ZooChat Challenge North America 2021

[TinoPup]

Rosamond Gifford Zoo Sept 26
51. Red Wolf Canis rufus

The Wild Animal Park Sept 26
52. American Badger Taxidea taxus
53. Pekan Pekania pennanti

Popcorn Park Zoo Oct 2
54. Eastern grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis

Probably the worst zoo I've ever been to.

 

[ThylacineAlive]

ZooAmerica
51) American Pine Marten Martes americana
52) Nine-Banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus
53) Black-Footed Ferret Mustela nigripes
54) Ring-Tailed Cacomistle Bassariscus astutus

~Thylo

The Zoo in Forest Park
55) Derby's Woolly-Opossum Caluromys derbianus

~Thylo

 

[Kudu21]

Dallas World Aquarium (Dallas, TX) -- 13 September 2021:
38.Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
39. Desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)
40. West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus)

Dallas Zoo (Dallas, TX) -- 06 October 2021:
41. American beaver (Castor canadensis)
42. Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

 

[15399]

Buttonwood Park Zoo:
16. Cougar- Puma concolour
17. Bobcat- Lynx rufus
18. White-tailed Deer- Odecoleus virginiatus
19. Coyote- Canis latrans
20. American Beaver- Castor canadensis
21. North American Black Bear- Ursus americanus

Animal Adventures:
22. American Red Fox- Vulpes fulva
23. Kinkajou- Potos flavus

 

[Coelacanth18]

22. American Red Fox- Vulpes fulva

For everyone's reference, the IUCN still considers all Red Fox to be the same species - namely Vulpes vulpes. Therefore, I'm counting them all as V. vulpes and you don't have to confirm they are North American for me to do so. More than welcome to, though.

 

[TinoPup]

For everyone's reference, the IUCN still considers all Red Fox to be the same species - namely Vulpes vulpes. Therefore, I'm counting them all as V. vulpes and you don't have to confirm they are North American for me to do so. More than welcome to, though.

I'd guess Animal Adventures has the more domestic version, which wouldn't be American, anyway.

 

[ThylacineAlive]

I'd guess Animal Adventures has the more domestic version, which wouldn't be American, anyway.

Don't remember exactly but I think they just had the silver-forms when I went. There were a few fox enclosures, though.

~Thylo

 

[15399]

Don't remember exactly but I think they just had the silver-forms when I went. There were a few fox enclosures, though.

~Thylo

There were two- one was a red fox and the other was a silver form.

 

[Dhole dude]

Westwood Hills Nature Center 10/17/21
41. Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)
42. Eastern Chipmunk (Taimas striatus)

 

[Dhole dude]

Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History 10/20/21
43. Red Wolf (Canis rufus)

 

[Dhole dude]

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium 10/21/21
44. Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus)
45. Short-Tailed Fruit Bat (Carollia perspicillata)
46. Greater Spear-Nosed Bat (Phyllostomus
hastatus)
47. Greater Bulldog Bat (Noctilio leporinus)
48. Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
49. Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu)
50. Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
51. Black-Headed Spider Monkey (Ateles fusciceps)
52. White-Nosed Coati (Nausa narcia)

 

[Coelacanth18]

51. Black-Headed Spider Monkey (Ateles fusciceps)

Double-count, this was already counted for you here:

Como Park Zoo 6/19/21
24. Black Handed Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)

46. Greater Spear-Nosed Bat (Phyllostomus hastatus)

48. Greater Spear-nosed Bat Phyllostomus hastatus

38. Greater Spear-nosed Bat (Phyllostomus hastatus)

There appears to have been a mistake here, one that unfortunately slipped my attention until now. Greater Spear-nosed Bat does not count for this challenge, as its range does not extend into Mexico or any U.S. territories. It is actually one of the few Neotropical bats kept in captivity within the US, Mexico, or Canada that doesn't count, which might be why it was erroneously counted and why I overlooked it. My apologies, but these listings will have to be removed.

Correcting for that oversight and the recent double-count, these are each of your revised totals:

@birdsandbats: 51
@Dhole dude: 50
@pachyderm pro: 41

I double-checked all other species I've counted thus far and they were all correct, so we should be solid going forward.

 

[birdsandbats]

Double-count, this was already counted for you here:







There appears to have been a mistake here, one that unfortunately slipped my attention until now. Greater Spear-nosed Bat does not count for this challenge, as its range does not extend into Mexico or any U.S. territories. It is actually one of the few Neotropical bats kept in captivity within the US, Mexico, or Canada that doesn't count, which might be why it was erroneously counted and why I overlooked it. My apologies, but these listings will have to be removed.

Correcting for that oversight and the recent double-count, these are each of your revised totals:

@birdsandbats: 51
@Dhole dude: 50
@pachyderm pro: 41

I double-checked all other species I've counted thus far and they were all correct, so we should be solid going forward.

I think the range map on the sign at Omaha showed it going that far north.

 

[Coelacanth18]

I think the range map on the sign at Omaha showed it going that far north.

It's possible; the official IUCN page for them, however, does not show their range extending into Mexico.

 

[TinoPup]

Popcorn Park Zoo Oct 2
54. Eastern grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis

Probably the worst zoo I've ever been to.

From August 13, Pittsburgh Zoo, I forgot to include
55. Jamaican Fruit Bat, Artibeus jamaicensis

 

[Coelacanth18]

Standings will be updated on November 15. Regular reminder for everyone to catch up on your list if you've fallen behind.

 

[Coelacanth18]

Micke Grove Zoo - June 5
27. Geoffroy's Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
28. Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus)
29. Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

Realized I'd already seen Striped Skunk so 29 was a double-count. Going off from 28:

Oakland Zoo - November 12
29. American Bison (Bison bison)
30. Jaguar (Panthera onca)

 

[Coelacanth18]

Here are the standings as of November 15:

@ThylacineAlive @TinoPup: 55
@birdsandbats: 51
@Dhole dude: 50
@Kudu21: 42
@pachyderm pro: 41
@Ituri: 40
@nczoofan: 37
@BerdNerd: 32
@Westcoastperson @PogoFord: 31
@Coelacanth18: 30
@Echobeast @ZooBinh: 25
@Neil chace: 23
@TZDugong: 21
@Hipporex: 18
@TheGerenuk: 16
@ChunkyMunky pengopus: 13
@Mai Thai: 10
@Julio C Castro: 9
@jayjds2: 8

Home stretch - only 6 weeks left to go in the challenge, with the top two currently tied.

Just a reminder to anyone who hasn't joined that the deadline for entering this challenge has passed, so no new participants will be taken... but if you're interested there will be another one next year

 

[birdsandbats]

So close, yet so far...

 

[Kudu21]

Dallas Zoo (Dallas, TX) -- 06 October 2021:
41. American beaver (Castor canadensis)
42. Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

Cameron Park Zoo (Waco, TX) -- 16 November 2021:
43. Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)