ZooChat Challenge Europe 2021

Yes, thank you, I forgot add Ovis canadensis. I will edit my previous post.

 

Marwell don't!

 

i need to go to plzen at some point to see the bighorn and dall sheep.

 

It's a very interesting place. They are living at the top of the zoo and their indoor stables are visible, as well.

 

Couple of additions from today

Chester Zoo 25/11/21

90 Onager
91 Balabac Chevrotain

 

Where is the chevrotain? I thought it was offshow…

 

Islands in Danger where one has been for ages. I saw it around 1015. There were no signs for it though but I looked for it anyway and it was in the back part of the enclosure behind the second fence

 

Aha - so she’s still onshow. Excellent to hear!! Someone told me she’d been moved behind the scenes again

 

Dudley Zoo 26/11/21

92 White-lipped Peccary

 

Burgers' Zoo (visited on November 25th)
96. Caribbean manatee / Trichechus manatus

Visited one of my all time favourite zoos, sadly without bighorn sheep this time. With plans for two more zoos this year (if Covid cooperates), 100 should be within reach.

 

Zoo Ústí nad Labem, Czech republic 28/11/21

71/ Boselaphus tragocamelus - Nilgai (nilgau)
72/ Bos primigenius f. taurus - Cattle (watusi)
73/ Equus zebra hartmannae - Hartmann's mountain zebra (zebra Hartmannové)
74/ Pecari tajacu - Collared peccary (pekari páskovaný)
75/ Mosuchus moschiferus - Siberian musk deer (kabar pižmový)

 

Kölner Zoo (visited on November 29th)
97. Nile lechwe / Kobus megaceros
98. Persian onager / Equus hemionus

So close...

 

Definitely not winning this one but here are my totals. Visits to Fota wildlife park, Dublin zoo, secret valley wildlife park, Belfast zoo, Cologne zoo, Cotswold wildlife park and Chessington world of adventures.
1 Plain's zebra
2 Grevy's zebra
3 Rotschild's giraffe
4 Scimitar horned oryx
5 Visayan warty pig
6 Domestic pig
7 Red river hog
8 Greater one horned rhino
9 Southern white rhino
10 Eastern black rhino
11 European bison
12 Domestic cow
13 Southern bison
14 Greenland musk ox
15 Javen banteng
16 Reticulated giraffe
17 Kafue lechwe
18 Nile lechwe
19 Visayan spotted deer
20 Lowland tapir
21 Llama
22 Alpaca
23 Domestic goat
24 Domestic donkey
25 Prezwalski's horse
26 Domestic sheep
27 Domestic reindeer
28 Asian elephant
29 Blesbok
30 Eastern bongo
31 Southern pudu
32 Common hippopotamus
33 Blackbuck
34 Okapi
35 Onager
36 Red duiker
37 Bactrian camel
38 Western siatunga
39 Common impala
40 Common eland
41 Kirk's dik dik
42 Saharan dorcas

 

Since the California Bighorn Sheeps left Arnhem, only viable option for me to see them was Plzen. The zoo has 9 females and, if there is any chance the species to stay in Europe, they need to import a male! (I am not sure how closely related are the animals in France to the Plzen's group ) Next door Dall's Sheep is doing better and I was happy to see two lambs.


13/12 Plzen zoo
135.California Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis Californiana)

 

Forgot about this - here is the update - quite paltry, but hopefully next year will entail more travel.

London Zoo

28. Burchell's zebra, Equus quagga burchelli
29. Common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus
30. Okapi, Okapia johnstoni
31. Red River hog, Potamochoerus porcus
32. Reeves' muntjac, Muntiacus reevesi
33. Sulawesi babirusa, Babyrousa celebensis
34. Western pygmy hippopotamus, Choeropsis liberiensis
35. Bactrian camel, Camelus ferus
36. Kune-kune, Sus scrofa
37. Llama, Lama guanicoe
38. West African pygmy goat, Capra aegragus

Battersea Park Children's Zoo

39. Shetland pony, Equus ferus.

And that's it for the year I'd expect, unless I can catch a glimpse of the ever-elusive red duikers at London!

 

Great now you have finally Seen the Bighorns. I Would Love to See Them but i dont think im going to plzen next Year.

 

I was almost denied to do the trip to Munich, but luckily everything went well and I managed to see the last missing species. It's sad that I need to finish this Challenge, but I hope I can participate again. Special gratitude to @ShonenJake13 for arranging it and to everyone who participated and made the game so competitive and exciting!

14/12 Tierpark Hellabrunn
136. Apennine Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata)

 

Well done!

 

Thank you!

 

Wow Just Wow great Work @twilighter