Definitely not Monterey
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Definitely not Monterey
I would argue that the overall future of elephants in US zoos is one of uncertainty. In basically all metrics: legality, ethics, animal welfare, population demography and genetics, elephants are a species who I genuinely believe have one of the most uncertain futures out of all animals.
On one hand, with the recent breeding success in African elephants and with the prospects of hopefully developing a vaccine for EEHV, I could absolutely see a bright future for elephants in zoos, in which case there could even be the possibility of maintaining many of the current holders while gaining additional elephant holders in the future (e.g., Brookfield, Nashville). On the other hand, given the large number of elderly individuals and the fact the populations to this day have relied on more imports, paired with our increasing understanding of what goes into good elephant welfare, I could easily see a future with a drastic decrease in the number of elephant holders, where even facilities with exhibits most of us would consider excellent could face a reality without elephants in a decade or two.
There are a lot of factors influencing elephants in captivity, and it is a species that (rightfully) gets a lot of attention, both positive and negative. A few places, such as San Francisco, have already made it all but impossible for zoos to keep elephants, and I wouldn't be surprised if in the future more places join this as well. There is a small number of zoos (e.g., Topeka, Buttonwood Park) whose future with elephants is certain, as they have already been very clear that they will be phasing them out after their current individuals pass. Other than those zoos, I don't know if there's a single zoo I am confident in predicting whether or not they'll continue housing elephants.
I'm trying to remain optimistic about elephants. The birth rate seems much higher than for some other struggling species and it feels like the facilities continuing to maintain elephants are more decisively those that are fully committed to the program with fewer holdouts. Welfare has improved considerably in the last two decades and the stereotypical image of lone elephants behind bars or pairs in undersized exhibits seems to be somewhat less in public consciousness and there hasn't been the same level of mainstream pushback to facilities with breeding herds. Many zoos with conditions that the public isn't comfortable with have moved their elephants or announced their programs will end. I don't think there are as many "ambiguous" zoos left. The activists have less to complain about and Worst Zoos for Elephants lists are full of hyperbole and lies more than real criticism.
I'll speak for Chicago at least -- there are people here who have no idea about the activism or the dozen or so losses at that facility I bring up here so much you could make it a meme, who very openly miss having elephants, and I absolutely think there are people who would open their pockets to see them back if Brookfield chooses to focus their fundraising on the issue, which they may very well not elect to do.
In short, I think the program will continue along current lines for a while to come.
I'll speak for Chicago at least -- there are people here who have no idea about the activism or the dozen or so losses at that facility I bring up here so much you could make it a meme, who very openly miss having elephants, and I absolutely think there are people who would open their pockets to see them back if Brookfield chooses to focus their fundraising on the issue, which they may very well not elect to do.
In short, I think the program will continue along current lines for a while to come.
I've already mentioned that I've seen Pygmy Marmosets at 39 zoos, Goeldi's Monkeys at 38 zoos, and not far behind it's Common Marmosets, sometimes called White-tufted Marmosets, at 34 zoos. Marmoset mania! Once again, almost 50% of my sightings were in European zoos on two trips.
1- Vancouver Aquarium (Canada) – Common Marmoset – 2008
2- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Common Marmoset – 2008
3- Tulsa Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2010
4- Audubon Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2010
5- Palm Beach Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2012
6- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2014
7- Timbavati Wildlife Park (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2014
8- Franklin Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2015
9- Moody Gardens (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2015
10- Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2015
11- Austin Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2015
12- Hillcrest Park Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2015
13- Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2015
14- Out of Africa (USA) - Common Marmoset – 2015
15- Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2015
16- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Common Marmoset – 2017
17- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2018
18- Indian Creek Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2018
19- Special Memories Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2018
20- Avonturia de Vogelkelder (Netherlands) – Common Marmoset – 2019
21- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Common Marmoset – 2019
22- Berkenhof’s Tropical Zoo (Netherlands) – Common Marmoset – 2019
23- Maubeuge Zoo (France) – Common Marmoset – 2019
24- Harry Malter Familiepark (Belgium) – Common Marmoset – 2019
25- Pakawi Park (Belgium) – Common Marmoset – 2019
26- Alsdorf Tierpark (Germany) – Common Marmoset – 2019
27- Aachener Zoo (Germany) – Common Marmoset – 2019
28- Tierpark + Fossilium Bochum (Germany) – Common Marmoset – 2019
29- ZooParc Overloon (Netherlands) – Common Marmoset – 2019
30- De Paay (Netherlands) – Common Marmoset – 2019
31- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) – Common Marmoset – 2022
32- Malmo Reptile Center (Sweden) – Common Marmoset – 2022
33- Kolmarden Tropicarium (Sweden) – Common Marmoset – 2022
34- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2023
Common Marmosets have white tufts of hair on the side of their heads and a predominantly grey coat with flecks of colour in it:
@DannySG
Some zoos have housed this species inappropriately, in confined spaces, such as Indian Creek Zoo (USA) in 2018:
Austin Zoo (USA) in 2015:
A spacious, outdoor, well-furnished, enclosed area seems to work best for this species as it keeps them safe from predators and also stops them from escaping. The exhibit at ZooParc Overloon (Netherlands) is a good example:
A massive outdoor cage for Common Marmosets and Desert Tortoises was found at Out of Africa (USA) in 2015. I remember thinking that this huge exhibit, which can be divided into two, must have held larger primates in the past.
The mid-sized, solid facility known as Aachener Zoo (Germany) has a lushly planted exhibit for the species.
