Since I'm now more a mammal-like person, I thought of this question. Which zoos have the most species of mammals? I try searching zootierliste but there don't seems to be a search which only shows mammals. And how about other zoos? Just counting on mammals, which zoo will win?
The following list is based on the 2017 International Zoo Yearbook. It lists the number of mammals kept in zoos in 2016, but does not include zoos that did not provide details.Nor does it include the vast majority of Chinese zoos: 1. Plzen 243 2. Gazipur 190 3. Berlin Tierpark 189 4. New York Bronx 176 5. Omaha, Moscow 169 7. Prague, Novosibirsk 165 9. Berlin Zoo 159 10. Memphis 146 11. Seoul 145 12. San Diego 140 13. Columbus 137 14. Wroclaw 130 15. Puebla 129 16. Budapest. Nyiregyhaza-Sostofurdo 126 18. Krasnoyarsk 121 19. Cincinnati 113 20. Rostov-on-Don 110 21. Saint Louis 107 22. Denver, Tokyo Ueno 106 24. Taipei 104 25. Nagoya. Litchfield Park 103 27. Poznan. Tallinn 102 29. St Petersburg 101 30. Munich 100 31. Houston, Madrid, Nakhon Ratchasima 99 34. Guadalajara 98 35. Los Angeles 97 36. Jihlava. Nikolaev 96 38. Chicago Brookfield, Chonburi, Philadelphia, Yongin, Johannesburg 95 43. Lisbon, Evansville, Yaroslavl 94 46. Beauval, Olomouc 92 48. Vienna 90 49. Amneville, Leipzig, Stuttgart 89
Thanks Aardvark250. I can check tomorrow. I think there have been typing mistakes in the past and some zoos confuse the number of species with the number of individuals.
By using the expert search on zootierliste one can exclusively check current mammal listings. I went ahead and made a list of all zoos I could find with at least 50 mammal species. Zootierliste separates domestic species so these numbers may be a little larger when including those. Mammal Species Count (as of June 25th, 2019) 1. Plzen: 181 2. Moscow: 155 3. Berlin Tierpark: 144 4. Prague: 144 5. Novosibirsk: 140 6. Berlin: 138 7. Wroclaw: 115 8. Nyiregyhaza: 115 9. Jihlava: 114 10. Budapest: 113 11. Paira Daiza: 105 12. Poznan: 105 13. Beauval: 99 14. Magdeburg: 93 15. Krasnoyarsk: 91 (taken from zooinstitutes.com) 16. Chester: 90 17. Dvur Kralove: 89 18. Tallin: 85 19. Amneville: 85 20. Frankfurt: 84 21. Leipzig: 83 22. Rustov: 81 23. Riga: 80 24. Krakow: 80 25. Olomouc: 79 26. Vienna: 78 27. Lisbon: 78 28. Yaroslavl: 77 29. Munich: 75 30. Opolo: 75 31. Obterre: 75 32. Bojnice: 75 33. Cologne: 74 34. St. Petersburg: 74 35. Zagreb: 74 36. Barcelona: 73 37. Nikolaev: 72 38. Port Lympne: 71 39. Sofia: 70 40. Parco Natura Viva: 70 41. Amsterdam: 69 42. La Palmyre: 69 43. Duisburg: 68 44. Madrid: 67 45. Ostrava: 67 46. Stuttgart: 66 47. Rostock: 66 48. Cotswold: 65 49. Nuremberg: 65 50. Minsk: 65 51. Mulhouse: 64 52. Antwerp: 64 53. Belgrade: 61 54. Dortmund: 61 55. Planckendael: 59 56. Warsaw: 58 57. Hannover: 58 58. Dresden: 58 59. Ardes: 58 60. Copenhagen: 58 61. Donnersberg: 58 62. London: 57 63. Rotterdam: 57 64. Munster: 57 65. Faunia: 56 66. Marwell: 56 67. Paignton: 55 68. Edinburg: 55 69. Krefeld: 54 70. Wuppertal: 53 71. Blackpool: 53 72. Howletts: 53 73. Dudley: 53 74. Paris: 52 75. Whipsnade: 52 76. Valencia: 52 77. Attica: 52 78. Bristol: 51 79. Zurich: 51 80. Burgers: 50 81. Woburn: 50 Personally I've been to 30 (bolded), including the top 7 and 13 of top 21. I did my best, but may have missed some, so let me know if there are any omissions!
