Cologne Zoo
8. Northern Luzon cloud rat
9. Brush-tailed bettong
10. Sugar glider
11. Matschie's tree kangaroo
12. Prevost's squirrel
13. Lesser hedgehog tenrec
14. Patagonian mara
15. Southern African spiny mouse (Acomys spinosissimus)
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Cologne Zoo
8. Northern Luzon cloud rat
9. Brush-tailed bettong
10. Sugar glider
11. Matschie's tree kangaroo
12. Prevost's squirrel
13. Lesser hedgehog tenrec
14. Patagonian mara
15. Southern African spiny mouse (Acomys spinosissimus)
Shepreth 1/2/20
24 Black tailed Prairie Dog
25 Mara
26 Capybara
27 Egyptian Fruit Bat
28 Naked Mole Rat
29 North African Porcupine - Hystrix cristata
Thrigby Hall 6/2/20
30 Swinhoe's striped Squirrel
31 Indian Porcupine
32 Belanger's Tree Shrew
33 Sugar Glider
34 Harvest Mouse
Krakow Zoo, 06/02/2020:
9) Indian crested porcupine, Hystrix indica
10) Northern Luzon giant cloud rat, Phloeomys pallidus
11) Big hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus
12) Ground cuscus, Phalanger gymnotis
13) Linneaus' two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus
14) Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus
15) Red-necked wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus
Missed Prevost's squirrel and Sugar glider, otherwise a fairly succesful visit to this fun little zoo!
Visiting Burgers' Zoo and Ouwehands in a single day yielded a substantial amount of additions, though I missed one target species (kangaroo rat).
Burgers' Zoo
17. Cactus Mouse, Peromyscus eremicus
18. Seba's Short-Tailed Bat, Carollia perspicillata
19. Aardvark, Orycteropus afer
20. Rodrigues Flying Fox, Pteropus rodricensis
21. Hispid Cotton Rat, Sigmodon hispidus
22. Rock Squirrel, Otospermophilus variegatus
23. Swamp Wallaby, Wallabia bicolor
Ouwehands Dierenpark
24. Common Spotted Cuscus, Spilocuscus maculatus
25. Lyles Flying Fox, Pteropus lylei
An unexpected visit with an unexpected lifer.
Aquazoo Düsseldorf
16. Afghan Mouse-like Hamster (Calomyscus mystax)
17. Golden Spiny-mouse (Acomys russatus)
18. Gundi (Ctenodactylus gundi)
19. Short-eared Elephant-shrew (Macroscelides proboscideus)
edit: plus a mammal from Cologne I forgot to list:
20. Giant anteater (Myrmecephaga tridactyla)
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Wow! Maybe a visit to Düsseldorf should be added to my travel plans...
You could easily combine it on a day with either Duisburg or Wuppertal, as it needs only 2 hours to properly see. It is well worth seeing though, nothing spectacular, but a good collection in mostly adequate and attractive enclosures (with the star species getting the short end of the stick).
@lintworm isn't the only one who has visited Aquazoo Düsseldorf this week!
26. Afghan Mouse-Like Hamster, Calomyscus mystax
27. Common Gundi, Ctenodactylus gundi
28. Golden Spiny Mouse, Acomys russatus
29. Naked Mole-Rat, Heterocephalus glaber
I agree that is it a fine little zoo, and definately worth visiting. Even without considering the mouse-like hamsters!
A couple of visits on 15/2/20 got me a few more
Ventura Wildlife Park
35 Red-rumped Agouti
36 Cuban Hutia
37 Southern Three-banded Armadillo
Cedars Nature Centre
38 Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec
39 African Pygmy Hedgehog
40 Chinchilla
41 Domestic rabbit
Hamerton Zoo
15. Eastern chipmunk
16. Prevost’s squirrel
17. Common wombat
18. Swamp wallaby
19. Squirrel glider
20. Spinifex hopping mouse
21. Parma wallaby
22. Yellow-spotted rock hyrax
23. Giant anteater
24. Tiger quoll
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Zoo delle Maitine
1. Red-necked Wallaby - Macropus rufogriseus
2. Plains Viscacha - Lagostomus maximus
3. Capybara - Hydrocoerus hydrochaeris
4. Patagonian mara - Dolichotis patagonum
1. Red-necked Wallaby - Macropus rufogriseus
2. Plains Viscacha - Lagostomus maximus
3. Capybara - Hydrocoerus hydrochaeris
4. Patagonian mara - Dolichotis patagonum
Zoo Frankfurt
21. Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi)
22. Eastern Quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)
23. Kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei)
24. Feather-tailed Glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)
25. Linneaus' Mouse Opossum (Marmosa murina)
26. Barbary Striped Grass-mouse (Lemniscomys barbarus)
27. Desert Dormouse (Eliomys melanurus)
28. Black-and-rufous Sengi (Rhynchocyon petersi)
29. Brazilian Porcupine (Coundou prehensilis)
30. Cape Ground-squirrel (Xerus inauris)
31. Australian Water-rat (Hydromys chrysogaster)
32. Linneaus' Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus)
33. Northern Tree-shrew (Tupaia belangeri)
34. Southern Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla)
35. Tibesti Spiny-mouse (Acomys seurati)
36. Yellow-spotted Rock-hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei)
37. Southern Three-banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)
Acouchi, Harvest Mouse, Echidna and Large Hairy Armadillo are all currently behind the scenes and Springhare were a no-show.
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assuming that this is Frankfurt
are the echidnas behind the scenes temporarily or permanently?
assuming that this is Frankfurt
Frankfurt it is. I don't know about the Echidna. There were only Tawny Frogmouth in their enclosure, the Echidna were both still on-show a few months ago and very active.
Wildlands Adventure Zoo, 10/02/2020
21. Swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
22. Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
23. Azara's agouti (Dasyprocta azarae)
24. Black rat (Rattus rattus)
25. Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
Seems I managed to forget one! It was in an exhibit together with meerkats, which was a weird sight.
Krakow Zoo, 06/02/2020:
16) Central American agouti, Dasyprocta punctata
Zoo Duisburg - 21.02.2020
14. Lowland Paca (Cuniculus paca)
15. Patagonian Mara (Dolichotis patagonum)
Ouwehands Zoo, 22-02-2020
26. Common spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus)
27. Lyle's flying fox (Pteropus lylei)