Snowleopard's Mammals: A Lifetime List of Species Mammalian and Non-Mammalian
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Just a note on my image that is shown for the San Diego Safari Park, that image is actually from the Africa Tram for a massive hillside habitat. It appeared to be a group of bachelor Desert Bighorn, while the exhibit near the California Condors seemed to be a breeding group.
He hasn't been going in taxonomic order, so I assume it just hasn't been gotten to yet.
No bighorn sheep in South America that I am aware of. Never seen one either.When I began compiling my statistics for this thread more than a year ago, I would have guessed that Bighorn Sheep were very common and so it's a bit of a surprise that I haven't seen them in more zoos. Here is a mammal that I've seen in the wild a half-dozen times, because while driving through the Rocky Mountains from British Columbia to Alberta it's possible to come around a corner and see wild sheep grazing by the side of the highway.
Considering the enormous volume of zoos that I've visited in North America, to have moderate numbers with Bighorn Sheep is fascinating to me. Why is this species far less common than a whole series of African and Asian antelope? Why is this species a quarter of the popularity of American Bison? I never even saw any Bighorn Sheep at all those naff little roadside American zoos that I used to visit. And, adding up the European, Asian and Australian zoos I've toured (circa 200 facilities), I've only seen Bighorn Sheep ONCE and that was at a zoo that recently phased them out!
I've seen Bighorn Sheep at 26 zoos (including at least 8 with Desert Bighorn Sheep):
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Bighorn Sheep – 1975
2- Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (USA) – Bighorn Sheep – 2005
3- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Bighorn Sheep – 2006
4- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Desert Bighorn Sheep – 2006
5- Denver Zoo (USA) – Bighorn Sheep – 2006
6- B.C. Wildlife Park (Canada) – Bighorn Sheep – 2006
7- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA) – Desert Bighorn Sheep – 2008
8- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Desert Bighorn Sheep – 2008
9- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Bighorn Sheep – 2009
10- Zoo Montana (USA) – Bighorn Sheep – 2010
11- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Bighorn Sheep – 2010
12- Montgomery Zoo (USA) – Bighorn Sheep – 2010
13- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Desert Bighorn Sheep – 2010
14- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (USA) – Desert Bighorn Sheep – 2011
15- CALM (California Living Museum) (USA) – Bighorn Sheep – 2011
16- Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park (USA) – Bighorn Sheep – 2012
17- Pocatello Zoo (USA) – Bighorn Sheep – 2012
18- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Bighorn Sheep – 2012
19- Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) – Bighorn Sheep – 2014
20- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Bighorn Sheep – 2014
21- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – Bighorn Sheep – 2014
22- Bearizona (USA) – Bighorn Sheep – 2015
23- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Desert Bighorn Sheep – 2017
24- Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo (Canada) – Bighorn Sheep – 2018
25- Great Plains Zoo (USA) – Bighorn Sheep – 2018
26- Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) – Bighorn Sheep – 2019
You can see Bighorn Sheep set against some very bright mock-rock in my photo taken at Calgary Zoo (Canada):
When San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) opened Condor Ridge, the two highlights came at the end of the dead-end trail in the form of a spectacular California Condor aviary and a spacious Bighorn Sheep exhibit set on a rocky hillside.
@MGolka
You can see a couple of Bighorn Sheep in my photo taken at Denver Zoo (USA) in 2012. Sheep Mountain opened in 1979 and still holds up fairly well today.
It seems as if there is always a Bighorn Sheep perched near the peak of the exhibit at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA), and in truth this enclosure is still impressive even though it's a bit tight on space these days.
@Milwaukee Man
Phoenix Zoo (USA) has Bighorn Sheep in a terrific mountain-side habitat along the Desert Lives trail, with Arabian Oryx next door.
That zebra-striped building in the background is the old Elephant House at Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) and when the last pachyderm left 20 years ago it was converted into a Bighorn Sheep exhibit with a big pile of rocks added to the space. This whole area is now empty of animals and the ground has since been flattened completely, although Bighorn Sheep are found elsewhere in the zoo.
Visitors can peer over a glass barrier to see Bighorn Sheep at Zoo Montana (USA):
This is one heck of an ugly looking blob of textured cement and this structure greeted me in 2010 when I toured Buffalo Zoo (USA). I think this Bighorn Sheep enclosure is still in existence, even though it's quite outdated and sterile. Was this perhaps an old 'Monkey Mountain' exhibit?
The now defunct Bighorn Sheep exhibit at Utah's Hogle Zoo (USA):
The brand-new Bighorn Sheep exhibit at the same zoo, with poor sightlines.
@zoocentral
There's at least 4 Bighorn Sheep on this craggy mountain at Living Desert Zoo (USA). The fantastic habitat here is quite remarkable, as a visitor can walk right up to the small wooden fence and think there's no animals inside the exhibit. But, given time and waiting for one's eyes to adjust, it's easy enough to always see at least a half-dozen Bighorn Sheep scampering around their mountain home. Superb.
@Coelacanth18
Rather uninspiring by comparison, and with a giant tire (!!) in the middle of the enclosure, is the Bighorn Sheep exhibit at California Living Museum (USA).
You can see a couple of Bighorn Sheep at Rosamond Gifford Zoo (USA) in my photo taken in 2012. That's the last image of this species at this particular zoo in the gallery. Is the species still there?
Zoo Idaho (USA) has a steep, rocky Bighorn Sheep exhibit:
The drive-through section of Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) has a small Bighorn Sheep herd.
Another drive-through area with Bighorn Sheep is to be found at Bearizona Wildlife Park (USA) in northern Arizona.
A rather dubious looking mock-rock blob of a mountain is at Los Angeles Zoo (USA), home to Bighorn Sheep.
@Coelacanth18
The obscure Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo (Canada) has a Bighorn Sheep exhibit:
Bighorn Sheep are recently departed from Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands), but nevertheless the species was still there when I visited in 2019.
@Mr Gharial
Family Bovidae: 69 species so far
American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blue Wildebeest - 47 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Scimitar-horned Oryx - 43 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Aoudad - 40 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Addax - 36 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Bontebok - 33 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Bighorn Sheep - 26 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Takin - 23 zoos
Mouflon - 22 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gemsbok - 20 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Arabian Oryx - 16 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Rocky Mountain Goat - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Markhor - 14 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Alpine Ibex - 13 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Beisa Oryx - 10 zoos
Himalayan Tahr - 10 zoos
Nubian Ibex - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Siberian Ibex - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
Black Wildebeest - 4 zoos
Urial - 4 zoos
Bharal - 3 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Sand Gazelle - 2 zoos
Hartebeest - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Iberian Ibex - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)
Rhebok - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)
Gayal - 2 zoos
It's time for THREE species today! One could classify all three of these species as extremely rare in zoos in the modern era.
Dall Sheep have begun to be called Thinhorn Sheep in recent years and here is a species that AZA zoos abandoned a long time ago. The first 4 zoos on my list have all phased them out, but the species has popped up a few times in more obscure U.S. zoos. I saw Dall Sheep FIVE times in a couple of weeks in 2014, but since then the species has been rarer than ever.
I've never seen East Caucasian Tur, also known as Daghestan Tur, but I have seen West Caucasian Tur, sometimes called Kuban Tur, at only 5 zoos. Of those, 3 have been in Canada, only 1 in the United States and one, somewhat inexplicably, in Germany.
Argali, also known as Marco Polo Sheep (a subspecies name), has been as rare as Saiga and Hartebeest for me. The solitary occasion I saw this species was at Berlin Tierpark in 2019.
I've seen Dall Sheep at 13 zoos:
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Dall Sheep – 1975
2- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Dall Sheep – 2006
3- Denver Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2006
4- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2010
5- Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2014
6- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2014
7- Chahinkapa Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2014
8- Como Park Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2014
9- Lincoln Park Zoo - Wisconsin (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2014
10- Bearizona (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2015
11- Assiniboine Park Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2018
12- Shalom Wildlife Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2018
13- Krefeld Zoo (Germany) – Dall Sheep – 2019
AND...
I've seen West Caucasian Tur at 5 zoos:
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – West Caucasian Tur – 1975
2- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – West Caucasian Tur – 2008
3- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – West Caucasian Tur – 2012
4- Racine Zoo (USA) – West Caucasian Tur - 2014
5- Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) – West Caucasian Tur – 2019
AND...
I've seen Argali at 1 zoo:
1- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Argali – 2019
It's a real shame that Calgary Zoo (Canada) has phased out Dall Sheep, as I enjoyed seeing them when I went to Calgary to visit relatives (and visit the zoo at the same time!).
I'm pretty sure that Denver Zoo (USA) has also phased out Dall Sheep and you can see a big male in my 2012 photo. Denver's 1979 Sheep Mountain holds up better than most other such structures from that era.
Let's continue our tour of phased out Dall Sheep exhibits at AZA zoos. The species was still at Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) when I visited that facility in 2010 but it's long gone now.
Here's some Dall Sheep at Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) in 2014 and I saw this herd in the drive-through section of the park. I think that Bighorn Sheep were possibly mixed with Dall Sheep in this part of the zoo, judging by the signs.
You can see at least 5 Dall Sheep in my 2014 photo from Dakota Zoo (USA). The exhibit was rather flat and not entirely appropriate for the species.
You can see one male Dall Sheep (against the fence) and one Llama (!!) together at Chahinkapa Zoo (USA).
Here's another male Dall Sheep, this time at Como Park Zoo (USA):
@geomorph
Many non-major American zoos with Dall Sheep have had enclosures that are flat and uninspiring. This photo is from my 2014 trip to Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo (USA) in Wisconsin. Look at how tall that chain-link fence is!
Another flat exhibit in a drive-through for Dall Sheep can be found at Bearizona (USA):
Shalom Wildlife Zoo (USA) had a big, green pasture for Dall Sheep in 2014.
After seeing Dall Sheep exclusively in North American zoos, imagine my surprise when I walked around Krefeld Zoo (Germany) in 2019 and saw an exhibit for the species. I found Krefeld to be a very much hit-and-miss zoo, but the Mountain Anoa and Dall Sheep were nice shocks for sure.
