ZooChat Planet Zoo Global Challenge 2025

[USZOOfan42]

Nothing about the breed thing in the rules + there isn’t such a thing as “American standard donkey", American donkeys are many different breeds.

Isn’t it an American Burro?

 

[Tea Rex]

Isn’t it an American Burro?

I think burro is nickname for feral donkeys

 

[Tea Rex]

Challenge so far for me (by order off seeing)
(Including stuff that don't count)
Mammalia:
1) Asian Small-clawed Otter (Aonyx cinereus) [4/1/2025] - "For the Wildlife" Rescue Center
2) Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) [4/1/2025] - "For the Wildlife" Rescue Center
3) European Badger (Meles meles) [4/1/2025] - "For the Wildlife" Rescue Center -1
4) Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) [9/1/2025], [3/2/2025] - Gan Hai, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo + Wild several times through out the current year
5) Ring Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) [9/1/2025], [3/2/2025] - Gan Hai, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
6) Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) [9/1/2025], [3/2/2025] - Gan Hai, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
7) Domestic Donkey (Equus africanus asinus) [31/1/2025] [22/2/2025]- Drove by a random farm and saw one, Eretz Hazvi Zoo Elishema
8) Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) [3/2/2025] - Ramat Gan Safari -1
9) Plains Zebra (Equus quagga) [3/2/2025] Ramat Gan Safari, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
10) Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) [3/2/2025] - Ramat Gan Safari, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
11) Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
12) Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
13) Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
14) Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
15) Western Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
16) Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
17) Addax (Addax nasomaculatus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
18) Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
19) Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
20) Timber Wolf (Canis lupus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
21) Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
22) Collared Peccary (Dicotyles tajacu) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
23) Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
24) Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
25) Northern Lion (includes WA & Asiatic Lion) (Panthera leo leo) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
26) Alpine Goat (Capra hircus) [22/2/2025] - Eretz Hazvi Zoo Elishema
27) Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius) [22/2/2025] - Eretz Hazvi Zoo Elishema
Aves:
28) Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) [9/1/2025], [3/2/2025] [22/2/2025] - Gan Hai, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Eretz Hazvi Zoo Elishema
29) Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) [9/1/2025] [22/2/2025] - Gan Hai, Eretz Hazvi Zoo Elishema
30) Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus) [9/1/2025], [3/2/2025] [22/2/2025] - Gan Hai, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Eretz Hazvi Zoo Elishema
31) Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) [17/1/2025], [3/2/2025] - Wild, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
32) Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
33) African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
34) Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
Reptilia:
35) Common Bluetongue (Tiliqua scincoides) [Replacement for Eastern Blue-Tongued Lizard] [9/1/2025], [3/2/2025] - Gan Hai, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
36) Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor) [9/1/2025], [3/2/2025] - Gan Hai, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
37) Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) [9/1/2025] - Gan Hai
38) African Spurred Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) [9/1/2025], [1/2/2025], [3/2/2025] - Gan Hai, "For the Wildlife" Rescue Center, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
39) Desert Horned Viper (Cerastes cerastes) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
40) Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
Amphibians:
41) Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
Inverts:
42) Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) - Seen Wild several times
so for now -3 point, so I'm at 39

So minus Badger, Gazelle and Butterfly I'm at 39 right?

 

[Tea Rex]

