Most exotic animals seen on the pet trade
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Do those import laws apply to Euplurids, too? We have plenty of Fossa about, but aside from the one Fanaloka in Texas and the pair of vontsira at Bronx, no other members of the family have been imported from European zoos despite at least some interest being present. I've always wondered if this is at least partially due to the outdated taxonomy of vontsiras/boky being mongoose species.
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The laws don't count when it comes to licensed zoos, if I remember correctly, so the vontsira at Bronx would be able to be imported.
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Today,I saw an ad of Kusimanses for sale. I didn't knew what was a kusimanse so I investigated them and they are not very common in USA.
This might be one of the cuscus Thylo saw for sale - R Lazy J Ranch in Arizona, owned by the same people as Roer's Zoofari in VA, now have at least one R Lazy J Wildlife Ranch on Instagram: “Meet one of our new resident Cuscus. The common ground Cuscus is native to Indonesia. This unique marsupial is similar to our North…”
A lot of their animals come from the pet trade.
A lot of their animals come from the pet trade.
I'm just going to put down some a saw on exotic animals.net
Common cuscus -
Four eyed opossum
Wooly opposum
Short tailed opossum - South American opossums are very rare here
Agile wallaby - Not sure if any zoo had them here, the one's here are usually bonnet's with some yellow footed rock, parma and dama
Ruppell's Fox - Never seen one in captivity (Same goes with everything on this list)
Javan and Palawan porcupines
Dall sheep
Geoffrey's cat
Tri colored ruffed lemur - had no idea these existed.
Booted macaque - another new animal
Gemsbok - Not rare per say but quite weird to have as a pet
Hog deer
Greater Grison
Scimitar Oryx - are these common in the trade?
Leaf nosed bats
Six banded armadillo
I Apologize if I repeated any already mentioned. This is a weird market.
Common cuscus -
Four eyed opossum
Wooly opposum
Short tailed opossum - South American opossums are very rare here
Agile wallaby - Not sure if any zoo had them here, the one's here are usually bonnet's with some yellow footed rock, parma and dama
Ruppell's Fox - Never seen one in captivity (Same goes with everything on this list)
Javan and Palawan porcupines
Dall sheep
Geoffrey's cat
Tri colored ruffed lemur - had no idea these existed.
Booted macaque - another new animal
Gemsbok - Not rare per say but quite weird to have as a pet
Hog deer
Greater Grison
Scimitar Oryx - are these common in the trade?
Leaf nosed bats
Six banded armadillo
I Apologize if I repeated any already mentioned. This is a weird market.
All of these have been mentioned. softbillsforsale has also listed Guianan Red Cotinga.
~Thylo
~Thylo
On Facebook I've recently seen a Honey Badger for sale
That's really rare! How many people wanted to buy it?
I didn't see, sorry.
There seem to be some being bred by private aviculturists in Spain.
They were even bred in the UK many years ago
Out of morbid curiosity can anyone tell me what species of leaf-tailed bat this is?
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Australia has quite a limited range of species in the pet trade - in particular the state of Queensland - but the most unusual species I have seen would be Blue-spotted Fantail Rays (Taeniura lymma). A few months ago I also saw a pair of Leopoldi Stingrays (Potomotrygon leopoldi) for $12 500 AUD!
I have seen a handful of Taeniura lymma for sale here in the states in person, and most large fish dealers have them at least occasionally. Leopoldi Stingrays not so much, they're relatively rare it seems, hence the high price!
Adding to unusual fish, I have seen a good sized Horn Shark (Heterodontus francisci) once (US $2,000) and Goliath Tigerfish (Hydrocynus goliath) on several occasions.
There are a few of the smaller shark species available here in private hands - I once saw an Epaulette Shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) at a fish show. Off the top of my head I have also seen a few Gem Tangs (Zebrasoma gemmatum - $3000 AUD) but they are sort of a commonly-found rare species if that makes sense.
I've seen Coral Cat Shark, Whitespotted Bamboo Shark, and Brown-banded Bamboo Shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum and C. punctatum respectively) at least once each, those three species plus Epaulette Shark are the main four sharks in the trade from what I have seen.
I haven't seen a Gem Tang in person yet, I've been keeping my eyes out but no luck yet. Seen plenty for sale online though.
That's a nice set of sharks. I have been to several fish stores with Freshwater Moray Eels (Gymnothorax polyuranodon) but unfortunately they remained very well-hidden and I am still on the lookout for them.