MountainBongo
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I think that zoos have alot of kudus, capybaras, lemurs, lions, tigers, meerkats, barnyard animals, and many more animals. What are some more?
Most Common Zoo Animals
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For Europe (in terms of number of zoos keeping a species, rather than number of individuals):
Having just checked again, Snowy Owl has now overtaken Red-necked Wallaby to move into fifth place in Europe!
For Europe (in terms of number of zoos keeping a species, rather than number of individuals):
Having just checked again, Snowy Owl has now overtaken Red-necked Wallaby to move into fifth place in Europe!
344 zoos in Europe with Procyon lotor, as per Zootierliste (though a slight pinch of salt - it's got Gentleshaw twice somehow!). Like Fallow Deer and Mouflon (No. 12), it gets a boost from the large numbers of wildparks in central Europe, but the total does include a good number of UK zoos.
I remember 'starting out' as a zoo enthusiast proper in the 90s it was very hard to find one in the UK - eventually tracked one down at Manor House WP.
MountainBongo
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In America it seems that there are lemurs at every zoo! Same with the UK?
@JBZ - I think I've never been to a lemurless collection!
I still have never seen a raccoon
the vast majority of places keeping the species are smaller collections which are either not worth my visiting purely for the one species, or too far away to reach without a lot of time and money wasted!
And the one collection listed as keeping them on Zootierliste which I have visited - Bristol - seems to no longer have them onshow
In terms of species I could stand to see a lot less of, my personal top three would be:
Meerkat
Short-Clawed Otter
Ring-tailed Lemur
I still have never seen a raccoon
the vast majority of places keeping the species are smaller collections which are either not worth my visiting purely for the one species, or too far away to reach without a lot of time and money wasted!And the one collection listed as keeping them on Zootierliste which I have visited - Bristol - seems to no longer have them onshow
In terms of species I could stand to see a lot less of, my personal top three would be:
Meerkat
Short-Clawed Otter
Ring-tailed Lemur
@JBZ - I think I've never been to a lemurless collection!
I still have never seen a raccoon
And the one collection listed as keeping them on Zootierliste which I have visited - Bristol - seems to no longer have them onshow
Though Bristol did release a new postcard with a raccoon on quite recently. Curiously.
Numbers 14, 41 and 20 respectively on the European rankings.
(surprisingly low for the otter in particular)
MountainBongo
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US zoos have almost no raccoons! I know that
San Diego has some, but I don't know about any others!
San Diego has some, but I don't know about any others!
I suspect this may be the solution. The source on Zootierliste is the 2008 stocklist, which is a reliable source but not a recent one!
Do you think the reason could be there they are very common to see in their (semi!) wild state?
MountainBongo
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Yes! I see raccoons almost everyday on the side on the road (if you know what I mean.)
Yes, I suspect so - there are a number of species they are listed as having which I never saw, and it's not exactly a big enough place that you would easily miss spotting a load of enclosures.... so more likely to be "Animal encounter" species for children.
@JBZ - I think I've never been to a lemurless collection!
I still have never seen a raccoon
Here you go Dave:
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They're pretty much vermin where I live. About one third of them in Florida test positive for rabies.
American_birds
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If you go looking, you can find live ones with incredible ease. I usually have some eating underneath my birdfeeders.
Meaghan Edwards
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I'm surprised grey wolves aren't on the list. Almost every zoo I go to has at least one type of wolf, usually Canis Lupus.
MountainBongo
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I didn't think about wolves before, but now that I think about almost all zoos have Timber, Grey, Maned, Arctic, or Mexican Wolves.
Yes I know what you mean, it's the same here except insert foxes and badgers for raccoons.
Sadly wolves are not so common in UK zoos.