Endemic species kept in zoos.

TheEthiopianWolf03

TheEthiopianWolf03

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What are some endemic species that are kept in American or European zoos? The animal has to come from either a specific country ( China, Madagascar, Etc) or a specific region like the Abyssinian region in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
 
what sort of information are you hoping to gather from the question? I mean, everything is endemic to somewhere, to some degree.
 
All of those countries have a huge number of endemics, and in the case of the first two, I expect the number of those kept in European & North American zoos to be in the hundreds. Fewer endemics from Ethiopia are in western zoos, all that immediately springs to mind is the gelada, blue-winged goose, and Ethiopian Mountain viper.
 
Galapagos Tortoise are quite common. Australia has a TON of endemic species a lot of which are in zoos kangaroos, koala, and Dingos. China giant pandas and red pandas come to mind. And northern white rhinos are kinda endemic to Kenya.
 
grandelover1 said:
Galapagos Tortoise are quite common. Australia has a TON of endemic species a lot of which are in zoos kangaroos, koala, and Dingos. China giant pandas and red pandas come to mind. And northern white rhinos are kinda endemic to Kenya.
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Ah, but red pandas are not endemic to China :P
 
Oh my goodness I'm sorry XD!! I was so tired yesterday I didn't even realize they live in the surrounding countries! I should have remembered Nepal thought since all the zoos around me have Nepali I'm pretty sure!
 
A few more Chinese endemics present in European & American zoos:
Blue-crowned laughingthrush
Mangshan Pitviper
Cabot's Tragopan
Pere David's Deer
Chinese Alligator
White Cloud Mountain Minnow
Neon Tree Dragon
and many, many many more.
This is just a small selection, a few from each class. The scope of your question is too large to prevent it from being answered accurately, particularly with more speciose groups like reptiles, fish and invertebrates.
 
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