ZooChat Challenge Europe 2020

Aaand this’ll be my last ones for a while at least...

Chester Zoo

56. Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo
57. Dusky pademelon
58. Belanger’s treeshrew
59. Short-eared elephant shrew
60. Northern Luzon giant cloud rat
61. Greater hedgehog tenrec

Pygmy mice and acacia rats appear to be back behind the scenes...

 

Zoo Krefeld-16.03.20
28. Common Degu (Octodon degus)
29. Pallas's Long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina)
30. Southern Long-nosed Bat (Leptonycteris curasoae)
31. Indian Crested Porcupine (Hystrix indica)
32. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)

 

I'm going to assume the challenge is on a temporary hold??

 

Well, if you find an open zoo...

 

I was planning on addressing this.

For the timebeing the challenge is indeed on hold. Though I doubt any zoos are open, any miscellaneous mammals seen during this period and posted won’t be counted for fairness sake. These can be added once most zoos are back up and running and it’s not as frowned upon for people to be leaving their homes.

Thanks in advance for going along with this!

 

And the first post-lockdown species:

Burgers' Zoo
39. Merriam's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriammi)
40. Variegated Rock Squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus)

 

PSA:

@lintworm posting has reminded me. As a lot of zoos are beginning to reopen the challenge is back on, for now. If places are forced to close down again due to a second wave of infection then it will once again be put back on hold.

To all UK entrants (myself included), unfortunately the UK has yet to officially reopen zoos so it will be hard for us to join in for a while longer, but as this is a Europe wide challenge and other zoos around Europe are reopening I think that this is only fair.

 

If zoos aren't allowed to open indoor areas then it's going to be relatively slow going in the UK once they re-open anyway. I know the stuff I need at Birmingham (for example) is mostly in the nocturnal house. Hamerton would still be worth a visit though, most of their miscellaneous stuff is outside, but I think that may be the exception.

 

Zoo Brno 01/05/2020

59. North American beaver (Castor canadensis)
60. North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
61. Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii)
62. Yellow-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus)

 

We really don't know if this will be the case... If the Government definition remains simply 'ticketed attractions', and all remain lumped together, without ANY differentiation - then most of these are indoors - play-barns, cinemas, theaters, aquariums, museums etc. If zoos in the UK have to wait until all of these are open too, rather than opening as controlled outdoor areas (as appears to be happening in every other country world-wide) - then maybe indoor areas will be open too...

 

Forgot to add for some reason: 63. Parma wallaby (Macropus parma)

 

Couple of additions from the last pre-lockdown visit (one I forgot) and the first post-lockdown visit!

Terrazoo Rheinberg
30. Red-necked Wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus

Dierenpark Zie-Zoo
31. Chacoan Mara, Dolichotis salinicola
32. Yucatan Squirrel, Sciurus yucatanensis
33. North American Porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum
34. Alpine Marmot, Marmota marmota

 

Although people from the continent have been adding stuff already as their zoos have reopened, as of today the challenge is officially back for EVERYONE in Europe!!

Look forward to some new entries from the UK soon

 

Annoyingly, I doubt I'll be able to get anything new soon... Not until Axe Valley opens at least... or until I get the chance to visit Escot for their Red Squirrel. Looks like I'll be relying on visits in September and October to boost my tally.

 

I'm in the same place , I don't know when I'll get the chance to add anything. I have nearly all the outdoor species I can get and it will be at least 2-3 months before indoor houses are allowed to open again. I have tickets for 3 zoos in 10 days, which potentially could add a maximum of just 1 species!

 

Zooparc Overloon
35. Red Kangaroo, Macropus rufus

 

Zoo Duisburg - 06.05.2020
28. Eurasian Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus)

 

I am sure you all have been looking to this day since I've joined the challenge...

Zoo Plzen 23. - 24. 06. 2020

64. Dusky Cairo Spiny Mouse (Acomys cahirinus)
65. Western tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax dorsalis)
66. Lesser Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus jaculus)
67. Asian garden dormouse (Eliomys melanurus)
68. Four-toed hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris)
69. Straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum)
70. Loring's rat (Thallomys loringi)
71. Seurat's spiny mouse (Acomys seurati)
72. Greater Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus orientalis)
73. Mongolian jird (Meriones unguiculatus)
74. Persian jird (Meriones persicus)
75. Matthey's mouse (Mus mattheyi)
76. African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus)

Skipped some exhibits and some species were a no-show, so there is still some space to grow

BONUS ROUND: Species that WOULD BE eligible if I didn't have to follow rules. (only species that I did not see elsewhere)
1. Günther's vole (Microtus guentheri)
2. Reed vole (Microtus fortis)
3. Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
4. Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
5. Typical striped grass mouse (Lemniscomys striatus)
6. Barbary striped grass mouse (Lemniscomys barbarus)
7. Eeastern spiny mouse (Acomys dimidiatus)
8. Kellen's dormouse (Graphiurus kelleni)
9. Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus)
10. Merriam's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriammi)
11. Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
12. Alpine field mouse (Apodemus alpicola)
13. Brandt's vole (Lasiopodomys brandtii)
14. Bank vole (Myodes glareolus)
15. Great Balkhan mouse-like hamster (Calomyscus mystax)
16. Cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus)
17. Steppe lemming (Lagurus lagurus)
18. Striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius)
19. Large bamboo rat (Rhizomys sumatrensis)
20. White-tailed antsangy (Brachytarsomys albicauda)
21. Feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)
22. Panay cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi)
23. Gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica)
24. Southern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys cumingi)
25. Pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor)
26. Southern long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae)
27. Muenster yellow-toothed cavy (Galea monasteriensis)

Hopefully I didn't forget anything

 

Those pesky rules

Side note: I’ve just realised that only one of the three cloud rats kept in Europe will be eligible, as the other two are entirely offshow! Thankfully this isn’t the case for a fair few of your species there in that list

 

BestZoo
36. Common Wallaroo, Macropus robustus
37. White-striped Dorcopsis, Dorcopsis hageni
38. Southern Tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla
39. Domestic House Mouse, Mus musculus

What is the current status of the "Japanese" Squirrels in Best? I heard they may be a misidentified type of Red Squirrel from Japan instead of true Japanese Squirrels. Are they countable?