ZooChat Challenge Global 2022

[Brum]

Healesville Sanctuary - 21/2/2022

1. Dingo - Canis lupus dingo
2. Barking owl - Ninox connivens
3. Squirrel glider - Petaurus norfolcensis
4. Long-nosed potoroo - Potorous tridactylus
5. Greater bilby - Macrotis lagotis
6. Spinifex hopping mouse - Notomys alexis
7. Mountain Pygmy possum - Burramys parvus
8. Common wombat – Vombatus ursinus
9. Tasmanian devil - Sarcophilus harrisii
10. Tawny frogmouth - Podargus strigoides
11. Red-necked wallaby - Notamacropus rufogriseus
12. Platypus - Ornithorhynchus anatinus
13. Koala - Phascolarctos cinereus
14. Eastern Grey kangaroo – Macropus giganteus
15. Kangaroo Island kangaroo - Macropus fuliginosus
16. Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo – Dendrolagus goodfellowi
17. Short-beaked echidna – Tachyglossus aculeatus

Melbourne Zoo - 14/3/2022

18. African lion - Panthera leo
19. Brown-nosed coati – Nasua nasua
20. Snow leopard - Panthera uncia
21. Sumatran tiger - Panthera tigris
22. Freshwater crocodile – Crocodylus johnstoni
23. Philippine crocodile - Crocodylus mindorensis
24. Amy’s knob-tailed gecko – Nephrurus amyae
25. Port Jackson shark - Heterodontus portusjacksoni
26. Pygmy hippopotamus - Choeropsis liberiensis
27. Southern hairy-nosed wombat - Lasiorhinus latifrons

Honest opinion time - I don't think you're going to win.

Second honest opinion time - That list has some species in it that I'd kill to see so who cares about winning anyway...

Tierpark Berlin is changing his face really fast these days. Many big projects are on the way and the animals shifting their enclousures all the time. I saw the 4 Gnus, opposite the Reedbuck exhibit, where one more baby was born Besides a lot of offspring, there are two new exciting inhabitants - Balabac chevrotain and the Guianan bearded saki. I couldn't find the Bush Dogs. Their exhibit is occupied by Maned Wolves now. White-bearded Masked Palm Civet didn't show up either.

13.03.22 Tierpark Berlin

79. Arabian striped hyena /Hyaena hyaena sultana
80. Balabac chevrotain/ Tragulus nigricans
81. Black-faced kangoroo/ Macropus fuliginosus melanops
82. Central African ratel/ Mellivora capensis cotton
83.Dusky pademelon/ Thylogale brunii
84.Eastern wallaroo/ Osphranter robustus robustus
85.Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo/ Dendrolagus goodfellowi buergersi
86. Indochinese clouded leopard/ Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa
87. Malayan binturong/ Arctictis binturong binturong
88. Northern yellow-throated marten/ Martes flavigula aterrima
89. South African bat-eared fox/ Otocyon megalotis megalotis
90. Spotted hyena/ Crocuta crocuta
91. Sudan cheetah/ Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii
92. Unstriped tamandua/ Tamandua tetradactyla nigra
93. Yellow-footed rock wallaby/ Petrogale xanthopus xanthopus
94. Ural owl/ Strix uralensis
95. Bavay's giant gecko/ Mniarogekko chahoua
96. Vietnamese golden gecko/ Gekko badenii
97. False gharial/ Tomistoma schlegelii

Very nice, not jealous at all...

Good job I'm going to Hamerton soon... Oh, hang on a minute, that might not get me any sort of advantage against you!

 

[twilighter]

Very nice, not jealous at all...

Good job I'm going to Hamerton soon... Oh, hang on a minute, that might not get me any sort of advantage against you!

Ha ha ha, thank you!
Yes, if everything is going according to the plan, your Hamerton visit shouldn't scare me So pity that the Tiger Quoll is no longer there... As you very well said, who cares about winning

 

[ThylacineAlive]

Healesville Sanctuary - 21/2/2022

No Leadbeater's Possum?

~Thylo

 

[CGSwans]

Honest opinion time - I don't think you're going to win.

Definitely not.

No Leadbeater's Possum?

