Animal Species You Have Seen Both in the Wild and in Captivity

here's my zoo-wild mammal list. There are probably a few marsupials missing which I've forgotten I have seen in zoos, and in the other direction there may be a couple on there which I only think I have seen in zoos.


Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Short-beaked echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
Eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Western grey kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus
Common wallaroo (euro) Macropus robustus
Red-necked wallaby Macropus rufogriseus
Agile wallaby Macropus agilis
Whiptail (pretty-faced) wallaby Macropus parryi
Swamp wallaby Wallabia bicolor
Quokka Setonix brachyurus
Woylie (Brush-tailed bettong) Bettongia penicillata
Rufous bettong Aepyprymnus rufescens
Common brush-tailed possum Trichosurus vulpecula
Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
Common wombat Vombatus ursinus
Eastern quoll Dasyurus viverrinus
Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii
European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
Grey-headed flying fox Pteropus poliocephalus
Pacific fruit bat Pteropus tonganus
Samoan fruit bat Pteropus samoensis
Large flying fox Pteropus vampyrus
Lyle's flying fox Pteropus lylei
Indian flying fox Pteropus giganteus
Bornean slow loris Nycticebus menagensis
Spectral tarsier Tarsius tarsier
Horsfield's (Western) tarsier Tarsius bancanus
Yunnan (Black) snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus bieti
Proboscis monkey Nasalis larvatus
Banded leaf monkey Presbytis femoralis
Grizzled leaf monkey Presbytis comata
Dusky leaf monkey Trachypithecus obscurus
Silvered leaf monkey Trachypithecus cristatus
Ebony (black) leaf monkey Trachypithecus auratus
Rhesus macaque Macaca mulatta
Crab-eating macaque Macaca fascicularis
Southern pig-tailed macaque Macaca nemestrina
Northern pig-tailed macaque Macaca leonina
Stump-tailed macaque Macaca arctoides
Tibetan macaque Macaca thibetana
Black crested macaque Macaca nigra
Heck's macaque Macaca hecki
Moor macaque Macaca maura
Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus
White-handed (lar) gibbon Hylobates lar
Mueller's (Bornean) gibbon Hylobates muelleri
Western hoolock gibbon Hylobates hoolock
Bornean orangutan Pongo pygmaeus
Sumatran orangutan Pongo abelii
Common tree shrew Tupaia glis
European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Black (ship) rat Rattus rattus
Brown (Norway) rat Rattus norvegicus
Polynesian rat Rattus exulans
Bush rat Rattus fuscipes
Australian water rat Hydromys chrysogaster
House mouse Mus musculus
Malayan crested porcupine Hystrix brachyura
Asian brush-tailed porcupine Atherurus macrourus
Prevost's squirrel Callosciurus prevostii
Siberian chipmunk Tamias sibirica
Bicoloured giant squirrel Ratufa bicolor
Yellow-throated marten Martes flavigula
Hog badger Arctonyx collaris
Small Indian mongoose Herpestes auropunctatus
Common palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Large Indian civet Viverra zibetha
Malay civet Viverra tangalunga
Small-toothed palm civet Arctogalidia trivirgata
Smooth-coated otter Lutrogale perspicillata
Red panda Ailurus fulgens
Bengal tiger Panthera tigris
Flat-headed cat Prionailurus planiceps
Leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis
Dingo Canis lupus dingo
Red fox Vulpes vulpes
Raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides
New Zealand fur seal Arctocephalus forsteri
Leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx
Red deer Cervus canadensis
Sambar Cervus unicolor
Rusa Cervus timorensis
Sika Cervus nippon
Eld's deer (Brow-antlered deer) Cervus eldii
Barasingha Cervus duvaucelii
Pere David's deer Elaphurus davidianus
Hog deer Axis porcinus
Common muntjac Muntiacus muntjak
Reeves' muntjac Muntiacus reevesii
Greater mouse deer Tragulus napu
Lesser mouse deer Tragulus kanchil
Banteng Bos javanicus
Gaur Bos gaurus
Water buffalo Bubalus arnee
Lowland anoa Anoa (Bubalis) depressicornis
Argali Ovis ammon
Bharal (Blue sheep) Pseudois nayaur
Siberian ibex Capra sibirica
Chinese (Grey long-tailed) goral Naemorhedus griseus
Takin Budorcas taxicolor
Chamois Rupicapra rupicapra
Wild pig Sus scrofa
Bearded pig Sus barbatus
Babirusa Babyrousa celebensis
Przewalski's horse Equus ferus przewalskii
Malayan tapir Tapirus indicus
Indian rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis
Asian elephant Elephas maximus
Okay, all of the above plus the following 31 (I think) species since then.


