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[Enzo]

I also found two other videos on Youtube which I'd like to share the links of, they are both from 1983.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

I'd like to share a video I found of the Belo Horizonte zoo. It shows some of the animals kept there in the 1980's, including nyalas and Idi Amin, the first western lowland gorilla kept at the zoo.

Wow, man how did you find this? I've been looking for old BH zoo videos since I understand myself as a person, and the oldest I could find were videos from 2001, and I have a footage from the zoo in 2000, wich was filmed by my mom. My oldest actual memories from the zoo are from Idi amin in his exhibit in 2005 or something, when his exhibit was already renovated. I saw many pictures of his old enclosure, but had never seen them in videos.Thanks for sharing all these videos, they're indeed a rarity.

 

[Enzo]

I just searched "zoológico (insert random year here)". And you're welcome. The zoo I've been trying to gather information about the most is the Rio de Janeiro one, as it could be considered my home zoo.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Chimps in brazilian zoos are actually in a very complicated situation indeed... and although Brazil has been starting to exchange more animals with europe now, if one or more chimps were brought, I think the activists would make a fuss when they found it out; and If it's actually true that the only female at BH has died, I imagine the zoo will start phasing out chimps from there. I adore chimps at all, both the species and the individuals at BH zoo, but I don't think the institution will keep them for too long anymore... Talking about zoo chimps is such a complex issue around here...

Absolutely agree with that statement @David Matos Mendes

 

[David Matos Mendes]

I just searched "zoológico (insert random year here)". And you're welcome. The zoo I've been trying to gather information about the most is the Rio de Janeiro one, as it could be considered my home zoo.

Well, good strategy . You could indeed find some great content.
The baby chimp that appears in that cage is "Doroteia", and the adult individual is her mother, "Agda". We can also see an asian elephant in one of them, wich is "Margarete", who died in 1985, if I'm not wrong. Got surprised by the baboons though; didn't know they were ever kept at BH.

 

[Enzo]

Well, good strategy . You could indeed find some great content.
The baby chimp that appears in that cage is "Doroteia", and the adult individual is her mother, "Agda". We can also see an asian elephant in one of them, wich is "Margarete", who died in 1985, if I'm not wrong. Got surprised by the baboons though; didn't know they were ever kept at BH.

I do believe the elephant shown in the video is Margarete as well, since I don't believe any other Asian elephants have lived at the Belo Horizonte zoo. I also agree with you that Dorotéia could be the chimp infant shown in the video.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

I do believe the elephant shown in the video is Margarete as well, since I don't believe any other Asian elephants have lived at the Belo Horizonte zoo. I also agree with you that Dorotéia could be the chimp infant shown in the video.

Yes, "Doro" and "Lunga" were the only chimps to be ever born there ("Lunga" was born in 2002) so it could only be her. Margarete was surely the only asian ellie to be ever kept there.

The zoo I've been trying to gather information about the most is the Rio de Janeiro one, as it could be considered my home zoo.

I try to search as much as I can about all the zoos in the country, once this is also very useful to better understand the conservation works developed nowadays in the entire nation; but I have to admit that I tend to search more about BH zoo, also for being my home zoo. I've been focusing more in the present of the institution and it's programs, so there was a relatively long time I didn't find historical archives from it, at least not as good and clear as these ones you shared. I'm actually gonna send them to some people of the zoo's crew. I'm sure they will like to recall their intern times at the institution.

 

[Enzo]

Yeah, last time I went there was a week before you, and they indeed had returned the Gray's bald faced sakis to the exibition. You might have viewed the emperor tamarins too, wich also returned.
By the way, were you able to view the gorillas?

I was able to see and interact with the emperor tamarins, they were very sympathetic to both me and my parents. About the gorillas, when I arrived there, the apes (the monkeys were very active, so just the apes) had just finished having lunch, so they were feeling sleepy and weren't very active. The only gorilla I managed to see was Leon, which was sitting behind a rock far in the back whilst looking at the visitors.

The emperor tamarins are such cuties. I missed them; didn't know the zoo still kept them untill they re exhibited them last week. It's great that you got to see at least one gorilla. Leon is usually the most visible indeed, and he loves to sit in this place you mentioned. It's actually a small cascade that goes down in this rock, and he enjoys drinking from it while playing with his kids.

