Zoo animals you want to see but haven't yet

Short Answer: All of them

 

I've seen some of these species when I was younger, but not recently enough that I remember/was old enough to appreciate them.

Pure Bengal Tiger (is there even such a thing anymore?)
Philippine Eagle
Harpy Eagle
African Forest Elephant
Tuatara
Black Rhino
Tasmanian Devil
Giant Armadillo (none in captivity I know)
Eastern Gorilla
Dhole
Spanish Lynx
Grison
European Badger (I've seen one fleetingly, but they're one of my favourites)
Giant Otter
Sloth Bear
Giant Forest Hog
Gaur
Kiwi
Emperor Penguin
Chinese Alligator
Nile Monitor

 

Not sure why I chose the specific species I did, but since this post I have seen African Forest Buffalo, Visayan Spotted Deer, Tasmanian Devil, Australian Brush-Turkey, and Tasmanian Devil. I hope to cross out at least a few more within the upcoming year.

~Thylo

 

As far as I know, there are still a couple left in some South American facilities.

 

Since these posts, I have seen one more species listed on both Dassie Rat’s and my own list: gelada.

From my own list, I have also now seen the following:
Honey badger
Lots of birds (I’ve seen a lot of new ones, not sure exactly which I had in mind though)
Siberian musk deer
Kihansi spray toad
Lots of other frogs (same as above applies)
Bear cuscus
Mauritius pink pigeon

In addition, I’ve gotten a more recent look at the douc langur at Philadelphia.

As for species I want to see, I have plans to see marine iguana next year, and that’s one that’s been on my list for a while as well. I’d like to see proboscis monkeys and platypus, like many others. Anything new is appreciated, though.

 

Nice to see how my last post resurrected this old lovely thread! It's one of my favourite threads of the forum

That implies that you never visited a zoo before ;-) as the list consist in animals that you didn't saw previously in a zoo (and that you wish to see)

Which zoo(s) keep(s)...
(looks like that maybe some Asian zoo still keeps the nominate tiger subspecies).

Devilfish's year of adventures

Do you mean a travel to Galapagos, right? Because the only ones held in captivity in the world (in Japan) has been moved very recently to an unknown facility.

And well, after I put yesterday the list of species that I can remove from my older list because I saw them in the various zoos I visited in last three years... now I put the species that I really would want a loooot to find in a zoo (in a much shorter list than the previous one!):

MAMMALS:
African golden cat (Caracal aurata)
Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobita)
Annamite striped rabbit (Nesolagus timminsi)
Banded hare wallaby (Lagostrophus fasciatus)
Banded palm civet (Hemigalus derbyanus)
Beira (Dorcatragus megalotis)
Black bearded saki (Chiropotes satanas)
Black-footed cat (Felis nigripes)
Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)
Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii)
Crowned sifaka (Propithecus coronatus)
Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)
Dall's sheep (Ovis dalli)
Eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius)
Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis)
Falanouc (Eupleres goudotii)
False orca (Pseudorca crassidens)
Fanaloka (Fossa fossana)
Feather-tailed possum (Distoechurus pennatus)
Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
Flat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps)
Forest giant hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni)
Four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis)
Ganges dolphin (Platanista gangetica)
Giant pangolin (Manis gigantea)
Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori)
Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)
Hirola (Beatragus hunteri)
Hog badger (Arctonyx collaris)
Hourglass dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger)
Indopacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis)
Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris)
Jentink's duiker (Cephalophus jentinki)
Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)
Maned rat (Lophiomys imhausi)
Marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata)
Marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna)
Masoala fork-marked lemur (Phaner furcifer)
Mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque)
Myanmar snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri)
Narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii)
Northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus)
Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
Owston's palm civet (Chrotogale owstoni)
Pacarana (Dinomys branickii)
Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
Pied bat (Niumbaha superba)
Plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus)
Pygmy hog (Sus salvanius)
Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)
Red wolf (Canis rufus)
Ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata)
Ross's seal (Ommatophoca rossii)
Royal antelope (Neotragus pygmaeus)
Rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus)
Saola (Pseudoryx nghetingensis)
Southern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii)
Spotted linsang (Prionodon linsang)
Striped possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata)
Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
Sunda stink badger (Mydaus javanensis)
Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii)
Tibetan fox (Vulpes ferrilata)
Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus)
Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis)
Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)
Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons)
Volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi)
Water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus)

