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Bengal Tiger said:
Are the binturongs ok exhibit? I went this summer( before I had ZC account!!!) and I do not recall seeing them.
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No they are not. Nashville is well known for having a lot of cool stuff behind the scenes such as the binturongs, as well as okapi, giant anteater and banded palm civets. Hopefully in the future the zoo will decide to construct some on-show exhibits for these species.
 
Kudu21 said:
A coworker of mine visited the zoo this past weekend and reported that the zoo has an infant fanaloka on display in their veterinary care center, produced from a recent import.
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I just saw the species at Exmoor and found out, that Nashville have 2.1 Fanaloka. It is wonderfull news that they breed them already and they are on display !
 
Kudu21 said:
A coworker of mine visited the zoo this past weekend and reported that the zoo has an infant fanaloka on display in their veterinary care center, produced from a recent import.
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twilighter said:
I just saw the species at Exmoor and found out, that Nashville have 2.1 Fanaloka. It is wonderfull news that they breed them already and they are on display !
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It should be noted (in case anyone sees the fanaloka news and is thinking about planning a visit someday) that Nashville cycles babies of its bts species through the vet center with some frequency, so this is only a temporary/intermittent situation. Additionally, the likelihood of seeing the animal depends on the species; a Banded Palm Civet pup was there when I visited last year, but a docent told me the animal is only visible during a scheduled feeding.
 
twilighter said:
I just saw the species at Exmoor and found out, that Nashville have 2.1 Fanaloka. It is wonderfull news that they breed them already and they are on display !
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I think this births makes it 3.1 now. The conception almost certainly will have happened in Europe before their import to Nashville. Still good news nonetheless, fingers crossed the next baby is a female!

~Thylo
 
Kudu21 said:
A coworker of mine visited the zoo this past weekend and reported that the zoo has an infant fanaloka on display in their veterinary care center, produced from a recent import.
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How fantastic! I would hope, that as time goes on (and if all goes well breeding wise), that Fanaloka could one day be distributed to a couple of other zoos in the country, in a similar manner as to what has happened withthe Banded Palm Civet.
 
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Dhole dude said:
I would hope, that as time goes on (and if all goes well breeding wise), that Fanaloka could one day be distributed to a couple of other zoos in the country, in a similar manner as to what has happened withthe Banded Palm Civet.
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Have banded palm civets really been distributed much though? I was under the impression the only holders are Nashville and Memphis (maybe Bright's?).

As an aside, I love to see that Nashville has this focus on breeding rare smaller carnivores. It would be even better if they can get them on exhibit outside of the vet center eventually.
 
pachyderm pro said:
Have banded palm civets really been distributed much though? I was under the impression the only holders are Nashville and Memphis (maybe Bright's?).

As an aside, I love to see that Nashville has this focus on breeding rare smaller carnivores. It would be even better if they can get them on exhibit outside of the vet center eventually.
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Think those are the only three, yeah. A better example would perhaps be their Palawan Binturong which must be at close to a dozen zoos now. I don't think anyone else has been breeding them, though. They're primarily being used as ambassador animals despite how endangered they are in the wild and how rare they are in captivity.

~Thylo
 
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