Zoo with most mammals species.

aardvark250

aardvark250

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Since I'm now more a mammal-like person, I thought of this question. Which zoos have the most species of mammals? I try searching zootierliste but there don't seems to be a search which only shows mammals. And how about other zoos? Just counting on mammals, which zoo will win?
 
The following list is based on the 2017 International Zoo Yearbook. It lists the number of mammals kept in zoos in 2016, but does not include zoos that did not provide details.Nor does it include the vast majority of Chinese zoos:
1. Plzen 243
2. Gazipur 190
3. Berlin Tierpark 189
4. New York Bronx 176
5. Omaha, Moscow 169
7. Prague, Novosibirsk 165
9. Berlin Zoo 159
10. Memphis 146
11. Seoul 145
12. San Diego 140
13. Columbus 137
14. Wroclaw 130
15. Puebla 129
16. Budapest. Nyiregyhaza-Sostofurdo 126
18. Krasnoyarsk 121
19. Cincinnati 113
20. Rostov-on-Don 110
21. Saint Louis 107
22. Denver, Tokyo Ueno 106
24. Taipei 104
25. Nagoya. Litchfield Park 103
27. Poznan. Tallinn 102
29. St Petersburg 101
30. Munich 100
31. Houston, Madrid, Nakhon Ratchasima 99
34. Guadalajara 98
35. Los Angeles 97
36. Jihlava. Nikolaev 96
38. Chicago Brookfield, Chonburi, Philadelphia, Yongin, Johannesburg 95
43. Lisbon, Evansville, Yaroslavl 94
46. Beauval, Olomouc 92
48. Vienna 90
49. Amneville, Leipzig, Stuttgart 89
 
Thanks Aardvark250. I can check tomorrow. I think there have been typing mistakes in the past and some zoos confuse the number of species with the number of individuals.
 
By using the expert search on zootierliste one can exclusively check current mammal listings.

I went ahead and made a list of all zoos I could find with at least 50 mammal species. Zootierliste separates domestic species so these numbers may be a little larger when including those.

Mammal Species Count (as of June 25th, 2019)

1. Plzen: 181

2. Moscow: 155

3. Berlin Tierpark: 144

4. Prague: 144

5. Novosibirsk: 140

6. Berlin: 138

7. Wroclaw: 115

8. Nyiregyhaza: 115

9. Jihlava: 114

10. Budapest: 113

11. Paira Daiza: 105

12. Poznan: 105

13. Beauval: 99

14. Magdeburg: 93

15. Krasnoyarsk: 91 (taken from zooinstitutes.com)

16. Chester: 90

17. Dvur Kralove: 89

18. Tallin: 85

19. Amneville: 85

20. Frankfurt: 84

21. Leipzig: 83

22. Rustov: 81

23. Riga: 80

24. Krakow: 80

25. Olomouc: 79

26. Vienna: 78

27. Lisbon: 78

28. Yaroslavl: 77

29. Munich: 75

30. Opolo: 75

31. Obterre: 75

32. Bojnice: 75

33. Cologne: 74

34. St. Petersburg: 74

35. Zagreb: 74

36. Barcelona: 73

37. Nikolaev: 72

38. Port Lympne: 71

39. Sofia: 70

40. Parco Natura Viva: 70

41. Amsterdam: 69

42. La Palmyre: 69

43. Duisburg: 68

44. Madrid: 67

45. Ostrava: 67

46. Stuttgart: 66

47. Rostock: 66

48. Cotswold: 65

49. Nuremberg: 65

50. Minsk: 65

51. Mulhouse: 64

52. Antwerp: 64

53. Belgrade: 61

54. Dortmund: 61

55. Planckendael: 59

56. Warsaw: 58

57. Hannover: 58

58. Dresden: 58

59. Ardes: 58

60. Copenhagen: 58

61. Donnersberg: 58

62. London: 57

63. Rotterdam: 57

64. Munster: 57

65. Faunia: 56

66. Marwell: 56

67. Paignton: 55

68. Edinburg: 55

69. Krefeld: 54

70. Wuppertal: 53

71. Blackpool: 53

72. Howletts: 53

73. Dudley: 53

74. Paris: 52

75. Whipsnade: 52

76. Valencia: 52

77. Attica: 52

78. Bristol: 51

79. Zurich: 51

80. Burgers: 50

81. Woburn: 50



Personally I've been to 30 (bolded), including the top 7 and 13 of top 21.


