ZooChat Challenge Europe 2020

Yes, thanks for reminding me, I've amended it now

 

Wasn't my intention to remind you, I was playing my own mini game of "Guess The Zoo!".

 

The status of the Thallomys species is quite unclear but the curator is leaning towards them being loringi...

 

Are the bettongs onshow now?

 

Otherwise, I wouldn't mention them would I?

They are for some time already, placed in the aviary next to the marmoset house.

 

Time for a long-awaited scoreboard update:

lintworm – 97
HOMIN96 – 83
Vision – 69
ShonenJake13 – 62
pipaluk – 53
Mr. Zootycoon – 45
ThomasNotTom – 44
KevinVar – 37
Lemur02 – 36
MagpieGoose – 30
Najade – 28
pangolin12 – 22
Brum – 21
Marhi – 19
migdog – 7
Luca Bronzi – 4
Ursus – 2

 

Ah right, the place that they had one in when we visited last autumn?

 

Which species of spiny mouse?

 

Yes

 

I think they were labelled cilicicus, I doubt I'll get another species though. The reason they were just labelled spiny mouse is probably because that species isn't African!

 

Indeed - the Turkish spiny mouse...thanks! Curious as to why they haven’t tried for an African species of spiny mouse as there definitely are some out there in European zoos.

It’s always good to note which species anyway, as there are a lot of smaller zoos with Arabian spiny mice, not Turkish

 

Axe Valley Wildlife Park

45. Finlayson's Squirrel (Finally) - the zoo seem to hold a pair.

According to another Zoochatter (@FBBird ) Rock Hyrax have been added to the collection since my last visit.. subspecies is yet to be reported

 

Colchester Zoo- 20/07/2020

31) Southern Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla)

Hemsley Conservation Centre- 21/07/2020

32) Brazilian Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis)
33) Southern Three-banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)

Wildwood Trust- 21/07/2020

34) Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus)
35) Black Rat (Rattus rattus)
36) Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
37) European Beaver (Castor fiber)
38) House Mouse (Mus musculus)
39) Domestic Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Wingham Wildlife Park- 23/07/2020

40) Plantain Squirrel (Callosciurus notatus)

Chester Zoo- 28/07/2020

41) Acacia Rat (Thallomys paedulcus)

 

First update in a loooong time, and a species I'm not quite sure how I've missed...

Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park (6/8/20)

22. Azara's Agouti

 

Hamerton 14 August

54 Fat Sand Rat

 

GaiaZoo (05-08-2020)
37. European Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus)

 

Wildlands Emmen, August 28
38. Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
39. Black rat (Rattus rattus)
40. Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris exalbidus)

I also forgot domesticated animals in my previous lists so:
41. Domestic mouse (Mus musculus) (GaiaZoo)
42. Domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) (GaiaZoo)

 

With C. tschudii in Schönebeck turning out to be C. aperea, I was on 96 before I headed to France. Out of the roughly 30 zoos visited, only a few had additions for this challenge.

Biotropica

97. Comoro Flying fox (Pteropus livingstonii)
98. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)

CERZA Lisieux

99. Long-nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus)
100. Six-banded Armadillo (Euphractus sextinctus)

Zoo de Jurques

101. C-American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata)
102. Egyptian Rousette (Rousettus aegypticus)

Zoodyssee

103. Alpine Marmot (Marmota marmota)

Zooparc de Beauval

104. Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

Spaycific' Zoo

105. Woodland Dormouse (Graphiurus murinus)

Zoo la Boissiere du Doré

106. Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus)

 

As if this wasn't pointless enough trying to compete from the UK, a few areas were closed today which limited me to

6/9/20 Cotswold Wildlife Park

55 Rodrigues Flying Fox
56 Straw coloured fruit bat
57 Hammer headed bat
58 House mouse

All Things Wild

59 American Beaver (4 very active ones!)
60 Degu

 

Where did you see the flying fox? I was under the assumption that they were off show (due to covid) inside the tropical house? I was able too see the other 4 bat species held at the collection.