As for West Caucasian Tur, I saw this species at Toronto Zoo (Canada) in 2008.
@TheGerenuk
@Mr Wrinkly
There's a long hillside exhibit for West Caucasian Tur at Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada):
@Newzooboy
I think that Racine Zoo (USA) has the very last West Caucasian Tur in America, apart from a few on those good old Texas hunting ranches.
Both photos via @pachyderm pro
Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) has West Caucasian Tur and it's the only zoo outside of North America where I've seen the species. The enclosure is very much a product of its time as it's quite outdated.
@wstefan
As for Argali, the only place I've ever seen them has been at Berlin Tierpark (Germany):
@Therabu
Argali and Bharal together at the Tierpark...oh my!
@twilighter
Family Bovidae: 72 species so far
American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blue Wildebeest - 47 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Scimitar-horned Oryx - 43 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Aoudad - 40 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Addax - 36 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Bontebok - 33 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Bighorn Sheep - 26 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Takin - 23 zoos
Mouflon - 22 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gemsbok - 20 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Arabian Oryx - 16 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Rocky Mountain Goat - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Markhor - 14 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Alpine Ibex - 13 zoos
Dall Sheep - 13 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Beisa Oryx - 10 zoos
Himalayan Tahr - 10 zoos
Nubian Ibex - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Siberian Ibex - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
West Caucasian Tur - 5 zoos
Black Wildebeest - 4 zoos
Urial - 4 zoos
Bharal - 3 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Sand Gazelle - 2 zoos
Argali - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Hartebeest - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Iberian Ibex - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)
Rhebok - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)
Gayal - 2 zoos
Dall Sheep have begun to be called Thinhorn Sheep in recent years and here is a species that AZA zoos abandoned a long time ago. The first 4 zoos on my list have all phased them out, but the species has popped up a few times in more obscure U.S. zoos. I saw Dall Sheep FIVE times in a couple of weeks in 2014, but since then the species has been rarer than ever.
I've never seen East Caucasian Tur, also known as Daghestan Tur, but I have seen West Caucasian Tur, sometimes called Kuban Tur, at only 5 zoos. Of those, 3 have been in Canada, only 1 in the United States and one, somewhat inexplicably, in Germany.
Argali, also known as Marco Polo Sheep (a subspecies name), has been as rare as Saiga and Hartebeest for me. The solitary occasion I saw this species was at Berlin Tierpark in 2019.
I've seen Dall Sheep at 13 zoos:
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Dall Sheep – 1975
2- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Dall Sheep – 2006
3- Denver Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2006
4- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2010
5- Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2014
6- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2014
7- Chahinkapa Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2014
8- Como Park Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2014
9- Lincoln Park Zoo - Wisconsin (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2014
10- Bearizona (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2015
11- Assiniboine Park Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2018
12- Shalom Wildlife Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2018
13- Krefeld Zoo (Germany) – Dall Sheep – 2019
AND...
I've seen West Caucasian Tur at 5 zoos:
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – West Caucasian Tur – 1975
2- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – West Caucasian Tur – 2008
3- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – West Caucasian Tur – 2012
4- Racine Zoo (USA) – West Caucasian Tur - 2014
5- Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) – West Caucasian Tur – 2019
AND...
I've seen Argali at 1 zoo:
1- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Argali – 2019
It's a real shame that Calgary Zoo (Canada) has phased out Dall Sheep, as I enjoyed seeing them when I went to Calgary to visit relatives (and visit the zoo at the same time!).
I'm pretty sure that Denver Zoo (USA) has also phased out Dall Sheep and you can see a big male in my 2012 photo. Denver's 1979 Sheep Mountain holds up better than most other such structures from that era.
Let's continue our tour of phased out Dall Sheep exhibits at AZA zoos. The species was still at Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) when I visited that facility in 2010 but it's long gone now.
Here's some Dall Sheep at Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) in 2014 and I saw this herd in the drive-through section of the park. I think that Bighorn Sheep were possibly mixed with Dall Sheep in this part of the zoo, judging by the signs.
You can see at least 5 Dall Sheep in my 2014 photo from Dakota Zoo (USA). The exhibit was rather flat and not entirely appropriate for the species.
You can see one male Dall Sheep (against the fence) and one Llama (!!) together at Chahinkapa Zoo (USA).
Here's another male Dall Sheep, this time at Como Park Zoo (USA):
@geomorph
Many non-major American zoos with Dall Sheep have had enclosures that are flat and uninspiring. This photo is from my 2014 trip to Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo (USA) in Wisconsin. Look at how tall that chain-link fence is!
Another flat exhibit in a drive-through for Dall Sheep can be found at Bearizona (USA):
Shalom Wildlife Zoo (USA) had a big, green pasture for Dall Sheep in 2014.
After seeing Dall Sheep exclusively in North American zoos, imagine my surprise when I walked around Krefeld Zoo (Germany) in 2019 and saw an exhibit for the species. I found Krefeld to be a very much hit-and-miss zoo, but the Mountain Anoa and Dall Sheep were nice shocks for sure.
As for West Caucasian Tur, I saw this species at Toronto Zoo (Canada) in 2008.
@TheGerenuk
@Mr Wrinkly
There's a long hillside exhibit for West Caucasian Tur at Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada):
@Newzooboy
I think that Racine Zoo (USA) has the very last West Caucasian Tur in America, apart from a few on those good old Texas hunting ranches.
Both photos via @pachyderm pro
Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) has West Caucasian Tur and it's the only zoo outside of North America where I've seen the species. The enclosure is very much a product of its time as it's quite outdated.
@wstefan
As for Argali, the only place I've ever seen them has been at Berlin Tierpark (Germany):
@Therabu
Argali and Bharal together at the Tierpark...oh my!
@twilighter
Family Bovidae: 72 species so far
American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blue Wildebeest - 47 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Scimitar-horned Oryx - 43 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Aoudad - 40 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Addax - 36 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Bontebok - 33 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Bighorn Sheep - 26 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Takin - 23 zoos
Mouflon - 22 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gemsbok - 20 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Arabian Oryx - 16 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Rocky Mountain Goat - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Markhor - 14 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Alpine Ibex - 13 zoos
Dall Sheep - 13 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Beisa Oryx - 10 zoos
Himalayan Tahr - 10 zoos
Nubian Ibex - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Siberian Ibex - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
West Caucasian Tur - 5 zoos
Black Wildebeest - 4 zoos
Urial - 4 zoos
Bharal - 3 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Sand Gazelle - 2 zoos
Argali - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Hartebeest - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Iberian Ibex - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)
Rhebok - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)
Gayal - 2 zoos
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*had. The last individual died three years ago unfortunately and the enclosure has remained empty since. Feel very lucky to have seen this species while I had the chance.
No records of either species in South America (that I am aware of).It's time for THREE species today! One could classify all three of these species as extremely rare in zoos in the modern era.
Dall Sheep have begun to be called Thinhorn Sheep in recent years and here is a species that AZA zoos abandoned a long time ago. The first 4 zoos on my list have all phased them out, but the species has popped up a few times in more obscure U.S. zoos. I saw Dall Sheep FIVE times in a couple of weeks in 2014, but since then the species has been rarer than ever.
I've never seen East Caucasian Tur, also known as Daghestan Tur, but I have seen West Caucasian Tur, sometimes called Kuban Tur, at only 5 zoos. Of those, 3 have been in Canada, only 1 in the United States and one, somewhat inexplicably, in Germany.
Argali, also known as Marco Polo Sheep (a subspecies name), has been as rare as Saiga and Hartebeest for me. The solitary occasion I saw this species was at Berlin Tierpark in 2019.
I've seen Dall Sheep at 13 zoos:
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Dall Sheep – 1975
2- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Dall Sheep – 2006
3- Denver Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2006
4- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2010
5- Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2014
6- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2014
7- Chahinkapa Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2014
8- Como Park Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2014
9- Lincoln Park Zoo - Wisconsin (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2014
10- Bearizona (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2015
11- Assiniboine Park Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2018
12- Shalom Wildlife Zoo (USA) – Dall Sheep – 2018
13- Krefeld Zoo (Germany) – Dall Sheep – 2019
AND...
I've seen West Caucasian Tur at 5 zoos:
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – West Caucasian Tur – 1975
2- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – West Caucasian Tur – 2008
3- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – West Caucasian Tur – 2012
4- Racine Zoo (USA) – West Caucasian Tur - 2014
5- Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) – West Caucasian Tur – 2019
AND...
I've seen Argali at 1 zoo:
1- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Argali – 2019
It's a real shame that Calgary Zoo (Canada) has phased out Dall Sheep, as I enjoyed seeing them when I went to Calgary to visit relatives (and visit the zoo at the same time!).
I'm pretty sure that Denver Zoo (USA) has also phased out Dall Sheep and you can see a big male in my 2012 photo. Denver's 1979 Sheep Mountain holds up better than most other such structures from that era.
Let's continue our tour of phased out Dall Sheep exhibits at AZA zoos. The species was still at Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) when I visited that facility in 2010 but it's long gone now.
Here's some Dall Sheep at Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) in 2014 and I saw this herd in the drive-through section of the park. I think that Bighorn Sheep were possibly mixed with Dall Sheep in this part of the zoo, judging by the signs.
You can see at least 5 Dall Sheep in my 2014 photo from Dakota Zoo (USA). The exhibit was rather flat and not entirely appropriate for the species.
You can see one male Dall Sheep (against the fence) and one Llama (!!) together at Chahinkapa Zoo (USA).
Here's another male Dall Sheep, this time at Como Park Zoo (USA):
@geomorph
Many non-major American zoos with Dall Sheep have had enclosures that are flat and uninspiring. This photo is from my 2014 trip to Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo (USA) in Wisconsin. Look at how tall that chain-link fence is!
