Bat Zone

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okapikpr

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Located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan at the Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bat Zone is the headquarters and breeding facility for The Organization for Bat Conservation. Their collection includes:

Pallid Bat
Hoary Bat
Rodriguez's Fruit Bat
Mexican Free-tailed Bat
Big Brown Bat
Silver-haired Bat
Jamacian Fruit Bat
Dog-faced Bat
Malayan Flying Fox
Straw-colored Fruit Bat
Short-tailed Fruit Bat
Egyptian Fruit Bat

Bat Zone

Also on the website I found this little bit of information about Vampire Bats

The Bat Zone's vampire bats, along with most colonies of vampire bats in zoos across the United States, have perished. We are working with researchers in Costa Rica to bring back a colony of vampire bats that are considered a "nuisance" colony and will be destroyed. Your adoption will help us acquire the funds to bring these bats safely into captivity.
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The collection also includes a Two-toed Sloth, Bush babies, and Owls.
 
why have most vampire bat colonies in USA zoos perished? Do they not breed well, or is there just a high death rate of adults...?
 
That's really interesting. I think bats, particularly microchiropterans are an often overlooked but interesting exhibit animal. Not many zoos keep and or breed them.
 
You beat me to answering that, okapikpr!

Lubee Conservancy Species:
Malayan Flying Fox
Golden Mantled Flying Fox
Spectacled Flying Fox
Gray Headed Flying Fox
Rodrigues Flying Fox
Variable Flying Fox
African Straw Colored Fruit Bat
Egyptian Fruit Bat
Great Fruit Eating Bat
Jamaican Fruit Bat
Lesser Short Nosed Fruit Bat
Indian Flying Fox

Compared to Bat Zone:

Bat Zone:
Pallid Bat
Hoary Bat
Rodrigues Fruit Bat
Mexican Free Tailed Bat
Big Brown Bat
Silver Haired Bat
Jamacian Fruit Bat
Dog Faced Bat
Malayan Flying Fox
Straw Colored Fruit Bat
Short Tailed Fruit Bat
Egyptian Fruit Bat

While Lubee ties with Bat Zone, Lubee has also breed Malayan Flying Fox, Golden Mantled Flying Fox, Variable Flying Fox, and Gray Headed Flying Fox.

I think I got all of them but I might have missed a Lubee species or two.
 
It seem Lubee specializes in the megachiropterans, while the Bat Zone has more microchiropterans.
 
Does the zooAmerica in Hershey still keep vampire bats, there is something on their website about them getting seven animals from Philadelphia in April.
 
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