Unless the howler and squirrel monkey islands could somehow be big enough to build two enclosures for doucs and proboscis monkeys, I don’t see doucs coming to Pairi at all.
Rare and new at the zoos of europe
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Fair enough, good point, what langur species in particular are you referring to ?
I do know that several species of Douc are kept in South-East Asia in limited numbers. Those would certainly benefit from a larger population in Europe for the long-term genetic sustainability. Red-shanked douc is already making it's return in Europe. Further I can't think of any exact species, but with so many species of langur in danger there are for sure more candidates.
Besides those doucs we also still have the dusky langurs (very problematic breeding though), Javan lutungs (more sustainable) and the francois langur (making a significant increase) yet present in Europe. I suspect the dusky langurs is an ending program, but this can lead to more space for the others. With plans on reducing the populations of some other old-world monkeys (Rhesus and crab-eating macaque were called out in particular) this might also free up space necessary for these species, but probably not enough for a lot of extra species.
Dusky Langurs indeed haven't made the cut in the new EAZA EEP programs, with the future focus being completely on Javan Lutung and Francois Langur when it comes to langurs. There is still a focus on quite a variety of old world monkeys in the future EAZA with 3 species of mangabey, 3 species of colobus and a wide variety of guenons represented. Golden-bellied Mangabey is one of the other main losers in the new program, even though they were just upgraded to Endangered by IUCN and European zoos imported animals from the states several years ago.
Both the dusky and golden-bellieds are not unsuspected, both have small populations and few breeding parks. Besides these species you mention we also the grey langurs and a few macaques from Asia (Crested, Japanese and Southern pig-tailed), the gelada, two species of baboon (red and hamadryas), drill and mandrill, patas monkey and the upcoming southern talapoins. Indeed still a nice selection of species.
Not to mention alot of guenon species
I didn’t specify those as Lintworm already mentioned those. But indeed, owl-faced guenon, l’hoest guenon, diana monkey, roloway monkey and brazza’s monkey come to mind immediately, any others I’m forgetting?
moustached seems to have an esb (despite low number of holdings which is probably why it won't be an eep)
With the exception of white big cats I do enjoy the lack of conformity European zoos have. I have visited 4 AZA accredited zoos in Florida and to a certain extend three of them feel the same regarding the animal collection. The AZA homogeneity, as effective as it is, just bugs me.
Not having space for an adequate-sized exhibit before getting hold of a species has never stopped them before
It is nice as a zoo-freak to enjoy a large diversity of species but one needs to understand it impedes long-term sustainability of captive population. If zoos do not follow TAG recommendations, it will end up with many potentially sustainable populations of endangered taxons given up, and only common and useless species will remain in captivity (cf. the sad Calamian deer story in the US).
So I do think that focusing efforts only on François and Javan langurs and giving up with dusky makes a lot of sense. I do not have the data to assess why Golden-bellied mangabey should be kept in the Regional Collection Plan or not even if I'm surprised to learn that this recent and growing population of an endangered monkey should be discontinued.
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Two of the most exciting animals ever in the world arrived relatively recently to Europe: giant freshwater stingrays at Acuario Poema del Mar in Canary Islands, and bearded leatherjacket at Haus des Meeres in Austria.
Not in Europe, but the recent arrival of nothing less than a MARBLED CAT from a custom confiscation at Novosibirsk zoo (Russia) is really noteworthy!
Not in Europe, but the recent arrival of nothing less than a MARBLED CAT from a custom confiscation at Novosibirsk zoo (Russia) is really noteworthy!
That has been there a while now, over a year at least.
Custom confiscation? It seems that the marbled cat in Novosibirsk comes from Al Bustan.
Another Marbled Cat did arrive at a private collection in Cornwall recently, though...
It seems Todd Dalton has been plying his trade once more, just in a slightly different place.
No clue when exactly it arrived but its presence at the collection was announced yesterday.
It seems Todd Dalton has been plying his trade once more, just in a slightly different place.
No clue when exactly it arrived but its presence at the collection was announced yesterday.
No, the original male at Novosibirsk was indeed a customs seizure - but recently Al Bustan sent a female up there to join him for breeding purposes.
1.1 Coquerel's Sifakas have arrived at Chester Zoo. They are both from the Duke Lemur Centre, USA: Log into Facebook | Facebook
Brings the total numbers of sifaka in the UK to seven...their female is also the only female sifaka in the UK
Oddly, Barleylands farm & craft village in Billericay have acquired 2 four eyed opossums (Philander opossum) 
I believe this species is only kept in Russia and Switzerland?
I believe this species is only kept in Russia and Switzerland?