Grey Slender Loris Loris lydekkerianus
Sunda Slow Loris Nycticebus coucang
Red-shanked Douc Pygathrix naemeus
Black-shanked Douc Pygathris nigripes
Annamese Silvered Langur Trachypithecus margarita
Hatinh Langur Trachypithecus hatinhensis
Delacour's Langur Trachypithecus delacouri
Purple-faced Langur Trachypithecus vetulus
Tufted Grey Langur Semnopithecus priam
Lion-tailed Macaque Macaca silenus
Bonnet Macaque Macaca radiata
Toque Macaque Macaca sinica
Pileated Gibbon Hylobates pileatus
Buff-cheeked Gibbon Nomascus gabriellae
Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica
Malabar Giant Squirrel Ratufa indica
Grizzled Giant Squirrel Ratufa macroura
Chinese Ferret-badger Melogale moschata
Crab-eating Mongoose Herpestes urva
Small Indian Civet Viverricula indica
Leopard Panthera pardus
Jungle Cat Felis chaus
Rusty-spotted Cat Prionailurus rubiginosus
Wolf Canis lupus
Golden Jackal Canis aureus
Chital Axis axis
Fea's Muntjac Muntiacus feae
Sri Lankan Mouse Deer Moschiola meminna
Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus
Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra
Urial Ovis orientalis (I think I've seen these at Beijing Zoo, but maybe not)
I have a few more from my last trip, making a total of about 145 mammal species I've seen in both zoos and in the wild:

Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps
Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis
Sunda Pangolin Manis javanica
Agile Gibbon Hylobates agilis
Assamese Macaque Macaca assamensis
Indochinese Grey Langur Trachypithecus crepusculus
Little Red Flying Fox Pteropus scapulatus
 
Asian Elephant Elephas maximus
Sloth Bear Melursus ursinus
Dhole Cuon alpinus
Grey Slender Loris Loris lydekkerianus
Red Muntjac Muntiacus vaginalis
Sambar Cerves unicolor
Axis Deer Axis axis
Gaur Bos gaurus
Wild Boar Sus scrofa
Indian Grey Mongoose Herpestes edwardsii
Smooth-coated Otter Lutrogale perspicillata
Indian Giant Squirrel Ratufa indica
 
Here is my list. I’m almost certainly forgetting a few.

Mammals:
Red Kangaroo
Rufous Bettong
Platypus
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Swamp Wallaby
Red Necked Wallaby
Indopacific Bottlenose Dolphin
Koala
Red Legged Pademelon

Birds:
Brolga
Jabiru
Budgie
King Parrot
Little Penguin
Emu
Woompoo Pigeon
Glossy Ibis
Chestnut Breasted Manakins
Laughing Kookaburra
Tawny Frogmouth
Bush Stone Curlew
Sulpher Crested Cockatoo
Australian Darter
Emerald Dove
Australian Pelican
Pied Stilt
Royal Spoonbill
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly Breasted Lorikeet
Banded Lapwing
Buff Banded Rail
Emerald Dove
Brown Cuckoo Dove
Crested Pigeon
Bar Shouldered Dove
Cockatiel
Superb Fairy Wren
Eastern Whipbird
Rose Crowned Fruit Dove

Reptiles:
Carpet Python
Eastern Brown Snake
Red Bellied Black Snake
Lace Monitor
Eastern Bearded Dragon
Eastern Blue Tongue
Green Sea Turtle
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle

Amphibians:
Green Tree Frog
Cane Toad

Fish:
Bull Shark
Cowtail Ray
Blue Green Chromis

Do the introduced green iguanas at Jurong count as wild?
 
