Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary - January 8 2022 9. Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 10. Straw-colored Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum 11. North American Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum 12. Cougar Puma concolor 13. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 14. North American Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus 15. Gray Wolf Canis lupus
Colchester Zoo 9th January 35 Southern Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) 36 Leopard (Panthera pardus) 37 Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda) 38 Spotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) 39 Pygmy Hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis) 40 Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) 41 Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus) 42 Grey wolf (Canis lupus) 43 Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) 44 Slender - snouted crocodile (Mercistops cataphractus)
A much quieter non-Bank Holiday zoo visit helped bump my total up abit! Chester Zoo- 10.01.2022 12. Northern Luzon cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) 13. Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) 14. Philippine mouse deer (Tragulus nigricans) 15. Dusky pademelon (Thylogale brunii) 16. Palawan binturong (Arctictis binturong whitei)
Starting with a banger... Exmoor Zoo - 12/01/2022. 1. Great grey owl, Strix nebulosa 2. Tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides 3. Grey wolf, Canis lupus 4. Bat-eared fox, Otocyon megalotis 5. African hunting dog, Lycaon pictus 6. Maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus 7. Bush dog, Speothos venaticus 8. Caracal, Caracal caracal 8. Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx 9. Serval, Leptailurus serval 10. Fishing cat, Prionailurus viverrinus 11. Margay, Leopardus wiedii 12. Sand cat, Felis margarita 13. Rusty-spotted cat, Prionailurus rubiginosus 14. Generic leopard, Panthera pardus 15. Puma, Puma concolor 16. Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus 17. African civet, Civettictis civetta 18. Tayra, Eira barbara 19. Yellow-throated marten, Martes flavigula 20. Meerkat, Suricata suricatta 21. Dwarf mongoose , Helogale parvula 22. Cuviers dwarf caiman, Paleosuchus palpebrosus 23. Gray-handed night monkey, Aotus griseimembra 24. Dusky pademelon, Thylogale brunii 25. Bennetts wallaby, Notamacropus rufogriseus 26. Parma wallaby, Notamacropus parma 27. Swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor 28. Eastern grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus 29. Palawan binturong, Arctictis binturong whitei Missed a few species today, including the important Ring-tailed cat, Bassariscus astutus. It looks like I'll need to visit again... not that I'm complaining *I've omitted a couple of species as their arrival is yet to be announced by the zoo - If I see them in another collection, I'll include them then. If not, I'll retrospectively include them once the announcement is made*
AFRICA ALIVE! - 13/1/2022 11. Aardvark(Orycteropus afer) 12. African Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata) 13. Turkish Spiny Mouse (Acomys cilicicus) 14. Serval (Leptailurus serval) 15. African Lion (Panthera leo) 16. African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) 17. Bat-Eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis) 18. Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda) Now, for clarification, whilst the Aardvark house (where the spiny mice also live) was closed to the public, it was still possible to see both animals through the window, and as far as I'm concerned, that doesn't break any of the rules or guidelines. It's not like I was able to get special access into the house, otherwise I would have included the African Brush-Tailed Porcupine.
You would be correct EDIT: It's been pointed out to me that this is my 10,000th post What an exciting one it was. ~Thylo
My first visit of the year gave me a pretty solid start I think. I missed a few species, though, that I hope to get later in the year. Bronx Zoo 1) Feathertail Glider Acrobates pygaemus 2) Matschie's Tree-Kangaroo Dendrobates matschei 3) Aardvark Orycteropus afer 4) Malagasy Giant Rat Hypogeomys antimena 5) Cactus Mouse Peromyscus eremicus 6) Eastern Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus 7) California Mouse Peromyscus californicus 8) Arabian Spiny Mouse Acomys dimidiatus 9) Pallid Gerbil Gerbillus perallidus 10) Bushy-Tailed Jird Sekeetamys calurus 11) Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat Phloeomys pallidus 12) House Mouse Mus musculus 13) Eurasian Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus 14) South African Pygmy Mouse Mus minutoides 15) Nile Grass Rat Arvicanthis niloticus 16) Mohol Bushbaby Galago moholi 17) Rodrigues Flying Fox Pteropus rodricensis 18) Indian Flying Fox Pteropus medius 19) Greater Malay Chevrotain Tragulus napu 20) Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta 21) Tiger Panthera tigris 22) Snow Leopard Panthera uncia 23) Lion Panthera leo 24) Leopard Panthera pardus 25) Dhole Cuon alpinus 26) African Wild Dog Lycaon pictus 27) North Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx mantelli 28) Snowy Owl Bubo scandiaca 29) Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 30) Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia 31) Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides 32) Carrot-Tailed Viper Gecko Hemidactylus imbricatus 33) William's Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus williamsi 34) Common Flat-Tailed Gecko Uroplatus fimbriatus 35) Chinese Alligator Alligator sinensis 36) Ganges Gharial Gavialis gangeticus 37) Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus 38) West African Dwarf Crocodile Osteolaemus tetraspis 39) Cuban Crocodile Crocodylus rhombifer ~Thylo