Hello Giant Eland. Thanks for the figures. Hopefully, the 2019 edition of the International Zoo Yearbook will be out soon. I've put your figures into a smaller space and my 2016 in parentheses, where appropriate: 1. Plzen (243): 181 2. Moscow (169): 155 3. Berlin Tierpark (189), Prague (165): 144 5. Novosibirsk (165): 140 6. Berlin (159): 138 7. Wroclaw (130), Nyiregyhaza (126): 115 9. Jihlava (96): 114 10. Budapest (126): 113 11. Paira Daiza, Poznan (102): 105 13. Beauval (92): 99 14. Magdeburg: 93 15. Krasnoyarsk (121): 91 (Taken from zooinstitues.com) 16. Chester: 90 17. Dvur Kralove: 89 18. Tallin: 85, Amneville (89): 85 20. Frankfurt: 84 21. Leipzig (89): 83 22. Rustov (110): 81 23. Riga: 80, Krakow: 80 25. Olomouc: 79 26. Vienna (90), Lisbon (94): 78 28. Yaroslavl (94): 77 29. Munich (100), Opolo, Obterre, Bojnice: 75 33. Cologne, St. Petersburg (101), Zagreb: 74 36. Barcelona: 73 37. Nikolaev (96): 72 38. Port Lympne: 71 39. Sofia, Parco Natura Viva: 70 41. Amsterdam, La Palmyre: 69 43. Duisburg: 68 44. Madrid (99): 67 45. Stuttgart (89), Rostock: 66 47. Cotswold, Nuremberg, Minsk: 65 50. Mulhouse, Antwerp: 64 52. Belgrade, Dortmund: 61 54. Planckendael: 59 55. Warsaw, Hannover, Dresden, Ardes, Copenhagen, Donnersberg: 58 61. London, Rotterdam, Munster: 57 64. Faunia, Marwell: 56 66. Paignton, Edinburgh: 55 68. Krefeld: 54 69. Wuppertal, Blackpool, Howletts, Dudley: 53 73. Paris, Whipsnade, Valencia, Attica: 52 77. Bristol, Zurich: 51 79. Burgers, Woburn: 50
Where's Colchester? 72 mammals per ZTL Also Five Sisters with, a punching above it's weight total of, 52? Also Zie-Zoo with an impressive (and probably increasing as I type) 60. Finally (as I've got work to do), Wingham with 61 species. I expect there's other "lesser known" collections across Europe (my UK knowledge/experience is better but less so the rest of Europe) with significant totals. Great thread, I'll have half my brain on it for the rest of the day.
It is really odd how they've converged - London having run down species numbers rather and Hamerton forever bringing in lovely new things. That said, comparing non-mammals wouldn't show the same picture (though they would definitely be a lot closer now, on birds particularly, than 10 years ago!).
Thank you! Oops I knew Colchester was a major one so I had looked it up (still in my search history on zootierliste haha) and just forgot to add it to the list! Also I figured I was missing a few UK ones and probably a couple German ones too. Being from the States my knowledge of European zoos is limited to the ones I've been to or happen to read about here. My focus on Euro-Zoo trips is always grabbing up as many new rare mammal species as I can, which often brings me to smaller collections, not necessarily just the largest and most impressive collections.
Just looked through the Zootierliste mammal page for Colchester Zoo and there are no fewer than nine mammal species that either probably no longer remain at the zoo (emperor tamarin, Goeldi's monkey, common palm civet, four-toed hedgehog, pygmy marmoset, red ruffed lemur, sugar glider), definitely do not remain in the zoo (serval) or, in one case to my knowledge, was never at the zoo in the first place (white-faced saki). So the total is probably closer to the 63 mark.
I just had some time and checked Zootierliste to make an update for the top 20 (exluding Krasnoyarsk where I couldn't get a number) Plzen (181): 185 Moscow (155): 154 Prague (144): 152 Novosibirsk (140): 143 Berliner Zoo (138): 137 Tierpark Berlin (144): 136 Wroclaw(115): 117 Jihlava (114): 116 Nyíregyháza (115): 115 Budapest (113): 115 Poznan (105): 115 Pairi Daiza (105): 110 Beauval (99): 108 Chester (90): 93 Dvur Kralove (89): 92 Magdeburg (93): 91 Tallin (85): 86 Frankfurt (84): 85 Amneville (85): 83 Leipzig (83): 83 Interesting to see that 13 out of 20 zoos have increased their number of mammal species compared to last year.
They definitely had one - I saw it being trained a couple of times. I believe it left after the shows were cancelled and now lives at Wild Zoological Park.