Marsupials in the United States

Andrew_NZP said:
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- Godwin's Gatorland had gray four-eyed opossum, which no long there anymore.

- Safari Tails, Science Alive, and Barn Hill Preserve had derby's woolly opossum.

Camal Safari is the only known place to hold bare-tailed woolly opossum in the US and never had Brown-eared woolly opossum (aka western woolly opossum).

- Plus not really error but there's another place named fragile planet wildlife park holding Derby's woolly opossum

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Evirapo said:
- Godwin's Gatorland had gray four-eyed opossum, which no long there anymore.

- Safari Tails, Science Alive, and Barn Hill Preserve had derby's woolly opossum.

Camal Safari is the only known place to hold bare-tailed woolly opossum in the US and never had Brown-eared woolly opossum (aka western woolly opossum).

- Plus not really error but there's another place named fragile planet wildlife park holding Derby's woolly opossum

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The small opossums rarely get mentioned because they're short lived and either die or get sent to other places often, and they're usually an "ambassador" rather than an exhibit species so can be hard to see if a place still has them at all.
 
TinoPup said:
The small opossums rarely get mentioned because they're short lived and either die or get sent to other places often, and they're usually an "ambassador" rather than an exhibit species so can be hard to see if a place still has them at all.
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Yes, that’s true but that’s not the point
 
TinoPup said:
It is the point though. These lists are done to help people find where to see certain species. A few holder lists don't include ambassadors/off-show animals at all, depending on the author.
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My point is to give facts about the mislabel of opossum species (ex: Some of the places holding “bare-tailed woolly opossum” Dhole Dude listed are actually derby’s woolly opossum)
 
TinoPup said:
Have you verified that those places have always had derby's and never had bare-tailed?
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Yes, I checked through IG and Facebook. Camal safari is the only valid one holding actual bare-tailed woolly opossum plus no brown-eared woolly opossum is known being held in the USA.

This is the woolly opossum from Camel Safari
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Evirapo said:
Yes, I checked through IG and Facebook. Camal safari is the only valid one holding actual bare-tailed woolly opossum plus no brown-eared woolly opossum is known being held in the USA
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Something not presently being on social media doesn't mean it was never held.
 
TinoPup said:
Something not presently being on social media doesn't mean it was never held.
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Derby’s woolly opossums are commonly mislabeled as bare-tailed woolly opossum just like South American coatimundi being mislabeled as mountain coatimundi at San Diego Zoo
 
Evirapo said:
Derby’s woolly opossums are commonly mislabeled as bare-tailed woolly opossum just like South American coatimundi being mislabeled as mountain coatimundi at San Diego Zoo
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Do you have resources to support that?
 
 
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Great Argus said:
What's your basis for claiming these as Derby's, given none of these posts discuss differences?
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In my mind, It's pretty easy to identify woolly opossum species than how I had to identify canis

I'll show what are difference between bare-tailed woolly opossum and Derby's woolly opossum:

This is bare-tailed woolly opossum which has golden fur and really short fur tail compared to two species
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This is derby's woolly opossum, Grayish with orange back
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Evirapo said:
In my mind, It's pretty easy to identify woolly opossum species than how I had to identify canis

I'll show what are difference between bare-tailed woolly opossum and Derby's woolly opossum:

This is bare-tailed woolly opossum which has golden fur and really short fur tail compared to two species
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This is derby's woolly opossum, Grayish with orange back
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I see the differences with the direct comparison, I'm aware Derby's is also notably bigger.

A note though, you're not supposed to use copyrighted images on ZC.
 
Great Argus said:
I see the differences with the direct comparison, I'm aware Derby's is also notably bigger.

A note though, you're not supposed to use copyrighted images on ZC.
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I'm not aware of that but only because I was trying to find better picture to explain for the difference
 
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