ZooChat Challenge Global 2022

Chlidonias said:
Do you have photos?

The old photo by Giant Eland (from 2014) was of C. philander, but I'm interested in whether they still have that species or are simply retaining the name.
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No, unfortunately. There was a fence blocking you from getting closer to the exhibit, so couldn't get a good enough photo of them.
There were no signs on the exhibit, but the zoo states they have Bare-Tailed, and that is what they are listed as on their U.S.D.A reports (Wich doesn't really mean much), but that's the species they've held in the past, and I don't see any reason why these Opossum wouldn't be.
 
Dhole dude said:
Shell Factory & Nature Park 2/20/21
22. Bare-Tailed Woolly Opossum (Caluromys philander)
23. Agile Wallaby (Macropus agilis)
24. African Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata)
25. Brazilian Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis)
26. Common Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)
28. Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
29. Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
30. Serval (Leptailurus serval)
31. Tayra (Eira barbara)
32. Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
33. South American Coati (Nasua nasua)
34. American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
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Forgot about the Shark species I added fo Minnesota! My count is actually 39 :)
 
Dhole dude said:
No, unfortunately. There was a fence blocking you from getting closer to the exhibit, so couldn't get a good enough photo of them.
There were no signs on the exhibit, but the zoo states they have Bare-Tailed, and that is what they are listed as on their U.S.D.A reports (Wich doesn't really mean much), but that's the species they've held in the past, and I don't see any reason why these Opossum wouldn't be.
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Because New World opossums have short lifespans. If they have been breeding them they would be the same stock, but if not then the animal(s) they have had in the past will probably be dead and replaced with another animal(s) which may or may not be the same species.
 
Chlidonias said:
There are owlet-nightjars kept in Australia. I'd be surprised if there aren't some potoos in South American zoos.
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Sadly, no more.
 
Chlidonias said:
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What happened to them? (Well, died I assume, but I'm still surprised there are none now).
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Yes old age gets us all eventually. We only ever had singe sex pairs so no breeding and they were already a fair age when we received them. I have feelers out in the rehab community but it is getting increasingly difficult to get any animal that has been in the wild.
 
MRJ said:
Yes old age gets us all eventually. We only ever had singe sex pairs so no breeding and they were already a fair age when we received them. I have feelers out in the rehab community but it is getting increasingly difficult to get any animal that has been in the wild.
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Does Perth also not have them any more? And there was also one at ... Territory I think it was ... a couple of years ago.
 
Chlidonias said:
Does Perth also not have them any more? And there was also one at ... Territory I think it was ... a couple of years ago.
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I'll check, but last time we talked about it we were the only place with them.
 
Chlidonias said:
Does Perth also not have them any more? And there was also one at ... Territory I think it was ... a couple of years ago.
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Nothing on CPOS, either held or planned, so I don't think so.
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
Shame about the owlet-nightjars. There is/was a White-throated Nightjar at Fraser Coast Wildlife Sanctuary (QLD). Here is a video of it from October 2019. No idea if it's still there.

Source: Fraser Coast Wildlife Sanctuary's Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=481841025876208
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Yes it is a shame. The biggest shame is that the husbandry is well understood, so a sustainable population could have been established if there was the interest. But apart from us, interest would have been confined to nocturnal houses.
 
Dhole dude said:
Shell Factory & Nature Park 2/20/21
22. Bare-Tailed Woolly Opossum (Caluromys philander)
23. Agile Wallaby (Macropus agilis)
24. African Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata)
25. Brazilian Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis)
26. Common Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)
28. Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
29. Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
30. Serval (Leptailurus serval)
31. Tayra (Eira barbara)
32. Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
33. South American Coati (Nasua nasua)
34. American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
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Oops! I forgot one of the species I saw.

39. Kinkajou (Potos flavus)
 
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Dhole dude said:
There were no signs on the exhibit, but the zoo states they have Bare-Tailed, and that is what they are listed as on their U.S.D.A reports (Wich doesn't really mean much), but that's the species they've held in the past, and I don't see any reason why these Opossum wouldn't be.
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Chlidonias said:
Because New World opossums have short lifespans. If they have been breeding them they would be the same stock, but if not then the animal(s) they have had in the past will probably be dead and replaced with another animal(s) which may or may not be the same species.
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Additionally, it's Derby's, not Bare-Tailed that has been being imported into the US in large quantities these past few years.

For the sake of the challenge, I will let you count the woolly-opossum as it was signed.

