cloudedleopard611
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Zoo animals you want to see but haven't yet
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Corangurilla
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Limiting myself to the US of A…
I’ve been to San Diego thrice and LA once, and I’ve still not seen a Harpy Eagle.
I also remember being enraged when I saw the serval signage at Africa Rocks where the Honey Badger was supposed to be (thank god for the Geladas).
The three-toed sloth at DWA.
Musk Ox (still mad that Minnesota euthanized theirs)
Dholes seem to have an expanding range, but not at any zoos I’ve been to.
And while I have seen walruses before, I haven’t seen one IRL since December 30th, 2012.
I’ve been to San Diego thrice and LA once, and I’ve still not seen a Harpy Eagle.
I also remember being enraged when I saw the serval signage at Africa Rocks where the Honey Badger was supposed to be (thank god for the Geladas).
The three-toed sloth at DWA.
Musk Ox (still mad that Minnesota euthanized theirs)
Dholes seem to have an expanding range, but not at any zoos I’ve been to.
And while I have seen walruses before, I haven’t seen one IRL since December 30th, 2012.
Striped Hyena
Walrus
Crowned Eagle
Gelada
Honey Badger
Brown-throated Sloth
Titicaca Water Frog
Saltwater Crocodile
Black Mamba
Shoebill
Kagu
Tasmanian Devil
Patas Monkey
Red-tailed Monkey
Eld's Deer
Barasingha
African Buffalo
Speke's Gazelle
Soemmerring's Gazelle
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Sun Bear
Red Wolf
Baird's Tapir
Tiger Shark
Bull Shark
Whale Shark
Walrus
Crowned Eagle
Gelada
Honey Badger
Brown-throated Sloth
Titicaca Water Frog
Saltwater Crocodile
Black Mamba
Shoebill
Kagu
Tasmanian Devil
Patas Monkey
Red-tailed Monkey
Eld's Deer
Barasingha
African Buffalo
Speke's Gazelle
Soemmerring's Gazelle
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Sun Bear
Red Wolf
Baird's Tapir
Tiger Shark
Bull Shark
Whale Shark
@Ituri I'm 14/14 on the mammals
Seen any of these in the past 16 plus years haha?@kiang Exciting to have 25/25 from your list!! Have you seen any since??
After recently nabbing Dibatag in Ethiopia I'm 21/21 from your list. Have you managed any since?
@Eagle I'm 14/14 from this great list! Have you seen any since?
It's really strange for me that so many people haven't seen species wich are so common in Europe, like Jackal, Hyena, Cheeta, Raccoon Dog.... But perhaps my lost will also contain some common species:
African Golden Cat
Marbled Cat
Chinese Mountain Cat
Andean Mountain Cat
Flat-headed Cat
Iberian Lynx
Iriomoto Cat
Canadese Lynx
South-China Tiger
Bornean Clouded Leopard
Pale Fox
Brown Hyena
Dugong
Sumatran Rhino
Javan Rhino
Hoolock Gibbon
Pileated Gibbon
Sumatran Orang-utan
Drill
Aye-aye
Platypus
Wombat
Numbat
Mountain Tapir
Ribbon Seal
Harp Seal
Leopard Seal
Elephant Seal (both Northern and Southern)
Orca
Beluga
Common Dolphin
Striped Dolphin
Tree Porcupine
Yellow Eyed Penguin
Fiordland/Snares Penguin
Fairy penguin
Manta
Whale Shark
Great White Shrak
etc.
Some tough ones on this list, I think I'm at 32/40. Not counting Fiordland Penguin which I may have seen without remembering (if Taronga had them back in 2007 lol.) Missing Andean and Chinese Mt Cats, Iriomote Cat (along I have seen Tsushima leopard cat), Javan Rhino (Tried twice and got as close as hearing 2 call to each other but never saw them), Ribbon Seal, Yellow-eyed & Fiordland/Snares Penguins, and Great White Shark (probably one of my highest non-mammals I hope to see one day- likely wild from a safe distance lol). Have you added any of these for yourself?
@bongorob 12/13 Missing only kakapo. Luckily I'm not a bird guy lol. Have you gotten to see any since?
