ZooChat Challenge North America 2020

Alright, I’ll remove it then. I saw it listed on their website and one of the exhibits was signed for a long-nosed bat but it didn’t list the species so that’s where the confusion came from.

 

That's interesting. Their website does indeed list Leptonycteris nivalis, though in the past I had them down as keeping a single L. yerbabuenae with their Pallid Bats. I'll have to look into this further.

~Thylo

 

In any case, I was able to squeeze in a speedrun of one more facility before my flight home today.

Dallas Zoo - 02/18/2020
124*. African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) VU
125. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) VU
126. White-naped Crane (Antigone vipio) VU
127. Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) EN
128. Wattled Crane (Grus carunculata) VU
129. Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis) CR
130. False Gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii) VU
131. Mangshan Pit Viper (Protobothrops mangshanensis) EN
132. Pan’s Box Turtle (Cuora pani) CR
133. Reticulated Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus reticulatus) VU
134. Flat-backed Spider Tortoise (Pyxis planicauda) CR
135. Blue-spotted Tree Monitor (Varanus macraei) EN
136. Moellendorff’s Trinket Snake (Elaphe moellendorffi) VU
137. Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi) CR
138. Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis) EN
139. Blue-legged Mantella (Mantella expectata) EN

Most of the mammals weren't out due to rain and cold temperatures unfortunately.

 

Los Angeles Zoo, 4/3/2020

(I’ve never understood why Americans get the month and date around the wrong way.)

1. Kaiser’s newt, Neurergus kaiseri
2. Chinese giant salamander, Andrias davidianus
3. Roti Island snake-necked turtle, Chelodina mccordi
4. Fly River turtle, Carettochelys insculpta
5. Mary River turtle, Elusor macrurus
6. Mangshan mountain viper, Protobothrops mangshanensis
7. Gray’s monitor, Varanus olivaceus
8. Kaznakov’s viper, Vipera kaznakovi
9. Mexican black-tailed pitviper, Mixcoatlus melanurus
10. Common spider tortoise, Pyxis arachnoides
11. Santa Catalina rattlesnake, Crotalus catalinensis
12. Indian gharial, Gavialis gangeticus
13. Sunda gharial, Tomistoma schlegeli
14. African wild dog, Lycaon pictus
15. Addax, Addax nasomaculatus
16. Chacoan peccary, Catagonus wagneri
17. Speke’s gazelle, Gazella spekei
18. Lowland anoa, Bubalus depressicornis
19. Fossa, Cryptoprocta ferox
20. Grevy’s zebra, Equus grevyi
21. Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii
22. Double-wattled Cassowary, Casuarius casuarius
23. Koala, Phascolarctos cinereus
24. Komodo dragon, Varanus komodoensis
25. Western lowland gorilla, Gorilla gorilla
26. Lion, Panthera leo
27. Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis
28. Okapi, Okapia johnstoni
29. Ring-tailed lemur, Lemur catta
30. Radiated tortoise, Astrochelys radiata
31. Chinese goral, Naemorhedus caudatus
32. Steller's Sea Eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus
33. Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes
34. Red-capped mangabey, Cercocebus torquatus
35. Buff-cheeked gibbon, Nomascus gabriellae
36. Coquerel’s sifaka, Propithecus coquereli
37. Mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx
38. Asian elephant, Elephas maximus
39. Giant otter, Pteronura brasiliensis
40. Baird’s tapir, Tapirus bairdii
41. Golden poison frog, Phyllobates bicolor
42. Blessed poison frog, Ranitomeya benedicta
43. California Condor, Gymnogyps californianus
44. Military Macaw, Ara militaris
45. Visayan warty pig, Sus cebifrons
46. Calamian deer, Axis calamianensis
47. Common hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius
48. Binturong, Arctictis binturong
49. Tiger, Panthera tigris
50. Takin, Budorcas taxicolor
51. Siamang, Symphalangus syndactylus
52. Francois langur, Trachypithecus francoisi
53. Snow leopard, Panthera uncia
54. Sarus Crane, Antigone antigone
55. Aldabra giant tortoise, Aldabarachelys gigantea
56. Mountain tapir, Tapirus pinchaque
57. Blue-billed Curassow, Crax alberti
58. Crested capuchin, Sapajus robustus
59. Geoffroy’s spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi
60. Red-fronted Macaw, Ara rubrogenys
61. Red uakari, Cacajao calvus
62. African Black Crowned Crane, Balearica pavonina

 

