus monacha) - Taipei Zoo
    Horned lark (Eremophila alpestris) - Plzen Zoo
    House bunting (Emberiza striolata) - Plzen Zoo
    Indian pond heron (Ardeola grayii) - Berlin Tierpark
    Indian pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus) - Prague Zoo
    Japanese Waxwing (Bombycilla japonica) - London Butterfly House
    Jungle bush quail (Perdicula asiatica) - Plzen Zoo
    Jungle myna (Acridotheres fuscus) - Taipei Zoo
    Kagu (Rhynochetos jubatus) - Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes Paris, Berlin Zoo-Aquarium, San Diego Zoo
    Large fig parrot (Psittaculirostris desmarestii) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Layard's parakeet (Psittacula calthorpae) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Lear's macaw (Anodorhynchus leari) - Prague Zoo, Loro Park Tenerife
    Lesser blue-eared glossy starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus) - Faunia Madrid
    Lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor) - Barcelona Zoo
    Long-tailed fiscal (Lanius cabanisi) - Plzen Zoo
    Long-tailed hornbill (Berenicornis albocristatus) - Prague Zoo
    Long-tailed rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus) - Plzen Zoo
    Long-toed lapwing (Vanellus crassirostris) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Long-wattled umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger) - Barcelona Zoo
    Macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Madagascar black bulbul (Hypsipetes madagascariensis) - San Diego Zoo
    Magpie shrike (Corvinella melanoleuca) - San Diego Zoo
    Malabar parakeet (Psittacula columboides) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Malayan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron malacense) - Prague Zoo
    Maroon-fronted parrot (Rhynchopsitta terrisi) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Marsh tit (Parus palustris) - Plzen zoo
    Metallic starling (Aplonis metallica) - San Diego Zoo
    Micronesian kingfisher (Halcyon cinnamomina) - San Diego Zoo
    Milky stork (Mycteria cinerea) - San Diego Zoo
    Moluccan king parrot (Alisterus amboinensis) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Mountain bamboo partridge (Bambusicola fytchii) - Berlin Tierpark, San Diego Zoo
    Musk lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Northern rosella (Platycercus venustus) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Northern white-crowned shrike (Europcephalus rueppelli) - San Diego Zoo
    Olive-shouldered parrot (Aprosmictus jonquillaceus) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Orange-bellied leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii) - London Butterfly House
    Orange-fronted fruit dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons) - Plzen Zoo
    Orange-fronted parakeet (Aratinga canicularis) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium, Plzen Zoo
    Oriole warbler (Hypergerus atriceps) - San Diego ZOo
    Ornate hawk-eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) - San Diego Zoo
    Ornate lorikeet (Trichoglossus ornatus) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Ouvea parakeet (Eunymphicus uvaeensis) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Painted firetail (Emblema picta) - Plzen Zoo
    Papuan mountain pigeon (Gymnophaps albertisii) - San Diego Zoo
    Peruvian pelican (Pelecanus thagus) - Berlin Tierpark
    Pesquet's parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Philby's partridge (Alectoris philbyi) - Berlin Tierpark
    Philippine cuckoo-dove (Macropygia tenuirostris) - Plzen Zoo
    Pied heron (Egretta picata) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Pileated parrot (Pionopsitta pileata) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Pink-breasted dove (Streptopelia lugens) - Plzen Zoo
    Pink-eared duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) - Prague Zoo
    Piping hornbill (Bycanistes fistulator) - Plzen Zoo
    Plain parakeet (Brotogeris tirica) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Plate-billed mountain toucan (Andigena laminirostris) - San Diego Zoo