I really wouldn't mind seeing someone of the following:
Australian Sea Lion
South American Sea Lion
South Atlantic Elephant Seal
Steller Sea Lion
Amazon River Dolphin
Beluga
Commerson's Dolphin
Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin
Killer Whale
Malayan Flying Lemur
Malayan Sun Bear
Sloth Bear
Spectacled Bear
Black-Footed Cat
Clouded Leopard
Cougar
Fishing Cat
Geoffroy's Cat
Manul
North American Lynx
Pampas Cat
Sand Cat
Dhole
Cuvier's Gazelle
Dama Gazelle
Dorcas Gazelle
Giant Eland
Goitered Gazelle
Oribi
Pronghorn
Slender-Horned Gazelle
Banteng
Mountain Anoa
Chacoan Peccary
Giant Forest Hog
Argali
Bharal
Bighorn Sheep
Wild Goat
Japanese Serow
Mountain Goat
Saiga Antelope
West Caucasian Tur
Common Wallaroo
Koala
Numbat
Southern Dibbler
Echidna
Baird's Tapir
Pangolin
Siamang
Silvery Gibbon
Douc Langur
Drill
Gelada Baboon
Golden-headed Leaf Monkey
Pied Tamarin
Proboscis Monkey
Mouse Lemur
Tarsier
Mountain Hare
Riverine Rabbit
Mountain Viscacha
American Red Squirrel
Columbian Ground Squirrel
European Suslik
Black-Footed Ferret
Giant Otter
North American River Otter
Tayra
Three-toed Sloth
Andean Condor
Mauritius Kestrel
Southern Caracara
Elf Owl
Tengmalm's Owl
Black-necked Crane
Weka
Nicobar Pigeon
Barrow's Goldeneye
Blue Duck
Comb Duck
Meller's Duck
White-winged Duck
White-faced Whistling Duck
Trumpeter Swan
Kingfisher
Kiwi
Spix's Macaw
Neotropic Cormorant
Bird of Paradise
Horned Guan
Puffin
Tiger Heron
Green Heron
Little Blue Heron
Reddish Heron
Night Heron (strange is, I've went to numerous zoos with night herons, but never seen them)
African Slender-snouted Crocodile
American Crocodile
Belize Crocodile
False Gharial
Gharial
Johnston's Crocodile
Marsh Crocodile
New Guinea Crocodile
Orinoco Crocodile
Yacare Caiman
Loggerhead
Cameroon Toad
Cururu Toad
Damn, that was a lot. And many of them are even quite common. Apparently, I'm not a very experienced zoo-goer yet
@Hvedekorn Damn I had to put the mammals into a spreadsheet to count them up lol. I'm at 70/71 (98.59%) with Indo-Pacific Humback Dolphin being the one miss. Although I do have 2 other species of those- Indian Ocean and Australian. Have you seen any from your list in the years since??
@jusko88 I should be at 42/44 missing only star-nosed mole and great white shark- both very high on my wishlist! Have you seen any since??
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African Forest Buffalo
Visayan Spotted Deer
Spotted-Necked Otter
Bornean Pygmy Elephant
Northern White Rhinoceros
Fanaloka
Platypus
Tasmanian Devil
Tiger Quoll
Javan or Sri Lankan Leopard
Marbled Cat
Fringe-Eared Oryx
Mhorr and/or Addra Gazelle
Twelve-Wired Bird-of-Paradise
Australian Brush-Turkey
Chinese Golden Coin Turtle
Whale Shark
one or both manta rays
~Thylo
@ThylacineAlive How many have you seen now? I should be at 15/15 of those mammals and at least the final 2 sea creatures, with Chinese Golden Coin Turtle now at Bronx Zoo so maybe I have that one haha?? Those two birds are at a handful of zoos I've been to also, but can't say I remember seeing them.
@zooboy28 I've seen 9/10 with Cloven-feathered dove being the one missing! Did you ever get around to seeing any?
@ShonenJake13 I started off well with the first 7 of this list, but haven't seen the final two. Although I thought I had yellow-tailed woolly monkey until eventually realizing it was a silvery woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha poeppigii) Have you seen any off your list by now?
