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Where do the Deer & Antelope Play?: A Look at America's Ungulate Populations

Discussion in 'North America - General' started by ThylacineAlive, 22 Aug 2020.

  1. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    That post looks only at species with an SSP or candidate program.
     
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    Lee Richardson Zoo in Kansas no longer holds Javan banteng.

    Lee Richardson Zoo

    Denver Zoo in Colorado no longer holds Kirk's dik-dik.

    Denver Zoo
     
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    I have done some research on reindeer/caribou populations, hybridization, and presence in Alaska which leads me to conclude that the Siberian Tundra reindeer in captivity are domesticated forms of this subspecies, possibly with Norwegian genetics. This link identifies the reindeer in San Diego as originating from stock in Alaska and I'm assuming that Cougar Mountain Zoo's reindeer are somehow related to the animals in San Diego. Based on other papers I've studied, Asian reindeer in Alaska are domestic reindeer shipped from the Russian
    Chukchi Peninsula by a few ambitious businessmen and somewhat strangely, a priest. At one point, the Alaskan farmers used domestic Norwegian males for breeding purposes, as well.

    I was reading about this for another project, but thought it was worth mentioning here because these animals are domesticated. I don't think they were meant to be an exception to the omission of domestic animal groups, but could be wrong.
     
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    So, not really Rangifer tarandus valentinae // R. fennicus valentinae after all?
     
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    They were never believed to be valentinae from what I've seen on ZooChat, but rather sibiricus. This matches up with what I've learned. The one difference is that these reindeer are a domesticated form of sibiricus.
     
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    I started my America zootour today and I was surprised to see 5 giant elend including one male at Miami Zoo. I thought this might be interesting here as People with ZIMS access did write in former comments they have only 0.3 left. The Other 2 may have arrived recently?
     
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    One, the castrated male, arrived recently, from San Diego. The fourth female arrived sometime in the last year, I believe.
     
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    Too bad to read it's castrated, I hoped for a chance that the species will be bred there
     
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    Still very interesting that they've brought in more in general!

    ~Thylo
     
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    This is the list I have for them. Ones with asterisks I have no visually confirmed yet, but don't have a reason to doubt.

    Blackbuck
    Impala

    Banteng
    Bison

    Eland
    Nilgai*
    Nyala
    Sitatunga*

    Fallow Deer
    Red Deer

    Addax
    Arabian Oryx
    Scimitar Oryx*
    Sable
    Wildebeest*, both black and blue

    Lechwe*, both Nile and red
    Waterbuck*

    Warthog

    Giraffe

    Southern White Rhino
    Grant's Zebra
    Grevy's Zebra
     
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    There are now three pure American bison at the Red River Zoo.
     
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    Como Park Zoo & Conservatory swapped out Lesser Kudu for Lowland Nyala recently.
    Minnesota officially no longer has Wild Boar.
     
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    Abilene Zoo - added eastern bongo
    Franklin Park Zoo - added Somali wild ass
    Zoo Atlanta - plains zebra removed, added bontebok
    San Diego Zoo - black duiker removed
    Zoo Miami - bay duiker removed, Somali wild ass removed
    John Ball Zoo - added pygmy hippopotamus
    Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium - pygmy hippopotamus removed
    Smithsonian's National Zoo - sitatunga removed
     
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    Pittsburgh has pygmy hippo.
     
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    There was only one hippopotamus in Pittsburgh, right?
     
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    There is currently one pygmy hippopotamus at Pittsburgh.
     
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    Are you considering Johari was moved to the John Ball Zoo? I thought there was only one in Pittsburgh but maybe I was wrong.
     
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    Please check the Pittsburgh thread.
     
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