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Visited yesterday for the first time in two years so a few updates:

The Malayan Gaur are no more. Their exhibit is now housing surplus Javan Rusa. I believe they were gone as early as 2022 as on both of my visits they were not in their enclosure.

Asian Water Buffalo are now housed next to Banteng. As far as I know it's a pair with a small calf.

The hornbill collection is now down to a pair of Great Hornbills, a Rhinoceros Hornbill and White Crowned Hornbills, although one exhibit was temporarily closed off.

The Sulphur Crested Cockatoo was not in its cage.

Serval has been moved next to Striped Hyena, with a Palm Civet having taken over it's exhibit. Mara have replaced Leopard Cat.

Only saw a single male Crestless Fireback, and the Malayan Peacock Pheasants were all unable to be seen. Nicobar Pigeons have taken over their aviary.

Photos will be posted to gallery soon.
 
I uploaded 240 photos into the Zoo Negara gallery and this is a major zoo. It has Asian Elephants, Giraffes, White Rhinos, Common Hippos, 6 feline species, 4 bear species, 10 primate species, an Aquarium with 56 tanks, a Reptile House that is still fairly new, and a 'Rimba Biodiversiti' building with amphibians, various crabs and insects. Some sections are a little rough around the edges and outdated, but there's also a lot of modern, nice-looking exhibits.
 
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This is a list of animals that once inhabited Zoo Negara Malaysia in past years. If you know of any other animals, please feel free to list them.
  • Guanaco (Lama guanicoe)
  • Przewalski's Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii)
  • African Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
  • Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica)
  • Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
  • Malayan Gaur (Seladang) (Bos gaurus hubbacki)
  • Gemsbok Oryx (Oryx gazella)
  • Indochinese Tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti)
 
elefunz said:
This is a list of animals that once inhabited Zoo Negara Malaysia in past years. If you know of any other animals, please feel free to list them.
  • Guanaco (Lama guanicoe)
  • Przewalski's Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii)
  • African Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
  • Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica)
  • Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
  • Malayan Gaur (Seladang) (Bos gaurus hubbacki)
  • Gemsbok Oryx (Oryx gazella)
  • Indochinese Tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti)
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Thanks
Zoo Negara now has Indian Gaurs...

I recall seeing an Anoa (mountain?), California Sea Lion and Lesser Adjucant in 2006.

The zoo also lost a Brown Bear recently.
 
Veno said:
As far as I remember, that anoa came from Kanazawa Zoo, which means it was a hybrid.
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Oh really? Thanks for the information!
I remember the Anoa at Kanazawa, but didn't know it was a hybrid, and they sent an individual to Zoo Negara!
 
elefunz said:
This is a list of animals that once inhabited Zoo Negara Malaysia in past years. If you know of any other animals, please feel free to list them.
  • Guanaco (Lama guanicoe)
  • Przewalski's Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii)
  • African Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
  • Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica)
  • Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
  • Malayan Gaur (Seladang) (Bos gaurus hubbacki)
  • Gemsbok Oryx (Oryx gazella)
  • Indochinese Tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti)
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Do You have a current list of species for the zoo?

Sad the zoo no longer holds Indochinese tiger (critically endangered) and Malayan gaur (endangered/vulnerable)! Any chance they will return (and move away from white tiger mutant/hybrids)?

Do You have any further information on the Asiatic lions and what their origins were?
(I can only find records for the original male import from India!)
Did the Asiatic lions breed at Zoo Negara and where were the offspring sent out to?
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
Do You have a current list of species for the zoo?

Sad the zoo no longer holds Indochinese tiger (critically endangered) and Malayan gaur (endangered/vulnerable)! Any chance they will return (and move away from white tiger mutant/hybrids)?

Do You have any further information on the Asiatic lions and what their origins were?
(I can only find records for the original male import from India!)
Did the Asiatic lions breed at Zoo Negara and where were the offspring sent out to?
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I went there this month and updated the species list on ZTL, so I think it's close to accurate.
 
This website by the Zoo states that at one point in time, they held "7 of 10 species of [Malaysian] hornbills." Given there are 4 species on display now, this means three have been lost.
Current species:
  • Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros)
  • Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
  • White Crowned Hornbill (Berenicornis comatus)
  • Wrinkled Hornbill (Aceros corrugatus)
From various sources off the web, I've gathered the three lost species are:
  • Wreathed Hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus)
  • Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
  • Black Hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus)
Is anyone able to confirm this?
 
