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Discussion in 'Quizzes, Competitions & Games' started by ThylacineAlive, 1 Jan 2018.

  1. Joker1706

    Joker1706 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Okay, let´s start with this, could be funny (although it´s already August):

    Zoo Dortmund:

    1. Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
    2. Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)
    3. California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
    4. Carpathian lynx (Lynx lynx caparthicus)
    5. European badger (Meles meles)
    6. Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
    7. Himalayan palm civet (Paquma larvata larvata)
    8. Indochina clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
    9. Jaguar (Panthera onca)
    10. Jaguarundi (Hepailurus yagouaroundi)
    11. Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
    12. Meerkat (Suricatta suricatta)
    13. Nepalese red panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens)
    14. Philippine palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus hermaphroditus)
    15. Serval (Leptailurus serval)
    16. South African bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis megalotis)
    17. South american Coati (Nasua nasua)
    18. South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis)
    19. Southern oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus guttulus)
    20. Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
    21. Yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata)

    Cologne Zoo:

    22. American grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
    23. Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica)
    24. Eastern-ringtail vontsira (Galidia elegans elegans)
    25. Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra lutra)
    26. Northern raccoon (Procyon lotor)
    27. Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
    28. Snow leopard (Panthera uncia)
    29. South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)
    30. Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus malayanus)

    Zoo Duisburg:

    31. African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)
    32. Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus)
    33. Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)
    34. East African dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula undulata)
    35. Eastern Atlantic harbour seal (Phoca vitulina vitulina)
    36. European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris)
    37. European wolverine (Gulo gulo gulo)
    38. Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
    39. Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
    40. Malayan binturong (Arctictis binturong binturong)
    41. "Arctic" Wolf (Canis lupus)

    Zoo Wuppertal:

    42. Arabian sand cat (Felis margarita harrisoni)
    43. Gordon´s wild cat (Felis silvestris gordoni)
    44. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
    45. South-east Asian golden cat (Catopuma temmincki temmincki)

    Naturzoo Rheine:

    46. European golden jackal (Canis aureus moreotica)
    47. Indian sloth bear (Melursus ursinus ursinus)

    Tierpark Hamm:

    48. Cougar (Puma concolor)
    49. Tayra (Eira barbara)

    Burger´s Zoo Arnhem:

    50. Arctic ringed seal (Pusa hispida hispida)
    51. Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
    52. Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus)
    53. Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

    Apenheul:

    54. White-nosed coati (Nasua narica)

    Zoo Heidelberg:

    55. Corsac fox (Vulpes corsac)
    56. South-American sea lion (Otaria byronia)

    Zoo Karlsruhe:

    57. Fennec fox (Vulpes cerda)

    Zoo Landau:

    58. Bush dog (Speothos venaticus)

    Tierpark Donnersberg:

    59. African civet (Civettictis civetta)
    60. Amur leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilura)
    61. Caracal (Caracal caracal)
    62. Geoffroy´s cat (Leopardus geoffroyi)
    63. Greater grison (Galictis vittata)
    64. Jungle cat (Felis chaus)
    65. Kinkajou (Potos flavus)

    So far, so good...
     
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  2. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    You can only count one subspecies per species.

    ~Thylo
     
  3. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    As far as I can see, Joker1706 has indeed only counted one subspecies per species!
     
  4. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Wait has Gordon's Wildcat been split or not under the new taxonomy? The scientific names he gives above list two ssp of Felis silvestris.

    ~Thylo
     
  5. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    It has, and we have been counting it as Felis lybica gordoni already :) I think he remembered we were counting it as distinct but not the new scientific name, so went with the older name.

    I summarised the major cat taxonomy decisions pertinent to this thread here.
     
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  6. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Ah yes I remember now. Sorry the Felis splits confuse me :p

    ~Thylo
     
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  7. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Perhaps what Joker1706 needs pointing out is rule 7?!
     
  8. Joker1706

    Joker1706 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Sorry for writing such a long list, as I saw this challenge for the first time last friday... ;)

    The missing allowance for counting the tiger and Leopard species left me with a heavy heart though...
     
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  9. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    long time no zoo.... I was however able to squeeze in a visit to Zoo Wuppertal last weekend

    70. Asian golden cat (Catopuma temmincki temmincki)
    71. Gordon's wild cat (Felis lybica gordoni)
    72. Sand cat (Felis margarita harrisoni)
     
  10. Giant Eland

    Giant Eland Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Here are the results from my 22 Day, 10 Country, 26 Zoo Trip. Other than these haven't been to any other zoos so far this year...but many more are planned ;)

    Moscow Zoo


    1. lion (Panthera leo)
    2. striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena)
    3. gray wolf (Canis lupus)
    4. golden jackal (Canis aureus)
    5. northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
    6. European polecat (Mustela putorius)
    7. Gordon’s Wildcat (Felis lybica gordoni)
    8. European pine marten (Martes martes)
    9. beech marten (Martes foina)
    10. jungle cat (Felis chaus)
    11. Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)
    12. dhole (Cuon alpinus)
    13. wolverine (Gulo gulo)
    14. banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)
    15. California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
    16. least weasel (Mustela nivalis)