Another flat exhibit in a drive-through for Dall Sheep can be found at Bearizona (USA):
Shalom Wildlife Zoo (USA) had a big, green pasture for Dall Sheep in 2014.
After seeing Dall Sheep exclusively in North American zoos, imagine my surprise when I walked around Krefeld Zoo (Germany) in 2019 and saw an exhibit for the species. I found Krefeld to be a very much hit-and-miss zoo, but the Mountain Anoa and Dall Sheep were nice shocks for sure.
As for West Caucasian Tur, I saw this species at Toronto Zoo (Canada) in 2008.
@TheGerenuk
@Mr Wrinkly
There's a long hillside exhibit for West Caucasian Tur at Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada):
@Newzooboy
I think that Racine Zoo (USA) has the very last West Caucasian Tur in America, apart from a few on those good old Texas hunting ranches.
Both photos via @pachyderm pro
Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) has West Caucasian Tur and it's the only zoo outside of North America where I've seen the species. The enclosure is very much a product of its time as it's quite outdated.
@wstefan
As for Argali, the only place I've ever seen them has been at Berlin Tierpark (Germany):
@Therabu
Argali and Bharal together at the Tierpark...oh my!
@twilighter
Family Bovidae: 72 species so far
American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blue Wildebeest - 47 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Scimitar-horned Oryx - 43 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Aoudad - 40 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Addax - 36 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Bontebok - 33 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Bighorn Sheep - 26 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Takin - 23 zoos
Mouflon - 22 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gemsbok - 20 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Arabian Oryx - 16 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Rocky Mountain Goat - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Markhor - 14 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Alpine Ibex - 13 zoos
Dall Sheep - 13 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Beisa Oryx - 10 zoos
Himalayan Tahr - 10 zoos
Nubian Ibex - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Siberian Ibex - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
West Caucasian Tur - 5 zoos
Black Wildebeest - 4 zoos
Urial - 4 zoos
Bharal - 3 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Sand Gazelle - 2 zoos
Argali - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Hartebeest - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Iberian Ibex - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)
Rhebok - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)
Gayal - 2 zoos
On the other hand, there is a ram in the video above which resembles a lot a male Dall's sheep. However, its tail looks a bit too long for it to be Ovis dalli.
Yesterday was 3 species (Dall Sheep, West Caucasian Tur, Argali) and today is going to be TWO more species.
Chinese Goral is a species found at only 20 zoos on Zootierliste and at least the first 4 zoos on my list likely no longer have them these days. Are Chinese Goral on the phase-out list for AZA zoos? I've never seen them at any roadside collections and only twice at close to 200 zoos in Europe, Australia and Asia. Seeing a Chinese Goral is a thrill because I appreciate their rarity in the world of zoos.
I've seen Burmese Goral only once and it was this past summer in Thailand. I saw them at the ONLY zoo listed with the species on Zootierliste. Wow! Is it possible that only Chiang Mai Night Safari has Burmese Goral? Surely there's some more Asian zoos with the species that are somehow flying under the radar of zoo nerds.
I've seen Chinese Goral at 10 zoos and Burmese Goral at 1 zoo:
1- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 1996
2- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2006
3- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2008
4- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2008
5- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2008
6- Saint Louis Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2010
7- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2014
8- Lee Richardson Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2014
9- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Chinese Goral – 2019
10- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Chinese Goral – 2019
11- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Burmese Goral – 2024
Chinese Goral are diminutive creatures:
@cloudedleopard611
Adjacent to the Lowland Anoa exhibit (shown below) at Woodland Park Zoo (USA) are a couple of ungulate yards and Chinese Goral used to be kept here back in the 1990s and into the 2000s.
Here's my photo of two Chinese Goral yards at San Diego Zoo (USA) in 2011. There used to be a whole row of enclosures labeled as Dog & Cat Canyon before it morphed into Africa Rocks which admittedly has been a massive upgrade for the zoo. These are pretty bleak exhibits:
My photo of a Chinese Goral in San Diego is from 2008:
During my first visit to Minnesota Zoo (USA) in 2008, there was an exhibit that mixed together Red Pandas and Chinese Goral. I believe that the goral were gone by the time of my second visit to the zoo in 2014.
@Baldur
What a hoofstock collection Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) had back in the day! I saw Chinese Goral there in 2008.
Both photos via @Baldur
This photo just POPS and it's of a Chinese Goral lounging on a hillside at Los Angeles Zoo (USA):
@Julio C Castro
The exhibit there is very steep, which is best illustrated by this photo:
@TheoV
Red Rocks at Saint Louis Zoo (USA) has been home to many ungulate delights and that includes Chinese Goral.
@DesertTortoise
The goral were mixed with Takin during my last visit to the zoo in 2014:
Chinese Goral shared a grassy yard with White-naped Cranes when I toured Lake Superior Zoo (USA) in 2014.
Chinese Goral were mixed with Hooded Cranes at Lee Richardson Zoo (USA) that same year.
@Ituri
Pairi Daiza (Belgium) had Chinese Goral when I was there in 2019 and here's an image of one apparently shedding its coat:
@KevinB
At one point (and maybe still correct as of today), the Chinese Goral were mixed with Southern Yellow-cheeked Gibbons and Siberian Cranes. This photo gives a glimpse of what to expect at Pairi Daiza:
@KevinB
Naturally, Berlin Tierpark (Germany) has Chinese Goral.
@ThylacineAlive
These days, Chinese Goral are mixed with Golden Takin at the legendary Tierpark.
@SivatheriumGuy
While trekking through almost 60 zoos in Southeast Asia with @twilighter, I saw some unbelievable rarities and that includes Burmese Goral which I'd never seen before. This species is easy enough to spot on the tour at Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand), which is a similar zoo to Singapore's Night Safari except that Chiang Mai is open at 11:00 a.m. and so has regular hours like other zoos. It's actually neat to go there while it's still light out in order to get better photographs like this stunner:
@twilighter
And this beauty:
@YANG Zhuofan
Family Bovidae: 74 species so far
American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blue Wildebeest - 47 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Scimitar-horned Oryx - 43 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Aoudad - 40 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Addax - 36 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Bontebok - 33 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Bighorn Sheep - 26 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Takin - 23 zoos
Mouflon - 22 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gemsbok - 20 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Arabian Oryx - 16 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Rocky Mountain Goat - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Markhor - 14 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Alpine Ibex - 13 zoos
Dall Sheep - 13 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Beisa Oryx - 10 zoos
Chinese Goral - 10 zoos
Himalayan Tahr - 10 zoos
Nubian Ibex - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Siberian Ibex - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
West Caucasian Tur - 5 zoos
Black Wildebeest - 4 zoos
Urial - 4 zoos
Bharal - 3 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Sand Gazelle - 2 zoos
Argali - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Burmese Goral - 1 zoo (Chiang Mai Night Safari - Thailand)
Hartebeest - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Iberian Ibex - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)
Rhebok - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)
Gayal - 2 zoos
Chinese Goral is a species found at only 20 zoos on Zootierliste and at least the first 4 zoos on my list likely no longer have them these days. Are Chinese Goral on the phase-out list for AZA zoos? I've never seen them at any roadside collections and only twice at close to 200 zoos in Europe, Australia and Asia. Seeing a Chinese Goral is a thrill because I appreciate their rarity in the world of zoos.
I've seen Burmese Goral only once and it was this past summer in Thailand. I saw them at the ONLY zoo listed with the species on Zootierliste. Wow! Is it possible that only Chiang Mai Night Safari has Burmese Goral? Surely there's some more Asian zoos with the species that are somehow flying under the radar of zoo nerds.
I've seen Chinese Goral at 10 zoos and Burmese Goral at 1 zoo:
1- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 1996
2- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2006
3- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2008
4- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2008
5- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2008
6- Saint Louis Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2010
7- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2014
8- Lee Richardson Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2014
9- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Chinese Goral – 2019
10- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Chinese Goral – 2019
11- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Burmese Goral – 2024
Chinese Goral are diminutive creatures:
@cloudedleopard611
Adjacent to the Lowland Anoa exhibit (shown below) at Woodland Park Zoo (USA) are a couple of ungulate yards and Chinese Goral used to be kept here back in the 1990s and into the 2000s.
Here's my photo of two Chinese Goral yards at San Diego Zoo (USA) in 2011. There used to be a whole row of enclosures labeled as Dog & Cat Canyon before it morphed into Africa Rocks which admittedly has been a massive upgrade for the zoo. These are pretty bleak exhibits:
My photo of a Chinese Goral in San Diego is from 2008:
During my first visit to Minnesota Zoo (USA) in 2008, there was an exhibit that mixed together Red Pandas and Chinese Goral. I believe that the goral were gone by the time of my second visit to the zoo in 2014.
@Baldur
What a hoofstock collection Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) had back in the day! I saw Chinese Goral there in 2008.
Both photos via @Baldur
This photo just POPS and it's of a Chinese Goral lounging on a hillside at Los Angeles Zoo (USA):
@Julio C Castro
The exhibit there is very steep, which is best illustrated by this photo:
@TheoV
Red Rocks at Saint Louis Zoo (USA) has been home to many ungulate delights and that includes Chinese Goral.
@DesertTortoise
The goral were mixed with Takin during my last visit to the zoo in 2014:
Chinese Goral shared a grassy yard with White-naped Cranes when I toured Lake Superior Zoo (USA) in 2014.
Chinese Goral were mixed with Hooded Cranes at Lee Richardson Zoo (USA) that same year.
@Ituri
Pairi Daiza (Belgium) had Chinese Goral when I was there in 2019 and here's an image of one apparently shedding its coat:
@KevinB
At one point (and maybe still correct as of today), the Chinese Goral were mixed with Southern Yellow-cheeked Gibbons and Siberian Cranes. This photo gives a glimpse of what to expect at Pairi Daiza:
@KevinB
Naturally, Berlin Tierpark (Germany) has Chinese Goral.
@ThylacineAlive
These days, Chinese Goral are mixed with Golden Takin at the legendary Tierpark.