~Thylo

They're not actually on display - you can see their housing from about 10 metres away, but you'd have to be miraculously lucky to actually see one.

I had a few significant no-shows - feathertail glider, brush-tailed rock-wallaby and fat-tailed dunnart chief among them - but should have further opportunities either at Healesville or elsewhere later in the year.

 

[ThylacineAlive]

They're not actually on display - you can see their housing from about 10 metres away, but you'd have to be miraculously lucky to actually see one.

I had a few significant no-shows - feathertail glider, brush-tailed rock-wallaby and fat-tailed dunnart chief among them - but should have further opportunities either at Healesville or elsewhere later in the year.

That's disappointing! I'd always thought they were on-show and are high on my list of Australian zoo taxa to see should I ever make it over

Hope you manage to see the missed species eventually!

~Thylo

 

[ThylacineAlive]

Honest opinion time - I don't think you're going to win.

That's because I am!

Following this...



Mystic Aquarium
40) Dusky Smooth Dogfish Mustelus canis
41) Brown-Banded Bamboo-Shark Chiloscyllium punctatum
42) Epaulette Shark Hemiscyllium ocellatum
43) Spotted Wobbegong Orectolobus maculatus
44) Chain Dogfish Scyliorhinus retifer
45) Sand Tiger Shark Carcharias taurus
46) Atlantic Nurse Shark Ginglymostoma cirratum

~Thylo

47) Barbary Striped Grass Mouse Lemniscomys barbarus



~Thylo

 

[15399]

That's because I am!



47) Barbary Striped Grass Mouse Lemniscomys barbarus



~Thylo

What zoo did you see these mice at? Bronx?

 

[ThylacineAlive]

What zoo did you see these mice at? Bronx?

Yes

~Thylo

 

[Rajang-GOAT]

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.

Finally I have finished this- it was very confusing but I understood the species included in the challenge more towards the end of writing list for all of the species I had seen that counted. It also helped that I could look at what species others had listed from visiting Hamerton (thanks guys). Hopefully I will be able to cope better next time- there will probably be less species to deal with anyway.

Hamerton Zoo Park 6th March: (my first visit)
9. Binturong (Arcitis binturong) I'm not sure if this was the Javan species as I think there was youngsters, they were in the first enclosure on the right as you enter the zoo, I saw them indoors with 3 individuals in the left section and 1 on the right.
10. Long nosed potoroo (Potorus tridactylus)
11. Fat sand rat (Psammomys obesus)
12. Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
13.Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
14. Parma Wallaby (Notamacropus parma)
15. Bennetts Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus)
16. Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
17. Two toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)
18. Mainland Wombat (Vombatus ursinus hirsutus)
19. Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis)
20. Greater Grison (Galictis vittata)
21. Spinifex hopping mouse (Notomys alexis)
22. Corsac Fox (Vulpes corsac)
23. Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus)
24. Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis)
25. Serval (Leptailurus serval)
26. Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) this works out quite well as this spot was for Dingo, then I realised it had been confirmed that they didn't count. I have now replaced this with meerkats as previously I thought they didn't count as no one else from a Hamerton visit had listed them but then I realised that a post I hadn't previously seen had listed them. Confusing but convenient.
27. Tayra (Eira barbara)
28. White Tiger (Panthera tigris)
29. Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni)
30. Eastern Aardwolf (Proteles cristata septentrionalis)
31. Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)

This took a lot of effort but now I am finished I will begin to post more of my media from my zoo visits this year.

 

[ThylacineAlive]

26. Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) this works out quite well as this spot was for Dingo, then I realised it had been confirmed that they didn't count. I have now replaced this with meerkats as previously I thought they didn't count as no one else from a Hamerton visit had listed them but then I realised that a post I hadn't previously seen had listed them. Confusing but convenient.

Meerkats don't count, no mongoose count.

@vogelcommando initially included mongoose in his list but has since removed them. Having checked the thread, it seems @ThomasNotTom did count two species in his first post which both @ZooBinh and I missed:

Starting with a banger... Exmoor Zoo - 12/01/2022.

20. Meerkat, Suricata suricatta
21. Dwarf mongoose , Helogale parvula

I'm sorry for not catching it earlier but @ThomasNotTom you will need to remove the two from your total.

