Species you could have seen, but didn't

TeaLovingDave said:
More than there are Panay Cloudrunner!
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Interesting. However, why does IUCN list this species as endangered, and Sumatran rhinos as critically endangered? Is the assumption that they might be extinct in the wild a recent discovery? Do you know the current population of the Panay cloudrunner?
 
On the subject of Panay Cloud Rats, I noticed that the IUCN site says that in 2005 there were 45 animals at a breeding centre in the Philippines. It was difficult to find any further (more recent) information, but I did find some 2019 articles saying that now the centre only has two animals: e.g. A Philippine conservation park juggles funding needs with animal welfare
 
Luke da Zoo nerd said:
Interesting. However, why does IUCN list this species as endangered, and Sumatran rhinos as critically endangered? Is the assumption that they might be extinct in the wild a recent discovery? Do you know the current population of the Panay cloudrunner?
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Chlidonias said:
On the subject of Panay Cloud Rats, I noticed that the IUCN site says that in 2005 there were 45 animals at a breeding centre in the Philippines. It was difficult to find any further (more recent) information, but I did find some 2019 articles saying that now the centre only has two animals: e.g. A Philippine conservation park juggles funding needs with animal welfare
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Because the IUCN last assessed the Cloudrunner in 2016, at which time the wild population was believed to still be in the low hundreds, there was still a large population in the Philippine breeding centre, and the ex-situ population (although lower than it had been) was still close to 20 individuals with relatively recent breeding.

Subsequently, a virus of some sort (I didn't hear which) wiped out almost the entire population in the breeding centre, and the ex-situ population collapsed due to a combination of bad luck with animal health and an ageing population, the repercussions of the one collection which had been regularly breeding the species - London - deciding to cease doing so some years prior on the basis it was pretty secure at the Philippine breeding centre and could therefore be phased out.

After the population collapsed at the breeding centre, there have been several concerted efforts to find wild individuals to supplement the captive stock both in-situ and ex-situ, all of which failed to find any sign of surviving populations. In recent months, I believe the last of the Philippine captive stock have died..... so unless the species is rediscovered in the wild, the individuals at Plzen could be the last of their kind.
 
Now I feel even worse about not seeing them. I've stood next to the enclosure in Plzen. I was within a meter of these creatures. Still didn't see them... oh well.
 
This was back when I was little. I could've seen sea lions for the first time, but everyone was complaining about walking up the hill. So we left. I was so disappointed. I did end up seeing them a year later, though.
 
Secretary bird and Himalayan tahr at Toronto- Toronto was hard to navigate, and I couldn't visit the children's zoo due to time constraints (though it seems that the secretary bird was off-exhibit). Couldn't find the Himalayan tahr, they may have been off-exhibit.

Common wombat at Toledo- though this is due to the fact that the animal itself doesn't have a designated exhibit. I recently found out that it can be seen from a glimpse at some point in their African train ride.

Short-finned pilot whales, Adelie penguins and Chinstrap penguins at SeaWorld Orlando- Missed the pre-show for the pilot whales; line was too long in the case of the penguins. Even bigger bummer that they're no longer in that location (the pilot whales).
 
DaLilFishie said:
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.
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I was going through the photos I took there, and YOU CAN SEE THE TANK IN THE REFLECTION IN THE GLASS. I'm a little annoyed at myself about it.
 
Port of Nagoya Aquarium has different species of notothens as well as the legendary emperor penguin, so you could go there in the future.
 
Forgot to add...
Brown kiwi- The brown kiwi at Toledo has an outdoor exhibit shared with other birds and I've never seen them out once...
 
Maned Wolf. On both my trips to National Zoo, all I could see was the ear of one of the wolves. Hopefully at some point I will be able to see more of one. I also did not realise St. Louis Zoo no longer kept either king eider or bush dogs when I visited last year. The only other one I can think of is that I have not been able to find either the northern helmeted currassow and keel-billed toucan at Roger Williams Park Zoo. I have only been to the new rainforest building once though, so hopefully next time these will be visible.
 
Neil chace said:
Maned Wolf. On both my trips to National Zoo, all I could see was the ear of one of the wolves. Hopefully at some point I will be able to see more of one. I also did not realise St. Louis Zoo no longer kept either king eider or bush dogs when I visited last year. The only other one I can think of is that I have not been able to find either the northern helmeted currassow and keel-billed toucan at Roger Williams Park Zoo. I have only been to the new rainforest building once though, so hopefully next time these will be visible.
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Not sure about the toucan but I do not think RWPZ exhibits the curassow atm.

~Thylo
 
Despite my attempts to increase my list of observed species, I have still managed to miss out on:
Maned Wolves at Shepreth & Edinbrugh (got caught out in a rainstorm at Shepreth and the wolves didn't show themselves and I don't think it ever occured to me to try and see the wolves at Edinburgh and now it's too late!)
Crowned Sifaka at Port Lympne (when they still had them)
Aardwolf & Asiatic Golden Cat at Edinburgh
Pueblan milksnake at ZSL London (been going there since I was born and never seen the species, it always seems to be out of view)
Cloud Rats at ZSL London
 
Slender-horned gazelle in Planckendael ( off-show) and Bronx (due to cold weather). Considered trip to Living Desert zoo to see both Slender-horned and Cuvier gazelles, but the plans changed.
The Iberian Ibex, the East Caucasian tur and the Amur goral are the other three Bovids in Europe, that I'm still missing. Hope to visit Estonia and Spain in near future.

Spotted-necked otter and African Clawless otter ( off-show in San Diego zoo).

Sea otter was off-show in SeaWorld and missed in Blå Planet.

Crowned sifaka in Paris, because of my kids baby giraffe mania. Have seen the Coquerel's sifaka in LA, San Diego and Bronx, but still miss the Crowned sifaka species.
 
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