They also have crocodile monitor, hump headed forest dragon, malaysia painted batagur, galapagos tortoise, fly river turtle (juvenille), madagascar ground boa, solomon island giant gecko, pheasant pigeon, bali mynah, black necked swan, nene, javan tree duck. And that was March 2007. Last time I visited.
Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida also keeps a large colony of Royal Antelopes, they seem to breed well there and at San Diego.
Does anyone know if Zoo Zurich still have their 2 male Hausa Genets listed?, when did they get them, have they gotten old?
For the sake of completeness, although it was already mentioned in other threads: -Hairy-Nosed Otter => Phnom Tamau Wildlife Sanctuary in Phnom Penh, Cambodia -Boto River Dolphin => Duisburg, Venezuela Aquarium -Cape Fox => Plsen Zoo -Platypus => currently no zoo outside of Australia Does anyone know a zoo besides Tierpark Friedrichsfelde keeping Arabian Babblers?
Is there a species other than Turdoides squamiceps called Arabian Babbler? Judging from the highly social behaviour of this species and Isis's habit of "zombie data", I'm rather doubtful re. this entry.
Another thread mentioned ring tailed mongoose. I think Berlin zoo might have them, but I'm not sure. Anywhere else keep them?
ring tailed mongoose I have a book dating from 1990 that has a picture of them At the National Zoo, Washington DC and it says they are the only pair outside Madagascar. Of course it's out of date now but still interesting. Seemed to be in quite a large glass fronted 'fake jungle' enclosure. There is also a picture of one on the Wikipedia entry that says it was taken in 'Saarbrücker Zoo'
They have quite a few ringtail mongoose at Berlin so I imagine they have bred them. They are diurnal and very active and make a great exhibit. If the numbers increase substantially they could even go on and be the next meerkat or red river hog...
@Pygathrix: yeah, saw that on ISIS; which is weird as Brown Babbler = Turdoides plebejus. Another reason not to trust this data... As far as I know, Zoo Saarbrücken (Saarbrücker is a declined form) also bred the ring-tailed; the pair at Heidelberg currently doesn't breed. Similar to the mentioned Red River Hog or the equally captivating Narrow-striped Mongoose, the zoo founding basis of the species is pretty small-which might be a problem in the future. Let's hope the current Madagascar campaign and flood of new Madagascar zoo exhibits will also benefit the distribution and support of these and other interesting endemic species of Madagascar.
The EAZA Monotreme and Marsupial TAG informed the EAZA institutions in March, 2008 that new holders are needed for the Yellow-footed rock wallaby, because the SSP is in great need of acquiring new holders for this species. According to the plans Museum de Besancon as the first zoo in Europe will receive the animals in 2008. Does anybody know that the animals has arrived yet or not? Thanks ...
You know if pure? I've been told by people working with curassows in US that only ones in Europe were unpure with Pauxi pauxi blood in them. I.E. hybrid origin.
what about Picathartes? How many in zoos nowadays? When I went to Frankfurt Zoo in 2004 the grey-necked Picathartes was the indisputable highlight of my visit. Absolutely fantastic bird, and one of the birds I most want to see in the wild one day
Well, the one female in Frankfurt is most likely the only one kept in any zoo worldwide...So all You bird-fans-last chance to see.