It's customary to find Common Marmosets leaping around all-indoor exhibits, such as this one at Pakawi Park (Belgium):
This specimen has a scrunched up face that's Yoda-like:
@MagpieGoose
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Pygmy Marmosets - 39 zoos
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Common Marmosets - 34 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
1- Vancouver Aquarium (Canada) – Common Marmoset – 2008
2- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Common Marmoset – 2008
3- Tulsa Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2010
4- Audubon Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2010
5- Palm Beach Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2012
6- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2014
7- Timbavati Wildlife Park (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2014
8- Franklin Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2015
9- Moody Gardens (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2015
10- Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2015
11- Austin Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2015
12- Hillcrest Park Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2015
13- Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2015
14- Out of Africa (USA) - Common Marmoset – 2015
15- Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2015
16- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Common Marmoset – 2017
17- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2018
18- Indian Creek Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2018
19- Special Memories Zoo (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2018
20- Avonturia de Vogelkelder (Netherlands) – Common Marmoset – 2019
21- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Common Marmoset – 2019
22- Berkenhof’s Tropical Zoo (Netherlands) – Common Marmoset – 2019
23- Maubeuge Zoo (France) – Common Marmoset – 2019
24- Harry Malter Familiepark (Belgium) – Common Marmoset – 2019
25- Pakawi Park (Belgium) – Common Marmoset – 2019
26- Alsdorf Tierpark (Germany) – Common Marmoset – 2019
27- Aachener Zoo (Germany) – Common Marmoset – 2019
28- Tierpark + Fossilium Bochum (Germany) – Common Marmoset – 2019
29- ZooParc Overloon (Netherlands) – Common Marmoset – 2019
30- De Paay (Netherlands) – Common Marmoset – 2019
31- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) – Common Marmoset – 2022
32- Malmo Reptile Center (Sweden) – Common Marmoset – 2022
33- Kolmarden Tropicarium (Sweden) – Common Marmoset – 2022
34- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Common Marmoset – 2023
Common Marmosets have white tufts of hair on the side of their heads and a predominantly grey coat with flecks of colour in it:
@DannySG
Some zoos have housed this species inappropriately, in confined spaces, such as Indian Creek Zoo (USA) in 2018:
Austin Zoo (USA) in 2015:
A spacious, outdoor, well-furnished, enclosed area seems to work best for this species as it keeps them safe from predators and also stops them from escaping. The exhibit at ZooParc Overloon (Netherlands) is a good example:
A massive outdoor cage for Common Marmosets and Desert Tortoises was found at Out of Africa (USA) in 2015. I remember thinking that this huge exhibit, which can be divided into two, must have held larger primates in the past.
The mid-sized, solid facility known as Aachener Zoo (Germany) has a lushly planted exhibit for the species.
It's customary to find Common Marmosets leaping around all-indoor exhibits, such as this one at Pakawi Park (Belgium):
This specimen has a scrunched up face that's Yoda-like:
@MagpieGoose
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Pygmy Marmosets - 39 zoos
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Common Marmosets - 34 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
White-headed Marmosets, also labeled as Geoffroy's Marmoset or Geoffrey's Marmoset in the ZooChat gallery, is a species that I've seen at 19 zoos. The previous day's post was about Common Marmosets, with their black faces and white ear tufts. In contrast, White-headed Marmosets are the opposite, with white faces and black ear tufts.
@gentle lemur
1- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – White-headed Marmoset – 1998
2- Lincoln Park Zoo - Illinois (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2008
3- Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2008
4- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2008
5- Zoo Miami (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2008
6- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2010
7- El Paso Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2010
8- Charles Paddock Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2011
9- St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2012
10- Little Rock Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2012
11- Sunset Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2012
12- Henry Vilas Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2014
13- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2017
14- Vogelpark Avifauna (Netherlands) – White-headed Marmoset – 2019
15- Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) – White-headed Marmoset – 2019
16- GaiaZOO (Netherlands) – White-headed Marmoset – 2019
17- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – White-headed Marmoset – 2019
18- Serengeti-Park (Germany) – White-headed Marmoset – 2019
19- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) – White-headed Marmoset – 2022
GaiaZOO (Netherlands) has several terrific primate exhibits and the one with White-headed Marmosets, Golden Lion Tamarins, White-faced Sakis and Capybaras is a lush island home.
@Mr Gharial
Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) had White-headed Marmosets and Golden-headed Lion Tamarins in a walk-through area when I visited that zoo in 2019. The primates had tiny bridges and platforms, like an 'Ewok Village', high above the heads of visitors.
Those green, spacious, outdoor habitats for White-headed Marmosets are in stark contrast to some zoos that keep the species in much smaller enclosures. El Paso Zoo (USA) had an exhibit for the species in 2010 that looks more like a reptile terrarium, but in truth I really like the sandy natural substrate on the floor and there's a number of tree branches for climbing opportunities.
But Phoenix Zoo (USA), in 2023, should really do better. It's a world away from the forest at Planckendael.
The same could be said for Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) in 2022, as the White-headed Marmosets were removed from the now demolished old Monkey Pavilion but instead find themselves here in what appears to be a metal parrot cage.
@MGolka
Vogelpark Avifauna (Netherlands) has a splendid walk-through exhibit with various primates that is spacious and memorable.
Both photos by @KevinB
I'll leave today's post with a curiosity, as I stumbled upon this fact while putting together my latest 'blog'. For years Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) in Amsterdam actually had a hybrid animal that was a cross between a Pygmy Marmoset and a White-headed Marmoset. Here are two photos of this peculiar looking primate:
@migdog
@Vision
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Pygmy Marmosets - 39 zoos
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Common Marmosets - 34 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
White-headed Marmosets - 19 zoos
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
@gentle lemur
1- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – White-headed Marmoset – 1998
2- Lincoln Park Zoo - Illinois (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2008
3- Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2008
4- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2008
5- Zoo Miami (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2008
6- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2010
7- El Paso Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2010
8- Charles Paddock Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2011
9- St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2012
10- Little Rock Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2012
11- Sunset Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2012
12- Henry Vilas Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2014
13- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – White-headed Marmoset – 2017
14- Vogelpark Avifauna (Netherlands) – White-headed Marmoset – 2019
15- Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) – White-headed Marmoset – 2019
16- GaiaZOO (Netherlands) – White-headed Marmoset – 2019
17- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – White-headed Marmoset – 2019
18- Serengeti-Park (Germany) – White-headed Marmoset – 2019
19- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) – White-headed Marmoset – 2022
GaiaZOO (Netherlands) has several terrific primate exhibits and the one with White-headed Marmosets, Golden Lion Tamarins, White-faced Sakis and Capybaras is a lush island home.
@Mr Gharial
Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) had White-headed Marmosets and Golden-headed Lion Tamarins in a walk-through area when I visited that zoo in 2019. The primates had tiny bridges and platforms, like an 'Ewok Village', high above the heads of visitors.
Those green, spacious, outdoor habitats for White-headed Marmosets are in stark contrast to some zoos that keep the species in much smaller enclosures. El Paso Zoo (USA) had an exhibit for the species in 2010 that looks more like a reptile terrarium, but in truth I really like the sandy natural substrate on the floor and there's a number of tree branches for climbing opportunities.
