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  1. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Yes. Any education animals shown off during a public talk or show are countable.

    ~Thylo
     
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  2. HOMIN96

    HOMIN96 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Tiergarten Schönbrunn 16/01/2020


    10. Queensland koala (Phascolarctos cinereus cinereus)
    11. Red-necked wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus)
     
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  3. FunkyGibbon

    FunkyGibbon Well-Known Member

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    A small start...

    Randers Regnskov


    1. Pygmy feathertale glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)
     
  4. HOMIN96

    HOMIN96 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Prague Zoo 17/01/2020

    12. Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
    13. Swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
    14. Eastern wallaroo (Macropus robustus)
     
  5. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Hamerton 18/1/20

    5 Brush-tailed possum - Trichosaurus vulpecula
    6 Common Wombat - Vombatus ursinus
    7 Long-nosed Potoroo - Potorus tridactylus
    8 Tiger Quoll - Dasyurus maculatus
    9 Swamp Wallaby - Wallabia bicolor
    10 Squirrel Glider - Petaurus norfolcencis
     
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  6. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    First zoo of the year!:

    Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary - January 20 2020
    1. Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana
     
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  7. Marhi

    Marhi Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    1. Zoo Praha (Prague, Czech republic) - January 1, 2020

    1) Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps) - vakoveverka létavá
    2) Brush-tailed Bettong (Bettongia penicillata) - klokánek králíkovitý
    3) Ground Cuscus (Strigocuscus gymnotis) - kuskus zemní
     
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  8. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Henry Vilas Zoo - January 25 2020
    2. Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps
     
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  9. FunkyGibbon

    FunkyGibbon Well-Known Member

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    Hoo Farm

    2. Red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
     
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  10. KevinVar

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    Artis, 01/01/2020
    1. Red-necked wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus)

    Antwerp Zoo, 17/01/2020
    2. Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi)
    3. Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
    4. Parma wallaby (Notamacropus parma)
    5. Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
     
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  11. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Cologne zoo

    2. Matschie's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)
    3. Brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia pennicillata)
    4. Sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps)
     
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  12. Imperator Furiosa

    Imperator Furiosa Well-Known Member

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    Brookfield Zoo - 02/02/2020
    2. Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
    3. Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons)
    4. Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
     
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  13. WhistlingKite24

    WhistlingKite24 Well-Known Member 10+ year member Premium Member

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    Darling Downs Zoo- 7/2/2020
    21. Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus
     
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  14. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Thrigby Hall 6/2/20

    11 Sugar Glider - Petaurus breviceps
     
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  15. WhistlingKite24

    WhistlingKite24 Well-Known Member 10+ year member Premium Member

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    One of my favourite species at the zoo.
    Australia Zoo- 14/2/2020
    22. Black-footed Rock Wallaby Petrogale lateralis
     
  16. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Frankfurt Zoo

    5. Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi)
    6. Eastern Quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)
    7. Kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei)
    8. Feather-tailed Glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)
    9. Linneaus' Mouse Opossum (Marmosa murina)

    I finally saw the mouse opossum, after 4 visits or so. It is only the first opossum species I have seen in a zoo and the second in total. The Tammar Wallaby stayed inside and were non-visible due to construction work.
     
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  17. drill

    drill Well-Known Member

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    what was the other opossum species?
     
  18. Imperator Furiosa

    Imperator Furiosa Well-Known Member

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    Dallas World Aquarium - 02/15/2020
    5. Matschie's Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)

    Fort Worth Zoo - 02/16/2020
    6. Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus)
     
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  19. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I have seen Common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) in a pet shop once.
     
  20. ShonenJake13

    ShonenJake13 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Gosh I thought I’d put in an entry for this already!! To catch up here is my total for the year so far:

    Twycross Zoo

    1. Western grey kangaroo
    2. Red-necked wallaby

    Hamerton Zoo

    3. Common wombat
    4. Swamp wallaby
    5. Squirrel glider
    6. Parma wallaby
    7. Tiger quoll
    8. Long-nosed potoroo
     
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