Snowleopard's Mammals: A Lifetime List of Species Mammalian and Non-Mammalian
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Thanks @Giant Eland and I'm not at all surprised that the Red Brocket Deer at Emperor Valley Zoo would be a different species in comparison to the Red Brocket Deer at the Phoenix and Los Angeles zoos. I know that at Phoenix the animals are even signed as 'Mexican Red Brocket Deer'. You are a true species hunter my friend. 
Thanks @Zz123 for the mention of the various Eld's Deer subspecies. There's quite a few subspecies with several types of deer and some are up next.
I've seen Caribou at 56 zoos and I've done my best to break things down into subspecies level, based on zoo signs, photos, maps and guidebooks. One trend is that there are very few 'southern' zoos on my list, with almost all the zoos here being ones that can have cold winters.
56 zoos (48 Reindeer, 10 Woodland Caribou, 1 Barren-ground Caribou, 1 Osborn Caribou, 1 Peary Caribou)
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Woodland Caribou, Barren-ground Caribou, Peary Caribou, Osborn Caribou, Reindeer – 1975
2- Point Defiance Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2005
3- Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (USA) – Woodland Caribou – 2005
4- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Woodland Caribou - 2006
5- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2006
6- Denver Zoo (USA) – Woodland Caribou – 2006
7- B.C. Wildlife Park (Canada) – Woodland Caribou – 2006
8- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Woodland Caribou – 2008
9- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Reindeer – 2008
10- Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (USA) – Reindeer – 2008
11- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Reindeer – 2009
12- Cougar Mountain Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2009
13- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Woodland Caribou – 2010
14- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2010
15- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2010
16- Great Plains Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2012
17- Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park (USA) – Reindeer – 2012
18- Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
19- Bramble Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
20- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
21- Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
22- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
23- Como Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
24- Miller Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
25- Lincoln Children’s Zoo - Nebraska (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
26- Willow Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
27- Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA) – Reindeer – 2015
28- West Coast Game Park Safari (USA) – Reindeer – 2015
29- Discovery Wildlife Park (Canada) – Reindeer – 2016
30- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Reindeer – 2017
31- Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo (Canada) – Woodland Caribou – 2018
32- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Woodland Caribou, Reindeer – 2018
33- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2018
34- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2018
35- Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
36- Landgoed Hoenderdaell (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
37- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
38- Diergaarde Blijdorp (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
39- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Reindeer – 2019
40- GaiaZOO (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
41- Opel Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
42- Dortmund Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
43- ZOOM Erlebniswelt (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
44- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
45- Dierenrijk (Animal Kingdom) (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
46- Ouwehands Dierenpark (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
47- Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
48- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
49- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
50- Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany) – Woodland Caribou – 2019
51- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
52- Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
53- Jyllands Park Zoo (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
54- Odense Zoo (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
55- Nordens Ark (Sweden) – Reindeer – 2022
56- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) is my childhood zoo (also the Valley Zoo), located in Edmonton, Alberta. Of course, there's been significant taxonomic changes since this place was open (1959-1998), as for example in the late 1970s and early 1980s the zoo had 5 different exhibits with 5 different zebras (Grevy's, Grant's, Damara, Hartmann's Mountain and Chapman's) and there was also Reindeer, Peary Caribou (first captured from the wild by this zoo in 1970), as well as Barren-ground, Woodland and Osborn Caribou all discussed in their late 1970s guidebook. They are all ONE species, although seeing the Peary Caribou was memorable as they were almost pure white in the winter. Here's an internet image:
The hot climate down in southern California has never deterred San Diego Zoo (USA) from having Reindeer up in the area near the Polar Bears. Currently an empty exhibit, it was always an awkward enclosure with viewing being difficult and the terraced landscape very odd.
@pachyderm pro
Minnesota Zoo (USA) has showcased Caribou for many years, in a large paddock on the Northern Trail walking loop.
@Milwaukee Man
A few small, desolate fenced yards hold Reindeer at Cougar Mountain Zoo (USA). This place heavily promotes having Reindeer in the winter, when there are Santa festivities.
A bit better exhibit, signed as Reindeer, was at Buffalo Zoo (USA) in 2010:
The Reindeer paddock at Rosamond Gifford Zoo (USA) in 2012 also held some bird species, judging by signs and my photo, such as Canada Geese, Mallard, Ruddy Shelduck, Tundra Swan and Helmeted Guineafowl.
Bramble Park Zoo (USA), which recently lost its AZA accreditation, actually had a spacious Reindeer exhibit when I was there in 2014.
Reindeer look good in the snow in an otherwise bland, standard enclosure at Como Park Zoo (USA):
@Dhole dude
It's not difficult to obtain some domesticated Reindeer and several roadside zoos, such as West Coast Game Park Safari (USA), have done just that over the years.
Besides Alberta Game Farm, the only other zoo I've ever visited with exhibits for both Reindeer and Caribou has been Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada). In 2018, there was a Reindeer enclosure in the Grasslands & Boreal Forest zone and the Journey to Churchill area had a Woodland Caribou exhibit. Here's the latter:
I enjoyed Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) a lot when I was there in summer 2019, but the very first thing visitors saw back then was a GONG SHOW of an exhibit. Reindeer, Ankole Cattle, Bactrian Camels, some donkeys...what the heck? I think this enclosure houses Scimitar-horned Oryx and Meerkats now, which is also an odd pairing. Hmmm...Reindeer on sand.
GaiaZOO (Netherlands) is a real gem of a zoological facility, packed with natural-looking, excellent exhibits. Taiga is the area that houses a large Reindeer exhibit.
@Mr Gharial
ZOOM Erlebniswelt (Germany) is another zoo with, for the most part, wall-to-wall top-notch exhibits, and here's a neat photo of a Reindeer drinking in the Alaska zone.
@RonBurrgundy
Reindeer paddock at Duisburg Zoo (Germany) with many tall trees:
@gulogulogulo
Woodland Caribou can be found in the Canadian themed Yukon Bay section at Hannover Zoo (Germany):
By the standards of the Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark), their Reindeer exhibit is quite small. This is a place that gives 6 acres to bears.
Jyllands Park Zoo (Denmark) also has Reindeer:
The Reindeer exhibit at Nordens Ark (Sweden) is heavily forested and probably packed with snow in the winter.
Order Artiodactyla:
Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)
Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)
Cervidae: 15 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 63 Common Fallow Deer, 56 Caribou/Reindeer, 40 Axis Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 20 Hog Deer, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 12 Eld's Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac, 3 Calamian Deer, 2 Mexican Red Brocket Deer, 1 Common Red Brocket Deer, 1 Persian Fallow Deer)
Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)
Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)
Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)
Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)
Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)
Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)
Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)
Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)
Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)
Thanks @Zz123 for the mention of the various Eld's Deer subspecies. There's quite a few subspecies with several types of deer and some are up next.
I've seen Caribou at 56 zoos and I've done my best to break things down into subspecies level, based on zoo signs, photos, maps and guidebooks. One trend is that there are very few 'southern' zoos on my list, with almost all the zoos here being ones that can have cold winters.
56 zoos (48 Reindeer, 10 Woodland Caribou, 1 Barren-ground Caribou, 1 Osborn Caribou, 1 Peary Caribou)
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Woodland Caribou, Barren-ground Caribou, Peary Caribou, Osborn Caribou, Reindeer – 1975
2- Point Defiance Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2005
3- Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (USA) – Woodland Caribou – 2005
4- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Woodland Caribou - 2006
5- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2006
6- Denver Zoo (USA) – Woodland Caribou – 2006
7- B.C. Wildlife Park (Canada) – Woodland Caribou – 2006
8- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Woodland Caribou – 2008
9- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Reindeer – 2008
10- Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (USA) – Reindeer – 2008
11- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Reindeer – 2009
12- Cougar Mountain Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2009
13- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Woodland Caribou – 2010
14- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2010
15- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2010
16- Great Plains Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2012
17- Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park (USA) – Reindeer – 2012
18- Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
19- Bramble Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
20- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
21- Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
22- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
23- Como Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
24- Miller Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
25- Lincoln Children’s Zoo - Nebraska (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
26- Willow Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
27- Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA) – Reindeer – 2015
28- West Coast Game Park Safari (USA) – Reindeer – 2015
29- Discovery Wildlife Park (Canada) – Reindeer – 2016
30- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Reindeer – 2017
31- Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo (Canada) – Woodland Caribou – 2018
32- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Woodland Caribou, Reindeer – 2018
33- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2018
34- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2018
35- Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
36- Landgoed Hoenderdaell (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
37- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
38- Diergaarde Blijdorp (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
39- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Reindeer – 2019
40- GaiaZOO (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
41- Opel Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
42- Dortmund Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
43- ZOOM Erlebniswelt (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
44- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
45- Dierenrijk (Animal Kingdom) (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
46- Ouwehands Dierenpark (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
47- Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
48- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
49- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
50- Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany) – Woodland Caribou – 2019
51- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
52- Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
53- Jyllands Park Zoo (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
54- Odense Zoo (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
55- Nordens Ark (Sweden) – Reindeer – 2022
56- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) is my childhood zoo (also the Valley Zoo), located in Edmonton, Alberta. Of course, there's been significant taxonomic changes since this place was open (1959-1998), as for example in the late 1970s and early 1980s the zoo had 5 different exhibits with 5 different zebras (Grevy's, Grant's, Damara, Hartmann's Mountain and Chapman's) and there was also Reindeer, Peary Caribou (first captured from the wild by this zoo in 1970), as well as Barren-ground, Woodland and Osborn Caribou all discussed in their late 1970s guidebook. They are all ONE species, although seeing the Peary Caribou was memorable as they were almost pure white in the winter. Here's an internet image:
The hot climate down in southern California has never deterred San Diego Zoo (USA) from having Reindeer up in the area near the Polar Bears. Currently an empty exhibit, it was always an awkward enclosure with viewing being difficult and the terraced landscape very odd.
@pachyderm pro
Minnesota Zoo (USA) has showcased Caribou for many years, in a large paddock on the Northern Trail walking loop.
@Milwaukee Man
A few small, desolate fenced yards hold Reindeer at Cougar Mountain Zoo (USA). This place heavily promotes having Reindeer in the winter, when there are Santa festivities.
A bit better exhibit, signed as Reindeer, was at Buffalo Zoo (USA) in 2010:
The Reindeer paddock at Rosamond Gifford Zoo (USA) in 2012 also held some bird species, judging by signs and my photo, such as Canada Geese, Mallard, Ruddy Shelduck, Tundra Swan and Helmeted Guineafowl.
Bramble Park Zoo (USA), which recently lost its AZA accreditation, actually had a spacious Reindeer exhibit when I was there in 2014.
