What are the ungulate species and pure subspecies no longer held in the United States of America and Canada? This is a big question that I would guess no one has the answer to but has been of interest to me after repeatedly reading scattered information about the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park. I suppose there are a few species that were only ever in Mexican zoos so that information could be helpful, too. I have a better knowledge of species that will probably be soon be absent (possibly forever) such as Formosan sika, Manchurian sika, Barbary deer, and mountain tapirs but am not apposed to presenting them here. I am forgetting quite a few that I already knew about but I have listed some below. saiga Sumatran rhinoceros alpine chamois goitered gazelle Mhorr gazelle? Northern white rhinoceros MacNeill's deer? Chinese water deer? royal antelope I apologize if a thread similar to this already exists. There was no thread that I found specific to ungulates that actually lists species no longer in captive facilities.
Not many, but there's definitely some present in Texas. Most species I wouldn't rule out *not* being in Texas, other than the obvious ones (royal antelope, saiga, the rhinos, that sort of thing).
Kiang, Bushpig, Jentik's Duiker, Topi, Hartebeest, Suni, Zebra Duiker, East Caucasian Tur, Common Duiker, Maxwell's Duiker, & Günther's Dikdik are just a handful of species on the long list of ungulates formerly held on this continent. Cuvier's Gazelle & Jackson's Hartebeest may or may not be held at a few private ranches, but I don't believe there are any left in public collections.
The last mhorr in the AZA was in Philadelphia but he died last year. There are still some in private collections.
I'm now remembering that dibatags are no longer in any American or European zoos. I could be wrong but I thought this was also likely true of Bornean bearded pigs. I thought about that when writing this post but now that you mention it, species that are known to be in Texas, like the mhorr gazelle, can be left out while species that are probably gone like the topi should be included. I thought I remembered reading that the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park sent out a lot of their rare hoofstock to hunting ranches starting about two decades ago. That makes me think there could be a few around with private holders. I'm pretty sure Chinese water deer and MacNeill's deer were two of those species.
There are actually bush pigs at Zoo de Granby in Quebec! At least that’s what it says on their feeding schedule.
African water chevrotains were kept at the Bronx Zoo and Brookfield Zoo in the 1950s. I think there were some in San Diego at some point, based on a thread I vaguely remember. Javan rusas were kept at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
Do you know when the last kiangs died out? The latest I’ve been able to confirm their existence in NA was 2008.
In his book The Management of Wild Mammals in Captivity (1964) Crandall records that Bronx Zoo received a short lived pair of pampas deer in 1905. He also states there are no records of marsh deer being kept in the USA.
Bronx Zoo acquired seven African water chevrotains on 15th June 1949; two of these were sent to Chicago, the other five stayed in New York. The longest lived of these seven chevrotains died in New York on 31st December 1952. This is, I think, still the longevity record for this species in captivity. (I would very much like to see an African chevrotain but doubt I ever will.)
When we say "mhorr gazelle" are we talking dama/mhorr/addra (nanger dama)? Wildlife World (AZ) keeps a quantity of them (around 11), if so.
Specifically the subspecies Nanger dama mhorr. Other than possibly some ranches in TX, all the subspecific dama gazelles left are Addra. Coincidentally, I saw the mhorr gazelle a few months before it passed away at Philadelphia Zoo, but have yet to see the much more common addra gazelle.