Challenge so far for me (by order off seeing)
(Including stuff that don't count)
Mammalia:
1) Asian Small-clawed Otter (Aonyx cinereus) [4/1/2025] - "For the Wildlife" Rescue Center
2) Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) [4/1/2025] - "For the Wildlife" Rescue Center
3) European Badger (Meles meles) [4/1/2025] - "For the Wildlife" Rescue Center -1
4) Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) [9/1/2025], [3/2/2025], [26/2/2025] - Gan Hai, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Midbarium + Wild several times through out the current year
5) Ring Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) [9/1/2025], [3/2/2025] - Gan Hai, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
6) Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) [9/1/2025], [3/2/2025], [26/2/2025] - Gan Hai, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Midbarium
7) Domestic Donkey (Equus africanus asinus) [31/1/2025], [22/2/2025] - Drove by a random farm and saw one, Eretz Hazvi Zoo Elishema
8) Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) [3/2/2025], [26/2/2025] - Ramat Gan Safari, Midbarium
9) Plains Zebra (Equus quagga) [3/2/2025], [26/2/2025] - Ramat Gan Safari, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Midbarium
10) Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) [3/2/2025], [26/2/2025] - Ramat Gan Safari, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Midbarium
11) Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
12) Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
13) Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
14) Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
15) Western Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
16) Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
17) Addax (Addax nasomaculatus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
18) Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
19) Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
20) Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
21) Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
22) Collared Peccary (Dicotyles tajacu) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
23) Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda) [3/2/2025] [26/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Midbarium
24) Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) [3/2/2025] [26/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Midbarium
25) Northern Lion (includes WA & Asiatic Lion) (Panthera leo leo)/Generic Lion (Panthera leo) [3/2/2025] [26/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Midbarium
26) Alpine Goat (Capra hircus) [22/2/2025] - Eretz Hazvi Zoo Elishema
27) Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius) [22/2/2025], [26/2/2025] - Eretz Hazvi Zoo Elishema, Midbarium
28) Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena) [26/2/2025] - Midbarium
29) Sand Cat (Felis margarita) [26/2/2025] - Midbarium
30) African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus)[26/2/2025] - Midbarium
31) Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) [26/2/2025] - Midbarium
32) Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) [26/2/2025] - Midbarium
33) Caracal (Caracal caracal) [26/2/2025] - Midbarium
Aves:
34) Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) [9/1/2025], [3/2/2025] [22/2/2025] - Gan Hai, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Eretz Hazvi Zoo Elishema
35) Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) [9/1/2025] [22/2/2025] - Gan Hai, Eretz Hazvi Zoo Elishema
36) Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus) [9/1/2025], [3/2/2025], [22/2/2025], [26/2/2025] - Gan Hai, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Eretz Hazvi Zoo Elishema, Midbarium
37) Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) [17/1/2025], [3/2/2025], [26/2/2025] - Wild, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Midbarium
38) Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
39) African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
40) Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
Reptilia:
41) Common Bluetongue (Tiliqua scincoides) [Replacement for Eastern Blue-Tongued Lizard] [9/1/2025], [3/2/2025] - Gan Hai, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
42) Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor) [9/1/2025], [3/2/2025] - Gan Hai, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
43) Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) [9/1/2025] - Gan Hai
44) African Spurred Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) [9/1/2025], [1/2/2025], [3/2/2025], [26/2/2025] - Gan Hai, "For the Wildlife" Rescue Center, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Midbarium
45) Desert Horned Viper (Cerastes cerastes) [3/2/2025], [26/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Midbarium
46) Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
Amphibians:
47) Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) [3/2/2025] - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
Inverts:
48) Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) - Seen Wild several times
so for now -2 point, so I'm at 46

 

[peruvianbirdie]

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (January 6)

Amphibians
American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)

Santa Ana Zoo, Santa Ana CA (February 27)

Mammalia
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata)
Ringed-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)
Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius)
Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)

Amphibians
Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis)

 

[peruvianbirdie]

Santa Ana Zoo, Santa Ana CA (February 27)

Mammalia
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata)
Ringed-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)
Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius)
Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)

Amphibians
Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis)

Also needed to add/I saw Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) and Lar Gibbon (Hylobates lar), had to leave house so couldn't add these two in the previous post.

 

[MOG2012]

End of February Review:

Current Scores:

1. @AmazonHippo / @AmazonianHippo - 49 animals
2. @Hugo28 - 47 animals
3. @Tea Rex - 46 animals
4. @Leaf Productions - 40 animals
5. @MOG2012 - 31 animals
6. @iluvwhales - 26 animals
7. @CarnotaurusSastrei - 19 animals
8. @peruvianbirdie - 6 animals

Anyone can join, it's not too late! Also, anyone who saw a donkey at a zoological facility can add it to their total (just post it in this thread) as @Tea Rex pointed out.

As a whole, the 8 participants have gone to 31 zoological facilities

Spoiler: Facilities

Alameda Park Zoo
Blue Hills Trailside Museum
Buttonwood Park Zoo
Capron Park Zoo
Chester Zoo
Daggett Farm Petting Zoo
El Paso Zoo
Eretz Hazvi Zoo Elishema
For the Wildlife
Franklin Park Zoo
Hamerton Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo
Mappa Mundia
Midbarium
Museum of Science (Boston)
Mystic Aquarium
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
New England Aquarium
North Attleboro World War I Memorial and Zoo
Petah Tikva Zoo
Reptile House Earth
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Rotterdam Zoo
Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
Santa Ana Zoo
Save The Bay's Hamilton Family Aquarium
Sea Life Scheveningen
Shedd Aquarium
Stone Zoo
The Tisch Family Zoological Gardens in Jerusalem
Zoo De Oliemeulen

