Once in zoos but now extinct
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The last Carolina parakeet died at the Cincinnati Zoo like the last passenger pigeon did.
There were quaggas in zoos.
The last dusky seaside sparrow died in captivity at Disney World at their old Discovery Island zoo in 1987.
The last Pinta Island Galapagos tortoise, Lonesome George, was in captivity when he died recently.
There were quaggas in zoos.
The last dusky seaside sparrow died in captivity at Disney World at their old Discovery Island zoo in 1987.
The last Pinta Island Galapagos tortoise, Lonesome George, was in captivity when he died recently.
zooboy28
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Have you had this thought before nanoboy?
http://www.zoochat.com/2/extinct-species-you-have-seen-261363/
Quagga, Passenger Pigeon, Carolina Parakeet spring to mind.
I don't think that any NZ species that are now extinct were ever displayed in a NZ zoo (native birds were only allowed to be legally displayed from the 1950s), although they may have been displayed overseas.
http://www.zoochat.com/2/extinct-species-you-have-seen-261363/
Quagga, Passenger Pigeon, Carolina Parakeet spring to mind.
I don't think that any NZ species that are now extinct were ever displayed in a NZ zoo (native birds were only allowed to be legally displayed from the 1950s), although they may have been displayed overseas.
And the Quagga (e.g. at Artis Amsterdam), the Kaspian Tiger at Tierpark Hagenbeck Hamburg (if you not count it equal with the Amur Tiger), some other australian marsupials beside the thlyacine, Schomburgk deer (different European zoos), the North African Hartebeest (A. b. buselaphus, e.g. at London Zoo) and I presume the Western Black Rhino and many extinct rodents may also been exhibited in zoos in the past.
Also London held a Falkland Island wolf and I'm certain a few zoos have held Bali and Javan tigers. I'm in a rush so don't have time to check zootierliste at the moment, I'm sure that I've seen both subspecies listed though.
EDIT:- Pink-headed ducks have also been exhibited at a zoo or bird garden but I don't know where?
EDIT:- Pink-headed ducks have also been exhibited at a zoo or bird garden but I don't know where?
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nanoboy
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Ah! I vaguely remember that thread. I think we went down the route of extinct species we have actually seen ourselves (eg scimitar horned oryx), rather than species from back in the day - which is the direction that this thread is going.
But in my defence, I am a bit addled brained. 
London Zoo had four specimens of Falkland Island "wolf".
To the best of my knowledge no other zoo has ever exhibited this species; I would be very interested, please, if anybody knows of any other zoo that has ever had a Falkland Island "wolf" in its collection.
I've actually looked into this matter myself in the past - no other collections ever held the species. This does not, of course, rule out private menageries and collections which may possibly have existed in Argentina or Brazil - but it is highly unlikely I feel.
The more interesting, and depressing, point is that the final London individual was likely either the last living Warrah, or the penultimate - it died on 2 March 1876, and the last individual killed in the wild was killed in early 1876.
Zootierliste lists the following animals
Desert rat kangaroo: Vienna
Crescent nail-tail wallaby: London
Eastern hare wallaby: Frankfurt and Berlin Zoo
I'll search for a few more later.
Desert rat kangaroo: Vienna
Crescent nail-tail wallaby: London
Eastern hare wallaby: Frankfurt and Berlin Zoo
I'll search for a few more later.
zoogiraffe
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EDIT:- Pink-headed ducks have also been exhibited at a zoo or bird garden but I don't know where?
I know of a private collection in Surrey that kept them,believe they died out as a result of World War 2.
Additional animals:
Schomburgk's deer: Berlin Zoo, Hamburg, Cologne, Paris Menagerie, London
Falkland Islands wolf: London
King Island and Kangaroo Island emus: Paris Menagerie
Pink-headed duck: Berlin Zoo, London and Fakenham
Canary Islands black oystercatcher: London
Bar-winged and New Caledonian rails: London
Tristan moorhen: London
Spectacled cormorant: Berin Zoo
Passenger pigeon: Berlin Aquarium and Zoo, Dresden, Hamburg, Cologne, Amsterdam, Knowsley, London
Paradise parrot: Berlin Zoo, Hamburg, Cologne, London
Cuban red macaw: Berlin Zoo, Vienna
Glaucous macaw: Berlin Zoo, 2 x Hamburg Zoos, Cologne, Antwerp, Paris Jardin d'Acclimatation, Amsterdam, London
Carolina parakeet: Berlin Aquarium and Zoo, Dresden, Framkfurt, Hamburg, Cologne, Munster, Vienna, Sofia, Paris Menagerie, Amsterdam, Bristol, Knowsley, London
Laughing owl: Amsterdam, London
Turquoise-throated puffleg: Frankfurt
I have restricted myself to species, but some authorities consider that some of the animals listed above may still exist.