@SivatheriumGuy
While trekking through almost 60 zoos in Southeast Asia with @twilighter, I saw some unbelievable rarities and that includes Burmese Goral which I'd never seen before. This species is easy enough to spot on the tour at Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand), which is a similar zoo to Singapore's Night Safari except that Chiang Mai is open at 11:00 a.m. and so has regular hours like other zoos. It's actually neat to go there while it's still light out in order to get better photographs like this stunner:
@twilighter
And this beauty:
@YANG Zhuofan
Family Bovidae: 74 species so far
American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blue Wildebeest - 47 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Scimitar-horned Oryx - 43 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Aoudad - 40 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Addax - 36 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Bontebok - 33 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Bighorn Sheep - 26 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Takin - 23 zoos
Mouflon - 22 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gemsbok - 20 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Arabian Oryx - 16 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Rocky Mountain Goat - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Markhor - 14 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Alpine Ibex - 13 zoos
Dall Sheep - 13 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Beisa Oryx - 10 zoos
Chinese Goral - 10 zoos
Himalayan Tahr - 10 zoos
Nubian Ibex - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Siberian Ibex - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
West Caucasian Tur - 5 zoos
Black Wildebeest - 4 zoos
Urial - 4 zoos
Bharal - 3 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Sand Gazelle - 2 zoos
Argali - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Burmese Goral - 1 zoo (Chiang Mai Night Safari - Thailand)
Hartebeest - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Iberian Ibex - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)
Rhebok - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)
Gayal - 2 zoos
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Neither goral nor serow were held in South America. At least that I am aware of.Yesterday was 3 species (Dall Sheep, West Caucasian Tur, Argali) and today is going to be TWO more species.
Chinese Goral is a species found at only 20 zoos on Zootierliste and at least the first 4 zoos on my list likely no longer have them these days. Are Chinese Goral on the phase-out list for AZA zoos? I've never seen them at any roadside collections and only twice at close to 200 zoos in Europe, Australia and Asia. Seeing a Chinese Goral is a thrill because I appreciate their rarity in the world of zoos.
I've seen Burmese Goral only once and it was this past summer in Thailand. I saw them at the ONLY zoo listed with the species on Zootierliste. Wow! Is it possible that only Chiang Mai Night Safari has Burmese Goral? Surely there's some more Asian zoos with the species that are somehow flying under the radar of zoo nerds.
I've seen Chinese Goral at 10 zoos and Burmese Goral at 1 zoo:
1- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 1996
2- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2006
3- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2008
4- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2008
5- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2008
6- Saint Louis Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2010
7- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2014
8- Lee Richardson Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2014
9- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Chinese Goral – 2019
10- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Chinese Goral – 2019
11- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Burmese Goral – 2024
Chinese Goral are diminutive creatures:
@cloudedleopard611
Adjacent to the Lowland Anoa exhibit (shown below) at Woodland Park Zoo (USA) are a couple of ungulate yards and Chinese Goral used to be kept here back in the 1990s and into the 2000s.
Here's my photo of two Chinese Goral yards at San Diego Zoo (USA) in 2011. There used to be a whole row of enclosures labeled as Dog & Cat Canyon before it morphed into Africa Rocks which admittedly has been a massive upgrade for the zoo. These are pretty bleak exhibits:
My photo of a Chinese Goral in San Diego is from 2008:
During my first visit to Minnesota Zoo (USA) in 2008, there was an exhibit that mixed together Red Pandas and Chinese Goral. I believe that the goral were gone by the time of my second visit to the zoo in 2014.
@Baldur
What a hoofstock collection Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) had back in the day! I saw Chinese Goral there in 2008.
Both photos via @Baldur
This photo just POPS and it's of a Chinese Goral lounging on a hillside at Los Angeles Zoo (USA):
@Julio C Castro
The exhibit there is very steep, which is best illustrated by this photo:
@TheoV
Red Rocks at Saint Louis Zoo (USA) has been home to many ungulate delights and that includes Chinese Goral.
@DesertTortoise
The goral were mixed with Takin during my last visit to the zoo in 2014:
Chinese Goral shared a grassy yard with White-naped Cranes when I toured Lake Superior Zoo (USA) in 2014.
Chinese Goral were mixed with Hooded Cranes at Lee Richardson Zoo (USA) that same year.
@Ituri
Pairi Daiza (Belgium) had Chinese Goral when I was there in 2019 and here's an image of one apparently shedding its coat:
@KevinB
At one point (and maybe still correct as of today), the Chinese Goral were mixed with Southern Yellow-cheeked Gibbons and Siberian Cranes. This photo gives a glimpse of what to expect at Pairi Daiza:
@KevinB
Naturally, Berlin Tierpark (Germany) has Chinese Goral.
@ThylacineAlive
These days, Chinese Goral are mixed with Golden Takin at the legendary Tierpark.
@SivatheriumGuy
While trekking through almost 60 zoos in Southeast Asia with @twilighter, I saw some unbelievable rarities and that includes Burmese Goral which I'd never seen before. This species is easy enough to spot on the tour at Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand), which is a similar zoo to Singapore's Night Safari except that Chiang Mai is open at 11:00 a.m. and so has more regular hours like other zoos. It's actually neat to go there while it's still light out in order to get better photographs like this stunner:
@twilighter
And this beauty:
@YANG Zhuofan
Family Bovidae: 74 species so far
American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blue Wildebeest - 47 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Scimitar-horned Oryx - 43 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Aoudad - 40 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Addax - 36 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Bontebok - 33 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Bighorn Sheep - 26 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Takin - 23 zoos
Mouflon - 22 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gemsbok - 20 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Arabian Oryx - 16 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Rocky Mountain Goat - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Markhor - 14 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Alpine Ibex - 13 zoos
Dall Sheep - 13 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Beisa Oryx - 10 zoos
Chinese Goral - 10 zoos
Himalayan Tahr - 10 zoos
Nubian Ibex - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Siberian Ibex - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
West Caucasian Tur - 5 zoos
Black Wildebeest - 4 zoos
Urial - 4 zoos
Bharal - 3 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Sand Gazelle - 2 zoos
Argali - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Burmese Goral - 1 zoo (Chiang Mai Night Safari - Thailand)
Hartebeest - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Iberian Ibex - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)
Rhebok - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)
Gayal - 2 zoos
After that exhibit at Minnesota was done with gorals it held Transcaspian Urial for years, but now it has no ungulates.Yesterday was 3 species (Dall Sheep, West Caucasian Tur, Argali) and today is going to be TWO more species.
Chinese Goral is a species found at only 20 zoos on Zootierliste and at least the first 4 zoos on my list likely no longer have them these days. Are Chinese Goral on the phase-out list for AZA zoos? I've never seen them at any roadside collections and only twice at close to 200 zoos in Europe, Australia and Asia. Seeing a Chinese Goral is a thrill because I appreciate their rarity in the world of zoos.
I've seen Burmese Goral only once and it was this past summer in Thailand. I saw them at the ONLY zoo listed with the species on Zootierliste. Wow! Is it possible that only Chiang Mai Night Safari has Burmese Goral? Surely there's some more Asian zoos with the species that are somehow flying under the radar of zoo nerds.
I've seen Chinese Goral at 10 zoos and Burmese Goral at 1 zoo:
1- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 1996
2- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2006
3- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2008
4- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2008
5- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2008
6- Saint Louis Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2010
7- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2014
8- Lee Richardson Zoo (USA) – Chinese Goral – 2014
9- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Chinese Goral – 2019
10- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Chinese Goral – 2019
11- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Burmese Goral – 2024
Chinese Goral are diminutive creatures:
@cloudedleopard611
Adjacent to the Lowland Anoa exhibit (shown below) at Woodland Park Zoo (USA) are a couple of ungulate yards and Chinese Goral used to be kept here back in the 1990s and into the 2000s.
Here's my photo of two Chinese Goral yards at San Diego Zoo (USA) in 2011. There used to be a whole row of enclosures labeled as Dog & Cat Canyon before it morphed into Africa Rocks which admittedly has been a massive upgrade for the zoo. These are pretty bleak exhibits:
My photo of a Chinese Goral in San Diego is from 2008:
During my first visit to Minnesota Zoo (USA) in 2008, there was an exhibit that mixed together Red Pandas and Chinese Goral. I believe that the goral were gone by the time of my second visit to the zoo in 2014.
@Baldur
What a hoofstock collection Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) had back in the day! I saw Chinese Goral there in 2008.
Both photos via @Baldur
This photo just POPS and it's of a Chinese Goral lounging on a hillside at Los Angeles Zoo (USA):
@Julio C Castro
The exhibit there is very steep, which is best illustrated by this photo:
@TheoV
Red Rocks at Saint Louis Zoo (USA) has been home to many ungulate delights and that includes Chinese Goral.
@DesertTortoise
The goral were mixed with Takin during my last visit to the zoo in 2014:
Chinese Goral shared a grassy yard with White-naped Cranes when I toured Lake Superior Zoo (USA) in 2014.
Chinese Goral were mixed with Hooded Cranes at Lee Richardson Zoo (USA) that same year.
@Ituri
Pairi Daiza (Belgium) had Chinese Goral when I was there in 2019 and here's an image of one apparently shedding its coat:
@KevinB
At one point (and maybe still correct as of today), the Chinese Goral were mixed with Southern Yellow-cheeked Gibbons and Siberian Cranes. This photo gives a glimpse of what to expect at Pairi Daiza:
@KevinB
Naturally, Berlin Tierpark (Germany) has Chinese Goral.
@ThylacineAlive
These days, Chinese Goral are mixed with Golden Takin at the legendary Tierpark.
