Do Degus and Chinchillas count for this Challenge?
ZooChat Challenge Global 2022
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From a return visit to California Living Museum (can't remember the date - sometime this month):
94. San Joaquin Pocket Mouse (Perognathus inornatus)
Rosamond Gifford Zoo:
85. Feathertail Glider- Acrobates pygmaeus
86. Large Hairy Armadillo- Chaetophractus villosus
87. Fennec Fox- Vulpes zerda
I would've expected more species since this zoo does have a designated nocturnal exhibit, but at least I managed three more species (two of which were lifers). It looks like I'll be very close to hitting the 100 mark, not sure yet if I'll pull it off or not though, I'm hoping to.
No. For future reference, please look to the list and rules posted at the beginning of the thread to see what does and doesn’t count.
Göppingen Zoo visited on 26.11.2022
52. Indian crested Porcupine (Hystrix indica)
53. Fat tailed Jird (Pachyuromys duprasi)
54. Three banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)
55. Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)
56. Persian Jird (Meriones persicus)
57. Serval (Leptailurus serval)
58. Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
Thats it for this Year. This Challenge was so Fun and i look forward towards the new 2023 Challenge.
52. Indian crested Porcupine (Hystrix indica)
53. Fat tailed Jird (Pachyuromys duprasi)
54. Three banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)
55. Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)
56. Persian Jird (Meriones persicus)
57. Serval (Leptailurus serval)
58. Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
Thats it for this Year. This Challenge was so Fun and i look forward towards the new 2023 Challenge.
WINGHAM WILDLIFE PARK - 27/11/2022
89. Senegal Bushbaby (Galago senegalensis)
WILDWOOD DISCOVERY PARK - 28/11/2022
90. European Badger (Meles meles)
91. Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber)
With all said and done, it's looking like this may well be it for the Global Challenge. Still 91 animals isn't a bad score all things considering.
No Spix night monkey at Wingham or have you already done that?
Fair enough, just surprised you managed anything extra on 2nd visitAlready had it from the visit quoted above.
TBH, I couldn't have seen the Night Monkey even if I wanted to. That part of the tropical house was undergoing refurbishment.
The bushbaby was admittedly a very happy accident. It was our second trip around and whilst my Dad went to the Bug House, I decided to skip it (bugs just ain't my thing, especially tarantulas) and decided to see if I could see the bushbaby, an animal I had not seen since they arrived at the zoo. As it happened, the keeper was changing its bedding at the exact moment I decided to pop in.
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Well, since I'm pretty much done with the ZooChat Global Challenge 2022, here's the final standings for what I've seen. It's been a lot of fun and I look forward to what 2023 pulls up...unless it's just tarantulas, in which case I'm not touching that one.
*Marsupialidae - 5 (Common Wombat, Parma Wallaby, Red Kangaroo, Red-Necked Wallaby, Squirrel Glider)
*Orycteropodidae - 1 (Aardvark)
*Xenarthra - 5 (Giant Anteater, Linnaeus' Two-Toed Sloth, Six-Banded Armadillo, Southern Tamandua, Southern Three-Banded Armadillo)
