They will all be southern (black) sable (H. n. niger). San Diego was the only holder of Zambian (H. n. kirkii), and all of their remaining animals were sent to the private sector after the demolition of Horn and Hoof Mesa. There are still some animals in the private sector (as well as some hybrid animals); however, there are still none of these in public collections.
When I last visited there were no less than 8 exhibits for Hellbender - one in ProMedica and the rest in a standalone building next to the raptor barn.
Are there really brown headed sipder monkeys in the US? I thought those were just black Geoffroy’s spider monkeys.
I suppose they might be, I'm not a spider monkey expert. They're usually signed as A. fusiceps.
I can't speak for outside the AZA, but there is an SSP breeding program for A. fusciceps rufiventris.
I'd be VERY surprised if any zoos anywhere had "subspecific" snow leopards, seeing as no subspecies were recognized until within the last decade, and even if multiple subspecies do exist (I'm personally skeptical), they are nowhere near as morphologically or genetically distinct as subspecies of some of the other big cats, namely tigers and leopards.
There three separate tiger SSPs and associated studbooks. There is an additional studbook for generic tigers but as you can imagine all animals are "do not breed". The three SSPs are managed by the same individual and the four studbooks are managed by another individual
I think you're making unrealistic assumptions about subspecies. Sable have been in the country in significant numbers for 70 years and most wild imports are from unknown African countries plus these imports mostly happened 50 plus years ago. Other subspecies than niger, esp kirkii, are found in countries that historically exported wildlife, and Tanzania has been a major exporter for decades. It's also a population where animals have moved between the private and public sectors many times esp for males. Maybe the population is heavily niger in origin but zero likelihood of purity in my book. The studbook SSP is at species level and the oringin of the population is only 10% genetically known.
We do have both - but to my understanding most are bulabula. It might be safe to trust signage but I’d try to verify if possible.
All of the breeding recommendations are made with Panthera leo melanochaita, though, right?
The elephants in Cincinnati are all the mainland subspecies. I've made the mistake of calling them "Sumatran" too.
I've just been snooping this and there seems some variation. If using the primary visible distinguisher of subspecies which is degree of pinkness on the cheek patch there seem to be birds in US that are likely pure B.p.pavonina and birds that may be hybrids with ceciliae in US. My source for US birds was Google photos for zoos. My source for wild birds was E-bird. A bird photographed in wild in Sudan has to be ceciliae. A bird photographed in wild in Senegal will obviously be nominate race. Given that exporting countries of the species in last 40 years will mostly be West African a predominance of pavonina make sense but it doesn't rule out ceciliae. Saddest part of this is comparing old range in literature with current range. A massive decline esp in western populations
All African Buffalo should be Cape (unless there are still some Forest Buffalos still kicking around in the private trade). All Dholes will be Chinese. I’m not sure about the first two
When ISIS was last public in 2011, only 5 US zoos did not list their birds as Balearica pavonina pavonina. All the rest did.