Where do the Deer & Antelope Play?: A Look at America's Ungulate Populations

TinoPup said:
Reindeer, Siberian Tundra
Cougar Mountain Zoo, CA
San Diego Zoo, CA
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I have done some research on reindeer/caribou populations, hybridization, and presence in Alaska which leads me to conclude that the Siberian Tundra reindeer in captivity are domesticated forms of this subspecies, possibly with Norwegian genetics. This link identifies the reindeer in San Diego as originating from stock in Alaska and I'm assuming that Cougar Mountain Zoo's reindeer are somehow related to the animals in San Diego. Based on other papers I've studied, Asian reindeer in Alaska are domestic reindeer shipped from the Russian Chukchi Peninsula by a few ambitious businessmen and somewhat strangely, a priest. At one point, the Alaskan farmers used domestic Norwegian males for breeding purposes, as well.

I was reading about this for another project, but thought it was worth mentioning here because these animals are domesticated. I don't think they were meant to be an exception to the omission of domestic animal groups, but could be wrong.
 
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wild boar said:
I have done some research on reindeer/caribou populations, hybridization, and presence in Alaska which leads me to conclude that the Siberian Tundra reindeer in captivity are domesticated forms of this subspecies, possibly with Norwegian genetics. This link identifies the reindeer in San Diego as originating from stock in Alaska and I'm assuming that Cougar Mountain Zoo's reindeer are somehow related to the animals in San Diego. Based on other papers I've studied, Asian reindeer in Alaska are domestic reindeer shipped from the Russian Chukchi Peninsula by a few ambitious businessmen and somewhat strangely, a priest. At one point, the Alaskan farmers used domestic Norwegian males for breeding purposes, as well.

I was reading about this for another project, but thought it was worth mentioning here because these animals are domesticated. I don't think they were meant to be an exception to the omission of domestic animal groups, but could be wrong.
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So, not really Rangifer tarandus valentinae // R. fennicus valentinae after all?
 
dillotest0 said:
So, not really Rangifer tarandus valentinae // R. fennicus valentinae after all?
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They were never believed to be valentinae from what I've seen on ZooChat, but rather sibiricus. This matches up with what I've learned. The one difference is that these reindeer are a domesticated form of sibiricus.
 
Marcus Burkhardt said:
I started my America zootour today and I was surprised to see 5 giant elend including one male at Miami Zoo. I thought this might be interesting here as People with ZIMS access did write in former comments they have only 0.3 left. The Other 2 may have arrived recently?
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One, the castrated male, arrived recently, from San Diego. The fourth female arrived sometime in the last year, I believe.
 
This is the list I have for them. Ones with asterisks I have no visually confirmed yet, but don't have a reason to doubt.

Blackbuck
Impala

Banteng
Bison

Eland
Nilgai*
Nyala
Sitatunga*

Fallow Deer
Red Deer

Addax
Arabian Oryx
Scimitar Oryx*
Sable
Wildebeest*, both black and blue

Lechwe*, both Nile and red
Waterbuck*

Warthog

Giraffe

Southern White Rhino
Grant's Zebra
Grevy's Zebra
 
Como Park Zoo & Conservatory swapped out Lesser Kudu for Lowland Nyala recently.
Minnesota officially no longer has Wild Boar.
 
Abilene Zoo - added eastern bongo
Franklin Park Zoo - added Somali wild ass
Zoo Atlanta - plains zebra removed, added bontebok
San Diego Zoo - black duiker removed
Zoo Miami - bay duiker removed, Somali wild ass removed
John Ball Zoo - added pygmy hippopotamus
Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium - pygmy hippopotamus removed
Smithsonian's National Zoo - sitatunga removed
 
wild boar said:
Abilene Zoo - added eastern bongo
Franklin Park Zoo - added Somali wild ass
Zoo Atlanta - plains zebra removed, added bontebok
San Diego Zoo - black duiker removed
Zoo Miami - bay duiker removed, Somali wild ass removed
John Ball Zoo - added pygmy hippopotamus
Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium - pygmy hippopotamus removed
Smithsonian's National Zoo - sitatunga removed
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Pittsburgh has pygmy hippo.
 
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