Zoobat Collections (N. America)

The last Straw-Colored Fruit Bat at the Lake Superior Zoo has recently passed away, leaving the zoo with no species of bat left. I doubt they will be looking to re-acquire the species anytime soon.
 
Egyptian Fruit Bat is no longer present at the Shell Factory and Nature Park. The exhibit they used to be held in was empty and unsigned, so I can only assume they have departed the facility.
 
Bats I remember seeing as a kid at the defunct Bat Zone at the Cranbrook Museum of Science and related Organization For Bat Conservation ambassador animal programs. Detroit acquired its bats from OFBC when it shut down, so these bats have presumably all been moved to other facilities. I think there were more species than I remember. They also had other species like a Linne's two toed sloth (the one currently housed in Detroit), a "domestic" (pet-bred and brown and white morph) striped skunk, flying squirrels and Eastern screech owls.
Big brown bat
Malayan flying fox
Common vampire bat
Straw colored fruit bat
Jamaican fruit bat
Egyptian fruit bat
Maybe Rodrigues flying foxes? Also there were more insectivore bats than just the big brown bat but I don't remember species because I was in elementary school.
 
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We're starting to come up on the annual Halloween update for this list, everyone! Read over what I have on the previous page and let me know if you see any additions/subtractions to be made.
 
Assiniboine Park Zoo has 2 Indian Fruit Bats (Pteropus giganteus), and they still have the Greater Spear-nosed Bat (Phyllostomus hastatus) and Seba’s Short-tailed Bat (Carollia perspicillata). Unsure about either of their population size.
 
Happy Halloween everyone! Here's this year's update for captive non-insectivorous bats on display in the US and Canada. Of note, one species - the Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) - did not appear on Lubee's USDA stock list this year, so it's possible/likely that we've lost a fruit bat from the continent (unfortunate, but predictable).

As with last year, this is only those that I could confirm are on display to the public.

Megachiropterans

Rodrigues Flying Fox (Pteropus rodricensis) – 15 holders
Akron Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Brookfield Zoo
Capron Park Zoo
Central Park Zoo
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Lincoln Children's Zoo
Louisville Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Moody Gardens
Oregon Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Pueblo Zoo
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Staten Island Zoo

Large/Malayan Flying Fox (Pteropus vampyrus) - 6

Columbus Zoo
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Lowry Park Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
National Aviary in Pittsburgh
Oakland Zoo

Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus giganteus) – 15

Bat Cave (Wildlife Conservation and Education Center) (Garfield, NJ)
BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo
Boise Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Capron Park Zoo
Cincinnati Zoo
Ellen Trout Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Metro Richmond Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
Sedgwick County Zoo
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Topeka Zoo
Woodland Park Zoo

Canada -
Assiniboine Park Zoo

Island Flying Fox (Island flying fox (Pteropus hypomelanus) – 3

Lubee Bat Conservancy
Oakland Zoo
Forest Rescue Center (Silver Springs, FL)

Little golden-mantled flying fox (Pteropus pumilus) - 3

Columbus Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo

Grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) – 1

Lubee Bat Conservancy

Spectacled Flying Fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) - 1

Lubee Bat Conservancy

Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum) – 28

Akron Zoo
Bat Cave (Wildlife Conservation and Education Center) (Garfield, NJ)
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Chehaw Park & Zoo
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Detroit Zoo
Elmwood Park Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo
Jack Facente Serpentarium (Oshkosh, WI)
Jacksonville Zoo
Lowry Park Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences
Metro Richmond Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo
Minnesota Zoo
Newport Discovery Zoo (Newport, OR)
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Oregon Zoo
Palo Alto Junior Musem & Zoo
Prospect Park Zoo
Racine Zoo
Tregembo Animal Park
Utah’s Hogle Zoo
Wonders of Wildlife Museum (Springfield, MO)
World Bird Sanctuary (Valley Park, MO)
Zoosiana (Broussard, LA)

Canada -
Oaklawn Farm Zoo (Aylesford, NS)

Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) – 25

Bat Cave (Wildlife Conservation and Education Center) (Garfield, NJ)
Bear Creek Nature Center (Chattahoochee Hills, GA)
Blank Park Zoo
Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park (Alto, MI)
Capital of Texas Zoo (Cedar Creek, TX)
Carbon County Environmental Education Center (Summit Hill, PA)
Catoctin Zoo (Thurmont, MD)
GarLyn Zoo (Saint Ignace, MI)
Gladys Porter Zoo
Gulf Breeze Zoo
Lake Superior Zoo
Leslie Science & Nature Center (Ann Arbor, MI)
Lincoln Park Zoo
Living Treasures Animal Park Moraine (New Castle, PA)
Louisiana Purchase Zoo (Monroe, LA)
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Memphis Zoo
Minnesota Zoo
Moody Gardens
Museum of Discovery and Science (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
North Georgia Zoo (Cleveland, GA)
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
Tackapausha Museum and Preserve (Seaford, NY)
Timbavati Wildlife Park (Wisconsin Dells, WI)

Canada –
Bird Kingdom

Ruwenzori Long-haired Fruit Bat (Rousettus lanosus) – 4

Boise Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo

Canada –
Bear Creek Sanctuary (Barrie, ON)
 
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Microchiropterans

Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) - 15

Buffalo Zoo
Cincinnati Zoo
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo
Dallas World Aquarium
Denver Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Louisville Zoo
Memphis Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo
Moody Gardens
North Carolina Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo (temporarily off-exhibit)
Texas State Aquarium
Zooamerica (Hershey, PA)

Greater bulldog bat (Noctilio leporinus) - 2

Memphis Zoo
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo

Greater spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus hastatus) – 3

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Peoria Zoo

Canada –
Assiniboine Park Zoo

Pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor) - 1

Zoo Miami

Pallas's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) – 3

Long Island Aquarium
Mesker Park Zoo

Canada -
Montreal Biodome

Seba's short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata) – 31
Note: many zoos mix Seba's and Jamaicans in the same exhibit.

