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Museum of Science (Boston) Species List (October 14, 2024)

Notes:
Species signed but not seen are italicized.
Species seen but not signed are in red.
The Insect Hall and Butterfly Area has been closed permanently and will be replaced with a new live animal exhibit.

Live Animal Care Center
  • Agassiz's Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), Red-Footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
  • Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis)
  • Sheltopusik (Pseudopus apodus)
  • Corn Snake (Pantherophis gutattus)
  • American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
  • Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)
  • Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
  • fiddler crab (Ocypodidae sp.)
Live Animal Care Center (background, anything that I could see the signs for with several more cages that were unviewable)
  • Ball Python (Python regius)
  • Desert Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata)
  • Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor)
  • Sinaloan Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae)
  • Dumeril's Ground Boa (Acrantophis dumerili)
  • Sinaloan Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae)
  • North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
Yawkey Gallery on the Charles River
  • Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)
  • Grey Treefrog (Dryophytes versicolor), Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
  • Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens), Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), Largemouth Bass (Micropterus nigricans), Redbreast Sunfish (Lepomis auritus)
  • Largemouth Bass (Micropterus nigricans), Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Dinosaurs
  • Blue Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius "azureus"), Yellow-Banded Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)
  • millipede (Diplopoda sp.)
  • scorpion (Scorpiones sp.)
  • Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
  • hermit crab (Paguroidea sp.)
Hall of Human Life
  • Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
  • Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
  • Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinis oedipus)
Survival of the Slowest (temporary, through Jan 2, 2025)
  • Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
  • Grey Ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides)
  • African Pygmy Hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris)
  • Chaco Golden-Knee Tarantula (Grammostola pulchripes)
  • Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
  • horned frog (Ceratophrys sp.)
  • Ball Python (Python regius)
  • Red-Footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
  • Indonesian Blue-Tongued Skink (Tiliqua gigas)
  • Linneaus's Two-Toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus)
  • Fox Snake (Pantherophis vulpinus)
  • Madagascar Giant Hognose (Leioheterodon madagascariensis)
  • Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
  • Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor)
  • Russian Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii)
  • Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)
  • Madagascar Giant Day Gecko (Phelsuma grandis)
  • Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)
Innovation Earth
  • Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
 
What was a North American porcupine doing at this facility?

Also were the rats a temporary display?
 
Smaggledagle said:
What was a North American porcupine doing at this facility?

Also were the rats a temporary display?
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The rats were a temporary display. I saw a North American porcupine through the glass in the live animal discovery center, it was in a non-naturalistic enclosure more like a cage with a tree branch.
 
MOG2012 said:
Museum of Science (Boston) Species List (October 14, 2024)

Notes:
Species signed but not seen are italicized.
Species seen but not signed are in red.
The Insect Hall and Butterfly Area has been closed permanently and will be replaced with a new live animal exhibit.

Live Animal Care Center
  • Agassiz's Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), Red-Footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
  • Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis)
  • Sheltopusik (Pseudopus apodus)
  • Corn Snake (Pantherophis gutattus)
  • American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
  • Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)
  • Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
  • fiddler crab (Ocypodidae sp.)
Live Animal Care Center (background, anything that I could see the signs for with several more cages that were unviewable)
  • Ball Python (Python regius)
  • Desert Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata)
  • Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor)
  • Sinaloan Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae)
  • Dumeril's Ground Boa (Acrantophis dumerili)
  • Sinaloan Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae)
  • North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
Yawkey Gallery on the Charles River
  • Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)
  • Grey Treefrog (Dryophytes versicolor), Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
  • Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens), Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), Largemouth Bass (Micropterus nigricans), Redbreast Sunfish (Lepomis auritus)
  • Largemouth Bass (Micropterus nigricans), Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Dinosaurs
  • Blue Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius "azureus"), Yellow-Banded Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)
  • millipede (Diplopoda sp.)
  • scorpion (Scorpiones sp.)
  • Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
  • hermit crab (Paguroidea sp.)
Hall of Human Life
  • Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
  • Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
  • Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinis oedipus)
Survival of the Slowest (temporary, through Jan 2, 2025)
  • Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
  • Grey Ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides)
  • African Pygmy Hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris)
  • Chaco Golden-Knee Tarantula (Grammostola pulchripes)
  • Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
  • horned frog (Ceratophrys sp.)
  • Ball Python (Python regius)
  • Red-Footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
  • Indonesian Blue-Tongued Skink (Tiliqua gigas)
  • Linneaus's Two-Toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus)
  • Fox Snake (Pantherophis vulpinus)
  • Madagascar Giant Hognose (Leioheterodon madagascariensis)
  • Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
  • Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor)
  • Russian Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii)
  • Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)
  • Madagascar Giant Day Gecko (Phelsuma grandis)
  • Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)
Innovation Earth
  • Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
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After reviewing photos, the unsigned porcupine in the live animal care center is likely a Brazilian Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis), not a North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum).
 