*Hystricidae - 4 (African Brush-Tailed Porcupine, African Crested Porcupine, Cape Porcupine, Indian Crested Porcupine)
*Castoridae - 1 (Eurasian Beaver)
*Muridae - 6 (Black Rat, Brown Rat, Harvest Mouse, House Mouse, Spinifex Hopping Mouse, Turkish Spiny Mouse)
*Daubentoniidae - 1 (Aye-Aye)
*Lorisoidea - 1 (Senegal Bushbaby)
*Aotus - 2 (Grey-Handed Night Monkey, Spix's Night Monkey)
*Chiroptera - 3 (Egyptian Fruit Bat, Rodriguez Flying Fox, Seba's Short-Tailed Bat)
*Hippopotamidae - 2 (Common Hippopotamus, Pygmy Hippopotamus)
*Viverridae - 4 (Binturong, Common Palm Civet, European Genet, Masked Palm Civet)
*Hyaenidae - 1 (Spotted Hyena)
*Felidae - 16 (Caracal, Cheetah, Clouded Leopard, Cougar, Eurasian Lynx, European Wildcat, Jaguar, Leopard, Leopard Cat, Lion, Margay, Oncilla, Pallas' Cat, Serval, Snow Leopard, Tiger)
*Canidae - 12 (African Wild Dog, Arctic Fox, Bat-Eared Fox, Bush Dog, Corsac Fox, Dhole, Dingo, Fennec Fox, Maned Wolf, Raccoon Dog, Red Fox, Wolf)
*Procyonidae - 4 (Northern Raccoon, Ringtail, South American Coati, White-Nosed Coati)
*Mustelidae - 5 (European Badger, Greater Grison, Honey Badger, Tayra, Wolverine)
*Strigiformes - 8 (Common Barn Owl, Eurasian Eagle Owl, Great Grey Owl, Little Owl, Northern Hawk Owl, Short-Eared Owl, Snowy Owl, Tawny Owl)
*Podargiformes - 1 (Tawny Frogmouth)
*Gekkota - 2 (Tokay Gecko, William's Electric Blue Gecko)
*Crocolydia - 7 (American Alligator, Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman, Dwarf Crocodile, Mugger Crocodile, Saltwater Crocodile, Siamese Crocodile, Slender-Snouted Crocodile)
*Marsupialidae - 5 (Common Wombat, Parma Wallaby, Red Kangaroo, Red-Necked Wallaby, Squirrel Glider)
*Orycteropodidae - 1 (Aardvark)
*Xenarthra - 5 (Giant Anteater, Linnaeus' Two-Toed Sloth, Six-Banded Armadillo, Southern Tamandua, Southern Three-Banded Armadillo)
*Hystricidae - 4 (African Brush-Tailed Porcupine, African Crested Porcupine, Cape Porcupine, Indian Crested Porcupine)
*Castoridae - 1 (Eurasian Beaver)
*Muridae - 6 (Black Rat, Brown Rat, Harvest Mouse, House Mouse, Spinifex Hopping Mouse, Turkish Spiny Mouse)
*Daubentoniidae - 1 (Aye-Aye)
*Lorisoidea - 1 (Senegal Bushbaby)
*Aotus - 2 (Grey-Handed Night Monkey, Spix's Night Monkey)
*Chiroptera - 3 (Egyptian Fruit Bat, Rodriguez Flying Fox, Seba's Short-Tailed Bat)
*Hippopotamidae - 2 (Common Hippopotamus, Pygmy Hippopotamus)
*Viverridae - 4 (Binturong, Common Palm Civet, European Genet, Masked Palm Civet)
*Hyaenidae - 1 (Spotted Hyena)
*Felidae - 16 (Caracal, Cheetah, Clouded Leopard, Cougar, Eurasian Lynx, European Wildcat, Jaguar, Leopard, Leopard Cat, Lion, Margay, Oncilla, Pallas' Cat, Serval, Snow Leopard, Tiger)
*Canidae - 12 (African Wild Dog, Arctic Fox, Bat-Eared Fox, Bush Dog, Corsac Fox, Dhole, Dingo, Fennec Fox, Maned Wolf, Raccoon Dog, Red Fox, Wolf)
*Procyonidae - 4 (Northern Raccoon, Ringtail, South American Coati, White-Nosed Coati)
*Mustelidae - 5 (European Badger, Greater Grison, Honey Badger, Tayra, Wolverine)
*Strigiformes - 8 (Common Barn Owl, Eurasian Eagle Owl, Great Grey Owl, Little Owl, Northern Hawk Owl, Short-Eared Owl, Snowy Owl, Tawny Owl)
*Podargiformes - 1 (Tawny Frogmouth)
*Gekkota - 2 (Tokay Gecko, William's Electric Blue Gecko)
*Crocolydia - 7 (American Alligator, Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman, Dwarf Crocodile, Mugger Crocodile, Saltwater Crocodile, Siamese Crocodile, Slender-Snouted Crocodile)
Managed to squeeze another collection in before the year is out!