The 8 participants so far have seen 123 out of 195 total amount of species so far (~63%)

Spoiler: Animals

Aardvark
Addax
African Penguin
African Savannah Elephant
African Spurred Tortoise
African Wild Dog
Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Alpaca
Alpine Goat
Amazonian Giant Centipede
American Alligator
American Bison
American Bullfrog
American Standard Donkey
Amur Leopard
Arctic Fox
Asian Small-Clawed Otter
Asian Water Monitor
Axolotl
Bactrian Camel
Baird's Tapir
Bengal Tiger
Binturong
Black Rhinoceros
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Blue Wildebeest
Boa Constrictor
Bongo
Bornean Orangutan
Brazilian Salmon Pink Tarantula
California Sea Lion
Cape Buffalo
Capybara
Caracal
Cheetah
Collared Peccary
Colombian White-Faced Capuchin Monkey
Common Ostrich
Common Warthog
Common Wombat
Coquerel's Sifaka
Cougar
Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman
Dama Gazelle
Desert Horned Viper
Diamondback Terrapin
Dingo
Dromedary Camel
Eastern Blue-Tongued Lizard
Egyptian Fruit Bat
Emu
European Fallow Deer
Fennec Fox
Fire Salamander
Formosan Black Bear
Fossa
Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Giant Anteater
Giant Malaysian Leaf Insect
Giant Otter
Gila Monster
Golden Poison Frog
Goliath Birdeater
Gray Seal
Greater Flamingo
Green Iguana
Hippopotamus
Indian Elephant
Indian Peafowl
Indian Rhinoceros
Jaguar
Japanese Macaque
King Penguin
Kirk's Dik-Dik
Komodo Dragon
Lar Gibbon
Lesser Antillean Iguana
Malayan Tapir
Mandrill
Maned Wolf
Markhor
Meerkat
Mexican Red Knee Tarantula
Mute Swan
North Island Brown Kiwi
North Sulawesi Babirusa
Nyala
Okapi
Plains Zebra
Polar Bear
Pronghorn
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Raccoon
Red Fox
Red Kangaroo
Red Panda
Red River Hog
Red Ruffed Lemur
Red-Crowned Crane
Red-necked Wallaby
Reindeer
Reticulated Giraffe
Ring Tailed Lemur
Sand Cat
Siamang
Snow Leopard
Somali Wild Ass
Southern Cassowary
Southern White Rhinoceros
Spectacled Bear
Spectacled Caiman
Spotted Hyena
Striped Hyena
Striped Skunk
Sun Bear
Takin
Thomson's Gazelle
Timber Wolf
West African Lion
Western Chimpanzee
Western Lowland Gorilla
Wild Boar

 

[CarnotaurusSastrei]

Lincoln Park Zoo - 2/10

Asterisk next to common name indicates an alternative species

Mammals
2. Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata)
3. Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
4. Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus)
5. African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus)
6. Asian Small-Clawed Otter (Aonyx cinereus)
7. Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
8. Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
9. Lion* (Panthera leo)
10. Plains Zebra (Equus quagga)
11. Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus)
12. Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
13. Giraffe* (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Birds
1. African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)

Reptiles
2. Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
3. Northern Blue-Tongued Skink* (Tiliqua scincoides intermedia)

Amphibians
1. Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

Totals: 13 mammals, 1 bird, 3 reptiles, 1 amphibian, 1 invertebrate (19 total)

Lincoln Park Zoo - 2/27

Mammals
14. Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)

Totals: 14 mammals, 1 bird, 3 reptiles, 1 amphibian, 1 invertebrate (20 total)

 

[Hugo28]

Update after visits to four smaller zoos;

#2 Mappa Mundia in Avonturia de Vogelkelder (31-01-2025)
34. Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus)
35. Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda)

#3 SeaLife Scheveningen (31-01-2025)
36. Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus)
37. Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

#4 Dierenpark De Oliemeulen (14-02-2025)
38. Colombian white-faced capuchin monkey (Cebus capucinus)
39. Caracal (Caracal caracal)
40. Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
41. American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
42. Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator)
43. Green iguana (Iguana iguana)
44. Brazilian salmon pink tarantula (Lasiodora parahybana)
45. Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi)
46. Mexican red knee tarantula (Brachypelma hamorii)

