Tigers, Lions, & Leopards OH, MY! (Big Cats)

No, just further evidence that I need to review the taxonomy on the list. The last time I reviewed Lynx was years ago and the felid sources I could find were being hyper-splitty.

 

Remember (challenges aside) zoo going is not a competitive sport.

 

It was that kind of era - everything in its own genus and an extra half-dozen species. I also had P. sumatrae as a species at that point but I relegated when I last reviewed Panthera (itself an good four or five years ago).

I'm currently sorting through a backlog on my photo records but will be reviewing the taxonomy of both the sightings and 'photo'd' lists when that is done.

Further to what Shorts said, not only is it not a competition but you're trying to compete with hypothetical taxon sightings - surely not sensible!

I am actually planning Berlin for next year - the top draw for me is Chacoan Peccary (as I should hopefully have seen Gerenuk by then - a new antelope would otherwise automatically win out!) but the opportunity to see a new subspecies each of Leopard Cat and Margay is very welcome - if the Margays look like their Zootierliste illustration then they in particular are absolute little beauties.

 

I will post up my list when I've worked it all out from where I've been and what they had and what I remember! I never used to write anything down and now I wish I had.

I can say I have definitely seen a King Cheetah though

 

You really do like to kill me with that, don't you

I can add Florida Panther to my list now (or just another NA Mountain Lion if you don't consider it a valid ssp).

~Thylo

 

yes yes I do

anyway here is my list (may have missed a few I did check ZTL for the one or two I wasn't sure on) and I'm not putting species name it takes too long!

King Cheetah
South African Cheetah
Jaguar
Caracal (C.c.c)
Scottish Wild Cat
African Wild Cat (F.s.l)
Southern African Wild Cat (F.s.c)
Serval
Fishing Cat
Carpathian Lynx (L.l.c)
Northern lynx (L.l.l)
Asiatic Lion
African Lion
Sumatran Tiger
Amur Tiger
Snow Leopard
North Chinese Leopard
Pallas Cat
Clouded Leopard
Indian Desert Cat
Ocelot
Amur Leopard
Geoffroy’s Cat

 

Here's my list:
Panthera leo- Generic Lion (Southwick's Zoo, Naples Zoo)
Panthera leo krugeri- South African Lion (Bronx Zoo, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Naples Zoo, Smithsonian's National Zoo)
Panthera pardus- Generic Leopard (Bronx Zoo, Naples Zoo)
Panthera pardus orientalis- Amur Leopard (Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo)
Panthera tigris- Generic Tiger (Southwick's Zoo, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Lowry Park Zoo)
Panthera tigris altaica- Amur Tiger (Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo, Bronx Zoo)
Panthera tigris jacksoni- Malayan Tiger (Bronx Zoo, Naples Zoo)
Panthera tigris sumatrae- Sumatran Tiger (Smithsonian's National Zoo)
Panthera/Uncia uncia- Snow Leopard (Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Roger Williams Park Zoo)
Neofelis nebulosa- Clouded Leopard (Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, Smithsonian's National Zoo)
Leptailurus serval- Serval (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay)
Caracal caracal- Caracal (Shell Factory and Nature Park)
Leopardus pardalis mitis- Brazilian Ocelot (Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo)
Lynx canadensis- Canada Lynx (Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo)
Lynx rufus- Bobcat (Shell Factory and Nature Park, Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo, ZooAmerica)
Puma concolor couguar- North American Cougar (Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, ZooAmerica)
Acinonyx jubatus jubatus- South African Cheetah (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Smithsonian's National Zoo)
Prionailurus viverrinus- Fishing Cat (Smithsonian's National Zoo)
Felis margarita- Sand Cat (Bronx Zoo)
Felis catus- Domestic Cat (Pets, Feral, Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo)

 

I didn't think I needed to add Domestic Cat to mine lol I've seen plenty of pets and ferals!

Beardsley sounds like it has a fair few cat species then?

 

6 cat species (if we include Domestic Cats) is pretty good for a smaller zoo. The Amur Leopard (just went on exhibit), Canada Lynx, and Amur Tigers are in the Predators exhibit, the Domestic Cat in the New England Farmyard, the Brazilian Ocelot in the South American Rainforest, and the Bobcat is off-exhibit and is an animal ambassador.

 

My list of kitties I have seen To keep it simple I'm just listing the species for the more commonly kept species.

