ZOO Plzeň - Species list (02/2017)
Hi everyone! Following suit on @geomorph's wonderful list of all on-show animals present at San Diego Zoo (San Diego Zoo - List of Species On Exhibit 11-26-13), I decided I wanted to do the same for one of my personal favorite collections, namely ZOO Plzeň. I figured this would be appreciated as ZOO Plzeň is a very large collection that switches up its species very often.
A disclaimer is that I visited the wonderful park during the winter, when most birds/animals with moated exhibits were inside, and a lot of the collection was switched around to deal with water freezing over, etc.
I will be going over the various different exhibit in an order that seems the most straightforward to me, though as all large zoos it is very maze-like, so there might be some odd ends here and there. Like geomorph's list, it will be split up in multiple different posts.
Since I'm also writing up this list for my own purposes (to be able to remember in 10+ years what all I saw, and what all I didn't), I will be putting all no-shows in italic text. This has no further meaning relevant to anyone but me.
MADAGASCAR (20 exhibits):
One of the first things you see upon entering the zoo from the Southern entrance are 2 houses; the African night house, and the Madagascar house. The Madagascar house is a house, split in 3 on-show areas: one is on the ground flour and contains "U lemura," the zoo's main gift shop. Also visible on this ground level, from inside of the shop, is an indoor exhibit for Ring-tailed lemurs. Upstairs is divided in 2 areas; one nocturnal (with 2 normally-lit exhibits, an aquarium and many nocturnal exhibits) and one diurnal (with indoor exhibits for lemurs all around the edges, and 2 terraria in the middle). Some of the exhibits have outdoor exhibits in the form of aviaries or islands (the ring-tailed lemurs have a walkthrough island as outdoor exhibit), but they were indoors for the winter and it's hard to say what's currently held on what island/aviary as either none, or multiple (incompatible) species are signed.
Ground floor:
1) Ring-tailed lemur, Lemur catta
Nocturnal area:
1) Grey mouse lemur, Microcebus murinus
Malagasy jumping rat, Hypogeomys antimena
2) Madagascar tree boa, Sanzinia madagascariensis
Hissing cockroach, Gromphadorhina portentosa
3) Collared lemur, Eulemur collaris (behind the scenes, though the door is often open and they are visible)
Red ruffed lemur, Varecia rubra (behind the scenes, but often on-show outdoors in summer)
4) Dumeril's tree boa, Acrantophis dumerili
5) Malagasy jumping rat, Hypogeomys antimena
6) Rodriguez flying fox, Pteropus rodricensis
7) Red-bellied lemur, Eulemur rubriventer (0,1)
Black lemur, Eulemur macaco (0,1)
Tailless tenrec, Tenrec ecaudatus (0,0,2)
8) Belted black-and-white ruffed lemur, Varecia variegata subcincta (0,0,4)
9) Western fat-tailed lemur, Cheirogaleus medius (0,0,3)
Malagasy jumping rat, Hypogeomys antimena
10) Red-tailed silverside, Bedotia geayi
Black diamond cichlid, Paratilapia polleni
Kotsovato, Paretroplus kieneri
Pachypanchax sakaramyi
Diurnal area:
1) White-headed lemur, Eulemur albifrons (1,1)
Narrow-striped mongoose, Mungotictis decemlineata (0,1)
2) Red-bellied lemur, Eulemur rubriventer (1,1,1)
Ring-tailed mongoose, Galidia elegans elegans (1,0)
3) Black lemur, Eulemur macaco (1,1,1)
4) Lac Alaotran bamboo lemur, Hapalemur alaotrensis (1,1,1) (first birth in Czech Republic!)
5) Black-and-white ruffed lemur, Varecia variegata variegata (1,1)
6) Red-fronted brown lemur, Eulemur rufifrons (1,1)
Radiated tortoise, Astrochelys radiata
7) Common brown lemur, Eulemur fulvus (1,1)
Radiated tortoise, Astrochelys radiata
8) Oustalet's chameleon, Furcifer oustaleti (1,0)
Karsten's zonosaur, Zonosaurus karsteni
Cuvier's malagasy swift, Oplurus cuvieri
Spider tortoise, Pyxis arachnoides arachnoides
9) Grandidier's madagascar swift, Oplurus grandidieri
Broad-tailed girdled lizard, Zonosaurus laticaudatus
Greater day gecko, Phelsuma grandis
Madagascar velvet gecko, Blaesodactylus boivini
I'll end it there as it's getting late. Up next time is Africa by night!