Reindeer look good in the snow in an otherwise bland, standard enclosure at Como Park Zoo (USA):
@Dhole dude
It's not difficult to obtain some domesticated Reindeer and several roadside zoos, such as West Coast Game Park Safari (USA), have done just that over the years.
Besides Alberta Game Farm, the only other zoo I've ever visited with exhibits for both Reindeer and Caribou has been Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada). In 2018, there was a Reindeer enclosure in the Grasslands & Boreal Forest zone and the Journey to Churchill area had a Woodland Caribou exhibit. Here's the latter:
I enjoyed Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) a lot when I was there in summer 2019, but the very first thing visitors saw back then was a GONG SHOW of an exhibit. Reindeer, Ankole Cattle, Bactrian Camels, some donkeys...what the heck? I think this enclosure houses Scimitar-horned Oryx and Meerkats now, which is also an odd pairing. Hmmm...Reindeer on sand.
GaiaZOO (Netherlands) is a real gem of a zoological facility, packed with natural-looking, excellent exhibits. Taiga is the area that houses a large Reindeer exhibit.
@Mr Gharial
ZOOM Erlebniswelt (Germany) is another zoo with, for the most part, wall-to-wall top-notch exhibits, and here's a neat photo of a Reindeer drinking in the Alaska zone.
@RonBurrgundy
Reindeer paddock at Duisburg Zoo (Germany) with many tall trees:
@gulogulogulo
Woodland Caribou can be found in the Canadian themed Yukon Bay section at Hannover Zoo (Germany):
By the standards of the Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark), their Reindeer exhibit is quite small. This is a place that gives 6 acres to bears.
Jyllands Park Zoo (Denmark) also has Reindeer:
The Reindeer exhibit at Nordens Ark (Sweden) is heavily forested and probably packed with snow in the winter.
Order Artiodactyla:
Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)
Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)
Cervidae: 15 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 63 Common Fallow Deer, 56 Caribou/Reindeer, 40 Axis Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 20 Hog Deer, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 12 Eld's Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac, 3 Calamian Deer, 2 Mexican Red Brocket Deer, 1 Common Red Brocket Deer, 1 Persian Fallow Deer)
Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)
Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)
Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)
Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)
Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)
Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)
Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)
Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)
Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)
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This exhibit now holds tufted deer.A bit better exhibit, signed as Reindeer, was at Buffalo Zoo (USA) in 2010:
The ones you saw at Minnesota would have been Woodland Caribou, although they recently switched over to normal Domestic Reindeer.Thanks @Giant Eland and I'm not at all surprised that the Red Brocket Deer at Emperor Valley Zoo would be a different species in comparison to the Red Brocket Deer at the Phoenix and Los Angeles zoos. I know that at Phoenix the animals are even signed as 'Mexican Red Brocket Deer'. You are a true species hunter my friend.
Thanks @Zz123 for the mention of the various Eld's Deer subspecies. There's quite a few subspecies with several types of deer and some are up next.
I've seen Caribou at 56 zoos and I've done my best to break things down into subspecies level, based on zoo signs, photos, maps and guidebooks. One trend is that there are very few 'southern' zoos on my list, with almost all the zoos here being ones that can have cold winters.
56 zoos (48 Reindeer, 7 Woodland Caribou, 3 ‘Caribou’, 1 Barren-ground Caribou, 1 Osborn Caribou, 1 Peary Caribou)
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Woodland Caribou, Barren-ground Caribou, Peary Caribou, Osborn Caribou, Reindeer – 1975
2- Point Defiance Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2005
3- Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (USA) – Woodland Caribou – 2005
4- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Woodland Caribou - 2006
5- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2006
6- Denver Zoo (USA) – Caribou – 2006
7- B.C. Wildlife Park (Canada) – Woodland Caribou – 2006
8- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Caribou – 2008
9- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Reindeer – 2008
10- Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (USA) – Reindeer – 2008
11- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Reindeer – 2009
12- Cougar Mountain Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2009
13- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Caribou – 2010
14- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2010
15- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2010
16- Great Plains Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2012
17- Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park (USA) – Reindeer – 2012
18- Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
19- Bramble Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
20- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
21- Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
22- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
23- Como Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
24- Miller Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
25- Lincoln Children’s Zoo - Nebraska (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
26- Willow Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
27- Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA) – Reindeer – 2015
28- West Coast Game Park Safari (USA) – Reindeer – 2015
29- Discovery Wildlife Park (Canada) – Reindeer – 2016
30- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Reindeer – 2017
31- Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo (Canada) – Woodland Caribou – 2018
32- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Woodland Caribou, Reindeer – 2018
33- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2018
34- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2018
35- Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
36- Landgoed Hoenderdaell (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
37- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
38- Diergaarde Blijdorp (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
39- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Reindeer – 2019
40- GaiaZOO (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
41- Opel Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
42- Dortmund Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
43- ZOOM Erlebniswelt (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
44- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
45- Dierenrijk (Animal Kingdom) (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
46- Ouwehands Dierenpark (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
47- Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
48- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
49- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
50- Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany) – Woodland Caribou – 2019
51- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
52- Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
53- Jyllands Park Zoo (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
54- Odense Zoo (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
55- Nordens Ark (Sweden) – Reindeer – 2022
56- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) is my childhood zoo (also the Valley Zoo), located in Edmonton, Alberta. Of course, there's been significant taxonomic changes since this place was open (1959-1998), as for example in the late 1970s and early 1980s the zoo had 5 different exhibits with 5 different zebras (Grevy's, Grant's, Damara, Hartmann's Mountain and Chapman's) and there was also Reindeer, Peary Caribou (first captured from the wild by this zoo in 1970), as well as Barren-ground, Woodland and Osborn Caribou all discussed in their late 1970s guidebook. They are all ONE species, although seeing the Peary Caribou was memorable as they were almost pure white in the winter. Here's an internet image:
The hot climate down in southern California has never deterred San Diego Zoo (USA) from having Reindeer up in the area near the Polar Bears. Currently an empty exhibit, it was always an awkward enclosure with viewing being difficult and the terraced landscape very odd.
@pachyderm pro
Minnesota Zoo (USA) has showcased Caribou for many years, in a large paddock on the Northern Trail walking loop.
@Milwaukee Man
A few small, desolate fenced yards hold Reindeer at Cougar Mountain Zoo (USA). This place heavily promotes having Reindeer in the winter, when there are Santa festivities.
A bit better exhibit, signed as Reindeer, was at Buffalo Zoo (USA) in 2010:
The Reindeer paddock at Rosamond Gifford Zoo (USA) in 2012 also held some bird species, judging by signs and my photo, such as Canada Geese, Mallard, Ruddy Shelduck, Tundra Swan and Helmeted Guineafowl.
Bramble Park Zoo (USA), which recently lost its AZA accreditation, actually had a spacious Reindeer exhibit when I was there in 2014.
Reindeer look good in the snow in an otherwise bland, standard enclosure at Como Park Zoo (USA):
@Dhole dude
It's not difficult to obtain some domesticated Reindeer and several roadside zoos, such as West Coast Game Park Safari (USA), have done just that over the years.
Besides Alberta Game Farm, the only other zoo I've ever visited with exhibits for both Reindeer and Caribou has been Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada). In 2018, there was a Reindeer enclosure in the Grasslands & Boreal Forest zone and the Journey to Churchill area had a Woodland Caribou exhibit. Here's the latter:
I enjoyed Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) a lot when I was there in summer 2019, but the very first thing visitors saw back then was a GONG SHOW of an exhibit. Reindeer, Ankole Cattle, Bactrian Camels, some donkeys...what the heck? I think this enclosure houses Scimitar-horned Oryx and Meerkats now, which is also an odd pairing. Hmmm...Reindeer on sand.
GaiaZOO (Netherlands) is a real gem of a zoological facility, packed with natural-looking, excellent exhibits. Taiga is the area that houses a large Reindeer exhibit.
@Mr Gharial
ZOOM Erlebniswelt (Germany) is another zoo with, for the most part, wall-to-wall top-notch exhibits, and here's a neat photo of a Reindeer drinking in the Alaska zone.
@RonBurrgundy
Reindeer paddock at Duisburg Zoo (Germany) with many tall trees:
@gulogulogulo
Woodland Caribou can be found in the Canadian themed Yukon Bay section at Hannover Zoo (Germany):
By the standards of the Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark), their Reindeer exhibit is quite small. This is a place that gives 6 acres to bears.
Jyllands Park Zoo (Denmark) also has Reindeer:
The Reindeer exhibit at Nordens Ark (Sweden) is heavily forested and probably packed with snow in the winter.
Order Artiodactyla:
Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)
Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)
Cervidae: 15 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 63 Common Fallow Deer, 56 Caribou/Reindeer, 40 Axis Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 20 Hog Deer, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 12 Eld's Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac, 3 Calamian Deer, 2 Mexican Red Brocket Deer, 1 Common Red Brocket Deer, 1 Persian Fallow Deer)
Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)
Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)
Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)
Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)
Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)
Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)
Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)
Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)
Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)
I haven't been as frequent a contributor to this thread lately as I don't have as much to say about ungulates than some of the other taxa covered, but it has still been an enjoyable read. I wanted to say, however, that I really enjoyed the caribou exhibit at Toronto Zoo, the only place I have ever seen this species. It was really spacious, contained some nice variety in elevation, and was part of a really cool cohesively themed area "Tundra Trek", alongside polar bears and arctic wolves. Definitely one of the best spots in Toronto Zoo, in my opinion.Thanks @Giant Eland and I'm not at all surprised that the Red Brocket Deer at Emperor Valley Zoo would be a different species in comparison to the Red Brocket Deer at the Phoenix and Los Angeles zoos. I know that at Phoenix the animals are even signed as 'Mexican Red Brocket Deer'. You are a true species hunter my friend.
Thanks @Zz123 for the mention of the various Eld's Deer subspecies. There's quite a few subspecies with several types of deer and some are up next.
I've seen Caribou at 56 zoos and I've done my best to break things down into subspecies level, based on zoo signs, photos, maps and guidebooks. One trend is that there are very few 'southern' zoos on my list, with almost all the zoos here being ones that can have cold winters.
