Zoo animals you want to see but haven't yet

were are the species being crossed off?

 

Do you have a link or info on that study? Here is a link to 2008 IUCN red list, which shows it as a wildcat subspecies:

IUCN Red List (version 2009.1) - Felis silvestris ssp. bieti

 

There are two more you might be able to cross off. I think Living Coasts have King Eiders and the Deep at Hull had a giant octopus last year (and it's still mentioned on the website, so I presume it's still alive, but cephalopods are so short-lived that I can't be sure).

Alan

 

Cat Man the species to be crossed off are at

Black Wildebeest Newquay
Magellanic Penguin Blackpool
Chestnut-mandibilled Toucan Amazon World and Paradise Park (Broxbourne)
Sifaka Port Lympne and Cotswold

 

My own list would be then:

Giant Panda
Kagu
Kiwi
Koala
Topi
Hartebeest
Birds Of Paradise (excluding Chester’s Red’s)
Gharial
Bawean Deer
Thorold’s Deer
Black Wildebeest
South China Tiger
Red Howler Monkey
Plate Billed Mountain Toucan
Lear’s Macaw
Tasmanian Devils
Dingo
Polar Bear
Shoebill
Andean Flamingo
James Flamingo
Wolverine
Saiga
Madagascan Crested Ibis
Mountain Tapir
Baird’s Tapir
Pangolin
Douc Langur

And I could stay here all night typing the full list out to be honest. Some of these species are kept in the UK, so it hopefully shouldn’t be too long before I can cross them off. Last year I was able to cross off Gerenuk, Yellow Backed Duiker, Impala and Thompson’s Gazelle off my list. And this year I saw my first Hummingbird, Woolly Necked Stork and Abdim’s Stork (with the last two, it’s the first time I recall seeing them anyway). Hopefully a visit to Edinburgh in the next year or so should knock a few off.

 

The ONLY zoo to exhibit Douc langurs in the U.S. is now the Philadelphia Zoo. The San Diego Zoo had two, but one died. The survivor is now getting acclimated to her new home in Philadelphia.

So, try to come to Philadelphia - you will love all the other animals in my favorite zoo, too!

In the meantime, if you want, you can look at two of my videos of the Philadelphia Zoo Douc langurs that will soon be joined by the one from San Diego.







(I also have more videos showing the Douc langurs on my YouTube channel, but I especially like these.)

 

Have you managed to cross any of your list in the last couple of months?

 

Thanks Alan.
Didn't see the King Eiders at Living Coasts when we visited last October, and believe me, I did look.
Will have to check out the Deep at Hull.

 

@ZooMania:
You can see Douc Langurs,Red Howlers, Saigas (one Saiga) in Cologne.
Hummingbirds,Birds of Paradise, Baird's Tapirs, Shoebills, Andean Flamingos, Polar Bears and Kagus can be seen in Wuppertal.
You can see Koalas and Wolverines in Duisburg.
Just come to Germany und travel to these Zoos.
The distance between these 3 zoos isn't very much.
Maximum 50 kilometres

 

Yeap, definatly plan on vistining Germany in the future

 

Here is my list:

-Giant Panda
-Bush Dog
-Generuk
-Dingo
-Bonobo
-Sumatran Rhino
-Cape Buffalo
-Saiga Antelope
-Nile Crocodile
-Japanese Giant Salamander
-Bird of Paradise (any species)
-Cassowary
-Bongo (summer)
-Glden snub-nosed monkey
-Douc langur
-Platypus
-Tasmanian Devil (I know I have seen them but just can’t remember them)
-Proboscis monkey
-Crab-eating raccoon
-Great hammerhead shark
-Whale shark
-Manta ray
-Markhor
-Drill
-Amazon river dolphin
-Dugong
-Great white shark
-Aardvark
-Giant anteater (summer)
-White tailed gnu
-Giant otter
-Sloth bear (summer)
-Red uakari
-California condor
-Wolverine
-Javan rhinoceros
-Black rhino
-Kiwi
-Marine Iguana
-Mountain Zebra
-Sunbear
-Asiatic Black Bear
-Vancouver Island Marmot (recently saw one in the Toronto Zoo’s Animal health Centre)
-Fisher
-Fishing Cat
-Guanaco
-Pronghorn
-Penguin (any species)
-Coati (summer)
-Rock Hyrax (summer)
-Golden eagle (summer)
-North American Porcupine (summer)
-Reeve’s Muntjac (summer)
-Dingo
-DeBrazza’s and Patas monkeys
-Ocelot
-Aye-aye
-Sifaka
-Lemur (any species)
-Fossa
-Any species of exotic fish, birds and reptiles that are not kept at Toronto, Calgary, DAK, and SeaWorld Orlando!


(summer) means my trip to Calgary Zoo this summer!

@Red Panda, there are many Bactrian Camels in North America! Sorry if someone has already told you about this.