#5 Reptielenhuis De Aarde (14-02-2025)
47. Blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua scincoides)

Quick visit to the zoo to see some of my missed animals:
#6 Diergaarde Blijdorp (07-03-2025)
1. Tiger (Panthera tigris)
2. Pallas’s cat (Otocolobus manul)

 

[NATY]

Night Safari, 2/27
Mammalia
1. Red-Necked Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus)
2. Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
3. Tiger (Panthera tigris)
4. North Sulawesi Babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis)
5. Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
6. Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
7. Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus)
8. Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo leo)
9. Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
10. Asian Small-Clawed Otter (Aonyx cinereus)
11. Binturong (Arctictis binturong)
11. Markhor (Capra falconeri)
12. Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena)
13. Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
14. African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer)
15. Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
16. Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus)
17. Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus indicus)
18. Dhole (Cuon alpinus)

Aves
19. North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
20. Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Reptilia
21. Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)

Rainforest Wild, 3/15
Mammalia
22. Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus)
23. Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)

Reptilia
24. Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)

For the domestic animals, does just seeing a domestic animal of any breed count or does it have to be the exact breed?

 

[MOG2012]

Night Safari, 2/27
Mammalia
1. Red-Necked Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus)
2. Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
3. Tiger (Panthera tigris)
4. North Sulawesi Babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis)
5. Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
6. Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
7. Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus)
8. Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo leo)
9. Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
10. Asian Small-Clawed Otter (Aonyx cinereus)
11. Binturong (Arctictis binturong)
11. Markhor (Capra falconeri)
12. Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena)
13. Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
14. African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer)
15. Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
16. Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus)
17. Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus indicus)
18. Dhole (Cuon alpinus)

Aves
19. North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
20. Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Reptilia
21. Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)

Rainforest Wild, 3/15
Mammalia
22. Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus)
23. Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)

Reptilia
24. Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)

For the domestic animals, does just seeing a domestic animal of any breed count or does it have to be the exact breed?

For Domestic Breeds, the only non specific is the donkey

 

[CarnotaurusSastrei]

Lincoln Park Zoo - 2/27

Mammals
14. Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)

Totals: 14 mammals, 1 bird, 3 reptiles, 1 amphibian, 1 invertebrate (20 total)

Lincoln Park Zoo - 3/29

Mammals
15. Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
16. Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
17. North American Beaver (Castor canadensis)

Totals: 17 mammals, 1 bird, 3 reptiles, 1 amphibian, 1 invertebrate

 

[MOG2012]

End of March Review:

Current Scores:

1. TIE: @AmazonHippo / @AmazonianHippo - 49 animals and @Hugo28 - 49 animals
2. @Tea Rex - 46 animals
3. @Leaf Productions - 40 animals
4. @MOG2012 - 31 animals
5. @iluvwhales - 26 animals
6. @NATY - 25 animals
7. @CarnotaurusSastrei - 23 animals
8. @peruvianbirdie - 6 animals

I've noticed that there have been less replies but anyone can join, it's not too late (though any visits in January not mentioned will not count at the end of this month)! Also, anyone who saw a donkey at a zoological facility can add it to their total (just post it in this thread) as @Tea Rex pointed out.

As a whole, the 9 participants have gone to 33 Zoological facilities.

Spoiler: Facilities

Alameda Park Zoo
Blue Hills Trailslide Museum
Buttonwood Park Zoo
Capron Park Zoo
Chester Zoo
Daggett Farm Petting Zoo
El Paso Zoo
Eretz Hazvi Zoo Elishema
For the Wildlife
Franklin Park Zoo
Hamerton Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo
Mappa Mundia
Midbarium
Museum of Science (Boston)
Mystic Aquarium
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
New England Aquarium
Night Safari
North Attleboro World War I Memorial and Zoo
Petah Tivka Zoo
Rainforest Wild
Reptile House Earth
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Rotterdam Zoo
Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
Santa Ana Zoo
Save The Bay's Hamilton Family Aquarium
Sea Life Scheveningen
Shedd Aquarium
Stone Zoo
The Tisch Family Zoological Gardens in Jerusalem
Zoo De Oliemeulen

The 9 participants so far have seen 132 out of the 195 total amount of species so far (~67.7%)