56 zoos (48 Reindeer, 7 Woodland Caribou, 3 ‘Caribou’, 1 Barren-ground Caribou, 1 Osborn Caribou, 1 Peary Caribou)
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Woodland Caribou, Barren-ground Caribou, Peary Caribou, Osborn Caribou, Reindeer – 1975
2- Point Defiance Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2005
3- Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (USA) – Woodland Caribou – 2005
4- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Woodland Caribou - 2006
5- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2006
6- Denver Zoo (USA) – Caribou – 2006
7- B.C. Wildlife Park (Canada) – Woodland Caribou – 2006
8- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Caribou – 2008
9- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Reindeer – 2008
10- Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (USA) – Reindeer – 2008
11- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Reindeer – 2009
12- Cougar Mountain Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2009
13- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Caribou – 2010
14- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2010
15- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2010
16- Great Plains Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2012
17- Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park (USA) – Reindeer – 2012
18- Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
19- Bramble Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
20- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
21- Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
22- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
23- Como Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
24- Miller Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
25- Lincoln Children’s Zoo - Nebraska (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
26- Willow Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
27- Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA) – Reindeer – 2015
28- West Coast Game Park Safari (USA) – Reindeer – 2015
29- Discovery Wildlife Park (Canada) – Reindeer – 2016
30- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Reindeer – 2017
31- Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo (Canada) – Woodland Caribou – 2018
32- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Woodland Caribou, Reindeer – 2018
33- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2018
34- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2018
35- Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
36- Landgoed Hoenderdaell (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
37- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
38- Diergaarde Blijdorp (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
39- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Reindeer – 2019
40- GaiaZOO (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
41- Opel Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
42- Dortmund Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
43- ZOOM Erlebniswelt (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
44- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
45- Dierenrijk (Animal Kingdom) (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
46- Ouwehands Dierenpark (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
47- Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
48- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
49- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
50- Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany) – Woodland Caribou – 2019
51- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
52- Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
53- Jyllands Park Zoo (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
54- Odense Zoo (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
55- Nordens Ark (Sweden) – Reindeer – 2022
56- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) is my childhood zoo (also the Valley Zoo), located in Edmonton, Alberta. Of course, there's been significant taxonomic changes since this place was open (1959-1998), as for example in the late 1970s and early 1980s the zoo had 5 different exhibits with 5 different zebras (Grevy's, Grant's, Damara, Hartmann's Mountain and Chapman's) and there was also Reindeer, Peary Caribou (first captured from the wild by this zoo in 1970), as well as Barren-ground, Woodland and Osborn Caribou all discussed in their late 1970s guidebook. They are all ONE species, although seeing the Peary Caribou was memorable as they were almost pure white in the winter. Here's an internet image:
The hot climate down in southern California has never deterred San Diego Zoo (USA) from having Reindeer up in the area near the Polar Bears. Currently an empty exhibit, it was always an awkward enclosure with viewing being difficult and the terraced landscape very odd.
@pachyderm pro
Minnesota Zoo (USA) has showcased Caribou for many years, in a large paddock on the Northern Trail walking loop.
@Milwaukee Man
A few small, desolate fenced yards hold Reindeer at Cougar Mountain Zoo (USA). This place heavily promotes having Reindeer in the winter, when there are Santa festivities.
A bit better exhibit, signed as Reindeer, was at Buffalo Zoo (USA) in 2010:
The Reindeer paddock at Rosamond Gifford Zoo (USA) in 2012 also held some bird species, judging by signs and my photo, such as Canada Geese, Mallard, Ruddy Shelduck, Tundra Swan and Helmeted Guineafowl.
Bramble Park Zoo (USA), which recently lost its AZA accreditation, actually had a spacious Reindeer exhibit when I was there in 2014.
Reindeer look good in the snow in an otherwise bland, standard enclosure at Como Park Zoo (USA):
@Dhole dude
It's not difficult to obtain some domesticated Reindeer and several roadside zoos, such as West Coast Game Park Safari (USA), have done just that over the years.
Besides Alberta Game Farm, the only other zoo I've ever visited with exhibits for both Reindeer and Caribou has been Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada). In 2018, there was a Reindeer enclosure in the Grasslands & Boreal Forest zone and the Journey to Churchill area had a Woodland Caribou exhibit. Here's the latter:
I enjoyed Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) a lot when I was there in summer 2019, but the very first thing visitors saw back then was a GONG SHOW of an exhibit. Reindeer, Ankole Cattle, Bactrian Camels, some donkeys...what the heck? I think this enclosure houses Scimitar-horned Oryx and Meerkats now, which is also an odd pairing. Hmmm...Reindeer on sand.
GaiaZOO (Netherlands) is a real gem of a zoological facility, packed with natural-looking, excellent exhibits. Taiga is the area that houses a large Reindeer exhibit.
@Mr Gharial
ZOOM Erlebniswelt (Germany) is another zoo with, for the most part, wall-to-wall top-notch exhibits, and here's a neat photo of a Reindeer drinking in the Alaska zone.
@RonBurrgundy
Reindeer paddock at Duisburg Zoo (Germany) with many tall trees:
@gulogulogulo
Woodland Caribou can be found in the Canadian themed Yukon Bay section at Hannover Zoo (Germany):
By the standards of the Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark), their Reindeer exhibit is quite small. This is a place that gives 6 acres to bears.
Jyllands Park Zoo (Denmark) also has Reindeer:
The Reindeer exhibit at Nordens Ark (Sweden) is heavily forested and probably packed with snow in the winter.
Order Artiodactyla:
Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)
Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)
Cervidae: 15 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 63 Common Fallow Deer, 56 Caribou/Reindeer, 40 Axis Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 20 Hog Deer, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 12 Eld's Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac, 3 Calamian Deer, 2 Mexican Red Brocket Deer, 1 Common Red Brocket Deer, 1 Persian Fallow Deer)
Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)
Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)
Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)
Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)
Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)
Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)
Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)
Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)
Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)
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The SDZ exhibit is now part of the polar bear expansion plan. The exhibit was empty for a time and I supposed the zoo had fased-out the species.Thanks @Giant Eland and I'm not at all surprised that the Red Brocket Deer at Emperor Valley Zoo would be a different species in comparison to the Red Brocket Deer at the Phoenix and Los Angeles zoos. I know that at Phoenix the animals are even signed as 'Mexican Red Brocket Deer'. You are a true species hunter my friend.
Thanks @Zz123 for the mention of the various Eld's Deer subspecies. There's quite a few subspecies with several types of deer and some are up next.
I've seen Caribou at 56 zoos and I've done my best to break things down into subspecies level, based on zoo signs, photos, maps and guidebooks. One trend is that there are very few 'southern' zoos on my list, with almost all the zoos here being ones that can have cold winters.
56 zoos (48 Reindeer, 10 Woodland Caribou, 1 Barren-ground Caribou, 1 Osborn Caribou, 1 Peary Caribou)
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Woodland Caribou, Barren-ground Caribou, Peary Caribou, Osborn Caribou, Reindeer – 1975
2- Point Defiance Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2005
3- Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (USA) – Woodland Caribou – 2005
4- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Woodland Caribou - 2006
5- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2006
6- Denver Zoo (USA) – Woodland Caribou – 2006
7- B.C. Wildlife Park (Canada) – Woodland Caribou – 2006
8- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Woodland Caribou – 2008
9- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Reindeer – 2008
10- Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (USA) – Reindeer – 2008
11- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Reindeer – 2009
12- Cougar Mountain Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2009
13- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Woodland Caribou – 2010
14- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2010
15- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2010
16- Great Plains Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2012
17- Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park (USA) – Reindeer – 2012
18- Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
19- Bramble Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
20- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
21- Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
22- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
23- Como Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
24- Miller Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
25- Lincoln Children’s Zoo - Nebraska (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
26- Willow Park Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2014
27- Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA) – Reindeer – 2015
28- West Coast Game Park Safari (USA) – Reindeer – 2015
29- Discovery Wildlife Park (Canada) – Reindeer – 2016
30- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Reindeer – 2017
31- Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo (Canada) – Woodland Caribou – 2018
32- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Woodland Caribou, Reindeer – 2018
33- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2018
34- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Reindeer – 2018
35- Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
36- Landgoed Hoenderdaell (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
37- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
38- Diergaarde Blijdorp (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
39- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Reindeer – 2019
40- GaiaZOO (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
41- Opel Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
42- Dortmund Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
43- ZOOM Erlebniswelt (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
44- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
45- Dierenrijk (Animal Kingdom) (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
46- Ouwehands Dierenpark (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
47- Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) – Reindeer – 2019
48- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
49- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
50- Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany) – Woodland Caribou – 2019
51- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Reindeer – 2019
52- Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
53- Jyllands Park Zoo (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
54- Odense Zoo (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
55- Nordens Ark (Sweden) – Reindeer – 2022
56- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Reindeer – 2022
Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) is my childhood zoo (also the Valley Zoo), located in Edmonton, Alberta. Of course, there's been significant taxonomic changes since this place was open (1959-1998), as for example in the late 1970s and early 1980s the zoo had 5 different exhibits with 5 different zebras (Grevy's, Grant's, Damara, Hartmann's Mountain and Chapman's) and there was also Reindeer, Peary Caribou (first captured from the wild by this zoo in 1970), as well as Barren-ground, Woodland and Osborn Caribou all discussed in their late 1970s guidebook. They are all ONE species, although seeing the Peary Caribou was memorable as they were almost pure white in the winter. Here's an internet image:
The hot climate down in southern California has never deterred San Diego Zoo (USA) from having Reindeer up in the area near the Polar Bears. Currently an empty exhibit, it was always an awkward enclosure with viewing being difficult and the terraced landscape very odd.
@pachyderm pro
Minnesota Zoo (USA) has showcased Caribou for many years, in a large paddock on the Northern Trail walking loop.
@Milwaukee Man
A few small, desolate fenced yards hold Reindeer at Cougar Mountain Zoo (USA). This place heavily promotes having Reindeer in the winter, when there are Santa festivities.
A bit better exhibit, signed as Reindeer, was at Buffalo Zoo (USA) in 2010:
The Reindeer paddock at Rosamond Gifford Zoo (USA) in 2012 also held some bird species, judging by signs and my photo, such as Canada Geese, Mallard, Ruddy Shelduck, Tundra Swan and Helmeted Guineafowl.
Bramble Park Zoo (USA), which recently lost its AZA accreditation, actually had a spacious Reindeer exhibit when I was there in 2014.
Reindeer look good in the snow in an otherwise bland, standard enclosure at Como Park Zoo (USA):
@Dhole dude
It's not difficult to obtain some domesticated Reindeer and several roadside zoos, such as West Coast Game Park Safari (USA), have done just that over the years.
Besides Alberta Game Farm, the only other zoo I've ever visited with exhibits for both Reindeer and Caribou has been Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada). In 2018, there was a Reindeer enclosure in the Grasslands & Boreal Forest zone and the Journey to Churchill area had a Woodland Caribou exhibit. Here's the latter:
I enjoyed Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) a lot when I was there in summer 2019, but the very first thing visitors saw back then was a GONG SHOW of an exhibit. Reindeer, Ankole Cattle, Bactrian Camels, some donkeys...what the heck? I think this enclosure houses Scimitar-horned Oryx and Meerkats now, which is also an odd pairing. Hmmm...Reindeer on sand.