    Puna flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Purple-bellied lory (Lorius hypoinochrous) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Purple-tailed imperial pigeon (Ducula rufigaster) - San Diego Zoo
    Purple-throated fruitcrow (Querula purpurata) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Raggiana bird of paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) - San Diego Zoo
    Red and Blue Lory (Eos histrio) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Red bird of paradise (Paradisaea rubra) - Taipei Zoo
    Red shining parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Red-collared widowbird (Euplectes ardens) - London Butterfly House
    Red-fronted laughingthrush (Garrulax rufifrons) - Plzen Zoo
    Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus) - Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes Paris, Berlin Tierpark
    Red-spectacled amazon (Amazona pretrei) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Rose-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina) - Plzen Zoo
    Ruby-topaz (Chrysolampis mosquitus) - Berlin Tierpark
    Rufous-capped babbler (Stachyris ruficeps) - Berlin Tierpark
    Rufous-cheeked laughingthrush (Garrulax castanotis) - Prague Zoo
    Rufous-crowned roller (Coracias naevia) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Rusty laughingthrush (Garrulax poecilorhynchus) - Taipei Zoo
    Saint Vincent amazon (Amazona viridigenalis) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Scaly laughingthrush (Garrulax subunicolor) - Plzen Zoo
    Scaly-breasted bulbul (Pycnonotus squamatus) - Plzen Zoo
    Scarlet-rumped cacique (Cacicus uropygialis) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) - Prague zoo
    Silver-eared laughingthrush (Garrulax melanostigma) - Prague Zoo
    Slaty-headed parakeet (Psittacula himalayana) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Slender-billed conure (Enicognathus leptorhynchus) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) - San Diego ZOo
    Southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) - Berlin Tierpark
    Spot-bellied eagle-owl (Bubo nipalensis) - Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes Paris, Berlin Tierpark
    Spotted imperial pigeon (Ducula carola) - Plzen Zoo
    Spotted tanager (Tangara punctata) - San Diego Zoo
    Stone partridge (Ptilopachus petrosus) - San Diego Zoo
    Sulawesi knobbed hornbill (Aceros cassidix) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Sulawesi tarictic hornbill (Penelopides exarhatus) - San Diego Zoo
    Sumatran treepie (Dendrocitta occipitalis) - Plzen Zoo
    Sunda parrotfinch (Erythrura tricolor) - Plzen Zoo
    Superb bird of paradise (Lophorina superba) - San Diego Zoo
    Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea) - Taipei Zoo
    Thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Timor sparrow (Padda fuscata) - Plzen Zoo
    Tongan scrubfowl (Megapodius pritchardii) - San Diego Zoo
    Tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) - Berlin Tierpark
    Tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Tui parakeet (Brotogeris sanctithomae) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Two-barred crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) - Plzen Zoo
    Vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis) - Prague Zoo
    Vitelline masked weaver (Ploceus vitellinus) - Munich Zoo
    White Woodpecker (Melanerpes candidus) - Barcelona Zoo
    White-bellied bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    White-breasted woodswallow (Artamus leucorhynchus) - San Diego Zoo
    White-eared catbird (Ailuroedus buccoides) - Berlin Tierpark
    White-headed lapwing (Vanellus albiceps) - San Diego Zoo
    White-headed parrot (Pionus seniloides) - Loro Park Tenerife
    White-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) - San Diego Zoo
    White-throated ground dove (Gallicolumba xanthonura) - San Diego Zoo
    White-winged redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogaster) - Plzen Zoo
    Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) - San Diego Zoo
    Yellow and green lorikeet (Trichoglossus flavoviridis) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Zoe's imperial pigeon (Ducula zoeae) - London Zoo