Tilgate Nature Centre (29/11/22):
81. African Pygmy Mouse (Mus minutoides)
82. Turkish Spiny Mouse (Acomys cilicicus)
83. African Dwarf Dormouse (Graphiurus murinus)
84. Long-Nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus)
85. Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
86. Henkel's Leaf-Tailed Gecko (Uroplatus henkeli)
Really enjoyed this one - lots of new species for me too! A great little collection with some really interesting fauna. Saw pretty much everything too despite it being a freezing day. Also had the place to myself for probably the last three hours which helped! I think there were only two no shows, one of which would have been eligible for this challenge (African pygmy hedgehog).
Will definitely visit Tilgate again though!
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Zoo Dvůr Králové, Czech republic, 03/05/22
51/ Leptailurus serval / Serval / serval
52/ Crocuta crocuta / Spotted Hyena / hyena skvrnitá
Visited Regent’s Park again today for the second time this year. Managed to tick off the four species I missed last time for the challenge.
London Zoo (8/12/22):
87. Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec (Echinops telfairi)
88. Boseman’s Potto (Perodicticus potto)
89. Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
90. Southern Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla)
Was actually really pleased I managed to see all of these guys! Visited the Aye-Aye’s when I first arrived at 10 but were nowhere to be seen. Went downstairs into the nightlife area and after a little bit of waiting ended up with an upfront view of the one of the potto’s by the glass. Great to finally see one irl after spending 3 months traipsing through the forest in Ghana and seeing nothing more than a gnawed piece of bark. The tenrec was a big surprise, all the sign postage suggested it should be hibernating but it was quite happily tottering around and having a drink! This was the one I least expected to see so pretty chuffed!
Went back up to Aye-Aye’s and got a nice view of parents and the youngster. Again, never seen aye-aye’s before (they’re much bigger than expected!) so that was a lovely experience. Lastly went up to the tropical house and got to see the, rather inactive, tamandua’s which I missed last visit so that’s all ticked for this year I believe.
Had a nice day out despite the cold weather. Didn’t manage to see everything despite being there from opening to closing (I think I spend too much time in the twilight, tropical and Blackburn houses). Mother tiger was definitely mourning her cub and nice to see some new species in the Blackburn pavillion since my last visit earlier in the year. Also thought the new colobus walkthrough looked really good. Unfortunately they were all indoors due to the cold but it’s great. Could just do with some more colobus and maybe some birds or even bats. Reptile house was still open and most species still on display. Why are they replacing it anyway? It’s good…
Anyway, this might be my last zoo for the year so I think 90 is a nice round number to likely end on. Kinda want to try for 100 but I think it’s unlikely!
Tierpark Berlin got some very interesting species during the last few years and not planning to stop. The Himalaya is officially open and most of the species are back on show, missing only the Transcaspian Urials. Alfred Brehm House is perhaps the best place to see the Bear Cuscus in Europe now and I even managed to see the Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel ! Bittersweet moment @Brum
30.10 Tierpark Berlin
308.Bear cuscus/ Ailurops ursinus
I just realiesed that Zagreb put me officialy in 100 Zoo club, which is a precious moment by itself. I am happy to add two very cool species on top of that. I missed the Fat dormouse third time this year, but I've seen it before and put all my cards on the Snow vole. Not regret
