For insects, as well as the most famous Madagascar Hissing Cockroach, Gromphadorhina (of which there are at least 4 species around), there are also various Elliptorhina species and probably other genera. For phasmids, there are various Achrioptera species (if you get a chance to see one, male A.fallax especially are spectacular), and I have also seen Paractatosma hystrix. I believe some of the snails and millipedes have been exported, but I doubt there are many if any established breeding colonies of those.
Malagasy animal species in zoos
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Some info may be dated but worth checking this similar thread from 2013-16:
Malgasy animal species in zoos
Malgasy animal species in zoos
It'd be cool to see a zoo have a Malagasy themed aviary with birds like Humblot's Heron, Malagasy Pond Heron and Madagascar Crested Ibis among other known endemics with a viewing area to see an adjacent lemur exhibit.
Kakapo
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Many years ago, I saw a photo of a colony of Phromnia rosea taken in a zoo. But I don't know which zoo and if it still have them.
The silk moth Antherina suraka is pretty common in captivity, as well as Argema mittrei.
In Koln zoo, last summer I saw the spider Viridasius fasciatus.
Kakapo
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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat???????????? Seriously???????????????????????????
I die for fork-marked lemur and I plan to visit Paris for next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's still here? It's in public display? It will continue here by 2019????
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat???????????? Seriously???????????????????????????
Dassie Rat was talking about species he has seen in the past; neither species has been present since the early 1990s unfortunately.
I saw the fork-marked lemur and red-tailed sportive lemur in 1988. They were in the nocturnal lemur house along with Humphrey the aye-aye. This was the first aye-aye I have ever seen (I wasn't able to visit Nosy Mangabe, even though I was promised a journey there as part of my Madagascar itinerary). There was a little gap in the glass in Humphrey's enclosure and I made finger contact with Humphrey (one of my treasured zoo experiences).
The moths are in the thread linked in my earlier post. In addition to the Viridasius, the tarantula Monocentropus lambertoni is freqent enough among private keepers that any zoo that really wanted it could get it. However, I suspect that few zoos would bother with this species, as it does not appear to be threatened, is quite aggressive and pretty dull in color (unlike its close relative, the Socotra Island blue baboon tarantula).
Another group perhaps worth mentioning is the Madagascar endemic crustacean. The strikingly colored semi-terrestrial Madagapotamon humberti crab is kept by a few private keepers and a small number of Astacoides crayfish (three species) were imported to Germany a few years ago. Some of the crayfish ended up with some of the world's leading crayfish keepers, but whether they ever bred them and are still around I do not know (they are apparently quite long-lived). Anyway, if a zoo really wanted to display the crab or crayfish, the chance is there.
A bit more on that species on page 2 in the thread in my previous post.
Madagascar patridge are still kept in a number of European public collections.
I've merged the two threads. There seemed little point in having two threads covering exactly the same ground, when the older one was active as recently as just over a year ago.
Don't forget the two native waterfowl species, Bernier's teal and Meller's duck. Especially Bernier's teals seem to be kept in a surprisingly big amount of collections in Europe even though you'd think a colorless duck is just about the world's most unassuming animal for 99.9 % of the visitors. (Though I realize they're mostly kept because they're endangered)
Kakapo
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Maybe it's interesting to check this expo that I did in 2009. It's in Flickr and I'm not sure if non-Flickr members can see it or not, but I think that yes. In the list below I posted all the Madagascan native (not necessarily endemic) species that I've found by then photographed in Flickr (of course, today the list would be longer, especially in insects). Not a complete catalogue, but it would be helpful for have a reference list of species that could be exhibited in a Madagascar theme in a zoo 
Madagascar wildlife
Madagascar wildlife
TheEthiopianWolf03
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Maybe it's interesting to check this expo that I did in 2009. It's in Flickr and I'm not sure if non-Flickr members can see it or not, but I think that yes. In the list below I posted all the Madagascan native (not necessarily endemic) species that I've found by then photographed in Flickr (of course, today the list would be longer, especially in insects). Not a complete catalogue, but it would be helpful for have a reference list of species that could be exhibited in a Madagascar theme in a zoo
Madagascar wildlife
Very interesting list. I’ve always wondered why zoos don’t house malagasy micro bats and instead opt to straw colored fruit bats. Are their any zoos that house any of the micro bats
of Madagascar?
Review of threatened Madagascar freshwater fishes in zoos and aquariums :
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi...Pv46aPaZXC04hT-iN0bJTljc0o2Ri_GyU6ixASR1baxWI
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi...Pv46aPaZXC04hT-iN0bJTljc0o2Ri_GyU6ixASR1baxWI
Jambi
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Here in the UK, you can pretty much guarantee that every single zoo you find will have ring-tailed lemurs, it's easily one of if not thd most common species in zoos here. Both black-and-white and red ruffed lemurs are pretty common too. A lot of zoos also keep fossa, but they're not something you see everywhere.
Fossa are not as common as they were a few years ago. Only 5 holders in the UK now- 7 zoos have stopped keeping them in the last 6 years!
Salt Merchant
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Batu Secret Zoo keep five species of lemurs (Common brown, collared brown, black, ring-tailed, red ruffed, and black-and-white ruffed) and Malagasy reptiles such as the Madagascar day gecko, panther chameleon, and the Malagasy tree and ground boa. Batu Secret Zoo used to keep an fossa for a short time.
Unsure if it's been mentioned, but some of the Bronx Zoo in New York's Madagascar collection:
- Coquerel's Sifaka 3.2
- Gray Mouse Lemur 4.2
- Red-Ruffed Lemur 5.6
- Ring-Tailed Lemur 5.6
- Collared Brown Lemur 2.2
- Fossa 0.2
- Ring-Tailed Mongoose 1.1
- Madagascar Giant Jumping Rat 0.1
- Red Fody 0.0.30
- Madagascar Turtle Dove 1.0
- Madagascar Crested Ibis 0.1
- Lesser Vasa Parrot 1.2
- Madagascar Swift
- Radiated Tortoise
- Northern Spider Tortoise
- Madagascar Giant Hognose Snake 0.0.4
- Madagascar Tree Boa 1.0
- Madagascar Ground Boa 2.1
- Coquerel's Sifaka 3.2
- Gray Mouse Lemur 4.2
- Red-Ruffed Lemur 5.6
- Ring-Tailed Lemur 5.6
- Collared Brown Lemur 2.2
- Fossa 0.2
- Ring-Tailed Mongoose 1.1
- Madagascar Giant Jumping Rat 0.1
- Red Fody 0.0.30
- Madagascar Turtle Dove 1.0
- Madagascar Crested Ibis 0.1
- Lesser Vasa Parrot 1.2
- Madagascar Swift
- Radiated Tortoise
- Northern Spider Tortoise
- Madagascar Giant Hognose Snake 0.0.4
- Madagascar Tree Boa 1.0
- Madagascar Ground Boa 2.1
Kakapo
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I know this message is old, but casually a while ago I've found again the photo I mentioned, and it has been taken at Bronx zoo in 2008.
I wonder if this atonishing species is currently displayed in any zoo of the world. It's three zillion times more exciting than a lion or an elephant for me.
Phromnia rosea
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Edit: After carefully cheecking, the Ficus leaves seemed fake for me, but I was unsure. I tought that the bugs would never be concentrated in a fake branch, because there is no sap flow. But then, cheking this other closer photo of the insects, Phromnia rosea I realized that these Phromnia are also fake!!! Very well done ones, but the appareance of the wings and position and features of the legs and head are clearly indicative of lifesized replicas!
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