    REPTILES

    African five-lined skink (Trachylepis quinquetaeniata) - Berlin Tierpark
    Baja California rat snake (Elaphe rosaliae) - San Diego Zoo
    Biak tree monitor (Varanus kordensis) - Prague Terrarium
    Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) - San Diego Zoo
    Blue rainbow lizard (Agama lionotus) - Prague Zoo
    Boehme's monitor (Varanus boehmei) - Plzen Zoo
    Boelen's python (Morelia boeleni) - San Diego Zoo
    Borneo skink (Dasia vittata) - Berlin Tierpark
    Brazilian lancehead (Bothrops moojeni) - Prague Terrarium
    Catalina Island rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis) - San Diego Zoo
    Chaco lancehead (Bothrops diporus) - Nantes natural history museum
    Coffee palm viper (Bothriechis lateralis) - San Diego Zoo
    East African egg-eating snake (Dasypeltis medici) - Prague Zoo
    Ethiopian mountain adder (Bitis parviocula) - San Diego Zoo
    Giant horned lizard (Phrynosoma asio) - Plzen Zoo, San Diego Zoo
    Granite night lizard (Xantusia henshawi) - San Diego natural history museum
    Gray's monitor (Varanus olivaceus) - San Diego Zoo
    Indian narrow-headed soft-shelled turtle (Chitra indica) - San Diego Zoo
    Jerdon's pitviper (Protobothrops jerdoni) - San Diego Zoo
    Karsten's girdled lizard (Zonosaurus karsteni) - Plzen Zoo
    Lataste's lizard (Lacerta pater) - Prague zoo
    Long-nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) - San Diego Natural History Museum
    Mang Mountain pitviper (Protobothrops mangshanensis) - San Diego Zoo
    Mexican lance-headed rattlesnake (Crotalus polystictus) - San Diego Zoo
    Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) - Barcelona Zoo
    New Guinea crocodile (Crocodylus novaeguineae) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Northern forest dragon (Hypsilurus godeffroyi) - Plzen Zoo
    Ornate mastigure (Uromastyx ornata) - Prague Terrarium
    Pacific pond turtle (Clemmys marmorata) - San Diego Zoo
    Papua snake lizard (Lialis jicari) - Munich Zoo
    Parker's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina parkeri) - Faunia Madrid
    Peach-throated monitor (Varanus jobiensis) - Prague Terrarium
    Rainbow skink (Trachylepis margaritifera) - Plzen Zoo, Prague Zoo
    Red-headed amazon side-necked turtle (Podocnemis erythrocephala) - San Diego Zoo
    Rhinoceros snake (Gonyosoma boulengeri) - Prague Zoo
    Ring-necked spitting cobra (Hemachatus haemachatus) - San Diego Zoo
    Rufous beaked snake (Rhamphiophis rostratus) - Prague Zoo
    Satanic leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus) - San Diego Zoo
    South African bowsprit tortoise (Chersina angulata) - Berlin Tierpark
    Southeastern girdled lizard (Zonosaurus maximus) - Plzen Zoo
    Southern alligator lizard (Elgaria multicarinata) - San Diego natural history museum
    Southern river terrapin (Batagur affinis) - Prague Zoo
    Two-striped garter snake (Thamnophis hammondii) - San Diego Zoo
    Vaillant's mabuya (Chioninia vaillantii) - Plzen Zoo, Prague Zoo
    Woma (Aspidites ramsayi) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium

    AMPHIBIANS

    Baja California chorus frog (Hyla hypochondriaca) - San Diego natural history museum
    Bangkimsting frog (Rana swinhoana) - Taipei Zoo
    Bumblebee toad (Melanophryniscus stelzneri) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Karoo toad (Bufo gariepensis) - Prague Zoo
    Pacific chorus frog (Hyla regilla) - San Diego natural history museum
    Western spadefoot toad (Spea hammondii) - San Diego natural history museum

