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  1. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    This is a species list of the Darling Downs Zoo.

    Mammals:
    Brushtail Possum
    Common Wombat
    Brazilian Tapir
    Patagonian Mara
    Capybara
    Common Marmoset
    Cotton-Top Tamarin
    Emperor Tamarin
    Pygmy Marmoset
    Plains Zebra
    Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat
    Addax
    Slender-Tailed Meerkat
    Cheetah
    Sumatran Tiger
    Serval
    African Lion
    Giraffe
    Grey Kangaroo
    Red Kangaroo
    Blackbuck
    Red Deer
    Lama
    Brazilian Agouti
    Siamang
    Aoudad**
    Koala
    Dromedary Camel**
    Rhesus Macque
    Hamadryas Baboon
    Red-Necked Wallaby
    Black-Capped Capuchin

    Birds:
    Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo
    Nepal Kalij
    Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo
    Long-Billed Corella
    Pied Stilt
    Ecelectus Parrot
    Ostrich
    Greater Rhea
    Noisy Pitta
    Cape Barren Goose
    Bush-Stone Curlew
    Banded Lapwing
    Mandarin Duck
    Egyptian Goose
    Ruddy Shelduck
    Budgerigar
    New-Guiena Ground Dove
    Luzon Bleeding-Heart Pigeon
    Eastern Grass Owl
    Barn Owl
    Gang-Gang Cockatoo
    Scarlett Macaw
    Blue-Gold Macaw
    Royal Spoonbill
    Emu
    Topknot Pigeon
    Wonga Pigeon
    Torresian Imperial Pigeon
    Sun Conure
    African Grey Parrot
    Golden Pheasant
    Tawny Frogmouth**
    Rose-Crowned Fruit Dove
    Regent Bowerbird**
    Lady Amherst's Pheasant
    Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo

    Reptiles:
    Green Iguana
    Yellow Anaconda
    Boa Constrictor
    Reticulated Python
    Aldabra Tortoise
    Rhinoceroses Iguana
    Saw-Shelled Turtle
    Shingleback Lizard
    Centralian Bearded Dragon
    Eastern Bearded Dragon
    American Alligator
    Perentie

    **means not seen

    There are a couple of Bird species missing off the list so feel free to make corrections and add species. Also does anybody know whether the wombats at DDZ are Southern Hairy Nose or Common? I have listed both just in case.
     
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  2. MRJ

    MRJ Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    They should have an eastern whipbird.
     
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  3. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Thanks, however it appears I can no longer edit the original post.
     
  4. Zorro

    Zorro Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I believe you can add.

    Glossy Ibis
    Glossy black Cockatoo
    Green-wing Macaw
    Bilby
    Mahogany Glider
    Bettong
    Star Tortoise (There is another smaller species as well)
     
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  5. Jake

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    Where is the Perentie in the zoo?
     
  6. WhistlingKite24

    WhistlingKite24 Well-Known Member 10+ year member Premium Member

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    When I went earlier this year, there was a sign for Perentie, but I only saw a Lace Monitor, with the Brush-tailed Possum (There was also a sign for Common Wombat). They were in the area near the gang-gang cockatoos and raptors, near the entrance.
     
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    Zorro Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    On there website says Nyala, Bongo and Rhinos are coming
     
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    Zorro Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Red Handed Tamarin