BIRDS:
Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei)
Andean avocet (Recurvirostra andina)
Araripe mannakin (Antilophia bokermanni)
Australian avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)
Bare-necked fruitcrow (Gymnoderus foetidus)
Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis)
Black and white hawk-eagle (Spizastur melanoleucus)
Black sicklebill (Epimachus fastuosus)
Black stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae)
Black-breasted buzzard (Hamirostra melanosternon)
Black-headed jay (Garrulus lanceolatus)
Black-legged seriema (Chunga burmeisteri)
Black-mantled goshawk (Accipiter melanochlamys)
Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
Blue bird of paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi)
Blue nuthacht (Sitta azurea)
Blue vanga (Cyanolanius madagascarinus)
Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii)
Bornean bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala)
Bornean ground cuckoo (Carpococcyx radiceus)
Bulwer's pheasant (Lophura bulweri)
Caucasian grouse (Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi)
Chinese monal (Lophophorus lhuysii)
Cloven-feathered pigeon (Drepanoptila holosericea)
Cock-tailed tyrant (Alectrurus tricolor)
Coral-billed ground cuckoo (Carpococcyx renaudi)
Crested argus pheasant (Rheinardia ocellata)
Eastern spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
Fire-tailed myzornis (Myzornis pyrrhoura)
Flame bowerbird (Sericulus ardens)
Flame-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus marchei)
Giant ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea)
Golden fruit dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens)
Golden pipit (Tmetothylacus tenellus)
Golden tanager (Tangara arthus)
Grandala (Grandala coelicolor)
Greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius)
Green ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis)
Green junglefowl (Gallus varius)
Grey hypocolius (Hypocolius ampelinus)
Grey-necked rockfowl (Picathartes oreas)
Helmet hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil)
Himalayan cutia (Cutia nipalensis)
Horned guan (Oreophasis derbianus)
Horned screamer (Anhima cornuta)
Hose's green broadbill (Calyptomena hosii)
Ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii)
Imperial amazon (Amazona imperialis)
Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon)
Lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus)
Lesser florican (Sypheotides indica)
Long-billed heron (Agamia agami)
Long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis)
Long-tailed ground roller (Uratelornis chimaera)
Long-tailed hawk (Urotriorchis macrourus)
Mallee scrubfowl (Leipoa ocellata)
Many-coloured rush tyrant (Tachuris rubrigastra)
Maroon oriole (Oriolus traillii)
Marvelous spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis)
Mauritius kestrel (Falco punctatus)
Moluccan megapode (Eulipoa wallacei)
Mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
Musk duck (Biziura lobata)
Orange fruit dove (Ptilinopus victor)
Orange-breasted falcon (Falco deiroleucus)
Pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi)
Pileated heron (Pilherodius pileatus)
Pink-headed warbler (Cardellina versicolor)
Prince Albert's bird of paradise (Pteridophora alberti)
Prince Stephanie's astrapia (Astrapia stephaniae)
Purple-crowned fairy wren (Malurus coronatus)
Racket-tailed treepie (Crypsirina temia)
Ratchet-tailed treepie (Temnurus temnurus)
Red-footed booby (Sula sula)
Red-naped ibis (Pseudibis papillosa)
Red-tailed comet (Sappho sparganura)
Regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus)
Rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
Ribbon-tailed astrapia (Astrapia mayeri)
Royal spoonbill (Platalea regia)
Saint Lucia amazon (Amazona versicolor)
Sclater's monal (Lophophorus sclateri)
Shovel-billed kingfisher (Clytoceyx rex)
Silver-breasted broadbill (Serilophus lunatus)
Silver-eared mesia (Leiothrix argentauris)
Snow partridge (Lerwa lerwa)
Spinifex pigeon (Geophaps plumifera)
Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii)
Standardwing (Semioptera wallacei)
Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica)
Tahitian blue lorikeet (Vini peruviana)
Thick-billed pigeon (Trugon terrestris)
Thick-billed raven (Corvus crassirostris)
Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae)
Ultramarine lorikeet (Vini ultramarina)
Varied tit (Parus varius)
Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)
Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax)
Whistling heron (Syrigma sibilatrix)
White-browed tit-warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae)
White-headed wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus bollei)
White-necked myna (Streptocitta albicollis)
White-shouldered ibis (Pseudivis davisoni)
White-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis)
Whooping crane (Grus americana)
Wilson's bird of paradise (Cicinnurus respublica)
Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)
Yellow-bellied asiti (Neodrepanis hypoxantha)
Yellow-crowned gonolek (Laniarius barbarus)
Yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes)