Akron Zoo
Audubon Zoo
Cameron Park Zoo
Catoctin Zoo
Central Park Zoo
Dallas World Aquarium
Denver Zoo
Great Plains Zoo
Henry Vilas Zoo
Hogle Zoo
Houston Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Lincoln Children’s Zoo
Maritime Aquarium
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Memphis Zoo
Miami Zoo
Miller Park Zoo
Nashville Zoo
Niabi Zoo
Oklahoma City Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo
Potter Park Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
Staten Island Zoo
Stone Zoo
Tulsa Zoo
Wonders of Wildlife Museum (Springfield, MO)

Canada –
Assiniboine Park Zoo
Montreal Biodome

Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) - 13
Note: many zoos mix Jamaicans and Seba's in the same exhibit.

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery (Dayton, OH)
Cameron Park Zoo
Central Park Zoo
Denver Zoo
Ellen Trout Zoo
Leslie Science & Nature Center (Ann Arbor, MI)
Miami Zoo
Miller Park Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo
Tulsa Zoo
Wildlife World Zoo

Canada –
Edmonton Valley Zoo
Montreal Biodome
Vancouver Aquarium
 
Coelacanth18 said:
Microchiropterans

Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) - 15

Buffalo Zoo
Cincinnati Zoo
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo
Dallas World Aquarium
Denver Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Louisville Zoo
Memphis Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo
Moody Gardens
North Carolina Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo (temporarily off-exhibit)
Texas State Aquarium
Zooamerica (Hershey, PA)

Greater bulldog bat (Noctilio leporinus) - 2

Memphis Zoo
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo

Greater spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus hastatus) – 3

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Peoria Zoo

Canada –
Assiniboine Park Zoo

Pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor) - 1

Zoo Miami

Pallas's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) – 3

Long Island Aquarium
Mesker Park Zoo

Canada -
Montreal Biodome

Seba's short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata) – 31
Note: many zoos mix Seba's and Jamaicans in the same exhibit.

Akron Zoo
Audubon Zoo
Cameron Park Zoo
Catoctin Zoo
Central Park Zoo
Dallas World Aquarium
Denver Zoo
Great Plains Zoo
Henry Vilas Zoo
Hogle Zoo
Houston Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Lincoln Children’s Zoo
Maritime Aquarium
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Memphis Zoo
Miami Zoo
Miller Park Zoo
Nashville Zoo
Niabi Zoo
Oklahoma City Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo
Potter Park Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
Staten Island Zoo
Stone Zoo
Tulsa Zoo
Wonders of Wildlife Museum (Springfield, MO)

Canada –
Assiniboine Park Zoo
Montreal Biodome

Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) - 13
Note: many zoos mix Jamaicans and Seba's in the same exhibit.

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery (Dayton, OH)
Cameron Park Zoo
Central Park Zoo
Denver Zoo
Ellen Trout Zoo
Leslie Science & Nature Center (Ann Arbor, MI)
Miami Zoo
Miller Park Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo
Tulsa Zoo
Wildlife World Zoo

Canada –
Edmonton Valley Zoo
Montreal Biodome
Vancouver Aquarium
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I'm curious where you got Shamba as a holder of Straw-colored Fruit Bat? They have no place to put a bat. The same people own Timbavati Wildlife Park, so is it possible the animals are there?
 
Ohio collections-
Akron Zoo, Akron- Rodrigues fruit bat, Seba's short-tailed bat, straw-colored fruit bat
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Cincinnati- giant fruit bat, vampire bat
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland- Rodrigues fruit bat and straw-colored fruit bat
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Powell- golden-mantled fruit bat, large Malayan flying fox
North Chagrin Nature Center, Mayfield Village- big brown bat
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium, Toledo- none
 
CleZooMan said:
Ohio collections-
Akron Zoo, Akron- Rodrigues fruit bat, Seba's short-tailed bat, straw-colored fruit bat
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Cincinnati- giant fruit bat, vampire bat
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland- Rodrigues fruit bat and straw-colored fruit bat
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Powell- golden-mantled fruit bat, large Malayan flying fox
North Chagrin Nature Center, Mayfield Village- big brown bat
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium, Toledo- none
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Except for the big brown (which I don't keep track of, but cool to know) was posted in my recent list already. In the future, please read over what's already been noted so you can contribute new information rather than giving blanket info from an entire state.
 
How many gray-headed flying foxes does the Lubee Bat Conservancy have (left)? Is this a phase out species for the facility? It struck me as odd that Lubee is phasing out some of their rare bat species because they pride themselves in having such a great collection (though I suppose it isn't that weird because there are so many facilities doing this right now) and it makes me to wonder which species will not be kept here in the long run.
 
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