DWA and the European zoos would be the only ones I'd imagine.
Snowleopard's Mammals: A Lifetime List of Species Mammalian and Non-Mammalian
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Yeah, this is thoroughly gone - the building was reduced to a shell in the redevelopment.
I'll post more before I leave for my August 1st to August 23rd trip with Konstantin (@twilighter), and I'm excited to visit approximately 55 zoos that will all be brand-new to me. Today's last clue before the big reveal: we will be visiting zoos in FOUR nations.
It's amazing at how many species I've seen that I will NOT list on this thread. Even by touring 551 different zoos and aquariums, I've never seen species such as Pangolin, Tarsier, Dugong, Colugo or Numbat (unless Perth Zoo had them between '86-'88) or many other cool critters. Some of those I might never see.
Others are difficult to get exact numbers for. By virtue of the 19 zoos I've visited in Australia, I have viewed a lot of cool 'Down Under' animals. For example, the nocturnal houses at the various Aussie zoos have had a plethora of gems over the years, but I don't have species lists from the places I visited as a kid (1986-1988 when I lived near Perth in Western Australia), or when I traveled all over Oz in 2007. But I've definitely seen species such as Kowari, Mulgara, at least a couple of types of Quoll, a Phascogale or two, definitely some Dunnarts, Greater Bilbies for sure, a bunch of Bandicoots, various Gliders, plus Bettongs and Potoroos on 3 continents (Australia, North America, Europe).
Looking through a series of guidebooks that I own that have lists of species, and knowing that I toured Nocturnal Houses at Taronga Zoo, Alice Springs Desert Park, Adelaide Zoo and Healesville Sanctuary all in 2007, I've almost certainly seen a number of possums that I never listed earlier on this thread. My Healesville guide that I bought during my 2007 visit lists Leadbeater's Possum, Mountain Pygmy Possum, Eastern Pygmy Possum and Mountain Brushtail Possum as species seen in the Animals of the Night precinct. I surely saw at least two if not all four of those species, but I am not 100% sure and so I never added them to my 'possum' list.
I've also seen quite a few Tenrecs over the years, a minimum of 20 zoos with a species of Sengi, Hyraxes of multiple species up the kazoo, Armadillos by the dozen, I'm guessing a minimum of 150 zoos with Two-toed Sloths of either of the species, and I've even come incredibly close to a Three-toed Sloth. I've seen Treeshrews, usually the Northern species, at more than 20 zoos and likely a couple of other shrews tossed in there as well. I'm avoiding posting lists of everything I've named simply because during many of my older zoo visits I did not detail every single species at a zoo. I also don't want to risk the wrath of the 'taxonomic police' by getting some names wrong.
Here are some highlights:
I brushed up against a Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth at Dallas World Aquarium (USA) when I was there in 2015. A keeper was carrying it through the building and it was neat to see how docile this particular creature was. Apparently, at the time the aquarium had around a dozen of these sloths behind the scenes.
I have definitely seen some type of Quoll on 3 continents, including zoos such as Frankfurt (Germany), Columbus (USA) and a few in Australia. I've even seen Quolls at small, obscure Aussie zoos such as Warrawong Sanctuary and here's my slightly blurry photo of two at Phillip Island Wildlife Park (Australia):
I can recall seeing Bilbies at several zoos and to be honest the smell from them was awful at Monarto Safari Park (Australia) via the open-topped enclosure there. These guys are the 'Easter Bunnies' of Oz.
@WhistlingKite24
I don't know what the species list was like at Alice Springs Desert Park (Australia) in 2007 when I toured the Nocturnal House, but that building is world-class. Mammals held there over the years include the following: Ghost Bat, Golden Bandicoot, Greater Bilby, Greater Stick-nest Rat, Red-tailed Phascogale, Rufous Hare-Wallaby and many others. The visitor space is memorably large, as are many of the animal habitats. I would have definitely racked up a whole bunch of rarities when I was there 17 years ago because I spent a very long time in that brilliant building.
@Hix
They aren't mammals, but just for the heck of it here's my 2007 photo of a couple of Thorny Devils at Alice Springs Desert Park.
Here's a Fat-tailed Dunnart at Healesville Sanctuary (Australia):
@Giant Eland
I'm not even going to attempt to organize and categorize all the Squirrels I've seen. When I was with @vogelcommando at De Eekhoorn (The Squirrel) Experience (De Evenaar, NL) in 2019, we saw at least a dozen species of squirrel in the space of an hour! Some of them I'd probably hardly ever seen before, like this stunning Black-and-white Variegated Squirrel:
@vogelcommando
Some are perhaps even unidentified (although this photo is labeled as Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel - Dremomys pernyi) but it might not even be that species:
@vogelcommando
I gave up long ago on categorizing all the captive mice and rats I've come across in my lifetime. I've never visited Plzen Zoo (Czech. Rep.), but nevertheless I've seen a LOT of rodents. Here's a Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat at Prague Zoo (Czech. Rep.):
@Rhino00
Maras, such as these free-roaming specimens at Whipsnade Zoo (England), are simply too plentiful to bother with. Do you know how many individual Maras I've seen? It feels like a thousand of them, and the same goes for Capybaras.
@Lafone
The future schedule: I am still piecing together an exhaustive list of macropods, and I will have lists of more than a dozen rodent species (beavers, porcupines, etc.), and then we are into hooved mammals. That's going to be a wild ride because my childhood zoo (Alberta Game Farm 1975-1986) had a staggering amount and my first visits to San Diego Zoo (when Horn & Hoof Mesa was still around) and San Diego Zoo Safari Park in 2006 will reveal immense numbers.
It's amazing at how many species I've seen that I will NOT list on this thread. Even by touring 551 different zoos and aquariums, I've never seen species such as Pangolin, Tarsier, Dugong, Colugo or Numbat (unless Perth Zoo had them between '86-'88) or many other cool critters. Some of those I might never see.
Others are difficult to get exact numbers for. By virtue of the 19 zoos I've visited in Australia, I have viewed a lot of cool 'Down Under' animals. For example, the nocturnal houses at the various Aussie zoos have had a plethora of gems over the years, but I don't have species lists from the places I visited as a kid (1986-1988 when I lived near Perth in Western Australia), or when I traveled all over Oz in 2007. But I've definitely seen species such as Kowari, Mulgara, at least a couple of types of Quoll, a Phascogale or two, definitely some Dunnarts, Greater Bilbies for sure, a bunch of Bandicoots, various Gliders, plus Bettongs and Potoroos on 3 continents (Australia, North America, Europe).