As you mentioned in the other thread, you didn't see the capuchins ( and the howler monkeys, wich are located side by side). Were there other animals that you couldn't see? Wich exhibit and animal you liked the most?

Quick correction: the only gorilla I was able to see was probably one of the adult females.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

Quick correction: the only gorilla I was able to see was probably one of the adult females.

Well, maybe you saw one of the babies. The oldest male infants, Sawidi and Jahari are now with the same size of their mothers
Anyway, have you taken pictures of the individual? Maybe I can identify it for you.

 

[Enzo]

Well, maybe you saw one of the babies. The oldest male infants, Sawidi and Jahari are now with the same size of their mothers
Anyway, have you taken pictures of the individual? Maybe I can identify it for you.

I have a picture of it, but it's on my mom's camera.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

I have a picture of it, but it's on my mom's camera.

Well, if you want, send it to me after, so that I can identify it for you.

By the way, now that we have many new galleries for brazilian zoos that you requested to add, it would be nice if you added pictures of the ones you have already been to. I already did it for Ubatuba aquarium.

 

[Enzo]

Well, if you want, send it to me after, so that I can identify it for you.

By the way, now that we have many new galleries for brazilian zoos that you requested to add, it would be nice if you added pictures of the ones you have already been to. I already did it for Ubatuba aquarium.

I'd definitely send it to you, just to need to found the memory card. I visited most of those zoos more than three years ago, so I don't think it's worth it to post pictures of them. I'll probably post some photos of the Aparecida aquarium and the Volta Redonda zoo in the future.

 

[Enzo]

When I visited the zoo, there were some hairy dwarf porcupines on display. They haven't been added to the list yet, as I can see. I remember seeing signs saying that they were Brazilian and orange (I don't quite remember if the sign said "orange" or "orange-spined") hairy dwarf porcupines

 

[David Matos Mendes]

When I visited the zoo, there were some hairy dwarf porcupines on display. They haven't been added to the list yet, as I can see. I remember seeing signs saying that they were Brazilian and orange (I don't quite remember if the sign said "orange" or "orange-spined") hairy dwarf porcupines

There are porcupines listed here (brazilian porcupines) and I'm pretty sure the institution keeps this species. In the picture above, that I took in my last visit, it's possible to see their scientific name.

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I never actually realized if the zoo keeps the dwarf porcupines too... Once they have many porcupine exhibits, they could be doing so, and if they do, their sign is identified with the same brazilian name as the brazilian porcupines (ouriço cacheiro). In my next visit, I'll take a look at the scientific names to see if there's anything different from coendou prehensilis

 

[Enzo]

There are porcupines listed here (brazilian porcupines) and I'm pretty sure the institution keeps this species. In the picture above, that I took in my last visit, it's possible to see their scientific name.

DSCN3582_Moment.jpg

I never actually realized if the zoo keeps the dwarf porcupines too... Once they have many porcupine exhibits, they could be doing so, and if they do, their sign is identified with the same brazilian name as the brazilian porcupines (ouriço cacheiro). In my next visit, I'll take a look at the scientific names to see if there's anything different from coendou prehensilis

Brazilian porcupines are prehensile-tailed porcupines, not hairy dwarf as I thought, my mistake. However, in one of the porcupine exhibits, they had a sign saying the animals kept in the enclosure were orange-spined hairy dwarf ones (the names in Portuguese for all the porcupines in all exhibits were the same: "ouriço cacheiro", but the English denominations were different). In the other two (or three) exhibits, the English names said the animals kept in those were Brazilian ones.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

Brazilian porcupines are prehensile-tailed porcupines, not hairy dwarf as I thought, my mistake. However, in one of the porcupine exhibits, they had a sign saying the animals kept in the enclosure were orange-spined hairy dwarf ones (the names in Portuguese for all the porcupines in all exhibits were the same: "ouriço cacheiro", but the English denominations were different). In the other two (or three) exhibits, the English names said the animals kept in those were Brazilian ones.

