ZooChat Challenge UK 2014

Newquay have had Belted Ruffed Lemurs for some years, and very nice they are too.

 

Just goes to show you can't always trust zootierliste they also have pink-headed fruit dove

 

Newquay have a lot of exciting species, among them Nuristan Newt, Owston's Banded Civets, Carpathian Lynx, Grosbeak Starling, and Lesser Mousedeer.

 

I took some photos of them both this morning. They were very active and easy to see as a keeper was around.

 

Visits to Banham and Marwell haven't added many new species but brought my total to 36:

Banham (03/05/14)

32. Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)
33. Sambirano Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur occidentalis)
34. Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)

Marwell (09/05/14)

35. Alaotran Gentle Lemur (Hapalemur alaotrensis)
36. Western Black and White Colobus (Colobus polykomos)

 

Right a quick update after a visit to Woburn Safari Park just before it comes off the free entry for Chester Members produced a couple more and 1 which doesn't count as its a hybrid!I have also added the hybrid at the end of my total just for fun as there is a chance I could see a couple of other hybrids before the end of the year!I suspect my total will creep up slowly as this challenge was always going to be a marathon and not a sprint!

1) Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) at Chester Zoo
2) Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) at Chester Zoo
3) Sulawesi Crested Macaque (Macaca nigra) at Chester Zoo
4) Aloatran Gentle Lemur (Hapalemur aloatrensis) at Chester Zoo
5) Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelli) at Chester Zoo
6) Lar Gibbon (Hylobates lar) at Chester Zoo
7) Common Chimpanzee (Pan trogolodytes) at Chester Zoo
7a) Central Common Chimpanzee (Pan trogolodytes trogolodytes)
7b) Western Common Chimpanzee (Pan trogolodytes verus)
8) Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) at Chester Zoo
9) Crowned Lemur (Eulemur coronatus) at Twycross Zoo
10) Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer) at Twycross Zoo
11) Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra) at Twycross Zoo
12) Black and White Lemur (Varecia variegata variegata) at Twycross Zoo
12a) Belted Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata subcincta)
13) Diana Monkey (Cecopithecus diana diana) at Twycross Zoo
14) L`Hoest`s Monkey (Cercopithecus lhoesti) at Twycross Zoo
15) Lowe`s Mona Monkey (Cercopithecus lowei) at Twycross Zoo
16) De Brazza`s Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) at Twycross Zoo
17) Lesser Spot-nosed Guenon (Cercopithecus petaurista petaurista) at Twycross Zoo
18) Black-footed Crowned Guenon (Cercopithecus pogonias nigripes) at Twycross Zoo
19) Roloway Monkey (Cercopithecus roloway) at Twycross Zoo
20) Western Colobus (Colobus guereza occidentalis) at Twycross Zoo
21) Javan Brown Langur (Trachypithecus auratus auratus) at Twycross Zoo
22) Francois Langur (Trachypithecus francoisi francoisi) at Twycross Zoo
23) Spectacled Langur (Trachypithecus obscurus) at Twycross Zoo
24) Agile Gibbon (Hylobates agilis) at Twycross Zoo
25) Mueller`s Brown Gibbon (Hylobates muelleri muelleri) at Twycross Zoo
26) Pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at Twycross Zoo
27) Northern White-cheeked Gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) at Twycross Zoo
28) Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) at Twycross Zoo
29) Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) at Twycross Zoo
30) Bonobo (Pan paniscus) at Twycross Zoo
31) Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) at Twycross Zoo
32) Red-fronted Lemur (Eulemur rufus) at Chester Zoo
33) Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadrayas) at Flamingoland
34) White-naped Mangabey (Cercocebus atys lunulatas) at Flamingoland
35) Stump-tailed Macaque (Macaca arctoides) at Gentleshaws Wildlife Centre
36) Grey Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus) at Bristol Zoo
37) Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) at Bristol Zoo
38) Pygmy Slow Loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) at Bristol Zoo
39) Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) at Bristol Zoo
40) Mongoose Lemur (Eulemur mongoz) at Wildplace
41) Gelada (Theropithecus gelada) at Dudley Zoo
42) Collared Lemur (Eulemur collaris) at Dudley Zoo
43) Black Lemur (Eulemur macaco) at Dudley Zoo
44) White-fronted Lemur (Eulemur albifrons) at Yorkshire Wildlife Park (YWP)
45) Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) at YWP
46) Guinea Baboon (Papio papio) at YWP
47) Broad-nosed Gentle Lemur (Prolemur simus) at Cotswold Wildlife Park (CWP)
48) Crowned Sifaka (Propithecus coronatus) at CWP
49) Purple-faced Langur (Trachypithecus vetulus monticola) at CWP
50) Grivet Monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops) at Shepreth Wildlife Park (SWP)
51) Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fasicularis) at SWP
52) White-collared Lemur (Eulemur cinereiceps) at Linton Zoo
53) Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus) at Woburn Safari Park
54) Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas) at Woburn Safari Park

A) Hybrid Lemur (E rufus x E rubriventer)at Woburn Safari Park

 

When does this change?

 

Last date is 15th June.

 

Thanks! Was already thinking of doing Woburn this coming Saturday - this may be the clincher!

 

I would give them a ring and check as they said it could be finishing at the end of this month and not June when I rang last week!

