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  1. Evirapo

    Evirapo Well-Known Member

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    Mine is Virginia opossum, Philander opossum, Parma wallaby, and other small hopping macropodidae I don't remember
     
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  2. Zoofan15

    Zoofan15 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    You might enjoy this challenge from 2020 (now closed) where people had to list all the marsupials they’d seen:

    ZooChat Challenge Global 2020
     
  3. CMP

    CMP Well-Known Member

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    Virginia Opossum (Wild)
    Tasmanian devil
    Sulawesi Bear Cuscus
    Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
    Koala
    Matschie's tree-kangaroo
    Red-necked/Bennet's wallaby
    Red kangaroo
    Western grey kangaroo
    Brush-tailed bettong

    Likely some other wallabies too, but I didn't keep a good record of them in the past
     
  4. Great Argus

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    Virginia Opossum (both wild and captive)
    Tasmanian Devil
    Sugar Glider
    Koala
    Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
    Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
    Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo
    Parma Wallaby
    Bennett's Wallaby
    Common Wallaroo
    Red Kangaroo
    Eastern Gray Kangaroo
    Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby
     
  5. Jakub

    Jakub Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Numbat
    Short-tailed opossum
    White-eared opposum
    Four-eyed opossum
    Derby‘s wolly opossum
    Common opossum
    Virginia opossum
    Dibbler
    Fat-tailed dunnart
    Bilby
    Golden bandicoot
    Long-nosed bandicoot
    Northern brown bandicoot
    Southern brown bandicoot
    Tasmanian Devil
    Northern quoll
    Eastern quoll
    Spot-tailed quoll
    Western quoll
    Red-tailed phascogale
    Kowari
    Bear Cuscus
    New Guinea ground cuscus
    Short-tailed spotted cuscus
    Brushtail possum
    Northern brushtail possum
    Tasmanian brushtail possum
    Common striped possum
    Eastern pygmy possum
    Rock ringtail possum
    Common ringtail possum
    Western ringtail possum
    Squirrel glider
    Sugar glider
    Yellow-bellied glieder
    New Guinean sugar glider
    Feathertail glider
    Common wombat
    Southern hairy-nosed wombat
    Tasmanian wombat
    Queensland koala
    Burrowing bettong
    Eastern bettong
    Long-nosed potoroo
    Rufous bettong
    Western woylie
    Antilopine wallaroo
    Agile wallaby
    Black wallaroo
    Brown dorcopsis
    Dusky pademelon
    Eastern grey kangaroo
    Eastern wallaroo
    Goodfellow’s Tree-kangaroo
    Mainland Western grey kangoroo
    Mala ( rufous hare wallaby )
    Matschie's Tree-kangaroo
    Nabarlek
    Parma wallaby
    Quokka
    Red-legged pademelon
    Red kangaroo
    Red-necked wallaby
    (No Subspecific status)
    Spectacled hare wallaby
    Wilkin‘s rock wallaby
    Swamp wallaby
    Tammar Wallaby
    Tasmanian Red-necked wallaby
    Tasmanian pademelon
    Yellow-footed rock wallaby
    Western brush wallaby
    White-striped Dorcopsis
    Brush-tailed rock wallaby
    Most those species I saw during my 4 weeks trip throughout Australia and Tasmania in 2017.
     
  6. Neil chace

    Neil chace Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    On my lifelist, I have:
    Red Kangaroo @ Capron Park Zoo, DAK, Franklin Park Zoo, Animal Adventures, Southwicks Zoo
    Western Grey Kangaroo @ DAK
    Bennett's Wallaby @ Roger Williams, Animal Adventures and Southwicks Zoo.
    Tammar Wallaby @ DAK and Buffalo Zoo
    Matschie's Tree Kangaroo @ Roger Williams Park Zoo
    Brush-tailed Bettong @ Capron Park Zoo

    Species I've seen prior to keeping track:
    Parma Wallaby @ Roger Williams Park Zoo
    Virginia Opposum @ Ecotarium
    Tasmanian Devil @ St Louis Zoo
    Queensland Koala @ Cleveland, Columbus, and Stone Zoos.
    Wombat sp. @ Brookfield Zoo (both common and southern-hairy nosed, I believe, but not 100% sure)
     