But Phoenix Zoo (USA), in 2023, should really do better. It's a world away from the forest at Planckendael.
The same could be said for Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) in 2022, as the White-headed Marmosets were removed from the now demolished old Monkey Pavilion but instead find themselves here in what appears to be a metal parrot cage.
@MGolka
Vogelpark Avifauna (Netherlands) has a splendid walk-through exhibit with various primates that is spacious and memorable.
Both photos by @KevinB
I'll leave today's post with a curiosity, as I stumbled upon this fact while putting together my latest 'blog'. For years Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) in Amsterdam actually had a hybrid animal that was a cross between a Pygmy Marmoset and a White-headed Marmoset. Here are two photos of this peculiar looking primate:
@migdog
@Vision
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Pygmy Marmosets - 39 zoos
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Common Marmosets - 34 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
White-headed Marmosets - 19 zoos
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
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I'll finish off all the marmosets in one fell swoop. Today I will cover THREE primate species, as I've come across Silvery Marmosets at 4 zoos, Black-tufted Marmosets at 3 zoos and Wied's Marmosets at 2 zoos. All extreme rarities of the highest order for me.
1- Krefeld Zoo (Germany) - Silvery Marmoset – 2019
2- Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) - Silvery Marmoset – 2019
3- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) - Silvery Marmoset – 2019
4- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) - Silvery Marmoset – 2022
AND...
1- Virginia Zoo (USA) – Black-tufted Marmoset – 2012
2- Micke Grove Zoo (USA) – Black-tufted Marmoset – 2017
3- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) – Black-tufted Marmoset – 2022
AND...
1- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Wied’s Marmoset – 2010
2- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Wied’s Marmoset – 2015
Silvery Marmosets are incredible to see, an all-white species that at first glance could easily be mistaken for an albino monkey.
@Jakub
@Zooish
There's only two images of Silvery Marmosets at Krefeld Zoo (Germany) in the ZooChat gallery and here's one of them. Aha! They aren't all white but in fact have really cool black tails!
@ThylacineAlive
Currently, at Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) the Silvery Marmosets are in a free-roaming area, as is typical of that world-class, extraordinary Dutch zoo. But when I was there in 2019 I saw them in an enclosed exhibit. It made for excellent viewing, but of course now this species has a larger space to roam. Here's my photo from 2019:
Berlin Tierpark (Germany) had Silvery Marmosets when I was there in 2019:
@Dianamonkey
I also saw Silvery Marmosets at Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) and I originally had them down at Central Park Zoo (USA) as well but I haven't included that zoo here as I have no definitive proof other than a hazy memory from 16 years ago because my visit was in the summer of 2008. Would that NYC zoo have had the species back then?
Moving on, I first saw Black-tufted Marmosets at Virginia Zoo (USA) back in 2012. These guys have a cool striped pattern down their backs and onto their tails:
@David Matos Mendes
Virginia Zoo (USA) had Black-tufted Marmosets in a mixed-species nocturnal exhibit in 2012. Coendous, Sloths and Goeldi's Monkeys were all part of this general area.
@mweb08
Micke Grove Zoo (USA) had what was signed as Black-tufted Marmosets in with Yellow-knobbed Curassows and Pudus in 2017:
Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) has a whole row of primate exhibits with an astonishing diversity of small monkeys. Here's my photo from 2022:
A single photo in the ZooChat gallery exists of a Wied's Marmoset at Utah's Hogle Zoo (USA):
@Ituri
I also saw Wied's Marmosets at Alexandria Zoo (USA) in 2015, together with Sun Conures:
Earlier, If there was a clear winner in the 'Macaque Sweepstakes', it was the now closed Special Memories Zoo (USA) with 5 species at one time in 2018: Japanese, Booted, Rhesus, Crab-eating and Sulawesi Crested.
The clear winner in the 'Marmoset Sweepstakes' is the small, privately-owned Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) with 5 species: Pygmy, Common, White-headed, Silvery and Black-tufted, PLUS the zoo also had Goeldi's Monkeys (sometimes labeled as Goeldi's Marmosets at zoos), and three tamarin species when I was there in 2019. That adds up to NINE types of small monkey at that Danish zoo at one time. Wow! Can you imagine the stench?
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Marmosets - 89 zoos and 101 exhibits (6 species: 39 Pygmy, 34 Common, 19 White-headed, 4 Silvery, 3 Black-tufted, 2 Wied's, with some zoos having multiple species)
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
1- Krefeld Zoo (Germany) - Silvery Marmoset – 2019
2- Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) - Silvery Marmoset – 2019
3- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) - Silvery Marmoset – 2019
4- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) - Silvery Marmoset – 2022
AND...
1- Virginia Zoo (USA) – Black-tufted Marmoset – 2012
2- Micke Grove Zoo (USA) – Black-tufted Marmoset – 2017
3- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) – Black-tufted Marmoset – 2022
AND...
1- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Wied’s Marmoset – 2010
2- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Wied’s Marmoset – 2015
Silvery Marmosets are incredible to see, an all-white species that at first glance could easily be mistaken for an albino monkey.
@Jakub
@Zooish
There's only two images of Silvery Marmosets at Krefeld Zoo (Germany) in the ZooChat gallery and here's one of them. Aha! They aren't all white but in fact have really cool black tails!
@ThylacineAlive
Currently, at Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) the Silvery Marmosets are in a free-roaming area, as is typical of that world-class, extraordinary Dutch zoo. But when I was there in 2019 I saw them in an enclosed exhibit. It made for excellent viewing, but of course now this species has a larger space to roam. Here's my photo from 2019:
Berlin Tierpark (Germany) had Silvery Marmosets when I was there in 2019:
@Dianamonkey
I also saw Silvery Marmosets at Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) and I originally had them down at Central Park Zoo (USA) as well but I haven't included that zoo here as I have no definitive proof other than a hazy memory from 16 years ago because my visit was in the summer of 2008. Would that NYC zoo have had the species back then?
Moving on, I first saw Black-tufted Marmosets at Virginia Zoo (USA) back in 2012. These guys have a cool striped pattern down their backs and onto their tails:
@David Matos Mendes
Virginia Zoo (USA) had Black-tufted Marmosets in a mixed-species nocturnal exhibit in 2012. Coendous, Sloths and Goeldi's Monkeys were all part of this general area.