Yeah, that's what I thought. All the signs list "ouriço cacheiro", because it's the only name in portuguese for all the species of south american porcupines, but one of the four porcupine exhibits could be really holding a hairy dwarf or a orange spined individual indeed. As I said, gonna take a look at it in my next visit.

 

[Enzo]

Belo Horizonte zoo updated species list

This list was made based on the zoo’s old visitation app and official informations from the zoo’s staff.The institution does not let their official species list available online like other institutions in Brazil, but anyway, it was possible for me to bring this list, wich is the most accurate that I could make. In my last visit, (in October 11th 2020) I took notes of all the species that I could, to compare with their app’s information. This list shows all the species of animals you can see in a visit to the Belo Horizonte zoo and aquarium, but species located in the restricted areas of the zoo won’t be added here.


Example of how the names of the species are listed:

English name / Brazilian name - Scientific name


Mammals (36 species): The zoo’s mammals collection is divided between: the big cats area, african area, south american area, hoofstock corridor, primate area I, primate area II, and some other spread exhibits around the institution.


African elephant / Eleante-africano - (Loxodonta africana)

African lion / Leão-africano - (Panthera leo)

Amazonian wooly monkey / Macaco-barrigudo - (Lagothrix cana)

Bactrian camel / Camelo-bactriano - (Camelus bactrianus)

Black-fronted Titi / Guigó - (Callicebus nigrifrons)

Black howler monkey / Bugio-preto - (Alouatta caraya)

Brazilian agouti / Cutia - (Dasyprocta azarae)

Brazilian porcupine / Ouriço-cacheiro - (Coendou prehensilis)

Brazilian tapir / Anta brasileira - (Tapirus terrestris)

Collared pecari / Caititu - (Pecari tajacu)

Common chimpanzee / Chimpanzé comum - (Pan troglodytes)

Common hippopotamus / Hipopótamo comum - (Hipopotamus amphibius)

Elipsen waterbuck / Cobo-de-meia-lua - (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)

European fallow deer / Cervo-dama - (Dama dama)

Feline night monkey / Macaco-da-noite - (Aotus azarae infulatus)

Gabon talapoin / Macaco-talapoin - (Miopithecus ogouensis)

Gemsbok / Órix - (Oryx gazella)

Giant anteater / Tamanduá-bandeira - (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)

Golden-belied capuchin monkey / Macaco-prego-de-peito-amarelo - (Sapajus

Golden-headed lion tamarin / Mico-leão-de-cara-dourada - (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)

Golden-lion tamarin / Mico-leão-dourado - (Leontopithecus rosalia)

Gray brocket deer / Veado-catingueiro - (Mazama gouazoubira)

Lesser anteater/southern tamandua / Tamanduá-mirim - (Myrmecophaga tetradactyla)

Llama / Lhama - (Lama glama)

Maned wolf / Lobo-guará (Crysocion brachyrus)

Marsh deer / Cervo-do-pantanal - (Blastocerus dichotomus)

Ocelot / Jaguatirica - (Leopardus pardalis)

Paca /Paca - (Agouti paca)

Pampas cat (colocolo) / Gato-palheiro - (Leopardus colocolo)

Plains zebra / Zebra-da-planície - (Equus burchelli)

Puma / Onça-parda/suçuarana/puma - (Puma concolor)

Red deer / Cervo-nobre - (Cervus elaphus)

South-american jaguar / Onça-pintada - (Panthera onca)

Southern white rhinoceros / Rinoceronte-branco-do-sul - (Ceratotherium simum)

Western lowland gorilla / Gorila-da-planície-ocidental - (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

White-faced saki / Macaco-Parauacu - (Pithecia pithecia)


Reptiles (24 species): The zoo exhibits most of it’s reptiles in the main reptile house, built in 1998. This structure keeps all the snakes of the institution, a few sliders and iguanas, in some indoor and outdoor exhibits. There are four separated reptile exhibits in the South american area of the zoo, two holding broad-snouted-caimans, (one of them houses a few species of freshwater turtles among the caimans) and the last two only holds chelonians (one for tortoises, and the other for freshwater turtles).