Looking through a series of guidebooks that I own that have lists of species, and knowing that I toured Nocturnal Houses at Taronga Zoo, Alice Springs Desert Park, Adelaide Zoo and Healesville Sanctuary all in 2007, I've almost certainly seen a number of possums that I never listed earlier on this thread. My Healesville guide that I bought during my 2007 visit lists Leadbeater's Possum, Mountain Pygmy Possum, Eastern Pygmy Possum and Mountain Brushtail Possum as species seen in the Animals of the Night precinct. I surely saw at least two if not all four of those species, but I am not 100% sure and so I never added them to my 'possum' list.
I've also seen quite a few Tenrecs over the years, a minimum of 20 zoos with a species of Sengi, Hyraxes of multiple species up the kazoo, Armadillos by the dozen, I'm guessing a minimum of 150 zoos with Two-toed Sloths of either of the species, and I've even come incredibly close to a Three-toed Sloth. I've seen Treeshrews, usually the Northern species, at more than 20 zoos and likely a couple of other shrews tossed in there as well. I'm avoiding posting lists of everything I've named simply because during many of my older zoo visits I did not detail every single species at a zoo. I also don't want to risk the wrath of the 'taxonomic police' by getting some names wrong.
Here are some highlights:
I brushed up against a Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth at Dallas World Aquarium (USA) when I was there in 2015. A keeper was carrying it through the building and it was neat to see how docile this particular creature was. Apparently, at the time the aquarium had around a dozen of these sloths behind the scenes.
I have definitely seen some type of Quoll on 3 continents, including zoos such as Frankfurt (Germany), Columbus (USA) and a few in Australia. I've even seen Quolls at small, obscure Aussie zoos such as Warrawong Sanctuary and here's my slightly blurry photo of two at Phillip Island Wildlife Park (Australia):
I can recall seeing Bilbies at several zoos and to be honest the smell from them was awful at Monarto Safari Park (Australia) via the open-topped enclosure there. These guys are the 'Easter Bunnies' of Oz.
@WhistlingKite24
I don't know what the species list was like at Alice Springs Desert Park (Australia) in 2007 when I toured the Nocturnal House, but that building is world-class. Mammals held there over the years include the following: Ghost Bat, Golden Bandicoot, Greater Bilby, Greater Stick-nest Rat, Red-tailed Phascogale, Rufous Hare-Wallaby and many others. The visitor space is memorably large, as are many of the animal habitats. I would have definitely racked up a whole bunch of rarities when I was there 17 years ago because I spent a very long time in that brilliant building.
@Hix
They aren't mammals, but just for the heck of it here's my 2007 photo of a couple of Thorny Devils at Alice Springs Desert Park.
Here's a Fat-tailed Dunnart at Healesville Sanctuary (Australia):
@Giant Eland
I'm not even going to attempt to organize and categorize all the Squirrels I've seen. When I was with @vogelcommando at De Eekhoorn (The Squirrel) Experience (De Evenaar, NL) in 2019, we saw at least a dozen species of squirrel in the space of an hour! Some of them I'd probably hardly ever seen before, like this stunning Black-and-white Variegated Squirrel:
@vogelcommando
Some are perhaps even unidentified (although this photo is labeled as Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel - Dremomys pernyi) but it might not even be that species:
@vogelcommando
I gave up long ago on categorizing all the captive mice and rats I've come across in my lifetime. I've never visited Plzen Zoo (Czech. Rep.), but nevertheless I've seen a LOT of rodents. Here's a Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat at Prague Zoo (Czech. Rep.):
@Rhino00
Maras, such as these free-roaming specimens at Whipsnade Zoo (England), are simply too plentiful to bother with. Do you know how many individual Maras I've seen? It feels like a thousand of them, and the same goes for Capybaras.
@Lafone
The future schedule: I am still piecing together an exhaustive list of macropods, and I will have lists of more than a dozen rodent species (beavers, porcupines, etc.), and then we are into hooved mammals. That's going to be a wild ride because my childhood zoo (Alberta Game Farm 1975-1986) had a staggering amount and my first visits to San Diego Zoo (when Horn & Hoof Mesa was still around) and San Diego Zoo Safari Park in 2006 will reveal immense numbers.
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I've been thinking more and more that it's Asia, but I'll have to waitI'll post more before I leave for my August 1st to August 23rd trip with Konstantin (@twilighter), and I'm excited to visit approximately 55 zoos that will all be brand-new to me. Today's last clue before the big reveal: we will be visiting zoos in FOUR nations.
It's amazing at how many species I've seen that I will NOT list on this thread. Even by touring 551 different zoos and aquariums, I've never seen species such as Pangolin, Tarsier, Dugong, Colugo or Numbat (unless Perth Zoo had them between '86-'88) or many other cool critters. Some of those I might never see.
Others are difficult to get exact numbers for. By virtue of the 19 zoos I've visited in Australia, I have viewed a lot of cool 'Down Under' animals. For example, the nocturnal houses at the various Aussie zoos have had a plethora of gems over the years, but I don't have species lists from the places I visited as a kid (1986-1988 when I lived near Perth in Western Australia), or when I traveled all over Oz in 2007. But I've definitely seen species such as Kowari, Mulgara, at least a couple of types of Quoll, a Phascogale or two, definitely some Dunnarts, Greater Bilbies for sure, a bunch of Bandicoots, various Gliders, plus Bettongs and Potoroos on 3 continents (Australia, North America, Europe).
Looking through a series of guidebooks that I own that have lists of species, and knowing that I toured Nocturnal Houses at Taronga Zoo, Alice Springs Desert Park, Adelaide Zoo and Healesville Sanctuary all in 2007, I've almost certainly seen a number of possums that I never listed earlier on this thread. My Healesville guide that I bought during my 2007 visit lists Leadbeater's Possum, Mountain Pygmy Possum, Eastern Pygmy Possum and Mountain Brushtail Possum as species seen in the Animals of the Night precinct. I surely saw at least two if not all four of those species, but I am not 100% sure and so I never added them to my 'possum' list.
I've also seen quite a few Tenrecs over the years, a minimum of 20 zoos with a species of Sengi, Hyraxes of multiple species up the kazoo, Armadillos by the dozen, I'm guessing a minimum of 150 zoos with Two-toed Sloths of either of the species, and I've even come incredibly close to a Three-toed Sloth. I've seen Treeshrews, usually the Northern species, at more than 20 zoos and likely a couple of other shrews tossed in there as well. I'm avoiding posting lists of everything I've named simply because during many of my older zoo visits I did not detail every single species at a zoo. I also don't want to risk the wrath of the 'taxonomic police' by getting some names wrong.