GaiaZOO (Netherlands) is a real gem of a zoological facility, packed with natural-looking, excellent exhibits. Taiga is the area that houses a large Reindeer exhibit.
@Mr Gharial
ZOOM Erlebniswelt (Germany) is another zoo with, for the most part, wall-to-wall top-notch exhibits, and here's a neat photo of a Reindeer drinking in the Alaska zone.
@RonBurrgundy
Reindeer paddock at Duisburg Zoo (Germany) with many tall trees:
@gulogulogulo
Woodland Caribou can be found in the Canadian themed Yukon Bay section at Hannover Zoo (Germany):
By the standards of the Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark), their Reindeer exhibit is quite small. This is a place that gives 6 acres to bears.
Jyllands Park Zoo (Denmark) also has Reindeer:
The Reindeer exhibit at Nordens Ark (Sweden) is heavily forested and probably packed with snow in the winter.
Order Artiodactyla:
Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)
Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)
Cervidae: 15 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 63 Common Fallow Deer, 56 Caribou/Reindeer, 40 Axis Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 20 Hog Deer, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 12 Eld's Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac, 3 Calamian Deer, 2 Mexican Red Brocket Deer, 1 Common Red Brocket Deer, 1 Persian Fallow Deer)
Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)
Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)
Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)
Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)
Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)
Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)
Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)
Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)
Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)
@snowleopard : you can add an extra collection for 2 species because I know you have seen them at said collection ( I'm realy sure because I was standing next to you when you saw them !
During your Europe-tour 2019 you saw both Axis deer ( now thus 41 collections you've seen them ) and Persian fallow deer ( now thus 2 collections you've seen them ) at Safaripark Beekse Bergen - the Netherlands.
Strange enough Safaripark Beekse Bergen is not mentioned anymore as current keeper of the Persian Fallow Deer on Zootierliste but on the Former keepers list it's mentioned that during 2023 it was still seen and signed.
!During your Europe-tour 2019 you saw both Axis deer ( now thus 41 collections you've seen them ) and Persian fallow deer ( now thus 2 collections you've seen them ) at Safaripark Beekse Bergen - the Netherlands.
Strange enough Safaripark Beekse Bergen is not mentioned anymore as current keeper of the Persian Fallow Deer on Zootierliste but on the Former keepers list it's mentioned that during 2023 it was still seen and signed.
As a European, I find it actually a little bit funny reading your reaction to this exhibit, as these weird mixed enclosures with domestic ungulates from different regions used to be a fairly common exhibit type in parts of Europe during the 20th Century. Antwerp for example, used to have a similar setup with camels, yaks, llamas and donkeys in what is now the lion exhibit. These exhibits traditionally held some educational value as to show the public the whole range of animal domestication around the world.I enjoyed Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) a lot when I was there in summer 2019, but the very first thing visitors saw back then was a GONG SHOW of an exhibit. Reindeer, Ankole Cattle, Bactrian Camels, some donkeys...what the heck? I think this enclosure houses Scimitar-horned Oryx and Meerkats now, which is also an odd pairing. Hmmm...Reindeer on sand.
For now, most of these exhibits have been phased out, which is not a bad evolution, as using fairly these in most cases fairly large enclosures to only domestics was always somewhat of a waste of space in many space-constrained European city zoos.
That's hilarious @vogelcommando that you can vouch for me seeing Persian Fallow Deer and Axis Deer at Safaripark Beekse Bergen (Netherlands) because you were standing next to me at the time. That's definite proof and it made me chuckle. That was a memorable zoo day.
I find the history of those mixed-species ungulate yards in European zoos fascinating. Thanks @Valvas for the context in regards to those exhibits.
Time for TWO more deer species, as I will continue to sometimes combine deer together as many of the enclosures are somewhat similar in nature. Plus, deer might be a tad boring for a few on this forum.
I've seen White-tailed Deer plenty of times in my own backyard and at 63 zoos. It's fascinating for me to analyze the statistics, as I always do! Approximately 50% of my entire lifetime of seeing White-tailed Deer in captivity occurred in two summers. In 2014 I toured zoos in some northern U.S. states such as North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. Then in 2018 I spent a lot of time in the U.S. states of Michigan and Wisconsin, again a pair of northern-based areas. Elsewhere, visiting 200 zoos across 3 continents (Europe, Australia and Asia) has given me only TWO sightings of White-tailed Deer in captivity and that was at Berlin Zoo (Germany) and Givskud Zoo in Denmark.
2014 = 16 zoos
2018 = 13 zoos
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – White-tailed Deer – 1975
2- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – White-tailed Deer – 1998
3- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – White-tailed Deer – 2006
4- B.C. Wildlife Park (Canada) – White-tailed Deer – 2006
5- Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2008
6- Fort Worth Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2008
7- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2008
8- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2008
9- Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2008
10- Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
11- Tulsa Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
12- Chattanooga Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
13- Montgomery Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
14- Baton Rouge Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
15- Houston Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
16- Caldwell Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
17- Cameron Park Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
18- Gladys Porter Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
19- Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2012
20- Brevard Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2012
21- Busch Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2012
22- Palm Beach Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2012
23- ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2012
24- Dickerson Park Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2012
25- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2012
26- Pocatello Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2012
27- Yellowstone Bear World (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
28- Dakota Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
29- Red River Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
30- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
31- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
32- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
33- DeYoung Family Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
34- Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
35- Lincoln Park Zoo - Wisconsin (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
36- Ochsner Park Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
37- Wisconsin Deer Park (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
38- Cosley Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
39- Wildlife Prairie Park (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
40- Grant’s Farm (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
41- Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
42- Hutchinson Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
43- Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2015
44- Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2015
45- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2015
46- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2015
47- The Texas Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2015
48- Discovery Wildlife Park (Canada) – White-tailed Deer – 2016
49- Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo (Canada) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
50- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
51- Saginaw Children’s Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
52- Howell Nature Center: Wild Wonders Wildlife Park (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
53- MacKenzie Center (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
54- Animal Gardens Petting Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
55- Bear Den Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
56- Shalom Wildlife Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deerr – 2018
57- Bruemmer Park Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
58- Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
59- Special Memories Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
60- Wildwood Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
61- Zollman Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
62- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – White-tailed Deer – 2019
63- Givskud Zoo (Denmark) – White-tailed Deer – 2022
AND...
I've seen Mule Deer at 30 zoos. Mule Deer have at times been labeled as Black-tailed Deer in some zoos, which is a subspecies, and these guys are only half as common as White-tailed Deer even though the animals look almost identical. Mule Deer live in warmer climates, which explains why I saw a lot of them in 2015 while touring zoos in New Mexico, Arizona and Texas. I've never once seen this species in a zoo in Europe, Australia or Asia.
2015 = 10 zoos
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Mule Deer – 1975
2- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Mule Deer (Black-tailed Deer) – 1998
3- Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (USA) – Mule Deer (Black-tailed Deer) – 2005
4- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Mule Deer – 2006
5- B.C. Wildlife Park (Canada) – Mule Deer – 2006
6- Cougar Mountain Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2009
7- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2010
8- CALM (California Living Museum) (USA) – Mule Deer – 2011
9- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Mule Deer – 2012
10- Pocatello Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2012
11- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2014
12- Red River Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2014
13- Hutchinson Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2014
14- Riverside Discovery Center (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
15- Hillcrest Park Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
16- Spring River Park & Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
17- Living Desert Zoo – New Mexico (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
18- Alameda Park Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
19- Wildlife West Nature Park (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
20- Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
21- Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
22- Bearizona (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
23- Keepers of the Wild Nature Park (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
24- Discovery Wildlife Park (Canada) – Mule Deer – 2016
25- Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary (USA) – Mule Deer – 2017
26- Applegate Park Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2017
27- Orange County Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2017
28- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Mule Deer – 2018
29- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Mule Deer – 2023
30- Big Bear Alpine Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2023
While walk-through deer exhibits are very common in European zoos, they are scarce in North American collections. The Children's Zoo at Pittsburgh Zoo (USA) used to have a walk-through with White-tailed Deer, but I'm not sure if it's still open in our post-pandemic world.
@Moebelle
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA) had Coues White-tailed Deer back when I visited the zoo. They are a bit smaller than 'regular' White-tailed Deer.
@Ituri
At Busch Wildlife Sanctuary (USA), I saw what was labeled as Florida White-tailed Deer, in with Sandhill Cranes and Wild Turkeys.
While at Palm Beach Zoo (USA) in 2012, I saw an exhibit with White-tailed Deer, Sandhill Cranes, African Crowned Cranes (!!) and Gopher Tortoises.
While at ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) in 2012, simply called Lowry Park Zoo back then, I saw a couple of Key Deer at the facility.
@zoo_enthusiast
White-tailed Deer and Mule Deer were mixed at Red River Zoo (USA) in a very open enclosure:
A gorgeous White-tailed Deer/Wild Turkey exhibit, complete with rustic-looking cabin, can be found at Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo (USA).
American Bison, Elk and White-tailed Deer were combined at Wildlife Prairie Park (USA) when I was there in 2014.
Many fairly obscure American facilities, such as GarLyn Zoo (USA), have White-tailed Deer exhibits. These mammals are easy to maintain in captivity and there's also an abundance of abandoned fawns that are taken in by zoos.
Givskud Zoo (Denmark) is one of only two zoos (the other being Berlin), out of the 200 I've visited across Asia, Australia and Europe, with White-tailed Deer. They are combined with Wild Turkey there, which seems to be a theme at many zoos.
As for Mule Deer, several of us (me included) have photos in the gallery of what used to be a walk-through Mule Deer exhibit at Calgary Zoo (Canada). My best estimate is that it closed down to visitors about a decade ago, although seeing Mule Deer relaxing up-close in the snow would have been a neat experience.
@Dibatag
Here is the Moose, Mule Deer and Wild Turkey exhibit at Milwaukee County Zoo (USA)...now gone.
@geomorph
Rolling Hills Zoo (USA) had Mule Deer, White-tailed Deer and Pronghorn all together when I was there in 2012.
An enormous paddock for both Mule Deer and White-tailed Deer can be found at Dakota Zoo (USA):
Mule Deer exhibit at Living Desert Zoo (USA) in New Mexico:
Apparently the Mule Deer I saw at Orange County Zoo (USA) in 2017 were formerly known as Inyo Mule Deer.
@ThylacineAlive
Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) has perhaps 7 deer species, mainly in spacious paddocks such as this one for Mule Deer.