Amazon turtle / arrau turtle / tartaruga-da-Amazônia - (Podocnemis expansa)

Amazonian boa / Jiboia-amazônica - (Boa constrictor)

Amazonian tree boa / Suaçuboia - (Corallus hortulanus)

Ball python / Píton-bola - (Python regius)

Bearded dragon lizard / Dragão-barbudo - (Pogona vitticeps)

Black-and-White tegu lizard / Teiú - (Tupinambis merianae

Broad snouted caiman / Jacaré-do-papo-amarelo - (Caiman latirostris)

Burmese python / Píton-birmanesa - (Python bivittatus)

Corn snake / Cobra-do-milho - (Pantherophis guttatus)

Emerald tree boa / Cobra-papagaio/periquitamboia - (Corallus caninus)

Geoffroy's Toadhead Turtle / Cágado-de-barbicha - (Phrynops geoffroanus)

Green iguana / Iguana verde - (Iguana iguana)

Leopard gecko / Lagartixa-leopardo - (Eublepharis macularius)

Marbled lancehead / Jararaca-pintada/jararaca-marmorizada - (Bothrops marmoratus)

Nile monitor / Lagarto-monitor-do-nilo - (Varanus niloticus)

Red-eared slider / Tartaruga tigre d’água americana - (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Red-footed tortoise / Jabuti-piranga - (Chelonoidis carbonaria)

Reticulated python / Píton-reticulada - (Python reticulatus)

Scorpion Mud Turtle / Muçuã/Jurará - (Kinosternon scorpioides)

South American rattlesnake / Cascavel - (Crotalus durissus)

Spotted-legged Turtle / Aperema - (Rhinoclemmys punctularia)

Yellow anaconda / Sucuri-amarela - (Eunectes notaeus)

Yellow eared slider / tartaruga tigre-d’água - (Trachemys dorbigni)

Yellow-footed tortoise / Jabuti-tinga - (Chelonoidis denticulata)


Fish (19 species): The zoo keeps a big thematic aquarium, built in 2010, wich is nowadays the largest freshwater aquarium under activity in the country. It represents the brazilian river of São Francisco, housing only species that can be found in this river, and representes several parts of this huge watercourse.


Annual killifish / Peixe anual - (Cynolebias perforatus)

Barrigudinho* - (Phallocer os uai)

Canivete* - (Apareiodon sp.)

Chameleon cichlid / Acará-camaleão - (Australoheros facetus)

Darter characin / Mocinha - (Characidium fasciatum)

Joaninha/jacundá* - (Crenicichla lepidota)

Koi fish / Carpa asiática - (Cyprinus carpio)

Lambari bocarra* / Lambari bocarra - (Oligosarcus argenteus)

Mandir chorão/bagre pintado* - (Pimelodella sp.)

Manjuba* - (Curimatella lepidura)

Mussum* - (Synbranchus marmoratus)

Piaba facão* - (Triportheus guentheri)

Piabinha* - (Psellogrammus kennedyi)

Piau-três-pintas* - (Leporinus reinhardti)

Pirá-tamanduá* - (Conorhynchos conirostris)

Serpae tetra / Mato-grosso - (Hyphessobrycon eques)

Tamboatá* - (Hoplosternum littorale)

Timboré* - (Leporinus taeniatus)

Trairão* - (Hoplias intermedius)


*Animals with no common name translation to english



Birds (98 species): Three bird squares house the zoo’s birds. The largest one houses the ratites, psitacides and birds of prey, the second largest keeps the passerines and has some vivariums with other some native birds; and the smallest square, wich is the first thing you see when you enter the zoo, has four aviaries with some macaws and pheasants.


Alagaos currasow / Mutum-do-nordeste/Mutum-de-Alagoas - (Mitu mitu)

Alexandrine parakeet / Rei-alexandrino - (Psittacula eupatria)

Amazonian currasow / Mutum-do-amazonas - (Mitu tomentosa)

American kestrel / Gavião-quiri-quiri - (Falco sparverius)

Australian wood duck / Ganso-maned - (Chenonetta jubata)

Bare-throated bellbird / Araponga - (Procnias nudicollis)

Barn owl / Coruja-da-torre - (Tyto alba)

Black curassow / Mutumporanga - (Crax alector)

Black-throated grossbeak / Bico-de-pimenta - (Saltator atricollis)