@mweb08
Micke Grove Zoo (USA) had what was signed as Black-tufted Marmosets in with Yellow-knobbed Curassows and Pudus in 2017:
Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) has a whole row of primate exhibits with an astonishing diversity of small monkeys. Here's my photo from 2022:
A single photo in the ZooChat gallery exists of a Wied's Marmoset at Utah's Hogle Zoo (USA):
@Ituri
I also saw Wied's Marmosets at Alexandria Zoo (USA) in 2015, together with Sun Conures:
Earlier, If there was a clear winner in the 'Macaque Sweepstakes', it was the now closed Special Memories Zoo (USA) with 5 species at one time in 2018: Japanese, Booted, Rhesus, Crab-eating and Sulawesi Crested.
The clear winner in the 'Marmoset Sweepstakes' is the small, privately-owned Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) with 5 species: Pygmy, Common, White-headed, Silvery and Black-tufted, PLUS the zoo also had Goeldi's Monkeys (sometimes labeled as Goeldi's Marmosets at zoos), and three tamarin species when I was there in 2019. That adds up to NINE types of small monkey at that Danish zoo at one time. Wow! Can you imagine the stench?
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Marmosets - 89 zoos and 101 exhibits (6 species: 39 Pygmy, 34 Common, 19 White-headed, 4 Silvery, 3 Black-tufted, 2 Wied's, with some zoos having multiple species)
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
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This species to me will always be a reminder to appreciate the animals you can see at your local zoo while you still can. My hometown zoo, Capron Park Zoo, housed this species in their Rainforest building for a number of years when I was a child, and while I vaguely remember them, I never really appreciated this species, and would be more focused on some of the other species in the exhibit (Victorian crowned pigeon and crested wood partridge especially!) Years after the Wied's marmoset left, and I have never seen this species at another zoo, and probably never will. I feel the same way about Roger Williams Park Zoo's Parma wallabies.
Were the Black-tufted Marmosets in the nocturnal exhibit actually active?I'll finish off all the marmosets in one fell swoop. Today I will cover THREE primate species, as I've come across Silvery Marmosets at 4 zoos, Black-tufted Marmosets at 3 zoos and Wied's Marmosets at 2 zoos. All extreme rarities of the highest order for me.
1- Krefeld Zoo (Germany) - Silvery Marmoset – 2019
2- Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) - Silvery Marmoset – 2019
3- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) - Silvery Marmoset – 2019
4- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) - Silvery Marmoset – 2022
AND...
1- Virginia Zoo (USA) – Black-tufted Marmoset – 2012
2- Micke Grove Zoo (USA) – Black-tufted Marmoset – 2017
3- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) – Black-tufted Marmoset – 2022
AND...
1- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Wied’s Marmoset – 2010
2- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Wied’s Marmoset – 2015
Silvery Marmosets are incredible to see, an all-white species that at first glance could easily be mistaken for an albino monkey.
@Jakub
@Zooish
There's only two images of Silvery Marmosets at Krefeld Zoo (Germany) in the ZooChat gallery and here's one of them. Aha! They aren't all white but in fact have really cool black tails!
@ThylacineAlive
Currently, at Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) the Silvery Marmosets are in a free-roaming area, as is typical of that world-class, extraordinary Dutch zoo. But when I was there in 2019 I saw them in an enclosed exhibit. It made for excellent viewing, but of course now this species has a larger space to roam. Here's my photo from 2019:
Berlin Tierpark (Germany) had Silvery Marmosets when I was there in 2019:
@Dianamonkey
I also saw Silvery Marmosets at Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) and I originally had them down at Central Park Zoo (USA) as well but I haven't included that zoo here as I have no definitive proof other than a hazy memory from 16 years ago because my visit was in the summer of 2008. Would that NYC zoo have had the species back then?
Moving on, I first saw Black-tufted Marmosets at Virginia Zoo (USA) back in 2012. These guys have a cool striped pattern down their backs and onto their tails:
@David Matos Mendes
Virginia Zoo (USA) had Black-tufted Marmosets in a mixed-species nocturnal exhibit in 2012. Coendous, Sloths and Goeldi's Monkeys were all part of this general area.
@mweb08
Micke Grove Zoo (USA) had what was signed as Black-tufted Marmosets in with Yellow-knobbed Curassows and Pudus in 2017:
Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) has a whole row of primate exhibits with an astonishing diversity of small monkeys. Here's my photo from 2022:
A single photo in the ZooChat gallery exists of a Wied's Marmoset at Utah's Hogle Zoo (USA):
@Ituri
I also saw Wied's Marmosets at Alexandria Zoo (USA) in 2015, together with Sun Conures:
Earlier, If there was a clear winner in the 'Macaque Sweepstakes', it was the now closed Special Memories Zoo (USA) with 5 species at one time in 2018: Japanese, Booted, Rhesus, Crab-eating and Sulawesi Crested.
The clear winner in the 'Marmoset Sweepstakes' is the small, privately-owned Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) with 5 species: Pygmy, Common, White-headed, Silvery and Black-tufted, PLUS the zoo also had Goeldi's Monkeys (sometimes labeled as Goeldi's Marmosets at zoos), and three tamarin species when I was there in 2019. That adds up to NINE types of small monkey at that Danish zoo at one time. Wow! Can you imagine the stench?
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Marmosets - 89 zoos and 101 exhibits (6 species: 39 Pygmy, 34 Common, 19 White-headed, 4 Silvery, 3 Black-tufted, 2 Wied's)
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
I have not seen any of the three marmosets in the recent post, but will likely have seen silvery marmosets within the month. The black-tufted marmoset pattern is very attractive though as pointed out. Are any of these three marmosets still kept in the USA?
I totally agree @Neil chace with your comment and this thread has enlightened me on numerous occasions about the many species that I greatly miss. A lot of these primates I saw on several occasions and then perhaps a decade went by with nothing, or in some cases I'll likely never see the species again. We should take nothing for granted! 
Yes @birdsandbats the monkeys were active and it was a memorable occasion visiting that nocturnal section inside Virginia Zoo's Small Mammal House in 2012. Of course, now that building has been renovated to become strictly a Reptile House (World of Reptiles), but when I visited here was the species list and it included 9 mammals.