Order Artiodactyla:
Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)
Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)
Cervidae: 17 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 63 Common Fallow Deer, 63 White-tailed Deer, 56 Caribou/Reindeer, 41 Axis Deer, 30 Mule Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 20 Hog Deer, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 12 Eld's Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac, 3 Calamian Deer, 2 Mexican Red Brocket Deer, 2 Persian Fallow Deer, 1 Common Red Brocket Deer)
Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)
Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)
Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)
Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)
Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)
Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)
Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)
Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)
Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)
I find the history of those mixed-species ungulate yards in European zoos fascinating. Thanks @Valvas for the context in regards to those exhibits.
Time for TWO more deer species, as I will continue to sometimes combine deer together as many of the enclosures are somewhat similar in nature. Plus, deer might be a tad boring for a few on this forum.
I've seen White-tailed Deer plenty of times in my own backyard and at 63 zoos. It's fascinating for me to analyze the statistics, as I always do! Approximately 50% of my entire lifetime of seeing White-tailed Deer in captivity occurred in two summers. In 2014 I toured zoos in some northern U.S. states such as North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. Then in 2018 I spent a lot of time in the U.S. states of Michigan and Wisconsin, again a pair of northern-based areas. Elsewhere, visiting 200 zoos across 3 continents (Europe, Australia and Asia) has given me only TWO sightings of White-tailed Deer in captivity and that was at Berlin Zoo (Germany) and Givskud Zoo in Denmark.
2014 = 16 zoos
2018 = 13 zoos
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – White-tailed Deer – 1975
2- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – White-tailed Deer – 1998
3- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – White-tailed Deer – 2006
4- B.C. Wildlife Park (Canada) – White-tailed Deer – 2006
5- Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2008
6- Fort Worth Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2008
7- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2008
8- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2008
9- Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2008
10- Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
11- Tulsa Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
12- Chattanooga Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
13- Montgomery Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
14- Baton Rouge Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
15- Houston Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
16- Caldwell Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
17- Cameron Park Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
18- Gladys Porter Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2010
19- Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2012
20- Brevard Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2012
21- Busch Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2012
22- Palm Beach Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2012
23- ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2012
24- Dickerson Park Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2012
25- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2012
26- Pocatello Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2012
27- Yellowstone Bear World (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
28- Dakota Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
29- Red River Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
30- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
31- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
32- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
33- DeYoung Family Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
34- Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
35- Lincoln Park Zoo - Wisconsin (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
36- Ochsner Park Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
37- Wisconsin Deer Park (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
38- Cosley Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
39- Wildlife Prairie Park (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
40- Grant’s Farm (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
41- Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
42- Hutchinson Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2014
43- Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2015
44- Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2015
45- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2015
46- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2015
47- The Texas Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2015
48- Discovery Wildlife Park (Canada) – White-tailed Deer – 2016
49- Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo (Canada) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
50- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
51- Saginaw Children’s Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
52- Howell Nature Center: Wild Wonders Wildlife Park (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
53- MacKenzie Center (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
54- Animal Gardens Petting Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
55- Bear Den Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
56- Shalom Wildlife Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deerr – 2018
57- Bruemmer Park Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
58- Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
59- Special Memories Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
60- Wildwood Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
61- Zollman Zoo (USA) – White-tailed Deer – 2018
62- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – White-tailed Deer – 2019
63- Givskud Zoo (Denmark) – White-tailed Deer – 2022
AND...
I've seen Mule Deer at 30 zoos. Mule Deer have at times been labeled as Black-tailed Deer in some zoos, which is a subspecies, and these guys are only half as common as White-tailed Deer even though the animals look almost identical. Mule Deer live in warmer climates, which explains why I saw a lot of them in 2015 while touring zoos in New Mexico, Arizona and Texas. I've never once seen this species in a zoo in Europe, Australia or Asia.
2015 = 10 zoos
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Mule Deer – 1975
2- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Mule Deer (Black-tailed Deer) – 1998
3- Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (USA) – Mule Deer (Black-tailed Deer) – 2005
4- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Mule Deer – 2006
5- B.C. Wildlife Park (Canada) – Mule Deer – 2006
6- Cougar Mountain Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2009
7- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2010
8- CALM (California Living Museum) (USA) – Mule Deer – 2011
9- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Mule Deer – 2012
10- Pocatello Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2012
11- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2014
12- Red River Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2014
13- Hutchinson Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2014
14- Riverside Discovery Center (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
15- Hillcrest Park Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
16- Spring River Park & Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
17- Living Desert Zoo – New Mexico (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
18- Alameda Park Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
19- Wildlife West Nature Park (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
20- Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
21- Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
22- Bearizona (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
23- Keepers of the Wild Nature Park (USA) – Mule Deer – 2015
24- Discovery Wildlife Park (Canada) – Mule Deer – 2016
25- Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary (USA) – Mule Deer – 2017
26- Applegate Park Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2017
27- Orange County Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2017
28- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Mule Deer – 2018
29- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Mule Deer – 2023
30- Big Bear Alpine Zoo (USA) – Mule Deer – 2023
While walk-through deer exhibits are very common in European zoos, they are scarce in North American collections. The Children's Zoo at Pittsburgh Zoo (USA) used to have a walk-through with White-tailed Deer, but I'm not sure if it's still open in our post-pandemic world.
@Moebelle
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA) had Coues White-tailed Deer back when I visited the zoo. They are a bit smaller than 'regular' White-tailed Deer.
@Ituri
At Busch Wildlife Sanctuary (USA), I saw what was labeled as Florida White-tailed Deer, in with Sandhill Cranes and Wild Turkeys.
While at Palm Beach Zoo (USA) in 2012, I saw an exhibit with White-tailed Deer, Sandhill Cranes, African Crowned Cranes (!!) and Gopher Tortoises.
While at ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) in 2012, simply called Lowry Park Zoo back then, I saw a couple of Key Deer at the facility.
@zoo_enthusiast
White-tailed Deer and Mule Deer were mixed at Red River Zoo (USA) in a very open enclosure:
A gorgeous White-tailed Deer/Wild Turkey exhibit, complete with rustic-looking cabin, can be found at Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo (USA).
American Bison, Elk and White-tailed Deer were combined at Wildlife Prairie Park (USA) when I was there in 2014.
Many fairly obscure American facilities, such as GarLyn Zoo (USA), have White-tailed Deer exhibits. These mammals are easy to maintain in captivity and there's also an abundance of abandoned fawns that are taken in by zoos.
Givskud Zoo (Denmark) is one of only two zoos (the other being Berlin), out of the 200 I've visited across Asia, Australia and Europe, with White-tailed Deer. They are combined with Wild Turkey there, which seems to be a theme at many zoos.
As for Mule Deer, several of us (me included) have photos in the gallery of what used to be a walk-through Mule Deer exhibit at Calgary Zoo (Canada). My best estimate is that it closed down to visitors about a decade ago, although seeing Mule Deer relaxing up-close in the snow would have been a neat experience.
@Dibatag
Here is the Moose, Mule Deer and Wild Turkey exhibit at Milwaukee County Zoo (USA)...now gone.
@geomorph
Rolling Hills Zoo (USA) had Mule Deer, White-tailed Deer and Pronghorn all together when I was there in 2012.
An enormous paddock for both Mule Deer and White-tailed Deer can be found at Dakota Zoo (USA):
Mule Deer exhibit at Living Desert Zoo (USA) in New Mexico:
Apparently the Mule Deer I saw at Orange County Zoo (USA) in 2017 were formerly known as Inyo Mule Deer.
@ThylacineAlive
Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) has perhaps 7 deer species, mainly in spacious paddocks such as this one for Mule Deer.
Order Artiodactyla:
Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)
Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)
Cervidae: 17 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 63 Common Fallow Deer, 63 White-tailed Deer, 56 Caribou/Reindeer, 41 Axis Deer, 30 Mule Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 20 Hog Deer, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 12 Eld's Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac, 3 Calamian Deer, 2 Mexican Red Brocket Deer, 2 Persian Fallow Deer, 1 Common Red Brocket Deer)
Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)
Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)
Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)
Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)
Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)
Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)
Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)
Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)
Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)
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ZooChat's resident White-tailed Deer hater here. White-tailed Deer are the worst zoo animal. Some of you haven't understood my dislike of them, but see that list that snowleopard has? Here in the upper Midwest basically every zoo has them and they're so boring. They're like the most generic deer species ever. They require a huge amount of space, many of the smaller zoos here devote a large chunk of their land area to them (in a few cases, a majority of their land area) which just makes it feel like they could be using that space for a variety of other species. Or just, any other deer species (have zoos heard of other deer species?).
And on top of all that? They're common as dirt in the wild here. I see one nearly every time I go outside, they're easily one of our most common mammal species which makes me wonder why zoos even bother keeping them, since probably every visitor saw one on their way to the zoo and maybe even saw some wild ones while they were at the zoo. I wouldn't mind if I never saw White-tailed Deer in a zoo again.
And on top of all that? They're common as dirt in the wild here. I see one nearly every time I go outside, they're easily one of our most common mammal species which makes me wonder why zoos even bother keeping them, since probably every visitor saw one on their way to the zoo and maybe even saw some wild ones while they were at the zoo. I wouldn't mind if I never saw White-tailed Deer in a zoo again.
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USZOOfan42
Well-Known Member
I second this.
NNM.
Well-Known Member
Ouch.
One quick note before I kick-start a new post, is that I figured out that I've seen Persian Fallow Deer at 4 zoos and that's exciting as I originally only had the one zoo I was 100% sure of. I had never seen the species in my life, but then I observed herds at Opel Zoo, Safaripark Beekse Bergen, Berlin Zoo and Berlin Tierpark, all in the space of a few days in 2019. The zoo signs at a couple of those places had written down Mesopotamia deer instead of the now recognized Persian name and that's how I discovered the extra zoos with the species.
Onwards and upwards...
The Genus Rusa has 4 species and I'm going to analyze THREE deer species in today's lengthy post. I've never seen Philippine Brown Deer, but the other three species will be discussed below.
I have seen Sambar Deer at 19 zoos. Here is a deer species that was incredibly rare for me, as I only saw Sambar Deer at 5 zoos ever, up until this summer's Southeast Asian zoo trek. Then, @twilighter and I saw the species FOURTEEN times on one zoo-themed vacation and sometimes we saw huge herds in various zoos. This species is everywhere in SEA and while strolling around Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand), we even saw wild Sambar Deer. Awesome!