Sedgwick County Zoo 1/15 1. Carrot-tailed Viper Gecko 2. Prickly Gecko 3. Chinese Alligstor 4. Cuban Crocodile 5. Indian Flying Fox
Blackpool Zoo- 17.01.2022 17. Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) 18. Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare) 19. Bennett's wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus) 20. Western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus) 21. Long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) 22. Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) 23. Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) 24. Barn owl (Tyto alba) 25. Red kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)
COLCHESTER ZOO - 19/1/2022 20. Red-Necked Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus) 21. Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) 22. Southern Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) 23. Linnaeus' Two-Toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus) 24. Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) 25. Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) 26. Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) 27. Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus) 28. Slender-Snouted Crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus) I also saw a full Aardvark this time, so even if my Africa Alive! visit hadn't counted, I'd still have gotten it here.
I'm in, but not the greatest collection for this particular challenge unfortunately! West Midlands Safari Park - 17/01/22 1. Common Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) 2.Grey-legged Douroucouli (Aotus lemurinus) 3. Rodriguez Fruit Bat (Pteropus rodricensis) 4. Seba's Bat (Carollia perspicillata) 5. Dhole (Cuon alpinus) 6. African Hunting Dog (Lycaon pictus) 7. Lion (Panthera leo) 8. Tiger (Panthera tigris) 9. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
Hi all, we are now about 3 weeks into the challenge and therefore I am hesitant to make any further changes, however @ZooBinh and I were wondering if there would be any interest in allowing sharks to count for the challenge. They're a group that's primarily nocturnal and they're one of the most readily identifiable groups of fishes for most people. At one point I toyed with the idea of having one year's challenge be sharks/rays but decided that wasn't going to work well so this might be a fun way to include them in somehow. I didn't include them originally because I figured it would be easiest to minimize the ectotherms on the list when there are already so many other animals to keep track of, but talking with Binh he thinks it could be a welcome addition. That said, I also don't want to just go changing things without popular consensus, especially now that a fair few people have already started their zoo visiting for the year. So let me know what people think and we can retroactively count them if enough players agree. If not, let the games continue uninterrupted! Sorry for the delay in response to this but, yes, let's count Dingos. ~Thylo
Yes, thank you Thylo for this announcement. In addition to being nocturnal fishes, I don't think the global challenge has included fish much (if ever?), so it would be a nice little change . P.S. My support for adding sharks and rays 100% has nothing to do with the close vicinity of the Newport Aquarium to me.
I'm not opposed to sharks and rays being added but I'm not for it, either. I think they would be hard to keep track of.
I'm in agreement with you. They're a more difficult group to keep track of, and many people on here don't focus on fish as closely as the terrestrial vertebrates most challenges so far have focused on. I for one don't really pay more attention to sharks and know very little about them, and since most Aquariums I go to have had poor signage, keeping track would be difficult. If others feel strongly about adding them, I'd try it for purposes of the challenge, but wouldn't be thrilled by their addition.
I was thinking just sharks for the exact reason expressed above, that adding rays as well may make it more complicated and difficult to keep track of. I find sharks tend to be reliably signed at most places I go, and if not that's usually a touchpool and then there is a guide there who knows all the species regardless. Rays on the other hand I know can be hit or miss with signage. But again if people keep feel it would be too difficult to keep track of sharks as well then we need not include them. I do like the idea of including a group of fish considering we hardly ever focus on them in these challenges due to lack of general interest, but the challenge does have plenty of targets already if people would prefer to do without. ~Thylo
The reason (for me) isn't lack of interest from myself - it's lack of interest from the zoos that seem to rarely have up-to-date signage with fish.
That's a fair concern. I can't say I've experienced that much with sharks who tend to be their big attractions, but I've not been to nearly as many aquariums as I have zoos so perhaps I've been lucky. ~Thylo