 

I really wouldn't mind seeing someone of the following:

Australian Sea Lion
South American Sea Lion
South Atlantic Elephant Seal
Steller Sea Lion
Amazon River Dolphin
Beluga
Commerson's Dolphin
Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin
Killer Whale
Malayan Flying Lemur
Malayan Sun Bear
Sloth Bear
Spectacled Bear
Black-Footed Cat
Clouded Leopard
Cougar
Fishing Cat
Geoffroy's Cat
Manul
North American Lynx
Pampas Cat
Sand Cat
Dhole
Cuvier's Gazelle
Dama Gazelle
Dorcas Gazelle
Giant Eland
Goitered Gazelle
Oribi
Pronghorn
Slender-Horned Gazelle
Banteng
Mountain Anoa
Chacoan Peccary
Giant Forest Hog
Argali
Bharal
Bighorn Sheep
Wild Goat
Japanese Serow
Mountain Goat
Saiga Antelope
West Caucasian Tur
Common Wallaroo
Koala
Numbat
Southern Dibbler
Echidna
Baird's Tapir
Pangolin
Siamang
Silvery Gibbon
Douc Langur
Drill
Gelada Baboon
Golden-headed Leaf Monkey
Pied Tamarin
Proboscis Monkey
Mouse Lemur
Tarsier
Mountain Hare
Riverine Rabbit
Mountain Viscacha
American Red Squirrel
Columbian Ground Squirrel
European Suslik
Black-Footed Ferret
Giant Otter
North American River Otter
Tayra
Three-toed Sloth
Andean Condor
Mauritius Kestrel
Southern Caracara
Elf Owl
Tengmalm's Owl
Black-necked Crane
Weka
Nicobar Pigeon
Barrow's Goldeneye
Blue Duck
Comb Duck
Meller's Duck
White-winged Duck
White-faced Whistling Duck
Trumpeter Swan
Kingfisher
Kiwi
Spix's Macaw
Neotropic Cormorant
Bird of Paradise
Horned Guan
Puffin
Tiger Heron
Green Heron
Little Blue Heron
Reddish Heron
Night Heron (strange is, I've went to numerous zoos with night herons, but never seen them)
African Slender-snouted Crocodile
American Crocodile
Belize Crocodile
False Gharial
Gharial
Johnston's Crocodile
Marsh Crocodile
New Guinea Crocodile
Orinoco Crocodile
Yacare Caiman
Loggerhead
Cameroon Toad
Cururu Toad

Damn, that was a lot. And many of them are even quite common. Apparently, I'm not a very experienced zoo-goer yet

 

My List;
Indo-Chinese Tiger
Bornean Gibbon
Sumatran Rhino
Golden Cat
Giant Panda
Mountain Gorilla
Mexican Wolf
Iberian Lynx

 

Gelada
Star-nosed Mole
Tree Pangolin
Bush Dog
Maned Wolf
Red Wolf
Dhole
Walrus
Ratel
American Badger
African clawless otter/spotted neck otter
Serval
Margay
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Tamandua
Cottontop Tamarin
Night Monkey
Lowland Paca
Uakari
Striped Hyena
California Condor
Harpy Eagle
Secretary Bird
Kagu
Greater Roadrunner
Frilled Lizard
Axolotl
Emperor Penguin
Adelie Penguin
Chinstrap Penguin
Beluga
Bighorn Sheep
Markhor
Muskox
Ibex
Manta Ray
Whale Shark
Great White Shark
African Forest Buffalo
Babirusa
Musk Deer
Pudu
Pygmy Hippo
Peccary
Malayan Tapir
Baird's Tapir
South American Tapir
Mountain Tapir
Gerenuk
Somali Wild Ass

 

I have just scared myself reading your list,as I have seen 34 out 50 that you have listed!In some cases I have in seen more than 1 sub-species of the animal in question.

 

I love rediscovering threads like this. I can cross a couple of these off now. I've gone one step further than seeing manatees and actually hand fed them at Singapore Zoo. I've also seen okapi, warthog, red river hog, two species of duiker, and giant pandas in two different zoos now.

I might add a few more though.
~Long-nosed Echidna
~Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat
~Bald Uakari
~I only need to see two more bear species (American Black Bear and Sloth Bear)
~Two more hyenas (Brown Hyena and Aardwolf)
~My last tapir (Mountain Tapir)
~And 3 more cranes (Whooping, Siberian, and Hooded)

 

This is an interesting topic - groups where we're one or two species away from seeing every species. I recently 'completed' storks, with the Greater Adjutants at Hanoi and Saigon Zoos. However, groups I'm still 'one away' on include:

- peccaries (need to see Chacoan)
- tapirs (need to see Mountain)
- cranes (need to see Whooping)
- crocodilians (on a pre-splitting 23-species taxonomy - need to see Orinoco Croc)
- tuataras (need to see guentheri )

 

Of jusko88's list, the following are absent from European collections:

Quite a few others are only kept in very small numbers.