Animals that are only found in one American zoo or aquarium

Coelacanth18 said:
Some here for you, @TheEthiopianWolf03 :

The Los Angeles Zoo holds the only red uakaris in North America. They are not officially on-display, but the enclosure (and usually the monkeys themselves) are visible at a distance from the walking path.

The Dallas World Aquarium is likely to be a treasure trove in this instance, as I believe it is the only holder of many species in North America. Unique mammals include three-toed sloth, red howler, red-backed bearded saki, and yapok; many of the bird species held at DWA are not found anywhere else in the country (umbrellabird, black hawk-eagle, and curl-crested jay, for example).

Bronx Zoo probably has several unique species (@ThylacineAlive would know), the only one I can think of right now is the ring-tailed mongoose.

SeaWorld San Diego: emperor penguin
Palm Beach Zoo: Pondicherry vulture
Cincinnati Zoo: aardwolf and Gray's crowned guenon? (not entirely sure, @Moebelle or @Kudu21 could confirm)
Denver Zoo: Lake Titicaca frog (known crudely in some circles as "scrotum frog")

Gladys Porter has had some rare hoofstock in the past, I don't know if any remain.
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St. Louis and Fort Worth also have Lake Titicaca frogs
 
iluvwhales said:
St. Louis and Fort Worth also have Lake Titicaca frogs
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That's good to hear. I'm not sure if Denver was the only holder when I made the post, but they were the first and only zoo outside South America to hold them recently (2015) since Bronx's group that died in the 1990's.
 
QUOTE="Coelacanth18, post: 1147369, member: 11086"]That's good to hear. I'm not sure if Denver was the only holder when I made the post, but they were the first and only zoo outside South America to hold them recently (2015) since Bronx's group that died in the 1990's.[/QUOTE]

I thought Denver was the only place that held them, too, until I visited STl and FW in March, 2019. I didn't know they held them and was pleasantly surprised when I saw them. They looked different from what I saw on Animal Planet when I was ten. I've attached a photo from each place, STl and FW, in that order.
Also, I didn't know the Bronx ever had those frogs, but I was wither a baby or not even born when they were there :p.
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drill said:
No. There is also a tiny place on Guam with Philippine brown deer.
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Philippine brown deer? I was talking about the bats. I just remembered my friend has an uncle who runs the Rota Zoo on the island of Rota. He said that the zoo there holds bats, but I'm not sure if that's correct or of the species since I haven't been there.
 
MonkeyBat said:
Philippine brown deer? I was talking about the bats. I just remembered my friend has an uncle who runs the Rota Zoo on the island of Rota. He said that the zoo there holds bats, but I'm not sure if that's correct or of the species since I haven't been there.
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All i found was a goat petting farm on Rota
 
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