17.12 Zagreb zoo
309.Balkan snow vole/ Dinaromys bogdanovi
310.Asian garden dormouse/ Eliomys melanurus
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Mammals
2. Dingo
3. Eastern Grey-Kangaroo
4. Greater Bilby
5. Koala
6. Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo
7. Red Kangaroo
8. Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat
9. Sumatran Tiger
10. Tasmanian Devil
12. Binturong
13. Brown Rat
14. Brush-Tailed Rock-Wallaby
15. European Rabbit
16. Eastern Long-Beaked Echidna
17. Fennec Fox
18. Fishing Cat
19. House Mouse
20. Pygmy Hippopotamus
21. Quokka
22. Short-Beaked Echidna
23. Spinifex Hopping-Mouse
24. Swamp Wallaby
26. Common Wombat
27. Long-Nosed Potoroo
28. Parma Wallaby
29. Red-Necked Pademelon
30. Tammar Wallaby
31. Western Grey-Kangaroo
32. Yellow-Footed Rock-Wallaby
34. Cheetah
35. Common Hippopotamus
36. Red-Necked Wallaby
39. Spectacled Flying-Fox
41. Bridled Nailtail-Wallaby
42. Platypus
43. Proserpine Rock-Wallaby
45. Caracal
46. Serval
47. Sri Lankan Leopard
49. Australian Water-Rat
50. Black Flying-Fox
51. Black-Footed Tree-Rat
52. Black Wallaroo
53. Common Planigale
54. Fat-Tailed Dunnart
55. Ghost Bat
56. Golden Bandicoot
57. Nabarlek
58. Northern Brown-Bandicoot
59. Northern Brushtail-Possum
60. Northern Quoll
61. Savanna Glider
62. Spectacled Hare-Wallaby
Birds
3. Barn Owl
5. Lesser Sooty Owl
6. Powerful Owl
7. Rufous Owl
8. Southern Boobook
Reptiles
2. Saltwater Crocodile
5. Centralian Knob-Tailed Gecko
6. Northern Spiny-Tailed Gecko
8. Jewelled Velvet-Gecko
9. Marbled Velvet-Gecko
- Dreamworld
2. Dingo
3. Eastern Grey-Kangaroo
4. Greater Bilby
5. Koala
6. Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo
7. Red Kangaroo
8. Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat
9. Sumatran Tiger
10. Tasmanian Devil
- Taronga Zoo
12. Binturong
13. Brown Rat
14. Brush-Tailed Rock-Wallaby
15. European Rabbit
16. Eastern Long-Beaked Echidna
17. Fennec Fox
18. Fishing Cat
19. House Mouse
20. Pygmy Hippopotamus
21. Quokka
22. Short-Beaked Echidna
23. Spinifex Hopping-Mouse
24. Swamp Wallaby
- Featherdale Wildlife Park
26. Common Wombat
27. Long-Nosed Potoroo
28. Parma Wallaby
29. Red-Necked Pademelon
30. Tammar Wallaby
31. Western Grey-Kangaroo
32. Yellow-Footed Rock-Wallaby
- Taronga Western Plains Zoo
34. Cheetah
35. Common Hippopotamus
36. Red-Necked Wallaby
- Cairns ZOOM & Wildlife Dome
- Hartley's Crocodile Adventures
39. Spectacled Flying-Fox
- David Fleay Wildlife Park
41. Bridled Nailtail-Wallaby
42. Platypus
43. Proserpine Rock-Wallaby
- Darling Downs Zoo
45. Caracal
46. Serval
47. Sri Lankan Leopard
- Territory Wildlife Park
49. Australian Water-Rat
50. Black Flying-Fox
51. Black-Footed Tree-Rat
52. Black Wallaroo
53. Common Planigale
54. Fat-Tailed Dunnart
55. Ghost Bat
56. Golden Bandicoot
57. Nabarlek
58. Northern Brown-Bandicoot
59. Northern Brushtail-Possum
60. Northern Quoll
61. Savanna Glider
62. Spectacled Hare-Wallaby
Birds
- Dreamworld
- Taronga Zoo
3. Barn Owl
- Featherdale Wildlife Park
5. Lesser Sooty Owl
6. Powerful Owl
7. Rufous Owl
8. Southern Boobook
- Cairns ZOOM & Wildlife Dome
- Hartley's Crocodile Adventures
- Territory Wildlife Park
Reptiles
- Dreamworld
2. Saltwater Crocodile
- Taronga Zoo
- Hartley's Crocodile Adventures
5. Centralian Knob-Tailed Gecko
6. Northern Spiny-Tailed Gecko
- Crocosaurus Cove
8. Jewelled Velvet-Gecko
9. Marbled Velvet-Gecko
Classes are not counted separately in ZooChat Challenges, so you're at 82.
Classes are not counted separately in *this* Zoo Chat Challenge- they have been in some past challenges (ex. Island Endemics, Threatened Species), which is where I'd assume @OskarGC thought to separate it by class from.
Possibly they might have a display of wild House Mice, but I very much doubt the rats and rabbits are anything other than domestic varieties.