The quolls were definitely from Melbourne - pretty sure I've got the story right with the swap.
Melbourne Zoo Brown-nosed Coati
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The quolls were definitely from Melbourne - pretty sure I've got the story right with the swap.
I can't remember Melbourne keeping any species of quoll in my lifetime. Perhaps Healesville?
if they came from Melbourne Zoo they wouldn't need to have come from the zoo's collection, they could have just been sourced by the zoo.
Maguari said:
this is what happens when I lose time to browse the galleries, all sorts of interesting discussions pass me by!Chlidonias said:
http://www.zoochat.com/443/eastern-quoll-gondwanaland-leipzig-02-09-a-240065/
ISIS is now recording the Melbourne coatis as 6.8.13 so the original listing (as reported by Electus Parrot in post #30) was obviously correct and they have now sexed the older babies (although it appears one may have died as there is one too few).
any updates on Australian coatis? Have Melbourne bred any more? How many do they have now? Have any other zoos got any yet? Etc?
zooboy28
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There are like four coati enclosures at the zoo now. Some of which are quite nice, others are just in the old small cat cages which aren't amazing.
The census lists 11.8 at Melbourne and 0.6 at Gorge, however I'm not sure if the six females are counted twice, as I didn't think Melbourne had quite that many and they might not have uipdated their census.
that sounds right though, because in post #46 above (from February last year) ISIS was recording 27 at Melbourne. [Melbourne's 19 plus Gorge's 6 equals 25, so roughly the same as the February 2012 total].
Thylacineotway
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Why did Melbourne Zoo have one Coati in an exhibit. It seemed odd. It never had an exhibit sign.