Blue and yellow macaw / Arara-canindé - (Ara ararauna)

Blue-winged Macaw / Arara-maracanã - (Primolius maracana)

Brazilian tanager / Tiê-sangue - (Ramphocellus bresilius)

Buff-necked Ibis / Curicaca - (Theristicus caudatus)

Caatinga parakeet / Jandaia-do-cerrado - (Aratinga cactorum)

Campo oriole / Sofrê - (Icterus jamacaii)

Cape Barren goose / Ganso-australiano - (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)

Carolina duck/wood duck / Marreco-carolina - (Aix sponsa)

Chattering Lory / Lóris-amor-amor - (Loris garrulus)

Cinammon tanager / Bico-de-veludo - (Schistochlamys ruficapillus)

Coconut lorikeet / Lóris-arco-iris - (Trichoglossus haematodus)

Common ostrich / Avestruz - (Strutio camelus)

Common Starling / Estorninho - (Sturnus vulgaris)

Crested Orpendola / Japu - (Psarocollus decumanus)

Curl-crested jay / Gralha-do-campo - (Cyanocorax cristatellus)

Egyptian goose / Ganso-do-egito - (Alopochen aegyptiacus)

Festive amazon / Papagaio-papa-cacau - (Amazona festiva)

Giant cowbird / Graúna - (Gnorimopsar chopi)

Gilt-edged tanager / Saíra-dourada - (Tangara cyanoventris)

Golden parakeet / Ararajuba - (Guaruba guarouba)

Golden pheasant / Faisão-dourado - (Chrysolophus pictus)

Golden-capped parakeet / Jandaia-mineira - (Aratinga auricapilla)

Gray crowned crane / Grou-coroado - (Balearica pavonina)

Great horned owl / Corujão-orelhudo - (Bubo virginianus)

Greater blue eared Starling / Melro-metálico - (Lamprotornis purpureus)

Greater rhea / Ema - (Rhea americana)

Green-billed toucan / Tucano-do-bico-verde - (Ramphastos dicolorus)

Green-cheeked parakeet / Tiriba-de-cara-suja - (Pyrrhura cruentata)

Green-winged saltator / Trinca-ferro - (Saltator similis)

Grey cowled wood rail / Saracura-três-potes - (Aramides cajanea)

Half collared sparrow / Tico-tico-da-mata - (Arremon flavirostris)

Harpy eagle / Harpia - (Harpia harpia)

Hooded siskin / Pintassilgo - (Carduelis magellanicus)

Horned screamer / Inhuma - (Anhima cornuta)

Hyacinth macaw / Arara-azul-grande - (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

Indian peafowl / Pavão-azul/pavão indiano - (Pavo cristatus)

Kalij pheasant / Faisão-do-nepal - (Lophura leucomelana)

King vulture / Urubu-rei - (Sarcoramphus papa)

Lear’s macaw / Arara-azul-de-lear - (Anodorhynchus leari)

Luzon bleeding heart dove / Pomba-apunhalada - (Galicolumba luzonica)

Magpie tanager / Tiê-tinga - (Cissopis leveriana)

Mandarin duck / Marreco-mandarim - (Aix galericulata)

Nocturnal currasow / Urumutum - (Nothocrax urumutum)

Orange-fronted yellow finch / Canário-do-amazonas - (Sicalis columbiana)

Orange-winged amazon / Papagaio-do-mangue - (Amazona amazonica)

Plush-crested Jay / Gralha-picaça - (Cyanocorax chrysops)

Razor billed currasow / Mutum-cavalo - (Mitu tuberosa)

Red and green macaw / Arara-vermelha - (Ara chloropterus)

Red billed currasow / Mutum-do-sudeste - (Crax blumenbachii)

Red crested pochard / Marreco-colorado - (Netta rufina)

Red tanager / Sanhaço-de-fogo - (Piranga flava)

Red-browed amazon / Papagaio-chauá - (Amazona rhodocorytha)

Red-cowled cardinal / Galo-de-campina - (Paroaria dominicana)

Red-fan Parrot / Anacã - (Deroptyus accipitrinus)

Red-winged-tinamou / Perdiz - (Rhynchotus rufescens)