REPTILES:
Banded sea krait (Laticauda colubrina)
Bornean earless lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis)
Burmese peacock softshell turtle (Nilssonia formosa)
Fan-throated lizard (Sitana ponticeriana)
Fiji crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis)
Harlequin gecko (Hoplodactylus rakiurae)
Mandarin ratsnake (Elaphe mandarina)
Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)
Mexican mole lizard (Bipes biporus)
Painted terrapin (Batagur borneoensis)
Pinocchio lizard (Anolis proboscis)
Red-striped smooth snake (Liophidium pattoni)
Russell's viper (Vipera russelii)
Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
Western basilisk (Basiliscus galeritus)
Yellow-bellied krait (Pelamis platurus)

AMPHIBIANS:
Corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree)
Crucifix toad (Notaden bennettii)
Darwin's frog (Rhinoderma darwinii)
Greater siren (Siren lacertina)
Hairy frog (Trichobatrachus robustus)
Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
Koh Tao island caecilian (Ichthyophis kohtaoensis)
Malagasy rainbow frog (Scaphiophryne gottlebei)
Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki)
Red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber)
Ringed caecilian (Siphonops annulatus)
Rutenberg's reed frog (Heterixalus rutenbergi)
Splendid leaf frog (Cruziohyla calcarifer)
Three-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma tridactylum)
Tiger treefrog (Hyloscirtus tigrinus)

BONY FISHES:
American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)
Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus albicans)
Barred knifefish (Steatogenys elegans)
Bearded leatherjacket (Anacanthus barbatus)
Bicolor goatfish (Parupeneus barberinoides)
Bigmouth manefish (Caristius macropus)
Blackfoot firefish (Parapterois heterura)
Bowfin (Amia calva)
Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius) (if not extinct) :-(
Cockatoo flounder (Samaris cristatus)
Eyelight fish (Photoblepharon palpebratus)
Four-eyed sole (Microchirus ocellatus)
Humpback turretfish (Tetrosomus gibbosus)
Long-snout boarfish (Pentaceropsis recurvirostris)
Ocellated waspfish (Apistus carinatus)
Old wife (Enoplosus armatus)
Ornate cowfish (Aracana ornata)
Ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus)
Pearl fish (Carapus acus)
Peppermint angelfish (Centropyge boylei)
Psychedelic anglerfish (Histiophryne psychedelica)
Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti)
Pygmy sunfish (Ranzania laevis)
Sailfin velifer (Velifer hypselopterus)
Salmon snailfish (Careproctus rastrinus)
Scrawled butterflyfish (Chaetodon meyeri)
Sea toad (Chaunax abei)
Short boarfish (Parazanclistius hutchinsi)
Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus)
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
Urchin clingfish (Diademichthys lineatus)
White-barred boxfish (Anoplocapros lenticularis)
Zebra sole (Zebrias zebra)

CARTILAGINOUS FISHES:
Antenna ray (Plesiotrygon iwamae)
Australian ghost shark (Callorhinchus milii)
Bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma)
Chain catshark (Scyliorhinus retifer)
Eastern fiddler ray (Trygonorrhina fasciata)
Eyed electric ray (Torpedo torpedo)
Giant freshwater stingray (Himantura chaophraya)
Giant manta ray (Manta birostris)
Japanese sawshark (Pristiophorus japonicus)
Pyjama shark (Poroderma africanum)
Rabbitfish (Chimaera monstrosa)
Spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei)
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
Zebra bullhead shark (Heterodontus zebra)

JAWLESS FISHES:
Atlantic hagfish (Myxine glutinosa)
River lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis)

PROCHORDATES:
Lancelet (Branchiostoma lanceolatum)

ASCIDIANS:
Pin-head squirt (Clavelina lepadiformis)
Stalked ascidian (Clavelina robusta)

SALPS:
Fire roller (Pyrosoma atlanticum)
Venus's girdle (Cestum veneris)

URCHINS:
Bald-patch urchin (Microcyphus rousseaui)
Helmet urchin (Colobocentrotus atratus)

STARFISHES:
Iconic starfish (Iconaster longimanus)

CEPHALOPODS:
Blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata)
Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea)
Colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni)
Common blanket octopus (Tremoctopus violaceus)
Flapjack octopus (Opistoteuthis californiana)
Hummingbird bobtail squid (Euprymna berryi)
Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus)
Oceanic squid (Cranchia scabra)
Paper nautilus (Argonauta argo)
Striped pyjama squid (Sepioloidea lineolata)
Vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)
Wonderpus octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus)