    BONY FISHES

    Atlantic stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber) - Barcelona Aquarium
    Australian spotted gudgeon (Mogurnda mogurdna) - Zaragoza Fluvial Aquarium
    Barred sand bass (Paralabrax nebulifer) - Birch Aquarium
    Bay pipefish (Syngnathus leptorhynchus) - Birch Aquarium
    Black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) - Zaragoza Fluvial Aquarium
    Black perch (Embiotoca jacksoni) - Seaworld San Diego
    Blackcap basslet (Gramma melacara) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Blackeye goby (Coryphopterus nicholsii) - Birch Aquarium
    Blacknosed butterflyfish (Johnrandallia nigrirostris) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Blacksmith chromis (Chromis punctipinnis) - Birch Aquarium
    Blue and gold snapper (Lutjanus viridis) - Birch Aquarium
    Blue parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) - SeaWorld San Diego, Birch Aquarium
    Blue-barred parrotfish (Scarus ghobban) - Birch Aquarium
    Blue-spotted jawfish (Opisthognathus rosenblatti) - Birch Aquarium
    Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) - San Diego natural history museum
    Bluehead (Thalassoma bifasciatum) - Aquarium du La Rochelle
    Bluestriped angelfish (Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis) - Birch Aquarium
    Brown moray (Gymnothorax unicolor) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Brown-lined triggerfish (Xanthichthys lineopunctatus) - Aquarium du La Rochelle
    Bucktooth tetra (Exodon paradoxus) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Buffalo trunkfish (Lactophrys trigonus) - Aquarium du La Rochelle
    Bumblebee cichlid (Pseudotropheus crabro) - Faunia Madrid
    C-O sole (Pleuronichthys coenosus) - SeaWorld San Diego, Birch Aquarium
    Calico rockfish (Sebastes dallii) - Birch Aquarium
    California golden trout (Oncorhynchus aguabonita) - SeaWorld San Diego
    California halibut (Paralichthys californicus) - Birch Aquarium
    California moray (Gymnothorax mordax) - Birch Aquarium
    California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) - SeaWorld San Diego, Birch Aquarium
    Californian salema (Xenistius californiensis) - Birch Aquarium
    Catalina goby (Lythrypnus dalli) - Birch Aquarium
    Checkered puffer (Sphoeroides testudineus) - Madrid Zoo-Aquarium
    China rockfish (Sebastes nebulosus) - Birch Aquarium
    Chinamanfish (Symphorus nematophorus) - Faunia Madrid
    Clipperton's grouper (Epinephelus clippertonensis) - Birch Aquarium
    Cloudy damselfish (Dascyllus carneus) - Prague Aquarium
    Clown grouper (Pogonoperca punctata) - Faunia Madrid
    Common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) - Oceanografic Valencia
    Conde's armored catfish (Apistoloricaria condei) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Coral hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus) - Madrid Zoo-Aquarium, Birch Aquarium
    Cortez angelfish (Pomacanthus zonipectus) - Aquarium du La Rochelle
    Cortez rainbow wrasse (Thalassoma lucasanum) - Birch Aquarium
    Criss-cross butterflyfish (Chaetodon vagabundus) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Dark-banded fusilier (Pterocaesio tile) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Decorated warbonnet (Chirolophis decoratus) - Birch Aquarium
    Dotted moray (Muraena augusti) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Dwarf seahorse (Hippocampus zosterae) - Birch Aquarium
    Ebro barbel (Barbus graellsii) - Zaragoza Fluvial Aquarium
    Ebro nase (Chondrostoma miegii) - Zaragoza Fluvial Aquarium
    Filament-finned prawn-goby (Stonogobiops nematodes) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Flag rockfish (Sebastes rubrivinctus) - Birch Aquarium
    Freshwater blenny (Salaria fluviatilis) - Zaragoza Fluvial Aquarium
    Freshwater garfish (Xenentodon cancila) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Geoffroy's wrasse (Macropharyngodon geoffroy) - Birch Aquarium
    Giant damselfish (Microspathodon dorsalis) - Birch Aquarium
    Giant kelpfish (Heterostichus rostratus) - Birch Aquarium
    Giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas) - Birch Aquarium
    Giant sweetlips (Plectorhinchus albovittatus) - Aquarium du La Rochelle
    Golden mylossoma (Mylossoma aureum) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Goldspotted angelfish (Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus) - Aquarium du La Rochelle
    Green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) - San Diego natural history museum
    Grey grunt (Haemulon scudderi) - Birch Aquarium
    Greybar grunt (Haemulon sexfasciatum) - Birch Aquarium