Here are some highlights:
I brushed up against a Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth at Dallas World Aquarium (USA) when I was there in 2015. A keeper was carrying it through the building and it was neat to see how docile this particular creature was. Apparently, at the time the aquarium had around a dozen of these sloths behind the scenes.
I have definitely seen some type of Quoll on 3 continents, including zoos such as Frankfurt (Germany), Columbus (USA) and a few in Australia. I've even seen Quolls at small, obscure Aussie zoos such as Warrawong Sanctuary and here's my slightly blurry photo of two at Phillip Island Wildlife Park (Australia):
I can recall seeing Bilbies at several zoos and to be honest the smell from them was awful at Monarto Safari Park (Australia) via the open-topped enclosure there. These guys are the 'Easter Bunnies' of Oz.
@WhistlingKite24
I don't know what the species list was like at Alice Springs Desert Park (Australia) in 2007 when I toured the Nocturnal House, but that building is world-class. Mammals held there over the years include the following: Ghost Bat, Golden Bandicoot, Greater Bilby, Greater Stick-nest Rat, Red-tailed Phascogale, Rufous Hare-Wallaby and many others. The visitor space is memorably large, as are many of the animal habitats. I would have definitely racked up a whole bunch of rarities when I was there 17 years ago because I spent a very long time in that brilliant building.
@Hix
They aren't mammals, but just for the heck of it here's my 2007 photo of a couple of Thorny Devils at Alice Springs Desert Park.
Here's a Fat-tailed Dunnart at Healesville Sanctuary (Australia):
@Giant Eland
I'm not even going to attempt to organize and categorize all the Squirrels I've seen. When I was with @vogelcommando at De Eekhoorn (The Squirrel) Experience (De Evenaar, NL) in 2019, we saw at least a dozen species of squirrel in the space of an hour! Some of them I'd probably hardly ever seen before, like this stunning Black-and-white Variegated Squirrel:
@vogelcommando
Some are perhaps even unidentified (although this photo is labeled as Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel - Dremomys pernyi) but it might not even be that species:
@vogelcommando
I gave up long ago on categorizing all the captive mice and rats I've come across in my lifetime. I've never visited Plzen Zoo (Czech. Rep.), but nevertheless I've seen a LOT of rodents. Here's a Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat at Prague Zoo (Czech. Rep.):
@Rhino00
Maras, such as these free-roaming specimens at Whipsnade Zoo (England), are simply too plentiful to bother with. Do you know how many individual Maras I've seen? It feels like a thousand of them, and the same goes for Capybaras.
@Lafone
The future schedule: I am still piecing together an exhaustive list of macropods, and I will have lists of more than a dozen rodent species (beavers, porcupines, etc.), and then we are into hooved mammals. That's going to be a wild ride because my childhood zoo (Alberta Game Farm 1975-1986) had a staggering amount and my first visits to San Diego Zoo (when Horn & Hoof Mesa was still around) and San Diego Zoo Safari Park in 2006 will reveal immense numbers.
.Happy to see you're trying to takle the macropods!!!
You are lucky to see this collection. I heard that due to the virtuous recently enacted exotic mammal white list in the Netherlands, the garden store, which is not a licensed zoo, will be getting rid of the squirrels.
Thanks for the mention, @Dassie rat ! What species that @snowleopard didn't have can you remember seeing and from where??
Four-eyed opossum (Philander) London- not listed in Zootierliste
Barton's echidna (Zaglossus bartoni) London
Cape fox (Vulpes chama) Milan, 1983
Northern narrow-striped boky (Mungoictis decemlineata) Berlin Zoo, London
African golden cat (Caracal aurata) Rotterdam
I saw a banded palm civet or a banded linsang at Dusit Zoo in 1991 (not listed in Zootierliste
Central Chilean colocolo (Leopardus colocolo) Chester, Kilverstone
Marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus) Colchester
Brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) Berlin Tierpark
Indochinese smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) Colchester, RSCC
Northern olingo (Bassaricyon gabbii) Exmouth
I also saw an olingo at Kilverstone zoo - it could have been a northern olingo or a lowland olingo (B alleni)
Northern giant mouse lemur (Mirza zaza) Marwell
Possible greater dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus major) Fuengirola, 1994 (not listed in Zootierliste)
Red-tailed sportive lemur (Lepilemur ruficaudatus) Paris Zoo, 1988
Golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus),Tsimbazaza, 1987
Allen's galago (Sciurocheirus alleni) London
Dwarf galago (Galagoides demidoff) London
Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta) Bristol 1987
Monk saki (Pithecia monachus) Cologne 1982
Neblina uakari (Cacajao hosomi) Cologne 1982
Red-nosed bearded saki (Chiroptes albinasa) Cologne 1982
Campbell's guenon (Cercopithecus campbelli) London
Western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) London
I think there are some others. I think I saw a slender mongoose at Plzen Zoo.
Barton's echidna (Zaglossus bartoni) London
Cape fox (Vulpes chama) Milan, 1983
Northern narrow-striped boky (Mungoictis decemlineata) Berlin Zoo, London
African golden cat (Caracal aurata) Rotterdam
I saw a banded palm civet or a banded linsang at Dusit Zoo in 1991 (not listed in Zootierliste
Central Chilean colocolo (Leopardus colocolo) Chester, Kilverstone
Marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus) Colchester
Brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) Berlin Tierpark
Indochinese smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) Colchester, RSCC
Northern olingo (Bassaricyon gabbii) Exmouth
I also saw an olingo at Kilverstone zoo - it could have been a northern olingo or a lowland olingo (B alleni)
Northern giant mouse lemur (Mirza zaza) Marwell
Possible greater dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus major) Fuengirola, 1994 (not listed in Zootierliste)
Red-tailed sportive lemur (Lepilemur ruficaudatus) Paris Zoo, 1988
Golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus),Tsimbazaza, 1987
Allen's galago (Sciurocheirus alleni) London
Dwarf galago (Galagoides demidoff) London
Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta) Bristol 1987
Monk saki (Pithecia monachus) Cologne 1982
Neblina uakari (Cacajao hosomi) Cologne 1982
Red-nosed bearded saki (Chiroptes albinasa) Cologne 1982
Campbell's guenon (Cercopithecus campbelli) London
Western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) London
I think there are some others. I think I saw a slender mongoose at Plzen Zoo.
I said this yesterday: "I'll post more before I leave for my August 1st to August 23rd trip with Konstantin (@twilighter), and I'm excited to visit approximately 55 zoos that will all be brand-new to me. Today's last clue before the big reveal: we will be visiting zoos in FOUR nations."
I've never been to Asia but that's about to change:
Snowleopard's & Twilighter's 2024 Road Trip: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore & Indonesia
And now for something completely different...