Only a handful actually:
- Red fox
- Grey seal
- Alpine ibex
- Alpine chamois
- Red deer
- Brown rat
- House mouse (only domestic in zoos when looking at designated exhibits)
- Alpine Marmot
- Eastern Grey Squirrel (invasive ones in England)

- Red kite
- Peregrine falcon
- Golden eagle
- Barn owl
- Great cormorant
- Little egret
- Cattle egret
- European goldfinch
- Eurasian oystercatcher
- Common redshank
- Pied avocet
- Northern lapwing
- Eurasian curlew
- European spoonbill
- European white stork
- Common shelduck
- Common eider
- Mute swan
- Black swan (in non-native range so might be an escaped one)
- Ring-necked pheasant
- Common raven

- Greek tortoise
- Pond slider (probably all three subspecies and hybrids between them, invasive ones in Belgium)

- European perch
- Pumpkinseed (Invasive ones in Belgium)
- Common carp
- Three-spined stickleback
- Common roach

- European shore crab

- Moon jellyfish (A. aurita)
 
I have seen North American Porcupines both at the zoo and in the wild!

I tripped over one when I was at camp in Northern NH as a kid. The camp didn't have any lights on their paths so I couldn't see where I was going and just ended up tripping over him. I didn't get hurt or anything and the porcupine was able to run away. I wouldn't want to see one that close again!
 
Animals I’ve seen in zoos and in the wild.

Mammals:
Koala
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Swamp Wallaby

Birds:
Wedge Tailed Eagle
White Bellied Sea Eagle
Rainbow Lorikeet
White Faced Heron
Glossy Ibis
Australian King Parrot
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Galah
Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo
Little Corella
Long Billed Corella
Eastern Cattle Egret
Buff Banded Rail
Blue Billed Duck
Australian Pelican
Australian Shelduck
Pied Stilt
Sacred Kingfisher
Crested Pigeon
Nankeen Night Heron
Little Pied Cormorant
Black Shouldered Lapwing
Grey Butcherbird
Brown Booby

Reptiles:
Australian Water Dragon (both subspecies)

Fish:
Old Wife
Sea Sweep
Banded Sweep
Australian Snapper
Blue Weed Whiting
Atlantic Tarpon
Port Jackson Shark
Elephant Fish (Australian Ghostshark)
Southern Fiddler Ray
Smooth (Short Tailed) Stingray
Southern Sand Flathead
Silver Trevally
Smooth Toadfish
Globefish
Sparsely Spotted Stingaree
Moonlighter
Six Spined Leatherjacket
Yellow Eyed Mullet


If you include pet stores, expos and the like these are added.

Birds:
Red Rumped Parrot

Reptiles:
Eastern Blue Tongue
Marbled Gecko
 
Animals I’ve seen in zoos and in the wild.

Mammals:
Koala
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Swamp Wallaby

Birds:
Wedge Tailed Eagle
White Bellied Sea Eagle
Rainbow Lorikeet
White Faced Heron
Glossy Ibis
Australian King Parrot
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Galah
Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo
Little Corella
Long Billed Corella
Eastern Cattle Egret
Buff Banded Rail
Blue Billed Duck
Australian Pelican
Australian Shelduck
Pied Stilt
Sacred Kingfisher
Crested Pigeon
Nankeen Night Heron
Little Pied Cormorant
Black Shouldered Lapwing
Grey Butcherbird
Brown Booby

Reptiles:
Australian Water Dragon (both subspecies)

Fish:
Old Wife
Sea Sweep
Banded Sweep
Australian Snapper
Blue Weed Whiting
Atlantic Tarpon
Port Jackson Shark
Elephant Fish (Australian Ghostshark)
Southern Fiddler Ray
Smooth (Short Tailed) Stingray
Southern Sand Flathead
Silver Trevally
Smooth Toadfish
Globefish
Sparsely Spotted Stingaree
Moonlighter
Six Spined Leatherjacket
Yellow Eyed Mullet


If you include pet stores, expos and the like these are added.

