Tama Zoo Tama Zoo visit and species list, March 2025

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Tama Zoo (Tokyo, Japan): (9 March 2025)

Photos in the gallery here: Tama Zoo - ZooChat


Tama Zoo is one of the "main" Japanese zoos which everyone recommends to be seen, but it is a bit of an odd one for me. I didn't have a very good impression of the zoo when I was there - I remember thinking that it wasn't very interesting, and a lesser zoo than Ueno, but looking through my photos I'm not sure exactly why. The enclosures are, for the most part, very much better than Ueno's although there are still some poor ones.

There is no single route around the zoo, with a whole tangle of paths in the middle part of the zoo in particular, so seeing everything requires quite a bit of back-tracking, which means a lot of walking and it's not a flat site! The ibis aviaries for example (on the left side of the map) are in the middle of a long steep path. That could have had something to do with it.

There also aren't that many "special" animals - insects aside it is a fairly ordinary line-up, especially if you've been to a few Asian zoos already. The two highlights of "specialness" are the Mole House, a nondescript little shed that would be so very easy to miss, and the Insectarium - Insectopia buildings which are superb insect houses.

The Mole House: the flat "tables" are glass-topped cases of dirt and leaves which the moles burrow through, and the tubes lead up and over to feeding tanks. Smaller "aquarium"-style tanks on the side walls house shrews. Unfortunately for me, all those green labels on the displays are saying that the animals are not on show at the moment! There were only two species on display when I was there - the Japanese Mole Mogera wogura and the Ezo Least Shrew Sorex minutissimus hawkeri. Other species normally on show include Small Japanese Mole Mogera imaizumii, Japanese Water Shrew Chimarrogale platycephalus, and Long-clawed Shrew Sorex unguiculatus.

Butterfly House

Tanks in the Insectarium

Tanks in Insectopia

 

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MAMMALS:


The marsupials are all housed in a dedicated Australian area, with several enclosures for macropods, and one for Tasmanian Devils, all of which are good enough. The Koala House, as usual, is modern with adequate enclosures, and it also has a series of quite large enclosures inside for nocturnal marsupials which are larger than most nocturnal enclosures in other Japanese zoos.

Koala enclosure

Sugar Glider enclosure in Koala House

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Surprisingly, there are only four primate species at the zoo, three being apes and the sole monkey species being the Japanese Macaque. Enclosures for all of them are quite sizeable. The macaques are on a concrete island as is commonly the case. The Orangutans have an aerial cableway running for a good distance across the top of the zoo.

Chimpanzee enclosure

Orangutan enclosure

Orangutan House with an animal sitting on the aerial cableway

White-handed Gibbon cage

Japanese Macaque enclosure

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The Carnivores are also mostly adequately-housed. The Black Bear is in a sort of "hillside grotto" but it isn't too small. The cats are almost all in large enclosures - the lion park is large enough that tour buses drive through it. The Snow Leopard cages are much too small - the one in the photo looks larger than it actually is. There are only a few small carnivores at the zoo (Japanese Raccoon Dog, Japanese Badger, Japanese Weasel, Small-clawed Otter, Red Panda) of which the habitats vary from being a good size (Red Panda) to far too small (Japanese Weasel).

Japanese Black Bear enclosure

Cheetah enclosure

African Lion enclosure (as can be seen on the zoo map this is one of the largest enclosures at the zoo)

Snow Leopard cage

Part of Grey Wolf enclosure

Red Panda enclosure

 

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The big herbivores are mostly in good-sized yards or paddocks. The elephant enclosures look fine, but they are still too small. The Malayan Tapirs and Indian Rhino probably had the largest living spaces, but few species were badly off. The Golden Takins had the worst by far, being in small grottos.

African Elephant enclosure

Asian Elephant enclosure

Indian Rhino enclosure

Malayan Tapir enclosures

Giraffe yard (this is the largest enclosure at the zoo along with the adjoining lion park - I counted fourteen animals in here!)

Przewalski's Horse yard

Golden Takin grotto

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There aren't many "Small Mammals" at the zoo, outside of the Koala and Mole Houses, but most are in cages which are too small. There is a row of cages for small native mammals (hares, mice, and Japanese Weasel):

Japanese Giant Flying Squirrels in a shed:

There is also the Japanese Pipistrelle box but I don't know the story with these - maybe they are rescue animals which cannot fly, or maybe there is some other husbandry issue.