    Grunt sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii) - Birch Aquarium
    Guadalupe cardinalfish (Apogon guadalupensis) - Birch Aquarium
    Hairfin lookdown (Selene brevoortii) - Birch Aquarium
    Halfmoon (Medialuna californiensis) - SeaWorld San Diego, Birch Aquarium
    Harlequin hind (Cephalopholis polleni) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Hawkfish anthis (Serranocirrhitus latus) - Birch Aquarium
    Head-and-tail light tetra (Hemigrammus ocellifer) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Honeycomb cowfish (Acanthostracion polygonius) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Indian triggerfish (Melichthys indicus) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Indopacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides) - Zaragoza Fluvial Aquarium
    Island kelpfish (Alloclinus holderi) - Birch Aquarium
    Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes) - Zaragoza Fluvial Aquarium
    Jewel moray (Muraena lentiginosa) - Birch Aquarium
    Kafue pike (Hepsetus odoe) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus) - Birch Aquarium
    La Palma pupfish (Cyprinodon longidorsalis) - London Zoo
    Largescaled terapon (Terapon theraps) - Zaragoza Fluvial Aquarium
    Lavender sculpin (Leiocottus hirundo) - Birch Aquarium
    Leopard cory (Corydoras leopardus) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Leopard flounder (Bothus pantherinus) - Aquarium du La Rochelle
    Longfin yellowtail (Seriola rivoliana) - Birch Aquarium
    Longnose puffer (Sphoeroides lobatus) - Birch Aquarium
    Longnose surgeonfish (Zebrasoma rostratum) - Aquarium du La Rochelle
    Longsnout distichodus (Distichodus lusosso) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Many-banded pipefish (Doryrhamphus multiannulatus) - Aquarium du La Rochelle, Birch Aquarium
    Marbled headstander (Abramites hypselonotus) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Margined coralfish (Chelmon marginalis) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Masked bannerfish (Heniochus monoceros) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Messmate pipefish (Corythoichthys haematopterus) - Birch Aquarium
    Mexican hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia) - Birch Aquarium
    Mosaic leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Multicolor angelfish (Centropyge multicolor) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Mushroom scorpionfish (Scorpaena inermis) - Madrid Zoo-Aquarium
    Ncheni cichlid (Dimidiochromis dimidiatus) - Faunia Madrid
    New Holland seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - Birch Aquarium
    Nkamba's cichlid (Lepidiolamprologus nkambae) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Ocean sunfish (Mola mola) - Oceanografic Valencia, Aquarium Barcelona
    Old glory (Amblygobius rainfordi) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Olive rockfish (Sebastes serranoides) - Birch Aquarium
    Opaleye (Girella nigricans) - SeaWorld San Diego, Birch Aquarium
    Orange filefish (Aluterus schoepfii) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Orangeside triggerfish (Sufflamen verres) - Birch Aquarium
    Orangethroat pikeblenny (Chaenopsis alepidota) - Birch Aquarium
    Orbiculate cardinalfish (Sphaeramia orbicularis) - Prague Aquarium
    Ornamented wrasse (Halichoeres ornatissimus) - Birch Aquarium
    Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) - Birch Aquarium
    Pacific creole-fish (Paranthias colonus) - Birch Aquarium
    Pacific mutton hamlet (Alphestes immaculatus) - Birch Aquarium
    Pacific seahorse (Hippocampus ingens) - Birch Aquarium
    Pacific spadefish (Chaetodipterus zonatus) - Birch Aquarium
    Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) - Faunia Madrid
    Painted greenling (Oxylebius pictus) - Birch Aquarium
    Palometa (Trachinotus goodei) - Aquarium du La Rochelle
    Panamic soldierfish (Myripristis leiognathus) - Birch Aquarium
    Payara (Hydrolycus scomberoides) - Faunia Madrid
    Pearly razorfish (Xyrichthys novacula) - Aquarium du La Rochelle
    Pebbled butterflyfish (Chaetodon multicinctus) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Portuguese blenny (Parablennius ruber) - Aquarium du La Rochelle
    Princess parrotfish (Scarus taeniopterus) - Aquarium du La Rochelle
    Queensland yellowtail angelfish (Chaetodontoplus meredithi) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Rainbow characin (Rhoadsia altipinna) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Rainbow scorpionfish (Scorpaenodes xyris) - Birch Aquarium
    Rainbow seaperch (Hypsurus caryi) - Birch Aquarium