 

I'll take my chances - don't mind paying if it's finished (hardly going to avoid Woburn for ever more!) - but if I go it will almost certainly be Saturday and so still this month anyway!

 

The reciprocal free entry to Woburn with Chester Membership has already stopped according to the Safari Park.

 

Went back to my original idea of Whipsnade in the end!

I'd been put off by the fact the Tommies wouldn't be on show yet but decided that, as I had no idea when they would be going on show, I'd just go and see the impala anyway. Had a very good day too - and a unexpected but welcome opportunity for a catchup with a fellow Zoochatter as it turned out!

 

Visits to London Zoo ( Friday ) and Cotswold WP today have taken my total over 40 .

I am not doing this with any expectation of winning , but am really enjoying the Challenge . It gives me a focus for Zoo visits as well as a good excuse for visiting more collections than I might otherwise .

London Zoo had very young white-naped mangabey and colobus . Cotswold has quite a few ring-tailed lemur babies and yet another baby siamang . The new pair of sifaka are together .

 

I think Twycross will be essential to this one; without a visit to The World Primate Centre© this year, I'm on a fairly meagre 29 (which goes up to 37 if I cheat by including mainland European zoos).

London Zoo, January 2nd
1. Western lowland gorilla
2. Northern white-cheeked gibbon (+ Wingham)
3. Diana monkey
4. White-naped mangabey
5. Kikuyu colobus (+ Banham)
6. Sulawesi macaque
7. Francois' langur
8. Ring-tailed lemur (+ Banham, Wingham, Hamerton, AA!, Tropiquaria)
9. Northern slender loris
10. Potto
Banham Zoo, February 22nd
11. Black & white ruffed lemur (+ Wingham, AA!)
12. Sclater’s lemur (+ AA!)
13. Northern bamboo lemur (+ RSCC)
14. Red ruffed lemur (+ Wingham)
15. Red bellied lemur (+ AA!)
16. Siamang
RSCC, April 16th
17. Red-cheeked gibbon
Wingham Wildlife Park, April 16th
18. Barbary macaque
19. Grivet
20. Mandrill
21. Mueller’s gibbon (hybrid)
Hamerton Zoo, April 17th
22. Collared lemur
23. Lar gibbon (+ Tropiquaria)
Tropiquaria, April 19th
24. White-fronted lemur
Africa Alive!, May 25th
25. Black lemur
26. Crowned lemur
27. Mongoose lemur
28. King colobus
29. Chimpanzee

Antwerp Zoo (April 7th)
1. Northern slender loris
2. Red ruffed lemur (+ Artis, Avifauna)
3. Ring-tailed lemur (+ Artis, Blijdorp, Avifauna)
4. Sulawesi macaque (+ Artis)
5. Mandrill (+ Artis)
6. Hamadryas baboon
7. Hamlyn’s monkey
8. Javan langur
9. Siamang
10. Common chimpanzee
11. Eastern lowland gorilla
12. Western lowland gorilla (+ Blijdorp, Artis)
Blijdorp (April 8th)
13. Ring-tailed lemur (+ Avifauna)
14. Lion tailed macaque
15. Mantled colobus
16. Francois’ langur
17. White-naped mangabey
Amsterdam Zoo (April 9th)
18. Grey mouse lemur
19. Black & white ruffed lemur
20. White-throated guenon
21. Red-cheeked gibbon
22. Chimpanzee
Vogelpark Avifauna (April 10th)

 

A trip to London on Sunday added another 4 to our list,

63. Potto
64. Slender Loris
65. Bushbaby
66. White-naped Mangaby

We also called into Woburn on the way home yesterday despite the reciprocal entry ending.

67. Patas Monkey

 

1) Ring tailed lemur - Paignton
2) Red Ruffed Lemur
3) Bornean Orang Utan
4) Western Lowland Gorilla
5) Mandrill
6) Pygmy Slow Loris
7) Diana Monkey
8) Sulawesi Crested Macaque
9) Hamadryas Baboon
10) Cherry Crowned Mangabey
11)King Colobus Monkey

12 Slender Loris- Shaldon
13 Slow Loris
14 Black and White Ruffed Lemur
15 Grey Mouse Lemur

16 Pileated Gibbon- Twycross
17 Chimpanzee
18 Bonobo
19 Siamang
20 Dusky Langur
21 Lowes Guenon
22 Agile Gibbon
23 Northern White Cheeked Gibbon
24 Lar Gibbon
25 L'hoest's Monkey
26 Roloway Monkey
27 Javan Langur
28 Debrazzas Monkey
29 Red Bellied Lemur
30 Crowned Lemur
31 Lesser Spot nosed Guenon
32 Crowned Guenon
33 Francois Langur

34 Red Fronted Brown Lemur, Tropiquaria
35 White fronted brown lemur

36 Black Lemur, Exmoor
37 Eastern Black and White Colobus

38 Drill, Bristol
39, Aye Aye,
40 Lac Alaotran Gentle Lemur.

41 Pig tailed Macaque - Porfell
42 Bonnet Macaque.

 

Oh yeah before i forget, at Paignton there is a primate up behind the vets room. Anyone know what it is i have seen it twice, and does it count to this challenge?