Schomburgk's deer: Berlin Zoo, Hamburg, Cologne, Paris Menagerie, London
Falkland Islands wolf: London
King Island and Kangaroo Island emus: Paris Menagerie
Pink-headed duck: Berlin Zoo, London and Fakenham
Canary Islands black oystercatcher: London
Bar-winged and New Caledonian rails: London
Tristan moorhen: London
Spectacled cormorant: Berin Zoo
Passenger pigeon: Berlin Aquarium and Zoo, Dresden, Hamburg, Cologne, Amsterdam, Knowsley, London
Paradise parrot: Berlin Zoo, Hamburg, Cologne, London
Cuban red macaw: Berlin Zoo, Vienna
Glaucous macaw: Berlin Zoo, 2 x Hamburg Zoos, Cologne, Antwerp, Paris Jardin d'Acclimatation, Amsterdam, London
Carolina parakeet: Berlin Aquarium and Zoo, Dresden, Framkfurt, Hamburg, Cologne, Munster, Vienna, Sofia, Paris Menagerie, Amsterdam, Bristol, Knowsley, London
Laughing owl: Amsterdam, London
Turquoise-throated puffleg: Frankfurt
I have restricted myself to species, but some authorities consider that some of the animals listed above may still exist.
Carolina parakeets and passenger pigeons were also common in private hands. Some place in Europe even bred passenger pigeons and released free - they didn't survive. Unfortunately it was before coordinated captive breeding plans.
BTW, there are tens of currently endangered species which breed well in captivity but obtaining founding stock from the wild is forbidden. Think of many subspecies of big cats, Ethiopian wolves, Cozumel raccoons, various antelope, wild goats and sheep, rodents, fruit bats, lemurs, flightless rails, Pacific island pigeons etc. All are prime candidates to extinction.
BTW, there are tens of currently endangered species which breed well in captivity but obtaining founding stock from the wild is forbidden. Think of many subspecies of big cats, Ethiopian wolves, Cozumel raccoons, various antelope, wild goats and sheep, rodents, fruit bats, lemurs, flightless rails, Pacific island pigeons etc. All are prime candidates to extinction.
Alfred Ezra's collection at Foxwarren Park. There a b/w photos of these birds in existence. They may have been the last in captivity possibly.
Pink-headed ducks were not at Fakenham [if that refers to the Pensthorpe collection, which was not founded until after that species apparent extinction]. What they had [and may still have] was Pink-EARED Ducks.
It was the Earl of Derby who bred so many Passenger Pigeons that hewas letting them out.
London Zoo definitely had Carolina Parrakeets.
It was the Earl of Derby who bred so many Passenger Pigeons that hewas letting them out.
London Zoo definitely had Carolina Parrakeets.
Hallo Nanoboy
Zootierliste says that Almuecar and Arguedas has Pyrenean ibexes of unknown subspecies, while Kronberg used to have them.
The bubal hartebeest was kept at Berlin Zoo, Dresden, Frankfurt, Cologne, Lyon, Paris Menagerie and London.
The Javan tiger was kept in Berlin Zoo, Cologne, Zagreb, Budapest, Rome, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Tilburg and London.
I couldn't see any reference to Caribbean monk seals or bali tigers being kept in any European zoos.
Zootierliste says that Almuecar and Arguedas has Pyrenean ibexes of unknown subspecies, while Kronberg used to have them.
The bubal hartebeest was kept at Berlin Zoo, Dresden, Frankfurt, Cologne, Lyon, Paris Menagerie and London.
The Javan tiger was kept in Berlin Zoo, Cologne, Zagreb, Budapest, Rome, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Tilburg and London.
I couldn't see any reference to Caribbean monk seals or bali tigers being kept in any European zoos.
These are, I would imagine, Spanish Ibexes (Capra pyrenaica hispanica) that are just not labelled or listed correctly.
Although often quoted as an 'extinct species', it's only the actual Pyrenean subspecies (C. p. pyrenaica) of the Pyrenean Ibex that is extinct.
If those animals were to turn out to be the type subspecies, that would be very good news indeed, of course!
Thanks Maguari
I wonder if the Spanish ibexes were the Pyrenean or Spanish subspecies or perhaps hybrids. It's a shame that more zoos hadn't kept them. I'm a bit surprised that neither subspecies was kept at the Paris Menagerie, which tend to be a good place for various goats and their relatives.
I wonder if the Spanish ibexes were the Pyrenean or Spanish subspecies or perhaps hybrids. It's a shame that more zoos hadn't kept them. I'm a bit surprised that neither subspecies was kept at the Paris Menagerie, which tend to be a good place for various goats and their relatives.
Zootierliste mentioned that The Fakenham (Pensthorpe Conservation Trust Limited) had kept pink-headed ducks. I couldn't find any information about pink-headed ducks living at Fakenham, so it seems that FFBird is right and that Zootierliste has made a mistake. John Edwards wrote 'London Zoo
from Old Photographs' and this includes photographs of pink-headed ducks at London Zoo, as well as several photos of thylacines and quaggas.