I didn't realise there was so much effort involved, I'm not playing any more!Scientific names would be appreciated moving forward as well
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I didn't realise there was so much effort involved, I'm not playing any more!Scientific names would be appreciated moving forward as well
That's why @FunkyGibbon only does one species at a time...I didn't realise there was so much effort involved, I'm not playing any more!![]()
I think I'm actually averaging 0.5 species per zoo, because I've visited three this year with no marsupialsThat's why @FunkyGibbon only does one species at a time...
Thrigby Hall 6/2/20
11 Sugar Glider - Petaurus breviceps
This challenge comes about one or two years too late...
Zoo Duisburg - 05.01.2020
01. Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
02. Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
03. Common Wallaroo (Osphranter robustus)
04. Red-necked Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus)
05. Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
06. Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi)
07. Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
08. Brush-tailed Bettong (Bettongia penicillata)
09. Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
A reasonably productive day, though common wombats continue to evade me, as absurd as that sounds..
Phillip Island Wildlife Park
18. Red-necked Pademelon - Thylogale thetis
19. Swamp Wallaby - Wallabia bicolor
20. Spotted-tail Quoll - Dasyurus maculatus
21. Parma Wallaby - Macropus parma
22. Tammar wallaby - Macropus eugenii
23. Black-striped Wallaby - Macropus dorsalis
24. Common Wallaroo - Macropus robustus
25. Eastern Grey Kangaroo - Macropus giganteus
Moonlit Sanctuary
26. Feathertail glider - Acrobates pygmaeus
27. Yellow-bellied glider - Petaurus australis
28. Long-nosed potoroo - Potorous tridactylus
Very likely that I’ve already seen a good two-thirds of my annual total.
Dierenpark Amersfoort, 06/03/2020Ouwehands Zoo, 22/02/2020
7. Common spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus)
Gosh I thought I’d put in an entry for this already!! To catch up here is my total for the year so far:
Twycross Zoo
1. Western grey kangaroo
2. Red-necked wallaby
Hamerton Zoo
3. Common wombat
4. Swamp wallaby
5. Squirrel glider
6. Parma wallaby
7. Tiger quoll
8. Long-nosed potoroo
Paignton Zoo
9. Short-beaked echidna
Bristol Zoo - 10/01/2020
5. Goodfellows Tree Kangaroo, Dendrolagus goodfellowi
6. Eastern Quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus
7. Kowari, Dasyuroides byrnei
8. Ground Cuscus, Phalanger gymnotis
Noahs Ark Zoo Farm - 10/01/2020
9. Bennets Wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus
Longleat Safari Park
10. Koala
11. Southern hairy-nosed wombat
Hemsley Conservation Centre 1/3/20
12 New Guinea ground cuscus - Phalanger gymnotis
Kölner Zoo - 07.03.2020
10. Matschie’s Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)
Wildlife HQ - 20/3/2020One of my favourite species at the zoo.
Australia Zoo- 14/2/2020
22. Black-footed Rock Wallaby Petrogale lateralis
Los Angeles Zoo
29. Yellow-footed rock-wallaby - Petrogale xanthopus
And a separate list for North America:
1. Tasmanian devil - Sarcophilus harrisii
2. Western grey kangaroo - Macropus fuliginosus
3. Koala - Phascolarctos cinereus
4. Tammar wallaby - Macropus eugenii
5. Southern hairy-nosed wombat - Lasiorhinus latifrons
6. Yellow-footed rock-wallaby - Petrogale xanthopus
Prague Zoo 17/01/2020
12. Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
13. Swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
14. Eastern wallaroo (Macropus robustus)
I can’t believe it’s only 85 days since my last zoo visit (at Arizona-Sonora, not LA). It feels like lifetimes ago.
Moonlit Sanctuary - daytime version
30. Common wombat - Vombatus ursinus
31. Red-bellied pademelon - Thylogale billardierii
I've yet to see a marsupial since last November....I've still yet to visit a zoo since last November.....
~Thylo