I did my best, but may have missed some, so let me know if there are any omissions!
 
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Hello Giant Eland. Thanks for the figures. Hopefully, the 2019 edition of the International Zoo Yearbook will be out soon.
I've put your figures into a smaller space and my 2016 in parentheses, where appropriate:
1. Plzen (243): 181
2. Moscow (169): 155
3. Berlin Tierpark (189), Prague (165): 144
5. Novosibirsk (165): 140
6. Berlin (159): 138
7. Wroclaw (130), Nyiregyhaza (126): 115
9. Jihlava (96): 114
10. Budapest (126): 113
11. Paira Daiza, Poznan (102): 105
13. Beauval (92): 99
14. Magdeburg: 93
15. Krasnoyarsk (121): 91 (Taken from zooinstitues.com)
16. Chester: 90
17. Dvur Kralove: 89
18. Tallin: 85, Amneville (89): 85
20. Frankfurt: 84
21. Leipzig (89): 83
22. Rustov (110): 81
23. Riga: 80, Krakow: 80
25. Olomouc: 79
26. Vienna (90), Lisbon (94): 78
28. Yaroslavl (94): 77
29. Munich (100), Opolo, Obterre, Bojnice: 75
33. Cologne, St. Petersburg (101), Zagreb: 74
36. Barcelona: 73
37. Nikolaev (96): 72
38. Port Lympne: 71
39. Sofia, Parco Natura Viva: 70
41. Amsterdam, La Palmyre: 69
43. Duisburg: 68
44. Madrid (99): 67
45. Stuttgart (89), Rostock: 66
47. Cotswold, Nuremberg, Minsk: 65
50. Mulhouse, Antwerp: 64
52. Belgrade, Dortmund: 61
54. Planckendael: 59
55. Warsaw, Hannover, Dresden, Ardes, Copenhagen,
Donnersberg: 58
61. London, Rotterdam, Munster: 57
64. Faunia, Marwell: 56
66. Paignton, Edinburgh: 55
68. Krefeld: 54
69. Wuppertal, Blackpool, Howletts, Dudley: 53
73. Paris, Whipsnade, Valencia, Attica: 52
77. Bristol, Zurich: 51
79. Burgers, Woburn: 50
 
Where's Colchester? 72 mammals per ZTL

Also Five Sisters with, a punching above it's weight total of, 52?

Also Zie-Zoo with an impressive (and probably increasing as I type) 60.

Finally (as I've got work to do), Wingham with 61 species.

I expect there's other "lesser known" collections across Europe (my UK knowledge/experience is better but less so the rest of Europe) with significant totals.

Great thread, I'll have half my brain on it for the rest of the day. :)
 
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Chlidonias said:
London Zoo only has one more mammal species than Hamerton.... :confused:

What a sad state of affairs.
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It is really odd how they've converged - London having run down species numbers rather and Hamerton forever bringing in lovely new things.

That said, comparing non-mammals wouldn't show the same picture (though they would definitely be a lot closer now, on birds particularly, than 10 years ago!).
 
Shorts said:
Where's Colchester? 72 mammals per ZTL

Also Five Sisters with, a punching above it's weight total of, 52?

Also Zie-Zoo with an impressive (and probably increasing as I type) 60.

Finally (as I've got work to do), Wingham with 61 species.

I expect there's other "lesser known" collections across Europe (my UK knowledge/experience is better but less so the rest of Europe) with significant totals.

Great thread, I'll have half my brain on it for the rest of the day. :)
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Thank you! Oops I knew Colchester was a major one so I had looked it up (still in my search history on zootierliste haha) and just forgot to add it to the list! Also I figured I was missing a few UK ones and probably a couple German ones too.

Being from the States my knowledge of European zoos is limited to the ones I've been to or happen to read about here. My focus on Euro-Zoo trips is always grabbing up as many new rare mammal species as I can, which often brings me to smaller collections, not necessarily just the largest and most impressive collections.
 
Giant Eland said:
By using the expert search on zootierliste one can exclusively check current mammal listings.

I went ahead and made a list of all zoos I could find with at least 50 mammal species. Zootierliste separates domestic species so these numbers may be a little larger when including those.