~Thylo
 
red river hog said:
Smithsonian National Zoological Park - 2/12/22

4. Red-necked Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus)
5. Woylie (Bettongia pencillata)
6. Screaming Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus)
7. Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth (Choelopus didactylus)
8. Southern Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla)
9. Brazilian Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis)
10. North American Beaver (Castor canadensis)
11. Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat (Phloeomys pallidus)
12. Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
13. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
14. Sand Cat (Felis margarita)
15. Lion (Panthera leo)
16. Tiger (Panthera tigris)
17. Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda)
18. Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
19. White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
20. Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes)
21. Iranian Fat-tailed Gecko (Eublepharis angremainyu)
22. Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus henkeli)
23. Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko)
24. False Gharial (Tomistoma schelegii)
25. Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer)
26. Philippine Crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis)
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Brandywine Zoo - 2/21

27. North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
28. Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
29. Serval (Leptailurus serval)
30. Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
31. Mossy New Caledonian Gecko (Mniarogekko chahoua)
 
Strix said:
BEALE WILDLIFE PARK: 5th February

1. Six-Banded Armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus)
2. Common Genet (Genetta genetta)
3. Carpathian Lynx (Lynx lynx carpathicus)
4. Scottish Wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris)
5. South American Coati (Nasua nasua)
6. Tayra (Eira barbara)
7. Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
8. Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)
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Hamerton Zoo: 22nd February

9. Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis)
10. Red-Necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
11.Parma Wallaby (Macropus parma)
12. Long-Nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus)
13. Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
14. Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactylus)
15. Linne’s Two-Toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus)
16. Eurasian Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus)
17. Spinifex Hopping Mouse (Notomys alexis)
18. Fat Sand Rat (Psammomys obesus)
19. Binturong (Arctictis binturong)
20. Masked Palm Civet (Paguma larvata)
21. Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)
22. Serval (Leptailurus serval)
23. Canadian Lynx (Lynx canadensis)
24. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
25. Tiger (Panthera tigris)
26. Dingo (Canis dingo)
27. Corsac Fox (Vulpes corsac)
28. Greater Grison (Galictis vittata)
29. Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)

10 eligible missed species, but still a big total. I might be back at Hamerton before the end of the year.
 
Disney's Animal Kingdom:
5. Red Kangaroo- Macropus rufus
6. Tammar Wallaby- Macropus eugenii
7. Malayan Flying Fox- Pteropus vampyrus
8. Hippoptamus- Hippopotamus amphibious
9. African Lion- Panthera leo
10. Sumatran Tiger- Panthera tigris
11. Cheetah- Acinonyx jubatus
12. African Wild Dog- Lycaon pictures
13. Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko- Uroplatus henkeli
14. Flat-tailed Gecko- Uroplatus giganteus
15. American Crocodile- Crocodylus acutus
16. Nile Crocodile- Crocodylus niloctus
 
skansen and the skansen aquarium jan 23

1 hoffman's two toed sloth Choloepus hoffmanni
2 bank vole Myodes glareolu
3 euroasian harvest mice Micromys minutus
4 euraisn lynx Lynx lynx
5 wolverine Gulo gulo
6 eurasian eagle owl Bubo bubo
7 great grey owl Strix nebulosa
8 cuban crocdile Crocodylus rhombifer
9 Brown-banded bambooshark Chiloscyllium punctatum
 
Neil chace said:
Disney's Animal Kingdom:
5. Red Kangaroo- Macropus rufus
6. Tammar Wallaby- Macropus eugenii
7. Malayan Flying Fox- Pteropus vampyrus
8. Hippoptamus- Hippopotamus amphibious
9. African Lion- Panthera leo
10. Sumatran Tiger- Panthera tigris
11. Cheetah- Acinonyx jubatus
12. African Wild Dog- Lycaon pictures
13. Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko- Uroplatus henkeli
14. Flat-tailed Gecko- Uroplatus giganteus
15. American Crocodile- Crocodylus acutus
16. Nile Crocodile- Crocodylus niloctus
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Missed one:
17. Eastern Grey Kangaroo- Macropus giganteus
 
Colchester Zoo 25th February: Short and not very productive trip- 1st of the year.
1. Slender-snouted Crocodile (mecistops cataphractus)
2. Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)
3. Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
4. Eurasian Grey Wolf (Canis lupus lupus)
5. Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
6. Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
7. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
8. African Lion (Panthera leo)
I am not very confident about this list and if some of them might be wrong, as I am not very sure about the Latin terms. For example I don't know if I could include Rock Hyraxes in this list which I saw with the Aadvarks.
 
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