@SivatheriumGuy
While trekking through almost 60 zoos in Southeast Asia with @twilighter, I saw some unbelievable rarities and that includes Burmese Goral which I'd never seen before. This species is easy enough to spot on the tour at Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand), which is a similar zoo to Singapore's Night Safari except that Chiang Mai is open at 11:00 a.m. and so has more regular hours like other zoos. It's actually neat to go there while it's still light out in order to get better photographs like this stunner:
@twilighter
And this beauty:
@YANG Zhuofan
Family Bovidae: 74 species so far
American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blue Wildebeest - 47 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Scimitar-horned Oryx - 43 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Aoudad - 40 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Addax - 36 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Bontebok - 33 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Bighorn Sheep - 26 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Takin - 23 zoos
Mouflon - 22 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gemsbok - 20 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Arabian Oryx - 16 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Rocky Mountain Goat - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Markhor - 14 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Alpine Ibex - 13 zoos
Dall Sheep - 13 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Beisa Oryx - 10 zoos
Chinese Goral - 10 zoos
Himalayan Tahr - 10 zoos
Nubian Ibex - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Siberian Ibex - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
West Caucasian Tur - 5 zoos
Black Wildebeest - 4 zoos
Urial - 4 zoos
Bharal - 3 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Sand Gazelle - 2 zoos
Argali - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Burmese Goral - 1 zoo (Chiang Mai Night Safari - Thailand)
Hartebeest - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Iberian Ibex - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)
Rhebok - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)
Gayal - 2 zoos
I'm surprised you didn't mention the strangest part of that exhibit, which is not obvious from that photo - that exhibit, which contains red pandas and (until recently) temperate caprines is entirely indoors in a tropical hall.
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The goral were mixed with Takin during my last visit to the zoo in 2014:
I can confirm that this is still the case. You just might not see them together because the takin have their own exhibit.
This is a photo I took of the final individual in the US about a month before his death.
Time for TWO more species today.
The 30th and final member of Cervidae that I've seen in captivity is the Southern Pudu at 14 zoos. Zootierliste has less than 50 zoos worldwide with the species and on my last two big zoo trips (Scandinavia and Southeast Asia) I saw ZERO southern Pudu in more than 80 different zoos. From my perspective, they seem quite scarce these days.
1- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Southern Pudu – 1996
2- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Southern Pudu – 2008
3- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Southern Pudu – 2008
4- Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens (USA) – Southern Pudu – 2008
5- Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) – Southern Pudu – 2010
6- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Southern Pudu – 2011
7- Micke Grove Zoo (USA) – Southern Pudu – 2017
8- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Southern Pudu – 2017
9- Diergaarde Blijdorp (Netherlands) – Southern Pudu – 2019
10- Cologne Zoo (Germany) – Southern Pudu – 2019
11- Wuppertal Zoo (Germany) – Southern Pudu – 2019
12- Dortmund Zoo (Germany) – Southern Pudu – 2019
13- Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) – Southern Pudu – 2019
14- Oakland Zoo (USA) – Southern Pudu – 2023
AND...
I've seen Siberian Musk-deer at 3 zoos. This species is a different family (Moschidae), but having the word 'deer' in its name allows me to tag it along with all the other 30 deer species I've seen. This species, my 31st deer, is the only type of Musk-deer I've ever come across in all my zoo travels. That's a great pity, because how cool are these 'fang deer'? They are awesome at Halloween.
1- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Siberian Musk-deer – 2008
2- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Siberian Musk-deer – 2019
3- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Siberian Musk-deer – 2022
I've seen Southern Pudu at Woodland Park Zoo (USA) on loads of occasions and the zoo has had good breeding success with the species.
Back when I first visited Minnesota Zoo (USA) in 2008, the facility had Southern Pudu in the Tropics Trail complex. Here's the only ZooChat photo of a Pudu in Minnesota and the species is long gone these days.
@geomorph
Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) also had Southern Pudu that year and there's only two photos of the species in the gallery from Oklahoma. The zoo no longer has Pudu.
@jbnbsn99
Here's a Southern Pudu nestled amongst foliage at Jacksonville Zoo (USA):
@okapikpr
Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) has had Southern Pudu for many years, contained within the Australian-South American netted mesh complex.
@Ituri
I first saw Southern Pudu at San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) in 2011.
@Julio C Castro
While at Micke Grove Zoo (USA) in 2017, I saw Southern Pudu in two different exhibits. This enclosure is too small for Pudu, but nevertheless there was an individual inside sharing space with Golden Lion Tamarins.
At the same zoo, there was this enclosure with Black-tufted Marmosets, Yellow-knobbed Curassows and Southern Pudu and you can see a Pudu in the photo.
So small and cute. Here's a Southern Pudu at Los Angeles Zoo (USA):
@Julio C Castro
Southern Pudu are found at Blijdorp Zoo (Netherlands):
@Mr Gharial
Cologne Zoo (Germany) has maintained Southern Pudu for many years.
@Taurinus
Wuppertal Zoo (Germany) has combined Southern Pudu with tapirs on a regular basis.
@Fat-tailed dwarf lemur
Dortmund Zoo (Germany) has had Southern Pudu for many years and this zoo has a vast South American collection of animals.
@Eagle
Now here's a rare sight! An exhibit with a Southern Pudu and a Woolly Monkey (in 2012) at Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands). Pudu are one of the very few non-primate species at this world-class zoo.
@Maguari
Southern Pudu fawns have beautiful spotted coats:
@Rhino00
As for Siberian Musk-deer, San Diego Zoo (USA) has kept the species, probably continuously, for at least 15 years. I remember seeing them while riding the moving escalator back in the day and I think that now they are mainly kept behind the scenes. Has anyone seen one on-show in the last couple of years?
@Kowari
Berlin Tierpark (Germany) has Siberian Musk-deer. Was there ever any doubt? Why doesn't the zoo have ALL the Musk-deer species?
@Green_mamba
@twilighter
How's this for a rare image? I took this photo last year at Calgary Zoo (Canada) and the left side shows the Siberian Musk-deer exhibit and the right side shows the Japanese Serow exhibit. Two species that are practically extinct in North American zoos.
Order Artiodactyla:
Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)
Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)
Cervidae: 30 species - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 63 White-tailed Deer, 61 Common Fallow Deer, 57 Elk, 56 Caribou/Reindeer, 41 Axis Deer, 37 Sika Deer, 30 Mule Deer, 24 Moose, 23 Javan Rusa Deer, 21 Red Deer (TWO species: Central Asian + Western), 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 20 Hog Deer, 20 Pere David's Deer, 19 Sambar Deer, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 14 Southern Pudu, 12 Eld's Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 6 White-lipped Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac, 4 Persian Fallow Deer, 4 Philippine Spotted Deer, 3 Calamian Deer, 3 Chinese Water Deer, 3 Western Roe 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)
Moschidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Siberian Musk-deer)
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)
Sorry for being late to the party. Was in South America for over a month! Was able to add a very special deer on that trip too (Huemul!)
Figured I'd list out my list of deer species seen. If anyone's curious about where I saw any of them in particular, please ask!! Forgive me, some of the scientific names are out of date. Names in bold also seen wild.
1.) (Hydropotes inermis) Chinese Water Deer
2.) (Muntiacus crinifrons) black muntjac
3.) (Muntiacus feae) Fea's muntjac
4.) (Muntiacus muntjak) Southern red muntjac
5.) (Muntiacus reevesi) Reeves' Muntjac
6.) (Muntiacus vaginalis) Northern Red Muntjac
7.) (Elaphodus cephalophus) tufted deer
8.) (Cervus albirostris) Thorold's deer
9.) (Cervus canadensis) elk or wapiti
10.) (Cervus elaphus) red deer
11.) (Cervus hanglu) Central Asian Red Deer
12.) (Cervus nippon) Sika Deer
13.) (Dama dama) Fallow Deer
14.) (Dama mesopotamica) Persian Fallow Deer
15.) (Axis axis) axis deer
16.) (Hyelaphus calamianensis) Calamian Deer
17.) (Hyelaphus kuhlii) Bawean deer
18.) (Hyelaphus porcinus) Hog Deer
19.) (Panolia eldii) Eld's Deer
20.) (Rucervus duvaucelii) Barasingha
21.) (Rusa alfredi) Visayan Spotted Deer
22.) (Rusa marianna) Philippine brown deer
23.) (Rusa timorensis) Javan Rusa
24.) (Rusa unicolor) Sambar
25.) (Elaphurus davidianus) Père David's Deer
26.) (Odocoileus hemionus) mule deer
27.) (Odocoileus virginianus) white-tailed deer
28.) (Capreolus capreolus) European Roe Deer
29.) (Capreolus pygargus) Siberian roe deer
30.) (Mazama americana) Red Brocket
31.) (Mazama bororo) Small red brocket
32.) (Mazama bricenii) Merida Brocket
33.) (Mazama gouazoubira) Gray Brocket
34.) (Mazama nana) Pygmy brocket
35.) (Mazama nemorivaga) Amazonian brown brocket
36.) (Mazama pandora) Yucatan brown brocket
37.) (Mazama rufina) little red brocket
38.) (Mazama temama) Central American Red Brocket
39.) (Hippocamelus antisensis) North Andean Deer or Taruca
40.) (Hippocamelus bisulcus) South Andean Deer or Huemul
41.) (Blastocerus dichotomus) Marsh deer
42.) (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) Pampas deer
43.) (Pudu puda) Southern Pudú
44.) (Alces alces) Moose
45.) (Rangifer tarandus) reindeer
Where did you see the Persian fallow deer? I am not even sure where I could find the nearest pure Dama mesopotamica near me.
Well, my deer list is very humble compared to yours, though I have seen a few rarities as well.
1. (Muntiacus reevesi) - Reeves' muntjac: Lisbon zoo (2018);
2. (Cervus elaphus) - Red deer: Curitiba zoo (2015);
3. (Dama dama) - Fallow deer: Zoo Safari (2011);
4. (Axis axis) - Chital deer: Lisbon zoo (2018);
5. (Panolia eldii) - Eld's deer: Lisbon zoo (2018);
6. (Rusa alfredi) - Visayan spotted deer: Zoo Santo Inácio (2018);
7. (Rusa timorensis) - Sunda sambar: BioParque do Rio (2021);
8. (Rusa unicolor) - Mainland sambar: BioParque do Rio (then RioZoo) (2007);
9. (Mazama bororo) - Small red brocket: possibly in Belo Horizonte (2023);
10. (Mazama gouazoubira) - Gray brocket: Belo Horizonte (2020);
11. (Blastocerus dichotomus) - Marsh deer: Itatiba (2014).
