Barn Hill Preserve has a Dwarf Hairy Porcupine. They do educational programs in Louisiana.
Most exotic animals seen on the pet trade
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Both of their locations have one. Philly has one behind the scenes.
Nancy Ma's.
More than that is present in the trade. I've seen Three-Striped purchased from the pet trade show up in a roadside zoo before, and I'd imagine the ex-AZA Grey-Legged are still about. Some Bolivian appear to be in private hands, too, but idk if they're available.
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I believe they're Nancy Ma's as well. I was surprised at how common they are when I first started to look into the private trade.
Owl monkeys have commonly been in medical research, as they are one of the few other primates susceptible to malaria and thus serve as an ideal organism for testing antimalarial treatments. I'm sure many (if not most) of the animals in the private trade made their way there from biomedical labs - Nancy Ma's being one of the more common species.
There are also now private breeders of night-monkeys who will further supplement the trade.
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I didn't say they were the only species
Just most common. All of the ones I've recently come across have been Nancy Ma's.
According to USDA inspections, Pacific Animal Productions in California owns a Northern Tamandua. Don't most facilities have Southern Tamandua?
Southern is what AZA zoos have, while non-AZA is where you'll occasionally find Northern (supposedly). Alabama gulf coast zoo, gone wild safari, lupa game farm (both species), san antonio aquarium, southwick, wild mind science learning, zoosiana, and zootastic all are listed as having northern.
Yes, most have Southern.
Knowing the USDA inspection lists, it could be misidentified. I know there's been discussion on the forum before about a population of animals in US roadside zoos and the private sector being called "Northern Tamandua", despite looking very much like Southern Tamanduas.
Those reports are completely unreliable, never trust them. There is a thread about this here: Zoo species lists from USDA inspection reports
Are we going to have this argument every single time someone mentions USDA?
It's not an argument. There isn't any reason to trust any of these reports.
Like what?There's plenty of reasons to trust the majority of them.
The USDA lists include a number of misidentified holdings, and list animals by common name which can make species verification difficult. I think they work best when cross-referenced with other sources so that one gets a consistent picture - not unlike many other resources. It's too bad there's oftentimes not many other sources to verify with...
Even so, there is another issue as it relates to the Northern Tamandua: if the collection thinks their animals are Northern Tamandua, most likely the inspectors will list them as such - even if that identification is wrong. True confirmation would have to come from import/pedigree documents or from visual identification by someone familiar with the genus.
Based on the name and location, I assume it's a company that sources animals for film production - perhaps we can root out what movies the anteater has done cameos in and have someone verify based on that?
Even so, there is another issue as it relates to the Northern Tamandua: if the collection thinks their animals are Northern Tamandua, most likely the inspectors will list them as such - even if that identification is wrong. True confirmation would have to come from import/pedigree documents or from visual identification by someone familiar with the genus.
Based on the name and location, I assume it's a company that sources animals for film production - perhaps we can root out what movies the anteater has done cameos in and have someone verify based on that?
There is a whole website on exotic animals for sale. I can’t mention all species, but it has addax for sale.
Exotic Animals For Sale
Exotic Animals For Sale