Species list (44 species): Ocelot, Armadillo, Northern Tree Shrew (two exhibits), Pygmy Hedgehog Tenrec, Coendou, Two-toed sloth, Douroucouli, Black Tufted-ear Marmoset, Goeldi's Monkey, Timber Rattlesnake, Eastern Cottonmouth, Bamboo Rat Snake, Northern Pine Snake, Copperhead, Madagascan Giant Hognose Snake, Green Tree Python, Carpet Python, Angolan Python, Arizona Mountain Kingsnake, Eastern Kingsnake, Madagascan Tree Boa, Emerald Tree Boa, Common Boa Constrictor, Rough Green Snake, Standing’s Day Gecko, New Caledonian Crested Gecko, Beaded Lizard, Emerald Skink, Eastern Blue-tongue Skink, Chinese Crocodile Lizard, Fiji Banded Iguana, Eastern Box Turtle, Axolotl, Rio Cauca Caecilian, Green-and-Black Poison Dart Frog, Blue Poison Dart Frog, Splashback Poison Dart Frog, Milky Tree Frog, Green Tree Frog, Tomato Frog, Horned Frog, Southern Toad, Goliath Bird-eating Spider and Brazilian Red-and-White Tarantula.
That's a good question @JVM and I'm not sure of the answer. It's likely that all 3 species are no longer at any of the 1,000 or so 'zoos' in North America, unless there's been some unexpected new holders. And that's exciting news about you seeing Silvery Marmosets...a wonderful little monkey to see!
Lastly, on the opening post on this thread I mentioned that my wife and I were going to take our kids to Disneyland for the very first time. Yesterday we drove 8 hours south and today we drove another 6 hours and also visited Wildlife Safari in Oregon. I'll write a short blurb about it on that zoo's thread later this week, but all 4 kids were excited to take part in a zoo experience from the comfort of our minivan. It's not my favoured method of seeing a zoo, but it was nice to tour Wildlife Safari again as my solitary previous visit was March of 2010. That place has a sign near the entrance stating that they've had a whopping 251 Cheetah births, which is truly remarkable. As of today, there's exactly 27 Cheetahs at the zoo and we saw loads of them in a series of chain-link yards.
Anyway, during the next 10 days my posts will be hit-and-miss due to the family vacation. Instead of a constant stream of primate lists, which take me about an hour per day, I'll be lining up for loud rides and contemplating how expensive everything is. But the kids will have a blast!
Yes @birdsandbats the monkeys were active and it was a memorable occasion visiting that nocturnal section inside Virginia Zoo's Small Mammal House in 2012. Of course, now that building has been renovated to become strictly a Reptile House (World of Reptiles), but when I visited here was the species list and it included 9 mammals.
Species list (44 species): Ocelot, Armadillo, Northern Tree Shrew (two exhibits), Pygmy Hedgehog Tenrec, Coendou, Two-toed sloth, Douroucouli, Black Tufted-ear Marmoset, Goeldi's Monkey, Timber Rattlesnake, Eastern Cottonmouth, Bamboo Rat Snake, Northern Pine Snake, Copperhead, Madagascan Giant Hognose Snake, Green Tree Python, Carpet Python, Angolan Python, Arizona Mountain Kingsnake, Eastern Kingsnake, Madagascan Tree Boa, Emerald Tree Boa, Common Boa Constrictor, Rough Green Snake, Standing’s Day Gecko, New Caledonian Crested Gecko, Beaded Lizard, Emerald Skink, Eastern Blue-tongue Skink, Chinese Crocodile Lizard, Fiji Banded Iguana, Eastern Box Turtle, Axolotl, Rio Cauca Caecilian, Green-and-Black Poison Dart Frog, Blue Poison Dart Frog, Splashback Poison Dart Frog, Milky Tree Frog, Green Tree Frog, Tomato Frog, Horned Frog, Southern Toad, Goliath Bird-eating Spider and Brazilian Red-and-White Tarantula.
That's a good question @JVM and I'm not sure of the answer. It's likely that all 3 species are no longer at any of the 1,000 or so 'zoos' in North America, unless there's been some unexpected new holders. And that's exciting news about you seeing Silvery Marmosets...a wonderful little monkey to see!
Lastly, on the opening post on this thread I mentioned that my wife and I were going to take our kids to Disneyland for the very first time. Yesterday we drove 8 hours south and today we drove another 6 hours and also visited Wildlife Safari in Oregon. I'll write a short blurb about it on that zoo's thread later this week, but all 4 kids were excited to take part in a zoo experience from the comfort of our minivan. It's not my favoured method of seeing a zoo, but it was nice to tour Wildlife Safari again as my solitary previous visit was March of 2010. That place has a sign near the entrance stating that they've had a whopping 251 Cheetah births, which is truly remarkable. As of today, there's exactly 27 Cheetahs at the zoo and we saw loads of them in a series of chain-link yards.
Anyway, during the next 10 days my posts will be hit-and-miss due to the family vacation. Instead of a constant stream of primate lists, which take me about an hour per day, I'll be lining up for loud rides and contemplating how expensive everything is. But the kids will have a blast!
Lori Patton
Well-Known Member
@snowleopard , your posts are both fascinating and entertaining -- I've never known anyone to have such an excellent memory and detailed notes on so many zoos! Since you said you're on your way to Disneyland, I want to highly recommend several rides/attractions with animal themes.I totally agree @Neil chace with your comment and this thread has enlightened me on numerous occasions about the many species that I greatly miss. A lot of these primates I saw on several occasions and then perhaps a decade went by with nothing, or in some cases I'll likely never see the species again. We should take nothing for granted!
Yes @birdsandbats the monkeys were active and it was a memorable occasion visiting that nocturnal section inside Virginia Zoo's Small Mammal House in 2012. Of course, now that building has been renovated to become strictly a Reptile House (World of Reptiles), but when I visited here was the species list and it included 9 mammals.
