Burgers' Zoo Animals held at Burger’s Zoo in the past

felis silvestris

felis silvestris

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I looked at some old photos of the zoo with species which have now left the collection, then I thought: Why not make a thread on species that have left? I know of:

Orangutan
Drill
Reindeer
Pygmy Hippo
Bongo
Ringed Seal
Golden Jackal

Can people add some other to this? I’d like to know what they used to have.
 
Something i thought was very interesting on zootierliste was nine banded armadillos! If anybody has info where they kepts these and maybe for how long please let me know, i assume however the desert.
 
Canihelpyou? said:
Something i thought was very interesting on zootierliste was nine banded armadillos! If anybody has info where they kepts these and maybe for how long please let me know, i assume however the desert.
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They were kept in multiple places throughout their time in the zoo. They were in the current hispid cotton rat enclosure in the Desert, as well as in the nocturnal house and even for a few years mixed with the tapir. Almost nobody saw them in the latter enclosure where they had dug a burrow under the concrete pond.
 
When I visited the zoo about 40 years ago, I remember seeing about 4 species of megapodes. None of these are listed in ZTL
 
Does anybody know which species was supposed to represent this on the map?
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AWP said:
Do you know which other small mammals were kept in the past in the Desert? I remember striped skunk and swift fox. Any other species?
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There are quite a few of which I am aware, there might be 1-2 more I don't know about from the earliest years though. I have the following:

White nosed coati: Briefly held as a placeholder in the former fox enclosure around 1993-1994, this is now the larger ringtail enclosure

(large-eared) kit fox: 1994-2004, a trio imported from Los Angeles, never bred.

Swift fox: 2004-2014: 2.2 were imported, with some breeding results.

Striped skunk: until about 2018-2020 (forgot which year exactly) in the smaller ringtail exhibit with which they were mixed.

Lesser Egyptian jerboa until around 1998, these were kept as a placeholder until the kangaroo rats finally arrived in 1998.

White-throated woodrat (pack rat): ±1994-2002, kept in the underground tunnel, but apparently a horrible display animal.

Variegated rock squirrel: 2004-2020 kept in what is now the hispid cotton rat enclosure.

Mexican ground squirrel: A trio were imported in 1994, but I am not sure if they ever went on show and they were likely only present for a few years maximum.
 
Does anybody know which animals were kept in the old nocturnal house in the park? I can't find much info on it
 
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