I managed to piece together a significant list of macropods that I’ve seen in my travels, although I should point out that I did not include a trio of tiny zoos in Western Australia that I visited between 1986 and 1988 as there’s no way of knowing what types of kangaroos and wallabies they had back then. I also did not include Kuranda’s RainForeStation, Crocodylus Park and Alice Springs Desert Park, a trio of zoos I visited in 2007. So that's a total of 6 places not on this list of 192 zoos and all 6 had macropods. Also, I have a hunch that I’ve seen several zoos with Quokkas (not just two), and probably Antilopine Wallaroos, possibly a Bridled Nail-tailed Wallaby at Taronga Zoo, and likely a type of Hare Wallaby at Alice Springs Desert Park, but I left them all off as I have no proof. I'm relaxed about that, as I’m sure that this list is still extremely accurate. If anyone has any information about me missing a wallaby here and there, then I'm half-expecting that already and I can edit my totals. Ground-dwelling kangaroos and wallabies are very easy to spot in zoos and I cannot recall walking past empty exhibits ever. For sure there could be some minor alterations to specific zoos, but overall the list below is likely to be 95% authentic. However, if anyone messages me (publicly or privately) with suggested tweaks then I will edit accordingly.
One major takeaway from my lifetime totals is that Red-necked Wallabies and Red Kangaroos are absolutely as common as many other popular, family-friendly zoo mammals. Those two species are triple any other and very easy to see in a minimum of 90 facilities each. I was then shocked to see Parma Wallabies so high, at 30 zoos, and I also added in the two species of tree kangaroo that I analyzed earlier in this thread. Seeing Yellow-footed Rock Wallabies at 16 zoos also surprised me, as the total was much higher than I would have estimated. That's because I've only seen that species three times in the last dozen years, but I saw them a lot in the early days of my zoo trips.
MACROPODIDAE: 19 species (and realistically perhaps even a few more)
Red-necked Wallaby – 92 zoos
Red Kangaroo – 90 zoos
Parma Wallaby – 30 zoos
Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 24 zoos
Swamp Wallaby – 22 zoos
Eastern Grey Kangaroo – 21 zoos
Common Wallaroo – 17 zoos
Tammar Wallaby – 17 zoos
Western Grey Kangaroo – 16 zoos
Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 16 zoos
Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 9 zoos
Agile Wallaby – 3 zoos (Healesville Sanctuary – 2007, Gladys Porter Zoo – 2010, Brevard Zoo 2012)
Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby – 2 zoos (Taronga Zoo – 2007, Healesville Sanctuary – 2007)
Quokka – 2 zoos (Adelaide Zoo – 2007, Melbourne Zoo – 2007)
Brown Dorcopsis – 1 zoo (Skaerup Zoo – 2022)
Dusky Pademelon – 1 zoo (Dierenpark Zie-ZOO – 2019)
Red-legged Pademelon – 1 zoo (Sydney Wildlife World – 2007)
Red-necked Pademelon – 1 zoo (Cleland Wildlife Park – 2007)
White-striped Dorcopsis – 1 zoo (BestZoo – 2019)
MACROPODS – 192 zoos
1- Polar Park/Alberta Game Farm (Canada) – Red-necked Wallaby – 1975
2- Stanley Park Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 1986
3- Perth Zoo (Australia) – Red Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 1987
4- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Red-necked Wallaby (1988) & Red Kangaroo (2022)
5- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Common Wallaroo, Red-necked Wallaby (1994) & Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (1996)
6- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2001
7- Zurich Zoo (Switzerland) – Swamp Wallaby – 2003
8- Oregon Zoo (USA) – Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2005
9- San Francisco Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2006
10- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo (2006) & Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby (2011)
11- Denver Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2006
12- Sydney Wildlife World (Australia) – Red-legged Pademelon, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2007
13- Taronga Zoo (Australia) – Red Kangaroo, Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 2007
14- Adelaide Zoo (Australia) – Red Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby, Quokka, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2007
15- Cleland Wildlife Park (Australia) – Red Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo, Red-necked Pademelon, Swamp Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2007
16- Monarto Zoo (Australia) – Tammar Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2007
17- Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary (Australia) – Western Grey Kangaroo – 2007
18- Healesville Sanctuary (Australia) – Red Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo, Agile Wallaby, Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby, Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby – 2007
19- Phillip Island Wildlife Park (Australia) – Swamp Wallaby – 2007
20- Melbourne Zoo (Australia) – Western Grey Kangaroo, Quokka, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 2007
21- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2008
22- Lincoln Park Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby – 2008
23- Brookfield Zoo (USA) – Western Grey Kangaroo – 2008
24- Detroit Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (2008) & Red-necked Wallaby (2018)
25- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Western Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2008
26- Bronx Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2008
27- Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA) – Tammar Wallaby – 2008
28- Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (USA) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo – 2008
29- Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2008
30- Indianapolis Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2008
31- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Parma Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2008
32- Zoo Atlanta (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2008
33- Fort Worth Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby – 2008
34- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2008
35- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2008
36- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Tammar Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2008
37- Disney’s Animal Kingdom (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Swamp Wallaby – 2008
38- Zoo Miami (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2008
39- Point Defiance Zoo (USA) – Parma Wallaby – 2009
40- Cougar Mountain Zoo (USA) – Swamp Wallaby – 2009
41- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) – Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
42- Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) – Common Wallaroo, Tammar Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
43- Tulsa Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
44- Kansas City Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
45- Saint Louis Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Tammar Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
46- Louisville Zoo (USA) – Common Wallaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2010
47- Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo (USA) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
48- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
49- Binder Park Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo, Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
50- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo, Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
51- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Tammar Wallaby – 2010
52- Roger Williams Park Zoo (USA) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
53- Philadelphia Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
54- Riverbanks Zoo & Garden (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
55- Birmingham Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
56- Montgomery Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
57- Baton Rouge Zoo (USA) – Common Wallaroo – 2010
58- Dallas Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby (2010) & Western Grey Kangaroo (2015)
59- Dallas World Aquarium (USA) – Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
60- San Antonio Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
61- Gladys Porter Zoo (USA) – Western Grey Kangaroo, Agile Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
62- ABQ BioPark Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
63- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
64- Zoo Boise (USA) – Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
65- Happy Hollow Park & Zoo (USA) – Parma Wallaby – 2011
66- Charles Paddock Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2011
67- Santa Ana Zoo (USA) – Swamp Wallaby – 2011
68- Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2011
69- Fresno Chaffee Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo (2011) & Tammar Wallaby (2017)
70- Sacramento Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby (2011) & Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby (2017)
71- Great Plains Zoo (USA) – Tammar Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2012
72- Blank Park Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2012
73- Potawatomi Zoo (USA) – Western Grey Kangaroo, Tammar Wallaby – 2012
74- John Ball Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2012
75- Potter Park Zoo (USA) – Western Grey Kangaroo – 2012
76- Erie Zoo (USA) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2012
77- Franklin Park Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2012
78- Virginia Zoo (USA) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo – 2012
79- Brevard Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Agile Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby – 2012
80- Palm Beach Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2012
81- Naples Zoo (USA) – Parma Wallaby – 2012
82- ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) – Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2012
83- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2012
84- Dickerson Park Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2012
85- Sunset Zoo (USA) – Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby – 2012
86- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2012
87- Tautphaus Park Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2012
88- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2012
89- Bramble Park Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2014
90- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Tammar Wallaby – 2014
91- Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
92- Chahinkapa Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
93- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
94- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
95- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
96- DeYoung Family Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
97- Timbavati Wildlife Park (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
98- Racine Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo – 2014
99- Niabi Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2014
100- Peoria Zoo (USA) – Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby – 2014
101- Miller Park Zoo (USA) – Common Wallaroo, Tammar Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2014
102- Scovill Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2014
103- Henson Robinson Zoo (USA) – Common Wallaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2014
104- Grant’s Farm (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2014
105- Lincoln Children’s Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby, Tammar Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2014
106- Tanganyika Wildlife Park (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
107- Lee Richardson Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
108- Pueblo Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
109- Tiger Safari (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2015
110- G W Exotic Animal Park (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2015
111- Amarillo Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2015
112- Frank Buck Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2015
113- Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby – 2015
114- Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2015
115- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2015
116- Gators & Friends: Alligator Park & Exotic Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2015
117- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2015
118- Ellen Trout Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby, Tammar Wallaby – 2015
119- Franklin Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2015
120- Bayou Wildlife Park (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2015
121- Exotic Resort Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2015
122- Capital of Texas Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2015
123- Alameda Park Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2015
124- Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary (USA) – Swamp Wallaby – 2015
125- Keepers of the Wild Nature Park (USA) – Swamp Wallaby – 2015
126- Monterey Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo (2017) & Red-necked Wallaby (2023)
127- Kangaroo Creek Farm (Canada) – Red Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Tammar Wallaby – 2018
128- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Red Kangaroo – 2018
129- Roscommon Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2018
130- Indian Creek Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2018
131- Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2018
132- Washington Park Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2018
133- Columbian Park Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2018
134- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2018
135- Animal Gardens Petting Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2018
136- Jo-Don Farms (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2018
137- Bear Den Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2018
138- Doc’s Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2018
139- Special Memories Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2018
140- Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
141- Landgoed Hoenderdaell (Netherlands) – Red Kangaroo – 2019
142- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
143- Diergaarde Blijdorp (Netherlands) – Swamp Wallaby – 2019
144- Familiepark Plaswijckpark (Netherlands) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
145- Faunapark Flakkee (Netherlands) – Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
146- Lille Zoo (France) – Parma Wallaby – 2019
147- Maubeuge Zoo (France) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
148- Zoo Antwerp (Belgium) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 2019
149- Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) – Red Kangaroo, Swamp Wallaby – 2019
150- Pakawi Park (Belgium) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
151- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Red Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Swamp Wallaby – 2019
152- Mondo Verde (Netherlands) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
153- Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) – Tammar Wallaby, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 2019
154- Opel Zoo (Germany) – Red Kangaroo – 2019
155- Zoo Neuwied (Germany) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
156- Cologne Zoo (Germany) – Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2019
157- Solinger Vogel-und Tierpark (Bird and Animal Park) (Germany) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
158- Wuppertal Zoo (Germany) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
159- Tierpark Fauna (Germany) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
160- Dortmund Zoo (Germany) – Red Kangaroo, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2019
161- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Common Wallaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 2019
162- Krefeld Zoo (Germany) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 2019
163- Tiergarten Monchengladbach (Germany) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
164- BestZOO (Netherlands) – Common Wallaroo, Parma Wallaby, White-striped Dorcopsis – 2019
165- Zoo Veldhoven (Netherlands) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
166- Dierenrijk (Animal Kingdom) (Netherlands) – Parma Wallaby – 2019
167- Dierenpark Zie-ZOO (Netherlands) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby, Dusky Pademelon – 2019
168- De Bosruiter (Netherlands) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
169- ZooParc Overloon (Netherlands) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby – 2019
170- De Paay (Netherlands) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
171- Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) – Swamp Wallaby – 2019
172- Tierpark Hagenbeck (Germany) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
173- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Red Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby – 2019
174- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2019
175- Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby – 2019
176- Tierpark Petermoor (Germany) – Parma Wallaby – 2019
177- Tierpark Strohen (Germany) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
178- NaturZoo Rheine (Germany) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
179- Nordhorn Zoo (Germany) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
180- Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen (Netherlands – Swamp Wallaby – 2019
181- Dierenpark Amersfoort (Netherlands) – Tammar Wallaby – 2019
182- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) – Brown Dorcopsis, Parma Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby, Tammar Wallaby – 2022
183- Munkholm Zoo (Denmark) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2022
184- Jyllands Park Zoo (Denmark) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2022
185- Aalborg Zoo (Denmark) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2022
186- Odense Zoo (Denmark) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo – 2022
187- Parken Zoo (Sweden) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2022
188- Den Lille Dyrehage/The Small Zoo (Norway) - Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2022
189- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2022
190- Wildlife Images Rehabilitation and Education Center (USA) – Swamp Wallaby – 2023
191- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Western Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2023
192- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2023
ANIMAL PHOTOS:
Red-necked Wallabies, still called Bennett's Wallabies at many zoos, are the #1 most common macropod I've seen.
@WhistlingKite24
A big, male Red Kangaroo can be an awe-inspiring sight when bouncing across the Australian Outback, or even covered in shavings at an American zoo.
@Rhino0118
Small, mouse-like, greyish-brown = Parma Wallaby
@WhistlingKite24
Matschie's Tree Kangaroos are stunning macropods and while doing this project I learned that they are now known as Huon Tree Kangaroos. There are so many name changes in the world of taxonomy.
@Andrew_NZP
I've seen dark-haired Swamp Wallabies at 22 zoos. Here's a "mob" of them:
@Jacob Blackwood
Eastern Grey Kangaroo:
@WhistlingKite24
Here's a couple of Common Wallaroos, sometimes called Euros in the past. I've seen Wallaroos at 17 zoos and they are almost always mixed together with other macropod species. I suppose that interbreeding is not a concern.
@Andrew_NZP
I find that @WhistlingKite24 is a wonderful source for pristine images of Aussie creatures. Here's his photo of a Tammar Wallaby, also known as a Dama Wallaby at some zoos.