MOG2012 said:
After reviewing photos, the unsigned porcupine in the live animal care center is likely a Brazilian Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis), not a North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum).
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Will you upload the picture onto the site if you haven't done so already?
 
Up until 2021 they had the oldest NA porcupine on record, Cooper. I believe he was 33-34 when he passed. There was also a younger female on site. Both lived off show and were program animals. I would not be surprised at all if the female or a new individual is still there
 
CMTM said:
Up until 2021 they had the oldest NA porcupine on record, Cooper. I believe he was 33-34 when he passed. There was also a younger female on site. Both lived off show and were program animals. I would not be surprised at all if the female or a new individual is still there
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Was Cooper the largest animal behind the scenes at the museum? What animals is now?
 
He may have been. There was a woodchuck, a large snapping turtle, and a young alligator as well. Not sure who would've been the heaviest. In the more distant past there was a bobcat and some large constrictors as well.

Unfortunately I no longer know anyone working there so I have no clue what they have now. A coendou seems unlikely, but not impossible, to me. These days they're much more selective about who and what they take in than they were in the old days.
 
CMTM said:
He may have been. There was a woodchuck, a large snapping turtle, and a young alligator as well. Not sure who would've been the heaviest. In the more distant past there was a bobcat and some large constrictors as well.
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Oh yeah, I remember a crocodilian exhibit there with Siamese crocodiles, slender-shouted crocodiles, and baby American alligators. What are the largest animals currently at the museum?
 
MOG2012 said:
Oh yeah, I remember a crocodilian exhibit there with Siamese crocodiles, slender-shouted crocodiles, and baby American alligators. What are the largest animals currently at the museum?
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Sorry, I edited my post to answer your second question.

The crocodilian exhibit was a traveling display from Clyde Peeling, none of the animals were ever a part of the museums collection and the exhibit came with its own temporary keepers. The museum's animal care team never worked with any of the animals from what I understand.

The current exhibit with the sloth is a similar situation. A traveling exhibit from Little Ray's Exhibitions. The animals come and go with the exhibit and are not considered a part of the museum's collection.
 
CMTM said:
He may have been. There was a woodchuck, a large snapping turtle, and a young alligator as well. Not sure who would've been the heaviest. In the more distant past there was a bobcat and some large constrictors as well.

Unfortunately I no longer know anyone working there so I have no clue what they have now. A coendou seems unlikely, but not impossible, to me. These days they're much more selective about who and what they take in than they were in the old days.
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Do you know the rarest species?
 
MOG2012 said:
Do you know the rarest species?
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They had a bunch of tenrecs, can't recall the species. I guess maybe those? Generally it was a pretty basic list of common ambassador species.

When I visited back in 2021 they also had a Tawny Frogmouth that was transferred to Seaworld Orlando shortly after I was there.
 
CMTM said:
They had a bunch of tenrecs, can't recall the species. I guess maybe those? Generally it was a pretty basic list of common ambassador species.

When I visited back in 2021 they also had a Tawny Frogmouth that was transferred to Seaworld Orlando shortly after I was there.
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On Zootierliste, it says they have lesser hedgehog tenrec, and I also think they might have screaming hairy armadillo. They might still have eastern screech owl from the climate stories
 
MOG2012 said:
On Zootierliste, it says they have lesser hedgehog tenrec, and I also think they might have screaming hairy armadillo. They might still have eastern screech owl from the climate stories
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I recall seeing several of each of those, I'd be surprised if there were none left.

My memory is starting to wake up. Back in the late 90's they had Round Eared Sengi.
 
CMTM said:
I recall seeing several of each of those, I'd be surprised if there were none left.

My memory is starting to wake up. Back in the late 90's they had Round Eared Sengi.
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Are those animals even found in AZA captivity anymore? I only know that black and rufous sengi are found in AZA captivity
 
CMTM said:
Unfortunately I no longer know anyone working there so I have no clue what they have now. A coendou seems unlikely, but not impossible, to me. These days they're much more selective about who and what they take in than they were in the old days.
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I visited back in July and there was definitely a Coendou/Brazilian porcupine.
 
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