Common Zoo Species You Haven't Seen

The_melford_manatee said:
I have not been to a large number of zoos,yet I have seen most ‘common’ species with the exceptions of cetaceans and Baird’s Tapir.There are a large number of common species(such as Pumas,Polar Bears and Clouded Leopards)which I have only seen one or two times.
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Where are cetaceans and Baird's Tapir common zoo species?
 
OstrichMania said:
All bears apart from Sun Bears and Pandas.
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That's quite an achievement actually, to see the second and third rarest species in Europe without having seen a single brown bear.

Typing this made me realize though that panda's have surpassed sloth bears in Europe at least in zoos keeping them (9 for sloths, 10 for pandas) and also in individuals (25 for sloths, 30 (or 29) for pandas).
 
For me: Six-banded armadillo, nine-banded armadillo, Virginia opossum (latter two are common wild animals in the US, but I haven't encountered any living specimens to photograph).
 
^Come to think of it, I don't think I've seen a Nine-banded armadillo either...

Adding more.
-Red fox
-Any lynx species (besides Bobcat which has also been forever)
-Gemsbok
-Gaur
-Mule deer
-Nile crocodile
-Haven't seen a Toco toucan or Scimitar-horned oryx in years.
 
Common is always depending on one's perspective. For me, baird's tapir, mule deer, Virginia opossums, and gaur are pretty rare species (haven't seen either of them because of it).

I believe bottlenose dolphins are quite common in Europe, I don't know the situation in the US.
 
DISCLAIMER: I’ve only been to the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium (home zoo), National Aviary (second hometown zoo), and the San Antonio Zoo)

Fairly common I’ve never seen and would like to see:
1. Jaguars
2. Cougars/Pumas/Mountain Lions
3. Gray Wolves
4. Emperor Penguins
5. Southern White Rhinoceroses
6. Malayan Tapirs
7. Indian Rhinoceroses
8. Bonobos
9. Common Chimpanzees
10. Coquerel’s Sifakas
11. Reticulated Pythons
12. King Cobras
13. Nile Monitor Lizard
14. Crocodile Monitor
15. Gharials
16. Lar Gibbons
17. Spotted Hyenas
18. Dingos
19. Maned Wolves
20. Eurasian Lynx
21. Caracals
22. Servals
23. Fishing Cats
24. Black-Footed Cats
25. Banded Mongooses
26. Coatis
27. Asian-Small Clawed Otters
 
Continued:
29. Aardvarks
30. Secretary Birds
31. Grey-Crowned Cranes
32. Blue Wildebeest
33. Greater Kudus
34. Warthogs
35. Bactrian Camels
36. Grizzly Bears
37. Asiatic Black Bears
38. Sloth Bears
39. Malayan Sun Bears
 
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BigCatConniseur24 said:
Fairly common I’ve never seen and would like to see:
4. Emperor Penguins
28. Shoebills
40. Aardwolves

8. Bonobos
10. Coquerel’s Sifakas
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The first three I would call far from common. Only a handful of zoos keep the emperors worldwide, same with the shoebills and aardwolves a.f.i.k.. Aren't the bonobos and sifakas also quite rare species even in the US?
 
Jarne said:
The first three I would call far from common. Only a handful of zoos keep the emperors worldwide, same with the shoebills and aardwolves a.f.i.k.. Aren't the bonobos and sifakas also quite rare species even in the US?
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Bonobos and sifaka aren't super common but they're around. Sifakas I'd probably call at least somewhat common.

~Thylo
 
I’ve seen captive beavers active at Taipei Zoo, Kobe Animal Kingdom, Higashiyama Zoo, and Toba Aquarium.
 
Having only been to a small amount of zoos, my list is pretty long. However I'm just going to put down the most surprising ones.

Common Chimpanzee
Pygmy Hippo (although I will soon hopefully)
Sun Bear
Spectacled Bear
Okapi
Aardvark
Malayan Tapir
Haven't seen an Asian Elephant in ages.
 
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