Species found in one south american zoo
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What about the blue wildebeest, the gabon talapoin, the Nile and Asian water monitors, the short-beaked echidna, the common wombat, the koala, the nyala and the sun bears?
-blue wildebeest are only kept at a farm in Quirinópolis (GO, in Brazil)
-the talapoin and the nile monitor are only kept at the Belo Horizonte zoo;
-the Asian water monitor, the echidna, the wombat and the koala are only kept at the São Paulo aquarium;
-nyalas are only kept at the Rancagua Safari Park
-sun bears are only kept at the Buin zoo
OBS: AFAIK
-blue wildebeest are only kept at a farm in Quirinópolis (GO, in Brazil)
-the talapoin and the nile monitor are only kept at the Belo Horizonte zoo;
-the Asian water monitor, the echidna, the wombat and the koala are only kept at the São Paulo aquarium;
-nyalas are only kept at the Rancagua Safari Park
-sun bears are only kept at the Buin zoo
OBS: AFAIK
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Giant armadillos are also held in Brasilia nowadays ( a single female), gorillas continue being kept only in Belo Horizonte, two female sumatran orangutans are kept in Rio de janeiro, and a male borneo orangutan in São Paulo, I think the Rio tapajos saki is only kept at Belo Horizonte, indeed and there are horned screamers in Belo Horizonte zoo and Itatiba.
Unfortunately, there are no more living wisents in South America. The last one was probably a female that lived her last days in Brasilia zoo, and is likely to be considered the world's oldest european bison ever:
Exemplar de bisão fêmea que vive no Zoológico de Brasília pode ser o mais velho da espécie
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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I think Sansão and the Rio orangs are more likely to be hybrids.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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They still have bison at São Paulo though I don't know whether these are American or wisents as haven't done the safari thing (don't like safari parks).
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Yes, they are at the Rio Primate Centre but it isn't open to the public so they are definitely not on exhibit.
Ah yes, there used to be wisents in BH too, but for what I know, there are no more living individuals of the species in any zoo in South america.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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I wouldn't be suprised if there are possibly some in Argentina in a zoo somewhere, I believe they may have been kept at Buenos Aires until fairly recently but I might be confusing these with the American bison.
From what I know, São Paulo had european bisons in the safari until very recently, but I'm quite sure they died, once a very recent video of the zoo safari tour that I watched shows no more bisons in there.
In the zoo itself, they probably died sometime before the arrival of the female asian elephants in 2012.
About Buenos Aires zoo, they keep american bisons for sure.
Just to better explain this part of the bisons in the safari, there appeared to be european individuals in a quite recent past, but I remember seeing a video showing the arrival of american bisons to substitute the wisents that died. I believe there are still american bisons living there. Also didn't visit the São Paulo safari last week in my visit cause I don't enjoy them too much...
Considering São Paulo imported the female orangutan "Shinta" from Germany a few years ago to be with Sansão (don't know if for reproduction or just for being with him) In case it was with breeding objectives, he could be a pure bornean... No idea about it though.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Yes, he could well be, I only suggest that I believe he is likely to be a hybrid because orangutan hybridization is really quite extensive within zoos and has historically been the case with many orangs kept in zoos in this part of the world (Toto and Jambi for example at Chapultepec).
I already imagined they were not kept in the zoo itself, once I was there last week and didn't see any, but do you know if they are still kept in the safari?
Ah, yes, I get it. I've heard about many orangutans being hybrid in zoos indeed. By the way, do you know what was the actual purpose of the female brought to São Paulo and what happened to her? I'm imagining she has passed away, once I have never heard anything about her anymore, and didn't see her in my visit.