    Novosibirsk Zoo

    17. sable (Martes zibellina)
    18. yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata)
    19. steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii)
    20. pardine genet (Genetta pardina)
    21. Asian badger (Meles leucurus)
    22. masked palm civet (Paguma larvata)
    23. corsac fox (Vulpes corsac)
    24. marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna)
    25. European mink (Mustela lutreola)
    26. Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica)
    27. polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
    28. tayra (Eira barbara)

    Khao Kheow Open Zoo

    29. flat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps)
    30. tiger (Panthera tigris)
    31. fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)

    Dusit Zoo

    32. leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
    33. large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha)
    34. small Indian civet (Viverricula indica)
    35. small-toothed palm civet (Arctogalidia trivirgata)

    Pata Zoo

    36. Javan mongoose (Herpestes javanicus)
    37. hog badger (Arctonyx collaris)
    38. binturong (Arctictis binturong)

    Taman Safari Bogor

    39. sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)
    40. cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
    41. leopard (Panthera pardus)
    42. jaguar (Panthera onca)
    43. Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii)
    44. golden wet-zone palm civet (Paradoxurus aureus)

    Batu Secret Zoo

    45. banded palm civet (Hemigalus derbyanus)
    46. Sumatran Hog Badger (Arctonyx hoevenii)
    47. yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula)

    Singapore Zoo

    48. Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes Procyonoides)
    49. cougar (Puma concolor)
    50. black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas)

    Night Safari

    51. spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
    52. sloth bear (Melursus ursinus)
    53. clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
    54. serval (Leptailurus serval)
    55. Malay civet (Viverra tangalunga)

    Avilon Zoo

    56. Palawan stink badger (Mydaus marchei)
    57. short-tailed mongoose (Herpestes brachyurus)
    58. Sunda leopard cat (Prionailurus javanensis)

    Saigon Zoo

    59. Burmese ferret-badger (Melogale personata)
    60. Owston's palm civet (Chrotogale owstoni)

    Taipei Zoo

    61. giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
    62. Chinese ferret badger (Melogale moschata)
    63. crab-eating mongoose (Herpestes urva)
    64. Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus)

    Toba Aquarium

    65. walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
    66. Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
    67. spotted seal (Phoca largha)
    68. harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)
    69. Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica)
    70. brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)

    Inokashira Park Zoo

    71. Japanese marten (Martes melampus)

    Tama Zoo


    72. Japanese weasel (Mustela itatsi)
    73. Japanese badger (Meles anakuma)

    Ueno Zoo

    74. brown bear (Ursus arctos)
    75. common dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula)
    76. Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul)

    Territory Wildlife Park

    77. Dingo (Canis dingo)

    Monster World Aquarium

    78. common genet (Genetta genetta)

    (I assume the Dingo isn't considered a separate species?) Edit- I saw it counted on other lists, so adding it now.
     
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  11. Giant Eland

    Giant Eland Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    2 very big misses at Taman Safari Bogor because both were off exhibit and no access was granted (wouldn't have counted anyways for this challenge I suppose)

    1. bay cat (Catopuma badia) (which has since passed away, but supposedly was sometimes on exhibit)
    2. Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) (were usually exhibited, but were off exhibit for breeding purposes)

    And off the top of my head I noticed I don't have three of the more common species yet- meerkat, red panda or asian small clawed otter. I may very well have ran past them, however I wasn't aware of this challenge yet and was mostly focusing on mammal lifers. Expect them added soon haha.

    My life list is at 192. It'll be interesting to see how many of my total I'll see in just this year.
     
  12. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    Has it definitely died? Or is that just a possibility to stop you asking them to let you see it?
     
  13. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    @Giant Eland You can count Dingo and New Guinea Singing Dog once as Canis dingo.

    ~Thylo
     
  14. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    For what it is worth, I am given to understand this *is* correct unfortunately.
     
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  15. AWP

    AWP Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Perth has red panda and Asian small clawed otter (I'm not sure about meerkat), but like you I didn't see these species because I was focusing on numbat, dibbler and co.
     
  16. aardvark250

    aardvark250 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I'm pretty sure Ueno have all three.
     
  17. vogelcommando

    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Made a misstake in counting ( I've number 40 2 times so I'm actualy now at 45 species. Last weekend I however visited Ouwehand and could add 3 more species to the list :
    46 ) Brown bear - Ursus arctos ( see Brown bear | ZooChat )
    47 ) Giant panda - Ailuropoda melanoleuca ( see Giant panda | ZooChat )
    48 ) Clouded leopard - Neofelis nebulosa
     
  18. Giant Eland

    Giant Eland Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I'm sure a few of the places I went had all three, I merely wasn't looking for them. Don't think I'll have a problem finding any of the 3 over the next few months haha.

    Oh and I forgot one:

    79. Common racoon (Procyon lotor) - Moscow Zoo
     
  19. ShonenJake13

    ShonenJake13 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Getting a little close to my lead there...sadly can’t do anything to get further ahead for the next couple of weeks.

    But September.....
     
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  20. Giant Eland

    Giant Eland Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Haha got any big trips planned?? This Sunday I'll be going to Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Smithsonian National Zoo. Then I got 2 weeks in September to Europe/Dubai. And theres a lot of easy ones still waiting for my list.

    Can you repost your full list? I had looked for it late last night but couldn't find it.

    And what's your life list at- both for carnivores and total mammals (zoo and/or wild)?