 

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BIRDS:

Most of the birds at the zoo are housed in large to extremely large aviaries. Because of Bird Flu the walk-through aviaries were closed and basically unviewable, and the waterfowl ponds had been emptied, although most of those species could still be seen (binoculars helped in some cases).

Some aviaries were much smaller however, the owls in particular being housed in a row of cages which were too small to allow any form of normal flight (although this sadly is often true in many zoos where owls are concerned).

Some examples of aviaries below:

Ibis aviary

Flamingo aviary

Stork aviary

Eagle aviary

Owl aviaries (this is four aviaries)

 

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SPECIES LISTS:


MAMMALS:

Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus harrisii
Parma Wallaby Notamacropus parma
Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby Petrogale xanthopus
Common Wallaroo Osphranter robustus
Red Kangaroo Osphranter rufus
Brush-tailed Bettong Bettongia penicillata
Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps

Japanese Pipistrelle Pipistrellus abramus

Ezo Least Shrew Sorex minutissimus hawkeri
Japanese Mole Mogera wogura
** Several other Insectivores are normally on display in the Mole House, but were not on my visit: Small Japanese Mole Mogera imaizumii, Japanese Water Shrew Chimarrogale platycephalus, and Long-clawed Shrew Sorex unguiculatus]

Common Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes
Bornean Orangutan Pongo pygmaeus
White-handed Gibbon Hylobates lar
Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata

Asian Elephant Elephas maximus
African Elephant Loxodonta africana

domestic Horse
Przewalski's Horse Equus przewalskii
Grevy's Zebra Equus grevyi (died on March 16th - just a week after my visit)

Indian Rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis

Malayan Tapir Tapirus indicus

Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis
domestic Goat
Mouflon
Himalayan Tahr Hemitragus jemlahicus
Japanese Serow Capricornis crispus
Golden Takin Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi
Water Buffalo Bubalus bubalis
Scimitar-horned Oryx Oryx dammah
domestic Reindeer Rangifer tarandus
Pere David's Deer Elaphurus davidianus

African Lion Panthera leo
Siberian Tiger Panthera tigris altaica
Snow Leopard Panthera uncia
Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus (including King Cheetah)
Serval Leptailurus serval
Grey Wolf (labeled as Canis lupus lupus)
Japanese Black Bear Ursus thibetanus japonicus
Japanese Raccoon Dog Nyctereutes viverrinus (did not see)
*Japanese Badger Meles anakuma (off display / no longer at zoo?)
Japanese Weasel Mustela itatsi
Small-clawed Otter Aonyx cinereus (did not see)
Red Panda Ailurus (fulgens) styani

Japanese Hare Lepus brachyurus brachyurus
Japanese Hare Lepus brachyurus angustidens
Mountain Hare Lepus timidus

domestic Guinea Pig
Large Japanese Field Mouse Apodemus speciosus (did not see)
Small Japanese Field Mouse Apodemus argenteus (did not see)
Japanese Grass Vole Microtus montebelli (did not see)
Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus (did not see)
Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista leucogenys


BIRDS:

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis poggei (did not see - it is kept in a side-aviary off one of the walk-through aviaries which was closed to visitors)

Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Inca Tern Larosterna inca

Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus (off display - the aviary was signed as "under maintenance")
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
White-naped Crane Antigone vipio

Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus

Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus rosaceus

Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
Brant Goose Branta bernicla
Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus (off display)
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Cape Teal Anas capensis
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata

Oriental White Stork Ciconia boyciana
Black Stork Ciconia nigra

African Spoonbill Platalea alba
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor
Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis
Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi
Northern Bald Ibis (Waldrapp) Geronticus eremita

Bush Stone-Curlew Burhinus grallarius (did not see)

Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
Japanese Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor
Edward's Pheasant Lophura edwardsi
Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus
Palawan Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron napoleonis
Chukar Alectoris chukar
Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus

Japanese Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos japonica
White-tailed Sea Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
Steller's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus
Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Ural Owl Strix uralensis
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Japanese Scops Owl Otus semitorques
Barn Owl Tyto alba

Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides

Red-headed Wood Pigeon Columba janthina nitens (a subspecies from the Ogasawara Islands)
Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii

Green-winged Macaw Ara chloropterus (off display)
Blue and Gold Macaw Ara ararauna (off display)

Common Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae


REPTILES:

Japanese Rat Snake Elaphe climacophora
Sakishima Green Lizard Takydromus dorsalis (labelled with the scientific name Takydromus tachydromoides which is the Japanese Grass Lizard)
Sakishima Tree Lizard Japalura polygonota ishigakiensis


AMPHIBIANS:

Japanese Fire-bellied Newt Cynops pyrrhogaster
Tokyo Salamander Hynobius tokyoensis
Japanese Toad Bufo japonicus formosus
Eiffinger's Tree Frog Kurixalus eiffingeri
Schlegel's Green Tree Frog Zhangixalus schlegelii
Forest Green Tree Frog Zhangixalus arboreus
Montane Brown Frog Rana ornativentris


FISH:
[All in a "home aquarium" style tank in the African Restaurant]

Sailfin Plecostomus (probably Pterygoplichthys pardalis)
Zebra Cichlid Maylandia zebra
Red Zebra Cichlid Maylandia estherae
Malawi Golden Cichlid Melanochromis auratus


INVERTEBRATES:

"left-handed snail" (translated from the Japanese name on the sign - they looked like Garden Snails but I don't really know)
Ogasawara Land Snail Mandarina hirasei

Japanese Land Crab Geothelphusa dehaani
Common Rough Woodlouse Porcellio scaber
Common Pill Bug Armadillidium vulgare

Costa Rican Zebra Tarantula Aphonopelma seemanni
Taiwan Whip Scorpion Typopeltis crucifer
Asian Forest Scorpion Heterometrus sp.
Yaeyama Scorpion Liocheles australasiae

Chinese Red-headed Centipede Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans
Long-legged Centipede Thereupoda clunifera
Millipede Spirobolus sp.

Grey Silverfish Ctenolepisma longicaudata

Daito Broad-winged Katydid Phaulula daitoensis
Head-cutting Katydid Euconocephalus thunbergi
Taiwan Bush Cricket Mecopoda elongata
Migratory Locust Locusta migratoria
Oriental Long-headed Grasshopper Atractomorpha lata
Rice Grasshopper Oxya japonica
Iriomote Forest Grasshopper Traulia ornata iriomotensis
Ishigaki Forest Grasshopper Traulia ornata ishigakiensis
Iriomote Cave Cricket Diestrammena iriomotensis
Greenhouse Camel Cricket Diestrammena asynamora
Band-legged Ground Cricket Dianemobius nigrofasciatus
Japanese Pine Cricket Xenogryllus marmoratus
Yaeyama Field Cricket Duolandrevus guntheri
Emma Cricket Teleogryllus emma
Indian House Cricket Gryllodes sigillatus
Bell Cricket Homoeogryllus japonicus

Giant Leaf Insect Pulchriphyllium giganteum
Malayan Jungle Nymph Heteropteryx dilatata
Stick Insect Orestes japonicus (labelled as Pylaemenes japonicus)
Big-headed Stick Insect Megacrania alpheus (labelled with the common name Peppermint Stick Insect)
Okinawa Stick Insect Entoria okinawaensis

American Cockroach Periplaneta americana
Australian Cockroach Periplaneta australasiae
Smoky Brown Cockroach Periplaneta fuliginosa
Japanese Pigmy Cockroach Trichoblatta pygmaea
Giant Burrowing Cockroach Panesthia angustipennis spadica
Amphibious Litter Cockroach Opisthoplatia orientalis
Death's Head Cockroach Blaberus craniifer (labelled under the synonym Blaberus trapezoideus
Question Mark Cockroach Therea olegrandjeani

Japanese Subterranean Termite Reticulitermes speratus

Japanese Giant Mantis Tenodera aridifolia

Giant Water Bug Lethocerus deyrollei
Giant Water Bug Appasus major
Water Scorpion Laccotrephes japonensis
Red-spotted Assassin Bug Platymeris laevicollis
White-spotted Assassin Bug Platymeris biguttatus (labelled as Platymeris rhadamanthus which is a red-spotted species - from Google I understand that P. laevicollis is often sold as P. rhadamanthus in the trade)