Spoiler: Animals

Aardvark
Addax
African Buffalo
African Penguin
African Savannah Elephant
African Spurred Tortoise
African Wild Dog
Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Alpaca
Alpine Goat
Amazonian Giant Centipede
American Alligator
American Bison
American Bullfrog
American Standard Donkey
Amur Leopard
Arctic Fox
Asian Small-Clawed Otter
Asian Water Monitor
Axolotl
Bactrian Camel
Baird's Tapir
Bengal Tiger
Binturong
Black Rhinoceros
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Blue Wildebeest
Boa Constrictor
Bongo
Bornean Orangutan
Brazilian Salmon Pink Tarantula
California Sea Lion
Cape Buffalo
Capybara
Caracal
Cheetah
Clouded Leopard
Collared Peccary
Colombian White-Faced Capuchin Monkey
Common Ostrich
Common Warthog
Common Wombat
Coquerel's Sifaka
Cougar
Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman
Dama Gazelle
Desert Horned Viper
Dhole
Diamondback Terrapin
Dingo
Dromedary Camel
Eastern Blue-Tongued Lizard
Egyptian Fruit Bat
Emu
European Fallow Deer
Fennec Fox
Fire Salamander
Formosan Black Bear
Fossa
Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Gharial
Giant Anteater
Giant Malaysian Leaf Insect
Giant Otter
Gila Monster
Golden Poison Frog
Goliath Birdeater
Gray Seal
Greater Flamingo
Green Iguana
Hippopotamus
Indian Elephant
Indian Peafowl
Indian Rhinoceros
Jaguar
Japanese Macaque
King Penguin
Kirk's Dik-Dik
Komodo Dragon
Lar Gibbon
Lesser Antillean Iguana
Malayan Tapir
Mandrill
Maned Wolf
Markhor
Meerkat
Mexican Red Knee Tarantula
Mute Swan
North American Beaver
North Island Brown Kiwi
North Sulawesi Babirusa
Nyala
Okapi
Pallas's Cat
Plains Zebra
Polar Bear
Pronghorn
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Raccoon
Red Fox
Red Kangaroo
Red Panda
Red River Hog
Red Ruffed Lemur
Red-Crowned Crane
Red-necked Wallaby
Reindeer
Reticulated Giraffe
Ring-tailed Lemur
Saltwater Crocodile
Sand Cat
Siamang
Sloth Bear
Snow Leopard
Somali Wild Ass
Southern Cassowary
Southern White Rhinoceros
Spectacled Bear
Spectacled Caiman
Spotted Hyena
Striped Hyena
Striped Skunk
Sun Bear
Takin
Tasmanian Devil
Thomson's Gazelle
Timber Wolf
West African Lion
Western Chimpanzee
Western Lowland Gorilla
Wild Boar

I hope everyone has had fun going to Zoological facilities so far. I haven't gone recently sadly but next weekend, I'm going to the Bronx Zoo for the first time!

 

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I went to New England Aquarium today (January 29, 2025) with mostly aquatic animals so this visit wasn't that successful.

Mammalia:
29) California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

Aves:
30) African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)

Franklin Park Zoo - April 5th, 2025

Mammalia:
30) Clouded Leopard (Neofelus nebulosa)

 

[MOG2012]

With the new Americas Planet Zoo DLC, those animals won't count as they were revealed after the challenge started

 

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Franklin Park Zoo - April 5th, 2025

Mammalia:
32) Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)

Bronx Zoo - April 12th, 2025

Mammalia:
33) Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
34) Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
35) Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)
36) Alpaca (Lama pacos)
37) Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
38) ABC Islands Brown Bear (Ursus arctos sitkensis) [Alternative for Himalayan Brown Bear]
39) Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius)
40) American Bison (Bison bison)
41) Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)
42) Generic Giraffe (Giraffe sp.) [Alternative for Reticulated Giraffe]
43) Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)

Aves:
44) Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
45) Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis)

Reptilia:
46) Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
47) Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus)
48) Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)

Amphibia:
49) Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis)

 

[iluvwhales]

Reid Park Zoo 4/16

Spoiler: Challenge progress

Alameda Park Zoo 1/23
Mammalia:
1. Cougar (Puma concolor) – Alameda Park Zoo 1/23
2. Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) – Alameda Park Zoo 1/23
3. Racoon (Procyon lotor) – Alameda Park Zoo 1/23
4. European fallow deer (Dama dama) -Alameda Park Zoo 1/23
5. Addax (Addax nasomaculatus) – Alameda Park Zoo 1/23
6. Alpaca (Lama pacos) – Alameda Park Zoo 1/23
7. Red kangaroo (Osphranter rufus) – Alameda Park Zoo 1/23
8. Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) – Alameda Park Zoo 1/23
Aves:
9. Emu (Dormaius novaehollandiae) - Alameda Park Zoo 1/23
10. Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) - Alameda Park Zoo 1/23