African Lion (including white)
Asian Lion (London Zoo)
Jaguar
Amur Tiger
Sumatran Tiger (Toronto, Lowry Park Zoo)
Bengal Tiger (African Lion Safari, Toronto Zoo)
Generic Tiger (Toronto, Busch Gardens, Safari Niagara)
African Leopard (North Carolina Zoo; no longer exhibits the species)
Clouded Leopard (Toronto, Buffalo)
Snow Leopard (Toronto, Buffalo, Ross Park Zoo, Jungle Cat World)
Amur Leopard (Safari Niagara, Jungle Cat World)
Chinese Leopard (Toronto Zoo, Jungle Cat World)
Cheetah (Toronto, African Lion Safari)
Bobcat
Canadian Lynx
Eurasian Lynx (London Zoo, Jungle Cat World)
Caracal Lynx
Leopard Cat (Killman Zoo)
Black-footed Cat (Riverbanks Zoo, I believe)
Sand Cat (London Zoo, Jungle Cat World)
Serval
Cougar
Ocelot (North Carolina Zoo, Jungle Cat World)
Fishing Cat (I *think* it was Riverbanks)

 

African Lion (krugeri)
Tiger (Malayan, Sumatran, white, generic)
Leopard (generic, black, Amur)
Snow Leopard
Jaguar
Clouded Leopard
Fishing Cat
Ocelot
Margay
Geoffroy's Cat
Caracal
Serval
Black-Footed Cat
Cheetah
Puma
Bobcat
Canadian Lynx

 

I thought Lowry had both generic white and Malayan Tigers?
Beardsley's lynx are listed as L. c. canadensis.
I believe Beardsley's Bobcat is L. r. rufus.
Lowry has P. c. coryi, if you consider that a valid subspecies (which I personally do).
Since when does Bronx have Sand Cats!? Or when did they have them last?

~Thylo

 

- They had them in world of darkness.

 

Lowry Park didn't have Malayan Tigers when I visited.
Thanks for the subspecies update for the Canada Lynx and Bobcat at Beardsley.
I'm really not sure which side to take on the whole North American Cougar taxonomy issue, so I made things simpler by listing both Lowry and ZooAmerica's Cougars as North American Cougars, since I didn't know which subspecies ZooAmerica's Cougars are.
uszoo beat me to it about the Sand Cats.

 

While I didn't see any Tigers on my visit, the website lists Malayan Tigers and there's a sign for them at the zoo. If they're there, they share the same enclosure with the generic white Tigers.
No problem!
ZooAmerica's are actual North American Mountain Lions and are listed as P. c. californica, which is a synonym of P. c. cougar. Having seen both Florida Panthers and North American Mountain Lions within the past month, I can say that the Florida cats are smaller in size and are a bit darker in coloration.

Thylo

 

They do have Malayan Tigers (2 brothers from the Bronx), and they rotate with an elderly white tiger (though I'm not sure if Yala the white tiger is still alive.)
Interesting. Thanks.

 

In the further interests of accuracy, it has been pointed out me that I missed one taxon off this list - Caracal caracal michaelis - Turkmenian Caracal at Poznan.

 

I may as well share my humble list:

Domestc/feral cat
Canadian lynx (Lake district wildlife park/Trotters world of animals)
Carpathian lynx (Camperdown wildlife centre)
Puma/cougar/mountain lion/Catamount (zoo de Jurques)
Ocelot (Montpellier zoo)
Fishing cat (Lake district wildlife park/Trotters world of animals)
northern lynx (Zoo de jurques, Lake district wildlife park/Trotters world of animals, Camperdown wildlife centre, Highland wildlife park)
pallas cat (Edinburgh zoo)
scottish wildcat (Edinburgh zoo, Highland wildlife park, Camperdown wildlife centre)
serval (lake district wildlife park/trotters world of animals, zoo de jurques)
Tibetan golden cat (Edinburgh zoo)
Amur leopard(Edinburgh zoo)
Asiatic lion (Chester zoo, Edinburgh zoo)
Jaguar (Wilhelma zoo, Barcelona zoo, Chester zoo, Edinburgh zoo)
Kalahari lion (Basel zoo)
Leopard(no ssp) (zoo de Jurques)
Lion(no ssp) (zoo de juques, zoo de Champrepus, Blair drummond safari park)
North persian leopard (wilhelma zoo, zoo de champrepus)
Siberian tiger (Zoo de jurques, Highland wildlife park, blair drummond safari park)
Snow leopard (wilhelma zoo, Zoo de juques, Basel zoo)
south african cheetah (wilhelma zoo, zoo de jurques, zoo de champrepus, Barcelona zoo, Basel zoo)
Transvaal lion (zoo de jurques)
Sumatran tiger (wilhelma zoo, zoo de champrepus, Barcelona zoo, Edinburgh zoo)
Katanga lion (Barcelona zoo)
Sri lankan leopard (barcelona zoo)