Species list (44 species): Ocelot, Armadillo, Northern Tree Shrew (two exhibits), Pygmy Hedgehog Tenrec, Coendou, Two-toed sloth, Douroucouli, Black Tufted-ear Marmoset, Goeldi's Monkey, Timber Rattlesnake, Eastern Cottonmouth, Bamboo Rat Snake, Northern Pine Snake, Copperhead, Madagascan Giant Hognose Snake, Green Tree Python, Carpet Python, Angolan Python, Arizona Mountain Kingsnake, Eastern Kingsnake, Madagascan Tree Boa, Emerald Tree Boa, Common Boa Constrictor, Rough Green Snake, Standing’s Day Gecko, New Caledonian Crested Gecko, Beaded Lizard, Emerald Skink, Eastern Blue-tongue Skink, Chinese Crocodile Lizard, Fiji Banded Iguana, Eastern Box Turtle, Axolotl, Rio Cauca Caecilian, Green-and-Black Poison Dart Frog, Blue Poison Dart Frog, Splashback Poison Dart Frog, Milky Tree Frog, Green Tree Frog, Tomato Frog, Horned Frog, Southern Toad, Goliath Bird-eating Spider and Brazilian Red-and-White Tarantula.
That's a good question @JVM and I'm not sure of the answer. It's likely that all 3 species are no longer at any of the 1,000 or so 'zoos' in North America, unless there's been some unexpected new holders. And that's exciting news about you seeing Silvery Marmosets...a wonderful little monkey to see!
Lastly, on the opening post on this thread I mentioned that my wife and I were going to take our kids to Disneyland for the very first time. Yesterday we drove 8 hours south and today we drove another 6 hours and also visited Wildlife Safari in Oregon. I'll write a short blurb about it on that zoo's thread later this week, but all 4 kids were excited to take part in a zoo experience from the comfort of our minivan. It's not my favoured method of seeing a zoo, but it was nice to tour Wildlife Safari again as my solitary previous visit was March of 2010. That place has a sign near the entrance stating that they've had a whopping 251 Cheetah births, which is truly remarkable. As of today, there's exactly 27 Cheetahs at the zoo and we saw loads of them in a series of chain-link yards.
Anyway, during the next 10 days my posts will be hit-and-miss due to the family vacation. Instead of a constant stream of primate lists, which take me about an hour per day, I'll be lining up for loud rides and contemplating how expensive everything is. But the kids will have a blast!
- Jungle Cruise -- classic ride with fabulous audio-animatronic animals creating an immersive experience
- Enchanted Tiki Room -- beautiful and colorful show with all sorts of exotic audio-animatronic birds
- Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage -- unique opportunity to see different sea creatures created with digital projection effects
A quick google search for "Central Park Zoo marmoset" brought me this result, a 2007 photo: Marmoset. Certainly seems plausible you saw them, although it is news to me that this species was in the US so recently.
I remember seeing them in Central Park Zoo when I went there in early spring 2009.
For years Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) in Amsterdam actually had a hybrid animal that was a cross between a Pygmy Marmoset and a White-headed Marmoset. Here are two photos of this peculiar looking primate:
@migdog
And it is actually carrying a baby on its back! Who can tell, whether this hybrid was babysitting a young pygmy marmoset, or it managed to produce a second generation young?
Firstly let me say @snowleopard what an incredible undertaking this is, one I am thoroughly enjoying!!
I second these nitpicks haha, would love to see the Chlorocebus given the douroucoulis treatment, so it would read:
"Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos (3 species: vervet, grivet, green)"
Assuming you were at least sure you'd seen those three species at some point.
Obviously your choice in the end!!
Is there a more common monkey in the zoo world than the Cotton-top Tamarin? These little critters are ubiquitous in zoos across the globe and I've visited 88 zoos with the species. Did I physically see these tiny monkeys on every zoo visit? I obviously cannot recall if I actually saw a tiny brown-and-white ball of fur in Pittsburgh 16 years ago, but there's a good chance I did because these primates are incredibly active mammals. They hardly seem to stand still for more than a few seconds at a time! I wouldn't be surprised if they are still common in the pet trade, as they make for engaging (yet stinky) pets.
1- Taronga Zoo (Australia) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2007
2- Adelaide Zoo (Australia) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2007
3- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
4- Lincoln Park Zoo - Illinois (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
5- Brookfield Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
6- Montreal Biodome (Canada) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
7- Central Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
8- Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
9- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
10- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
11- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
12- Disney’s Animal Kingdom (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
13- Zoo Miami (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
14- Wildlife Safari (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
15- Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
16- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
17- Binder Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
18- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
19- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
20- Roger Williams Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
21- Chattanooga Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
22- Birmingham Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
23- Houston Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
24- Caldwell Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
25- Dallas Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
26- Dallas World Aquarium (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
27- San Antonio Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
28- Gladys Porter Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
29- El Paso Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
30- ABQ BioPark Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
31- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
32- Zoo Boise (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
33- Oakland Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2011
34- Santa Ana Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2011
35- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2011
36- Potawatomi Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
37- John Ball Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
38- Potter Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
39- Franklin Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
40- St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
41- Brevard Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
42- Palm Beach Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
43- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
44- Hattiesburg Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
45- Jackson Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
46- Dickerson Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
47- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
48- Tautphaus Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
49- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
50- Chahinkapa Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
51- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
52- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
53- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
54- Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
55- Timbavati Wildlife Park (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
56- Niabi Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
57- Peoria Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
58- Miller Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
59- Hutchinson Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
60- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2015
61- Ellen Trout Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2015
62- Franklin Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2015
63- Moody Gardens (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2015
64- Abilene Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2015
65- Micke Grove Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2017
66- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2018
67- Saginaw Children’s Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2018
68- Washington Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2018
69- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2018
70- Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
71- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
72- Berkenhof’s Tropical Zoo (Netherlands) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
73- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
74- Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
75- Aachener Zoo (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
76- Cologne Zoo (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
77- Tierpark + Fossilium Bochum (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
78- Dierenpark de Oliemeulen (Netherlands) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
79- De Paay (Netherlands) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
80- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
81- Serengeti-Park (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
82- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
83- NaturZoo Rheine (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
84- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2022
85- Munkholm Zoo (Denmark) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2022
86- Terrariet Reptile Zoo (Denmark) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2022
87- Boras Zoo (Sweden) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2022
88- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2022
@Lafone
Seeing Cotton-top Tamarins in an outdoor exhibit is always terrific, as the monkeys can receive fresh air, cool breezes, unknown scents, natural sunlight, insects to supplement their diet, and numerous other benefits. A well-vegetated outdoor enclosure, like this one at Micke Grove Zoo (USA), is excellent in many ways. It's simple yet surprisingly effective at showcasing tamarin behaviour to the general public.