Western Grey Kangaroo:
@Green_mamba
I love the striped tails on Yellow-footed Rock Wallabies:
@Hix
I've seen Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroos at 9 zoos:
@WhistlingKite24
Here is an Agile Wallaby in the wild and I've only ever seen them in 3 zoos. However, this species is easily viewed in a number of Southeast Asian zoos. Bring 'em on!
@Hix
Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby:
@OskarGC
Are Quokkas the "cutest" of all the macropods?
@Veno
The Brown Dorcopsis is also known as the Brown Forest Wallaby:
@Jurek7
Dusky Pademelon:
@Prochilodus246
Red-legged Pademelon:
@WhistlingKite24
Red-necked Pademelon:
@WhistlingKite24
White-striped Dorcopsis, otherwise known as the White-striped Forest Wallaby:
I've never been to Asia but that's about to change:
Snowleopard's & Twilighter's 2024 Road Trip: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore & Indonesia
And now for something completely different...
I managed to piece together a significant list of macropods that I’ve seen in my travels, although I should point out that I did not include a trio of tiny zoos in Western Australia that I visited between 1986 and 1988 as there’s no way of knowing what types of kangaroos and wallabies they had back then. I also did not include Kuranda’s RainForeStation, Crocodylus Park and Alice Springs Desert Park, a trio of zoos I visited in 2007. So that's a total of 6 places not on this list of 192 zoos and all 6 had macropods. Also, I have a hunch that I’ve seen several zoos with Quokkas (not just two), and probably Antilopine Wallaroos, possibly a Bridled Nail-tailed Wallaby at Taronga Zoo, and likely a type of Hare Wallaby at Alice Springs Desert Park, but I left them all off as I have no proof. I'm relaxed about that, as I’m sure that this list is still extremely accurate. If anyone has any information about me missing a wallaby here and there, then I'm half-expecting that already and I can edit my totals. Ground-dwelling kangaroos and wallabies are very easy to spot in zoos and I cannot recall walking past empty exhibits ever. For sure there could be some minor alterations to specific zoos, but overall the list below is likely to be 95% authentic. However, if anyone messages me (publicly or privately) with suggested tweaks then I will edit accordingly.
One major takeaway from my lifetime totals is that Red-necked Wallabies and Red Kangaroos are absolutely as common as many other popular, family-friendly zoo mammals. Those two species are triple any other and very easy to see in a minimum of 90 facilities each. I was then shocked to see Parma Wallabies so high, at 30 zoos, and I also added in the two species of tree kangaroo that I analyzed earlier in this thread. Seeing Yellow-footed Rock Wallabies at 16 zoos also surprised me, as the total was much higher than I would have estimated. That's because I've only seen that species three times in the last dozen years, but I saw them a lot in the early days of my zoo trips.
MACROPODIDAE: 19 species (and realistically perhaps even a few more)
Red-necked Wallaby – 92 zoos
Red Kangaroo – 90 zoos
Parma Wallaby – 30 zoos
Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 24 zoos
Swamp Wallaby – 22 zoos
Eastern Grey Kangaroo – 21 zoos
Common Wallaroo – 17 zoos
Tammar Wallaby – 17 zoos
Western Grey Kangaroo – 16 zoos
Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 16 zoos
Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 9 zoos
Agile Wallaby – 3 zoos (Healesville Sanctuary – 2007, Gladys Porter Zoo – 2010, Brevard Zoo 2012)
Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby – 2 zoos (Taronga Zoo – 2007, Healesville Sanctuary – 2007)
Quokka – 2 zoos (Adelaide Zoo – 2007, Melbourne Zoo – 2007)
Brown Dorcopsis – 1 zoo (Skaerup Zoo – 2022)
Dusky Pademelon – 1 zoo (Dierenpark Zie-ZOO – 2019)
Red-legged Pademelon – 1 zoo (Sydney Wildlife World – 2007)
Red-necked Pademelon – 1 zoo (Cleland Wildlife Park – 2007)
White-striped Dorcopsis – 1 zoo (BestZoo – 2019)
MACROPODS – 192 zoos
1- Polar Park/Alberta Game Farm (Canada) – Red-necked Wallaby – 1975
2- Stanley Park Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 1986
3- Perth Zoo (Australia) – Red Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 1987
4- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Red-necked Wallaby (1988) & Red Kangaroo (2022)
5- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Common Wallaroo, Red-necked Wallaby (1994) & Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (1996)
6- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2001
7- Zurich Zoo (Switzerland) – Swamp Wallaby – 2003
8- Oregon Zoo (USA) – Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2005
9- San Francisco Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2006
10- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo (2006) & Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby (2011)
11- Denver Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2006
12- Sydney Wildlife World (Australia) – Red-legged Pademelon, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2007
13- Taronga Zoo (Australia) – Red Kangaroo, Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 2007
14- Adelaide Zoo (Australia) – Red Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby, Quokka, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2007
15- Cleland Wildlife Park (Australia) – Red Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo, Red-necked Pademelon, Swamp Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2007
16- Monarto Zoo (Australia) – Tammar Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2007
17- Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary (Australia) – Western Grey Kangaroo – 2007
18- Healesville Sanctuary (Australia) – Red Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo, Agile Wallaby, Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby, Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby – 2007
19- Phillip Island Wildlife Park (Australia) – Swamp Wallaby – 2007
20- Melbourne Zoo (Australia) – Western Grey Kangaroo, Quokka, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 2007
21- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2008
22- Lincoln Park Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby – 2008
23- Brookfield Zoo (USA) – Western Grey Kangaroo – 2008
24- Detroit Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (2008) & Red-necked Wallaby (2018)
25- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Western Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2008
26- Bronx Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2008
27- Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA) – Tammar Wallaby – 2008
28- Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (USA) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo – 2008
29- Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2008
30- Indianapolis Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2008
31- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Parma Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2008
32- Zoo Atlanta (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2008
33- Fort Worth Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby – 2008
34- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2008
35- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2008
36- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Tammar Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2008
37- Disney’s Animal Kingdom (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Swamp Wallaby – 2008
38- Zoo Miami (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2008
39- Point Defiance Zoo (USA) – Parma Wallaby – 2009
40- Cougar Mountain Zoo (USA) – Swamp Wallaby – 2009
41- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) – Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
42- Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) – Common Wallaroo, Tammar Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
43- Tulsa Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
44- Kansas City Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
45- Saint Louis Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Tammar Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
46- Louisville Zoo (USA) – Common Wallaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2010
47- Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo (USA) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
48- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
49- Binder Park Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo, Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
50- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo, Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
51- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Tammar Wallaby – 2010
52- Roger Williams Park Zoo (USA) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
53- Philadelphia Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
54- Riverbanks Zoo & Garden (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
55- Birmingham Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
56- Montgomery Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
57- Baton Rouge Zoo (USA) – Common Wallaroo – 2010
58- Dallas Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby (2010) & Western Grey Kangaroo (2015)
59- Dallas World Aquarium (USA) – Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
60- San Antonio Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
61- Gladys Porter Zoo (USA) – Western Grey Kangaroo, Agile Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
62- ABQ BioPark Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2010
63- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
64- Zoo Boise (USA) – Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby – 2010
65- Happy Hollow Park & Zoo (USA) – Parma Wallaby – 2011
66- Charles Paddock Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2011
67- Santa Ana Zoo (USA) – Swamp Wallaby – 2011
68- Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2011
69- Fresno Chaffee Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo (2011) & Tammar Wallaby (2017)