El Paso Zoo 2/7
Mammalia:
11. Malayan tiger (Pantera tigris) – El Paso Zoo 2/7
12. Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) – El Paso Zoo 2/7
13. African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) – El Paso Zoo 2/7
14. Binturong (Arctictis binturong) – El Paso Zoo 2/7
15. California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) – El Paso Zoo 2/7
16. Jaguar (Panthera onca) – El Paso Zoo 2/7
17. Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) – El Paso Zoo 2/7
18. Generic African lion (Panthera leo) – El Paso Zoo 2/7
19. Plains Zebra (Equus quagga) – El Paso Zoo 2/7
20. Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) – El Paso Zoo 2/7
21. Collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu) - El Paso Zoo 2/7
22. Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) – El Paso Zoo 2/7
23. Red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus) – El Paso Zoo 2/7
Reptilia:
24. American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) – El Paso Zoo 2/7
25. Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) – El Paso Zoo 2/7
26. Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) – El Paso Zoo 2/7

Reid Park Zoo 4/16
Mammalia:
27. African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) – Reid Park Zoo 4/16
28. Ringtail lemur (Lemur catta) – Reid Park Zoo 4/16
29. Black & white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata) - Reid Park Zoo 4/16
30. Grizzly bear (Ursus arctocs) – Reid Park Zoo 4/16
31. Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) - Reid Park Zoo 4/16
32. Baird’s tapir (Tapirus bairdii) – Reid Park Zoo 4/16
33. White rhino (Ceratotherium simum) - Reid Park Zoo 4/16
34. Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus) – Reid Park Zoo 4/16
35. Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) - Reid Park Zoo 4/16
Aves:
36. Common ostrich (Struthio camelus) – Reid Park Zoo 4/16
Reptilia:
37. Aldabra tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) – Reid Park Zoo 4/16
38. Sulcata tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) – Reid Park Zoo 4/16
Amphibia:
39. Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) – Reid Park Zoo 4/16

 

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Bronx Zoo - April 12th, 2025

Mammalia:
33) Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
34) Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
35) Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)
36) Alpaca (Lama pacos)
37) Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
38) ABC Islands Brown Bear (Ursus arctos sitkensis) [Alternative for Himalayan Brown Bear]
39) Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius)
40) American Bison (Bison bison)
41) Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)
42) Generic Giraffe (Giraffe sp.) [Alternative for Reticulated Giraffe]
43) Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)

Aves:
44) Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
45) Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis)

Reptilia:
46) Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
47) Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus)
48) Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)

Amphibia:
49) Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis)

Franklin Park Zoo - April 18th 2025

Mammalia:
50) Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii)

 

[peruvianbirdie]

Santa Ana Zoo, Santa Ana CA (February 27)

Mammalia
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata)
Ringed-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)
Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius)
Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)

Amphibians
Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis)

Dallas Zoo Dallas TX (April 18)
Aves
7) African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
8) American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
9) Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
Mammalia
10) African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
11) African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus)
12) Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
13) Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
14) Lion (Panthera leo)
15) Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa reticulata)
16) Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Reptilia
17) Galápagos Tortoise (Chelonoidis niger)

The Dallas World Aquarium, Dallas TX (April 19)
Aves
18) Little Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
Reptilia
19) Cuvier’s Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus)
Mammalia
20) Brown-throated Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
21) Giant River Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
22) White-faced Saki (Pithecia pithecia)

 

[MOG2012]

Dallas Zoo Dallas TX (April 18)
Aves
7) African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
8) American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
9) Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
Mammalia
10) African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
11) African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus)
12) Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
13) Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
14) Lion (Panthera leo)
15) Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa reticulata)
16) Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Reptilia
17) Galápagos Tortoise (Chelonoidis niger)

The Dallas World Aquarium, Dallas TX (April 19)
Aves
18) Little Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
Reptilia
19) Cuvier’s Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus)
Mammalia
20) Brown-throated Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
21) Giant River Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
22) White-faced Saki (Pithecia pithecia)

Like I mentioned earlier in the thread, the Americas pack doesn’t count (it was released after the challenge started) so without the flamingo and the saki, you have 20 animals.