Yes, it's a possibility indeed. But there are no bongos in those pictures of mine. Only blesboks, an impala, a blue wildebeest and waterbucks. It would indeed be very nice to still have these species nowadays (as you know, there are still waterbucks at the zoo).
The USP veterinary anatomy museum seems to be great! I would love to visit it at some point. Indeed there are many specimens in there, and I think you're right that there is a possibility that this/these bongos were kept at SP zoo in the past (maybe at parque da aclimação?)
Oh, yes; I forgot about the impala skull. Also, isn't there a mounted bongo skeleton at the museum?
Oh, you've reminded me that the former São Paulo zoo also kept spotted hyenas and leopards, as well as possibly drills (most likely misidentified, so I think they were actually mandrills), as you can see in this picture:
Oh, you've reminded me that the former São Paulo zoo also kept spotted hyenas and leopards, as well as possibly drills (most likely misidentified, so I think they were actually mandrills), as you can see in this picture:
Credits: Maurício, o primeiro urso polar a viver em São Paulo. Mas isso lá em 1929 - São Paulo para Curiosos
That's a waterbuck skeleton. It indeed looks like a bongo, asn even I was in doubt when you mentioned it, but the horns are pretty waterbuck-like, and there's a red sign on the bottom that leaves no doubts:
Yeah, as @Onychorhynchus coronatus said, the international market of animals was crazy at these times. Hagenbeck's company of animal distribution was still working, as far as I know, so it could indeed be a drill, or, as you said, simply a missidentified mandrill...Oh, you've reminded me that the former São Paulo zoo also kept spotted hyenas and leopards, as well as possibly drills (most likely misidentified, so I think they were actually mandrills), as you can see in this picture:
Credits: Maurício, o primeiro urso polar a viver em São Paulo. Mas isso lá em 1929 - São Paulo para Curiosos
I wish that confusion could be clarified.
Well, that's really weird. Sérgio Rangel is a great professional, and I'm a fan of his work since I was very young, but I have already identified mistakes in a few of the informations he passed in some of his videos. Very punctual situations, but it could have happened again... Anyway, as the other site that wrote about these dolphins is quite tendentious, it could be the wrong source too... I also couldn't find any other source about this issue.The weirdest thing is that Rangel's report heavily conflicts with the websites, specially regarding the release and death of the dolphins, and those are the only available sources that I'm aware of. He says that Tiquinha was released along with Bia as opposed to dying of chronic pneumonia, and that both were found dead shortly after.
No, not that many.
Wow, I did not know about any of these animals you've mentioned; only the tree-kangaroos. About cetaceans, I know both orcas and bottlenose dolphins have been kept in Brazil, at a park called Play Kid. I'm surprised about the turtles, since the only time I saw them was at the Porto aquarium, during my visit to Portugal back in 2018.
That's great to know. I think we have discussed about Sansão being either a bornean or a hybrid orangutan in the past. I honestly don't remember if we discovered something about it in the end.
We did not; but if anyone wants to know: Sansão - and his dead partner - were hybrids.
Intersting discussions, but a bit difficult to follow, with the abbreviation codes. Is BH zoo a code for Belo Horizonte (Jardim Zoológico de Belo Horizonte) in Brazil, and is the museum PUC Minas museum code for Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden UFMG or maybe another museum? It tried to locate a PUC Minas museum on Google Earth, but could not identify a potential namesake. I have an elephant named Margarita here Margarita, an African savanna elephant at Caracas Zoo (Parque Zoologico Caricuao) but seem to lack an Asian elephant Margarita here; Deceased elephants at Belo Horizonte (Jardim Zoológico de Belo Horizonte) in Brazil why Im very interested.