    Rainford's butterflyfish (Chaetodon rainfordi) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) - Barcelona Aquarium
    Red irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) - Birch Aquarium
    Red spotted cichlid (Paratheraps bifasciatus) - Loro Park Tenerife
    Redband rockfish (Sebastes babcocki) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Ribboned pipefish (Haliichthys taeniophorus) - Birch Aquarium
    Rock wrasse (Halichoeres semicinctus) - Birch Aquarium
    Rosy rockfish (Sebastes rosaceus) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Royal twig catfish (Sturisoma panamense) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Russet angelfish (Centropyge potteri) - Birch Aquarium
    Saddle wrasse (Thalassoma duperrey) - Aquarium du La Rochelle
    Sailfin marbled catfish (Leiarius pictus) - Munich Zoo
    Sammara squirrelfish (Neoniphon sammara) - Birch Aquarium
    Sarcastic fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi) - Birch Aquarium
    Scissortail damselfish (Chromis atrilobata) - Birch Aquarium
    Scribbled angelfish (Chaetodontoplus duboulayi) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Scythe butterflyfish (Prognathodes falcifer) - Birch Aquarium
    Señorita wrasse (Oxyjulis californica) - Birch Aquarium
    Seychelles butterflyfish (Chaetodon madagaskariensis) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata) - Birch Aquarium
    Short dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis) - Birch Aquarium
    Shortnose gar (Lepisosteus platostomus) - Munich Zoo
    Shovelnose twig catfish (Farlowella platorynchus) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Skunk loach (Botia morleti) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Slippery dick (Halichoeres bivittatus) - Aquarium du La Rochelle
    Snowy grouper (Hyporthodus niphobles) - Birch Aquarium
    South American pilchard (Sardinops sagax) - Birch Aquarium
    Southseas devil (Chrysiptera taupou) - London Zoo
    Sphinx blenny (Aidablennius sphynx) - Barcelona Aquarium
    Splitfin flashlightfish (Anomalops katoptron) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Spotfin croaker (Roncador stearnsii) - Birch Aquarium
    Spottail grunt (Haemulon maculicauda) - Birch Aquarium
    Spotted drum (Equetus punctatus) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Spotted seabass (Dicentrarchus punctatus) - Barcelona Aquarium
    Starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus) - Birch Aquarium
    Stone triggerfish (Pseudobalistes naufragium) - Birch Aquarium
    Striped pike-characin (Boulengerella lateristriga) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Striped poison-fang blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Striped seaperch (Embiotoca lateralis) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Sunset anthias (Pseudanthias parvirostris) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Sunshine pleco (Scobinancistrus aureatus) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Surge wrasse (Thalassoma purpureum) - Prague Aquarium
    Threadfin acara (Acarichthys heckelii) - Munich Zoo
    Three-banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon humeralis) - Birch Aquarium
    Tiger loach (Botia hymenophysa) - Zaragoza Fluvial Aquarium
    Tiger rockfish (Sebastes nugrocinctus) - Birch Aquarium
    Tomato hind (Cephalopholis sonnerati) - Prague Aquarium
    Topsmelt silverside (Atherinops affinis) - Birch Aquarium
    Unicorn leatherjacket (Aluterus monoceros) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Vanderbilt's chromis (Chromis vanderbilti) - Birch Aquarium
    Vermiculated angelfish (Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus) - Aquarium du La Rochelle
    Vermilion rockfish (sebastes miniaTUS) - Birch Aquarium
    Violet goby (Gobioides broussonetii) - Faunia Madrid
    West Australian seahorse (Hippocampus subelongatus) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    White seaperch (Phanerodon furcatus) - Birch Aquarium
    Whitebarred wrasse (Pseudocheilinus ocellatus) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Whitefin surgeonfish (Acanthurus albipectoralis) - Birch Aquarium
    Wolf characin (Cynodon gibbus) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Xantic sargo (Anisotremus davidsonii) - Birch Aquarium
    Yellowfin croaker (Umbrina roncador) - Birch Aquarium
    Yellowhead wrasse (Halichoeres garnoti) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Yellowtail surgeonfish (Prionurus punctatus) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Zebra angelfish (Genicanthus caudovittatus) - Berlin Zoo-Aquarium
    Zebra catalina goby (Lythrypnus zebra) - Birch Aquarium
    Zebra-perch sea chub (Kyphosus azureus) - Birch Aquarium