70- Sacramento Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby (2011) & Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby (2017)
71- Great Plains Zoo (USA) – Tammar Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2012
72- Blank Park Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2012
73- Potawatomi Zoo (USA) – Western Grey Kangaroo, Tammar Wallaby – 2012
74- John Ball Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2012
75- Potter Park Zoo (USA) – Western Grey Kangaroo – 2012
76- Erie Zoo (USA) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2012
77- Franklin Park Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2012
78- Virginia Zoo (USA) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo – 2012
79- Brevard Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Agile Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby – 2012
80- Palm Beach Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2012
81- Naples Zoo (USA) – Parma Wallaby – 2012
82- ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) – Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2012
83- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2012
84- Dickerson Park Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2012
85- Sunset Zoo (USA) – Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby – 2012
86- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2012
87- Tautphaus Park Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2012
88- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2012
89- Bramble Park Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2014
90- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Tammar Wallaby – 2014
91- Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
92- Chahinkapa Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
93- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
94- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
95- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
96- DeYoung Family Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
97- Timbavati Wildlife Park (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
98- Racine Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo – 2014
99- Niabi Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2014
100- Peoria Zoo (USA) – Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby – 2014
101- Miller Park Zoo (USA) – Common Wallaroo, Tammar Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2014
102- Scovill Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2014
103- Henson Robinson Zoo (USA) – Common Wallaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2014
104- Grant’s Farm (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2014
105- Lincoln Children’s Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby, Tammar Wallaby, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2014
106- Tanganyika Wildlife Park (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
107- Lee Richardson Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
108- Pueblo Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2014
109- Tiger Safari (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2015
110- G W Exotic Animal Park (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2015
111- Amarillo Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2015
112- Frank Buck Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2015
113- Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby – 2015
114- Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2015
115- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2015
116- Gators & Friends: Alligator Park & Exotic Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2015
117- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2015
118- Ellen Trout Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby, Tammar Wallaby – 2015
119- Franklin Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2015
120- Bayou Wildlife Park (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2015
121- Exotic Resort Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2015
122- Capital of Texas Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2015
123- Alameda Park Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2015
124- Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary (USA) – Swamp Wallaby – 2015
125- Keepers of the Wild Nature Park (USA) – Swamp Wallaby – 2015
126- Monterey Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo (2017) & Red-necked Wallaby (2023)
127- Kangaroo Creek Farm (Canada) – Red Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Tammar Wallaby – 2018
128- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Red Kangaroo – 2018
129- Roscommon Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2018
130- Indian Creek Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2018
131- Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2018
132- Washington Park Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2018
133- Columbian Park Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2018
134- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2018
135- Animal Gardens Petting Zoo (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2018
136- Jo-Don Farms (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2018
137- Bear Den Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2018
138- Doc’s Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2018
139- Special Memories Zoo (USA) – Red Kangaroo – 2018
140- Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
141- Landgoed Hoenderdaell (Netherlands) – Red Kangaroo – 2019
142- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
143- Diergaarde Blijdorp (Netherlands) – Swamp Wallaby – 2019
144- Familiepark Plaswijckpark (Netherlands) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
145- Faunapark Flakkee (Netherlands) – Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
146- Lille Zoo (France) – Parma Wallaby – 2019
147- Maubeuge Zoo (France) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
148- Zoo Antwerp (Belgium) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 2019
149- Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) – Red Kangaroo, Swamp Wallaby – 2019
150- Pakawi Park (Belgium) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
151- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Red Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Swamp Wallaby – 2019
152- Mondo Verde (Netherlands) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
153- Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) – Tammar Wallaby, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 2019
154- Opel Zoo (Germany) – Red Kangaroo – 2019
155- Zoo Neuwied (Germany) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
156- Cologne Zoo (Germany) – Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo – 2019
157- Solinger Vogel-und Tierpark (Bird and Animal Park) (Germany) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
158- Wuppertal Zoo (Germany) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
159- Tierpark Fauna (Germany) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
160- Dortmund Zoo (Germany) – Red Kangaroo, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2019
161- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Common Wallaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 2019
162- Krefeld Zoo (Germany) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo – 2019
163- Tiergarten Monchengladbach (Germany) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
164- BestZOO (Netherlands) – Common Wallaroo, Parma Wallaby, White-striped Dorcopsis – 2019
165- Zoo Veldhoven (Netherlands) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
166- Dierenrijk (Animal Kingdom) (Netherlands) – Parma Wallaby – 2019
167- Dierenpark Zie-ZOO (Netherlands) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby, Dusky Pademelon – 2019
168- De Bosruiter (Netherlands) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
169- ZooParc Overloon (Netherlands) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby – 2019
170- De Paay (Netherlands) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
171- Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) – Swamp Wallaby – 2019
172- Tierpark Hagenbeck (Germany) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
173- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Red Kangaroo, Parma Wallaby – 2019
174- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Common Wallaroo, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2019
175- Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany) – Red Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby – 2019
176- Tierpark Petermoor (Germany) – Parma Wallaby – 2019
177- Tierpark Strohen (Germany) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
178- NaturZoo Rheine (Germany) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
179- Nordhorn Zoo (Germany) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2019
180- Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen (Netherlands – Swamp Wallaby – 2019
181- Dierenpark Amersfoort (Netherlands) – Tammar Wallaby – 2019
182- Skaerup Zoo (Denmark) – Brown Dorcopsis, Parma Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby, Tammar Wallaby – 2022
183- Munkholm Zoo (Denmark) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2022
184- Jyllands Park Zoo (Denmark) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2022
185- Aalborg Zoo (Denmark) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2022
186- Odense Zoo (Denmark) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo – 2022
187- Parken Zoo (Sweden) – Red-necked Wallaby – 2022
188- Den Lille Dyrehage/The Small Zoo (Norway) - Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2022
189- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2022
190- Wildlife Images Rehabilitation and Education Center (USA) – Swamp Wallaby – 2023
191- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Western Grey Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby – 2023
192- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (USA) – Red-necked Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby – 2023
ANIMAL PHOTOS:
Red-necked Wallabies, still called Bennett's Wallabies at many zoos, are the #1 most common macropod I've seen.