Leafcutter Ant Atta cephalotes

Japanese Antlion Hagenomyia micans (larvae)

Black Weevil Pachyrhynchus infernalis
Little Stag Beetle Dorcus rectus
Giraffe Stag Beetle Prosopocoilus giraffa
Hercules Beetle Dynastes hercules
Tarandus Stag Beetle Mesotopus tarandus
Yellow-spotted Longhorn Psacothea hilaris
Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus (larvae and adults)
Flower Chafer Protaetia orientalis submarumorea
Diving Beetle Cybister rugosus
Great Diving Beetle Cybister japonicus
Mealworm Tenebrio molitor (larvae and adults)
Firefly Luciola cruciata (larvae)
Firefly Aquatica (Luciola) lateralis (larvae)

Australian Glow-worm Arachnocampa richardsae (did not see - display not open on the day I visited)

Common Mormon Papilio polytes
Citrus Swallowtail Papilio xuthus
Chinese Peacock Swallowtail Papilio dehaani
Common Rose Pachliopta aristolochiae
Chinese Windmill Atrophaneura (Byasa) alcinous
Paper Kite Idea leuconoe
Blue Glassy Tiger Ideopsis similis
Angled Castor Ariadne ariadne
Striped Blue Crow Euploea mulciber
Peacock Pansy Junonia almana
Blue Pansy Junonia orithya
Common Map Cyrestis thyodamas
Dark Evening Brown Melanitis phedima
Three-spot Grass Yellow Eurema blanda
Indian Fritillary Argyreus hyperbius
Great Orange-tip Hebomoia glaucippe
Silkmoth Bombyx mori (larvae)

 

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Thanks! My first time I see a picture review of Tama Zoo.

Amazing how a small wooden shedd is totally unique in the international zoo world and almost legendary amongst zoo nerds…

 

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SPECIES LISTS:


MAMMALS:

Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus harrisii
Parma Wallaby Notamacropus parma
Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby Petrogale xanthopus
Common Wallaroo Osphranter robustus
Red Kangaroo Osphranter rufus
Brush-tailed Bettong Bettongia penicillata
Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps

Japanese Pipistrelle Pipistrellus abramus

Ezo Least Shrew Sorex minutissimus hawkeri
Japanese Mole Mogera wogura
** Several other Insectivores are normally on display in the Mole House, but were not on my visit: Small Japanese Mole Mogera imaizumii, Japanese Water Shrew Chimarrogale platycephalus, and Long-clawed Shrew Sorex unguiculatus]

Common Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes
Bornean Orangutan Pongo pygmaeus
White-handed Gibbon Hylobates lar
Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata

Asian Elephant Elephas maximus
African Elephant Loxodonta africana

domestic Horse
Przewalski's Horse Equus przewalskii
Grevy's Zebra Equus grevyi (died on March 16th - just a week after my visit)

Indian Rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis

Malayan Tapir Tapirus indicus

Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis
domestic Goat
Mouflon
Himalayan Tahr Hemitragus jemlahicus
Japanese Serow Capricornis crispus
Golden Takin Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi
Water Buffalo Bubalus bubalis
Scimitar-horned Oryx Oryx dammah
domestic Reindeer Rangifer tarandus
Pere David's Deer Elaphurus davidianus

African Lion Panthera leo
Siberian Tiger Panthera tigris altaica
Snow Leopard Panthera uncia
Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus (including King Cheetah)
Serval Leptailurus serval
Grey Wolf (labeled as Canis lupus lupus)
Japanese Black Bear Ursus thibetanus japonicus
Japanese Raccoon Dog Nyctereutes viverrinus (did not see)
*Japanese Badger Meles anakuma (off display / no longer at zoo?)
Japanese Weasel Mustela itatsi
Small-clawed Otter Aonyx cinereus (did not see)
Red Panda Ailurus (fulgens) styani

Japanese Hare Lepus brachyurus brachyurus
Japanese Hare Lepus brachyurus angustidens
Mountain Hare Lepus timidus

domestic Guinea Pig
Large Japanese Field Mouse Apodemus speciosus (did not see)
Small Japanese Field Mouse Apodemus argenteus (did not see)
Japanese Grass Vole Microtus montebelli (did not see)
Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus (did not see)
Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista leucogenys


BIRDS:

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis poggei (did not see - it is kept in a side-aviary off one of the walk-through aviaries which was closed to visitors)

Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Inca Tern Larosterna inca

Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus (off display - the aviary was signed as "under maintenance")
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
White-naped Crane Antigone vipio

Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus

Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus rosaceus

Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
Brant Goose Branta bernicla
Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus (off display)
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Cape Teal Anas capensis
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata

Oriental White Stork Ciconia boyciana
Black Stork Ciconia nigra

African Spoonbill Platalea alba
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor
Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis
Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi
Northern Bald Ibis (Waldrapp) Geronticus eremita

Bush Stone-Curlew Burhinus grallarius (did not see)

Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
Japanese Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor
Edward's Pheasant Lophura edwardsi
Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus
Palawan Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron napoleonis
Chukar Alectoris chukar
Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus

Japanese Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos japonica
White-tailed Sea Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
Steller's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus
Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Ural Owl Strix uralensis
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Japanese Scops Owl Otus semitorques
Barn Owl Tyto alba

Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides

Red-headed Wood Pigeon Columba janthina nitens (a subspecies from the Ogasawara Islands)
Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii

Green-winged Macaw Ara chloropterus (off display)
Blue and Gold Macaw Ara ararauna (off display)

Common Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae


REPTILES:

Japanese Rat Snake Elaphe climacophora
Sakishima Green Lizard Takydromus dorsalis (labelled with the scientific name Takydromus tachydromoides which is the Japanese Grass Lizard)
Sakishima Tree Lizard Japalura polygonota ishigakiensis


AMPHIBIANS:

Japanese Fire-bellied Newt Cynops pyrrhogaster
Tokyo Salamander Hynobius tokyoensis
Japanese Toad Bufo japonicus formosus
Eiffinger's Tree Frog Kurixalus eiffingeri
Schlegel's Green Tree Frog Zhangixalus schlegelii
Forest Green Tree Frog Zhangixalus arboreus
Montane Brown Frog Rana ornativentris


FISH:
[All in a "home aquarium" style tank in the African Restaurant]

Sailfin Plecostomus (probably Pterygoplichthys pardalis)
Zebra Cichlid Maylandia zebra
Red Zebra Cichlid Maylandia estherae
Malawi Golden Cichlid Melanochromis auratus


INVERTEBRATES:

"left-handed snail" (translated from the Japanese name on the sign - they looked like Garden Snails but I don't really know)
Ogasawara Land Snail Mandarina hirasei

Japanese Land Crab Geothelphusa dehaani
Common Rough Woodlouse Porcellio scaber
Common Pill Bug Armadillidium vulgare

Costa Rican Zebra Tarantula Aphonopelma seemanni
Taiwan Whip Scorpion Typopeltis crucifer
Asian Forest Scorpion Heterometrus sp.
Yaeyama Scorpion Liocheles australasiae

Chinese Red-headed Centipede Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans
Long-legged Centipede Thereupoda clunifera
Millipede Spirobolus sp.

Grey Silverfish Ctenolepisma longicaudata

Daito Broad-winged Katydid Phaulula daitoensis
Head-cutting Katydid Euconocephalus thunbergi
Taiwan Bush Cricket Mecopoda elongata
Migratory Locust Locusta migratoria
Oriental Long-headed Grasshopper Atractomorpha lata
Rice Grasshopper Oxya japonica
Iriomote Forest Grasshopper Traulia ornata iriomotensis
Ishigaki Forest Grasshopper Traulia ornata ishigakiensis
Iriomote Cave Cricket Diestrammena iriomotensis
Greenhouse Camel Cricket Diestrammena asynamora
Band-legged Ground Cricket Dianemobius nigrofasciatus
Japanese Pine Cricket Xenogryllus marmoratus
Yaeyama Field Cricket Duolandrevus guntheri
Emma Cricket Teleogryllus emma
Indian House Cricket Gryllodes sigillatus
Bell Cricket i]Homoeogryllus japonicus[/i]

Giant Leaf Insect Pulchriphyllium giganteum
Malayan Jungle Nymph Heteropteryx dilatata
Stick Insect Orestes japonicus (labelled as Pylaemenes japonicus)
Big-headed Stick Insect Megacrania alpheus (labelled with the common name Peppermint Stick Insect)
Okinawa Stick Insect Entoria okinawaensis