    CARTILAGINOUS FISHES

    Banded guitarfish (Zapteryx exasperata) - Birch Aquarium
    Banded houndshark (Triakis scyllia) - Prague Aquarium
    Bat eagle ray (Myliobatis californica) - SeaWorld San Diego
    California butterfly ray (Gymnura marmorata) - Birch Aquarium
    Gray smooth-hound (Mustelus californicus) - SeaWorld San Diego
    Haller's round ray (Urobatis halleri) - SeaWorld San Diego, Birch Aquarium
    Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus) - Prague Aquarium
    Mediterranean starry ray (Raja asterias) - Barcelona Aquarium
    Pacific angelshark (Squatina californica) - Birch Aquarium
    Pointed-nosed guitarfish (Rhinobatos productus) - SeaWorld San Diego, Birch Aquarium
    Spotted round ray (Urolophus maculatus) - Prague Aquarium
    Vermiculate river stingray (Potamotrygon castexi) - Prague Zoo
    Whiptail stingray (Dasyatis brevis) - Birch Aquarium
     
  13. Zoovolunteer

    Zoovolunteer Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Regarding rare species - Bristol has some rare invertebrates to add to the list for visitors:

    Partula snails - several species (mostly extinct in the wild)
    Desertas Wolf Spider (only ones in captivity)
    Lord Howe Stick Insect (only breeding adults outside Australia)

    There are of course a lot of vertebrate taxa as well, but I though the invertebrates should get a mention as well...
     
  14. d1amondback

    d1amondback New Member

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    A lot of these Iv'e grown up around so I didn't realize how rare they are until recently.

    Perentie (Dallas Zoo)
    Northern White Rhino (San Diego Safari Park)
    Tuatara (Dallas Zoo)
    Gharial (Fort Worth Zoo)
    California Condor (San Diego Zoo)
    Tree Pangolin (San Diego Zoo)
    Tasmanian Devil (San Diego Zoo)
    Aye Aye (San Diego, Omaha, Cincinnati Zoo)
    Sumatran Rhino (Cincinnati Zoo)
    Giant Panda (San Diego, National, Memphis, Atlanta Zoo)
    Yapok (Dallas World Aquarium)
    Ornate Hawk Eagle (Dallas World Aquarium)
    Jabiru Stork (Dallas World Aquarium)
    Black Hawk Eagle (Dallas World Aquarium)
    Black and White Hawk Eagle (Dallas World Aquarium)
    Guiana Crested Eagle (Dallas World Aquarium)
    Orinoco Crocodile (Dallas World Aquarium, San Antonio Zoo)
    Morelete's Crocodile (Dallas World Aquarium)
    Mugger Crocodile (Newport Aquarium)
    Cuban Crocodile (National Zoo
    Chinese Giant Salamander (Fort Worth Zoo)
    Japanese Giant Salamander (San Antonio Zoo, Omaha Zoo)
    Philippines Crocodile (Omaha Zoo)
    Siamese Crocodile (Snake Farm and Animal World Zoo)
    Potto (Omaha Zoo)
    Whale Shark (Georgia Aquarium)
    Manta Ray (Georgia Aquarium)
    Scalloped Hammerhead (Mandalay Bay Aquarium)
    Galapagos Shark (Mandalay Bay Aquarium)
    Bull Shark (Oklahoma Aquarium)
    Common Dolphin (Sea World San Diego)
    Pilot Whale (Sea World San Diego)
    Orca (Sea World San Diego and San Antonio)
    Pacific White Sided Dolphin (Sea World San Antonio)
    Hawaiian Monk Seal (Sea World San Antonio)
    Hawaiian Hawk (Houston Zoo)
    St. Vincent's Amazon (Houston Zoo)
    Guam King Fisher (San Antonio Zoo)
    Guam Rail (San Antonio Zoo)
    Aardwolf (Cincinnati Zoo)
    Attwatter's Prairie Chicken (Abilene, Tyler Zoo and Fossil Rim)
    Flapjack Octopus (Monterrey Bay Aquarium)
    Asiatic Lion (Audubon Zoo)
    Drill (Audubon Zoo)
    Rodrigues Flying Fox (Moody Gardens, San Diego Safari Park)
    Socorro Dove (Albuquerque Zoo)
    Tasmanian Wombat (Albuquerque Zoo)
    Brown Throated Three Toed Sloth (Dallas World Aquarium)
    Antillean Manatee (Dallas World Aquarium)
     