SNAILS:
Allied cowry (Galera manifesta)
Black and gold sapsucking slug (Cyerce nigricans)
Blue slug (Bielzia coerulans)
Co's goniobranch (Chromodoris coi)
Compressed cowry (Hiatavolva coarctata)
Cuban hedhehog snail (Blaesospira echinus)
Cymbal bubble snail (Haminoea cymbalum)
Eastern emerald elysia (Elysia chlorotica)
Elliot's needle snail (Callonia ellioti)
Eyed sea slug (Phyllidia ocellata)
Fingerprint flamingo tongue (Cyphoma signatum)
Flamingo tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum)
Giant screw snail (Rohdea gigantea)
Gold-banded spindle snail (Crassicantharus noumeensis)
Graceful spindle cowry (Phenacovolva gracilis)
Green-spotted parasitic snail (Stilapex montrouzieri)
Kuni's gonobranch (Chromodoris kuniei)
Lesser notodoris (Notodoris minor)
Lion's mane sea slug (Melibe leonina)
Mandroroa headshield slug (Chelidonura mandroroa)
Meander wart slug (Phyllidiella meandrina)
Miniature melon snail (Micromelo undatus)
Oman leopard snail (Acteon eloisae)
Pale tailed slug (Chelidonura pallida)
Pikachu sea slug (Thecacera pacifica)
Pink-banded bubble shell (Aplustrum amplustre)
Platypus egg cowry (Cuspivolva platysia)
Psychedelic sea slug (Sagaminopteron psychedelicum)
Red triangle slug (Triboniophorus graeffei)
Red-lined bubble shell (Bullina lineata)
Reticulated sea slug (Reticulidia halgerda)
Santa Barbara janolus (Janolus barbarensis)
Santa Snail (Indrella ampulla)
Sao Tome columnar snail (Columna leai)
Ship snail (Cochlorina nacvicula)
Smith's snail (Rhiostoma smithi)
Spanish shawl(Flabellina iodinea)
Striped bubble shell (Hydatina physis)
Suzanne's sea slug (Reticulidia suzanneae)
Swallowtail headshield slug (Chelidonura hirundinina)
Tiger egg cowry (Cuspivolva tigris)
Umbilical egg shell (Calpurnus verrucosus)
Upside-down snail (Anostoma depressum)
Varicose wart slug (Phyllidia varicosa)
White-lined dirona (Dirona albolineata)
Yamasui's sea slug (Cuthona yamasui)

INSECTS:
Apollo metalmark (Lyropteryx apollonia)
Argus luna moth (Eudaemonia argus)
Bhutan glory (Bhutanitis lidderdalei)
Blister beetle mimic cockroach (Melyroidea magnifica)
Blood-red skipper (Haemactis sanguinalis)
Blue carpenter bee (Xylocopa caerulea)
Branded imperial (Eooxylides tharis)
Cape stag beetle (Colophon primosi)
Central American montane tiger beetle (Pseudoxycheila tarsalis)
Chilean magnificent ground beetle (Ceroglossus chilensis)
Circled moth bug (Bythopsyrna circulata)
Common sheep moth (Hemileuca eglanterina)
Creosote bush katydid (Insara covilleae)
Crested katydid (Alectoria superba)
Crested lubber grasshopper (Callonotacris caerulea)
Ebony grasshopper (Boopedon nubilum)
Electra buckmoth (Hemileuca electra)
Eyed moth bug (Euricania ocellus)
Feather-horned beetle (Rhipicera femorata)
Fire-banded metalmark (Hyphilaria parthenis)
Ghost owl butterfly (Taenaris schoenbergi)
Glowing cockroach (Lucihormetica luckae)
Great crested grasshopper (Tropidolophus formosus)
Horseshoe treehopper (Sphongophorus ballista)
Kaiser-i-Hind (Teinopalpus imperialis)
Ladybird cockroach (Prosoplecta coccinella)
Lichen katydid (Markia hystrix)
Moon-marked treehopper (Membracis foliata)
Multicolor skipper (Mimoniades versicolor)
Myrmecophagous desert beetle (Graphipterus serrator)
Net-winged mantis (Neomantis australis)
Nuttall's sheep moth (Hemileuca nuttalli)
Nyx metalmark (Syrmatia nyx)
Ocellated jewel bug (Cantao ocellatus)
Picasso bug (Sphaerocoris annulus)
Pink luna moth (Actias rhodopneuma)
Question mark cockroach (Therea olegrandjeani)
Rainbow grasshopper (Dactylotum bicolor)
Sardinian elephant grasshopper (Pamphagus sardeus)
Spatule-tailed burned moth (Semioptila spatulipennis)
Spotless anglewing (Polygonia haroldii)
Spotted predatory katydid (Chlorobalius leucoviridis)
Swallowtail mimic moth (Epicopeia polydora)
Target tortoise beetle (Ischnocodia annulus)
Three-banded ladybird (Coccinella trifasciata)
Tiger beetle mimic katydid (Condylodera tricondyloides)
Wahlberg's predatory katydid (Clonia wahlbergi)
Welwitschia bug (Probergrothus sexpunctatus)
Yellow and black metalmark (Chamaelimnas briola)
Yellow-lined leaf-footed bug (Anisoscelis flavolineata)