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Sambar Deer – 1975
2- Perth Zoo (Australia) – Sambar Deer – 1987
3- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Sambar Deer – 2006
4- Bronx Zoo (USA) – Sambar Deer – 2008
5- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Sambar Deer – 2019
6- Wildlife Rescue Center No. 1 (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
7- Khao Kheow Zoo (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
8- Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
9- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
10- Songkhla Zoo (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
11- Safari World Bangkok (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
12- Taiping Zoo (Malaysia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
13- Zoo Negara (Malaysia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
14- Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
15- Night Safari (Singapore – Sambar Deer – 2024
16- Surabaya Zoo (Indonesia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
17- Bandung Zoo (Indonesia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
18- Taman Safari I Bogor (Indonesia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
19- Ragunan Zoo (Indonesia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
AND...
I had only seen Javan Rusa Deer ONCE in my life prior to my Southeast Asian zoo trip, but then saw this species at 22 zoos in Southeast Asia to make it 23 zoos all-time. Before that, it was only Berlin Tierpark (Germany). Just like Sambar, Javan Rusa Deer are everywhere and in huge numbers in SEA. Surabaya Zoo must have had 100+ and several of the safari park drive-through areas at various zoos probably also had 100+ Javan Rusa Deer in one enclosure. They are likely bred for carnivores, because why else would a zoo have such huge numbers of them?
For Western zoo nerds, bouncing around Southeast Asia is a treasure trove of new mammalian species. Honestly, @twilighter and I almost got a little bored of seeing Sambar Deer, Javan Rusa Deer, Axis Deer, Sika Deer and Hog Deer every single day. There's also a number of zoos with Barasingha, Eld's Deer, Fallow Deer and Southern Red Muntjacs. Southeast Asian zoos hardly have any gazelles whatsoever, but they are loaded with a LOT of deer species. Even Bawean Deer, almost extinct in zoos outside of Asia, was seen by us at 8 zoos.
1- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2019
2- Sriayuthaya Lion Park (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
3- Lopburi Zoo (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
4- Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
5- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
6- Songkhla Zoo (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
7- Safari World Bangkok (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
8- Lost World of Tambun (Malaysia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
9- Zoo Negara (Malaysia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
10- KL Deer Park (Malaysia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
11- Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
12- Taman Buaya Crocodile Park (Malaysia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
13- Bali Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
14- Taman Safari III Bali (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
15- Surabaya Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
16- Taman Safari II Prigen (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
17- Solo Safari (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
18- Gembira Loka Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
19- Bandung Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
20- Lembang Park & Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
21- Taman Safari I Bogor (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
22- Ragunan Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
23- Faunaland Ancol (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
AND...
I've seen Philippine Spotted Deer, also labeled as Visayan Spotted Deer, at 4 zoos. I saw all 4 of these zoos in the same time period in the summer of 2019 and I've never seen this species outside of Europe.
1- Diergaarde Blijdorp (Netherlands) - Philippine Spotted Deer – 2019
2- Opel Zoo (Germany) - Philippine Spotted Deer – 2019
3- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Philippine Spotted Deer – 2019
4- Allwetterzoo Munster (Germany) - Philippine Spotted Deer – 2019
Sambar Deer have been at San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) in the past, but does anyone know if the park has continuously held the species for decades? I ask because there's very few photos in the ZooChat gallery of Sambar Deer at SDZSP.
@tigris115
Bronx Zoo (USA) has had Sambar Deer for decades, although they can only be seen for seconds on the Wild Asia monorail ride that only runs 50% of the year. Hmmm...I'd rather come across them in a jungle zoo in actual Asia.
@Dhole dude
Berlin Tierpark (Germany) has also had Sambar Deer for many years.
@Jakub
Here's some Chital next to a sign for Sambar Deer at Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand). It was really nice to take the safari ride while it was still light out, so that it was easier to get some photos of animals, signs and exhibits.
Taiping Zoo (Malaysia) has a Sambar Deer paddock with a few levels of different terrain.
Huge herds of assorted deer all mixed together is a common sight in Southeast Asian zoos, including Sambar Deer at Zoo Negara (Malaysia):
Sambar Deer can also be found at Zoo Melaka (Malaysia):
As for Javan Rusa Deer, so incredibly prolific in Southeast Asian zoos, it was fantastic to initially observe them on a big zoo trip but after a while it became repetitive. It's funny how the novelty of seeing a brand-new species can sometimes wear off, which is a bit of a shame.
Here's a muddy enclosure for Javan Rusa Deer at Lopburi Zoo (Thailand):
Songkhla Zoo (Thailand) has a series of lush gibbon islands and while observing them we saw 3 or 4 wild Javan Rusa Deer in this part of the zoo. If you zoom into this photo, it's possible to see some deer on the right-hand side of the far gibbon island and they are resting near the raised wooden gibbon shelter. While being toured around by a curator earlier in the day, @twilighter and I were informed that wild deer, primates and snakes were rampant at almost every zoo in Thailand. The jungle encroaches on zoos to such an extent that at times it's like being on a wild adventure. Occasionally, we wouldn't know which species was in captivity and which species was stopping by for a visit!
I saw at least 20 Javan Rusa Deer at the KL Deer Park (Malaysia):
Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) had at least 20+ Javan Rusa Deer on-show to the public.
Taman Buaya Melaka Crocodile Park (Malaysia) had a herd of around a dozen Javan Rusa Deer.
Here's a couple of keepers in with perhaps 40 Javan Rusa Deer at Bali Zoo (Indonesia):
I saw Javan Rusa Deer at 11 zoos just in Indonesia, but most of those photos haven't been uploaded yet into the ZooChat gallery. It takes a whole evening just to upload photos from one major zoo and so I've got a while to go yet.
As for Philippine Spotted Deer, I was rather excited to see this species for the first time at Blijdorp Zoo (Netherlands). There's a very nice exhibit there, with a lush backdrop.
I then saw Philippine Spotted Deer at Opel Zoo (Germany), an excellent rural-based zoo a half-hour from Frankfurt.
@Jakub
Munster Zoo (Germany) had Philippine Spotted Deer in a small side yard near their Asian Elephant complex, and Berlin Zoo (Germany), that magnificent holder of rare species, still maintains Philippine Spotted Deer in its collection.
@Max Blundell
Order Artiodactyla:
Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)
Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)
Cervidae: 20 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 63 White-tailed Deer, 61 Common Fallow Deer, 56 Caribou/Reindeer, 41 Axis Deer, 30 Mule Deer, 23 Javan Rusa Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 20 Hog Deer, 19 Sambar Deer, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 12 Eld's Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac, 4 Persian Fallow Deer, 4 Philippine Spotted Deer, 3 Calamian Deer, 2 Mexican Red Brocket Deer, 1 Common Red Brocket Deer)
Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)
Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)
Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)
Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)
Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)
Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)
Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)
Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)
Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)
Onwards and upwards...
The Genus Rusa has 4 species and I'm going to analyze THREE deer species in today's lengthy post. I've never seen Philippine Brown Deer, but the other three species will be discussed below.
I have seen Sambar Deer at 19 zoos. Here is a deer species that was incredibly rare for me, as I only saw Sambar Deer at 5 zoos ever, up until this summer's Southeast Asian zoo trek. Then, @twilighter and I saw the species FOURTEEN times on one zoo-themed vacation and sometimes we saw huge herds in various zoos. This species is everywhere in SEA and while strolling around Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand), we even saw wild Sambar Deer. Awesome!
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Sambar Deer – 1975
2- Perth Zoo (Australia) – Sambar Deer – 1987
3- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Sambar Deer – 2006
4- Bronx Zoo (USA) – Sambar Deer – 2008
5- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Sambar Deer – 2019
6- Wildlife Rescue Center No. 1 (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
7- Khao Kheow Zoo (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
8- Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
9- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
10- Songkhla Zoo (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
11- Safari World Bangkok (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
12- Taiping Zoo (Malaysia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
13- Zoo Negara (Malaysia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
14- Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
15- Night Safari (Singapore – Sambar Deer – 2024
16- Surabaya Zoo (Indonesia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
17- Bandung Zoo (Indonesia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
18- Taman Safari I Bogor (Indonesia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
19- Ragunan Zoo (Indonesia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
AND...
I had only seen Javan Rusa Deer ONCE in my life prior to my Southeast Asian zoo trip, but then saw this species at 22 zoos in Southeast Asia to make it 23 zoos all-time. Before that, it was only Berlin Tierpark (Germany). Just like Sambar, Javan Rusa Deer are everywhere and in huge numbers in SEA. Surabaya Zoo must have had 100+ and several of the safari park drive-through areas at various zoos probably also had 100+ Javan Rusa Deer in one enclosure. They are likely bred for carnivores, because why else would a zoo have such huge numbers of them?
For Western zoo nerds, bouncing around Southeast Asia is a treasure trove of new mammalian species. Honestly, @twilighter and I almost got a little bored of seeing Sambar Deer, Javan Rusa Deer, Axis Deer, Sika Deer and Hog Deer every single day. There's also a number of zoos with Barasingha, Eld's Deer, Fallow Deer and Southern Red Muntjacs. Southeast Asian zoos hardly have any gazelles whatsoever, but they are loaded with a LOT of deer species. Even Bawean Deer, almost extinct in zoos outside of Asia, was seen by us at 8 zoos.
1- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2019
2- Sriayuthaya Lion Park (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
3- Lopburi Zoo (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
4- Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
5- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
6- Songkhla Zoo (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
7- Safari World Bangkok (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
8- Lost World of Tambun (Malaysia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
9- Zoo Negara (Malaysia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
10- KL Deer Park (Malaysia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
11- Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
12- Taman Buaya Crocodile Park (Malaysia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
13- Bali Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
14- Taman Safari III Bali (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
15- Surabaya Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
16- Taman Safari II Prigen (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
17- Solo Safari (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
18- Gembira Loka Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
19- Bandung Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
20- Lembang Park & Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
21- Taman Safari I Bogor (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
22- Ragunan Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
23- Faunaland Ancol (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
AND...
I've seen Philippine Spotted Deer, also labeled as Visayan Spotted Deer, at 4 zoos. I saw all 4 of these zoos in the same time period in the summer of 2019 and I've never seen this species outside of Europe.
1- Diergaarde Blijdorp (Netherlands) - Philippine Spotted Deer – 2019
2- Opel Zoo (Germany) - Philippine Spotted Deer – 2019
3- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Philippine Spotted Deer – 2019
4- Allwetterzoo Munster (Germany) - Philippine Spotted Deer – 2019
Sambar Deer have been at San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) in the past, but does anyone know if the park has continuously held the species for decades? I ask because there's very few photos in the ZooChat gallery of Sambar Deer at SDZSP.
@tigris115
Bronx Zoo (USA) has had Sambar Deer for decades, although they can only be seen for seconds on the Wild Asia monorail ride that only runs 50% of the year. Hmmm...I'd rather come across them in a jungle zoo in actual Asia.
