Bronx Zoo World of Darkness reopening

From the WCS newsroom, there is an article explaining fun facts about nocturnal creatures in the new World of Darkness, and there were 5 animals listed.
• Aye Ayes
• Pygmy Slow Loris
• Egyptian Fruit Bat
• Scorpions
• Fat Tailed Dwarf Lemur
The last two animals on the list, the lemur and scorpions, haven’t been mentioned yet to my knowledge. The lemur is very interesting and a phenomenal addition to the new facility.
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USZOOfan42 said:
From the WCS newsroom, there is an article explaining fun facts about nocturnal creatures in the new World of Darkness, and there were 5 animals listed.
• Aye Ayes
• Pygmy Slow Loris
• Egyptian Fruit Bat
• Scorpions
• Fat Tailed Dwarf Lemur
The last two animals on the list, the lemur and scorpions, haven’t been mentioned yet to my knowledge. The lemur is very interesting and a phenomenal addition to the new facility.
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AnActualFan said:
Scorpions have been mentioned, but not the lemur. More exciting news!
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Austin the Sengi said:
Knowing that the only holder of this species in the Western Hemisphere is at the Duke Lemur Center. I’m more than certain that they will transfer some of their younger lemurs in time for the reopening.
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Did anyone else think dwarf lemurs were a shoo-in for the exhibit, given that they are rare in captivity yet paradoxically available? They seemed like the perfect fit based on what the Bronx Zoo's leaders have repeatedly demonstrated they are interested in.
 
Another species has just been revealed!
On the zoo's website's guide for staying cool, they have the following:
Where there is darkness, there is life. This summer, step into the dark with us and discover the mysteries, adaptations, and surprises of animals that thrive in darkness. The nocturnal animals you’ll find here, including sloths, sand cats, aye-ayes, cacomistles, and many others, use the dark and cool hours of the night to beat the heat, avoid predators, hunt, and mate.
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savethelephant said:
Another species has just been revealed!
On the zoo's website's guide for staying cool, they have the following:
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Leave it to Bronx to bring in a species I never knew existed before, they look awfully cute
Looking at @USZOOfan42 's list on page 7, and adding the Fat Tailed Lemurs and Cacomistles, it looks like there are at least 8 species that haven't been revealed yet (since they said there would be 25 habitats). I imagine some of those are probably various species of Tarantula and Scorpion, but that's still a decent chance for them to throw in another surprise or 2. I'm very excited.
 
Seems we are looking at the following so far:
• Aye-Aye
• Egyptian Fruit Bat
• Vampire Bat
• Seba’s Short Tailed Bat
• Hoffman’s Two Toed Sloth
• Night Monkey
• Broad Snouted Caiman
• Northern Luzon Cloud Rat
• Blood Python
• Timor Python
• Naked Mole Rat
• Fat Tailed Dwarf Lemur
• Cacomistle
• Moholi Bushbaby
• Pygmy Slow Loris
• Asian Forest Scorpion
• Tarantula Species #1?
• #18
• #19
• #20
• #21
• #22
• #23
• #24
• #25
16/25 species are for sure confirmed for the new world of darkness. 9 more can be expected, with at least 1 of those being a tarantula species. I’m betting 2-5 more of the species will be smaller herps and inverts, with a few more large* surprises. I wonder what is next.
 
USZOOfan42 said:
Seems we are looking at the following so far:
• Aye-Aye
• Egyptian Fruit Bat
• Vampire Bat
• Seba’s Short Tailed Bat
• Hoffman’s Two Toed Sloth
• Night Monkey
• Broad Snouted Caiman
• Northern Luzon Cloud Rat
• Blood Python
• Timor Python
• Naked Mole Rat
• Fat Tailed Dwarf Lemur
• Cacomistle
• Moholi Bushbaby
• Pygmy Slow Loris
• Asian Forest Scorpion
• Tarantula Species #1?
• #18
• #19
• #20
• #21
• #22
• #23
• #24
• #25
16/25 species are for sure confirmed for the new world of darkness. 9 more can be expected, with at least 1 of those being a tarantula species. I’m betting 2-5 more of the species will be smaller herps and inverts, with a few more large* surprises. I wonder what is next.
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Still hoping for those pangolins
 
Don Majeski said:
Still hoping for those pangolins
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I agree. And I still hope they have platypus, binturongs, porcupines, leopard cats, owls, kinkajous, sugar gliders, wombats, genets, civets, armadillos, duikers, tayras, brush-tailed bettongs, margays, bat-eared foxes, echidnas, and other surprises.
 
Great Argus said:
Astutus. They have had one bts for a couple months now.
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Oh, that's a bit misleading, then. I know in common parlance (or at least as "common" as you can get when discussing these relatively obscure species) "cacomistle" can refer to either, but you'd think that somewhere like Bronx Zoo would take a bit more care in being unambiguous by just saying ringtail if they meant ringtail.
 
NSU42 said:
I already have my ticket for July 8th preview date.
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Do you mean a member's admissions ticket? I was just checking that there wasn't another ticket you had to reserve to get into World of Darkness as a member. I assumed you would show up at the entrance with your member card. Thanks!
 
RaptorFan9000 said:
I agree. And I still hope they have platypus, binturongs, porcupines, leopard cats, owls, kinkajous, sugar gliders, wombats, genets, civets, armadillos, duikers, tayras, brush-tailed bettongs, margays, bat-eared foxes, echidnas, and other surprises.
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Many of these are reasonable but leading with platypus made me think you were kidding for a moment! Given there would be acneed for imports, I don't think we'll ever see one of those as a surprise without hearing beforehand.
 
blospz said:
Do you mean a member's admissions ticket? I was just checking that there wasn't another ticket you had to reserve to get into World of Darkness as a member. I assumed you would show up at the entrance with your member card. Thanks!
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Yes, that is what I meant by "I already have my ticket." As far as I'm aware, all you need is an admission ticket and then your membership card to get in for the preview.
 
I doubt Bronx has true cacomistle. Same as them getting Platypus. I expect more from them. Stone Zoo used to call theirs Cacomistle. Need no more disinformation or fake news.
 
USZOOfan42 said:
Isn’t this based off a USDA inspection though? It still is possible that Bronx could of acquired them. As cacomistle refers to their Central American counterpart.
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Given I know where said animal came from, I can assure you it is B. astutus. Cacomistle is used rather interchangeably between the two species, as has been noted up thread.
 
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