Buttonwood Park Zoo- 3/7/2020
13. Asian Elephant- Elephas maximus
14. Golden-headed Lion Tamarin- Leontopithecus chrysomelas
15. Cottontop Tamarin- Saguinus oedipus
16. Cabot's tropagan- Trapogan caboti
17. Peruvian pigeon- Patagioenas oenops
18. Red-breasted goose- Branta ruficollis
19. Baer's Pochard- Aythya baeri
20. Scaly-sided Merganser- Mergus squamatus
21. Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle- Podocnemis unifilis

 

Greensboro Science Center: (3/6/20)
13. Asian small-clawed otter, Aonyx cinereus
14. Fishing cat, Prionailurus viverrinus
15. Golden lion tamarin, Leotopithecus rosalia
16. Silvery gibbon, Hylobates moloch
17. Ring-tailed lemur, Lemur catta
18. Fossa, Cryptoprocta ferox
19. Red Panda, Ailurus fulgens
20. Tiger, Panthera tigris
21. African Penguin, Spheniscus demersus
22. Eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina
23. Burmese python, Python bivittatus
24. Spotted turtle, Clemmys guttata
25. Rhinoceros iguana, Cyclura cornuta
26. Komodo dragon, Varanus komodoensis
27. Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle

 

Good to know the Calamian Deer are still around! How many are left?

~Thylo

 

No idea, sorry, I didn’t know to count.

 

I have seen two males a mount ago.

 

I reckon I would have been on track to win this one, except that I’m not sure how long it’s going to be possible to keep travelling.

Phoenix Zoo, 11/03/2020

63. Pancake tortoise, Malacochersus tornieri
64. Rüppell's Vulture, Gyps rueppelli
65. Arabian oryx, Oryx leucoryx
66. Black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis
67. Grey Crowned Crane, Balearica regulorum
68. Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus
69. Black-and-white ruffed lemur, Varecia variegata
70. Mariana Fruit Dove, Ptilinopus roseicapilla
71. Bali Mynah, Leucopsar rothschildi
72. Western Crowned Pigeon, Goura cristata
73. Green Peafowl, Pavo muticus
74. Red-ruffed lemur, Varecia rubra
75. Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus
76. Andean bear, Tremarctos ornatus
77. Volcán Darwin giant tortoise, Chelonoidis microphyes
78. Standing’s day gecko, Phelsuma standingi
79. Grand Cayman blue iguana, Cyclura lewisi
80. Golden lion tamarin, Leotopithecus rosalia
81. Cotton-top tamarin, Saguinus oedipus
82. Sun Conure, Aratinga soltitalis
83. Golden Conure, Guaruba guarouba

 

Overlooked:
84. Giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla

 

Quite right there - my planned visits to 3, probably 4 facilities in the coming month have been canceled, though I have combatted this with new plans to visit a few much-farther-away ones. Thanks to coronavirus I can take a zoo trip in the middle of a semester - assuming those zoos don’t fall to the virus as well.

 

Question: Does visiting a zoo open only as a drive-through count for the challenge?

 

I can't imagine why it wouldn't. It's no different than a lot of safari parks.

 

Yeah, that should be fine. Any zoos reopening (in whatever way) are acceptable - but everyone visiting, please be safe!

 

I'll be visiting Toronto Zoo tomorrow (via a drive-through experience), so I just wanted to make sure it was acceptable via the rules.

 

My first zoo in three months!:

Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo - May 23 2020
18. Asian Black Bear Ursus thibetanus

 

Finally got some species for the challenge!

Toronto Zoo: May 24, 2020

1. Greater one-horned rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis
2. Masai giraffe Giraffe (camelopardalis) tippelskirchi
3. Grevy's zebra Equus grevyi
4. Lion Panthera leo
5. Geoffrey's spider monkey Ateles geoffroyi
6. Reindeer Rangifer tarandus
7. Amur tiger Panthera tigris
8. Red panda Aliurus fulgens
9. Aoudad Ammotragus lervia
10. Przewalski's horse Equus (ferus) przewalskii
11. Snow leopard Panthera uncia
12. Wattled crane Grus carunculata

Out of all the species that could've been seen during the driving tour, the cheetah was the only big miss.

Also, I'm unsure of the status for West Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica) for the challenge. as the IUCN states it is endangered and it is not listed in the master list for mammals. Will it be able to be counted?

 

Any word on this? Was the L. yerbabuenae I saw in 2010 L. nivalis all along?

 

The tur counts. I think I mentioned (but maybe I didn’t) that the list was made primarily using my own lifelist, and filling in some extra species I was aware of. I haven’t seen any tur species and forgot they were kept, so they’re missing from the list. Think of the master list as a guide - but IUCN will always outrank it in terms of what counts.