Species you could have seen, but didn't

iluvwhales said:
Aye-aye (Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and Cleveland): No-show at Philadelphia and Cincinnati. At Cleveland, my class trip group didn't have time to get to the Primate, Cat, and Aquatics building where the aye-ayes live. Still haven't seen an aye-aye yet.

Sumatran rhino (Cincinnati): I first found out about Cincinnati Zoo's Sumatran rhinos (and as a result became obsessed with all things zoo) when I was about twelve. Ever since then, I've always wanted to see them. In 2015, news broke that the last one they had (also the last in the Western Hemisphere and captivity in general) would be going to Indonesia to partake in a breeding program there. I talked a lot about how I wanted to go there, but nothing ever came of it. Maybe it could have happened, maybe not, but I'll always think about what could have been...

Short-beaked echidna (Philadelphia): Maybe he was there when I went, or maybe it was a rock. But I wasn't certain I saw an echidna. My luck changed for the better a few years later when I went to the Brookfield Zoo and saw one for the first time.

Brown kiwi (National Zoo, Bronx Zoo): maybe they're always right in front of my face, but I can never really see them no matter how long I spend there. Still haven't really seen a kiwi.
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Such a pity about the Aye-Ayes. I was lucky enough to observe both of them Frolicking about at Cincinnati.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
The Dublin animals *were* Ringtail :p
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Lol!! Haha:p. I have always considered Bassariscus sumichrasti being called Cacomsticles and Bassariscus astutus being called Ringtails. So I always figured people talking about an animal called the Cacomsticle to be talking about Bassariscus sumichrasti. :p
 
I went back to the Maryland Zoo (finally!) today and the grizzly bears weren’t out, neither were the blue duikers in the African Aviary, or the Kirk’s Dik Dik. Plus side is that the new Colobus Trail showed how it put colobus in the name and the baby chimp was out. I’ll post media of her after this.
 
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grevy's zebra said:
I went back to the Maryland Zoo (finally!) today and the grizzly bears weren’t out, neither were the blue duikers in the African Aviary, or the Kirk’s Dik Dik. Plus side is that the new Colobus Trail showed how it put colobus in the name and the baby chimp was out. I’ll post media of her after this.
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The blue duiker female had a baby very recently, so they're being kept off exhibit.
 
Luke da Zoo nerd said:
I am not sure if this is eligible for this thread but he first time I went to the Cincinnati zoo I went virtually a month after the last Sumatran rhino at the zoo went back to Sumatra :(.
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Surely you could use your powers of time travel to rectify this problem, though? :P

I mean, your first visit to Cincinatti presumably came in late 2015 or early 2016 if you missed Harapan that narrowly..... but you must have access to time travel, if you also visited Cincinnati in 2001 as a 9-year-old and saw a pampas cat?
 
Notothens at the Tokyo Sea Life Park. I was under time pressure and was rushing to see everything, and ended up walking straight past the tank without noticing.
 
Dhole dude said:
  1. If you didn’t know SD zoo is going to get pangolins next year for a new exhibit for the children’s zoo. I just wanted to see the pangolins at the new children’s zoo
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Has this been confirmed at all? I know the zoo's plan for the children's zoo includes pangolins but lots of animals are included on wishlists for new exhibits. There aren't many pangolins in US zoos and very little breeding has taken place. While I do not doubt San Diego's influence, I'm not sure if there are any pangolins to spare for them atm.

Luke da Zoo nerd said:
Lol!! Haha:p. I have always considered Bassariscus sumichrasti being called Cacomsticles and Bassariscus astutus being called Ringtails. So I always figured people talking about an animal called the Cacomsticle to be talking about Bassariscus sumichrasti. :p
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While that tends to be the case, technically speaking "cacomistle" is the name for the genus, and therefore both species are cacomistle. Personally I've never liked the name "Ringtail", it's too vague. "Ringtail" could apply to a number of ring-tailed mammals, at least a couple of which are other carnivores. I've personally taken to calling B. astutus Ring-Tailed Cacomistle as a result, with B. sumichrasti being the Central American Cacomistle. Of course, all the cacomistle in captivity within the US and Europe are all the ring-tailed species with Memphis' last CA dying at the end of 2018 iirc. I have seen at least a couple zoos in the US refer to Ringtails as cacomistle as well.

~Thylo
 
ZooBinh said:
Definitely, the 6 at Plzen are the last ones in captivity, and there's a possible that they are extinct in the wild. Oh and, the 6 at Plzen (iirc) are geriatric?
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Wow, very interesting, however their is no Sumatran rhinos left in zoos, and they are only very little populations left
 
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