American Cockroach Periplaneta americana
Australian Cockroach Periplaneta australasiae
Smoky Brown Cockroach Periplaneta fuliginosa
Japanese Pigmy Cockroach Trichoblatta pygmaea
Giant Burrowing Cockroach Panesthia angustipennis spadica
Amphibious Litter Cockroach Opisthoplatia orientalis
Death's Head Cockroach Blaberus craniifer (labelled under the synonym Blaberus trapezoideus
Question Mark Cockroach Therea olegrandjeani

Japanese Subterranean Termite Reticulitermes speratus

Japanese Giant Mantis Tenodera aridifolia

Giant Water Bug Lethocerus deyrollei
Giant Water Bug Appasus major
Water Scorpion Laccotrephes japonensis
Red-spotted Assassin Bug Platymeris laevicollis
White-spotted Assassin Bug Platymeris biguttatus (labelled as Platymeris rhadamanthus which is a red-spotted species - from Google I understand that P. laevicollis is often sold as P. rhadamanthus in the trade)

Leafcutter Ant Atta cephalotes

Japanese Antlion Hagenomyia micans (larvae)

Black Weevil Pachyrhynchus infernalis
Little Stag Beetle Dorcus rectus
Giraffe Stag Beetle Prosopocoilus giraffa
Hercules Beetle Dynastes hercules
Tarandus Stag Beetle Mesotopus tarandus
Yellow-spotted Longhorn Psacothea hilaris
Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus (larvae and adults)
Flower Chafer Protaetia orientalis submarumorea
Diving Beetle Cybister rugosus
Great Diving Beetle Cybister japonicus
Mealworm Tenebrio molitor (larvae and adults)
Firefly Luciola cruciata (larvae)
Firefly Aquatica (Luciola) lateralis (larvae)

Australian Glow-worm Arachnocampa richardsae (did not see - display not open on the day I visited)

Common Mormon Papilio polytes
Citrus Swallowtail Papilio xuthus
Chinese Peacock Swallowtail Papilio dehaani
Common Rose Pachliopta aristolochiae
Chinese Windmill Atrophaneura (Byasa) alcinous
Paper Kite Idea leuconoe
Blue Glassy Tiger Ideopsis similis
Angled Castor Ariadne ariadne
Striped Blue Crow Euploea mulciber
Peacock Pansy Junonia almana
Blue Pansy Junonia orithya
Common Map Cyrestis thyodamas
Dark Evening Brown Melanitis phedima
Three-spot Grass Yellow Eurema blanda
Indian Fritillary Argyreus hyperbius
Great Orange-tip Hebomoia glaucippe
Silkmoth Bombyx mori (larvae)

Were there no magpie geese?

 

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Were there no magpie geese?

None that were signed or seen.

 

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None that were signed or seen.

This photo of the zoos, or should I say, Japan’s last magpie goose was uploaded on the zoo’s Twitter page recently, so either you missed the signage or the magpie goose was hiding somewhere.

 

[Chlidonias]

This photo of the zoos, or should I say, Japan’s last magpie goose was uploaded on the zoo’s Twitter page recently, so either you missed the signage or the magpie goose was hiding somewhere.

That photo is in the walk-through aviary which was closed to visitors.

 

[zoogeekmaelstrom]

That photo is in the walk-through aviary which was closed to visitors.

Oh I see now, and also on another note, the walk through aviaries have been reopened, which could mean that the housing of the black headed ibis and black faced spoonbills in the ibis cage could’ve been temporary, or the zoo has surplus animals.

 

[Chlidonias]

Oh I see now, and also on another note, the walk through aviaries have been reopened, which could mean that the housing of the black headed ibis and black faced spoonbills in the ibis cage could’ve been temporary, or the zoo has surplus animals.

Those species are in both the walk-through aviary and the ibis aviaries.

 

[Dassie rat]

Amazing how a small wooden shedd is totally unique in the international zoo world and almost legendary amongst zoo nerds…

One of my favourite wooden sheds was the Rodent House at Berlin's Tierpark. It had various small mammals, including coruros and the only dassie rats I've ever seen

 

[DavidBrown]

Were you disappointed the fake glowworm cave was closed? Where else will you get to see a glowworm cave [insert emoji for irony].