Rarest animals seen in a zoo or aquarium

Maned wolves can be found at both zoos in the Phoenix area (plus several others around the U.S.)

 

Florida panthers in Homosassa springs state park, Jacksonville zoo, lowry park zoo, white oak conservation center, and i think big cat rescue has 2. all of which are in FL.

Someone i belive mentioned FL manatees which are also at Lowry park zoo in tampa. they are west indian manatees but isis calls all the manatees in zoos Caribbean manatees and a fair number of zoos have them.

 

Hirola (gladys porter zoo)
bawean deer (san diego zoo)
nilgiri thar (san diego zoo)(minnesota zoo)(san diego wild animal park)
southern bushpig (san diego zoo)
red fronted gazelle (san diego wild animal park)
spanish ibex (san diego zoo)
saiga antelope (san diego zoo)(san diego wild animal park)
purple faced langur (baton rouge zoo)
giant forest hog (san diego zoo)
sumatran rhinoceros (los angeles zoo) (san diego zoo)(cincinatti zoo)(bronx zoo)
dusky pademelon (long beach aquarium)
antilopine wallaroo (singapore zoo)
asiatic cheetah ( wild about cats)
elds deer (disneys animal kingdom) (san diego wild animal park)
salts dik-dik (moscow zoo)
largha seal (osaka aquarium)
mountain gazelle (blackpool zoo)
indian gazelle (lahore zoo)
chinese water deer (los angeles zoo)(wildlife world zoo)
caspian red deer (tehran zoo)
sumatran serow (dusit zoo)
borneo pygmy elephant (oregon zoo)
sumatran elephant (ragunan zoo)
coconut crab (long beach aquarium)
hoolock gibbon (delhi zoo)
four horned antelope (berlin zoo)
palawan bearded pig (safari park calahuit)
kiang (san diego wild animal park)
giant otter (los angeles zoo)
amazon river dolphin (duisburg zoo) (pittsburgh zoo) (toledo zoo)
siberian musk deer (edinburgh zoo) (san diego zoo)
visayan spotted deer (berlin zoo)
javan rusa (san diego wild animal park)
tibetan gazelle (beijing zoo)
bornean sun bear ( san diego zoo)

 

@ ungulate nerd - impressive list, but I would say there is about a zero percent chance you saw an asian cheetah at Wild About Cats. For the last several decades there has never been an asian cheetah outside of Iran.

 

sorry i had a moment, it turns out the only captive asiatic cheetah was in iran and it wasnt a specimen from wild about cats, it was one from iran that the parks website talked about

 

as far as i am aware duisburg zoo is the only zoo that has an amazon river dolphin. they use to have 2 but i believe they only have one now. not positive tho.

Edit: yeah IsIs confirmed just one river dolphin and only at duisburg

also according to isis sumatran rhinos are only at Cincinnati and..... White Oak conservation center in yulee, Fl????? i heard they were working on expanding the breeding program and trying to gain more genetic diversity. so it is possible the zoos listed by nerd is future plans for holding the animals in captivity. sorry if im nit picking... =(

 

The zoos he listed are the zoos where he saw them previously. I have also seen Sumatran Rhinos at LA Zoo and San Diego. They no longer hold them.



Hix

 

I'm gonna go through mine now but with a slight twist (rarest species 'photographed'), bearing in mind that my idea of rare species may be different to others.

Mammals

Queensland koala (Edinburgh Zoo)
Arabian rock hyrax (Cotswold Wildlife Park)
Western lesser bamboo lemur (Wingham Wildlife Park)*
Crowned sifaka (Cotswold Wildlife Park)
Aye-aye (Bristol Zoo)
Golden-bellied crowned monkey (Twycross Zoo)
Japanese macaque (Highland Wildlife Park)
Heck's macaque (Howletts Wild Animal Park)
Drill (Edinburgh Zoo, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park)
Grizzled leaf monkey (Howletts Wild Animal Park)
Purple-faced langur (Cotswold Wildlife Park)
Silvery gibbon (Howletts Wild Animal Park, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park)
Little red flying fox (Wingham Wildlife Park)
Pallas' long-tongued bat (Bristol Zoo)
Sudan cheetah (Chester Zoological Gardens)
African wildcat (Howletts Wild Animal Park)
Indian Desert Cat (Howletts Wild Animal Park)
Palawan binturong (Rare Species Conservation Centre)
Ring-tailed mongoose (Rare Species Conservation Centre)
Narrow-striped mongoose (Rare Species Conservation Centre)
Arabian striped hyena (Twycross Zoo)
Iberian wolf (Port Lympne Wild Animal Park)
Chinese dhole (Twycross Zoo, Howletts Wild Animal Park, Port Lympne)
Sri Lankan sloth bear (Whipsnade Zoo)
Smooth-coated otter (Rare Species Conservation Centre)
Giant otter (Chester Zoological Gardens)
Tayra (Rare Species Conservation Centre)
Somali wild ass (Marwell Zoo)
Lesser mouse deer (Bristol Zoo)
Michie's tufted deer (Twycross Zoo)
Saharan dorcas gazelle (Marwell Zoo)
Arabian mountain gazelle (Blackpool Zoo)
Nubian red-necked [Damma] gazelle (Marwell Zoo)
Indian gaur (Whipsnade Zoo)
Turkomen markhor (Highland Wildlife Park)
Arabian oryx (Marwell Zoo)
Defassa waterbuck (Port Lympne Wild Animal Park)

