Animals You've Seen That Few Zoochatters Have Seen

Giant Eland said:
Woah woah, Abbott's Duiker?? Or was it Jentink's Duiker?
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Yep, it was an Abbott's - although if I'm going to be honest, they weren't in a zoo per se. They were in the compound of an animal dealer outside of Arusha, Tanzania - I have no idea what his plans were for them, but he told me that they were the only ones of their kind in captivity. This was back in 2007, so I'm sure they're long gone, whatever happened to them.

I never have seen a Jentink's, alas.
 

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Aardwolf said:
Yep, it was an Abbott's - although if I'm going to be honest, they weren't in a zoo per se. They were in the compound of an animal dealer outside of Arusha, Tanzania - I have no idea what his plans were for them, but he told me that they were the only ones of their kind in captivity. This was back in 2007, so I'm sure they're long gone, whatever happened to them.

I never have seen a Jentink's, alas.
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Do you have more photos?! That's amazing!
 
Aardwolf said:
Yep, it was an Abbott's - although if I'm going to be honest, they weren't in a zoo per se. They were in the compound of an animal dealer outside of Arusha, Tanzania - I have no idea what his plans were for them, but he told me that they were the only ones of their kind in captivity. This was back in 2007, so I'm sure they're long gone, whatever happened to them.

I never have seen a Jentink's, alas.
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Thank you for sharing this unique photo @Aardwolf ! I remember it was a pair held in captivity in Arusha ,Tanzania in the early 2000'. They even bred. Do you think this is one of those animals?
Abbott's Duiker in December 1999 by Lorenzo Vinciguerra. male and female kept in captivity in Arusha but caugt in shume forest. One young per year born in... · iNaturalist
 
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twilighter said:
Thank you for sharing this unique photo @Aardwolf ! I remember it was a pair held in captivity in Arusha ,Tanzania in the early 2000'. They even bred. Do you think this is one of those animals?
Abbott's Duiker in December 1999 by Lorenzo Vinciguerra. male and female kept in captivity in Arusha but caugt in shume forest. One young per year born in... · iNaturalist
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I really couldn't say. This was spring of 2007, so it could have been one (though they didn't look too old to me), or offspring. I kind of assumed at the time that they were wild caught - pretty much everything else he was showing me in his compound was wild caught. He had a snake that he was convinced was new to science (he wouldn't allow pictures of it, and I have a pretty bad visual memory - which is why I like to take pictures - so I don't remember much about that). It was a cool day, but a weird one.
 
There may be a few insects I've seen that not many other zoochaters have.

A good example is Xylomya aterrima, a wood soldier fly
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Ah well, if we are going invertebrates, how about Pelomyxa palustris, the giant amoeba which lacks mitochondria so respires with the aid of symbiotic bacteria?
 
Aardwolf said:
Yep, it was an Abbott's - although if I'm going to be honest, they weren't in a zoo per se. They were in the compound of an animal dealer outside of Arusha, Tanzania - I have no idea what his plans were for them, but he told me that they were the only ones of their kind in captivity. This was back in 2007, so I'm sure they're long gone, whatever happened to them.

I never have seen a Jentink's, alas.
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Pardon the digression, but being listed by the IUCN as Endangered, I do believe that they could really benefit from a captive/ex-situ assurance population.
 
UngulateNerd92 said:
Pardon the digression, but being listed by the IUCN as Endangered, I do believe that they could really benefit from a captive/ex-situ assurance population.
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I don't think anyone disagrees with that. The problem is they're very elusive. Only a few have been kept captive by locals in their home range.
 
TinoPup said:
I don't think anyone disagrees with that. The problem is they're very elusive. Only a few have been kept captive by locals in their home range.
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According to Zootierliste, London Zoo kept the species from 1922 to 1927.
 
Over the years, Killer Whales and Bottlenose Dolphins, not kept in the UK for many years.

Also, the last Giant Pandas in London Zoo

Several species of Partula Snail at Marwell.

Woolly monkeys at Monkey World.

All fairly scarce either in the country, continent or even worldwide.
 
Updated List:


Blackfin Barracuda (Sphyraena qenie): (wild)

Blackstripe Coris (Coris flavovittata): (Waikiki Aquarium)

Decorated Dragonet (Callionymus decoratus): (wild)

Dugong (Dugong dugon): (SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium)

Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor): (Sea Life Park Hawaii & wild)

Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai): (wild)

Hawaiian Gallinule (Gallinula galeata sandvicensis): (wild)

Hawaiian Hawk (Buteo solitarius): (Honolulu Zoo)

Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi): (Maui Ocean Center, Minnesota Zoo, Sea Life Park Hawaii, & Waikiki Aquarium)

Hawaiian Owl (Asio flammeus sandwichensis): (Honolulu Zoo)

Hawaiian Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni): (wild)

Kamehameha Butterfly (Vanessa tameamea): (Honolulu Zoo)

Long-Tailed Weasel (Neogale frenata): (Orange County Zoo)

Masked Angelfish (Genicanthus personatus): (Waikiki Aquarium)

Tongan Scrubfowl (Megapodius pritchardii): (San Diego Zoo)


Are these rare?

Egyptian Vulture: (San Diego Zoo Safari Park)
Flying Fish sp: (wild)
Green Pygmy Goose: (Sylvan Heights Bird Park)
Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse: (Waikiki Aquarium & wild)
Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin: (wild)
Quailfinch: (San Diego Zoo)
Ruff: (Sylvan Heights Bird Park)
Stocky Hawkfish: (wild)
Superb Lyrebird: (Taronga Zoo)
Tiger Shark: (Maui Ocean Center)
 
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