Exotic Mammals in Australian Zoos

[WhistlingKite24]

Wild Animal Encounters has Emperor Tamarin and Pygmy Marmoset.
Wild Animal Encounters
Wild Animal Encounters

 

[WhistlingKite24]

Recently emailed Mansfield Zoo, regarding their unusual deer species.
They have Rusa, Sambar and Hog Deer (one individual).

 

[WhistlingKite24]

As stated by @Jambo, in the National Zoo and Aquarium thread there are now no more brown bear in Australia.

 

[WhistlingKite24]

Wings Wildlife Park has recieved a Capybara. It’s pleasing to see more zoos holding the species.
Wings Wildlife Park - Tasmania

 

[Chlidonias]

Wings Wildlife Park has recieved a Capybara. It’s pleasing to see more zoos holding the species.
Wings Wildlife Park - Tasmania

That's cool - I'm surprised they were even allowed into Tasmania to be honest. Their rules are a lot more strict than in other states.

 

[WhistlingKite24]

That's cool - I'm surprised they were even allowed into Tasmania to be honest. Their rules are a lot more strict than in other states.

Must have been an easier procress, since Tasmania Zoo acquired the species in 2016. It was a pleasant surprise though.

 

[Chlidonias]

Must have been an easier procress, since Tasmania Zoo acquired the species in 2016.

Oh, well yes, if I had bothered to look at which other zoos had them before I posted I would have realised that!

 

[WhistlingKite24]

Oh, well yes, if I had bothered to look at which other zoos had them before I posted I would have realised that!

Not to worry, I often can’t keep up sometimes!
That’s the great thing about having this list.

 

[WhistlingKite24]

Speaking of not being able to keep up with capybara...
Shoalhaven Zoo seems to have recieved three capybara.
Shoalhaven Zoo

 

[Ashanti]

Gorge have got Agouti again, from Darling Downs.

 

[Ashanti]

Gorge have got Agouti again, from Darling Downs.

I forgot to add, Gorge also now have Emperor Tamarins, 2 males.

 

[Ashanti]

And now Halls Gap have Emperors too!
Halls Gap Zoo

 

[WhistlingKite24]

As mentioned on the DDZ page, they have recieved the young female Pygmy Hippo from Taronga Zoo.
Darling Downs Zoo

 

[WhistlingKite24]

I recently enquired about a few species held at particular zoos, I am still awaiting answers for some, but these were the responses I received.

*Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) – Altina; Halls Gap; Mansfield; Taronga; Wildlife HQ

Descended from one import of three animals from NZ to Taronga in 1932. I don't think there have been any later additions, and there are only about 40 left in zoos here.

Wildlife HQ doesn't have Himalayan Tahr anymore.

*Fallow Deer (Dama dama) – Adelaide; Altina; Birdland Animal Park; Caversham; Cooberrie; Halls Gap; Hunter Valley; Mansfield; Mogo; National Zoo; Peel; Rockhampton; Symbio (still?); Tasmania Zoo; Zoodoo

First released into the wild in the 1830s in Tasmania, and later elsewhere on the mainland until the early 1900s. Now also farmed commercially.

*Domestic Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) – Altina; Caversham; Crocodylus; Halls Gap; Mogo; Oakvale; Rockhampton; Shoalhaven; Symbio; Western Plains Zoo; Wings Wildlife Park. [Also probably held in other small collections apart for the ones listed here]

The Australian population is descended from about 80 animals imported from Indonesia to settlements in the Northern Territory between the 1820s and 1850s, which were later released to become feral.

Rockhampton Zoo no longer hold Fallow Deer, and their last Water Buffalo died around two years ago.

 

[WhistlingKite24]

*Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu) – Melbourne

The entire (formerly very large) Australasian population was derived solely from one pair imported to Wellington Zoo (NZ) from Canada in 1969. In 2005 there was only one non-castrated male left in Australia (at Melbourne), which was then mated with several of the remaining females. The last individual at Adelaide (a male) was sent to Melbourne in 2015. Currently there are only seven animals left in Australia. The last peccary in New Zealand died in 2011.

According to the zoo, they are down to five individuals.
There is a male and three females on display. The fifth individual is an elderly male who is kept off-display.
This is what they said in the email,
“We have four peccaries on display (Messi, male and Nina, Jave and Jabali who are all female) plus one older male Prickles just behind them (usually off display). He lives a little separately to the rest for the time being as he is not used to being housed in a group and likes his own space”.

 

[WhistlingKite24]

Pigmy Marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea) – Adelaide; Darling Downs; Halls Gap; Hunter Valley; Mogo; National Zoo; Perth; Symbio; Tasmania Zoo; Wild Animal Encounters; Wildlife HQ

The three main breeders in the country are Adelaide, Perth and Mogo, which all imported them in the early 2000s (Perth also in the early 1990s). There have been several further imports in the later 2000s from Europe and the USA. There are now about 60 animals in Australian zoos.

Taronga Zoo seems to have Pygmy Marmoset.
Taronga Zoo Sydney

Other related information for the exotic mammal list;
- The hybrid orangutans from Taronga Zoo arrived at Mogo Zoo in September and went on display last month.
Mogo Zoo

-Taronga Zoo have alpaca.
Taronga Zoo Sydney

-Taronga Western Plains Zoo received Fallow Deer for their new exhibit ‘Wild Herds’.
New Wild Herds exhibit opens

 

[WhistlingKite24]

Just found some interesting points on the Hunter Valley Zoo website.
The website mentions the zoo holding Emperor Tamarin and Agouti.
Our Animals - Hunter Valley Zoo
Also, as mentioned by @Riley HVZ no longer have Crab-eating Macaque.

 

[WhistlingKite24]

Gee, there’s quite a bit of news tonight.

‘Wild Animal Encounters’ is now called ‘Wild Cat Conservation Centre’. This place offers limited private tours.
Wild Cat Conservation Centre
Website:
Wild Cat Conservation Centre

 

[Sunbear12]

Just had a look at the website for Taralga Wildlife Park which opened earlier this year. Mostly a collection of Australian natives with a bird focus but of interest is that they have a gunaco which makes these the second ones on display in Australia. Animals – Taralga Wildlife Park

 

[Chlidonias]

Just had a look at the website for Taralga Wildlife Park which opened earlier this year. Mostly a collection of Australian natives with a bird focus but of interest is that they have a gunaco which makes these the second ones on display in Australia. Animals – Taralga Wildlife Park

That's interesting. The farm which is the private holder of Guanacos in Australia is at Taralga - I wonder if there is a connection between the two, or even if they are the same place/owned by the same person.