European Animals in US zoos

ThylacineAlive said:
Any clarification on the Cheyenne Mountain
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Cheyenne Mountain hasn’t kept elk of any species in a long time. Probably over 15 years.

Only exclusively European species we have is a glass lizard I believe. We do have one Eurasian griffon vulture that lives with our cape vultures. While not exclusively European, she’s one of only two in NA. I’m not sure where the other one is located. Interesting considering how apparently common they are in European collections. Those are the only notable European species in the collection apart from some domestic rabbits and some chicken breeds.
 
European green toads and Common toads are also kept. The former I know of at Sedgwick County Zoo and Rainforest Adventures Discovery Zoo and the latter I think are at the Cayuga Nature Center in Ithaca.
 
Interestingly enough, when Miami moved to there current location a whole European section was built. It can be seen on old maps.

Also SDZ has an outdoor European reptile exhibit: Jeweled Lacerta, Sheltopusik, European pond turtle and Marginated tortoise
 
PSO said:
Interestingly enough, when Miami moved to there current location a whole European section was built. It can be seen on old maps.
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Do you know what European species were in the Zoo Miami Euro zone? Where was this section in the zoo, and what replaced it?
 
DavidBrown said:
Do you know what European species were in the Zoo Miami Euro zone? Where was this section in the zoo, and what replaced it?
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Old maps show two sections "European Forest" and European Steppes", most animals have nothing to do with Europe, however, so I am not sure why it was named those regions.
European Forest:
Guar
Red deer (1990s maps) or Scimitar horned oryx with Waddled Crane (older maps)
European Brown Bear
Sable Antelope

European Steppes:
Camel
Sable Antelope (again) with Chamois
Tahr
Himalayan Black Bear
Cape Hunting Dog

It was where some of those animals still are. Guar, Sable, Cape dogs, etc. are still there. Basically they just expanded the "Asia" zone to encompass it.
 
Reviving this thread to say that the North Carolina Zoo has had several species native to Europe, mostly birds that also ranged on other continents.
  • Marbled Teal (Aviary)
  • Spur-winged Lapwing (Aviary)
  • Northern Pintail (Cypress Swamp)
  • Horned Lark (Sonora Desert)
  • Eurasian Eagle-owl (Ambassador Animal)
For a short time, the North Carolina Zoo displayed a Fire Salamander in the Cypress Swamp pavilion in an amphibian biodiversity exhibit.

I've also seen Eurasian Harvest Mice included in the species lists of several US zoos (Omaha, Philadelphia, Bronx, Houston) but I don't know how up to date that information is.
 
Breckenridge said:
Reviving this thread to say that the North Carolina Zoo has had several species native to Europe, mostly birds that also ranged on other continents.
  • Marbled Teal (Aviary)
  • Spur-winged Lapwing (Aviary)
  • Northern Pintail (Cypress Swamp)
  • Horned Lark (Sonora Desert)
  • Eurasian Eagle-owl (Ambassador Animal)
For a short time, the North Carolina Zoo displayed a Fire Salamander in the Cypress Swamp pavilion in an amphibian biodiversity exhibit.

I've also seen Eurasian Harvest Mice included in the species lists of several US zoos (Omaha, Philadelphia, Bronx, Houston) but I don't know how up to date that information is.
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Two of those are also native to the US though.
 
When I was a child I was under the incorrect belief that some US zoos held Wisent (not sure when they left the US but I believe they were gone by the time I was aware of them in the 00s)
 
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