Species you'd like to see in zoos

I do however wonder what collection in the UK would go into manatees? Perhaps one of the larger aquariums but I can' think of somewhere in a said aquarium where they'd fit. The majority of SeaLife centres in the UK at least are relatively small with one main large tank and the remainder being smaller tanks not capable of housing manatees.
 
Species and orders/families/genera I'd like to see more (in UK):
- Echidnas (more than happy with short-beaked, but long-beaked would be amazing)
- Tree-kangaroos
- Honey badgers
- Shoebills
- Japanese macaques
- Virginia opossums (they are gremlins and I love them)
- Wombats
- Malagasy carnivorans, particularly Fossas
- Small cats, such as Fishing cats
- Bears
- Hippopotamuses (as long as UK enclosure design gets better)
- Tuatara
- Bonobos
- Glass frogs
- Giant Salamanders
- Chimera sharks
- Octopi

Species and orders/families/genera I'd like to see (re)enter captivity in UK:
- Coconut crabs (please let me know if they're in UK, ZT doesn't have inverts)
- Platypodes
- Tasmanian devils
- Vampire bats
- Pangolins
- Cetaceans (definitely not happening with how the public views cetacean captivity but hopefully improvements in enclosures and care, like what is being done in Iceland can help change that opinion)
- Walruses
- Sirenians
- Gerenuk
- Hummingbirds
- Harpy eagles
- Philippine eagles
- Gharial

Species and orders/families/genera I'd like to see (re)enter captivity in general:
- Streaked tenrecs (I held what I believe was a Lowland streaked tenrec (though may have been Highland) at a keeper experience before they disappeared from captivity. I wish I had a photo.)
- Moles
- Colugos
- Hoatzins
- Potoos
- Marine iguanas (ignoring CTC Conservation Centre due to dubious legality)
 
Aw, that's a shame :(. Hopefully it's out but if not, I can't really blame it, can I.
If I were a coconut crab I'd probably do the same.
 
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