 

Here is my list for mammals. A few I'm not sure if they are super rare, but I was incredible pleased to see all of these.

Short-beaked Echidna (Brookfield Zoo)
Brush-tailed Bettong (Lincoln Park Zoo)
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Brookfield Zoo)
Koala (Kansas City Zoo)
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo (Kansas City Zoo, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, Sedgwick County Zoo, Saint Louis Zoo)
Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby (Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo)
Black-and-Rufous Elephant Shrew (Philadelphia Zoo, Smithsonian National Zoo, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo)
Aye-aye (Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo)
Coquerel's Sifaka (Omaha' Henry Doorly Zoo, Saint Louis Zoo)
Azara's Night Monkey (Omaha' Henry Doorly Zoo)
Red-backed Bearded Saki (Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo)
Red-bellied Titi (Smithsonian National Zoo)
Blue Monkey (Kansas City Zoo, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo)
Beluga (Shedd Aquarium)
Visayan Warty Pig (Saint Louis Zoo)
Chacoan Peccary (Saint Louis Zoo, Sedgwick County Zoo)
Okapi (Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, Sedgwick County Zoo, Brookfield Zoo)
Eld's Deer (Sedgwick County Zoo)
Gaur (Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo)
Gerenuk (Saint Louis Zoo)
Dall's Sheep (Bear Country U.S.A.)
Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox (Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo)
Greater Spear-nosed Bat (Omaha' Henry Doorly Zoo)
Greater Bulldog Bat (Omaha' Henry Doorly Zoo)
Mountain Tapir (Cheyenne Mountain Zoo)
Baird's Tapir (Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, Sedgwick County Zoo)
Red Wolf (Lincoln Park Zoo)
Bush Dog (Saint Louis Zoo)
Bat-eared Fox (Kansas City Zoo, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, Saint Louis Zoo)
Giant Panda (Smithsonian National Zoo)
Ratel (Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo)
Tayra (Sedgwick County Zoo)
Spotted-necked Otter (Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo)
Sea Otter (Shedd Aquarium)

 

The Maned Wolves have been removed from Wildlife World as they are not AZA any longer. Phoenix still has theirs though, Romeo is quite a handsome boy!

Here's a partial list of what I can think of at the moment:

Phoenix Zoo:
Andean Condor
Golden Conure
Golden Eagle
Chacoan Pecary
Spotted-Neck Otters
Pemba Flying Foxes (are these in other zoos? ISIS only lists Phoenix)
Maned Wolf
Mexican Wolf
Calamian Deer
Red Brocket Deer
Black Footed Ferrets
Chiricahua leopard frog
Visayan Warty Pigs
Komodo Dragons
Galapagos tortoise

Belize Zoo:
Margay
Gibnut (Lowland Paca)
Harpy Eagle
Jabiru

LA Zoo:
Okapi
California Condor

AyeAye (San Francisco)
Beisa oryx (Wildlife World- Phoenix area)
Great White Shark (Monterey Bay Aquarium)

 

Monterey bay just got in a new great white shark last august. its a male 5 to 6 feet long. 6th one they've had on display. they release all of them after various periods of time depending on how well they eat, and over all health. one was released because it was hunting its tank mates in its deep ocean tank. only one shark hadn't survived after being released because it was later caught in a net. just some interesting stuff i found.

 

Mikwaukee has Dall Sheep as well as Toronto

 

Toronto Zoo no longer has Dall's Sheep Just as a bit of a tidbit to their Dalls's Sheep keeping days, they used to have them in two enclosures, one in the old Canadian Domain in addition to their more well known one where their rock is just being used for decorative purposes.

 

Kakapo



Hix

 

Ouch

Well this blows everybody elses out of the water

 

grizzled leaf monkey?, and hix, you lucky lucky man

 

I agree with dave and javen rhino, than you are one lucky bastard (ment once again with the greatest of respect for yourself and your zoological knowledge which has been very helpful on the board) . May I ask, at what collection did you see said kakapo?