Birds:
Red Rumped Parrot

Reptiles:
Eastern Blue Tongue
Marbled Gecko
Not even tawny frogmouths?

:p:p:p
 
Also for me : lot's of species but to give it an extra dimention here 2 ( there are however more ) species which I've seen both in captivity and in the wild and for which I've even taken care :) !
- Northern brown pelican : in captivity at least seen in Hannover, Metelen and Antwerp
in the wild seen in Mexico ( see : Brown pelican - ZooChat )
taken care for at Walsrode and Pairi Daiza

- Greater Kiskadee : in captivity seen at Rotterdam, Antwerp and Avifauna
in the wild seen in Mexico ( see : Great kiskadee - ZooChat )
taken care for at Walsrode ( even bred it )
 
Not a whole lot, but still:

Mammals:
Harbor seal
Red deer
Brown rat
Fallow deer

Birds:
Red-breasted goose
Mute swan
Eurasian spoonbill
Northern shoveler
Great cormorant
Common shelduck
Black-crowned night heron
Barnacle goose
Northern lapwing
Common redshank
Black-tailed godwit
Pied avocet
Common eider
White stork
Common pheasant
 
These are animals I have seen both in the wild and in zoos/aquariums

North America (animals I have seen here that I have also seen in zoos:

- California Sea Lion
- Southern Sea Otter
- American Black Bear
- Mule Deer
- Coyote
- Red Fox
- Virginia Oppossum
- Brown Rat
- Bald Eagle
- Red-Shouldered Hawk
- Turkey Vulture
- American White Ibis
- Canada Goose
- Mallard
- Brown Pelican
- Northern Bobwhite
- Mourning Dove
- Pileated Woodpecker
- American Robin
- Northern Cardinal
- American Alligator
- Gopher Tortoise
- Bluegill
- Monarch Butterfly
- American Cockroach
- Western Honey Bee


Hawaii (animals that I have seen here that I have also seen in zoos):

- Cattle Egret
- Brown Booby
- Great Frigatebird
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Green Sea Turtle
- Red-Eared Slider
- Spotted Eagle Ray
- Bluefin Trevally
- Orangeband Unicornfish
- Bluespine Unicornfish
- Paletail Unicornfish
- Striped Mullet
- Pacific Threadfin
- Blue-Striped Snapper
- Whitesaddle Goatfish
- Wedgetail Triggerfish
- Pinktail Triggerfish
- Black Durgon
- Yellowfin Surgeonfish
- Eyestripe Surgeonfish
- Orangebar Surgeonfish
- Whitespotted Surgeonfish
- Goldring Surgeonfish
- Convict Tang
- Yellow Tang
- Pacific Sailfin Tang
- Threadfin Butterflyfish
- Raccoon Butterflyfish
- Milletseed Butterflyfish
- Moorish Idol
- Indo-Pacific Sergeant
- Hawaiian Sergeant
- Saddle Wrasse
- Bird Wrasse
- Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse
- Ambon Toby
- Hawaiian White-Spotted Toby
- Slate Pencil Urchin
- Giant African Land Snail

Australia (animals that I have seen here that I have also seen in zoos):

- Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
- Laughing Kookaburra
- Silver Gull
- Eastern Water Dragon
 