@Dhole dude
Berlin Tierpark (Germany) has also had Sambar Deer for many years.
@Jakub
Here's some Chital next to a sign for Sambar Deer at Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand). It was really nice to take the safari ride while it was still light out, so that it was easier to get some photos of animals, signs and exhibits.
Taiping Zoo (Malaysia) has a Sambar Deer paddock with a few levels of different terrain.
Huge herds of assorted deer all mixed together is a common sight in Southeast Asian zoos, including Sambar Deer at Zoo Negara (Malaysia):
Sambar Deer can also be found at Zoo Melaka (Malaysia):
As for Javan Rusa Deer, so incredibly prolific in Southeast Asian zoos, it was fantastic to initially observe them on a big zoo trip but after a while it became repetitive. It's funny how the novelty of seeing a brand-new species can sometimes wear off, which is a bit of a shame.
Here's a muddy enclosure for Javan Rusa Deer at Lopburi Zoo (Thailand):
Songkhla Zoo (Thailand) has a series of lush gibbon islands and while observing them we saw 3 or 4 wild Javan Rusa Deer in this part of the zoo. If you zoom into this photo, it's possible to see some deer on the right-hand side of the far gibbon island and they are resting near the raised wooden gibbon shelter. While being toured around by a curator earlier in the day, @twilighter and I were informed that wild deer, primates and snakes were rampant at almost every zoo in Thailand. The jungle encroaches on zoos to such an extent that at times it's like being on a wild adventure. Occasionally, we wouldn't know which species was in captivity and which species was stopping by for a visit!
I saw at least 20 Javan Rusa Deer at the KL Deer Park (Malaysia):
Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) had at least 20+ Javan Rusa Deer on-show to the public.
Taman Buaya Melaka Crocodile Park (Malaysia) had a herd of around a dozen Javan Rusa Deer.
Here's a couple of keepers in with perhaps 40 Javan Rusa Deer at Bali Zoo (Indonesia):
I saw Javan Rusa Deer at 11 zoos just in Indonesia, but most of those photos haven't been uploaded yet into the ZooChat gallery. It takes a whole evening just to upload photos from one major zoo and so I've got a while to go yet.
As for Philippine Spotted Deer, I was rather excited to see this species for the first time at Blijdorp Zoo (Netherlands). There's a very nice exhibit there, with a lush backdrop.
I then saw Philippine Spotted Deer at Opel Zoo (Germany), an excellent rural-based zoo a half-hour from Frankfurt.
@Jakub
Munster Zoo (Germany) had Philippine Spotted Deer in a small side yard near their Asian Elephant complex, and Berlin Zoo (Germany), that magnificent holder of rare species, still maintains Philippine Spotted Deer in its collection.
@Max Blundell
Order Artiodactyla:
Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)
Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)
Cervidae: 20 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 63 White-tailed Deer, 61 Common Fallow Deer, 56 Caribou/Reindeer, 41 Axis Deer, 30 Mule Deer, 23 Javan Rusa Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 20 Hog Deer, 19 Sambar Deer, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 12 Eld's Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac, 4 Persian Fallow Deer, 4 Philippine Spotted Deer, 3 Calamian Deer, 2 Mexican Red Brocket Deer, 1 Common Red Brocket Deer)
Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)
Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)
Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)
Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)
Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)
Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)
Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)
Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)
Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)
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komodoskar
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You have it written that you saw sunda sambar at Berlin in 2019. I might be mistaken but I belive that is an alternative common name for Javan Rusa, in which you had seen the species prior to your SEA zootrip this yearOne quick note before I kick-start a new post, is that I figured out that I've seen Persian Fallow Deer at 4 zoos and that's exciting as I originally only had the one zoo I was 100% sure of. I had never seen the species in my life, but then I observed herds at Opel Zoo, Safaripark Beekse Bergen, Berlin Zoo and Berlin Tierpark, all in the space of a few days in 2019. The zoo signs at a couple of those places had written down Mesopotamia deer instead of the now recognized Persian name and that's how I discovered the extra zoos with the species.
Onwards and upwards...
The Genus Rusa has 4 species and I'm going to analyze THREE deer species in today's lengthy post. I've never seen Philippine Brown Deer, but the other three species will be discussed below.
I have seen Sambar Deer at 19 zoos. Here is a deer species that was incredibly rare for me, as I only saw Sambar Deer at 5 zoos ever, up until this summer's Southeast Asian zoo trek. Then, @twilighter and I saw the species FOURTEEN times on one zoo-themed vacation and sometimes we saw huge herds in various zoos. This species is everywhere in SEA and while strolling around Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand), we even saw wild Sambar Deer. Awesome!
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Sambar Deer – 1975
2- Perth Zoo (Australia) – Sambar Deer – 1987
3- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Sambar Deer – 2006
4- Bronx Zoo (USA) – Sambar Deer – 2008
5- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Sambar Deer – 2019 (Malayan & Sunda)
6- Wildlife Rescue Center No. 1 (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
7- Khao Kheow Zoo (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
8- Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
9- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
10- Songkhla Zoo (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
11- Safari World Bangkok (Thailand) – Sambar Deer – 2024
12- Taiping Zoo (Malaysia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
13- Zoo Negara (Malaysia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
14- Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
15- Night Safari (Singapore – Sambar Deer – 2024
16- Surabaya Zoo (Indonesia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
17- Bandung Zoo (Indonesia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
18- Taman Safari I Bogor (Indonesia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
19- Ragunan Zoo (Indonesia) – Sambar Deer – 2024
AND...
I'd never seen, to my knowledge, Javan Rusa Deer in my life, but then saw this species at 22 zoos in Southeast Asia. Just like Sambar, Javan Rusa Deer are everywhere and in huge numbers in SEA. Surabaya Zoo must have had 100+ and several of the safari park drive-through areas at various zoos probably also had 100+ Javan Rusa Deer in one enclosure. They are likely bred for carnivores, because why else would a zoo have such huge numbers of them?
For Western zoo nerds, bouncing around Southeast Asia is a treasure trove of new mammalian species. Honestly, @twilighter and I almost got a little bored of seeing Sambar Deer, Javan Rusa Deer, Axis Deer, Sika Deer and Hog Deer every single day. There's also a number of zoos with Barasingha, Eld's Deer, Fallow Deer and Southern Red Muntjacs. Southeast Asian zoos hardly have any gazelles whatsoever, but they are loaded with a LOT of deer species. Even Bawean Deer, almost extinct in zoos outside of Asia, was seen by us at 8 zoos.
1- Sriayuthaya Lion Park (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
2- Lopburi Zoo (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
3- Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
4- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
5- Songkhla Zoo (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
6- Safari World Bangkok (Thailand) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
7- Lost World of Tambun (Malaysia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
8- Zoo Negara (Malaysia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
9- KL Deer Park (Malaysia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
10- Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
11- Taman Buaya Crocodile Park (Malaysia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
12- Bali Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
13- Taman Safari III Bali (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
14- Surabaya Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
15- Taman Safari II Prigen (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
16- Solo Safari (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
17- Gembira Loka Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
18- Bandung Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
19- Lembang Park & Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
20- Taman Safari I Bogor (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
21- Ragunan Zoo (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
22- Faunaland Ancol (Indonesia) – Javan Rusa Deer – 2024
AND...
I've seen Philippine Spotted Deer, also labeled as Visayan Spotted Deer, at 4 zoos. I saw all 4 of these zoos in the same time period in the summer of 2019 and I've never seen this species outside of Europe.
1- Diergaarde Blijdorp (Netherlands) - Philippine Spotted Deer – 2019
2- Opel Zoo (Germany) - Philippine Spotted Deer – 2019
3- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Philippine Spotted Deer – 2019
4- Allwetterzoo Munster (Germany) - Philippine Spotted Deer – 2019
Sambar Deer have been at San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) in the past, but does anyone know if the park has continuously held the species for decades? I ask because there's very few photos in the ZooChat gallery of Sambar Deer at SDZSP.
@tigris115
Bronx Zoo (USA) has had Sambar Deer for decades, although they can only be seen for seconds on the Wild Asia monorail ride that only runs 50% of the year. Hmmm...I'd rather come across them in a jungle zoo in actual Asia.
@Dhole dude
Berlin Tierpark (Germany) has also had Sambar Deer for many years.
@Jakub
Here's some Chital next to a sign for Sambar Deer at Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand). It was really nice to take the safari ride while it was still light out, so that it was easier to get some photos of animals, signs and exhibits.
Taiping Zoo (Malaysia) has a Sambar Deer paddock with a few levels of different terrain.
Huge herds of assorted deer all mixed together is a common sight in Southeast Asian zoos, including Sambar Deer at Zoo Negara (Malaysia):
Sambar Deer can also be found at Zoo Melaka (Malaysia):
As for Javan Rusa Deer, so incredibly prolific in Southeast Asian zoos, it was fantastic to initially observe them on a big zoo trip but after a while it became repetitive. It's funny how the novelty of seeing a brand-new species can sometimes wear off, which is a bit of a shame.
Here's a muddy enclosure for Javan Rusa Deer at Lopburi Zoo (Thailand):
Songkhla Zoo (Thailand) has a series of lush gibbon islands and while observing them we saw 3 or 4 wild Javan Rusa Deer in this part of the zoo. If you zoom into this photo, it's possible to see some deer on the right-hand side of the far gibbon island and they are resting near the raised wooden gibbon shelter. While being toured around by a curator earlier in the day, @twilighter and I were informed that wild deer, primates and snakes were rampant at almost every zoo in Thailand. The jungle encroaches on zoos to such an extent that at times it's like being on a wild adventure. Occasionally, we wouldn't know which species was in captivity and which species was stopping by for a visit!
I saw at least 20 Javan Rusa Deer at the KL Deer Park (Malaysia):
Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) had at least 20+ Javan Rusa Deer on-show to the public.
Taman Buaya Melaka Crocodile Park (Malaysia) had a herd of around a dozen Javan Rusa Deer.
Here's a couple of keepers in with perhaps 40 Javan Rusa Deer at Bali Zoo (Indonesia):
I saw Javan Rusa Deer at 11 zoos just in Indonesia, but most of those photos haven't been uploaded yet into the ZooChat gallery. It takes a whole evening just to upload photos from one major zoo and so I've got a while to go yet.
As for Philippine Spotted Deer, I was rather excited to see this species for the first time at Blijdorp Zoo (Netherlands). There's a very nice exhibit there, with a lush backdrop.
I then saw Philippine Spotted Deer at Opel Zoo (Germany), an excellent rural-based zoo a half-hour from Frankfurt.