CRUSTACEANS:
Brazilian fiddler crab (Uca maracoani)
Circle shrimp (Gnathophyllum circellum)
Clown crab (Platypodiella picta)
Coconut crab (Birgus latro)
Giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus)
Hairy squat lobster (Lauriea siagiani)
Lollipop crab (Ixa cylindrus)
Mole crab (Emerita talpoida)
Pelagic gooseneck barnacle (Lepas anatifera)
Purple-clawed pistol shrimp (Alpheus soror)
Red-spotted guard crab (Trapezia rufopunctata)
Sawblade shrimp (Tozeuma armatum)
Spiky yellow woodlouse (Pseudolaureola atlantica)
Striped bumblebee shrimp (Gnathophyllum americanum)
Umbrella crab (Cryptolithodes sitchensis)

CENTIPEDES:
Fan-legged centipede (Alipes grandidieri)
Indian tiger centipede (Scolopendra hardwickei)

MILLIPEDES:
Pink dragon millipede (Desmoxytes purpurosea)

SEA SPIDERS:
Evans's sea spider (Anoplodactylus evansi)
Yellow sea spider (Pseudopallene ambigua)

ARACHNIDS:
Blind scorpion (Belisarius xambeui)
Chinese hourglass spider (Cyclocosmia ricketti)
Curved spiny spider (Gasteracantha arcuata)
Eight-spotted crab spider (Platythomisus octomaculatus)
Long-spined spider (Micrathena cyanospina)
Madagascan red spider (Megaloremmius leo)
Orange turtle spider (Encyosaccus sexmaculatus)
Orchid crab spider (Epicadus heterogaster)

VELVET WORMS:
Indigo velvet worm (Peripatoides indigo)
White velvet worm (Peripatopsis alba)

FLATWORMS:
Divided flatworm (Pseudoceros dimidiatus)
Glorious flatworm (Pseudobiceros gloriosus)
Orsak's flatworm (Maiazoon orsaki)
Pink flatworm (Prostheceraeus roseus)
Tiger flatworm (Maritigrella crozerae)

HORSESHOE WORMS:
Black horseshoe worm (Phoronis australis)
California horseshoe worm (Phoronopsis californica)
White horsehoe worm (Phoronis hippocrepia)

LAMP SHELLS:
Blood lamp shell (Frenulina sanguinolenta)
Duck lamp shell (Lingula anatina)
Gray's lamp shell (Coptothyris grayi)

HYDROZOANS:
Blue button (Porpita porpita)
By-the-wind sailor (Velella velella)
Cucumber comb jelly (Hormiphora cucumis)
Freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbyi)
Sea gooseberry (Pleurobrachia pileus)
Sea walnut (Mnemiopsis leidyi)

CUBOZOANS:
Bonaire banded box jellyfish (Tamoya ohboya)

SEA PENS:
Common sea pen (Pennatula phosphorea)
Orange sea pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi)

(I don't know if deep sea sponges Chondrocladia lampadiglobus and Chondrocladia lyra are possible to keep in an aquarium. Almost sure, nobody tried. But since the rise of deep sea creatures (overall in Japan), maybe these species can be finally included as potential "zoo animals" too... and then, very much in my wishlist!)

So this is all. I hope that maybe in next years I also will be able to shut down some of the species of this list, hehe

 

Wait......Japan have marine Iguana before?