@Enzo Thank you for sharing your list! Haha, I haven't left too many mammal stones unturned at this point- especially hoofstock!
Persian Fallow Deer was seen at San Diego Zoo and then eventually Shadow Nursery in Tennessee (where I finally got good photos) and I have friends that have seen wild ones in Israel.
Time for THREE more species today, as I continue to edge very close to the end of Bovidae. After this post, I believe I'm left with only Klipspringers and Duikers.
Apparently there's two species of chamois these days, even though for years I had assumed there was only one. Northern Chamois has been such a rare animal for me that I had not even considered how many species there were as I never saw them! Other than seeing chamois at my childhood zoo as a very young kid, I only ever saw the species again at 3 German zoos in a single week or so in 2019. My entire adult chamois experience can be boiled down to just a few days, showing how incredibly rare this species has been for me. And yet, under the name of Alpine Chamois, there's 50 zoos in Europe with the species! Can you imagine how many zoos I'd have visited by now if I lived on that continent? I'd probably have doubled my numbers and I'd be bored with seeing so many chamois.
Outside of Japan, there's hardly a zoo in the world with Japanese Serow. And yet, in another geographical twist of fate, I used to see this species all the time at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, often a half-dozen times a year. Then I'd drive to Calgary to visit relatives and pop into the big zoo there and see the species again! Little did I know years ago, but those two zoos were close to the only non-Japanese zoos in the world with the species. It's kind of funny to think about that as even for my kids they wouldn't be impressed with Japanese Serow. "C'mon daddy, we want to see the giraffes!"
Lastly, I had never seen Mainland Serow, sometimes called Maned or Sumatran or Indochinese or Chinese Serow, in my life previous to this past summer. Then I saw the species 4 times just in August and I wonder if I'll ever see Mainland Serow again.
I've seen Northern Chamois at 4 zoos:
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Northern Chamois – 1975
2- Wildpark Gangelt (Germany) – Northern Chamois – 2019
3- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Northern Chamois – 2019
4- Olderdissen Zoo (Germany) – Northern Chamois – 2019
AND...
I've seen Japanese Serow at 4 zoos and Mainland Serow at 4 zoos:
1- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Japanese Serow – 1996
2- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Japanese Serow – 2006
3- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Japanese Serow – 2012
4- Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) – Japanese Serow – 2014
5- Khao Kheow Zoo (Thailand) – Mainland Serow – 2024
6- Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) – Mainland Serow – 2024 (didn’t see & not counted)
7- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Mainland Serow – 2024
8- Taiping Zoo (Malaysia) – Mainland Serow – 2024
9- Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) – Mainland Serow – 2024
A large paddock, with a jumble of boulders in one shaded section, represents the Northern Chamois exhibit at Wildpark Gangelt (Germany). I wrote in my 2019 review that I scratched the backs of some of the animals, as I couldn't resist as they were coming right up to the fence. Other visitors were petting the chamois as well and at Gangelt there is public feeding and therefore the animals are easy to see because they all head towards visitors expecting food. Is it sometimes bad to pet zoo animals? Of course! Is it an amazing experience to touch a Northern Chamois? Of course!
@16217
I also saw Northern Chamois at Berlin Tierpark (Germany), that zoo with its magnificent hoofstock collection that can be seen on foot, which clearly elevates it beyond San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) in my mind.
@Therabu
You can see at least 3 Chamois in my photo from Olderdissen Zoo (Germany) in 2019. The shelter for the animals has heavy rocks on its roof and the exhibit is much larger than what is shown in this image.
As for Japanese Serow, I used to see this species consistently at Woodland Park Zoo (USA) when I would make the 5-hour roundtrip drive to tour the establishment. Unfortunately, the serow are gone, replaced by Cheetahs for a brief period and now this exhibit has been the home of Maned Wolves for a number of years.
This hideous looking exhibit, in Dog & Cat Canyon at San Diego Zoo (USA), held Japanese Serow back in the day. When I first toured the big San Diego zoos in 2006, I saw serow but on subsequent visits they might have been gone. The ground was painted blue!
Both photos via @Baldur
My 2012 photo from Calgary Zoo (Canada) shows the Japanese Serow/White-handed Gibbon mixed-species exhibit, before floods in 2013 devastated this part of the zoo. All that remains is the cement wall in the foreground, while everything behind it is a flat picnic area. People eat their burgers where gibbons and serow used to frolic!
Calgary Zoo still has Japanese Serow, right next to Siberian Musk Deer in a tantalizing area for zoo nerds everywhere. Some of you are probably salivating while you read this.
I was shocked to visit Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) in 2014 and see a Japanese Serow exhibit. Just a note, my image of the exhibit has DOUBLE the views in comparison to my image of the actual animal, which is the standard here on ZooChat. Zoo nerds will always click on the enclosure shots far more than the animal pictures.
As for Mainland Serow, I had never seen this species before but I was fortunate enough to come across it 4 times this past August on a big trip to Southeast Asia. The stunning Khao Kheow Open Range Zoo (Thailand) has Mainland Serow in a spacious exhibit with a pile of boulders, huge jungle trees with gnarled roots, and room to roam. The animals were signed as Chinese Serow.
At Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand), @twilighter and I gazed up at the world-class Aoudad exhibit (profiled earlier on this thread) and we looked in vain for a Mainland Serow in the adjacent enclosure. We did not see any animals even after repeated efforts of finding one in the overgrown, seemingly empty exhibit, and I did not include this zoo as one where I've seen the species, but I'm posting it here anyway as the exhibit is fantastic and there's still the chance that the zoo has the species as it's posted on the signs.
We saw Mainland Serow at Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand), a completely separate zoo down the road from Chiang Mai Zoo. Here's a spectacular image from the safari tour:
@twilighter
At Taiping Zoo (Malaysia), there's a Mainland Serow exhibit with a grassy pasture at the front, a big wall of mock-rock at the back, and jungle all around. Here's my image, complete with rusty old signs:
@Goura
Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) has a beautiful exhibit for Mainland Serow, and my photo at the bottom shows a mini rock mountain at the back, but the enclosure is dominated by a central tree that must be home to many wild birds and monkeys. It's a terrific habitat and arguably the highlight of a zoo that has seen better days.
@twilighter
@Toki
Family Bovidae: 77 species so far
American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blue Wildebeest - 47 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Scimitar-horned Oryx - 43 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Aoudad - 40 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Addax - 36 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Bontebok - 33 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Bighorn Sheep - 26 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Takin - 23 zoos
Mouflon - 22 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gemsbok - 20 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Arabian Oryx - 16 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Rocky Mountain Goat - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Markhor - 14 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Alpine Ibex - 13 zoos
Dall Sheep - 13 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Beisa Oryx - 10 zoos
Chinese Goral - 10 zoos
Himalayan Tahr - 10 zoos
Nubian Ibex - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Siberian Ibex - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
West Caucasian Tur - 5 zoos
Black Wildebeest - 4 zoos
Japanese Serow - 4 zoos
Mainland Serow - 4 zoos
Northern Chamois - 4 zoos
Urial - 4 zoos
Bharal - 3 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Sand Gazelle - 2 zoos
Argali - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Burmese Goral - 1 zoo (Chiang Mai Night Safari - Thailand)
Hartebeest - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Iberian Ibex - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)
Rhebok - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)
Gayal - 2 zoos
Apparently there's two species of chamois these days, even though for years I had assumed there was only one. Northern Chamois has been such a rare animal for me that I had not even considered how many species there were as I never saw them! Other than seeing chamois at my childhood zoo as a very young kid, I only ever saw the species again at 3 German zoos in a single week or so in 2019. My entire adult chamois experience can be boiled down to just a few days, showing how incredibly rare this species has been for me. And yet, under the name of Alpine Chamois, there's 50 zoos in Europe with the species! Can you imagine how many zoos I'd have visited by now if I lived on that continent? I'd probably have doubled my numbers and I'd be bored with seeing so many chamois.
Outside of Japan, there's hardly a zoo in the world with Japanese Serow. And yet, in another geographical twist of fate, I used to see this species all the time at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, often a half-dozen times a year. Then I'd drive to Calgary to visit relatives and pop into the big zoo there and see the species again! Little did I know years ago, but those two zoos were close to the only non-Japanese zoos in the world with the species. It's kind of funny to think about that as even for my kids they wouldn't be impressed with Japanese Serow. "C'mon daddy, we want to see the giraffes!"
Lastly, I had never seen Mainland Serow, sometimes called Maned or Sumatran or Indochinese or Chinese Serow, in my life previous to this past summer. Then I saw the species 4 times just in August and I wonder if I'll ever see Mainland Serow again.
I've seen Northern Chamois at 4 zoos:
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Northern Chamois – 1975
2- Wildpark Gangelt (Germany) – Northern Chamois – 2019
3- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Northern Chamois – 2019
4- Olderdissen Zoo (Germany) – Northern Chamois – 2019
AND...
I've seen Japanese Serow at 4 zoos and Mainland Serow at 4 zoos:
1- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Japanese Serow – 1996
2- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Japanese Serow – 2006
3- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Japanese Serow – 2012
4- Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) – Japanese Serow – 2014
5- Khao Kheow Zoo (Thailand) – Mainland Serow – 2024
6- Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) – Mainland Serow – 2024 (didn’t see & not counted)
7- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Mainland Serow – 2024
8- Taiping Zoo (Malaysia) – Mainland Serow – 2024
9- Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) – Mainland Serow – 2024
A large paddock, with a jumble of boulders in one shaded section, represents the Northern Chamois exhibit at Wildpark Gangelt (Germany). I wrote in my 2019 review that I scratched the backs of some of the animals, as I couldn't resist as they were coming right up to the fence. Other visitors were petting the chamois as well and at Gangelt there is public feeding and therefore the animals are easy to see because they all head towards visitors expecting food. Is it sometimes bad to pet zoo animals? Of course! Is it an amazing experience to touch a Northern Chamois? Of course!
