Rarest Animals In Zoos in UK

Some of the amphibian species held in UK collections may qualify on both the "rarity in UK" and "rarity in world population" axes - particularly when one considers species such as the Montseny Brook Salamander (held at Chester Zoo) or several of the Central American natives now held at Manchester Museum.
 
Chlidonias said:
It was supposed to say "Exmoor Zoo" (see his following post).
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pipaluk said:
Correct, but some species were originally listed before clarification was given. The first few replies thought the question was about animals rarely seen in UK zoos, I think the black leopard example fuelled the misunderstanding!
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Yes I apolagise

pipaluk said:
I'm just confused now! By global population, do we mean wild population or global zoo population or a mixture of both?

If it's wild population the Amur Leopard or Bali Mynah have low numbers but are relatively common in zoos, even in the UK!

As for the black leopards at Exmoor, they clearly don't fall into any of these categories, though they might be the only public collection in the UK to have them.
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I meant the UK as I don't have extensive knowledge of anywhere else

pipaluk said:
Correct, but some species were originally listed before clarification was given. The first few replies thought the question was about animals rarely seen in UK zoos, I think the black leopard example fuelled the misunderstanding!
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an new to zoochat and am starting to learn about this stuff, I apologise if I caused a misunderstanding.I am visiting 3 or 4 new zoos this year and am researching every day after school.
 
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Of course many examples of smaller species are kept in private collections as well as public ones. Some of these are known to be globally rare or even extinct in the wild, or they may be data deficient, particularly if they are newly discovered - which always appeals to collectors. For example several species of goodeid are very rare or extinct in the wild and uncommon in zoos, but they are relatively well known to hobbyists: while few zoos and public aquariums hold species such as Skiffia francesae and Xenoophorus captivus, some fishkeepers specialise in these fishes.
 
There are many small private bird collections holding very rare bird species as they work with breeding programmes and rescue centres abroad.
 
Siberian musk deer at Edinburgh zoo
Musk ox at HWP
Spot necked otter at Belfast
Black mangabey at Wingham
Michie’s tufted deer at Twycross

Pop into my head
 
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Surely the bearded sakis at Colchester and Belfast should feature here?
 
Goura said:
Surely the bearded sakis at Colchester and Belfast should feature here?
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As they are being added after the clarification was given, like Ringtails - probably not.

'Correct, but some species were originally listed before clarification was given. The first few replies thought the question was about animals rarely seen in UK zoos, I think the black leopard example fuelled the misunderstanding!'
 
kiang said:
Siberian musk deer at Edinburgh zoo
Musk ox at HWP
Spot necked otter at Belfast
Black mangabey at Wingham
Michie’s tufted deer at Twycross

Pop into my head
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These are added after the clarification was given.

Correct, but some species were originally listed before clarification was given. The first few replies thought the question was about animals rarely seen in UK zoos, I think the black leopard example fuelled the misunderstanding!

Do any of them have 'small global populations'?
 
AWP said:
I saw your photo of Atelopus varius. Can you tell me which species are kept at the moment (public / off-show)?
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ZTL should give a reasonably-good idea, as I try to keep the Manchester entries as up-to-date as possible - granted of course the fact that offshow species may well no longer be present :p
 
TeaLovingDave said:
ZTL should give a reasonably-good idea, as I try to keep the Manchester entries as up-to-date as possible - granted of course the fact that offshow species may well no longer be present :p
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The Zooindex function isn't functioning for a while now, so it is impossible to see the Manchester collection at a glance (or am I the only one with that problem?).
 
AWP said:
The Zooindex function isn't functioning for a while now, so it is impossible to see the Manchester collection at a glance (or am I the only one with that problem?).
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I have the same problem, but if you type Manchester in the search box it will give you the list. Not as easy as before though!
 
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pipaluk said:
I have the same problem, but if you type Manchester in the search box it will give you the list. Not as easy as before though!
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I've always found it easier to use the search bar but maybe that's just me - I was surprised so many people went to the information the other way! :D

(just make sure to set to current before you do it if you don't want all the former holdings as well)
 
Andrew Swales said:
These are added after the clarification was given.

Correct, but some species were originally listed before clarification was given. The first few replies thought the question was about animals rarely seen in UK zoos, I think the black leopard example fuelled the misunderstanding!

Do any of them have 'small global populations'?
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