 

Thanks for your list, Kakapo. I would like to see the following mammals from the list:
Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobita)
Annamite striped rabbit (Nesolagus timminsi)
Banded hare wallaby (Lagostrophus fasciatus)
Banded palm civet (Hemigalus derbyanus)
Beira (Dorcatragus megalotis)
Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)
Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)
Eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius)
Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis)
Falanouc (Eupleres goudotii)
False orca (Pseudorca crassidens)
Feather-tailed possum (Distoechurus pennatus)
Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
Flat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps)
Forest giant hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni)
Ganges dolphin (Platanista gangetica)
Giant pangolin (Manis gigantea)
Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) - my brother saw them on a cruise between Australia and New Zealand
Hirola (Beatragus hunteri)
Hourglass dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger)
Indopacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis)
Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris)
Marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata)
Myanmar snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri)
Narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii)
Northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus)
Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
Pied bat (Niumbaha superba)
Pygmy hog (Sus salvanius)
Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)
Ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata)
Ross's seal (Ommatophoca rossii)
Saola (Pseudoryx nghetingensis)
Southern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii)
Sunda stink badger (Mydaus javanensis)
Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii)
Tibetan fox (Vulpes ferrilata)
Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus)
Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis)
Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)
Volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi)
Water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus)

I have seen the others, but some of my sightings were decades ago. My memory is not so good for other animal groups, but I have seen the following:
Grey-necked rockfowl (Picathartes oreas)
Mauritius kestrel (Falco punctatus)
Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi)
Princess Stephanie's astrapia (Astrapia stephaniae)
Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)
Bowfin (Amia calva)
Bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma)
Coconut crab (Birgus latro)

 

Oh!!! I believed that it was the only one. All these other facilities are private or public? Are they visitable and one can take photos?

Dassie rat, I want to be you you were soooo privileged for see the last rockfowl at Frankfurt and the Mauritius kestrels at Chester! And to have enough money to travel to Philippines and visit the eagle breeding center Hellbenders are more common at American facilities I suppose. Paddlefish and guitarfish are the less rare of these list, and probably I will see them some day. Bowfin are rising in european zoos But, where on Earth did you saw an Astrapia???? Al Wabra? Jurong?

 

I didn't born yet by this time :-( :-( being older is a great advantage in terms of seeing zoo rarities!

 

So many creatures i've not heard of in this thread, that I now want to see
This year though, I have been trying to get photos of as many mammals in the Threatened categories as I can, that are listed on Zootierliste. I was happy to get the majority of the UK specimens, but am far short of seeing many others in Europe. Reading a couple of comments from USA has me wondering what I can see there that we wouldn't see in Europe and the same for what Australia has to offer.

 

The Numbat is top of my list

 

Thanks Kakapo. That must be one of the biggest compliments I've ever had. I don't think I've ever had anyone wanting to be me before, even though I'm not the king of the swingers. I saw grey-necked and white-necked rockfowl at Frankfurt and white-necked rockfowl at Frankfurt. I saw the Philippine eagle at Planckendael, the Mauritius kestrel at Chester and Jersey, the bowmouth guitarfish at Birmingham Sea Life Centre and the Princess Stephanie's astrapia, paddlefish, and probably the bowfin, at London. When I was younger, I didn't think I'd ever see an aye-aye, a naked mole rat or a tamandua, so there are probably species you will see after Fogeya senecta becomes extinct.

 

Ougghhhh! Are you telling me that really once was a Philippine eagle in a zoo outside Philippines? Well, the compliment that I actually wanted to tell is "I want to be into your skin", but this is the litteral translation of the Spanish saying, and I don't know if it's correct in English. Anyway, what I wish is to have seen so many superdreamed species (camera in hand, of course!) as you.

And, if I order my mammal list in most wished first order, numbat also would be one of the five first probably (maybe only saola and some cetaceans would be first). ;-) Like the regent bowerbirds and spinifex pigeons at Taronga.... Of course these can be more normal animals for an Australian or New Zealander like Chli, but for an European, they're an impossible dream. Probably the contrary thing not happen as we fulfilled New Zealand with tons of European invasive species... (and many Australian and Asian exotics too)

 

There have been a few Philippine Eagles outside of the Philippines I believe.

~Thylo

 

Indeed there have but it has always been scarce in zoos; the first specimen outside the Philippines was acquired by London Zoo in 1909.

I saw a monkey-eating eagle (the name I always use for the species) regularly at London Zoo when I was a child in the 1960s.

I have also seen the species in Plankendael, Antwerp and Los Angeles. Sadly I doubt I'll ever see another one.