Mammal Species Count (as of June 25th, 2019)

1. Plzen: 181

2. Moscow: 155

3. Berlin Tierpark: 144

4. Prague: 144

5. Novosibirsk: 140

6. Berlin: 138

7. Wroclaw: 115

8. Nyiregyhaza: 115

9. Jihlava: 114

10. Budapest: 113

11. Paira Daiza: 105

12. Poznan: 105

13. Beauval: 99

14. Magdeburg: 93

15. Krasnoyarsk: 91 (taken from zooinstitutes.com)

16. Chester: 90

17. Dvur Kralove: 89

18. Tallin: 85

19. Amneville: 85

20. Frankfurt: 84

21. Leipzig: 83

22. Rustov: 81

23. Riga: 80

24. Krakow: 80

25. Olomouc: 79

26. Vienna: 78

27. Lisbon: 78

28. Yaroslavl: 77

29. Munich: 75

30. Opolo: 75

31. Obterre: 75

32. Bojnice: 75

33. Cologne: 74

34. St. Petersburg: 74

35. Zagreb: 74

36. Barcelona: 73

37. Nikolaev: 72

38. Port Lympne: 71

39. Sofia: 70

40. Parco Natura Viva: 70

41. Amsterdam: 69

42. La Palmyre: 69

43. Duisburg: 68

44. Madrid: 67

45. Ostrava: 67

46. Stuttgart: 66

47. Rostock: 66

48. Cotswold: 65

49. Nuremberg: 65

50. Minsk: 65

51. Mulhouse: 64

52. Antwerp: 64

53. Belgrade: 61

54. Dortmund: 61

55. Planckendael: 59

56. Warsaw: 58

57. Hannover: 58

58. Dresden: 58

59. Ardes: 58

60. Copenhagen: 58

61. Donnersberg: 58

62. London: 57

63. Rotterdam: 57

64. Munster: 57

65. Faunia: 56

66. Marwell: 56

67. Paignton: 55

68. Edinburg: 55

69. Krefeld: 54

70. Wuppertal: 53

71. Blackpool: 53

72. Howletts: 53

73. Dudley: 53

74. Paris: 52

75. Whipsnade: 52

76. Valencia: 52

77. Attica: 52

78. Bristol: 51

79. Zurich: 51

80. Burgers: 50

81. Woburn: 50



Personally I've been to 30 (bolded), including the top 7 and 13 of top 21.


I did my best, but may have missed some, so let me know if there are any omissions!
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What:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:? Rotterdam has got only 57 mammal species????
 
Shorts said:
Where's Colchester? 72 mammals per ZTL
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Just looked through the Zootierliste mammal page for Colchester Zoo and there are no fewer than nine mammal species that either probably no longer remain at the zoo (emperor tamarin, Goeldi's monkey, common palm civet, four-toed hedgehog, pygmy marmoset, red ruffed lemur, sugar glider), definitely do not remain in the zoo (serval) or, in one case to my knowledge, was never at the zoo in the first place (white-faced saki). So the total is probably closer to the 63 mark.
 
I just had some time and checked Zootierliste to make an update for the top 20 (exluding Krasnoyarsk where I couldn't get a number)

Plzen (181): 185
Moscow (155): 154
Prague (144): 152
Novosibirsk (140): 143
Berliner Zoo (138): 137
Tierpark Berlin (144): 136
Wroclaw(115): 117
Jihlava (114): 116
Nyíregyháza (115): 115
Budapest (113): 115
Poznan (105): 115
Pairi Daiza (105): 110
Beauval (99): 108
Chester (90): 93
Dvur Kralove (89): 92
Magdeburg (93): 91
Tallin (85): 86
Frankfurt (84): 85
Amneville (85): 83
Leipzig (83): 83

Interesting to see that 13 out of 20 zoos have increased their number of mammal species compared to last year.
 
DesertRhino150 said:
Just looked through the Zootierliste mammal page for Colchester Zoo and there are no fewer than nine mammal species that either probably no longer remain at the zoo (emperor tamarin, Goeldi's monkey, common palm civet, four-toed hedgehog, pygmy marmoset, red ruffed lemur, sugar glider), definitely do not remain in the zoo (serval) or, in one case to my knowledge, was never at the zoo in the first place (white-faced saki). So the total is probably closer to the 63 mark.
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I think they had a Serval that was used in the animal shows
 
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