Contrast that with this exhibit at John Ball Zoo (USA). It's entirely indoors, with a cement floor, and lacking so many of the natural enrichment opportunities that are presented within an outdoor habitat. I suppose that a keeper can hose it down easier, but that's perhaps the only benefit. (The Cotton-top Tamarins have since received an improved exhibit)
It's been very rare for me to see Cotton-top Tamarins in an open-topped exhibit, but that was the case at Serengeti-Park (Germany) in 2019.
That same year, NaturZoo Rheine (Germany) opened a new exhibit for Cotton-top Tamarins, in the form of a lush island home.
Sometimes there is even a pseudo-South American theme, such as the back wall of this enclosure at Dickerson Park Zoo (USA):
@Forge
Many exhibits for this species are entirely indoors, occasionally with that infamous primate play toy of a swinging tire. Here's an example at Berkenhof’s Tropical Zoo (Netherlands):
I visited Nashville Zoo (USA) in 2010 and they did NOT have Cotton-top Tamarins and therefore that zoo is absent from my list. However, I cannot end this post without mentioning that a few years ago, when the zoo debuted their new South American complex called Expedition Peru: Trek of the Andean Bear, a Cotton-top Tamarin exhibit was installed in the women's restroom! How cool is that? Here it is:
@pachyderm pro
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Marmosets - 89 zoos and 101 exhibits (6 species: 39 Pygmy, 34 Common, 19 White-headed, 4 Silvery, 3 Black-tufted, 2 Wied's, with some zoos having multiple species)
Cotton-top Tamarins - 88 zoos
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos (3 species: Vervet, Green, Grivet)
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
1- Taronga Zoo (Australia) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2007
2- Adelaide Zoo (Australia) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2007
3- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
4- Lincoln Park Zoo - Illinois (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
5- Brookfield Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
6- Montreal Biodome (Canada) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
7- Central Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
8- Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
9- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
10- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
11- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
12- Disney’s Animal Kingdom (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
13- Zoo Miami (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
14- Wildlife Safari (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
15- Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
16- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
17- Binder Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
18- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
19- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
20- Roger Williams Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
21- Chattanooga Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
22- Birmingham Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
23- Houston Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
24- Caldwell Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
25- Dallas Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
26- Dallas World Aquarium (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
27- San Antonio Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
28- Gladys Porter Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
29- El Paso Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
30- ABQ BioPark Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
31- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
32- Zoo Boise (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
33- Oakland Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2011
34- Santa Ana Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2011
35- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2011
36- Potawatomi Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
37- John Ball Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
38- Potter Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
39- Franklin Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
40- St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
41- Brevard Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
42- Palm Beach Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
43- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
44- Hattiesburg Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
45- Jackson Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
46- Dickerson Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
47- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
48- Tautphaus Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
49- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
50- Chahinkapa Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
51- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
52- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
53- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
54- Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
55- Timbavati Wildlife Park (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
56- Niabi Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
57- Peoria Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
58- Miller Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
59- Hutchinson Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
60- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2015
61- Ellen Trout Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2015
62- Franklin Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2015
63- Moody Gardens (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2015
64- Abilene Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2015
65- Micke Grove Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2017
66- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2018
67- Saginaw Children’s Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2018
68- Washington Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2018
69- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2018
70- Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
71- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
72- Berkenhof’s Tropical Zoo (Netherlands) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
73- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
74- Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
75- Aachener Zoo (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
76- Cologne Zoo (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
77- Tierpark + Fossilium Bochum (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
78- Dierenpark de Oliemeulen (Netherlands) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
79- De Paay (Netherlands) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
80- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
81- Serengeti-Park (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
82- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
83- NaturZoo Rheine (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
84- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2022
85- Munkholm Zoo (Denmark) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2022
86- Terrariet Reptile Zoo (Denmark) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2022
87- Boras Zoo (Sweden) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2022
88- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2022
@Lafone
Seeing Cotton-top Tamarins in an outdoor exhibit is always terrific, as the monkeys can receive fresh air, cool breezes, unknown scents, natural sunlight, insects to supplement their diet, and numerous other benefits. A well-vegetated outdoor enclosure, like this one at Micke Grove Zoo (USA), is excellent in many ways. It's simple yet surprisingly effective at showcasing tamarin behaviour to the general public.
Contrast that with this exhibit at John Ball Zoo (USA). It's entirely indoors, with a cement floor, and lacking so many of the natural enrichment opportunities that are presented within an outdoor habitat. I suppose that a keeper can hose it down easier, but that's perhaps the only benefit. (The Cotton-top Tamarins have since received an improved exhibit)
It's been very rare for me to see Cotton-top Tamarins in an open-topped exhibit, but that was the case at Serengeti-Park (Germany) in 2019.
That same year, NaturZoo Rheine (Germany) opened a new exhibit for Cotton-top Tamarins, in the form of a lush island home.
Sometimes there is even a pseudo-South American theme, such as the back wall of this enclosure at Dickerson Park Zoo (USA):
@Forge
Many exhibits for this species are entirely indoors, occasionally with that infamous primate play toy of a swinging tire. Here's an example at Berkenhof’s Tropical Zoo (Netherlands):
I visited Nashville Zoo (USA) in 2010 and they did NOT have Cotton-top Tamarins and therefore that zoo is absent from my list. However, I cannot end this post without mentioning that a few years ago, when the zoo debuted their new South American complex called Expedition Peru: Trek of the Andean Bear, a Cotton-top Tamarin exhibit was installed in the women's restroom! How cool is that? Here it is:
@pachyderm pro
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Marmosets - 89 zoos and 101 exhibits (6 species: 39 Pygmy, 34 Common, 19 White-headed, 4 Silvery, 3 Black-tufted, 2 Wied's, with some zoos having multiple species)
Cotton-top Tamarins - 88 zoos
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos (3 species: Vervet, Green, Grivet)
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
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While outdoor exhibits can certainly be done well, tamarins are the kind of primate that I think some of the best exhibits for are actually indoors. Natural lighting is very important for callitrichids, especially the lion tamarins, and while obviously the John Ball Zoo exhibit isn't a model other zoos should replicate, I've found that some of the best tamarin exhibits to be when they are free-ranging in large Rainforest buildings, such as at Roger Williams Park Zoo, which no longer has cottontop tamarins but instead has golden lion tamarins free-ranging in the Faces of the Rainforest building:Seeing Cotton-top Tamarins in an outdoor exhibit is always terrific, as the monkeys can receive fresh air, cool breezes, unknown scents, natural sunlight, insects to supplement their diet, and numerous other benefits. A well-vegetated outdoor enclosure, like this one at Micke Grove Zoo (USA), is excellent in many ways. It's simple yet surprisingly effective at showcasing tamarin behaviour to the general public.