This is a thread I have been meaning to reply to for ages, but I just haven't had the time to work on compiling my list of North American species. Now that it has resurfaced, I thought I'd take a shot at compiling it. I'm sure that I am missing some North American species, but these are at least the more notable ones. I have listed exact subspecies when known. (*) designates different subspecies were seen in wild vs. captivity, and for fun, (**) means I have also worked with said species:

African common moorhen
African grey hornbill
African penguin **
African sacred ibis
African swamphen
American crow **
American goldfinch **
American kestrel **
American robin
American white ibis
American white pelican
Bald eagle
Baltimore oriole
Barred owl **
Bateleur
Black vulture **
Black-bellied whistling duck
Black-crowned night heron
Black-headed oriole
Blacksmith lapwing
Brown-headed cowbird
Brown snake-eagle
Burchell’s starling
Canada goose **
Carolina wood duck **
Dark-eyed junco **
Double-crested cormorant
Eastern bluebird
Eastern brown pelican
Eastern towhee
Eastern wild turkey **
Egyptian goose
Glossy ibis
Great blue heron
Great white pelican
Greater blue-eared starling
Greater flamingo **
Green woodhoopoe
Grey go-away-bird
Hadada ibis
Hammerkop **
Helmeted guineafowl **
Indigo bunting
Jackal buzzard
Killdeer
Laughing dove
Lilac-breasted roller
Mourning dove **
Northern bobwhite
Purple-crested turaco
Red-shouldered hawk
Red-tailed hawk **
Red-winged blackbird
Red-winged starling
Roseate spoonbill
Sandhill crane */**
Secretary bird
South African shelduck
Southern ostrich **
Southern red-billed hornbill
Southern yellow-billed hornbill **
Speckled mousebird
Speckled pigeon **
Spotted eagle-owl
Spotted thick-knee
Tri-colored heron **
Turkey vulture **
Western cattle egret
White-breasted cormorant
White-faced ibis
White-necked raven
Yellow-billed duck
Yellow-billed stork
Yellow-crowned night heron


African bush elephant
African leopard
American black bear
American red squirrel **
Big brown bat
Blesbok
Blue wildebeest */**
Bontebok
Burchell’s zebra **
Cape buffalo
Cape eland **
Cape fur seal
Cape giraffe **
Cape rock hyrax
Common impala
Eastern chipmunk **
Eastern cottontail **
Eastern grey squirrel **
Grey fox
Klipspringer *
Mohol bushbaby
Nile hippopotamus
Nine-banded armadillo
Northern raccoon
Red fox
Slender-tailed meerkat
South African springbok
South African steenbok
Southern bushpig
Southern greater kudu **
Southern lion
Southern sable antelope **
Southern warthog
Southern white rhinoceros
Spotted hyena
Striped skunk
Vervet monkey
Virginia opossum **
White-tailed deer
Woodchuck **

African helmeted turtle
American alligator
Black rat snake **
Common snapping turtle **
Eastern box turtle **
Eastern racer
Leopard tortoise
Nile crocodile
Northern copperhead
Three-toed box turtle
Timber rattlesnake
Western cottonmouth
 
Some that I can remember:

Plantain squirrel
Crab-eating macaque
Black-winged starling
Javan myna
Zebra dove
White-bellied sea eagle
Eastern cattle egret
Gold-ringed cat snake
Chameleon forest dragon
Two-striped water monitor
Caucasus beetle
Jungle centipede
 
Mammals:

Wild boar
Rhesus macaque
Long tailed macaque
Silvery langur
Japanese pipistrelle
Pallas's squirrel

Birds:
Black faced spoonbill
Little grebe
Little egret
Great egret
Spotted dove
Pied avocet
Grey heron
Black kite
Common kingfisher
Lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo
Red billed blue magpie
 
My List

Bald Eagle
Striped Skunk
Eastern Garter Snake
Copperhead
Painted Turtle
Lake Erie Water Snake
Mallard
Snowy Egret
Wood Duck
Raccoon
White Ibis(While in Florida)
 
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