@Jakub
Munster Zoo (Germany) had Philippine Spotted Deer in a small side yard near their Asian Elephant complex, and Berlin Zoo (Germany), that magnificent holder of rare species, still maintains Philippine Spotted Deer in its collection.
@Max Blundell
Order Artiodactyla:
Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)
Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)
Cervidae: 20 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 63 White-tailed Deer, 61 Common Fallow Deer, 56 Caribou/Reindeer, 41 Axis Deer, 30 Mule Deer, 22 Javan Rusa Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 20 Hog Deer, 19 Sambar Deer, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 12 Eld's Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac, 4 Persian Fallow Deer, 4 Philippine Spotted Deer, 3 Calamian Deer, 2 Mexican Red Brocket Deer, 1 Common Red Brocket Deer)
Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)
Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)
Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)
Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)
Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)
Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)
Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)
Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)
Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)
It's interesting that Sambar are so rare in the US, given they have introduced populations in Florida and Texas (and possibly also California, if you consider Hearst Ranch animals to be wild).
Thanks so much @komodoskar for pointing that out and I will edit my post. I was texting @twilighter this morning and he told me that I had seen Javan Rusa Deer at Berlin Tierpark in 2019, but I didn't have the species anywhere in my review or notes. I should have believed him...haha. But you have figured out that I had the name down as Sunda Sambar and that explains things perfectly. So, I had seen Javan Rusa Deer once before my big Southeast Asian zoo trip. Hilarious. It's a similar thing with Thorold's Deer being switched for Eld's Deer/Brow-antlered Deer, and Mesopotamia Fallow Deer for Persian Fallow Deer. Too many different deer names!
Yes @birdsandbats it's weird that Sambar Deer have never caught on in North American zoos and yet I passed wild ones on the visitor pathway at Chiang Mai Zoo in Thailand. Many deer species are as common as rats over in SEA.
They hated him because he spoke the truth.
After a triple-header of Javan Rusa Deer, Sambar Deer and Philippine Spotted Deer yesterday, I will look at Pere David's Deer today.
I've seen Pere David's Deer at 20 zoos. After coming across the species at a handful of AZA accredited zoos early on, these guys then became scarce for me. I saw Pere David's Deer at 5 zoos in the summer of 2015, all of them non-accredited, privately-owned 'naff' little places with drive-through sections. Somehow Pere David's Deer have ended up in only 16 zoos in all of North America (according to Zootierliste) and most of those are non-accredited places that are obscure and family-run. However, there's still a lot of Pere David's Deer in European collections, with close to 70 zoos with the species on the continent.
2015 = 5 zoos
2019 = 5 zoos
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Pere David’s Deer – 1975
2- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Pere David’s Deer – 1998
3- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2006
4- Bronx Zoo (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2008
5- Memphis Zoo (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2008
6- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2008
7- Erie Zoo (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2012
8- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2014
9- Arbuckle Wilderness Park (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2015
10- Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2015
11- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2015
12- Franklin Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2015
13- Bayou Wildlife Park (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2015
14- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2018
15- Natuurpark Lelystad (Netherlands) – Pere David’s Deer – 2019
16- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Pere David’s Deer – 2019
17- Safaripark Beekse Bergen (Netherlands) – Pere David’s Deer – 2019
18- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Pere David’s Deer – 2019
19- Serengeti-Park (Germany) – Pere David’s Deer – 2019
20- Kolmarden Wildlife Park (Sweden) – Pere David’s Deer – 2022
Here's a beautiful family portrait of a group of Pere David's Deer:
@Lafone
Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) has phased out a lot of species over the years, including Pere David's Deer. The last one lived out its last moments with a herd of Sika Deer.
@Elephant Enthusiast
There's hardly any photos of Pere David's Deer at San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) in the gallery, but nevertheless I think that the species has been there continuously for a very long time. I'd be curious to know how many are now left at the park.
@King of Komodo Dragons
Bronx Zoo (USA) has maintained a herd of Pere David's Deer for decades, in an era where the species has been in less and less AZA accredited zoos.
@Neil chace
CHINA is arguably the most famous exhibit at Memphis Zoo (USA), with Giant Pandas being the star attraction. There's also been a Pere David's Deer/White-naped Crane enclosure inside that area.
I'm fairly certain that Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) has not had Pere David's Deer for a long time now, but I saw a small herd there in 2008.
Another zoo that likely no longer has the species is Lake Superior Zoo (USA), but Pere David's Deer were there in 2014. AZA zoos haven't been very interested in the species in recent times.
I saw a herd of Pere David's Deer at the obscure Arbuckle Wilderness Park (USA) in 2015.
It's fantastic to see Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo (USA) have Pere David's Deer in the Asian Highlands section of the park. This is one of the very few AZA zoos with the species and they are mixed with Indian Rhinos there.
Both photos via @Brayden Delashmutt
For years, Natuurpark Lelystad (Netherlands) has maintained a large herd of Pere David's Deer in a massive, forested exhibit. I was really impressed when I toured this huge 'wildpark' type zoo in 2019.
@vogelcommando
Pairi Daiza (Belgium) has also had a herd of Pere David's Deer for many years.
@KevinB
The antlers of a male Pere David's Deer can grow to be very large. Here's one at Berlin Tierpark (Germany), which naturally keeps a herd of this species as it's 'ungulate heaven' there for zoo nerds.
@Green_mamba
Order Artiodactyla:
Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)
Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)
Cervidae: 21 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 63 White-tailed Deer, 61 Common Fallow Deer, 56 Caribou/Reindeer, 41 Axis Deer, 30 Mule Deer, 23 Javan Rusa Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 20 Hog Deer, 20 Pere David's Deer, 19 Sambar Deer, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 12 Eld's Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac, 4 Persian Fallow Deer, 4 Philippine Spotted Deer, 3 Calamian Deer, 2 Mexican Red Brocket Deer, 1 Common Red Brocket Deer)
Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)
Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)
Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)
Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)
Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)
Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)
Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)
Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)
Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)
I've seen Pere David's Deer at 20 zoos. After coming across the species at a handful of AZA accredited zoos early on, these guys then became scarce for me. I saw Pere David's Deer at 5 zoos in the summer of 2015, all of them non-accredited, privately-owned 'naff' little places with drive-through sections. Somehow Pere David's Deer have ended up in only 16 zoos in all of North America (according to Zootierliste) and most of those are non-accredited places that are obscure and family-run. However, there's still a lot of Pere David's Deer in European collections, with close to 70 zoos with the species on the continent.
2015 = 5 zoos
2019 = 5 zoos
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Pere David’s Deer – 1975
2- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Pere David’s Deer – 1998
3- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2006
4- Bronx Zoo (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2008
5- Memphis Zoo (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2008
6- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2008
7- Erie Zoo (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2012
8- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2014
9- Arbuckle Wilderness Park (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2015
10- Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2015
11- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2015
12- Franklin Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2015
13- Bayou Wildlife Park (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2015
14- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Pere David’s Deer – 2018
15- Natuurpark Lelystad (Netherlands) – Pere David’s Deer – 2019
16- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Pere David’s Deer – 2019
17- Safaripark Beekse Bergen (Netherlands) – Pere David’s Deer – 2019
18- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Pere David’s Deer – 2019
19- Serengeti-Park (Germany) – Pere David’s Deer – 2019
20- Kolmarden Wildlife Park (Sweden) – Pere David’s Deer – 2022
Here's a beautiful family portrait of a group of Pere David's Deer:
@Lafone
Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) has phased out a lot of species over the years, including Pere David's Deer. The last one lived out its last moments with a herd of Sika Deer.
@Elephant Enthusiast
There's hardly any photos of Pere David's Deer at San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) in the gallery, but nevertheless I think that the species has been there continuously for a very long time. I'd be curious to know how many are now left at the park.
@King of Komodo Dragons
Bronx Zoo (USA) has maintained a herd of Pere David's Deer for decades, in an era where the species has been in less and less AZA accredited zoos.
@Neil chace
CHINA is arguably the most famous exhibit at Memphis Zoo (USA), with Giant Pandas being the star attraction. There's also been a Pere David's Deer/White-naped Crane enclosure inside that area.
I'm fairly certain that Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) has not had Pere David's Deer for a long time now, but I saw a small herd there in 2008.
Another zoo that likely no longer has the species is Lake Superior Zoo (USA), but Pere David's Deer were there in 2014. AZA zoos haven't been very interested in the species in recent times.
I saw a herd of Pere David's Deer at the obscure Arbuckle Wilderness Park (USA) in 2015.
It's fantastic to see Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo (USA) have Pere David's Deer in the Asian Highlands section of the park. This is one of the very few AZA zoos with the species and they are mixed with Indian Rhinos there.
Both photos via @Brayden Delashmutt
For years, Natuurpark Lelystad (Netherlands) has maintained a large herd of Pere David's Deer in a massive, forested exhibit. I was really impressed when I toured this huge 'wildpark' type zoo in 2019.
@vogelcommando
Pairi Daiza (Belgium) has also had a herd of Pere David's Deer for many years.
@KevinB
The antlers of a male Pere David's Deer can grow to be very large. Here's one at Berlin Tierpark (Germany), which naturally keeps a herd of this species as it's 'ungulate heaven' there for zoo nerds.
@Green_mamba
Order Artiodactyla:
Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)
Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)
Cervidae: 21 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 63 White-tailed Deer, 61 Common Fallow Deer, 56 Caribou/Reindeer, 41 Axis Deer, 30 Mule Deer, 23 Javan Rusa Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 20 Hog Deer, 20 Pere David's Deer, 19 Sambar Deer, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 12 Eld's Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac, 4 Persian Fallow Deer, 4 Philippine Spotted Deer, 3 Calamian Deer, 2 Mexican Red Brocket Deer, 1 Common Red Brocket Deer)
Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)
Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)
Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)
Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)
Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)
Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)
Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)
Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)
Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)
It's so sad that the AZA has done deer dirty like this. The Pere David's Deer is a fantastic animal to highlight the conservation role that zoos play, and to show the necessity of having an ex-situ backup population, since the Pere David's Deer was extinct in the wild for almost a century. It's basically a slam dunk in the argument against zoo-haters, "see that deer over there? That deer would be extinct right now if you had your way."
I know the Lincoln Park Zoo did pick up the species fairly recently so maybe there's some hope to reverse the trend.
I know the Lincoln Park Zoo did pick up the species fairly recently so maybe there's some hope to reverse the trend.
Wisp O' Mist
Well-Known Member
Unfortunately, the AZA's hands are mostly tied with regards to deer. Thanks to the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease many states have outlawed raising deer in captivity, with non-native species often being targeted specifically.