Hi everyone! Following suit on @geomorph's wonderful list of all on-show animals present at San Diego Zoo (San Diego Zoo - List of Species On Exhibit 11-26-13), I decided I wanted to do the same for one of my personal favorite collections, namely ZOO Plzeň. I figured this would be appreciated as ZOO Plzeň is a very large collection that switches up its species very often.
A disclaimer is that I visited the wonderful park during the winter, when most birds/animals with moated exhibits were inside, and a lot of the collection was switched around to deal with water freezing over, etc.
I will be going over the various different exhibit in an order that seems the most straightforward to me, though as all large zoos it is very maze-like, so there might be some odd ends here and there. Like geomorph's list, it will be split up in multiple different posts.
Since I'm also writing up this list for my own purposes (to be able to remember in 10+ years what all I saw, and what all I didn't), I will be putting all no-shows in italic text. This has no further meaning relevant to anyone but me.
MADAGASCAR (20 exhibits):
One of the first things you see upon entering the zoo from the Southern entrance are 2 houses; the African night house, and the Madagascar house. The Madagascar house is a house, split in 3 on-show areas: one is on the ground flour and contains "U lemura," the zoo's main gift shop. Also visible on this ground level, from inside of the shop, is an indoor exhibit for Ring-tailed lemurs. Upstairs is divided in 2 areas; one nocturnal (with 2 normally-lit exhibits, an aquarium and many nocturnal exhibits) and one diurnal (with indoor exhibits for lemurs all around the edges, and 2 terraria in the middle). Some of the exhibits have outdoor exhibits in the form of aviaries or islands (the ring-tailed lemurs have a walkthrough island as outdoor exhibit), but they were indoors for the winter and it's hard to say what's currently held on what island/aviary as either none, or multiple (incompatible) species are signed.
Ground floor:
1) Ring-tailed lemur, Lemur catta
Nocturnal area:
1) Grey mouse lemur, Microcebus murinus
Malagasy jumping rat, Hypogeomys antimena
2) Madagascar tree boa, Sanzinia madagascariensis
Hissing cockroach, Gromphadorhina portentosa
3) Collared lemur, Eulemur collaris (behind the scenes, though the door is often open and they are visible)
Red ruffed lemur, Varecia rubra (behind the scenes, but often on-show outdoors in summer)
4) Dumeril's tree boa, Acrantophis dumerili
5) Malagasy jumping rat, Hypogeomys antimena
6) Rodriguez flying fox, Pteropus rodricensis
7) Red-bellied lemur, Eulemur rubriventer (0,1)
Black lemur, Eulemur macaco (0,1)
Tailless tenrec, Tenrec ecaudatus (0,0,2)
8) Belted black-and-white ruffed lemur, Varecia variegata subcincta (0,0,4)
9) Western fat-tailed lemur, Cheirogaleus medius (0,0,3)
Malagasy jumping rat, Hypogeomys antimena
10) Red-tailed silverside, Bedotia geayi
Black diamond cichlid, Paratilapia polleni
Kotsovato, Paretroplus kieneri
Pachypanchax sakaramyi
Diurnal area:
1) White-headed lemur, Eulemur albifrons (1,1)
Narrow-striped mongoose, Mungotictis decemlineata (0,1)
2) Red-bellied lemur, Eulemur rubriventer (1,1,1)
Ring-tailed mongoose, Galidia elegans elegans (1,0)
3) Black lemur, Eulemur macaco (1,1,1)
4) Lac Alaotran bamboo lemur, Hapalemur alaotrensis (1,1,1) (first birth in Czech Republic!)
5) Black-and-white ruffed lemur, Varecia variegata variegata (1,1)
6) Red-fronted brown lemur, Eulemur rufifrons (1,1)
Radiated tortoise, Astrochelys radiata
7) Common brown lemur, Eulemur fulvus (1,1)
Radiated tortoise, Astrochelys radiata
8) Oustalet's chameleon, Furcifer oustaleti (1,0)
Karsten's zonosaur, Zonosaurus karsteni
Cuvier's malagasy swift, Oplurus cuvieri
Spider tortoise, Pyxis arachnoides arachnoides
9) Grandidier's madagascar swift, Oplurus grandidieri
Broad-tailed girdled lizard, Zonosaurus laticaudatus
Greater day gecko, Phelsuma grandis
Madagascar velvet gecko, Blaesodactylus boivini
I'll end it there as it's getting late. Up next time is Africa by night!