@16217
I also saw Northern Chamois at Berlin Tierpark (Germany), that zoo with its magnificent hoofstock collection that can be seen on foot, which clearly elevates it beyond San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) in my mind.
@Therabu
You can see at least 3 Chamois in my photo from Olderdissen Zoo (Germany) in 2019. The shelter for the animals has heavy rocks on its roof and the exhibit is much larger than what is shown in this image.
As for Japanese Serow, I used to see this species consistently at Woodland Park Zoo (USA) when I would make the 5-hour roundtrip drive to tour the establishment. Unfortunately, the serow are gone, replaced by Cheetahs for a brief period and now this exhibit has been the home of Maned Wolves for a number of years.
This hideous looking exhibit, in Dog & Cat Canyon at San Diego Zoo (USA), held Japanese Serow back in the day. When I first toured the big San Diego zoos in 2006, I saw serow but on subsequent visits they might have been gone. The ground was painted blue!
Both photos via @Baldur
My 2012 photo from Calgary Zoo (Canada) shows the Japanese Serow/White-handed Gibbon mixed-species exhibit, before floods in 2013 devastated this part of the zoo. All that remains is the cement wall in the foreground, while everything behind it is a flat picnic area. People eat their burgers where gibbons and serow used to frolic!
Calgary Zoo still has Japanese Serow, right next to Siberian Musk Deer in a tantalizing area for zoo nerds everywhere. Some of you are probably salivating while you read this.
I was shocked to visit Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) in 2014 and see a Japanese Serow exhibit. Just a note, my image of the exhibit has DOUBLE the views in comparison to my image of the actual animal, which is the standard here on ZooChat. Zoo nerds will always click on the enclosure shots far more than the animal pictures.
As for Mainland Serow, I had never seen this species before but I was fortunate enough to come across it 4 times this past August on a big trip to Southeast Asia. The stunning Khao Kheow Open Range Zoo (Thailand) has Mainland Serow in a spacious exhibit with a pile of boulders, huge jungle trees with gnarled roots, and room to roam. The animals were signed as Chinese Serow.
At Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand), @twilighter and I gazed up at the world-class Aoudad exhibit (profiled earlier on this thread) and we looked in vain for a Mainland Serow in the adjacent enclosure. We did not see any animals even after repeated efforts of finding one in the overgrown, seemingly empty exhibit, and I did not include this zoo as one where I've seen the species, but I'm posting it here anyway as the exhibit is fantastic and there's still the chance that the zoo has the species as it's posted on the signs.
We saw Mainland Serow at Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand), a completely separate zoo down the road from Chiang Mai Zoo. Here's a spectacular image from the safari tour:
@twilighter
At Taiping Zoo (Malaysia), there's a Mainland Serow exhibit with a grassy pasture at the front, a big wall of mock-rock at the back, and jungle all around. Here's my image, complete with rusty old signs:
@Goura
Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) has a beautiful exhibit for Mainland Serow, and my photo at the bottom shows a mini rock mountain at the back, but the enclosure is dominated by a central tree that must be home to many wild birds and monkeys. It's a terrific habitat and arguably the highlight of a zoo that has seen better days.
@twilighter
@Toki
Family Bovidae: 77 species so far
American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blue Wildebeest - 47 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Scimitar-horned Oryx - 43 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Aoudad - 40 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Addax - 36 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Bontebok - 33 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Bighorn Sheep - 26 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Takin - 23 zoos
Mouflon - 22 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gemsbok - 20 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Arabian Oryx - 16 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Rocky Mountain Goat - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Markhor - 14 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Alpine Ibex - 13 zoos
Dall Sheep - 13 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Beisa Oryx - 10 zoos
Chinese Goral - 10 zoos
Himalayan Tahr - 10 zoos
Nubian Ibex - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Siberian Ibex - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
West Caucasian Tur - 5 zoos
Black Wildebeest - 4 zoos
Japanese Serow - 4 zoos
Mainland Serow - 4 zoos
Northern Chamois - 4 zoos
Urial - 4 zoos
Bharal - 3 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Sand Gazelle - 2 zoos
Argali - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Burmese Goral - 1 zoo (Chiang Mai Night Safari - Thailand)
Hartebeest - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Iberian Ibex - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)
Rhebok - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)
Gayal - 2 zoos
No records of chamois in South America that I am aware of.Time for THREE more species today, as I continue to edge very close to the end of Bovidae. After this post, I believe I'm left with only Klipspringers and Duikers.
Apparently there's two species of chamois these days, even though for years I had assumed there was only one. Northern Chamois has been such a rare animal for me that I had not even considered how many species there were as I never saw them! Other than seeing chamois at my childhood zoo as a very young kid, I only ever saw the species again at 3 German zoos in a single week or so in 2019. My entire adult chamois experience can be boiled down to just a few days, showing how incredibly rare this species has been for me. And yet, under the name of Alpine Chamois, there's 50 zoos in Europe with the species! Can you imagine how many zoos I'd have visited by now if I lived on that continent? I'd probably have doubled my numbers and I'd be bored with seeing so many chamois.
Outside of Japan, there's hardly a zoo in the world with Japanese Serow. And yet, in another geographical twist of fate, I used to see this species all the time at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, often a half-dozen times a year. Then I'd drive to Calgary to visit relatives and pop into the big zoo there and see the species again! Little did I know years ago, but those two zoos were close to the only non-Japanese zoos in the world with the species. It's kind of funny to think about that as even for my kids they wouldn't be impressed with Japanese Serow. "C'mon daddy, we want to see the giraffes!"
Lastly, I had never seen Mainland Serow, sometimes called Maned or Sumatran or Indochinese or Chinese Serow, in my life previous to this past summer. Then I saw the species 4 times just in August and I wonder if I'll ever see Mainland Serow again.
I've seen Northern Chamois at 4 zoos:
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Northern Chamois – 1975
2- Wildpark Gangelt (Germany) – Northern Chamois – 2019
3- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Northern Chamois – 2019
4- Olderdissen Zoo (Germany) – Northern Chamois – 2019
AND...
I've seen Japanese Serow at 4 zoos and Mainland Serow at 4 zoos:
1- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Japanese Serow – 1996
2- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Japanese Serow – 2006
3- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Japanese Serow – 2012
4- Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) – Japanese Serow – 2014
5- Khao Kheow Zoo (Thailand) – Mainland Serow – 2024
6- Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) – Mainland Serow – 2024 (didn’t see & not counted)
7- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Mainland Serow – 2024
8- Taiping Zoo (Malaysia) – Mainland Serow – 2024
9- Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) – Mainland Serow – 2024
A large paddock, with a jumble of boulders in one shaded section, represents the Northern Chamois exhibit at Wildpark Gangelt (Germany). I wrote in my 2019 review that I scratched the backs of some of the animals, as I couldn't resist as they were coming right up to the fence. Other visitors were petting the chamois as well and at Gangelt there is public feeding and therefore the animals are easy to see because they all head towards visitors expecting food. Is it sometimes bad to pet zoo animals? Of course! Is it an amazing experience to touch a Northern Chamois? Of course!
@16217
I also saw Northern Chamois at Berlin Tierpark (Germany), that zoo with its magnificent hoofstock collection that can be seen on foot, which clearly elevates it beyond San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) in my mind.
@Therabu
You can see at least 3 Chamois in my photo from Olderdissen Zoo (Germany) in 2019. The shelter for the animals has heavy rocks on its roof and the exhibit is much larger than what is shown in this image.
As for Japanese Serow, I used to see this species consistently at Woodland Park Zoo (USA) when I would make the 5-hour roundtrip drive to tour the establishment. Unfortunately, the serow are gone, replaced by Cheetahs for a brief period and now this exhibit has been the home of Maned Wolves for a number of years.
This hideous looking exhibit, in Dog & Cat Canyon at San Diego Zoo (USA), held Japanese Serow back in the day. When I first toured the big San Diego zoos in 2006, I saw serow but on subsequent visits they might have been gone. The ground was painted blue!
Both photos via @Baldur
My 2012 photo from Calgary Zoo (Canada) shows the Japanese Serow/White-handed Gibbon mixed-species exhibit, before floods in 2013 devastated this part of the zoo. All that remains is the cement wall in the foreground, while everything behind it is a flat picnic area. People eat their burgers where gibbons and serow used to frolic!
Calgary Zoo still has Japanese Serow, right next to Siberian Musk Deer in a tantalizing area for zoo nerds everywhere. Some of you are probably salivating while you read this.
I was shocked to visit Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) in 2014 and see a Japanese Serow exhibit. Just a note, my image of the exhibit has DOUBLE the views in comparison to my image of the actual animal, which is the standard here on ZooChat. Zoo nerds will always click on the enclosure shots far more than the animal pictures.
As for Mainland Serow, I had never seen this species before but I was fortunate enough to come across it 4 times this past August on a big trip to Southeast Asia. The stunning Khao Kheow Open Range Zoo (Thailand) has Mainland Serow in a spacious exhibit with a pile of boulders, huge jungle trees with gnarled roots, and room to roam. The animals were signed as Chinese Serow.
At Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand), @twilighter and I gazed up at the world-class Aoudad exhibit (profiled earlier on this thread) and we looked in vain for a Mainland Serow in the adjacent enclosure. We did not see any animals even after repeated efforts of finding one in the overgrown, seemingly empty exhibit, and I did not include this zoo as one where I've seen the species, but I'm posting it here anyway as the exhibit is fantastic and there's still the chance that the zoo has the species as it's posted on the signs.