Ringed teal / Marreco-de-anel - (Calloneta leucoprhys)

Rose-ringed parakeet / Periquitão-de-anel - (Psittacula krameri)

Ruddy shelduck / Tadorna-ferrugem - (Tadorna ferruginea)

Rufescent tiger heron / Socó-boi - (Tigrisoma lineatum)

Rufous collared sparrow / Tico-tico-argentino - (Lophospingus pusillus)

Rufous-bellied thrush / Sabiá-laranjeira - (Turdus rufiventris)

Saffron finch / Canário-da-terra - (Sicalis flaveola)

Savanna hawk / Gavião-caboclo - (Buteogallus meridionalis)

Scaly-headed parrot / Curica-esfumaçada - (Pionus maximilianii)

Scarlet ibis / Guará - (Endocimous ruber)

Scarlet macaw / Arara-piranga - (Ara macao)

Southern cassowary / Casuar-australiano (Casuarius casuarius)

Striped owl / Coruja-de-chifre - (Asio clamator)

Swallow tanager / Saíra-andorinha - (Tersina viridis)

Toco toucan / Tucano-toco - (Ramphastos toco)

Tui parakeet / Periquito-testinha - (Brotogeris sanctithomae)

Turquoise-fronted amazona / Papagaio-verdadeiro - (Amazona aestiva)

Ultramarine grossbeak / Azulão - (Passerina brissonii)

Variable oriole / Pega - (Icterus cayanensis)

Vinaceous-breasted amazon / Papagaio-do-peito-roxo - (Amazona vinacea)

Vulturine guinea fowl / Vulturina - (Acryllium vulturinum)

Whistling heron / Garça-faceira - (Syrigma sibilatrix)

White cheeked pintail duck / Marreco-toucinho - (Anas bahamensis)

White-Bellied parrot / Marianinha - (Pionites leucogaster)

White-cheecked turaco / Turaco-de-orelha-branca - (tauraco leucotis)

White-eared parakeet / Tiriba-de-orelha-branca - (Pyrrhura leucotis)

White-naped-jay / Gralha-cancã - (Cyanocorax cyanopogan)

Yellow faced siskin / Pintassilgo-do-nordeste - (Sporophila yarreli)

yellow-chevroned parakeet / Periquito-de-encontro-amarelo - (Brotogeris chiriri)

Yellow-collared Macaw / Arara-de-colar - (Primolius auricollis)

Yellow-crowned amazon / Papagaio-campeiro - (Amazona ochrocephala)

Yellow-faced parrot / Papagaio-galego - (Amazona xanthops)

Yellow-legged Tinamou / Zabelê - (Crypturellus noctivagus zabele)

Yellow-rumped marshbird / Chopim-do-brejo - (Pseudoleistes guirahuro)



Invertebrates (11 species): The zoo keeps a butterfly house with 11 species of butterflies and moths. Probably, the zoo rotates different species from time to time, once no information about the names of the species can be found online.


Whoever wants to take a fast tour through Belo Horizonte zoo and aquarium, Here's the link of a video I made showing some species and structures of the institution:

Quick correction: the glossy starling(s) kept at the zoo are actually purple ones, instead of great blue-eared.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

Quick correction: the glossy starling(s) kept at the zoo are actually purple ones, instead of great blue-eared.

The zoo's old species app confirms your affirmation. My mistake. It's indeed Lamprotornis purpureus instead of Lamprotornis chalybaeus. Many animal names in portuguese makes me confused, due to sometimes having the same name for two or more different species (it's the case of these starlings, wich we call both species "Melro metálico", and also the prehensile tailed porcupine...) In these cases, we gotta look for the scientific name, indeed.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

The zoo has recently added to exhibit an individual of cockatoo that seems pretty much like Cacatua tenuirostris. There was no ID sign yet and I didn't take my camera in the last visit, so I'm gonna confirm the species next time I put my feet in there.

 

[Enzo]

The zoo has recently added to exhibit an individual of cockatoo that seems pretty much like Cacatua tenuirostris. There was no ID sign yet and I didn't take my camera in the last visit, so I'm gonna confirm the species next time I put my feet in there.

Could it be a little corella? I remember seeing one during my visit. I even have a picture.