Contrast that with this exhibit at John Ball Zoo (USA). It's entirely indoors, with a cement floor, and lacking so many of the natural enrichment opportunities that are presented within an outdoor habitat. I suppose that a keeper can hose it down easier, but that's perhaps the only benefit. (The Cotton-top Tamarins have since received an improved exhibit)
I know of at least two other facilities (National Aquarium and Moody Gardens) with free-ranging tamarins in a Rainforest building, are there any others you've come across on your journeys?
I've said this before elsewhere on the forum, but I hate that Nashville puts animals in their bathrooms and I hope more zoos don't jump on this bandwagon. I don't want to miss out on seeing a species because of my gender.Is there a more common monkey in the zoo world than the Cotton-top Tamarin? These little critters are ubiquitous in zoos across the globe and I've visited 88 zoos with the species. Did I physically see these tiny monkeys on every zoo visit? I obviously cannot recall if I actually saw a tiny brown-and-white ball of fur in Pittsburgh 16 years ago, but there's a good chance I did because these primates are incredibly active mammals. They hardly seem to stand still for more than a few seconds at a time! I wouldn't be surprised if they are still common in the pet trade, as they make for engaging (yet stinky) pets.
1- Taronga Zoo (Australia) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2007
2- Adelaide Zoo (Australia) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2007
3- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
4- Lincoln Park Zoo - Illinois (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
5- Brookfield Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
6- Montreal Biodome (Canada) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
7- Central Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
8- Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
9- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
10- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
11- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
12- Disney’s Animal Kingdom (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
13- Zoo Miami (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2008
14- Wildlife Safari (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
15- Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
16- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
17- Binder Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
18- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
19- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
20- Roger Williams Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
21- Chattanooga Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
22- Birmingham Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
23- Houston Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
24- Caldwell Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
25- Dallas Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
26- Dallas World Aquarium (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
27- San Antonio Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
28- Gladys Porter Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
29- El Paso Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
30- ABQ BioPark Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
31- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
32- Zoo Boise (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2010
33- Oakland Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2011
34- Santa Ana Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2011
35- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2011
36- Potawatomi Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
37- John Ball Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
38- Potter Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
39- Franklin Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
40- St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
41- Brevard Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
42- Palm Beach Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
43- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
44- Hattiesburg Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
45- Jackson Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
46- Dickerson Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
47- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
48- Tautphaus Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
49- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2012
50- Chahinkapa Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
51- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
52- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
53- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
54- Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
55- Timbavati Wildlife Park (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
56- Niabi Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
57- Peoria Zoo (2014) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
58- Miller Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
59- Hutchinson Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2014
60- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2015
61- Ellen Trout Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2015
62- Franklin Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2015
63- Moody Gardens (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2015
64- Abilene Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2015
65- Micke Grove Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2017
66- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2018
67- Saginaw Children’s Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2018
68- Washington Park Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2018
69- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2018
70- Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
71- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
72- Berkenhof’s Tropical Zoo (Netherlands) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
73- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
74- Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
75- Aachener Zoo (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
76- Cologne Zoo (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
77- Tierpark + Fossilium Bochum (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
78- Dierenpark de Oliemeulen (Netherlands) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
79- De Paay (Netherlands) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
80- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
81- Serengeti-Park (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
82- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
83- NaturZoo Rheine (Germany) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2019
84- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2022
85- Munkholm Zoo (Denmark) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2022
86- Terrariet Reptile Zoo (Denmark) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2022
87- Boras Zoo (Sweden) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2022
88- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Cotton-top Tamarin – 2022
@Lafone
Seeing Cotton-top Tamarins in an outdoor exhibit is always terrific, as the monkeys can receive fresh air, cool breezes, unknown scents, natural sunlight, insects to supplement their diet, and numerous other benefits. A well-vegetated outdoor enclosure, like this one at Micke Grove Zoo (USA), is excellent in many ways. It's simple yet surprisingly effective at showcasing tamarin behaviour to the general public.
Contrast that with this exhibit at John Ball Zoo (USA). It's entirely indoors, with a cement floor, and lacking so many of the natural enrichment opportunities that are presented within an outdoor habitat. I suppose that a keeper can hose it down easier, but that's perhaps the only benefit. (The Cotton-top Tamarins have since received an improved exhibit)
It's been very rare for me to see Cotton-top Tamarins in an open-topped exhibit, but that was the case at Serengeti-Park (Germany) in 2019.
That same year, NaturZoo Rheine (Germany) opened a new exhibit for Cotton-top Tamarins, in the form of a lush island home.
Sometimes there is even a pseudo-South American theme, such as the back wall of this enclosure at Dickerson Park Zoo (USA):
@Forge
Many exhibits for this species are entirely indoors, occasionally with that infamous primate play toy of a swinging tire. Here's an example at Berkenhof’s Tropical Zoo (Netherlands):
I visited Nashville Zoo (USA) in 2010 and they did NOT have Cotton-top Tamarins and therefore that zoo is absent from my list. However, I cannot end this post without mentioning that a few years ago, when the zoo debuted their new South American complex called Expedition Peru: Trek of the Andean Bear, a Cotton-top Tamarin exhibit was installed in the women's restroom! How cool is that? Here it is:
@pachyderm pro
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Marmosets - 89 zoos and 101 exhibits (6 species: 39 Pygmy, 34 Common, 19 White-headed, 4 Silvery, 3 Black-tufted, 2 Wied's, with some zoos having multiple species)
Cotton-top Tamarins - 88 zoos
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos (3 species: Vervet, Green, Grivet)
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
NNM.
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Does that mean you can only see it in the bathroom? I’m not sure how I feel about that…
By the way, if you want a bad cotton-top exhibit, Franklin Park just has a net thrown over a crack in the wall. One of the worst ones there.