  15. animalszoos

    animalszoos Well-Known Member

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    The rarest animal I have seen would probably be the Sumatran Rhino at Lok Kawi Wildlife Park.
     
  16. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    My list:
    Leopard Seal (Taronga Zoo)

    Platypus (Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo, David Fleay Wildlife Park)

    Proserpine Rock Wallaby (David Fleay Wildlife Park)

    Dugong (Sydney Aquauriam)

    African Forest Buffalo (Dubbo Open Range Zoo)

    Brideled Nailtail Wallaby (David Fleay Wildlife Park)

    South American Coati (Melbourne Zoo)

    Chinese Giant Salamander (River Safari Singapore)

    Giant Panda (River Safari Singapore)

    Jaguarundi (River Safari Singapore)

    Southern Ground Hornbill (Jurong Bird Park)

    Proboscis Monkey (Singapore Zoo)
     
  17. jayjds2

    jayjds2 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Though not my entire list, I just today saw the last red-shanked douc langur (I'd seen her before but didn't remember her) in America, at the Philadelphia Zoo. I also saw Ivory-billed aracari, something I missed several times at the Dallas World Aquarium, and it is a rather uncommon species.
     
  18. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    QLD Australia
    Persian Onager (Dubbo Zoo)

    Przewalski's Wild Horse (Dubbo Zoo)

    Indian Rhino (Dubbo Zoo)

    Banteng (Dubbo Zoo)

    Gahrial (Singapore Zoo)

    Naked Mole Rats (Singapore Zoo)

    Pangalion (Unknown Species) (Singapore Night Safari)

    Greater Bilby (David Fleay Wildlife Park)

    African Elephant (Dubbo Zoo)
     
  19. JVM

    JVM Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Chicago, IL
    Orinoco Crocodile (Brookfield Zoo)
    Red-Faced Spider Monkey (Brookfield Zoo)
    Forest Buffalo (Brookfield Zoo)
    Sichuan Takin (Lincoln Park Zoo)
    Asiatic Black Bear (Milwaukee County Zoo) -- been quite a while
    Kikanjou (Milwaukee County Zoo)
    Tayra? (Milwaukee County Zoo) -- don't really remember seeing it too well, but I know I've seen it
    Beluga (Shedd Aquarium)
    Gharial (National Zoo)
    Giant Panda (National Zoo)

    I'm probably missing some species, but those are the first ones off my head that really seemed unique. There are a few that seemed unique at the time but have since become common as well, like Red pandas, or are unique in my area but not so much nationally or worldwide.
     
  20. Zygodactyl

    Zygodactyl Well-Known Member

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    I saw the kagu at the San Diego Zoo. Also saw the great blue turaco, which seems to be pretty rare in zoos. Saw kiwis a long time ago at the National Zoo.
    I saw vampire bats at the Bronx Zoo back in the long ago, and bonobos at the San Diego Zoo. And of course I saw the giant pandas at the National Zoo.
    And while I'm not sure how rare seamoths are, I never heard of them before I went to the Scripps Aquarium (and they're so striking I could not forget them) so I suspect they're still rare in captivity.