@WhistlingKite24
A big, male Red Kangaroo can be an awe-inspiring sight when bouncing across the Australian Outback, or even covered in shavings at an American zoo.
@Rhino0118
Small, mouse-like, greyish-brown = Parma Wallaby
@WhistlingKite24
Matschie's Tree Kangaroos are stunning macropods and while doing this project I learned that they are now known as Huon Tree Kangaroos. There are so many name changes in the world of taxonomy.
@Andrew_NZP
I've seen dark-haired Swamp Wallabies at 22 zoos. Here's a "mob" of them:
@Jacob Blackwood
Eastern Grey Kangaroo:
@WhistlingKite24
Here's a couple of Common Wallaroos, sometimes called Euros in the past. I've seen Wallaroos at 17 zoos and they are almost always mixed together with other macropod species. I suppose that interbreeding is not a concern.
@Andrew_NZP
I find that @WhistlingKite24 is a wonderful source for pristine images of Aussie creatures. Here's his photo of a Tammar Wallaby, also known as a Dama Wallaby at some zoos.
Western Grey Kangaroo:
@Green_mamba
I love the striped tails on Yellow-footed Rock Wallabies:
@Hix
I've seen Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroos at 9 zoos:
@WhistlingKite24
Here is an Agile Wallaby in the wild and I've only ever seen them in 3 zoos. However, this species is easily viewed in a number of Southeast Asian zoos. Bring 'em on!
@Hix
Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby:
@OskarGC
Are Quokkas the "cutest" of all the macropods?
@Veno
The Brown Dorcopsis is also known as the Brown Forest Wallaby:
@Jurek7
Dusky Pademelon:
@Prochilodus246
Red-legged Pademelon:
@WhistlingKite24
Red-necked Pademelon:
@WhistlingKite24
White-striped Dorcopsis, otherwise known as the White-striped Forest Wallaby:
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Well, I wish you both a very enjoyable and interesting journey. I guess (and sure hope) we will be able to warm ourselves again during the cold autumn and winter evenings by reading your trip reports.
biggest_dreamer
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Very excited to read about the road trip! I'd been hoping it would be in Asia, although I was definitely also hoping Japan would find its way in. I can't wait to die of jealousy.
On the subject of macropods, dorcopsises (is that the right plural?) are consistently some of the most awkward looking mammals I can imagine. Their head is way too small for their chubby bodies, and they always have a permanent deer-in-headlights look. I love them.
On the subject of macropods, dorcopsises (is that the right plural?) are consistently some of the most awkward looking mammals I can imagine. Their head is way too small for their chubby bodies, and they always have a permanent deer-in-headlights look. I love them.
Prochilodus246
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Wishing you good luck on your expedition to SE Asia and I look forward to reading all about the collections you plan to visit. I'm interested in both the styles of exhibitry and all the gems that I'm of the understanding some of the collections you may visit hold.
If you see a tarsier on your trip, I will be eternally jealous
. In all seriousness, enjoy your trip!I know a lot of the non-Bennett's wallabies have become a lot rarer in US zoos only in recent years. Parmas in particular suffered a rather major population decline in only the past fifteen years or so. I remember seeing this species at Roger Williams Park Zoo for a number of years as a child (they happened to be one of the first US zoos to keep the species back in the 1960's, and housed it up into the 2010's). In fact, I took this species for granted up until the zoo stopped housing it... and now I doubt that I'll ever see the species again.
When Roger Williams Park Zoo still had grey kangaroos, they would often be difficult to spot back before the exhibit was a walk-through. That is, up until the exhibit became a short-lived kangaroo walkthrough and was eventually overtaken by Faces of the Rainforest.
Parma and Swamp Wallabies are two species I've never seen in a zoo in the US. I saw some at a county fair once, but ever in a zoo.
Surprised that you've never seen Parma wallabies, especially since Lincoln Park housed the species within the past decade.
It's possible I have seen he species then, although I have no memory of it, nor have I ever noted it in any of my notes that I can re-find. When did they leave the collection?
Parma wallabies were kept in the small mammal/reptile house up until 2016. They were in the last enclosure in the building, the one currently inhabited by the Puerto Rican parrots.
Thanks! I had those down as Bennett's in all my notes. Perhaps just force of habit?
Osedax
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Taronga would also have almost definitely had Swamp Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby and Quokka when you visited.
Parma wallabies have an interesting history. They were considered extinct until a small feral population was found in New Zealand in 1965. Animals were taken from this population to zoos around the world to create a rescue population. Studbooks were created and a lot of effort put into them.
In 1967 a small population was discovered in their natural range, but this was considered a remanent population, and the species was still regarded as highly endangered.
Over time it was discovered to have a quite a wide range in heavily forested, rugged and remote country, and its main problem was that it was very cryptic. Today the species is still regarded as "Near Threatened", but this is nowhere as sexy as Extinct in the Wild.
Even in Australia, it is a lot less often seen in zoos than it was, say, 30 years ago. When it comes to small wallabies, tamar wallabies are better display animals and quokkas are of course superstars. The problem is zoos have just lost interest.
Swamp wallabies are about the same size as red-necked wallabies, and a lot more often seen in the wild. However red-necked wallabies are more docile in captivity, and very hardy (their range includes alpine snow areas in Australia).
In 1967 a small population was discovered in their natural range, but this was considered a remanent population, and the species was still regarded as highly endangered.
Over time it was discovered to have a quite a wide range in heavily forested, rugged and remote country, and its main problem was that it was very cryptic. Today the species is still regarded as "Near Threatened", but this is nowhere as sexy as Extinct in the Wild.
Even in Australia, it is a lot less often seen in zoos than it was, say, 30 years ago. When it comes to small wallabies, tamar wallabies are better display animals and quokkas are of course superstars. The problem is zoos have just lost interest.
Swamp wallabies are about the same size as red-necked wallabies, and a lot more often seen in the wild. However red-necked wallabies are more docile in captivity, and very hardy (their range includes alpine snow areas in Australia).
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As far as I know, the status of dorcopsis in Europe has been much debated over the last few years. But the general consensus now seems to be that all animals (in Best, Skaerup and Praha) are the same species. Zootierliste lumps them all as “brown dorcopsis”.
And I’m on the fence if travelling to countries with astonishing natural beauty to visit zoos is a stroke of genius, or insanity Nonetheless, have fun and keep writing so we can lap it all up 
And I’m on the fence if travelling to countries with astonishing natural beauty to visit zoos is a stroke of genius, or insanity
Nonetheless, have fun and keep writing so we can lap it all up