  7. Salt Merchant

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    Sugar glider
    Common spotted cuscus
    Sulawesi dwarf cuscus
    Sulawesi bear cuscus
    White-striped dorcopsis
    Dusky pademelon
    Agile wallaby
    Red-necked wallaby
    Grizzled tree-kangaroo
    Eastern grey kangaroo
     
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  8. 1Squirrel monkey

    1Squirrel monkey Well-Known Member

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    My current list isn’t that impressive:
    - Feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)
    - (Western) Woylie (Bettongia penicillata (ogilbyi))
    - Dusky pademelon (Thylogale brunii)
    - Parma wallaby (Macropus parma)
    - Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus)
    - Red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
    - Swamp wallaby (Macropus bicolor)
    - Tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

    But I will visit Beauval for the first time this year, which will (hopefully) add the following species to the list:
    - (Queensland) Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus (cinereus))
    - Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
    - Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi)
     
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  9. DesertRhino150

    DesertRhino150 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    These are all the species of marsupial I have definitely seen, with locations:

    - Narrow-toed feathertail glider Acrobates pygmaeus - at Colchester Zoo
    - Sugar glider Petaurus breviceps - in the animal facility at Writtle University College
    - Ground cuscus Phalanger gymnotis - at Cotswold Wildlife Park
    - Koala Phascolarctos cinereus - at Edinburgh Zoo
    - Long-nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus - at Tropical Wings Zoo
    - Dusky pademelon Thylogale brunii - at Rare Species Conservation Centre
    - Agile wallaby Notamacropus agilis - at Rotterdam Zoo
    - Tammar wallaby Notamacropus eugenii - at Amersfoort Zoo
    - Parma wallaby Notamacropus parma - definitely at Linton Zoo, possibly elsewhere
    - Bennett's wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus - all over the place
    - Swamp wallaby Wallabia bicolor - at Edinburgh Zoo
    - Red kangaroo Osphranter rufus - definitely at Linton and ZSL London, possibly elsewhere
     
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  10. CarLover

    CarLover Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I have only seen 14 species of marsupials, and I would like to see more.

    Common Opossum at the Smithsonian National Zoo
    Virginia Opossum in the wild
    Feather-tailed Gliders at the Staten Island Zoo (I had seen them before at other zoos that no longer have them)
    Sugar Glider
    Common Wallaroo at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Tammar Wallaby at the Lehigh Valley Zoo
    Western Grey Kangaroo at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
    Red Kangaroos at many zoos all over the eastern United States
    Eastern Grey Kangaroo at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
    Red-necked Wallaby at many zoos
    Matschie's Tree Kangaroos which used to be at the Philadelphia Zoo and I have since seen them at the Bronx Zoo and Columbus Zoo
    Koala at the Columbus Zoo
    Woylie at the Smithsonian National Zoo
    Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat at the Columbus Zoo
     
  11. CarLover

    CarLover Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Can I see your life list? I have one too on iNaturalist.
     
  12. WhistlingKite24

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    From my life list. I have only placed the facilities where I first saw each species rather than the full list for each one and indicated the ones I've seen in the wild.

    Tiger Quoll Dasyurus maculatus – Ipswich Nature Centre (2010)
    Eastern Quoll Dasyurus viverrinus – Alma Park Zoo (2013)
    Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus harrisii – Alma Park Zoo (2011)
    Subtropical Antechinus Antechinus subtropicus – Wild.
    Red-tailed Phascogale Phascogale calura – Taronga Zoo (2019)
    Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata – Werribee Open Range Zoo (2016)

    Greater Bilby Macrotis lagotis – Ipswich Nature Centre (2010)
    Southern Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta – Taronga Zoo (2019)
    Northern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon macrourus – Wild. Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (2021)

    Koala Phascolarctos cinereus – Wild. Alma Park Zoo (2011)

    Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus – Walkabout Creek Wildlife Centre (2010)
    Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons – Ipswich Nature Centre (2010)

    Short-eared Brushtail Possum Trichosurus caninus – Wild. David Fleay Wildlife Park (2019)
    Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula - Wild. various zoos including golden T. v. fuliginosus and golden and normal T. v. vulpecula

    Southern Greater Glider Petauroides volans – David Fleay Wildlife Park (2017)
    Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus - Wild (pulcher). Alma Park Zoo (2013); other zoos with P. p. peregrinus

    Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis – Taronga Zoo (2019)
    Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps – Wildlife HQ (2019)
    Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis - Walkabout Creek Wildlife Centre (2010)

    Feathertail Glider Acrobates - Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (2018), WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo (2019- signed as A. frontalis)

    Rufous Bettong Aepyprymus rufescens– Wildlife HQ (2018)
    Long-nosed Potoroo Potorus tridactylus– Wildlife HQ (2018)
    Brush-tailed Bettong Bettongia penicillata – Taronga Zoo (2019)

    Quokka Setonix brachyurus- Wildlife HQ (2018)
    Red-bellied Pademelon Thylogale billardierei - Ipswich Nature Centre (2016)
    Red-legged Pademelon Thylogale stigmatica - Wild (wilcoxi). Ipswich Nature Centre (2010)
    Red-necked Pademelon Thylogale thetis – Wild.
    Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus – Melbourne Zoo (2018)
    Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus – Wild. Ipswich Nature Centre (2010)
    Common Wallaroo Osphranter robustus – David Fleay Wildlife Park (2019)
    Red Kangaroo Osphranter rufus – Ipswich Nature Centre (2010)
    Agile Wallaby Notamacropus agilis – David Fleay Wildlife Park (2019)
    Tammar Wallaby Notamacropus eugenii - Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (2018)
    Parma Wallaby Notamacropus parma – Alma Park Zoo (2013)
    Whiptail Wallaby Notamacropus parryi - Walkabout Creek Wildlife Centre (2010)
    Red-necked Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus – Wild (banksianus). Australia Zoo (2014)
    Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor – Wild. Ipswich Nature Centre (2010)
    Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby Onychogalea fraenata – David Fleay Wildlife Park (2019)
    Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby Petrogale penicillata – Ipswich Nature Centre (2016)
    Black-footed Rock Wallaby Petrogale lateralis – Australia Zoo (2019)
    Proserpine Rock Wallaby Petrogale persephone – David Fleay Wildlife Park (2019)
    Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby Petrogale xanthopus – WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo (2019)
    Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus goodfellowi buergersi - Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (2018)
    Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus lumholtzi - Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (2018)
     
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  13. Neil chace

    Neil chace Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    My Zoo Lifelist
     
  14. Jambi

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    I've only seen koalas, red and grey kangaroos, and a few different types of wallaby. As far as I know, only two zoos in the UK keeps wombats, Longleat and Hamerton, and none keep Tasmanian devils. Both are species I would love to see one day though.
     
  15. birdsandbats

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    Wild
    Virginia Opossum

    Captive
    Virginia Opossum
    Red Kangaroo
    Eastern Gray Kangaroo
    Western Gray Kangaroo
    Common Wallaroo
    Bennett's Wallaby
    Tamar Wallaby
    Tasmanian Devil
    Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
    Feathertail Glider
    Sugar Glider
    Brush-tailed Bettong
    Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
    Koala
     
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    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Brookfield has Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat but not Common.

    The opossum at Smithsonian was recently discovered to be Virginia, not Common.
     
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  17. Dhole dude

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    Virginia Opossum (many times)
    Bare-Tailed Woolly Opossum (Shell Factory & Nature Park)
    Red Kangaroo (many times)
    Western Grey Kangaroo (Brookfield Zoo, Great Plains Zoo, SDZSP)
    Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Columbus Zoo & Aquarium)
    Common Wallaroo (Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History)
    Bennett’s Red-Necked Wallaby (many times)
    Swamp Wallaby (Disney's Animal Kingdom)
    Parma Wallaby (San Diego Zoo)
    Tamar Wallaby (Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium)
    Agile Wallaby (Shell Factory & Nature Park)
    Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby (Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium)
    Brush-Tailed Bettong (Lake Superior Zoo, San Diego Zoo)
    Matchie's Tree Kangaroo (many times)
    Tasmanian Devil (Saint Louis Zoo, San Diego Zoo
    Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (Columbus Zoo & Aquarium)
    Queensland Koala (Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, Dallas Zoo, San Diego Zoo)
    Feathertail Glider (Columbus Zoo & Aquarium)
    Sugar Glider (Lake Superior Zoo)
     
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  18. CarLover

    CarLover Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Thanks for letting me know. That's a bummer.
     
  19. Neil chace

    Neil chace Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Did they ever have common? I visited once in 2012, and seemed to remember both species. I could be wrong though.
     
  20. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I don't think so.
     
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