Sorry about that everyone. If there is any confusion, remember the very first post on this thread has a list of eligible animals

~Thylo

 

[ThylacineAlive]

That's because I am!



47) Barbary Striped Grass Mouse Lemniscomys barbarus



~Thylo

I've just realized I missed an eligible species from Mystic Aquarium back in January!

48) Wiegmann's Striped Gecko Gonatodes vittatus

I forgot about it because I'm aware that much of Sphaerodactylidae are dirunal, but for simplicity's sake it's only Phelsuma we disqualified.

~Thylo

 

[twilighter]

28. White Tiger (Panthera tigris)
29. Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni)

You have only one slot per spieces . Subspecies don't count

 

[ThylacineAlive]

You have only one slot per spieces . Subspecies don't count

Thanks for catching that! I was focused on the Meerkat and checking they didn't double list aardwolf that I completely glazed over this.

~Thylo

 

[migdog]

@Rajang-GOAT you can swap meerkat for dingo as they agreed thes can be included

 

[Rajang-GOAT]

26. Meerkat (Suricata suricatta

I will now replace Meerkat for Dingo
26. Dingo (Canis dingo)
and I will remove
28. White Tiger
29. Malayan Tiger
as I already have
3.Amur Tiger
from Colchester. Thanks guys, sorry for causing a bit of confusion but it is good that things have been cleared up now.

 

[Chlidonias]

No Leadbeater's Possum?

They're not actually on display - you can see their housing from about 10 metres away, but you'd have to be miraculously lucky to actually see one.

That's disappointing! I'd always thought they were on-show and are high on my list of Australian zoo taxa to see should I ever make it over

The Leadbeater's Possums are - or were - normally on display in the nocturnal house (as well in the outside enclosures where you can't see them). I've definitely seen them in there. It may be a temporary thing that there aren't any in the nocturnal house.

 

[CGSwans]

The Leadbeater's Possums are - or were - normally on display in the nocturnal house (as well in the outside enclosures where you can't see them). I've definitely seen them in there. It may be a temporary thing that there aren't any in the nocturnal house.

Yeah, I think I’ve seen them in there but not on my last two visits (February 2020 and 2022, respectively).

 

[TNT]

Meerkats don't count, no mongoose count.

@vogelcommando initially included mongoose in his list but has since removed them. Having checked the thread, it seems @ThomasNotTom did count two species in his first post which both @ZooBinh and I missed:



I'm sorry for not catching it earlier but @ThomasNotTom you will need to remove the two from your total.

Sorry about that everyone. If there is any confusion, remember the very first post on this thread has a list of eligible animals

~Thylo

No stress, I'm super behind on updating so you can count me out this year

 

[Dhole dude]

Minnesota Zoo 3/15/21
41. Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
42. Epaulette Shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum)

 

[TinoPup]

I only check the OP for species allowed so missed sharks being added! @TeaLovingDave, @Chlidonias could one of you please add them in to the OP?

National Aquarium, Jan 8 2022
46. Tasselled Wobbegong - Eucrossorhinus dasypogon
47. Blacktip Reef Shark - Carcharhinus melanopterus
48. Zebra Shark - Stegostoma tigrinum
49. Blacknose Shark - Carcharhinus acronotus
50. Bonnethead Shark - Sphyrna tiburo
51. Swell Shark - Cephaloscyllium ventriosum
52. Horn Shark - Heterodontus francisci
53. Sand Tiger Shark – Carcharias taurus
54. Sandbar Shark – Carcharhinus plumbeus
55. Nurse Shark – Ginglymostoma cirratum

Metro Richmond Zoo, Mar 15 2022
56. Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
57. Raccoon Procyon lotor
58. Gray Wolf Canis lupus
59. Lion Panthera leo
60. Snow Leopard Panthera uncia
61. Serval Leptailurus serval
62. Pygmy Hippo Choeropsis liberiensis
63. Three-striped Night Monkey Aotus trivirgatus
64. Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica
65. Red Kangaroo Osphranter rufus
66. Common Wallaroo Osphranter robustus