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ContraryPython
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Indian Rhinoceros
Malayan Tapir
Perentie
Saltwater Crocodile
Serval
Takin
Turkey vulture
Calfornia condor
Nine-banded armadillo
Malayan Tapir
Perentie
Saltwater Crocodile
Serval
Takin
Turkey vulture
Calfornia condor
Nine-banded armadillo
Virginia opossum,
Nothing more, nothing less.
Nothing more, nothing less.
I'm only missing Fanaloka and Marbled Cat! I even have Javan and Sri Lankan Leopard, Mhorr and Addra Gazelle, and the two mantas.
Fanaloka is doable, though difficult to time right for when Nashville might have one visible.
Bronx actually hasn't had the box turtle in some years now, instead focusing primarily on McCord's and Yellow-Headed (along with pairs of a couple of other species). Their Chinese Three-Striped animals are all in Columbus now I think. But I did see them when they went on-show at Bronx and have seen them at other collections since!
~Thylo
Heh, yeah, even though I don't visit zoos as often as I used to, I've at least seen the following ones during all those years: Amazon river dolphin, sun bear, sloth bear, spectacled bear, fishing cat, manul, sand cat, dhole, dama gazelle, banteng, mountain anoa, Chacoan peccary, argali, bharal, mountain goat, common wallaroo, koala, echidna (short-beaked), siamang, douc langur, drill, gelada, pied tamarin, mouse lemur (gray), American red squirrel, European souslik, giant otter, Andean condor, southern caracara, Nicobar pigeon, Barrow's goldeneye, comb duck, Meller's duck, white-winged duck, white-faced whistling duck, trumpeter swan, bird-of-paradise (Raggiana and lesser), puffin (tufted), tiger heron, green heron, night heron (numerous times actually, they've become fairly common in Danish zoos), and all the crocodilians minus Orinoco
I will just list 5 species, one from each class, which I have some chance of seeing in the next couple of years:
- golden snub-nosed monkey
- fig parrot (any species)
- Pinzon giant tortoise
- Darwin's frog
- manta ray (any species)
Beauval for the monkey for sure and London for the frog.
The tortoise can be done at Prague from what I see.... but the other two I'm more hazy about
Kalaw
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Prague would give you the tortoise and quite the selection of fig-parrots!
A trip to France to tick off the manta rays at Nausicaa and the monkeys at Beauval? And of course the frogs don't even require leaving the country these days with London having acquired some as of late.
DCzootripper
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Just any type of pangolin would cut it for me
Tarsier, probably top of my list now
Also Mola, Honey Badger, Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise
The funny thing is that I've been to places with all of them, just either not during my visit or they were not viewable. I could probably make a much longer list as well, such as Long-beaked Echidna (Still technically a zoo animal, with one last individual at Taronga?)
Also Mola, Honey Badger, Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise
The funny thing is that I've been to places with all of them, just either not during my visit or they were not viewable. I could probably make a much longer list as well, such as Long-beaked Echidna (Still technically a zoo animal, with one last individual at Taronga?)
I've been fortunate to see everything on your list except Javan rhinoceros; that's the top of my wishlist but, sadly, I've resigned myself to the fact I'll never see one.
Other species I would very much like to see include:
African water chevrotain
African manatee
mountain nyala
chiru
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Toledo Zoo Guide
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This is my list of animals I have yet to see in my travels
Orinoco Crocodile
Pygmy Hippo
Japanese Macaque
Golden Snub-nosed Monkey
Brown Woolly Monkey
Red River Hog
Babirusa
Sumatran Rhinoceros
Siamang
Giant Otter
Malayan Tapir
Beluga Whale
Shoebill Stork
Hopefully this list get longer in the future.
Orinoco Crocodile
Pygmy Hippo
Japanese Macaque
Golden Snub-nosed Monkey
Brown Woolly Monkey
Red River Hog
Babirusa
Sumatran Rhinoceros
Siamang
Giant Otter
Malayan Tapir
Beluga Whale
Shoebill Stork
Hopefully this list get longer in the future.
Much like @gentle lemur, I too will list 5 species, with mine being more mammal-centered. Hopefully, I might have a chance of seeing at least one of these animals in a captive facility; but until then, one can only dream…
- Asiatic Black Bear
- Wild Camel - Camelus ferus
- Tuatara
- Tarsier (any species)
- Dwarf and/or Northern Cassowary