Jaiden said:
Hi I’m planing a visit to Zoo Negara in the next few weeks I would love if people could tell me the must see animals and attractions:)
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For mammals, there are:
  • Malayan Tiger
  • King Cheetah (depends on the day)
  • Melanistic Leopard
  • Greater Mousedeer
  • Giant Panda
  • Bawean Hog Deer
  • Grizzly Bear (depends on the day)
  • Asiatic Black Bear (depends on the day)
  • Malayan Tapir
  • Leucistic African Lion (depends on the day)
  • Indian Gaur
Birds
  • milky stork
  • Malayan Rhinoceros Hornbill
  • Wrinkled Hornbill
  • Great Hornbill
  • White Crowned Hornbill
  • Great Argus
  • Golden Pheasant
  • Mountain Peacock Pheasant
  • Storm's Stork
 
Hi

I visited Zoo Negara on March 30th, and I'm updating species list for "Rimba Biodiversiti" here.
It is a recently renovated building, with interesting amphibian and invertabrates species.

The main part of the building, which used to be the butterfly aviary, is still closed for renovation works.

I have updated Zootierliste for the amphibian species, so I will follow its format for names.
For the invertabrates, I am mostly following the signs.

<Amphibians>
Asian giant toad (River toad) (Phrynoidis asper (Syn.: Bufo asper))
Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
Banded bull frog (Kaloula pulchra)
Common treefrog (Golden tree frog) (Polypedates leucomystax (Syn.: Rhacophorus leucomystax))
Common Indian toad (Asian common toad) (Black-spined toad) (Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Syn.: Bufo melanostictus))
Jor flying frog (Malayan flying frog) (Jade treefrog) Zhangixalus prominanus (Syn.: Rhacophorus prominanus)
Long-nosed horned frog (Pelobatrachus nasutus (Syn.: Megophrys nasuta))
Perak horned toad (Malayan horned frog) (Grillitschia aceras (Syn.: Megophrys aceras) (Syn.: Xenophrys aceras))
Red-eared greenback frog (Yellow-striped frog) (Hylarana erythraea (Syn.: Rana erythraea))

<Invertabrates>
Asian forest scorpion (Heterometrus longimanus)
Banana crab (Geosesarma sp.)
Bengal fiddler crab (Austruca Bengali)
Brazilian black and white tarantula (Acanthoscurria geniculata)
Cantori stick insect (Tirachoidea cantori)
Chaco golden knee tarantula (Grammostola pulchripes)
Chrome cockroach (Gyna caffrorum)
Dubia cockroach (Blaptica dubia)
Freshwater blue lobster (Cherax sp.)
Giant Malaysian stick insect (Phabaeticus serratipes)
Giant river prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)
Hissing isopod (Armadillo officinalis)
Lalandii purple crab (Gecarcoidea lalandii)
Leaf insect (Cryptophyllium westwoodii)
Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
Malaysian fire snail (Platymma tweediei)
Orange baboon tarantula (Pterinochilus murinus)
Question-mark cockroach (Therea olegrandjeani)
Sulawesi hornet millipede (Spirotreptida sp. "Sulawesi")
Thick-tailed scorpion (Parabuthus transvaalicus)
Vampire crab (Geosesarma dennerle)

All species here are signed and seen.
 
Zz123 said:
Why didn’t they renew the contract for this pair of pandas, but chose to receive a new pair instead? Or is it because this pair has become too old?
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The pair are now entering their 20's, so considering the success they've had breeding wise it makes sense to retire them back in China, whilst allowing the zoo to acquire a new, younger pair that will hopefully eventually present the same success as their predecessors.
 
Jambo said:
The pair are now entering their 20's, so considering the success they've had breeding wise it makes sense to retire them back in China, whilst allowing the zoo to acquire a new, younger pair that will hopefully eventually present the same success as their predecessors.
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I was just curious because I didn’t think they were that old already. Compared to Thailand’s pandas, whose loan agreement was extended, I found out Malaysia got theirs when they were already 8 years old, while Thailand got much younger ones, like 3 and 1 years old.
 
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