We saw Mainland Serow at Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand), a completely separate zoo down the road from Chiang Mai Zoo. Here's a spectacular image from the safari tour:
@twilighter
At Taiping Zoo (Malaysia), there's a Mainland Serow exhibit with a grassy pasture at the front, a big wall of mock-rock at the back, and jungle all around. Here's my image, complete with rusty old signs:
@Goura
Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) has a beautiful exhibit for Mainland Serow, and my photo at the bottom shows a mini rock mountain at the back, but the enclosure is dominated by a central tree that must be home to many wild birds and monkeys. It's a terrific habitat and arguably the highlight of a zoo that has seen better days.
@twilighter
@Toki
Family Bovidae: 77 species so far
American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blue Wildebeest - 47 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Scimitar-horned Oryx - 43 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Aoudad - 40 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Addax - 36 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Bontebok - 33 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Bighorn Sheep - 26 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Takin - 23 zoos
Mouflon - 22 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gemsbok - 20 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Arabian Oryx - 16 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Rocky Mountain Goat - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Markhor - 14 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Alpine Ibex - 13 zoos
Dall Sheep - 13 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Beisa Oryx - 10 zoos
Chinese Goral - 10 zoos
Himalayan Tahr - 10 zoos
Nubian Ibex - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Siberian Ibex - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
West Caucasian Tur - 5 zoos
Black Wildebeest - 4 zoos
Japanese Serow - 4 zoos
Mainland Serow - 4 zoos
Northern Chamois - 4 zoos
Urial - 4 zoos
Bharal - 3 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Sand Gazelle - 2 zoos
Argali - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Burmese Goral - 1 zoo (Chiang Mai Night Safari - Thailand)
Hartebeest - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Iberian Ibex - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)
Rhebok - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)
Gayal - 2 zoos
I know, however, they have been introduced to New Zealand.
Well, the best is yet to come then.
Time for THREE more species today, as I continue to edge very close to the end of Bovidae. After this post, I believe I'm left with only Klipspringers and Duikers.
Apparently there's two species of chamois these days, even though for years I had assumed there was only one. Northern Chamois has been such a rare animal for me that I had not even considered how many species there were as I never saw them! Other than seeing chamois at my childhood zoo as a very young kid, I only ever saw the species again at 3 German zoos in a single week or so in 2019. My entire adult chamois experience can be boiled down to just a few days, showing how incredibly rare this species has been for me. And yet, under the name of Alpine Chamois, there's 50 zoos in Europe with the species! Can you imagine how many zoos I'd have visited by now if I lived on that continent? I'd probably have doubled my numbers and I'd be bored with seeing so many chamois.
Outside of Japan, there's hardly a zoo in the world with Japanese Serow. And yet, in another geographical twist of fate, I used to see this species all the time at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, often a half-dozen times a year. Then I'd drive to Calgary to visit relatives and pop into the big zoo there and see the species again! Little did I know years ago, but those two zoos were close to the only non-Japanese zoos in the world with the species. It's kind of funny to think about that as even for my kids they wouldn't be impressed with Japanese Serow. "C'mon daddy, we want to see the giraffes!"
Lastly, I had never seen Mainland Serow, sometimes called Maned or Sumatran or Indochinese or Chinese Serow, in my life previous to this past summer. Then I saw the species 4 times just in August and I wonder if I'll ever see Mainland Serow again.
I've seen Northern Chamois at 4 zoos:
1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Northern Chamois – 1975
2- Wildpark Gangelt (Germany) – Northern Chamois – 2019
3- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Northern Chamois – 2019
4- Olderdissen Zoo (Germany) – Northern Chamois – 2019
AND...
I've seen Japanese Serow at 4 zoos and Mainland Serow at 4 zoos:
1- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Japanese Serow – 1996
2- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Japanese Serow – 2006
3- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Japanese Serow – 2012
4- Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) – Japanese Serow – 2014
5- Khao Kheow Zoo (Thailand) – Mainland Serow – 2024
6- Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) – Mainland Serow – 2024 (didn’t see & not counted)
7- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Mainland Serow – 2024
8- Taiping Zoo (Malaysia) – Mainland Serow – 2024
9- Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) – Mainland Serow – 2024
A large paddock, with a jumble of boulders in one shaded section, represents the Northern Chamois exhibit at Wildpark Gangelt (Germany). I wrote in my 2019 review that I scratched the backs of some of the animals, as I couldn't resist as they were coming right up to the fence. Other visitors were petting the chamois as well and at Gangelt there is public feeding and therefore the animals are easy to see because they all head towards visitors expecting food. Is it sometimes bad to pet zoo animals? Of course! Is it an amazing experience to touch a Northern Chamois? Of course!
@16217
I also saw Northern Chamois at Berlin Tierpark (Germany), that zoo with its magnificent hoofstock collection that can be seen on foot, which clearly elevates it beyond San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) in my mind.
@Therabu
You can see at least 3 Chamois in my photo from Olderdissen Zoo (Germany) in 2019. The shelter for the animals has heavy rocks on its roof and the exhibit is much larger than what is shown in this image.
As for Japanese Serow, I used to see this species consistently at Woodland Park Zoo (USA) when I would make the 5-hour roundtrip drive to tour the establishment. Unfortunately, the serow are gone, replaced by Cheetahs for a brief period and now this exhibit has been the home of Maned Wolves for a number of years.
This hideous looking exhibit, in Dog & Cat Canyon at San Diego Zoo (USA), held Japanese Serow back in the day. When I first toured the big San Diego zoos in 2006, I saw serow but on subsequent visits they might have been gone. The ground was painted blue!
Both photos via @Baldur
My 2012 photo from Calgary Zoo (Canada) shows the Japanese Serow/White-handed Gibbon mixed-species exhibit, before floods in 2013 devastated this part of the zoo. All that remains is the cement wall in the foreground, while everything behind it is a flat picnic area. People eat their burgers where gibbons and serow used to frolic!
Calgary Zoo still has Japanese Serow, right next to Siberian Musk Deer in a tantalizing area for zoo nerds everywhere. Some of you are probably salivating while you read this.
I was shocked to visit Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) in 2014 and see a Japanese Serow exhibit. Just a note, my image of the exhibit has DOUBLE the views in comparison to my image of the actual animal, which is the standard here on ZooChat. Zoo nerds will always click on the enclosure shots far more than the animal pictures.
As for Mainland Serow, I had never seen this species before but I was fortunate enough to come across it 4 times this past August on a big trip to Southeast Asia. The stunning Khao Kheow Open Range Zoo (Thailand) has Mainland Serow in a spacious exhibit with a pile of boulders, huge jungle trees with gnarled roots, and room to roam. The animals were signed as Chinese Serow.
At Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand), @twilighter and I gazed up at the world-class Aoudad exhibit (profiled earlier on this thread) and we looked in vain for a Mainland Serow in the adjacent enclosure. We did not see any animals even after repeated efforts of finding one in the overgrown, seemingly empty exhibit, and I did not include this zoo as one where I've seen the species, but I'm posting it here anyway as the exhibit is fantastic and there's still the chance that the zoo has the species as it's posted on the signs.
We saw Mainland Serow at Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand), a completely separate zoo down the road from Chiang Mai Zoo. Here's a spectacular image from the safari tour:
@twilighter
At Taiping Zoo (Malaysia), there's a Mainland Serow exhibit with a grassy pasture at the front, a big wall of mock-rock at the back, and jungle all around. Here's my image, complete with rusty old signs:
@Goura
Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) has a beautiful exhibit for Mainland Serow, and my photo at the bottom shows a mini rock mountain at the back, but the enclosure is dominated by a central tree that must be home to many wild birds and monkeys. It's a terrific habitat and arguably the highlight of a zoo that has seen better days.
@twilighter
@Toki
Family Bovidae: 77 species so far
American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blue Wildebeest - 47 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Scimitar-horned Oryx - 43 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Aoudad - 40 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Addax - 36 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Bontebok - 33 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Bighorn Sheep - 26 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Takin - 23 zoos
Mouflon - 22 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gemsbok - 20 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Arabian Oryx - 16 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Rocky Mountain Goat - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Markhor - 14 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Alpine Ibex - 13 zoos
Dall Sheep - 13 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Beisa Oryx - 10 zoos
Chinese Goral - 10 zoos
Himalayan Tahr - 10 zoos
Nubian Ibex - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Siberian Ibex - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
West Caucasian Tur - 5 zoos
Black Wildebeest - 4 zoos
Japanese Serow - 4 zoos
Mainland Serow - 4 zoos
Northern Chamois - 4 zoos
Urial - 4 zoos
Bharal - 3 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Sand Gazelle - 2 zoos
Argali - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Burmese Goral - 1 zoo (Chiang Mai Night Safari - Thailand)
Hartebeest - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Iberian Ibex - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)
Rhebok - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo - USA)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)
Gayal - 2 zoos
Hey @snowleopard! Curious how are you choosing the order you're going in? As you mentioned we're still waiting for klipspringers and duikers (very exciting) but have you never seen suni, royal antelope, topi, or uganda kob?
Very good questions!
Suni - I've probably never seen one. It's possible that I saw a Suni during my first ever visit to San Diego Zoo in 2006, but I honestly don't recall and so I left the species off my list. The most recent ZooChat photo of a Suni in San Diego is from 2003 and therefore I'm doubtful that I've ever seen one during my early visits to that zoo.
Royal Antelope - I discussed this in a much earlier post and it's been on the list all along (at 2 zoos).
Topi - I have 100% seen Topi before and there's even one of my photos in the gallery of two of them at San Antonio Zoo in 2010. Haha! I didn't realize that Tsessebe, the name in All the Mammals of the World (2023) is the same animal as a Topi. I'll talk about that species tomorrow. The name changes have been a challenge all year long, especially with some of the primates earlier in the thread.
Uganda Kob - I have also seen Kob, at San Diego Zoo Safari Park in 2006. This species I simply straight-up forgot and I will talk about it tomorrow.
I will be very close to 90 species in total for Bovidae when all is finished this weekend. Topi, Kob, Klipspringer and a bunch of little duikers to go! Then it's PERISSODACTYLA time.