Species we have lost over the last quarter of a century

An other species that we have lost:
Japanese Serow(Capricornis crispus) last held in Usti, 2018
@Dianamonkey's photo

 

Leipzig will hold this species according to their masterplan.

 

According to ZTL Wildpark Altenfelden in Austria had Snow sheeps (Ovis nivicola), at least until 2017. There is also a picture on the Zuinstitutes from 2015. Were the animals ever on display ? Does someone know their story ?

 

Thank you @TeaLovingDave !

 

The last Hunter's sunbird in Kerzers died a little while back.
I believe next on the list are Variable sunbirds, who seem to be gone from Stuttgart, and according to ZTL not signed anymore in Hamburg. The last one in Kerzers died. I don't know about the last male in Zamosc, Poland.

 

Very interesting and pertinent comment and well said !

 

Wilhelma Zoo does stil keep variable sunbirds. They are found in the new bird house.

 

Any possibilities of an update of losses/regains on the horizon? Just refound and reread this whole thread, and still find it one of the most thought-provoking on here

 

Well the most major loss since the last update here is definitely Amazon river dolphin! Sri Lankan sloth bear is another recent loss though of course the other subspecies is still present. There is always the looming loss of other species down to very small numbers e.g. Panay cloudrunner, eastern gorilla, Bornean bearded pig, aardwolf...

I can't think of any more off the top of my head that have actually been lost but I'm sure others can name some.

 

Tiger Quoll are gone from Europe now. It was probably inevitable due to the age of the individuals in question but kudos to Hamerton for at least trying.

 

Yeah, the loss of Baby was the main one that I could think of too, along with eastern aardwolf, depending on how you split your aardwolves. I'm sure there'll be others in the more speciose bird groups such as parrots, pigeons and various passerines, but then there's more likely to be regained species among those groups too.

 

I've just read in my review of Faunia (Madrid, Spain) that the last brocket deer in Europe died few weeks ago :-( not only a species, but a whole genus lost from Europe, since the other 4 species kept formerly in other collections also deceased earlier

I saw her in 2017:

 

Last Ethiopean klipspringer died in Valencia.

 

This are some very sad News.

 

I do wonder if these were truly Pavonine at all.
I recall I read recently a book published in 2000 in regards to quetzals and trogons, and the book’s taxonomy is interesting - it chooses to classify, if I recall correctly, the golden headed quetzal as a subspecies of Pavonine quetzal - and the crested quetzal as a subspecies of resplendent quetzal.
I recall also that a zoo in Italy around 2014 got golden headed quetzals… which it labelled Pavonine. I wonder if this was for the same reason…
So if this logic is applied, it could be that those held at Wuppertal were in fact golden headed after all!

 

I believe this to be the case. The true Pavonine has an orange-red bill, yellow towards its tip; the Golden-headed has an all-yellow bill. I remember specifically examining the last male at Wuppertal and finding his bill to be entirely yellow. I think the zoo labelled their birds as being Pavonine because the bird curator was following a taxonomy that viewed Golden-headed as a subspecies of Pavonine.

 

Apenine chamois.

Just visited Hellabrunn for the first time. Was really looking forward to seeing this species, but they're all gone.

Species is now extinct in captivity it seems.

And I just missed my chance at seeing them.

 

Such a sad news... I saw tree animals not long ago. The species is still present at few zoos in France and Spain, but the subspecies was unique.